Watching Now: New Monsoon

Happy jam band music, nicely recorded.

Watching Now: moe.

Playing iPads.

Really.  Watch:

And here's a version in none-virtual instruments:

Jam Bands

I've been listening to Jam bands recently.

Here's the line-up, more or less in order of preference

Umphrey's McGee
Disco Biscusts
New Monsoon
Lotus
moe.
Phish
String Cheese Incident
O.A.R.
Perpetual Groove
Tea Leaf Green
STS9
Widespread Panic
Gov't Mule

Which has a led to some old fusion:
Weather Report
Return to Forever

And some rediscoveries or overlooked cross-overs:
Garaj Mahal
Medeski, Martin, and Woods
Vandermark 5
Chad Wackerman
Allan Holdsmith
Bill Bruford
Mahavishu Orchestra

The  common denominator:
live performance with extended jams/improvisations, locomotive rhythms.

I'm listening to a live version of this as I write:

(I've stayed away from  obvious: Grateful Dead,  and the Allman Bros.  Just not that interested in that right now.)

Watching Now: Medeski, Martin and Wood

This is too long to watch casually, but I didn't want to lose track of it.

Watchng Now. Rusted Root

A bit outside my normal play list, but especially interesting to see how the delivery of the lyrics are 'distorted' to support the melody.

I don't think I ever saw the movie that used this.  Iceage -- a Disney animated movie I think.

Watching Now: Umphrey's McGee

One of my favorite Umphrey tune's, in a high quality video (sound and pic), as a full 16 minute jam

Other things worth checking out on this site as well:

http://www.myspace.com/video/jamcamdvd

Quiet since July?

This may get things started again.

More Jam Bands to come.