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Grateful Dead: The Best of the Grateful Dead

by Doug Collette
August 9, 2015

As with so many aspects of the Grateful Dead oeuvre, there's more to The Best of the Grateful Dead than meets the eyes and ears. An embossed cover the glossy likes of which don't usually adorn such compilations, plus the presence of sound arising from brand new remastering done on the bulk of the thirty two ...

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Sly and the Family Stone: Live at The Fillmore East October 4th and 4th 1968

by Doug Collette
August 9, 2015

Sly and The Family Stone's galvanizing appearance at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in August of 1969 may well represent the pinnacle of their career, but their rise to this apogee of recognition was the culmination of a long slow climb to fame dating back even further than Sylvester Stewart's, nee Sly, tenure as a ...

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Dawes at Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT

by Doug Collette
August 1, 2015

Dawes Higher Ground South Burlington, VT July 21, 2015 Dawes is making up for lost time in 2015. The Los Angeles-based band reasserted themselves as recording artists in the studio with All Your Favorite Bands (Hub Records, 2015) and is now taking the next logical step in their development as a ...

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Phish: Amsterdam

by Doug Collette
July 25, 2015

Delving in sequence into this eight CD set of the shows recorded in February and July of 1997, it sounds like the band really takes flight during “Timber" from the initial show. But Phish shows from throughout their history inevitably exhibit a relativity of momentum, the dynamics of which are dependent upon, but not limited by, ...

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Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead, July 3,4 & 5, 2015

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2015

Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, Jeff Chimenti Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead Soldier Field Chicago, IL July 3, 4, 5, 2015 Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead was one ...

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From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2015

Somewhat late to the archival exploration of their fifty-year plus vault, the Rolling Stones are making up for lost time with titles like this. The Marquee Club Live in 1971 reaffirms the notion the conic British group were never a better band than at this juncture of their career. Recorded with impeccable sound by ...

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Antonio Sanchez: Three Times Three & The Meridian Suite

by Doug Collette
July 14, 2015

With his two simultaneously released albums, Three Times Three and The Meridian Suite, Antonio Sanchez posits himself as the next great drummer who's a great bandleader. Alternately emphasizing his composing skills and his musicianship, as he did on his acclaimed score to the film Birdman, this native of Mexico City never overtly draws attention to himself, ...

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Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Volume 14 Academy of Music, New York, NY, 3/26/72

by Doug Collette
July 5, 2015

There was nothing like a Grateful Dead concert and never more so than in New York, but this one comprising Dave's Picks Volume 14, is an especially significant one: the final night (except for a benefit for the Hell's Angels the very next evening) of a six-night run at the Academy of Music on 3/26/72, taking ...

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Nils Lofgren: Nils Lofgren

by Doug Collette
July 5, 2015

Apart from Nils Lofgren's essay of clear-headed, affectionate reflection and a few extra photos, there's no additional content on the reissue of his eponymous solo album (here often referred to as “Fat Man" based on the cover picture). But there really doesn't need to be: this is one of those very rare rock records that sounds ...

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Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Burlington, VT, June 5-14, 2015

by Doug Collette
June 20, 2015

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, VT June 5-14, 2015 The continuing success of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival not only elevates the level of participation in the city's music scene for the duration of each annual run, but also shines a light throughout Vermont's Queen City to illuminate the variety of venues ...