William's Thoughts and Ideas » Concerts/Shows http://www.bilancio.org Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:09:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Allman Brothers & Widespred Panic in Camden for a night of great music http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/the-allman-brothers-widespred-panic-in-camden-for-a-night-of-great-music.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/the-allman-brothers-widespred-panic-in-camden-for-a-night-of-great-music.html#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:11:45 +0000 wbilancio http://www.bilancio.org/?p=441 So last night The Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic played at the Susquehanna Bank Center (formerly the Twitter Center) in Camden, NJ. Widespread Panic came on stage promptly at 7:00pm. I had forgotten that Jimmy Hearing was playing guitar for them. He use to play with The Allman Brothers, Jazz is Dead, Phil and Friends and The Dead. The whole band sounded great and I was glad to finally see them. Jimmy was working it and his playing was outstanding. They played 2 hours and it was packed full of great music. I was very impressed with them, and since I have only heard a few things of there’s and I think this show has made me a fan. I will be downloading some other shows to get a better feel of them.

Here is the Widespread Panic playlist from last night:

Lil Kin >
Radio Child
Up All Night
Can’t Get High >
Fishwater >
Christmas Katie >
Travelin’ Light
Diner >
Space Wrangler
Blackout Blues
Junior >
You Should Be Glad
Tall Boy
Climb To Safety

The Allman Brothers took the stage around 9:50pm and hit the ground running with Statesboro Blues. Even though the weather was hot and humid the band sounded great. I haven’t seen the brothers in about 2 years and I was very impressed at how well Derick Trucks has grown into the band. Greg sounded great and he hasn’t lost his grove, he pounded on the keys and never sounded better. Of course Warren Haynes sounded great so not much to say there. A few of the members of Widespread Panic joined the band for a few songs. I thought Jimmy playing with band was good, it was one of the best Dreams and One Ways Out I have heard in a long time.

Here is The Allman Brothers playlist from last night:

Statesboro Blues
Les Brers In A Minor
Come and Go Blues
The Sky Is Crying
Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
I Walk On Gilded Splinters
with John Bell, guitar & vocals; Sonny Ortiz, percussion
Trouble No More
Good Morning Little School Girl
with Jo Jo Hermann, piano; James van de Bogert, drums
Revival
The Weight
with Jo Jo Hermann, piano
Dreams
with Jimmy Herring, guitar; James van de Bogert, drums
One Way Out
with Jimmy Herring, guitar

Encore
Whipping Post

Now to the down side of the night. At this show there were 2 different types of fans. The we are going to get so drunk and wasted that we will look and act stupid all night and the we come to a show to actually see the show and have a good time and actually remember the show the next night.

I see these types of fans at most shows I go to. The first type get so drunk and stoned that they weave all over the place and act like fools, then they usually pass out and miss the show. We had a whole row of them in front of us last night. They enjoyed the whole two hours of Widespread Panic and the whole break before the Brothers then when the Brothers hit the stage they droped like flies and were asleep by the end of the second song.

It just doesn’t make sense to me why you would pay good money to see a show and then get so wasted you miss most of it and then feel sick the next day.

I also don’t understand those who leave the show in the middle of it to go home? But that’s a whole different post.

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]]> So last night The Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic played at the Susquehanna Bank Center (formerly the Twitter Center) in Camden, NJ. Widespread Panic came on stage promptly at 7:00pm. I had forgotten that Jimmy Hearing was playing guitar for them. He use to play with The Allman Brothers, Jazz is Dead, Phil and Friends and The Dead. The whole band sounded great and I was glad to finally see them. Jimmy was working it and his playing was outstanding. They played 2 hours and it was packed full of great music. I was very impressed with them, and since I have only heard a few things of there’s and I think this show has made me a fan. I will be downloading some other shows to get a better feel of them.

Here is the Widespread Panic playlist from last night:

Lil Kin >
Radio Child
Up All Night
Can’t Get High >
Fishwater >
Christmas Katie >
Travelin’ Light
Diner >
Space Wrangler
Blackout Blues
Junior >
You Should Be Glad
Tall Boy
Climb To Safety

The Allman Brothers took the stage around 9:50pm and hit the ground running with Statesboro Blues. Even though the weather was hot and humid the band sounded great. I haven’t seen the brothers in about 2 years and I was very impressed at how well Derick Trucks has grown into the band. Greg sounded great and he hasn’t lost his grove, he pounded on the keys and never sounded better. Of course Warren Haynes sounded great so not much to say there. A few of the members of Widespread Panic joined the band for a few songs. I thought Jimmy playing with band was good, it was one of the best Dreams and One Ways Out I have heard in a long time.

Here is The Allman Brothers playlist from last night:

Statesboro Blues
Les Brers In A Minor
Come and Go Blues
The Sky Is Crying
Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
I Walk On Gilded Splinters
with John Bell, guitar & vocals; Sonny Ortiz, percussion
Trouble No More
Good Morning Little School Girl
with Jo Jo Hermann, piano; James van de Bogert, drums
Revival
The Weight
with Jo Jo Hermann, piano
Dreams
with Jimmy Herring, guitar; James van de Bogert, drums
One Way Out
with Jimmy Herring, guitar

Encore
Whipping Post

Now to the down side of the night. At this show there were 2 different types of fans. The we are going to get so drunk and wasted that we will look and act stupid all night and the we come to a show to actually see the show and have a good time and actually remember the show the next night.

I see these types of fans at most shows I go to. The first type get so drunk and stoned that they weave all over the place and act like fools, then they usually pass out and miss the show. We had a whole row of them in front of us last night. They enjoyed the whole two hours of Widespread Panic and the whole break before the Brothers then when the Brothers hit the stage they droped like flies and were asleep by the end of the second song.

It just doesn’t make sense to me why you would pay good money to see a show and then get so wasted you miss most of it and then feel sick the next day.

I also don’t understand those who leave the show in the middle of it to go home? But that’s a whole different post.

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/the-allman-brothers-widespred-panic-in-camden-for-a-night-of-great-music.html/feed 0 Time it is a flying http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/time-it-is-a-flying.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/time-it-is-a-flying.html#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:49:05 +0000 wbilancio http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/time-it-is-a-flying.html So we are into August already and it seems like Avery just got out of school for the summer and now she has only a few weeks till she goes back. Anyway things have been crazy through the last part of July and the beginning of August.

The end of July always has the La Vigna Family picnic and that always means a lot of work for most of my family, getting the games together for the kids and getting the property cleaned up and ready. This year was no different…well yea it was…it rained most of the week before the picnic so most of the work was compressed into Friday. Thursday was the worst of the rain and of course that was the night most of my cousins and I went to see a concert at the Blueclaws Stadium in Lakewood, NJ.

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The bill consisted of Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Bob Dylan. It was an interesting show. My cousins Tim & his wife Meghan, Henry and Ira all enjoyed the show in the rain. Henry, Ira and I spent all of the night down on the field just talking through Willie Nelsons set and then rocked through John Mellencamp. Bob Dylan came out and totally confused me. The band he has is great and sounded tight, but then Bob starts singing and I couldn’t understand a word he said, but that is the mystery that is Bob Dylan. We enjoyed the whole night rain and all. It was good to be at a concert with my cousin Ira who we don’t see enough of and when we do it’s not long enough.

The day of the picnic turned out great even though it was a little bit hot, but the people that made it had a good time. I shared the announcing and running the games with my 2 uncles, Dean and Fran. It was fun running the water balloon toss and of course the watermelon seed spitting contest. We raised some good money selling this years calendar and Dean and I caused some controversy in the family with the 50/50 this year. So I say that the 2009 La Vigna Picnic was a success and we are already planing the 2010.

Carolyn has had the surgery on her foot so they could get some samples of the bone to see if there is any infection in the bone. We haven’t heard yet back about the lab reports. We have been back to the doctors many times so they can change the dressing. So we hope to get a negative report back about the infections so they can close up the wound and we can move on to the fall without any more foot issues.

Avery is driving now…..with a licensed driver in the car of course. She is getting better each time we go out, so I think if we keep her schlepping Carolyn all over the place while she is not allowed to drive.

Well that’s it for now…not much going on with me other then work and more work and Karma.

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]]> So we are into August already and it seems like Avery just got out of school for the summer and now she has only a few weeks till she goes back. Anyway things have been crazy through the last part of July and the beginning of August.

The end of July always has the La Vigna Family picnic and that always means a lot of work for most of my family, getting the games together for the kids and getting the property cleaned up and ready. This year was no different…well yea it was…it rained most of the week before the picnic so most of the work was compressed into Friday. Thursday was the worst of the rain and of course that was the night most of my cousins and I went to see a concert at the Blueclaws Stadium in Lakewood, NJ.

2763|300

The bill consisted of Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Bob Dylan. It was an interesting show. My cousins Tim & his wife Meghan, Henry and Ira all enjoyed the show in the rain. Henry, Ira and I spent all of the night down on the field just talking through Willie Nelsons set and then rocked through John Mellencamp. Bob Dylan came out and totally confused me. The band he has is great and sounded tight, but then Bob starts singing and I couldn’t understand a word he said, but that is the mystery that is Bob Dylan. We enjoyed the whole night rain and all. It was good to be at a concert with my cousin Ira who we don’t see enough of and when we do it’s not long enough.

The day of the picnic turned out great even though it was a little bit hot, but the people that made it had a good time. I shared the announcing and running the games with my 2 uncles, Dean and Fran. It was fun running the water balloon toss and of course the watermelon seed spitting contest. We raised some good money selling this years calendar and Dean and I caused some controversy in the family with the 50/50 this year. So I say that the 2009 La Vigna Picnic was a success and we are already planing the 2010.

Carolyn has had the surgery on her foot so they could get some samples of the bone to see if there is any infection in the bone. We haven’t heard yet back about the lab reports. We have been back to the doctors many times so they can change the dressing. So we hope to get a negative report back about the infections so they can close up the wound and we can move on to the fall without any more foot issues.

Avery is driving now…..with a licensed driver in the car of course. She is getting better each time we go out, so I think if we keep her schlepping Carolyn all over the place while she is not allowed to drive.

Well that’s it for now…not much going on with me other then work and more work and Karma.

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/08/time-it-is-a-flying.html/feed 0 Drum solos at concerts…. http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/05/drum-solos-at-concerts.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/05/drum-solos-at-concerts.html#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 12:08:05 +0000 wbilancio http://www.bilancio.org/?p=398 Has the drum solo at concerts become the bathroom break of a show? I was watching a Rush concert on TV yesterday and started thinking about this question. Now don’ t get me wrong I like a good drum solo but some drummers just don’t thrill me like a certain few do. Some of my friends I talk to and go see shows with all have a different opinion on this matter. Some Deadheads love it when drums start but others just roll there eyes and head to the concession stands or take a short nap in there seats. I like a good drum solo but it has to be certain drummers. Most of the time at a Dead show it depends how many of the shows I have seen already, if it’s at the start of the tour I will watch the drums solo, but later into the tour it becomes a break from the show and hit the bar for a water.

So while I thought of this heavy question I have come up with my list of drummers I like to see do a drum solo.

  1. Matt Abts – Gov’t Mule
  2. Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann – The Grateful Dead
  3. John Molo – Phil Lesh & Friends, The Other Ones, Bruce Hornsby
  4. Liberty DeVitto – Former Drummer for Billy Joel
  5. Neil Peart – Rush
  6. Butch Trucks – The Allman Brothers
  7. John Bonham – Led Zeppelin (deceased)
  8. Chester Cortez Thompson – Frank Zappa, Genesis, Phil Collins
  9. Phill Collins – Genises & Solo

So that’s my list. Out of the 9 I have seen 8 of them play and they are all worth the watch and listen. Each has there own way of playing.

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]]> Has the drum solo at concerts become the bathroom break of a show? I was watching a Rush concert on TV yesterday and started thinking about this question. Now don’ t get me wrong I like a good drum solo but some drummers just don’t thrill me like a certain few do. Some of my friends I talk to and go see shows with all have a different opinion on this matter. Some Deadheads love it when drums start but others just roll there eyes and head to the concession stands or take a short nap in there seats. I like a good drum solo but it has to be certain drummers. Most of the time at a Dead show it depends how many of the shows I have seen already, if it’s at the start of the tour I will watch the drums solo, but later into the tour it becomes a break from the show and hit the bar for a water.

So while I thought of this heavy question I have come up with my list of drummers I like to see do a drum solo.

  1. Matt Abts – Gov’t Mule
  2. Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann – The Grateful Dead
  3. John Molo – Phil Lesh & Friends, The Other Ones, Bruce Hornsby
  4. Liberty DeVitto – Former Drummer for Billy Joel
  5. Neil Peart – Rush
  6. Butch Trucks – The Allman Brothers
  7. John Bonham – Led Zeppelin (deceased)
  8. Chester Cortez Thompson – Frank Zappa, Genesis, Phil Collins
  9. Phill Collins – Genises & Solo

So that’s my list. Out of the 9 I have seen 8 of them play and they are all worth the watch and listen. Each has there own way of playing.

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2009/05/drum-solos-at-concerts.html/feed 0 A night at Irving Plaza with Waren Haynes and Friends http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2007/03/a_night_at_irvi.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2007/03/a_night_at_irvi.html#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:10:00 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2007/03/a-night-at-irving-plaza-with-waren-haynes-and-friends.html It was titled “Warren Haynes all star jam at Irving plaza on March 28th 2007.” It was an OK show. It had it’s high points and it’s low points. The biggest low point being that the show started an hour late. It was scheduled to start ate 9 with doors opening at 8. Well we were in line by 7:30 and they opened the doors early which was no big deal since the night was warm and the crowed was friendly. But then we had to stand around for 2 hours till Warren finally came out and started the show with an acoustic version of “A Million Miles From Yesterday” which went right into “Sad And Deep As You” He was then joined but Edwin McCain
the first of may friends of the night. The first hour was all acoustic till Susan Tedeschi came out and did 2 great songs which she forgot the words on the last one and blamed her Irving Plaza bad luck. After she was done Warren came out and was joined by Greg Allman and they did 2 acoustic songs with Greg on lead vocals. Then the first break of about 30 min. (another low point)

The break was over and the Allman Brothers band came out to a loud cheer and went right into “Come and Go Blues” and then right into one of the best versions of “Jessica” I have heard in a few years (high point). We got another 15 – 30 min break while the next band set up.

The Derek Trucks band minus Derek came out with Susan Tedeschi on lead guitar and vocals on “Evidence”. For the rest of the set Derek was playing and Susan was singing. She has a great set of pipes and a great stage presence. Derek has defiantly come into his own and is playing the best he has in years. (On a side note if you missed the article about him in Rolling Stones Magazine try to get a hold of it and give it a read.)Another 30 min break while Matt Abts tuned his drums and the band I guess went out for pizza or something (Big Low Point). Warren’s wife Stefani Scamardo came out and thanked the fans for coming out and telling us that we are the real reason they do this and that this show was for us…well next time you are doing a show for us how about
starting on time.Mule finally came out and kicked it right off with “Hammer And Nails”. The band was tight and the “friends” were a perfect fit for the night. They did a 5 song set and the encore.

We had to bail before the encore to catch the last train out of New York for the night.

I think the show over all was a great show and we saw and heard some great music. Like I said waiting an extra hour for the show to start sucked and I know the delay was for the venu to sell more alcohol and that Warren and the band are known to start late but an hour is crazy, but I would do it again. If they had started at least a 1/2 hour late they cold have played more music for the fans…since the show was for us.

As my cousin said while we were waiting it’s these little shows that you get great live music and pairings of musicians you wouldn’t get other wise. I am a big fan of the “Jam Band” genre and it is shows like this that make this kind of music great.

Here is the set list:

Warren Haynes Solo Acoustic
01 Intro 00:27.52
02 A Million Miles From Yesterday 03:40.67
03 Sad And Deep As You * 04:49.31

Warren Haynes & Edwin McCain
04 Sign On The Door 07:11.25
05 Crazy 06:09.07

Warren Haynes, Kevn Kinney & Edwin McCain
06 Good Country Mile 07:13.74
07 Trail Of Seasons 05:24.24
08 I Shall Be Released # 06:28.30

Susan Tedeschi
09 Till The Earth Runs Dry 03:08.58
10 Shelter 05:02.40

Gregg Allman & Warren Haynes Acoustic
11 All My Friends 05:15.04
12 These Days 06:02.02

Allman Brothers Band
13 Come And Go Blues 06:32.17
14 Jessica 12:41.56

Derek Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi
15 Evidence $% 08:02.39
16 I Wish I Knew 06:50.12
17 Only You Know And I Know 04:28.73
18 The Weight %+ 12:18.23

Gov’t Mule featuring Kofi Burbridge on Keys
19 Hammer And Nails 06:29.66
20 32/20 Blues ^ 07:51.67
21 Same Thing ^& 13:17.44
22 Straight To Hell @ 09:27.58
23 Turn On Your Lovelight ! 08:19.22
Encore:
24 That’s What Love Will Make You Do ~ 12:03.08

Total: 169:16.74

* with Kofi Burbridge
# with Susan Tedeschi

$ no Derek
% with Eric Krasno
+ with Edwin McCain
^ with Audley Freed
& with Charlie Drayton
@ with Kevn Kinney, Edwin McCain, Tony Mason and Lenny Kaye
! with Col. Bruce Hampton, Audley Freed, Tony Mason & Jay Collins
~ with Brian Mitchell, Jay Collins, Tony Mason and Audley Freed

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]]> It was titled “Warren Haynes all star jam at Irving plaza on March 28th 2007.” It was an OK show. It had it’s high points and it’s low points. The biggest low point being that the show started an hour late. It was scheduled to start ate 9 with doors opening at 8. Well we were in line by 7:30 and they opened the doors early which was no big deal since the night was warm and the crowed was friendly. But then we had to stand around for 2 hours till Warren finally came out and started the show with an acoustic version of “A Million Miles From Yesterday” which went right into “Sad And Deep As You” He was then joined but Edwin McCain
the first of may friends of the night. The first hour was all acoustic till Susan Tedeschi came out and did 2 great songs which she forgot the words on the last one and blamed her Irving Plaza bad luck. After she was done Warren came out and was joined by Greg Allman and they did 2 acoustic songs with Greg on lead vocals. Then the first break of about 30 min. (another low point)

The break was over and the Allman Brothers band came out to a loud cheer and went right into “Come and Go Blues” and then right into one of the best versions of “Jessica” I have heard in a few years (high point). We got another 15 – 30 min break while the next band set up.

The Derek Trucks band minus Derek came out with Susan Tedeschi on lead guitar and vocals on “Evidence”. For the rest of the set Derek was playing and Susan was singing. She has a great set of pipes and a great stage presence. Derek has defiantly come into his own and is playing the best he has in years. (On a side note if you missed the article about him in Rolling Stones Magazine try to get a hold of it and give it a read.)Another 30 min break while Matt Abts tuned his drums and the band I guess went out for pizza or something (Big Low Point). Warren’s wife Stefani Scamardo came out and thanked the fans for coming out and telling us that we are the real reason they do this and that this show was for us…well next time you are doing a show for us how about
starting on time.Mule finally came out and kicked it right off with “Hammer And Nails”. The band was tight and the “friends” were a perfect fit for the night. They did a 5 song set and the encore.

We had to bail before the encore to catch the last train out of New York for the night.

I think the show over all was a great show and we saw and heard some great music. Like I said waiting an extra hour for the show to start sucked and I know the delay was for the venu to sell more alcohol and that Warren and the band are known to start late but an hour is crazy, but I would do it again. If they had started at least a 1/2 hour late they cold have played more music for the fans…since the show was for us.

As my cousin said while we were waiting it’s these little shows that you get great live music and pairings of musicians you wouldn’t get other wise. I am a big fan of the “Jam Band” genre and it is shows like this that make this kind of music great.

Here is the set list:

Warren Haynes Solo Acoustic
01 Intro 00:27.52
02 A Million Miles From Yesterday 03:40.67
03 Sad And Deep As You * 04:49.31

Warren Haynes & Edwin McCain
04 Sign On The Door 07:11.25
05 Crazy 06:09.07

Warren Haynes, Kevn Kinney & Edwin McCain
06 Good Country Mile 07:13.74
07 Trail Of Seasons 05:24.24
08 I Shall Be Released # 06:28.30

Susan Tedeschi
09 Till The Earth Runs Dry 03:08.58
10 Shelter 05:02.40

Gregg Allman & Warren Haynes Acoustic
11 All My Friends 05:15.04
12 These Days 06:02.02

Allman Brothers Band
13 Come And Go Blues 06:32.17
14 Jessica 12:41.56

Derek Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi
15 Evidence $% 08:02.39
16 I Wish I Knew 06:50.12
17 Only You Know And I Know 04:28.73
18 The Weight %+ 12:18.23

Gov’t Mule featuring Kofi Burbridge on Keys
19 Hammer And Nails 06:29.66
20 32/20 Blues ^ 07:51.67
21 Same Thing ^& 13:17.44
22 Straight To Hell @ 09:27.58
23 Turn On Your Lovelight ! 08:19.22
Encore:
24 That’s What Love Will Make You Do ~ 12:03.08

Total: 169:16.74

* with Kofi Burbridge
# with Susan Tedeschi

$ no Derek
% with Eric Krasno
+ with Edwin McCain
^ with Audley Freed
& with Charlie Drayton
@ with Kevn Kinney, Edwin McCain, Tony Mason and Lenny Kaye
! with Col. Bruce Hampton, Audley Freed, Tony Mason & Jay Collins
~ with Brian Mitchell, Jay Collins, Tony Mason and Audley Freed

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2007/03/a_night_at_irvi.html/feed 0 Great to See Phill & Friends agian…the only true band that plays the best of the Dead http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2006/02/great_to_see_ph.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2006/02/great_to_see_ph.html#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:56:40 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2006/02/great-to-see-phill-friends-agianthe-only-true-band-that-plays-the-best-of-the-dead.html Headed to The Tower Thearter last night with my cousin Henry for a night with Phil & Friends. Nether of us have seen P&F in over 3 years. We have either missed when he was close by. This was a new set of Friends since the last time we saw him. The only ones left from the Quintent was Rob Borraco and Phil himself. Phil has added Joan Osborn, Larry Campbell (guitar+more) Jeff Sipe (drums), and Barry Sless (guitar, pedal steel) . It was a good show the crowd was great. We weren’t even in our seats for more then 3 min when a guy 3 rows back ralphed on the floor and it moved down hill to row L..so Henry and I headed down to the front and were there for the whole show. On an aside..why do the ushers even bother to get the standing crowd back to there seat? As a crowed Deadheads are the most laid back group of concert goers…just let us be and let us enjoy the show. I think it’s a Philly thing..when I see a show in NYC I never get hassled for being down front or off to the side. last night I saw more people getting hassled for being up front…but anyway the show was great..it did dragged in a few spots but the band kicked it right back up.

Joan is deffinently a great improvement to the band. She stayed right out there danced during the jams and had a great voice and did great justice to the music…..

Here is the set list:

Set 1:
Spacey Jam (Joan harmonizing)>
Crazy Fingers> Jam>
Alligator> Jam>
Easy Plateau> Jam (Joan harmonizing)>
No More Do I> Althea
Cosmic Charlie

Set 2:
Jam> New Speedway Boogie>
Jam> Bartering Lines> Jam>
Death Don’t Have No Mercy> Jam>
Lady With A Fan> The Wheel>
Terrapin Station> Space> Rosemary
Turn On Your Lovelight>
Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms>
Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore:
Donor Rap/Intros
Mason’s Children

Which I was able to go to all 3 nights because tonights and tomorrows should really rock….

I’m Listening to: Viola Lee Blues – Phil & Friends – Providence, RI February 22, 2006
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]]> Headed to The Tower Thearter last night with my cousin Henry for a night with Phil & Friends. Nether of us have seen P&F in over 3 years. We have either missed when he was close by. This was a new set of Friends since the last time we saw him. The only ones left from the Quintent was Rob Borraco and Phil himself. Phil has added Joan Osborn, Larry Campbell (guitar+more) Jeff Sipe (drums), and Barry Sless (guitar, pedal steel) . It was a good show the crowd was great. We weren’t even in our seats for more then 3 min when a guy 3 rows back ralphed on the floor and it moved down hill to row L..so Henry and I headed down to the front and were there for the whole show. On an aside..why do the ushers even bother to get the standing crowd back to there seat? As a crowed Deadheads are the most laid back group of concert goers…just let us be and let us enjoy the show. I think it’s a Philly thing..when I see a show in NYC I never get hassled for being down front or off to the side. last night I saw more people getting hassled for being up front…but anyway the show was great..it did dragged in a few spots but the band kicked it right back up.

Joan is deffinently a great improvement to the band. She stayed right out there danced during the jams and had a great voice and did great justice to the music…..

Here is the set list:

Set 1:
Spacey Jam (Joan harmonizing)>
Crazy Fingers> Jam>
Alligator> Jam>
Easy Plateau> Jam (Joan harmonizing)>
No More Do I> Althea
Cosmic Charlie

Set 2:
Jam> New Speedway Boogie>
Jam> Bartering Lines> Jam>
Death Don’t Have No Mercy> Jam>
Lady With A Fan> The Wheel>
Terrapin Station> Space> Rosemary
Turn On Your Lovelight>
Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms>
Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore:
Donor Rap/Intros
Mason’s Children

Which I was able to go to all 3 nights because tonights and tomorrows should really rock….

I’m Listening to: Viola Lee Blues – Phil & Friends – Providence, RI February 22, 2006
]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2006/02/great_to_see_ph.html/feed 0 A good way to End the YEAR!!!! http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2005/12/a_good_way_to_e.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2005/12/a_good_way_to_e.html#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:45:11 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2005/12/a-good-way-to-end-the-year.html For the last 3 years I have accompanied my cousin Henry to New York City 2 nights before New Years Eve to see the hot band Gov’t Mule and this year was no different. It rocked. The set list says it all.

First Set:
Mr. Man > Perfect Shelter> Lola Leave Your Light On>
Livin Lovin Maid She Said > Tommorow Never Knows Jam (with verse of vocals at end)
Tastes Like Wine
Banks of the Deep End
Suffer
32-20 Blues with Ron Holloway

Second Set:
Game Face> Mountain Jam> Game Face Johnny Bratton Jam (from Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions)
Hunger Strike> Dear Mr. Fantasy> Hunger Strike
Wandering Child> Drums> Devil Likes It Slow w/ Ron Holloway (and a smokin’ solo from Warren as always!!)
Oh Well Little Toy Brain
Lively Up Yourself
Mule

Encore:
John The Revelator (Danny on Trumpet Playing the Outro as he comes across the stage)

This was the first show in all my years of going to shows that I actually wore my ear plugs the whole night. I bought a pair of ER*20 High Fidelity Ear Plugs a few years back from Etymotic Research and they were great. They deadened the sound but didn’t effect the sound quality of the music. They were worth the money. My hearing isnt the greatest any way from playing my music to loud all these years and going to shows with unprotected ears. It’s been getting so bad they are ringing even after I get out of the car with radio on to loud. So it’s time to change my ways and turn the volume down……

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]]> For the last 3 years I have accompanied my cousin Henry to New York City 2 nights before New Years Eve to see the hot band Gov’t Mule and this year was no different. It rocked. The set list says it all.

First Set:
Mr. Man > Perfect Shelter> Lola Leave Your Light On>
Livin Lovin Maid She Said > Tommorow Never Knows Jam (with verse of vocals at end)
Tastes Like Wine
Banks of the Deep End
Suffer
32-20 Blues with Ron Holloway

Second Set:
Game Face> Mountain Jam> Game Face Johnny Bratton Jam (from Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions)
Hunger Strike> Dear Mr. Fantasy> Hunger Strike
Wandering Child> Drums> Devil Likes It Slow w/ Ron Holloway (and a smokin’ solo from Warren as always!!)
Oh Well Little Toy Brain
Lively Up Yourself
Mule

Encore:
John The Revelator (Danny on Trumpet Playing the Outro as he comes across the stage)

This was the first show in all my years of going to shows that I actually wore my ear plugs the whole night. I bought a pair of ER*20 High Fidelity Ear Plugs a few years back from Etymotic Research and they were great. They deadened the sound but didn’t effect the sound quality of the music. They were worth the money. My hearing isnt the greatest any way from playing my music to loud all these years and going to shows with unprotected ears. It’s been getting so bad they are ringing even after I get out of the car with radio on to loud. So it’s time to change my ways and turn the volume down……

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2005/12/a_good_way_to_e.html/feed 0 Another great Gov’t Mule concert http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2005/06/another_great_g.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2005/06/another_great_g.html#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:40:23 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2005/06/another-great-govt-mule-concert.html Gov’t Mule played the Festival Pier in Philadelphia Sunday night. It was a great show a good way for me to start the summer concert season. Here is the set list….

Set 1:
Slackjaw Jezebel
Perfect Shelter
Bad Little Doggie
Bad Man Walking
About To Rage
She Said, She Said
Tomorrow Never Knows
Jealous Kind w/Ron Holloway on Sax
Sco-Mule w/Ron Holloway on Sax

Set 2:
Maybe I`m Amazed
Soulshine
Thorazine Shuffle
Devil Likes It Slow w/Ron Holloway on Sax
Drums>Jam>
My Oh My
32/20 Blues w/Ron Holloway on Sax
Mule

Encore
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys w/Ron Holloway on Sax

It was a great night weather wise, once the sun went down we got a nice breeze off the river and it kept things cooled down. Now I am still amazed at the amount of people who get so trashed at these shows. Yes I have a few beers, but not to the extent that I sit down an fall asleep during the show. I have been seeing more and more this at Mule, Alman Brothers and even Phil and Friends shows. Or they get so trashed that they just stumble around. We had a guy who sat down right in front of us and went right to sleep. To me that’s a wast of money. See my rant about concerts fans and the spectrum it’s at the bottom here.

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]]> Gov’t Mule played the Festival Pier in Philadelphia Sunday night. It was a great show a good way for me to start the summer concert season. Here is the set list….

Set 1:
Slackjaw Jezebel
Perfect Shelter
Bad Little Doggie
Bad Man Walking
About To Rage
She Said, She Said
Tomorrow Never Knows
Jealous Kind w/Ron Holloway on Sax
Sco-Mule w/Ron Holloway on Sax

Set 2:
Maybe I`m Amazed
Soulshine
Thorazine Shuffle
Devil Likes It Slow w/Ron Holloway on Sax
Drums>Jam>
My Oh My
32/20 Blues w/Ron Holloway on Sax
Mule

Encore
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys w/Ron Holloway on Sax

It was a great night weather wise, once the sun went down we got a nice breeze off the river and it kept things cooled down. Now I am still amazed at the amount of people who get so trashed at these shows. Yes I have a few beers, but not to the extent that I sit down an fall asleep during the show. I have been seeing more and more this at Mule, Alman Brothers and even Phil and Friends shows. Or they get so trashed that they just stumble around. We had a guy who sat down right in front of us and went right to sleep. To me that’s a wast of money. See my rant about concerts fans and the spectrum it’s at the bottom here.

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2005/06/another_great_g.html/feed 0 A good night out…. http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2004/09/a_good_night_ou.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2004/09/a_good_night_ou.html#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:20:40 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2004/09/a-good-night-out.html Last night was the return of Gov’t Mule to Philly and it was great. A little low key and mellow. The seemed to be playing a lot from there new album Deja Voodoo. The crowd was into it so that was good. Very lite crowd that might have had something to do with the venue change from Penn’s Landing to the Electric Factory.

Warren sounded great as did the rest of the band. Nothing out of the ordinary just good old jamming. Wish I had a tick for tonights show at the Roseland in NYC.

The opening act was Soulive and definitely a band to watch out for.

Met a couple last night that were from RI and had driven down to Richmond, Va. on Sat morning to see the Nascar race, then on Sun drove to Baltimore to see a ball game at Camden Yards and then to the Mule show. What dedication to all the things they find fun….

Here is the set list for the night:

Govt Mule, Electric Factory, Pa 9/12/04

Set 1:
Mr Man
Politician
About To Rage
Lola Leave Your Light On
On Your Way Down
Mr Big
New World Blues
^Sco-Mule

^ w/members of Soulive (Eric Krasno-guitar, Neal Evans-keyboard)

Set 2:
Beautifully Broken
Effigy> Painted Silver Light
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
No Celebration> Drumz> #Jam>
#%The Spider And The Fly
Rockin’ Horse

encore: My Separate Reality

# w/Rob Somerville-sax player
% w/Cyrus Madden-keyboard player

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]]> Last night was the return of Gov’t Mule to Philly and it was great. A little low key and mellow. The seemed to be playing a lot from there new album Deja Voodoo. The crowd was into it so that was good. Very lite crowd that might have had something to do with the venue change from Penn’s Landing to the Electric Factory.

Warren sounded great as did the rest of the band. Nothing out of the ordinary just good old jamming. Wish I had a tick for tonights show at the Roseland in NYC.

The opening act was Soulive and definitely a band to watch out for.

Met a couple last night that were from RI and had driven down to Richmond, Va. on Sat morning to see the Nascar race, then on Sun drove to Baltimore to see a ball game at Camden Yards and then to the Mule show. What dedication to all the things they find fun….

Here is the set list for the night:

Govt Mule, Electric Factory, Pa 9/12/04

Set 1:
Mr Man
Politician
About To Rage
Lola Leave Your Light On
On Your Way Down
Mr Big
New World Blues
^Sco-Mule

^ w/members of Soulive (Eric Krasno-guitar, Neal Evans-keyboard)

Set 2:
Beautifully Broken
Effigy> Painted Silver Light
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
No Celebration> Drumz> #Jam>
#%The Spider And The Fly
Rockin’ Horse

encore: My Separate Reality

# w/Rob Somerville-sax player
% w/Cyrus Madden-keyboard player

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2004/09/a_good_night_ou.html/feed 0 It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere…. http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2004/06/its_5_oclock_so.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2004/06/its_5_oclock_so.html#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:46:39 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2004/06/its-5-oclock-somewhere.html
Wow….that is all I can really say. I haven’t been to a Jimmy Buffett concert before and it’s an event that is very close to a Grateful Dead show. I was finally able to get tickets this year and made a surprise gift to my wife and daughter at Easter. Well last night was the night and we all had a blast. We hit the road around 4pm after work and were in Camden by 4:45. We were late the party had started already. The main parking lots were packed with Parrot-heads and they were partying.


We saw and smelled tons of good food and heard a lot of blenders running and making what I hope were some great margaritas. We had a great time just watching people. There is really no real different between a deadhead and a parrot-head except that a deadhead is a little less groomed then your normal parrot-head. No smellies at a Jimmy show…

We got in line about a half-hour before the gates opened and made some quick friends in line and had some good conversation. It’s interesting how much more attention you get when you bring your 11 year old daughter with you, all the woman in line keep an eye on here and make sure she doesn’t disappear. The gates opened around 7pm and the mad rush of all the lawn seat people started compare it to the running of the bulls. We lost a lot of the people we were talking to in line and ended up about mid way up the hill dead center of the stage. We were surrounded by true parrot-heads. We had a blast watching them them..they know how to party….

The show kicked off about 8:20 with Jimmy coming out solo and doing a few songs then the coral reffers hit the stage with him and the party kicked into high gear. He took a very short break at 9:30 and then came out and played to 11:30.

The high lites of the show music wise for me were of course Margaritaville, Fins, and Son of a Sailor,but the big surprise for all of the attending Deadheads was a cover of Scarlet Begonias it made my heart swell and put me on a definite different plane of fun. He finished off the show with a 3 song encore ending with an acoustic version of “Pirate Looks At Forty”.

Over all it was a great show. Avery was disappointed that he didn’t play “Fruitcakes” and I was hoping for “Tin Cup Chalice”, but other then that the show was great. The crowd was excellent and well behaved and in a party mood. The one thing that surprised me was the lack of pot being smoked. There was none at all I didn’t smell any at all. I guess I have been going to to many jam band shows….

As we were walking back to the car my wife and daughter informed me that we have to go next year. So all you parrot-heads see you there next year…..

Here is the set list:

HOT HOT HOT

Banana Boat Song

01 Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes with the original Coral Reefer Band
02 Great Filling Station Holdup with Mac
03 Pencil Thin Mustache starts with Robert and Ralph joining in and finally the whole band
04 Only Time Will Tell
05 License To Chill
06 Carnival World
07 Son of a Son of a Sailor
08 If The Phone Doesn’t Ring It’s Me
09 Brown Eyed Girl
10 Volcano
11 Why Don’t We Get Drunk Purple Rain psychedelic style
12 Hey Good Looking
13 One Particular Harbour

Intermission

14 Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt)
15 The Pascagoula Run
16 Jamaica Mistaica
17 Come Monday
18 Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit
19 Jolly Mon
20 It’s Five O’clock Somewhere
21 Cheeseburger in Paradise
22 Coast of Carolina
23 Cuban Crime of Passion
24 Southern Cross
25 Scarlet Begonias
26 Margaritaville

First Encore:
27 Fins
28 We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About

Band Intros

Second Encore:
29 A Pirate Looks at Forty

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Wow….that is all I can really say. I haven’t been to a Jimmy Buffett concert before and it’s an event that is very close to a Grateful Dead show. I was finally able to get tickets this year and made a surprise gift to my wife and daughter at Easter. Well last night was the night and we all had a blast. We hit the road around 4pm after work and were in Camden by 4:45. We were late the party had started already. The main parking lots were packed with Parrot-heads and they were partying.


We saw and smelled tons of good food and heard a lot of blenders running and making what I hope were some great margaritas. We had a great time just watching people. There is really no real different between a deadhead and a parrot-head except that a deadhead is a little less groomed then your normal parrot-head. No smellies at a Jimmy show…

We got in line about a half-hour before the gates opened and made some quick friends in line and had some good conversation. It’s interesting how much more attention you get when you bring your 11 year old daughter with you, all the woman in line keep an eye on here and make sure she doesn’t disappear. The gates opened around 7pm and the mad rush of all the lawn seat people started compare it to the running of the bulls. We lost a lot of the people we were talking to in line and ended up about mid way up the hill dead center of the stage. We were surrounded by true parrot-heads. We had a blast watching them them..they know how to party….

The show kicked off about 8:20 with Jimmy coming out solo and doing a few songs then the coral reffers hit the stage with him and the party kicked into high gear. He took a very short break at 9:30 and then came out and played to 11:30.

The high lites of the show music wise for me were of course Margaritaville, Fins, and Son of a Sailor,but the big surprise for all of the attending Deadheads was a cover of Scarlet Begonias it made my heart swell and put me on a definite different plane of fun. He finished off the show with a 3 song encore ending with an acoustic version of “Pirate Looks At Forty”.

Over all it was a great show. Avery was disappointed that he didn’t play “Fruitcakes” and I was hoping for “Tin Cup Chalice”, but other then that the show was great. The crowd was excellent and well behaved and in a party mood. The one thing that surprised me was the lack of pot being smoked. There was none at all I didn’t smell any at all. I guess I have been going to to many jam band shows….

As we were walking back to the car my wife and daughter informed me that we have to go next year. So all you parrot-heads see you there next year…..

Here is the set list:

HOT HOT HOT

Banana Boat Song

01 Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes with the original Coral Reefer Band
02 Great Filling Station Holdup with Mac
03 Pencil Thin Mustache starts with Robert and Ralph joining in and finally the whole band
04 Only Time Will Tell
05 License To Chill
06 Carnival World
07 Son of a Son of a Sailor
08 If The Phone Doesn’t Ring It’s Me
09 Brown Eyed Girl
10 Volcano
11 Why Don’t We Get Drunk Purple Rain psychedelic style
12 Hey Good Looking
13 One Particular Harbour

Intermission

14 Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt)
15 The Pascagoula Run
16 Jamaica Mistaica
17 Come Monday
18 Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit
19 Jolly Mon
20 It’s Five O’clock Somewhere
21 Cheeseburger in Paradise
22 Coast of Carolina
23 Cuban Crime of Passion
24 Southern Cross
25 Scarlet Begonias
26 Margaritaville

First Encore:
27 Fins
28 We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About

Band Intros

Second Encore:
29 A Pirate Looks at Forty

]]> http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2004/06/its_5_oclock_so.html/feed 0 Wow….. http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2003/12/wow.html http://www.bilancio.org/archives/2003/12/wow.html#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:21:42 +0000 wbilancio http://dev.bilancio.org/archives/2003/12/wow.html This show rocked….even though the night started out a little shaky with Henry and I missing the train we wanted to catch so we missed the opening band…

Warren was hot as was the rest of the band…..They did allot of things you don’t normally hear but they are at the Beacon for 3 nights and I am sure are saving allot of old favorites for New Years Eve. Henry’s got tickets for the next 2 nights and I am sure he will have a great time.

Set list is here enjoy. I am going to try to get the 3 night set of shows soon on CD.

1st Set
Time: 1 hour 10 min

John The Revelator
Rockin Horse
Don’t Step On The Grass Sam
Painted Silver Light
Banks Of The Deep End
Patckwork Quilt
Fools Moon
Out Of The Rain w/ Sonny Landreth can’t wait to hear this one.
32 20 Blues w/Sonny Landreth & Brian Mitchell on keys

2nd Set
Time: 2 hours +

Bad Little Doggie
How Many More Years
Wand Dang Doodle about 5 minutes worth
How Many More Years
On Your Way Down w/ Sonny Landreth & Deep Banana Black Out horns
Spanish Moon w/ Sonny Landreth & horns + Cyrus on keys
I’ve Been Loving You
Down And Out In New York City w/horns
drums
keys
bass
WDC >Beautifully Broken> WDC

Encore
Blind Man In The Dark (Warren kept teasing jungle boogie before start of song.)

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]]> This show rocked….even though the night started out a little shaky with Henry and I missing the train we wanted to catch so we missed the opening band…

Warren was hot as was the rest of the band…..They did allot of things you don’t normally hear but they are at the Beacon for 3 nights and I am sure are saving allot of old favorites for New Years Eve. Henry’s got tickets for the next 2 nights and I am sure he will have a great time.

Set list is here enjoy. I am going to try to get the 3 night set of shows soon on CD.

1st Set
Time: 1 hour 10 min

John The Revelator
Rockin Horse
Don’t Step On The Grass Sam
Painted Silver Light
Banks Of The Deep End
Patckwork Quilt
Fools Moon
Out Of The Rain w/ Sonny Landreth can’t wait to hear this one.
32 20 Blues w/Sonny Landreth & Brian Mitchell on keys

2nd Set
Time: 2 hours +

Bad Little Doggie
How Many More Years
Wand Dang Doodle about 5 minutes worth
How Many More Years
On Your Way Down w/ Sonny Landreth & Deep Banana Black Out horns
Spanish Moon w/ Sonny Landreth & horns + Cyrus on keys
I’ve Been Loving You
Down And Out In New York City w/horns
drums
keys
bass
WDC >Beautifully Broken> WDC

Encore
Blind Man In The Dark (Warren kept teasing jungle boogie before start of song.)

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