(Above: Widespread Panic jam with DJ Logic at a 2008 show in Charlotte, N.C.)
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
Call it hippie-hop. The surprise appearance by DJ Logic late into Widespread Panic’s sprawling set at the Midland Theater Tuesday night set both the evening and the audience on its ear.
Singer John [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jam bands’
Review: Widespread Panic
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, DJ Logic, Jam bands, Talking Heads, Widespread Panic on November 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Derek Trucks: 15 Nights with the Allmans
Posted in Kansas City Star, band feature, tagged Allman Brothers Band, Chuck Leavell, Derek and the Dominoes, Derek Trucks, Dr. John, Duane Allman, Jam bands, Kid Rock, Layla, Levon Helm, Phish, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal, Woody Haynes on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Allman Brothers guitarists (from left) Woody Haynes, Derek Trucks with guest Eric Clapton at the Beacon Theater in New York, March 2009.)
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
The Derek Trucks Band tour started last week, just days after the final show in the Allman Brothers’ 15-night residency at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
Numerous [...]
Review: Gov’t Mule
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, Beatles, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Gov't Mule, Hound Dog Taylor, Jam bands, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Martin and Wood, Medeski, Muddy Waters, Radiohead, Traffic, Warren Haynes on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Mule, meet Radiohead. Radiohead, Mule.)
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
One fan’s T-shirt asked: “Got Mule?” And for the second time in three months, the answer was “yes.”
Nearly 12 weeks after playing to a packed Voodoo Lounge, Gov’t Mule played for another full house Wednesday night at the Granada in Lawrence.
The classic [...]
Review: Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Allman Broters, Bo Diddley, Doobie Brothers, gospel music, Jam bands, Joel Francis, Michael Jackson, pedal steel, Robert Randolph, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Voodoo Lounge on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Above: Robert Randolph persuades the ladies of Albany to shake their hips.
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
A casino is as unlikely a setting for church as beer employees are a congregation. Yet on Friday night, Robert Randolph and the Family Band snuck 90 minutes of gospel on an unsuspecting crowd that [...]
Concert Review: Wakarusa Music Festival (2008)
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, Wakarusa Music Festival, tagged Arrested Development, Back To Rockville, Bob Dylan, Dumpstaphunk, Flaming Lips, Jam bands, Jennie Arnau, music, Neko Case, Neville Brothers, Ozomatli, Parliament/Funkadelic, Porter Batiste Stolze, The Meters on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Above: The Flaming Lips “Race for the Prize” at Wakarusa 2008.
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
Arrested Development – Friday afternoon, Revival Tent
The sound of Arrested Development warming up was funky enough to send a crowd scrambling to the Revival Tent and its ankle-deep mud, but the group had trouble keeping them [...]
Concert Review: George Clinton heats up cold night
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, George Clinton, Jam bands, music, Parliament/Funkadelic on April 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
George Clinton’s show hasn’t changed much over the past several years, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to attract new fans.
Saturday night’s show at Crossroads KC marks the third time Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic have performed in Kansas City in the last four years, and each time the legion of hands [...]
Claypool hits the jackpot on casino debut
Posted in Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, Jam bands, Les Claypool, music, Primus on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
A sold-out and animated crowd renewed Les Claypool’s faith Monday night at Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge.
“I’ve never played a casino before,” Claypool confessed to the crowd toward the end of his set. “I was thinking ‘What’s next, is Claypool going to be playing Branson?’”
Judging from their response, most of the crowd [...]
Concert Review: Wakarusa Music Festival (2007)
Posted in Kansas City Star, Wakarusa Music Festival, review, tagged Greencards, Jam bands, Martin and Wood, Medeski, Michael Franti, music, Old Crow Medicine Show, Spearhead on June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Kansas City Star
By Joel Francis
Michael Franti and Spearhead, Sun Down Stage
Michael Franti brought his political party to Wakarusa Sunday night. Its platform is both progressive and accessible: share love, be honest, bring the troops home and, oh yeah, have fun.
Franti was backed by his five-piece band Spearhead, and within moments of taking the [...]
Concert review: George Clinton (2007)
Posted in Kansas City Star, review, tagged Crossroads KC, George Clinton, Jam bands, Mark Funkhouser, music, P-Funk, Parliament/Funkadelic on May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Joel Francis
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City got both versions of the funk Wednesday night in the Crossroads.
New Mayor Mark Funkhouser opened the show with a thanks to all who, “Helped a big white guy get elected mayor.”
He was succeeded at the microphone by a guitarist wearing a diaper who signaled the end of Funkhouser’s [...]
Rising beyond stereo
Posted in Kansas City Star, band feature, tagged Disco Biscuits, Jam bands, music on November 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Quartet is cooking up a four-way sound experience.
Kansas City Star
By Joel Francis
Justin Timberlake may be bringing sexy back, but the jam band the Disco Biscuits is retrieving a relic of the ’70s.
“Quadrophonic sound hasn’t been popular in many years, but we’re going to bring it back,” said Biscuits singer, guitarist and songwriter Jon Gutwillig. “Roger [...]
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