Derek Truck's First Gig 1995

15 and 12 respectively


and a solo from 1991

Furthur Festival at Mountain Aire

USPS was playing in front of the HQ at 846 Union Street at our weekly Sunday open air jam and who else but Joe Russo showed up to watch us. In honor of this I thought I would give a plug to the Furthur Festival at Mountain Aire that is happening this summer, it is looking to be great. Sammy's blog has more.

Bluegrass Competition Paddy O'Reilly's

Paddy O'Relly's is hosting the finale to an ongoing bluegrass competition this Tuesday. In it are Scott and Tony Sunnys jam late night A-list regulars and a couple who uses a stripper pole as part of their act, (hardly strictly bluegrass).

Paddy Reilly's. 519 2 Ave, Manhattan (29 St) 212-686-1210; Slow Bluegrass Jam


Here are some other bluegrass events happening

Sundays:

* Nolita House, 47 E Houston St, Between Mott & Mulberry Sts, (212) 625-1712: Bluegrass Brunch, 12:30pm
* Paddy Reilly's, 519 Second Ave (29 St), Manhattan. (212) 686-1210; (??) bluegrass jam 5pm. Run by Big Apple Bluegrass Society. (Paddy Reilly's has other music -- see also NYC Irish andNYC General Listings)
* Kili, 79-81 Hoyt St between State and Atlantic in Brooklyn. Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party acoustic jam 4-7 PM, email.
* Superfine, 125 Front St. Brooklyn, 718-243-9005; Bluegrass Brunch 11AM-3PM

Mondays (NYC BG/OT): ... [ to top of page]

* newThe Parkside Lounge, 17 Houston St (bet Aves B & C), (212) 673-6270. 9pm-midnight; third Monday Old-Time jam with the Whistlin’ Wolves; other nights various acoustic jams. Bands, etc. tending toward old time/bluegrass.
* Instructional Session, Sackett St in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, 8-11pm; information: email; 415-613-1409
* Iona, 180 Grand Street (between Bedford and Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 2nd & 4th Mon, 7:30 – 10pm: The Moonshiners String Band;
* Paddy Reilly's. 519 2 Ave, Manhattan (29 St) 212-686-1210; Slow Bluegrass Jam
* 169 Bar, 169 E. Broadway (Canal, Essex & Rutgers) 212-437-8866; Country Jam 8:30-11:30

Tuesdays (NYC BG/OT: ... [ to top of page]

* Slainte, 304 Bowery, between Bleeker and Houston; 212-253-7030; 9 pm jam; www.baggotinn.com/slainte/.
* Angel band @ haas beans in park slope

Wednesdays (NYC BG/OT):

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* Grisly Pear, 107 MacDougal St. bet Bleecker and 3rd, 212-477-0622, Sheriff's Good Time Jam, 9pm
* Jalopy, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn; "Roots 'n Ruckus" night - old-time and blues; 718-395-3214; www.jalopy.biz
* Life Cafe Nine Eight Three, 983 Flushing Ave. East Williamsburg, Brooklyn; www.lifecafenyc.com; Open Mic Weds, 10pm; 718-386-1133
* Old Devil Moon Resturant (Southern cuisine), 511 E.12th St at Ave A; 1212-475-4357; 8 pm: Wahoo String Band (Harry Bolick, Brian Slattery, Joe Dejarnette); no cover;www.bolick.net/wahoo/
* Vin Rouge; 629 5th Ave (between 17 & 18 St), Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-369-4201: 7:30pm jam

Thursdays (NYC BG/OT):

* Freddys, Dean St & Sixth Ave, Brooklyn, 718-622-7035; Old-Time Jam, 9-12pm first Thursday; Kings County Opry third Thursday; www.freddysbackroom.com
* Hungarian House, 213 E. 82 St, betw 2 & 3 Ave; second Thurs Oct-June, square and Contra Dance party preceeded by jam, 8-11 pm; www.Nycbarndance.com

Saturdays (NYC BG/OT):

* Banjo Jim's, 700 E. 9th St. at Ave. C; 212-777-0869;Strictly Bluegrass Jam, 3rd Saturday of each month, 6:30pm; Info: 1 drink minimum . www.myspace.com/vincentcrossx
* Nolita House, 47 E Houston St, Between Mott & Mulberry Sts, (212) 625-1712:, Bluegrass Brunch, 12:30pm
* Sunny's. 253 Conover St (between Reed & Beard St) Red Hook, Brooklyn; Every Sat. Bluegrass & Misc. Jam in the back. Sometimes also a performing group in the front. 718-625-8211. 9:00 PM

Wanderlust Comes to Kula Yoga in NYC

This studio is a great for pushing you further, albeit trendy and "coola" it gets credit. I might do a review on Wanderlust and stay at my friends house nearby.

Wanderlust at KULA Yoga

Saturday, March 20, 2010

28 Warren St.

New York, NY 10007

This Saturday we are throwing you a little Wanderlust party. Be there 8ish. Drinks, DJs... and you do not want to miss the largest game of Twister in NYC history.

(Mistress Alex in a gold lame jumpsuit spinning the wheel and administering lashes and prizes.)

The Ohio Party throw down an old skool style danceparty. And vamp it for a photo that may show up on the Wanderlust site... this could be the night that makes you famous. (Tandem class at 6 is full, but you can always drop in to the 6pm Kula Flow instead.)

If you haven't heard of Wanderlust, the festival is best described as a world-class yoga retreat crossed with a music festival, all set in the glorious natural scenery of Squaw Valley USA in North Lake Tahoe. For those who can't wait until July 29, Wanderlust at Kula gives you the essence of it at an intimate level.

Yoga: Elena Brower • Schuyler Grant • Janet Stone
Music: John Shannon • Garth Stevenson • The Ohio Party

Wanderlust brings a little taste of its summer festival to Tribeca to celebrate the equinox. After a long New York winter, come usher in Spring with a music-infused vinyasa class, an extreme session of Twister and a much-needed dance party at Kula Yoga Project. The evening kicks off with a tag team vinyasa class featuring 3 awesome Wanderlust teachers --- Virayoga's Elena Brower, Yoga Tree SF's Janet Stone, and Kula mama Schuyler Grant. Guitarist John Shannon and bassist Garth Stevenson will provide the musical inspiration. After class, grab a glass of wine or jump into Extreme Twister --- an instant classic from Wanderlust 2009. Open hamstrings a plus, competitive lust a must. There will be prizes to inspire a yogic state of equanimity.

Then get down to the funky beats of Brooklyn’s best --- The Ohio Party.If you haven't heard of Wanderlust, the festival is best described as a world-class yoga retreat crossed with a music festival, all set in the glorious natural scenery of Squaw Valley USA in North Lake Tahoe. For those who can't wait until July 29, Wanderlust at Kula gives you the essence of it at an intimate level.The event is presented in association with Kula Yoga Project --- NYC’s premier yoga studio known for its sweaty Kula flow and amazing teachers.

6pm - 8pm: Tag team vinyasa with Elena Brower, Janet Stone and Schuyler Grant. Music by John Shannon and Garth Stevenson.

8pm – 11pm: Extreme Twister hosted by Nikki and DJ dance party with The Ohio Party

Where: Kula Yoga Project, 28 Warren Street, 4th Floor, NYC

$40 for the class & the party & Gaiam eco-tote full of goodies.

$15 for those coming at 8pm. Wanderlust ticket holders get in free!!!

*A percentage of profits go to benefit Casa de Milagros and OFF THE MAT INTO THE WORLD®, the official Wanderlust nonprofit of 2010.

For advance registration email info@kulayoga.com. Reservations for class strongly recommended.

Relix SXSW Showcase

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
Relix Day Party
Antones – 213 W. 5th Street
Set Time: 4:00 PM

Here are some Pictures from the show

David Grisman, Steve Earl, Allison Moorer, City Winery

keep your eye on these concerts! at the City Winery

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer with friends

A summer residency from the alt-country couple.
Four nights of perfect songs.

July 8th

July 15th

July 29th

August 5th

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

A not-to-be-missed show from the bluegrass maestro and his new band.

July 17th

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer with friends

A summer residency from the alt-country couple.
Four nights of perfect songs.

July 8th - Tickets

July 15th - Tickets

July 29th - Tickets

August 5th - Tickets

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

A not-to-be-missed show from the bluegrass maestro and his new band.

July 17th - Tickets

Stormy Monday

In honor of the Allman Brothers run at the Palace here is my take on the song Stormy Monday.

At Ananda Ashram on my yogic journey I jammed and was schooled by fellow musician David Ellenbogen, being a jazz musician he taught me about different jazz progressions. particularly tritonal substitutions and other substitutions. Knowing that I love the blues he taught me how these sorts of substitutions are incorporated into the song "Stormy Monday", made famous (to me at least) by the Allman Brothers and Written by T-Bone Walker. I love the extra jazz chords such as the Am, Bm♭and B, at the turnaround to D. I was listening to this great music theorey podcast and it basically stated that nowhere in music theory will you find this Bm♭ in this sort of 1-4-5 progression. That's why the blues is so cool and mystical, it is based on emotion,so all sorts of messy notes work, major scales minor scales, and edgy dissonant notes that seem out of place but it just work so good.

Sara Bouchard: Songs of Lewis and Clark

Sara Bouchard is a Brooklyn based artist with an eccentric stroke of genius and is in keeping with this blog's partial, new theme of the back to the land movement and sustainability. The Lewis and Clark project is like nothing I ever heard with entire songs taken from the journals of America's greatest adventurers. The stories grab a hold of you and transport you to a different time and place, when the choices of survival and adventure took immediate precedence over Coke or Pepsi.

"Songs of Lewis & Clark" is a song cycle setting the journals of Lewis and Clark to music. With lyrics taken directly from the journals, the songs reveal moments of awe, reflection, humor and joy during the course of the 1804-1806 expedition through the newly purchased Louisiana territory. The full-length album was released November 23, 2008."

Taken from her facebook page

Jerry Douglas Explains the Dobro

Celebrate Brooklyn Initial Lineup

06/09/10 Opening Night Gala
06/12/10 Allen Toussaint
06/18/10 Bitches Brew Revisited (CareFusion Jazz Festival)
06/29/10 Passion Pit w/ Tokyo Police Club (SOLD OUT)
07/15/10 Konono N°1
07/27/10 The National w/ Beach House

Summer Stage looks better...

05/26/10 Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive, Torche ( | Feb 20 @ 12PM)
06/15/10 John Butler Trio, State Radio ( | Feb 19 @ 12PM)
06/23/10 Stanley Clarke ft. Hiromi, McCoy Tyner Quartet w/ Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding, Francisco Mela (CareFusion Jazz Festival)
06/26/10 Tinariwen
06/30/10 Def Poetry Jam ft. Carlos Andres Gomez and others
07/26/10 Flaming Lips ( | Feb 19 @ 12PM)
07/27/10 The Black Keys
07/31/10 Los Amigos Invisibles
09/18/10 Broken Social Scene ( | Presale: Mar 3 @ 11AM, On Sale: Mar 5 @ noon)
09/21/10 Pavement SOLD OUT
09/22/10 Pavement SOLD OUT
09/23/10 Pavement SOLD OUT
09/24/10 Pavement SOLD OUT

you can read more at http://www.bumpershine.com/2010-celebrate-brooklyn-initial-lineup

Wagon Wheel USPS

Here is the USPS Trio's version of Wagon Wheel

The song has an interesting history, the chorus of the song, which is arguably the best part was written by Bob Dylan for the album Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. Old Crow Medicine Show then wrote the verses and made it a hit.

Camp Bisco 9 Initial Lineup

THE DISCO BISCUITS ANNOUNCE FIRST ROUND OF PERFORMERS FOR CAMP BISCO 9

3-DAY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL

IN MARIAVILLE, NEW YORK JULY 15-17 2010

LCD Soundsystem; Ween; Thievery Corporation; Girl Talk; Bassnectar; Pretty Lights; Major Lazer; The New Deal; Diplo; Aeroplane; Rusko; Sunrise Silent Disco; The Album Leaf; Brothers Past; Dieselboy; Gift of Gab (of Blackalicious); Future Rock; SOJA; Telepath; Felix Cartal; Two Fresh; Kill the Noise; Eskmo; Orchard Lounge; Rubblebucket Orchestra; Emancipator; Spiritual Rez; Sub Swara; Derek Plaslaiko; Big Gigantic; Earl Greyhound; The Black Seeds; Grimace Federation; C-mon & Kypski; Nobody Beats the Drum; King Britt; Dubskin; Woodhands; Justin Paul; Lee Maytals and DJ Everyday.

Camp Bisco 9 is promoted by MCP Presents and hosted by The Disco Biscuits, who's upcoming release, Planet Anthem, will be out on Diamond Riggs Records March 16th. Visit www.campbisco.net for the most up to date information.