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So all the concerts I mentioned in the last post have obviously been cancelled or rescheduled. Haven’t even done as much couch surfing as I had hoped, although nugs tv has been streaming weekly shows from moe., JRAD, Phish, Bob Weir & the Wolf Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Widespread Panic, plus others including Billy Strings and Daze Between Jerry Garcia celebration. Sweetwater 420 plans to be back in April of 2021 with many of the acts that were scheduled for 2020.

Less than two months to Sweetwater 420 so I need to start streaming some of the “down ticket” bands (like “Kingfish” Ingram) to draft out a daily schedule.

Very glad JRAD will play two sets this year – last year’s single set was almost washed out. And a Marc Benevento “solo” set, too.

Phish fans should enjoy the warm-up for their concerts this summer at Piedmont Park with the Trey Anastasio Band and Oysterhead sets.

Looking forward to other spring concerts – Real Estate, Steve Gunn/William Tyler/Mary Lattimore, maybe Marty Stuart and the Secret Sisters. Have to do some research on The Wood Brothers and The Mavericks.

Also enjoying Nugs TV stream of Melvin Seals JGB with John Kadlecik concert at Ardmore from 10/17/19 (with George Porter, Jr. Trio opening).

Disappointed to miss Interstellar Echoes at Red Clay this week because I think that’s a great venue and they are a very good PF tribute band, but looks like they will be playing more shows in the area, including another show at Variety Playhouse at the end of May.

23 days into the 2019 30 Days of Dead. Going back over previous years to create date-recorded order playlists to better identify the “band version” (Pigpen/Godchaux/Mydland/Welnick).

In a few short years I’ve gone from a Music Midtown fan (Atlanta-based) to a Shaky Knees fan to a SweetWater 420 fan. Maybe Shaky Knees is drifting more towards mainstream than indie or maybe I’m drifting more towards “jam bands”. Good memories of Noel Gallagher, Real Estate, The War and Treaty, Courtney Barnett, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, David Byrne (a fantastic show – tempted to see American Utopia in New York), etc. at SK but really enjoyed the lineup at the 2019 SW420 Festival. Anyway, looking forward to the 2020 SW420 Festival with only the headliners announced so far – Oysterhead, Trey Anastasio Band, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, etc.

Finally added a basic theme.

Recent music listening preference has been live performances by the Grateful Dead (including Dave’s Picks 2019 and 2018 30 Days of Dead), Jerry Garcia Band (Nicky Hopkins 1975 plus Don’t Let Go), Mike Gordon (live 2016-2018), Phish (Live Bait 12, 14, 15), Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (2018 Live Oak and 2019 Port Chester), and Umphrey’s McGee (Live at the Murat and Back at the ‘Nac).

Live concerts music performers over the past few months have included Mike Gordon, Anders Osborne and Samantha Fish, excellent tribute bands for Pink Floyd and Jerry Garcia Band, and “couch tour” of Sweetwater 420 Fest live stream, including Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, John Medeski’s Mad Skillet, Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass, Everyone Orchestra, Claypool Lennon Delirium, Widespread Panic, etc.

Listening to Moby Grape…

Just checking in…Listening to new Steve Gunn, Guster, Kurt Vile, and Grateful Dead Dave’s Picks Vol. 29

Still working to get back to this and fix the theme and formatting.

More songs to add – “I’ll Cry Instead”/The Beatles/45 single, “Positively 4th Street”/Bob Dylan/Greatest Hits

Mental Jukebox Song(s) of the Day – 01/13/19

“Build Me Up Buttercup” – The Foundations – 45 single. Not sure why this popped up. I have been watching Season One of American Gods and one episode featured “Runaround Sue” (Dion). The horn “stinger” in that song (da-da-da-da-da-da) is similar to the one on this song. Also, someone posted the Billboard Top 100 from 1969 at work so maybe this was on the list?

“20 Century Man” – The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies. Finally watched all of the movie 20th Century with John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. One of the original screwball comedies from the same writers and director of my favorite of the genre, His Girl Friday. This is one of my favorite songs by the Kinks from my favorite studio album of theirs.

Still getting emails about site registration requirements. Need to set up a theme this weekend and add mental jukebox posts…

“Statesboro Blues”/Allman Brothers Band/Live From A&R Studios
Makes sense – I fell asleep listening to this album last night.

“The Tide Is High”/Blondie/The Best of Blondie
Makes sense – I heard this in a fast food restaurant a few days ago.

“Sing This All Together”/The Rolling Stones/Their Satantic Majesties Request (with the lenticular cover)
Makes no sense – I haven’t heard or thought about this song in years. Enjoyed it back in the day (and now) but I have no idea what would have triggered this song today. Haven’t listened to or thought about any Stones music recently. I have been listening to other Nicky Hopkins performances (mostly with the Jerry Garcia Band) and thinking about how much I enjoyed all of his playing (Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, etc.) but when I think about his contributions to the Stones it’s usually from Beggars Banquet or Let It Bleed, for example, the intro to “Monkey Man”.