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Water in the Desert set to release on October 20

Two-time Grammy-winning bassist Oteil Burbridge is announcing a new solo album Water In The Desert. Produced by David Ryan Harris, every track on the record was written by Burbridge and features an all-star cast of some of his favorite musicians including his brother Kofi Burbridge on keys, Dave Yoke on guitar, Lil' John Roberts, Sean O'Rourke on drums, Miguel Atwood Ferguson on strings and outstanding vocalists Alfreda Gerald and Mark Rivers.  Water In The Desert will be released on October 20, 2017.

"I started writing the songs on this record about ten years ago," said Burbridge. "They are all songs about love in some way; finding out how to love yourself, hoping that another loved one will love you just as you are, believing in someone when they find it hard to believe in themselves, love gone wrong, or finally finding the "perfect fit." I feel like every problem we have on earth in some way comes back to the lack of love. That's really what this record is about. "

Burbridge has been in the music business touring and recording for over three decades. His first step into the national spotlight came in 1991 when he became a founding member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit featuring Col. Bruce Hampton, a cult classic that has stood the test of time. That led to his membership in the classic rock group The Allman Brothers Band. Since 1997, his work with the band has earned him two Grammy nominations for best rock instrumental, in 2003 and 2004. Over the years, Burbridge has shared the stage with rock and blues legends such as Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Levon Helm, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Billy Gibbons, Chuck Leavell, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Johnny Winter, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, and Trey Anastasio. In 2012, Oteil received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his 15-year contribution to the Allman Brothers Band as the longest running bassist in the band's history.  

Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart  joined forces with John Mayer in 2015 to form "Dead & Company" with Burbridge on bass and Jeff Chimenti on keys. The band toured the US in the fall of 2015 and the summer of 2016 and 2017. These tours included sold-out shows at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and Citi Field and a headlining spot at Bonnaroo Music Festival. Plans for future Dead & Company shows are underway, including the destination event "Playing in the Sand" in Riviera Maya, Mexico in February 2018.

Oteil & Friends on Tour with Melvin Seals -vocals; Eric Krasno - guitar; John Kadlecik - guitar/vocals; Jay Lane - drums; Weedie Braimah - percussion; and Alfreda Gerald -vocals.  *Melvin Seals will not be performing on the November 6 & 9 dates.

TOUR DATES:

October 31 -- The Ardmore Music Hall;  PA

November 1 -- Pour House; Charleston, SC

November 2 -- Georgia Theatre; Athens, GA

November 3 -- Salvage Station; Asheville, NC

November 4 -- Neighborhood Theater; Charlotte, NC

November 5 -- The Lincoln Theatre; Raleigh, NC

November 6 -- Fillmore; Silver Spring, MD

November 7 -- The Rex Theater; Pittsburgh, PA

November 8 -- Soundstage; Baltimore, MD

November 9 -- Le Poisson Rouge; New York, NY

The Big What? 2017

Posted by: jerryfriend | August 24th, 2017

Matt Butler brings his improvisational spin to this year's Big What and it was incredible

Joy. That was the overriding emotion seeping through three days of fist-pumping grooves, smiling faces and swaying sun-soaked bodies at The Big What. A festival filled exclusively with bands whose sound is a celebration, and the joyous people attracted to that energy. 2017 has been a banner year for BIG Something.

Umphrey's McGee with Aqueous

Posted by: jerryfriend | August 13th, 2017

Umphrey's McGee at Red Hat Ampitheater
Mixing it up in the middle with Umphrey’s

As I sat in my seat at Umphrey's McGee at Red Hat Amphitheatre on Friday night, I had an epiphany. We were in the very back of the seats, where that section comes to a point against the lawn. I watched all the fans walking around us to make the turn at the point.

FloydFest 2017-Freedom

Posted by: jerryfriend | August 8th, 2017

FloydFest 2017-Freedom
A Tribe Called FloydFest

There's an interesting aspect of attending FloydFest that you don't expect but everyone seems to experience in some way or another--trying to explain to people what FloydFest is actually like.

Moses Guest - Light

In celebration of 20 years as a recording artist, Moses Guest releases “Light,” nine tracks of intelligent jam, confidently spiced with thoughtful lyrics and flickering keys.
Thievery Corporation, Michael Franti, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Rising Appalachia, Leftover Salmon, Steel Pulse, Railroad Earth, Marty Stuart & more set to perform.

Boasting one of the most dynamic lineups ever assembled for a multi-day world music festival, FloydFest 17~Freedom is set to deliver a truly engaging and diverse artistic
experience along the magical Blue Ridge Parkway from July 26 to 30, 2017. Across nine+ stages
over five days, FloydFest 17 welcomes more than 100 bands for its 17th installment, including
Thievery Corporation, Michael Franti, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Rising Appalachia,
Leftover Salmon, Steel Pulse, Railroad Earth, Marty Stuart, and Xavier Rudd.


FloydFest is located at Milepost 170.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and tickets are available by
visiting FloydFest.com. Single- and multi-day general admission tickets are still available, with
bundles available for camping. A small number of High-Roller, All-Access VIP tickets are also still
available, along with additional ticket options for parking, camping, and outdoor adventure
activities. Visit FloydFest.com for more information and to purchase tickets.


Recently receiving top accolades from TIME Magazine and Fox News -- and being voted the
11th 'Best Festival in the World' and 2nd 'Best Festival in the USA' by FlightNetwork --
FloydFest 17's final artist lineup includes Thievery Corporation, Michael Franti, St. Paul & the
Broken Bones, Rising Appalachia, Leftover Salmon, Steel Pulse, Railroad Earth, Shovels &
Rope, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Xavier Rudd, White Denim, Turkuaz, Fruition,
Keller Williams+, TAUK, The Steel Wheels, The Hip Abduction, Larry Keel Experience+,
HONEYHONEY, Vurro, BIG Something, Shook Twins, Baskery, Zach Deputy, The Mantras,
Aaron Lee Tasjan, Femina, That 1 Guy, Dave Eggar Band feat. Sasha Lazard, The Lil' Smokies,
People's Blues of Richmond, Rebekah Todd & the Odyssey, Jack Broadbent, The Suitcase
Junket, Black Masala, Hillbilly Casino, Urban Soil, Blue Mule, Che Apalache, Jordan Harman
Band, M.C. Broom & the Jam, T Sisters, Banditos, Jon Stickley Trio, The Tillers, Alanna Royale,
The Stash! Band, Strange Americans, Whiskerman, The Brother Brothers, Honey Island
Swamp Band, Edward David Anderson, Dead 27s, Davy Knowles, McLovins, Hayley Jane and
the Primates, Broccoli Samurai, The Drunken Hearts, Strange Machines, Trae Pierce & the
T-Stones, Liver Down The River, Sol Searchers, GOTE, Black Mountain Revival, Lobo Marino,
PLF; Galax to Floyd Pickers: David & Mason Via, Aaron Woody Wood, Blake & Jamie Collins,
Gina Sobel, Mason Via & Hot Trail Mix; EchoMix Artists: Konrad Kuechenmeister, Boib Funck,
JANXX, Brain Hill, Dead Sea Sparrow, Kendra Warren, King Django, John DeCarlo, Gyorgy De
Val; Mama Said, The Get Right Band, The Mallett Brothers, Villa*Nova, Dharma Bombs, The
Folly, South Hill Banks, Seph Custer & the Papa Tom Band, Chris Ross & the North, Morgan
Wade & the Stepbrothers, Mad Iguanas, Claire Hitchins, Bryan Elijah Smith & the Wildhearts,
Jaewar & Vibe Riot, The Wildmans, Fernandez Sisters, Einstein's Monkey, Girls Rock Roanoke,
Community High School Band, Jefferson Center Music Lab, Mike Mitchell Trio, Dixon's Violin;
FloydFest Buskers: Brad Collier, Waiting to Exhale, Fason & Cannaday, Seph & TK, Will & Jodie
Norton, Flirting with Chemicals; Nicki Calhoun, Howard Falco, Miss Kitty's Cosmonauts,
Lunaversal.hoopz, Oakely the Greenman, 1000 Faces Mask Theater, Ambrosia Farms Puppets,
Magician of Life, Becky the Balloon Lady, Gravity Check Juggling, Gypsy Geoff and more.

The unforgettable magic that was FloydFest 16's Buffalo Mountain Jam returns in 2017 for its
second-annual installment. Known for its impromptu artist collaborations, super jams and
special guests, the Buffalo Mountain Jam will evoke a 'freedom' unique to the 17th annual
event -- not to be missed.

"The Buffalo Mountain Jam is extremely important to witness -- it's a capstone of the festival,
spotlighting 'new-school newgrass,'" Hodges said. "It's a free-form jam that speaks to the
quality of the musicians that make it happen ... a jam that speaks to freedom."

As always, FloydFest will also include vibrant and varied vendors, quality craft brews and chews,
healing arts, workshops and whimsy, children's activities, onsite art installations and a final
lineup featuring more than 100 artists performing on nine+ stages.
 

FloydFest is located at Milepost 170.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd, Va. Detailed
directions are available by clicking to www.floydfest.com.

Wheels of Soul Tour - Raleigh, NC July 14, 2017

Posted by: jerryfriend | July 17th, 2017

One of The Summer's hottest tours featuring Hot Tuna, The Wood Brothers and The Tedeschi Trucks Band

It's always great when a summer tour is planned to be as hot as the weather that surrounds it. And this mid-July NC event was a hot show on stage and off. Wheels of Soul rolled into Raleigh's Downtown Amphitheater on Friday and the fans were ready. All the remaining tickets were bought in the minutes leading up to the show, prompting the "Sold Out" sign to go up at the box office.

View the stacked lineup for the 5th year event.

The 2017 Suwannee Hulaween lineup is finally here! This year's lineup includes: The String Cheese Incident (x3), Bassnectar, Ween, GRiZ, The Disco Biscuits, Run the Jewels, Greensky Bluegrass, Lettuce, The Benevento/Russo Duo, Vince Staples, RL Grime, Claude VonStroke, Portugal. The Man, Kamasi Washington, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Spafford, Aqueous, Marian Hill, Dumpstaphunk, The Nth Power, Manic Focus, Michal Menert, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, The Polish Ambassador, FKJ, Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), and many more.

Suwannee Hulaween's five year anniversary will fuse a diversely curated musical lineup with awe-inspiring art installations, live performance, yoga, workshops, a speaker series and a slew of interactive activities to get lost in, including the fully immersive playground of Spirit Lake.

The 2017 festival will also feature a fully programmed Thursday pre-party on October 26 at Spirit Lake with musical offerings from the likes of Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, Lettuce, Liquid Stranger, The Devil Makes Three, EOTO & Friends, Zach Deputy, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, and more.

Get more info at www.suwanneehulaween.com

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