Another year another Vibes. Always a treat to see beaucoup music in a short period of time. Good thing I waited a couple of weeks to make the post. Probably a little foggier than I'd like but here goes.
Thursday 7/25: Start with Borboletta a Tim Palmieri amalgam doing the music of Santana. Local minstrel and Bar mainstay, Palmieri has hard earned chops. He plays somewhere nightly, and it shows. Bowing to the altar of Carlos, this was a great start. Ryan Montbleau is another area and Vibes regular. His hip latin funk vibe has really evolved. Jason Crosby offered some lame vocals to some originals and a Floyd cover. Dark Star Orchestra filling their regular Thurs night slot had some highlights: Bertha>Peggy-O>Loser>Sugaree>>Dancin In the St.>Cosmic Charlie>Scarlet>St Stephen>Not Fade Away>Sugar Magnolia> encore Samson and Delilah. Late night was Kung Fu. Tim Palmieri's rock shred outfit was a nice end to the day.
Friday 7/26: Railroad Earth put on a lackluster set. Newer stuff seemed pretty tame. Nothing as good as their first two records. Newcomers The Revivalists were rockin the second stage. Charismatic singer was great. Revivalist singer moves to main stage to help front Galactic with two awesome covers: Who Do You Love, and Gimme Shelter. John Scofield hosted the Uberjam with late-arriving John Medeski and Avi Bortnick. Sco effortlessly peels through some jazz licks, the guy played with Miles for goodness sake. Next up was the Tedeschi-Trucks Band. Husband and wife fronted big-jam-band was full of sound. Covers included; The Sky is Crying, Angel From Montgomery, Sugaree and a great Bound For Glory. Phil and Friends played Scarlet Begonias, Crazy Fingers, Friend of the Devil, Uncle John's Band, Shakedown St., with an encore of Ripple. Latenight Friday slot obligated to Deep Banana Blackout. Jen, Fuzz and company threw down a lengthy Get Up Offa That Thing.
Saturday 7/27: Local latin heroes Cosmic Jibaros start the day. Funky Meters play some of their classics. The Roots put on a good set. Guitar player scatted his way through a funky Someone That I Used to Know (the popular Gotye song). Closed up with the funky The Seed from an early record. Second stage had Steve Kimock and Bernie Worrell. Grace Potter has come a long way since I saw her in a field in Niantic with a crowd of a 100 just a few years ago. She scorched Nothing but the Water, Your Time is Gonna Come (with Warren Haynes), and a great tribute Cocaine in honor of JJ Cale's passing. Government Mule was next. The Shape I'm In>Getaway/Jungle Boogie (with George Porter Jr.)>Since I've Been Loving You>I'm a Ram>Love Me Do>Working Class Hero>encore After Midnight. Phil and Friends played Cumberland Blues>China Cat>Birdsong>Watchtower> I Know You Rider>New Speedway Boogie>Dark Star/Other One/Dark Star> encore Box of Rain. Latenight had dj sets from Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation that led into James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem. James Murphy made good use of Neil Young's Harvest Moon, and T Heads Slippery People. Latelatenight saw regional jammers Papadosio bring the sun up with their frenetic groove.
Sunday 7/28: Start the day with Blues Traveller reaching back to some of their hits. John Butler Trio hit hard with Revolution (not the Beatles),Used to Get High, and a rousing Ocean. Black Crowes played Jumpin Jack Flash, She Talks to Angels, Jealous Again, Remedy, Hard to Handle, and Deep Purple's Hush. Closed up shop with Fishbone. So-cal rockers still got it. Lead singer is still hopping off stage and into the crowd (he'll break a hip that way!). Another great weekend of music. Mind the glittersnot and....stay thirsty for live music my friends.
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