Tag Archives: Jam Band

Jam band-based voter registration org HeadCount making strides

Only 20 cabins left for Jam Cruise 3, which sets sail in 100 days. I wonder if the Dead had any idea what they were starting when they created an alternative world that professionals, politicians and other generally upright types could escape to periodically without much fear of recrimination. The …

I mean, damn. This review of the phinal Phish weekend is either the most pretentious noodling hippieshit nonsense I’ve ever read, or I’ve been Helen Keller for the last 20 years. About 20 years ago, Trey Anastasio left Burlington with his dog Marley and moved into a sparse West Charleston …

I am astonished and impressed by the self-contained world growing up around the jam bands: for a bunch of dopers they sure have it together in the professionalism and business acumen departments. We just announced AmsterJam 2005 yesterday, complete with travel packages to Europe’s ganjaville, Phish just conjured a portable …

Jam band concert in Amsterdam: AmsterJam 2005 First Ever American Multi-Bill In Amsterdam, Holland March 20, 21 and 22nd, 2005 Amsterjam featuring Umphrey’s McGee, Keller Williams, Particle, & Disco Biscuits The Milkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam Tickets are $150.00 through October/$175 in March / Ages 18 + welcome Complete travel packages …

Although one of the biggest players is leaving the scene, the jam band model of steady touring, long and varied shows, and encouraging fan community is now a viable alternative to the label-dependent radio and CDs model that has become a victim of the changing market of media consolidation, file …

Phish are going out in style. August 14 and 15, 80,000 fans are expected to descend upon Coventry, Vermont for Phish’s farewell festival. Fewer than 70,000 tickets were sold and no one will be admitted without a ticket, so in order to better accomodate the superflous 10,000 (I like that: …