The Rise And Fall Of The Clash (2014) DVD Review

I still remember when I was a kid buying that first Clash album. It was on cassette, and was the American version, so it had “I Fought The Law,” which in fact might have been the only song on it I’d heard before I made my purchase. And something certainly changed for me when I popped that cassette into my stereo for the first time. This was one of those albums that had an immediate and lasting impact. But I never bothered to learn anything whatsoever about the band. Maybe I didn’t want to know. But now I do.

The Rise And Fall Of The Clash, the new documentary film about the band, features a new interview with Mick Jones, and surprisingly opens with a quoted passage from Shakespeare: “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them.” Of course, those lines are given in jest in the play, Twelfth Night, as part of a prank on Malvolio. And perhaps that is the spirit it is offered here, for the music of The Clash did have a certain sense of humor.

The Rise And Fall Of The Clash has some concert footage and does discuss certain songs, but it’s really about the relationships of the band members to each other, and the relationship of the band with its manager, Bernard Rhodes. This documentary should be titled simply The Fall Of The Clash, for it has basically no information whatsoever on the formation of the band or its early years. This film focuses on the years 1981 – 1985, when most of the band’s greatest music had already been released, and it really centers on the influence of band manager Bernard Rhodes, which led slowly but inevitably to the band’s destruction. Rhodes managed the band from 1976 to 1978, and then again from 1981 through 1985. It is this second period that is the subject of this film.

As much as I would have loved to learn some things about the band’s early development, what the film does give us is interesting. There is quite a bit about Combat Rock, which they recorded in 1981 and released in 1982. It was the first album they recorded after Bernie’s return as manager, and the band tried to mix the album themselves late at night after gigs. The results weren’t that good, so the duties went to Glyn Johns, who quickly mixed the album.

The film also focuses on the dismissal of drummer Topper Headon because of his excessive drug use, and the return of Terry Chimes. But of course the biggest issue is the increasing tension between Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, eventually leading to the sacking of Jones. All of this coincided with the band’s increasing popularity and their performing shows in much larger venues.

There is some live footage of the band performing “Should I Stay Or Should I Go,” but I would have liked a bit more concert footage. There is also some footage of the film Joe made in 1983.

There are interviews with Clash security man Ray Jordan. And perhaps even more interesting are the interviews with all of the band members who came late in the game. Pete Howard was the drummer from 1983 through 1985, and his interview provides a different perspective on what the band had become. He says, “I was into prog rock and Yes and Genesis and stuff, which is something I never told them in the interview.” And regarding the firing of Mick Jones, Pete says: “Joe rang me and he said, ‘I’ve got rid of that wanker. Are you with me or are you with him?’” He also talks about how in 1984 there were new rules about drug use and about what band members could and couldn’t wear.

There are also interviews with guitarists Nick Sheppard and Vince White, who both were replacements for Mick Jones, playing in the band from 1983 through 1985. Each of them thought he was going to be the main guitarist and didn’t know about the other at first. This is stuff that I knew nothing about before this documentary, and for me is actually the most interesting material. Nick, Vince and Pete were not treated well, and were basically seen as hired hands, with low salaries.

This documentary also delivers quite a bit of information regarding that final studio release, Cut The Crap (an album I never bothered to pick up). It’s great hearing Pete’s bitter take on the use of a drum machine on that album.

The Rise And Fall Of The Clash was directed by Danny Garcia. It is scheduled to be released on DVD on April 29, 2014 through Shout! Factory. The DVD contains no special features.

The Dream Syndicate: “The Day Before Wine And Roses” (2014) CD Review

The Dream Syndicate hadn’t been together all that long when they performed this late-night set on KPFK in Los Angeles. The Day Before Wine And Roses was recorded on September 5, 1982, and is a great mix of originals (including an early version of “John Coltrane Stereo Blues,” here still titled “Open Hour”) and covers (you have to hear their nice, long version of Donovan’s “Season Of The Witch”). The originals are mostly from their EP, but also a couple of songs that would be recorded for their first full-length album, Days Of Wine And Roses. There is approximately an hour of music here, performed with a great, loose vibe.

The Day Before Wine And Roses was released twenty years ago in Germany, and this new issue includes those original liner notes by Pat Thomas (with a new comment on them by Pat), as well as new notes by Steve Wynn.

At the beginning of this CD, Andrea ‘Enthal introduces the band, and there are jokes about the show being a “fireside chat.” Steve Wynn sets the scene by describing the studio and the audience (“some on the floor, some sitting in chairs”) and even the photographer’s tripod. It’s great to have a sense of what it was like to actually be there. The band then gets things going with “Some Kinda Itch,” a deliciously mellow tune that has a great late 1960s feel – think Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Velvet Underground – and I absolutely fucking love it.

They follow that with a cool, heavy cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “Mr. Soul.” At the end, someone shouts out, “Louder.” The response: “We don’t play loud music.”

But then they go into a ripping rendition of “Sure Thing,” with the guitars coming at full force at moments, and the vocals matching that power. The song gets quiet at one point – “Listen” – but it feels like a monster waiting, ready to pounce on its prey. It’s tense, and they keep that going for a while before tearing in again.

I totally love the stage banter that’s included in this release. They talk about the new album, which they hadn’t yet recorded, and about milking the EP, before going into “That’s What You Always Say” (a song that was included on both the EP and that first album).

Bob Dylan Cover

The Dream Syndicate delivers a great, raw and insanely energetic cover of Bob Dylan’s “Outlaw Blues,” from Bringing It All Back Home. Afterwards the band jokes that they’re going to do that whole album, but they’ve forgotten which album it’s actually from, and say it’s from Highway 61 Revisited. They say they’ll next do “Queen Jane Approximately,” which is from Highway 61 Revisited. Someone then requests “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” and they start to play a little of it.

But what they go into is “Open Hour,” which would later become “John Coltrane Stereo Blues.” According to Steve Wynn’s liner notes, this is the first time the band ever played the song. But after the song, they say it’s the third time it was played. Either way, this is a very early recording of the tune, and it features a very good jam. Oh yes, “It’s gonna be all right.”

“Season Of The Witch”

I love Donovan, and “Season Of The Witch” has always worked for me. The Dream Syndicate does a wild rendition of this song, with some interesting things on guitar. This song slowly stalks you, creeping up and then playing with you a bit before devouring you. The song becomes a crazy jam, with sudden screams toward the end. It’s more than eight minutes long, and absolutely delicious.

They then play what would be the title track of their first full-length record (after joking about looking for a label), “The Days Of Wine And Roses.” And it’s a fantastic version, full of energy. At the end, Steve says, “Thanks a lot, that was a lot of fun.” Indeed.

CD Track List

1. Some Kinda Itch
2. Mr. Soul
3. Sure Thing
4. That’s What You Always Say
5. Outlaw Blues
6. Open Hour
7. When You Smile
8. Season Of The Witch
9. The Days Of Wine Roses 

The Day Before Wine And Roses was released on February 4, 2014 through Omnivore Recordings.

Guns No Roses?

I was never really a fan of the band Guns N’ Roses (though I do enjoy that acoustic version of “Used To Love Her”), but I’ve always wondered about the name. Was it intended to mean Guns No Roses? The apostrophe is only after the N, so it can’t mean “And,” unless it was simply a mistake that no one in the band ever caught. If it was meant to be Guns And Roses, it would have to read “Guns ‘N’ Roses.” It seems that was the intention, as the name came from the combination of two earlier bands – L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. So was it an error? I’d love to get an official response, so if you are a member of that band or have worked for those guys, please leave a comment with an answer. Thank you.

Irma Thomas: “Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album” (2014) CD Review

In the early 1970s, Irma Thomas recorded an album’s worth of tracks for Cotillion, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Most of these tracks were left unreleased until now. The exceptions are “Full Time Woman,” which was released as a single in 1971, and “She’s Taken My Place,” which was that single’s flip side.

Irma Thomas has a great voice, full of soul, full of emotion. It’s simply fantastic, particularly that great cry in her voice that she uses at just the right moments. Other times her voice is so smooth, like during some of “Shadow Of The Sun.” She also has some seriously good musicians backing her on these tracks. Check out the bass line on “Waiting For Someone,” for example.

It’s remarkable that this collection of songs remained unreleased for so long. But I am so glad we all get a chance now to enjoy these tracks, most of which are absolutely wonderful. This release includes liner notes by David Nathan, with quotes from an interview with Irma Thomas.

“Full Time Woman”

“Full Time Woman,” the title track (and one of two to have been previously released), has a good, sweet groove.  This song has a woman asking a man about his new woman (“Does she help you like I never would?”). And it takes only a moment of hearing her voice to know this man made a mistake in ever letting her go. But it’s a bit more complicated than that. She sings, “You say you could take good care of me if I’d come home/Do you know, oh can’t you see, I would like to have heard these words before I’d gone.” It’s an excellent vocal performance. Irma has a sexy voice, full of heartache and experience. The backing vocals seem to offer her some comfort and companionship, a nice touch.

“All I Wanna Do Is Save You”

“All I Wanna Do Is Save You” opens with the lines, “You tell me things are not going right/And all she does is fuss and fight.” Yes, in this song she’s looking in on another relationship, and it pains her. “This is why I’ve got to prove myself to you/Show you what real love can do for you.” She appoints herself to help, her emotions running high. “When she’s hurting you, she’s hurting me/I don’t want to hurt you, never will desert you/All I want to do, baby, is save you.” And oh man, being saved never sounded so good. Listen to the raw power in her voice on those words: “save you.”

“She’s Taken My Part”

“She’s Taken My Part” is a fun tune, partly because of the horns, partly because of its good groove. This was the flip side to “Full Time Woman.” Two days have passed since the couple of this song broke up, and now the woman is wandering around town, looking for the man while he’s with someone else. Yeah, the woman of this song might come across as a bit obsessive. I dig the backing vocals echoing her at the end: “It’s breaking my heart,” “Taken my part,” and “Stolen the show.”

Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy”

“Fancy” begins in a cool, sly fashion, and then Irma’s vocals come in, telling tales of hard times. And holy moly, listen to the vibrant power in her vocals, which are delivered over a nice soul groove. This song has a fun feel, but some serious subject matter, with lines like “Your pa’s run off, and I’m real sick, and the baby’s gonna starve to death” and “Well, that was the last time I saw my ma, the night I left the rickety shack/’Cause the welfare people came and took my baby, Mama died, and I ain’t been back.”  There is also a Hamlet reference, using Polonius’ oft-quoted line, “To thine own self be true” (here presented in a heart-shaped locket). “Fancy” was written by Bobbie Gentry, who had a hit with it in 1969. I completely love this track, and it’s one of my favorites from this CD.

“Time After Time”

“Time After Time” is my other favorite. This song has me right from the start, with one of those delicious, slow, gorgeous grooves, and that’s even before Irma's beautiful vocals come in. This is another track that showcases her vocals talents. It’s one of those songs that you imagine coming at the end of a great and memorable night. Seriously, do yourself a favor, and listen to this one. This is such a great rendition of that classic song written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, and is quite a bit different from the versions you’ve likely heard. And at the end she has the wild, raw power of, say, Janis Joplin. She totally owns this song.

“It’s Eleven O’Clock (Do You Know Where Your Love Is)”

“It’s Eleven O’Clock (Do You Know Where Your Love Is)” opens with a news broadcast about women (“It was Ladies Day, as the fairer sex made headlines around the world”). The title, of course, is a play on that old announcement, “It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your children are,” a line that was used at the beginning of some news casts. Irma Thomas then begins the song with the line, “The ways of a woman are mystifying.” So true. This is kind of a sillier song, and there’s even a bit of a laugh in her voice as she sings, “and maybe we ain’t.”

“Could It Be Differently”

These days, people seem to have no idea what an adverb is, and often use an adjective when an adverb is called for. So it’s interesting here to find the opposite error, and in the song’s very title. That being said, this is still an enjoyable song, with a kind of catchy groove.

"Adam And Eve"

“Adam And Eve,” the CD’s final track, is my least favorite, but I can’t help but laugh on the “ignore the snake” line in “You be Adam, I’ll be Eve/Where they failed, we’ll succeed/We'll show we've got what it takes/This time I'll ignore the snake.”

CD Track List

1. Full Time Woman
2. All I Wanna Do Is Save You
3. She’s Taken My Part
4. Shadow Of The Sun
5. Waiting For Someone
6. Fancy
7. Time After Time
8. Our Love Don’t Come That Easy
9. Turn Around And Love You
10. Tell Me Again
11. Try To Be Thankful
12. It’s Eleven O’Clock (Do You Know Where Your Love Is)
13. Could It Be Differently
14. A Song With No Name aka Song For Jim
15. Adam And Eve

Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album was released on March 4, 2014 through Real Gone Music.

Dreaming Bull at Lexington Social House, 4-1-14 (Photos)

I caught Dreaming Bull's set last night at Lexington Social House in Hollywood. And though lead singer/guitarist Nic had a bit of a cold (and also joked about that being coupled with gonorrhea), I think their show was even better than the previous one I saw. This is such a good band. And this time everyone was up and dancing, which I always appreciate.

Here are a few photos from the night (including a photo of the band's set list at the end, though I'm seeing now it's actually inaccurate - the penultimate song was a cover of Mel Torme's "Comin' Home Baby," and it was fucking great):

April 2014 Concert Calendar

The whole point of this blog is to let people know about all the good music that's out there (I try not to review any artists that I don't like). Here is a list of concerts you might be interested in for the month of April, 2014. Most of these are bands that I've reviewed, though some are some bands that I haven't yet written about, but really like. I will try to add to this calendar as much as I can throughout the month.

April 1, 2014  (Tuesday)
Moot Davis  -  The Castle Pub, Ebensburg, PA
Dreaming Bull  -  Lexington Social House, Los Angeles, CA  -  10:00 p.m.
The Howlin' Brothers  -  Missoula Winery, Missoula, MT  -  8:00 p.m.
Yonder Mountain String Band  -  Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, AZ

April 2, 2014  (Wednesday)
Moot Davis  -   Jilly's Music Room, Akron, OH
The Howlin' Brothers  - Live From The Divide/Peach Tree Studios, Bozeman, MT
Willy Porter  -  Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
Ski Lodge  -  Lucky's Everyday, Wichita, KS
Yonder Mountain String Band  - The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT

April 3, 2014  (Thursday)
Moot Davis  -   Strand Concert Theater, Fremont, OH
Rodina  -  Cafe Lento, Leeds, UK
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Montbleau Resort Casino And Spa, Stateline, NV

April 4, 2014  (Friday)
Moot Davis  -   Smith's Downtown Tap And Grill, Mishawaka, IN
Mike Gordon  -  Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
The Howlin' Brothers  - Swallow Hill Music Cafe, Denver, CO
Lucy Kaplansky  -  McCabe's, Santa Monica, CA
Leftover Cuties  -  Casa Del Mar, Santa Monica, CA
Penny Blacks  -  Homegrown Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada  -  9:00 p.m.
Tickets: $6
Willy Porter  -   One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME
Keller Williams  -  T-Bois Blues Festival, Larose, LA
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Ace Of Spades, Sacramento, CA

April 5, 2014  (Saturday)
Peter Case  -  McCabe's, Santa Monica, CA
Moot Davis  -   Riley's, Ashland, OH
Mike Gordon  -   Hunter Center at MassMoCa, North Adams, MA
The Howlin' Brothers  - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, MO
Jim Infantino  -  The Regent Theater, Arlington, MA -  8:00 p.m.
(Performing as part of the Last Waltz)
James McMurtry  -  Kessler Theatre, Dallas, TX
Ryan Montbleau  -  Safety Harbor Singer Songwriter Festival, Safety Harbor, FL
Ellis Paul  -  Camden Opera House, Camden, ME  -  8:00 p.m.
Willy Porter  -   Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
Keller Williams  -   Moe's Original, Mobile, AL
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Fox Theater, Oakland, CA

April 6, 2014  (Sunday)
Mike Gordon  -   Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
The Howlin' Brothers  -  The Gramophone, St. Louis, MO
Ryan Montbleau  - Craftsman House, St. Petersburg, FL
Peter Mulvey  -  Club Passim, Cambridge, MA  -  5:00 p.m.
Peter Mulvey  -  Club Passim, Cambridge, MA  -  8:00 p.m.
Ellis Paul  -  Kiva House Concerts, Billerica, MA -  4:00 p.m.
Willy Porter  -   The Turning Point, Piermont, NY

April 7, 2014  (Monday)
Marshall  Chapman  -  Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN  -  10:30 a.m.
Peter Mulvey  -  Club Passim, Cambridge, MA

April 8, 2014  (Tuesday)
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR

April 9, 2014  (Wednesday)
Moot Davis  -   Mill Hill Basement, Trenton, NJ
Willy Porter  -   Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
Yonder Mountain String Band  - McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR

April 10, 2014  (Thursday)
The Howlin' Brothers  -  WDVX Blueplate Special, Knoxville, TN
Willy Porter  -   World Cafe Live at The Queen, Wilmington, DE
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones  -  Toad, Cambridge, MA  -  7:30 p.m.
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Showbox At The Market, Seattle, WA

April 11, 2014  (Friday)
The Howlin' Brothers  -  Sertoma Ranch, Brookville, FL
Kelly's Lot  -  The Patio At Players Casino, Ventura, CA
Willy Porter  -   Jammin Java, Vienna, VA
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  - The Smith Center, Las Vegas, NV
Martin Sexton  -  Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury, MA
Keller Williams  -   Gardenia Bluegrass & Roots Festival, Royal Oak, MI
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT

April 12, 2014  (Saturday)
Moot Davis  -   Jo-Jo's Tavern And Restaurant, Trenton, NJ
Gaelic Storm  -  Old Settler's Music Festival, Driftwood, TX
The Howlin' Brothers  -  The World Famous, Athens, GA  -  8:00 p.m.
Josh Lederman And The Cambridge-Somerville All Stars  -  The Plough And Stars, Cambridge, MA  -  4:00 p.m.
Ellis Paul  -  Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Avenue N, Seattle, WA  -  7:30 p.m.
Willy Porter  -   Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, PA
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -   The Smith Center, Las Vegas, NV
Martin Sexton  -   SOPAC, South Orange, NJ
Keller Williams  -   River Rocks, Columbia, SC
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT

April 13, 2014   (Sunday)
Ellis Paul  -  The Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., Portland, OR  -  7:30 p.m.
Willy Porter  -   Steel City Coffee House, Phoenixville, PA
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -   Coachella, Indio, CA

April 14, 2014  (Monday)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  - Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

April 15, 2014  (Tuesday)
Moot Davis  -   John & Peter's, New Hope, PA

April 16, 2014  (Wednesday)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  - Crest Theater, Sacramento, CA
Dar Williams  -  House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA

April 17, 2014 (Thursday)
Moot Davis  -   Connie's Ric Rac, Philadelphia, PA
Double Naught Spy Car  -  Cafe Nela, Los Angeles, CA
The Howlin' Brothers  -  The Blue Door, Oklahoma City, OK  -  8:00 p.m.
Willy Porter  -   City Winery, Chicago, IL
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
Small Wigs  -  Cafe Nela, Los Angeles, CA
Keller Williams  -   Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, MD

April 18, 2014  (Friday)
I See Hawks In L.A.  -  The Chapel, San Francisco, CA
Ellis Paul  - Thousand Oaks Library (Grant R. Brimhall Library)1401 E. Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA  -  8:00 p.m.
(CD Release Show) 
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA
Tea Leaf Green  -  Daze On The Green, Denver, CO
Keller Williams  -   The Hamilton, Washington, D.C.
Yonder Mountain String Band  - Breckenridge Spring Fever, Breckenridge, CO 

April 19, 2014  (Saturday)
Moot Davis  -   Blend Bar & Bistro House, Hamilton, NJ
Eternal Summers  -  Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY
The Howlin' Brothers  -  Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe, TX
I See Hawks In L.A.  -   The Palms, Winters, CA
Ellis Paul  -  Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido, Santa Barbara, CA  -  8:00 p.m.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  Theater At The Music Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Keller Williams  -   Big Poppa's Spring Ball, Bentonville, VA

April 20, 2014  (Sunday)
The Howlin' Brothers  -  The Saxon Pub, Austin, TX  -  10:00 p.m.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  Coachella, Indio, CA
Keller Williams  -   Blind Tiger, Greensboro, NC

April 21, 2014  (Monday)

April 22, 2014  (Tuesday)
Eternal Summers  -   Outer Space, Hamden, CT
The Howlin' Brothers  -  Sol Santa Fe Stage & Grill, Santa Fe, NM

April 23, 2014  (Wednesday)
Marshall  Chapman  -   Songbird Cafe, St. Louis, MO
Eternal Summers  -   Fete Lounge, Providence, RI
The Howlin' Brothers  -  Low Spirits Bar & Stage, Albuquerque, NM  -  8:00 p.m.
Ryan Montbleau  -   Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA

April 24, 2014  (Thursday)
The Both  -  Pearl Street, Northampton, MA
The Howlin' Brothers  -  The Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ  -  8:00 p.m.
Ryan Montbleau  -   Joe's Pub, New York, NY
Patrolled By Radar  -   3 Clubs, 1123 Vine St., Los Angeles, CA  -  9:00 p.m.
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones  -  Toad, Cambridge, MA  -  7:30 p.m.
Brooks Williams  -  British Wildlife Centre, Lingfield Surrey, UK

April 25, 2014  (Friday)
The Both  -   The Paradise, Boston, MA
Antje Duvekot  -  City Winery, Chicago, IL
The Greencards  -  Mars Theatre, Springfield, GA
The Howlin' Brothers  -  The Stagecoach Festival, Indio, CA  -  4:00 p.m.
I See Hawks In L.A.  -   Cinema Bar, Culver City, CA  -  10:00 p.m.
Leftover Cuties  -   John Ascuaga's Nugget Celebrity Showroom, Sparks, NV
Ryan Montbleau  - Narrows Center For The Arts, Fall River, MA
Carrie Newcomer  -  Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
Ellis Paul  - Nazareth Center for the Arts, 30 Belvedere Street, Nazareth, PA  -  7:30 p.m.
Martin Sexton  -   The Egg, Albany, NY
Brooks Williams  -   Blues & Roots Club, Worthenbury Wresham, Wales, UK
Keller Williams with The Traveling McCourys  -   Merlefest, Wilkesboro, NC

April 26, 2014  (Saturday)
The Both  -   Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME
Moot Davis  -   Russo Music, Asbury Park, NJ
Antje Duvekot  -  Wheeler Arts Building, Indianapolis, IN 
The Greencards  -   Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, FL
Josh Lederman And The Cambridge-Somerville All Stars  -  The Plough And Stars, Cambridge, MA  -  4:00 p.m.
Ryan Montbleau  -   One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME
Ellis Paul  - Nights at the Beekley, 10 Central Avenue, New Hartford, CT  -  8:00 p.m. 
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  Double Decker Festival, Oxford, MS
They Might Be Giants  -  USA Science & Engineering Festival, Washington, D.C.  -  1:00 p.m. 
They Might Be Giants  -  USA Science & Engineering Festival, Washington, D.C.  -  4:00 p.m. 
Keller Williams  -   Merlefest, Wilkesboro, NC

April 27, 2014  (Sunday)
The Both  -   Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
Antje Duvekot  -   The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
I See Hawks In L.A.  -   Stagecoach Music Festival, Indio, CA
Ryan Montbleau  -  The Stafford Palace Theater, Stafford Springs, CT 
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  -  New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA  -  4:05 p.m.

April 28, 2014  (Monday)
Moot Davis  -   Russo Music, Hamilton, NJ

April 29, 2014  (Tuesday)
The Both  -   Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Moot Davis  -   WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, TN

April 30, 2014  (Wednesday)
Jim Bianco  -  Loveless Cafe, Music City Roots, Nashville, TN 
Moot Davis  -   Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack, Little Rock, AR