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Watch Melvin Seals and JGB and Ron Holloway Blow Away the Hamilton

Melvin Seals and JGB are invading the northeast this fall during their tour. On Sunday, Melvin partnered with Captain Ron Holloway for their two sets at The Hamilton in Washington D.C.

Holloway sat in for the entire show as Melvin Seals and JGB soared through a vintage JGB set. In addition to the Jerry classics like “Run for the Roses” and “Tore Up Over You,” Melvin and JGB dove into Grateful Dead staples like “St. Stephen” and a massive “Eyes of the World.”  “Eyes of the World” is always an awesome journey, but with Captain Ron at the helm, this Eyes  was superb.

Set One
01. Second That Emotion
02. What A Wonderful World
03. Run For The Roses
04. That’s What Love Will Make You Do
05. Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
06. Positively 4th Street
07. Tore Up Over You
08. St. StephenSet Two
09. People Say
10. Neighbor, Neighbor
11. Sitting In Limbo
12. Eyes Of The World
13. Don’t Let Go > Moondance > So What
14. My Sisters and Brothers
15. Ride Mighty High

Thanks to Alex Leary for the flawless recording!
Photo credit: photogenn

Front Row: Watch Warren Haynes Join Ron Holloway Late Night for Jimi Hendrix & Neil Young Covers

After a phenomenal sit-in with Gov’t Mule on Saturday night, Warren Haynes, Danny Louis and Matt Abts returned the favor to Ron Holloway. Warren, Danny and Matt showed up after their show at the Warner Theatre for some late night action with the Ron Holloway Band at The Hamilton.

Captain Ron and Uncle Warren swapping sit-ins happened last fall when both bands where passing through Virginia and raged on Little Feat’s “Spanish Moon.”

This time around, Ron led the super group through an extended cover of Neil Young’s “Down By The River,” Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” and “Baby Love.”

Baby Love

Voodoo Child

Thanks to Tom Libera for capturing the late night action. Tom made it to both the Mule and Holloway shows—check out his channel for excellent footage from both!

Listen to Los Lobos Crush “Little Wing” and “Cortez the Killer” at The Hamilton – 3/3/2017 Full Show AUD

Los Lobos rolled into Washington D.C. for a show at the Hamilton in Washington D.C. This is Los Lobos second appearance at The Hamilton in just the last few months—check out their full show when they were last there in December.

Unfortunately David Hidalgo had an accident before show and did not perform. Despite Hidalgo’s absence, Los Lobos put on a hell of a show.

Matt Andersen, the singer-song writer from Canada, opened the show and joined Los Lobos for the second half of their show.

In Session: Watch Matt Andersen Hit a Groove With “I Lost My Way”

Los Lobos wasn’t stingy with the covers and busted out blistering versions of two of my all-time favorite songs—Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” (1:05:40) and Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer” (34:22) among others.

Setlist
Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes
I Walk Alone
Chuco’s Cumbia
Alone In A Crowd
That Train Don’t Stop Here
Yo Canto
Cortez The Killer
Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
Wicked Rain
Every Day I Have the Blues *
Suzie Q
Litte Wing
Don’t Worry Baby

Encore
Before You Accuse Me
La Bamba

Notes:
* Matt Andersen joins the band and remains for show.

Thanks to Alex Leary for the incredible recording!

Photo Credit: Alex Leary

Front Row: Watch Voodoo Dead’s New Orleans Infused Grateful Dead Set at The Hamilton – 2/8/2017 Full Show AUD

Thanks to Alex Leary for the excellent recording.

An all-star line-up that has performed at Jazz Fest late-night gigs over the last couple of years, has embarked on their first tour. It’s a small one, but here’s hoping that we see a lot more Voodoo Dead in our future.

Voodoo Dead’s formidable line-up includes Steve Kimock, Jackie Greene and Papa Mali on guitar, Oteil Burbridge on bass, Jeff Chimenti on keyboards and Wally Ingram on drums. The supergroup’s focus is playing the music of the Grateful Dead (along with some other tunes) in more jazzy, NOLA style.

The first of the five shows that Voodoo Dead announced was at The Hamilton in Washington D.C. After a brassy and funky opening set from the Empire Strikes Bass, Voodoo Dead treated D.C. to two hours of extended, loose and jazzy tunes. The set only includes 8 songs, but when you have three guitarists on stage, you have a lot of jamming.

Bertha

I Know You Rider

Cassidy > New Speedway Boogie

Thanks again to Tom Libera for the awesome front-row footage and sharing it!

Setlist
Steve Kimock intro jam
Big Railroad Blues
Bertha
That’s What Love Will Make You Do
Cassidy
New Speedway Boogie
I Know You Rider

Encore
I Shall Be Released

Photo credit: gumbyinspace

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Listen to the Groovin’ Circles Around The Sun Show at The Hamilton – 11/22/2016 Full Show AUD

If you were lucky enough to attend the Fare Thee Well Dead shows in summer of 2015, you were treated to the first listen of specially commissioned music from Neal Casal with a band named Circles Around the Sun during the set breaks. The instrumental grooves are rooted in the Grateful Dead, but are fully their own.

Circles Around the Sun made their debut performance at LOCKN’ this summer to rave reviews. Neal and the crew are back for a three-gig tour that included this show in D.C., the Brooklyn Bowl and the final show tonight in Stroudsburg, PA.

The recording here is of the band’s second ever performance. By the sound of the jams it sounds like these guys have been touring all year. The songs are extended and the jams are sublime. Neal Casal is on fire. I could (and will be listening) to this recording all day.

Thanks to Alex Leary for the great recording and Neil M for upping it to YouTube.

Set One
Scarlotta’s Magnolias
Saturday’s Children
Gilbert’s Groove

Set Two
Farewell Franklin’s
Space Wheel

Neal Casal – guitar
Adam MacDougall – keys
Mark Levy – drums
Dan Horne – bass

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