Jam Band Essentials

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The spirit of the '60s abides among improvising rockers—a.k.a. jam bands—and their open-eared fans. The style was forged in the storytelling guitars and jazz-caliber interactions of groundbreaking combos like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band, who codified the two-set, ever-changing-setlist format that nearly every subsequent jam band adheres to. Vermont quartet Phish inherited a hefty portion of the Dead's audience following Jerry Garcia's death in 1995, and they delivered the goods with strong songwriting, brilliant group improvisations, and an unpredictable prankster spirit. New York's Blues Traveler and the Spin Doctors enjoyed hit singles, while techno-rockers the Disco Biscuits and double-guitar demons moe. hewed closer to their acid-rock forefathers. As Widespread Panic mined Southern rock's rowdiness and gothic sensuality, Colorado's String Cheese Incident and Leftover Salmon imported bluegrass into the electric mix. And Umphrey's McGee, the least crunchy of the pack, added a touch of emo to their riff-based heavy prog rock.
The Derek Trucks Band
Sahib Teri Bandi - Maki Madni
The Derek Trucks Band
Songlines
Santana
Soul Sacrifice
Santana
Santana
Papadosio
Lion's Mane
Papadosio
Microdosio
The Allman Brothers Band
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live at the Fillmore East, 1971)
The Allman Brothers Band
At Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition) [Live]
Little Feat
Day At the Dog Races (Live)
Little Feat
Waiting for Columbus (Deluxe Edition) [Live]
The Disco Biscuits
Caterpillar
The Disco Biscuits
The Wind at Four to Fly
Pherkad
Euphoric Passenger
Pherkad
Learning to Fly Again
Phish
You Enjoy Myself (Live)
Phish
A Live One
Keller Williams & The String Cheese Incident
Callalloo and Red Snapper
Keller Williams & The String Cheese Incident
Breathe
Grateful Dead
Not Fade Away / Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) [Remastered]
Strangefolk
Furnace
Strangefolk
Weightless In Water
Pink Floyd
Sheep
Pink Floyd
Animals
moe.
Rebubula
moe.
No Doy
Goose
Hot Tea (8.10.19)
Goose
Alive and Well
Ominous Seapods
Jet Smooth Ride
Ominous Seapods
Help Us Get High
Neil Young
Like a Hurricane
Neil Young
American Stars 'N Bars
The Magic Beans
Mr. Scientist
The Magic Beans
Casino Cabaret
Soulive
Shaheed
Soulive
Doin' Something
Gov't Mule
Soulshine
Gov't Mule
The Deep End Vol. 1
Dave Matthews Band
Jimi Thing (Live at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL - September 2010)
Dave Matthews Band
Live At Wrigley Field
Cream
Sunshine of Your Love
Cream
Disraeli Gears
The String Cheese Incident
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
The String Cheese Incident
A String Cheese Incident
Umphrey's McGee
Bridgeless
Umphrey's McGee
Similar Skin
The Disco Biscuits
Little Betty Boop
The Disco Biscuits
Uncivilized Area
The Slip
Even Rats
The Slip
Eisenhower
The Allman Brothers Band
Jessica
The Allman Brothers Band
Brothers and Sisters (Super Deluxe Edition)
The New Deal
Technobeam
The New Deal
The New Deal
Widespread Panic
Space Wrangler
Widespread Panic
Space Wrangler
Grateful Dead
Truckin' (Live at Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72) [Remastered]
Grateful Dead
The Best of the Grateful Dead (Live) [Remastered]
Spin Doctors
What Time Is It?
Spin Doctors
Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Porcupine
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Pizazz
Leftover Salmon
Pasta on the Mountain
Leftover Salmon
Bridges to Bert
Goose
Time to Flee (10.18.19)
Goose
Alive and Well
Aqueous
Realize Your Light
Aqueous
Color Wheel
Strangefolk
Sometimes (Live)
Strangefolk
Live at the Capitol Theatre Port Chester, NY 12/27/98
Gov't Mule
She Said, She Said
Gov't Mule
Dose
Big Something
Song for Us
Big Something
Tumbleweed
Perpetual Groove
Lemurs
Perpetual Groove
Familiar Stare - EP
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
Elephant Ghost
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
The Big Eyeball In the Sky
Jerry Garcia Band
Dear Prudence (Live)
Jerry Garcia Band
Jerry Garcia Band (Live)
Al and the Transamericans
Waiting For the Punchline
Al and the Transamericans
Analog
Jiggle the Handle
Fine Line
Jiggle the Handle
In It Again
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Powderfinger
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Rust Never Sleeps
Yonder Mountain String Band
King Ebeneezer
Yonder Mountain String Band
Mountain Tracks, Vol. 5
STS9
Moonsocket
STS9
Interplanetary Escape Vehicle
Chris Forsyth
Mystic Mountain (feat. Garcia Peoples) [Live]
Chris Forsyth
Peoples Motel Band (Live) [feat. Garcia Peoples]
North Mississippi Allstars
I'd Love to Be a Hippy
North Mississippi Allstars
Hernando
Trey Anastasio
Goodbye Head
Trey Anastasio
TAB at the TAB
Pink Floyd
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Live)
Pink Floyd
Ummagumma
Turkuaz
Superstatic
Turkuaz
Life In The City
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
Feel Like a Stranger (Live 2016-03-25)
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
Brooklyn, NY :: 2016-03-25
Garcia Peoples
One Step Behind (Edit)
Garcia Peoples
One Step Behind (Edit) - Single
3 Son Green
Glass, Pt. 2
3 Son Green
And Then There Were 2
Mungion
Schvingo
Mungion
Scary Blankets
moe.
Spine of a Dog
moe.
Smash Hits: Vol. 1
Garage a Trois
Computer Crimes
Garage a Trois
Power Patriot
Widespread Panic
Climb to Safety
Widespread Panic
Til the Medicine Takes
Aquarium Rescue Unit
No Egos
Aquarium Rescue Unit
The Calling
Ghost Light
Head over Heels (Live)
Ghost Light
Cervantes (Live)
The Jauntee
Portland
The Jauntee
Enjoy the Ride
Grateful Dead
Stella Blue (Live At Curtis Hixon Convention Center, Tampa, FL, December 19, 1973)
Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 1: 12/19/73 (Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL)
Ekoostik Hookah
Hookahville
Ekoostik Hookah
Where the Fields Grow Green
Steve Kimock Band
Samba (Live)
Steve Kimock Band
Live from the West Coast
Robert Walter's 20th Congress & Robert Walter
Posthuman
Robert Walter's 20th Congress & Robert Walter
Spacesuit
The Disco Biscuits
Home Again
The Disco Biscuits
They Missed the Perfume
Phish
Harry Hood (Live)
Phish
Hampton Comes Alive (Live)
Garaj Mahal
Hindi Gumbo
Garaj Mahal
Mondo Garaj
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
Tyranny of the Hunt
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
The Big Eyeball In the Sky
Soulive
Uncle Junior (live)
Soulive
Turn It Out
O.A.R.
About An Hour Ago (Live)
O.A.R.
Any Time Now (Live)
Frequilibrium
Lets Get Away
Frequilibrium
Frequilibrium
moe.
Moth
moe.
No Doy
Lake Trout
Look Who It Is
Lake Trout
Another One Lost
Jerry Garcia
Sugaree
Jerry Garcia
Garcia (Expanded)
The New Mastersounds
All I Want (Right Now)
The New Mastersounds
This Is What We Do
Drew's Theory
Mastersounds
Drew's Theory
Batch 1.0
The String Cheese Incident
Joyful Sound
The String Cheese Incident
Outside Inside
Frogleg
Walls of the Fort
Frogleg
Frogleg
The Werks
Magic
The Werks
Magic
Derek & The Dominos
Layla (40th Anniversary Version)
Derek & The Dominos
Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Twiddle
Jamflowman
Twiddle
Natural Evolution of Consciousness
Phish
Stash (Live)
Phish
A Live One
Percy Hill
Ammonium Maze
Percy Hill
Color in Bloom
Grateful Dead
That's It For the Other One (Cryptical Envelopment / Quadlibet For Tender Feet / The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get / We Leave the Castle) [1968 Mix] [Remastered]
Grateful Dead
Anthem of the Sun (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Perpetual Groove
Three Weeks
Perpetual Groove
Sweet Oblivious Antidote
STS9
When the Dust Settles
STS9
When the Dust Settles - EP
Dopapod
Present Ghosts
Dopapod
Never Odd or Even
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Rosalee
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Big Moon Ritual
Particle
Below The Radar (Live)
Particle
Transformations Live for the People
moe.
Skitchin Buffalo
moe.
This Is Not, We Are
Santana
Song of the Wind
Santana
Caravanserai
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Horizon
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Psychology
Tauk
Recreational Outrage
Tauk
Shapeshifter II: Outbreak
Ozric Tentacles
The High Pass
Ozric Tentacles
Technicians of the Sacred
Leftover Salmon
Highway Song
Leftover Salmon
Euphoria
Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales
Morning in Marin
Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales
Hooteroll? +2
Umphrey's McGee
Life During Exodus
Umphrey's McGee
ZONKEY
Widespread Panic
Ain't Life Grand
Widespread Panic
Panic In the Streets
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