The first one should work, too. Here's a comment somebody left:
"The final set from Rockygrass, and it couldn't be any better. The sound on this one is through the roof. Crystal clear with a full sound. Dooley was a welcomed surprise.
Also, the final 3 jams are are a who's who in today's BG scene.
Thanks to the taper, he got it exactly how it sounded."
rickp
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 15:45
It seems like I'm the only one that posts here anymore. What's with that?
For anyone that might see this, there is an INCREDIBLE audience tape from Rockygrass that I seeded at
Also, a recording of Friday in B'Ham is up at the same site.
I bought a crisp soundboard of Yonder Mountain's T'Ride set from YonderMountainLive and it sounds better than being there. Sam inrtoduces them and then plays on a few songs. A must have in my book.
Sure wish Sam would sell a show or two per year. Better yet, send one to me every now and then and I'll upload it for all to hear.
Whayasay Sam and Lynn?
rickp
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 18:31
For those of us that cannot make Telluride this year, we can still hear it...
"KOTO, in partnership with Planet Bluegrass, is proud to present the 12th Annual Live Broadcast and Internet stream of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival June 17-20. Tune in all weekend long for music live from the stage, artist interviews, festival information and more! Let the picking begin!"
Just got an email telling me about this new festival in which Sam will be a participant...
Hi Everyone,
Pleased to announce that Yonder has joined the Harvest Fest family to create the first annual YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND HARVEST MUSIC FESTIVAL. Taking place on Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas, the 3-day festival OCT 14-16 will feature two sets from Yonder and performances from Leftover Salmon, Keller Williams & the Keels, Railroad Earth, Sam Bush, Martin Sexton, Brett Dennen, and many, many more to be announced.
Acoustic cafe was Awesome! Anybody do any taping? Would love to have a copy.
Glad for Byron House to get a new opportunity with Robert Plant... T. Parkes did a
great job. Wondering if anyone knows where Chris Brown was - we missed him.
Dread Clampitt boys sitting in for the encore was amazing!!!
rickp
Sat, 05/15/2010 - 07:21
If anyone wants to listen to Sam at David Bromberg's party today, it is being simulcast at http://xpn.org/.
There's lots of excitement about this among the old hippy community and the line-up is stellar. David promises that there will be an all-star blues jam with everone taking part.
Performing (Times are EST)
Noon - Angel Band
1:00 - Jorma Kaukonen
2:15 - Railroad Earth
3:35 - Sam Bush
5:10 - John Hiatt
6:50 - David Bromberg Big Band
7:45 - Big Noise Jam
samfan_1
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 13:24
Congratulations to Sam on being nominated for instrumentalist of the year by the Americana Music Association!! As he is always the best, he deserves the best! :-)
Bert in VA
Mon, 05/03/2010 - 12:06
As always Sam rocked the Watson stage at Merlefest.
I didn't write down the set list, but it was mostly songs from Circles Around Me.
Great job Sam!!!! as well as the entire band.
Overall this years Merlefest was OK, but not one of the best.
Part of that was the fact that my wife was unable to go due to her father being ill.
The other part was the saturation of main stream music within the festival. Did I enjoy some of the main stream music? Yes I did, but it is not what I go to Merlefest for. Unfortunately the rise in tickets sales will no doubt mean this will be the new direction for Merlefest. We will continue to go and enjoy the music, but it won't be the same.
The good news is that we will probably be able to get more sleep!
Bert
Bert in VA
Sun, 04/18/2010 - 21:21
Did anyone watch the ACM awards?
Sam played with Darius Rucker to wrap up the show.
Darius introduced Sam during the song and Sam got about a 10 second solo.
It was so awesome to see Sam to get some national TV exposure.
Go Sam!!!!!
Looking forward to Merlefest.
Bert
CTL-Picker
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 18:34
Happy Birthday Sam! I hope your day was great. Mine was pretty good since WDVX played lots of extra SBB music all day in your honor. See you at Merlefest.
Mike
rickp
Sat, 04/10/2010 - 07:44
Thought I'd write a few thoughts on the Jeff Black show we were treated to last night for anyone who might be interested.
He was great!
He played many of our Sammy favorites including a fantastic Gold Heart Locket on banjo. Also Circles Around Me, Same Old River, and one or two more that escape me at the moment.
It was the songs that I didn't know that were the highlights of the night. Sam's been telling us all for years that jeff is a great songwriter and Sam's been telling no lies.
And, like Sam, he is a super nice guy that loves to hang out and talk.
If you get a chance to see Jeff, I encourage you to do so. His songs will bring back childhood memories and the emotions that you felt at the time, and they'll make you laugh your ass off at the absurdity of the present.
I know for sure that he made a lot of new fans last night as stars fell over Alabama...
rickp
Tue, 04/06/2010 - 04:35
For anyone that wants to see Jeff Black in a small church built by newly freed slaves back in the early 1870s, come on to Auburn AL, this Friday. If it's a big crowd, there will be maybe 100 folks there.
Don't forget Memorial Day weekend at the Acoustic Cafe (www.theacousticcafe.com). I have it on good authority that Sam is going to play with Dread Clampitt and the long-awaited Dread CD featuring Sam will be released at that time as well.
And then, of course, we have the Sam Band tearing it up at 9:17 until who knows when. The first time Sam played there it was a 3 hour show with no break. Let's show up en masse and maybe they'll play longer this year.
If you can't make it to Alabama that weekend you have to make it to Bowling Green in August for Newgrassfest (www.newgrassfestival.com)...
samfan_1
Thu, 03/25/2010 - 22:08
It's time for baseball! I'm watching my very first pre-season game on TV! It's a game between the Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants. GO GIANTS!
This is for Sam and Lynn, too. Hey, baseball is here!
Mary
samfan_1
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 12:51
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!
rickp
Sun, 02/21/2010 - 19:04
A great show and time Friday. Here's the link for an audience recording. As always, you aren't allowed to download this unless you already have tickets to the next Sam show within 2 hours of where you live (hey...we drove 3.5 hrs for this and it was worth it!).
sam bush band
rhythym and brews
chattanooga, tn
2010-02-19
source: akg426 stereo XY config. > soundevices 702 > microtrack II
transfer: microtrack II > cdwave > traders little helper wav to FLAC. only editing is crossfade L channel on track 20 in audacity for two channel mono.
taper: kirk gregory williams, john m patch
dfc/fob ~15ft from stage, ~9ft high clamped to pole suspended over crowd
set 1
01 intro
02 uncle pen
03 puppies in knapsacks
04 banter
05 left me alone
06 ridin' that bluegrass train
07 whisper my name
08 circles around me
09 on the ocean
10 gold heart
11 stringbean
12 crooked smile
13 spider john
14 revival
15 bringin' in the georgia mail
16 old joe clark
17 river take me >
18 ? jam
19 new country
20 lapse in 7 (cuts off)
21 > lapse in 7
encore
22 (cuts in) sailing shoes >
23 crossroads
24 sailing shoes
notes: packed crowd but ideal mic placement, still chatty at times. i believe coax cable worked loose at end of set causing mono signal for last song then cuts out and had to restart deck (crossfaded L channel in for 2 channel mono).
less than a minute missing. lost signal again at start of encore so first bit of sammy singing the intro before sailing shoes is missing.
