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Juggling Suns

The Stone Pony

Ashbury Park, NJ

Saturday, April 3, 2010





01 Moonless Night (11:59)

02 Droplets (8:51)

03 Legalize It* (19:48)

04 One More Time* (13:15)



(*) with Keller Williams, guitar and vocals

SUN JAMS

Recently referred to as one of the Jam Scene's "Best Kept Secrets" by Relix magazine, Juggling Suns have been abducting fans from New Jersey to Japan since 1995,evolving from the Mark Diomede Solar Circus Their roots lie in the diverse musical styles of old school psychedelia, jazz, bluegrass, funk, trance, dance and pure rock n roll, and those roots have fueled their legendary on-stage improvisation. The Suns have played to packed audiences in Japan and all over the United States, appeared in the Julia Roberts movie Runaway Bride, performed personally for the NBAs Bill Walton, and won consecutive awards for Best Jam Band at NJs Asbury Music Awards (2002- 2003). The Suns blend their well-crafted original music, with their own take on covers from Sesame Street songs to Bill Withers to create a one of a kind setlist experience at every show.The Suns have toured nationally many times and held their own as one of the east coast’s favorite live acts- going on 14 years strong since its conception in 1995. Juggling Suns consists of founding members Mark Diomede (Solar Circus) and Gus Vigo (World Within). Juggling Suns is blistering in their ability to make people move both in body and spirit. Their original songs have been covered by the Disco Biscuits and Keller Williams, and the Suns have hosted numerous guest musicians up on stage beside them, including Buddy Cage (New Riders of the Purple Sage), Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic), David Gans (Dead Hour),Tom Constanten (Grateful Dead), Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth),Martin Fierro (Legion of Mary), Jon Gutwillig (The Disco Biscuits) and Keller Williams. Guitarist Mark Diomede, who has been on the road as a musician since 1989, received the Asbury Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. Diomede has shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Herring, Santana, moe., Mickey Hart and Bob Weir, among others. 2009 has brought a new live album "Zero Zero eight", and new life to Juggling Suns, with the addition of Neil Garthly on drums and NEW ON THE BASS is Brian Patterson. Constant is the only change in the universe, and Juggling Suns continues to evolve upwards into the musical spectrum of extra psychedelia.... get abducted.



Juggling Suns – 7/19/03

Historic Blue Star

Lancaster, PA



Personnel:

Mark Diomede – lead guitar & vocals

Gus Vigo – keys & vocals

Ken Kruise – bass

Tim Morris – rhythm guitar & vocals

Ivan Funk – drums & vocals







Set 1

1. Tabla Rasa (10:25)

2. Wicked History (7:30)

3. Calling (9:46)

4. Schwagtown USA (7:15)

5. The Bug (13:28)

6. Cats Are The Martians (8:56)

7. Scarlet Begonias >> (8:49)

8. Fire On The Mountain (9:10)



Set 2

1. Twilight Dance >> (8:15)

2. The Channeling >> (7:25)

3. The Creation >> (6:19)

4. Twilight Dance (Reprise) >> (8:07)

5. My Sisters and Brothers (6:53)

6. Shelter (8:40)

7. Into Tomorrow >> (7:08)

8. The Ringing >> (7:38)

9. The Awakening (7:07)

10. Use Me Up (9:04)

COSMIC DANCE

Solar Circus

The Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

Saturday, April 8, 1994



01 Stems & Seeds

02 Twilight Dance

03 Not Yet >

04 Drum Solo >

05 The Coast >

06 Hungry Moon

07 Better Things

08 (pause)

09 Festival*



* with Pete Sears, piano





Mark Diomede - Guitars & Vocals

Tom Donovan - Guitars & Vocals

Jason Crosby - Keyboards

Ken Golojuch - Bass Guitar

Charles Mitchell - Drums & Vocals

TEXAS BONES

Named after Woody Guthrie's burned daughter, Stackabones was formed in Austin, TX, by two East Coast buddies, Jim Brighton and Butch Zito. A fixture on the Austin scene in the mid-'80s, Stackabones found its way into Deadhead circles when its first single was played in between sets at a Grateful Dead show. Shortly thereafter, the band went into the studio with pedal steel hero Bobby Black to record their first album, which was quickly picked up by Relix Records, the record label arm of the magazine devoted to the Grateful Dead and the jam band scene. The band's strength was its songwriting, penned by both Brighton and Zito. Whereas other jam bands and musical moons in the Grateful Dead's atmosphere focused on psychedelic jamming, Stackabones focused on the songs. "Tall Grass" and "When the Fog Comes Rollin' In" are typical of the Brighton/Zito collaboration, with relaxing, swinging grooves and country undertones, but clearly influenced by the Grateful Dead and the Band. To add an edge, lead guitarists Brighton and Steve Doblick contributed touches of shredding psychedelic jamming. The band released a second CD in 1996, titled Cathy Ann, on the small California label Sailcat Records. In the '90s and 2000s, a version of Stackabones with Doblick and Brighton was working the club scene on the West Coast, while Zito continued working with a variety of acoustic outfits on the East Coast, including Railroad Pete, the Butch Zito Band, the Porch Chops, and Two Vagrants. ~ Scott Cooper, Rovi



Tracks



* To the Top (Brighton/Zito)

* Tall Grass (Brighton/Zito)

* When the Fog Comes Rollin' In (Brighton/Zito)

* Indian Song (Brighton/Zito)

* So Good to Be Free (Brighton/Zito)

* Paradise (Brighton/Zito)

* Roll On (Brighton/Zito)

* Beat It on Down the Line (Fuller)

* Tie Dye Blues (Brighton/Zito)

* If I Only Had a Brain (Arlen/Harburg)

* Sick & Tired (Weil)

* Long Long Road (Brighton/Zito)

* Turn on Your Love Light (Malone/Scott)

* This Land Is Your Land (Guthrie)



Musicians



* Bobby Black - pedal steel guitar

* Jimmie B. - guitar, vocals

* Steve Doblick - guitar, vocals

* Tom Hurst - drums

* Mindy Lawler - vocals

* Jeannine O'Neal - organ

* Tom Tomacello - keyboards

* David Weil - percussion

* Karen Whitney - vocals

* Sam Wilson - bass

* Butch Zito - mandolin, guitar, vocals

CREEK MUSIC

Max Creek was formed in 1971, with Dave Reed on acoustic guitar, John Rider on electric bass and Bob Gosselin on drums. The band originally played country music. In 1972, Dave Reed invited one of his music students, 15 year old Scott Murawski, to sit in with the band. Scott's early original association with the band ended abruptly when he was banned from a club that the band played at regularly for drinking a beer. A few months later Dave Reed came down with appendicitis, so Mark Mercier was brought in on keyboards and Scott was invited back to play guitar. Due to the influence of the Grateful Dead, as well as the band's consumption of L.S.D., the band decided to incorporate more improvisation into the music becoming more electrified. The music of the psychedelic era had a heavy influence on the band, leading to a more Grateful Dead and San Francisco Bay sound and style. Eventually, Dave left the band to pursue country rock and acoustic ragtime music, leaving the band's line up as John, Bob, Scott and Mark.



Percussionist Rob Fried joined the band in 1979. Known for his elaborate stage setup, often with dozens drums and percussion pieces, Fried could always be easily identified in a club or hall thanks to his trademark Panama hat, Hawaiian shirt and dark glasses. Fried left the band in 2004 and died on September 6, 2006 as a result of cancer.Amy (Barefoot) Fazzano was a vocalist with the band from July 1976 until September 10, 1983.Bob Gosselin left the band in 1985 and was replaced on drums by Greg DeGuglielmo.Bob Bloom was an occasional second drummer and percussionist in 1976.Greg Vasso replaced DeGuglielmo in 1991, and stayed until 1996. At that point, Scott Allshouse took over, and is the band's current drummer.



Max Creek's style of intense improvised jams were a significant influence on such later bands as Phish, whose bassist Mike Gordon has referred to Max Creek as one of his “favorite bands,” and has sat in with the band several times over the past few years. On January 5, 2008, Gordon played with Max Creek's Scott Murawski, as well as the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann, at a benefit concert in Costa Rica Live shows are the bands forte, often lasting three hours or more. Creek, as they are known, peaked in popularity in the late 1980s, when they would play more than 200 shows a year. They decided to cut back drastically on touring in the early 1990s to concentrate on family, and today play only a handful of shows a year. The loss of sound engineer John Archer and his Crystal Clear sound system in the early 1990s was a devastating blow for Creek and their fans, as was the decision to stop touring at the time that the jam band scene was heating up. They are still active today playing mostly in their native New England area.





Max Creek

Christmas Office Party

Saturday, December 10, 1988

West Hartford Ballroom

West Hartford, CT



Set I



01. Who Do You Love >

02. Rainbow

03. Back Street Woman

04. The Weight

05. Dark Water

06. Orange Sunshine

07. Sugar Magnolia >

08. The Band From Old Chicago >

09. Magic Carpet Ride >

10. Sunshine Daydream



Set II



01. Gypsy Blue >

02. Little Drummer Boy >

03. Good Lovin'

04. Drift Away

05. L.F.S.



01. Willie And The Hand Jive >

02. Feelin' Allright >

03. You Can't Always Get What You Want >

04. Trippin'

05. Big Boat >

06. Around & Around*

RETURN OF THE CABOOSE

New Potato Caboose

December 26, 2009

The National

Richmond, VA



One Set

Disc One:

01 Intro

02 Hey Now Julia >

03 Lovelight

04 Angel From Montgomery

05 Waiting in Vain

06 Throwing Stones

07 Wooden Music

08 US Blues

09 Rust in Peace

10 The Mansion

11 Put It All Together

12 She Don't Know Why

13 Homegrown Heart



Disc Two:

01 Promising Traveler

02 Brown-Eyed Girl > The Lion Sleeps Tonight > Brown-Eyed Girl

03 Throw Rug Blues

04 By-O

05 Gold Plated Crime

06 Psychedelia

07 China Cat Sunflower>

08 Eyes of the World>

09 Sympathy for the Devil

Encore:

10 Iko Iko

11 And We Bid You Goodnight