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The Dead played three shows on Monday here in NYC.  Dubbed the Taxi Tour, they first played an acoustic gig at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, then a full electric set at the Gramercy Theater followed by a night cap electric set at Roseland Ballroom.  I shot the Gramercy show for Brooklynvegan.com .

      MUSIC NEWS - The DEAD, original members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, along with Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti,  wrapped up three special rare club gigs in Manhattan this past Monday (March 30), all for free !  The group off with an acoustic set at ANGEL ORENSANZ and featured Weir, Lesh, and Haynes, followed by back-to-back electric sets at THE GRAMERCY THEATRE and ROSELAND BALLROOM for a total of 4,100 thrilled fans. The band only announced the shows three days in advance via a local radio station and to [...]

Hot the on heels of wrapping up their historic guest-laden 15 night run at the Beacon Theater, the originators of Southern-jam - Allman Brothers Band will partner with the contemporary torchbearers of the genre Widespread Panic for a 17-date shed tour that will kick off August 21st in Camden, NJ and run sporadically through October. Here are the dates... 08.21 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 08.22 Canandaigua, NY CMAC - Performing Arts Center 08.24 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook U.S. [...]

I've been ambivalent about seeing The Dead when they play Madison Square Garden in April. For me, what I really loved about the Grateful Dead was Jerry Garcia. I loved his sweetness and soulfulness, and how he was the linchpin of an American music that took so much in and spanned so much - rock, R&B, folk, jazz, experimental, bluegrass, psychedelia and more. When the Grateful Dead were on, they had a power that was overwhelming and undeniable. But after reading about the shows and listening to Monday night's show [...]

• The Dead - Althea

On New Year's Day, when the news that the surviving members of The Dead were reforming for a spring tour I couldn't have been more excited. Bob Weir and Phil Lesh have hit the road hard over the past few years and I've been underwhelmed with their solo projects. Yesterday, The Dead took Manhattan harder than the Muppets did back in the day performing four times at four completely different venues including a spot on The View. I caught the band's 8PM show at the Gramercy Theatre and I left an hour later thoroughly impressed and excited to [...]

• From Monument To Masses - Beyond God & Elvis

Friend Of The Devil - The Dead (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Warren Haynes) 3.30.09 - Live Appearance on ABC’s “The View” How can this not put a smile on your face?  All these years later and they’re sounding great. The Butter Room has definitely not forgotten about their upcoming tour and we’ll keep bringing you Dead tunes throughout the spring!

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Over at cloud.dead.net details of The Dead's three intimate concerts on Monday have been revealed. Sign up for your chance to win tickets to either an acoustic set (Bob Weir/Phil Lesh/Warren Haynes) at Angel Orensanz (showtime 5pm), an electric full-band (incl. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Jeff Chimenti) set at The Gramercy Theatre (showtime 8pm) and the electric finale at Roseland (showtime 11pm). Should be quite a night. The sweepstakes begins at 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time (12:00:00 noon Pacific Time) on Friday, March 27, 2009 and ends at [...]

The Dead's newfangled text messaging system just sent out a note that the band will be playing three shows in New York City on Monday to promote their upcoming Spring Tour. Text "DEAD" to 50505 to sign up for their new service. In other Dead news, drummer Mickey Hart spoke with Billboard and told them the band worked up 150 songs for the upcoming tour. Stay tuned to the Dead's text messaging service for more information on these shows and for a chance to win tickets. Best of luck to everybody.

Barbara Walters and her cohorts at The View will welcome Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Warren Haynes of The Dead to their ABC TV show on Monday morning to discuss the band's upcoming tour. The Dead announced their appearance on The View, as well as the news that old friend Branford Marsalis will sit-in with the band on April 28 and 29 in East Rutherford, NJ, through their new text-messaging service available through Dead.net . Speaking of The Dead, the band members have teamed up [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Featuring multiple stages, Bonnaroo -like interactivity and stronger greening initiatives (and on-site environmental activism) than any other North American camping festival, Rothbury returns to the Double JJ Ranch in a remote part of Michigan for a four-day Fourth of July celebration (July 2-5). Much like Bonnaroo did during its first year, Rothbury's debut leaned heavily on jambands. This year, Rothbury is branching out to include myriad genres, including indie-rock, electronica and reggae. That said, this year's headliners are Bob Dylan [...]

Links: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's new video for "I Am Goodbye" Creepy-good! The Dead are rehearsing for Summer Tour Dusty-old-good (thx fear and loathing) Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong on the Johnny Cash Show - Trumpety good. A brilliant video from Handsome Furs for "I'm Confused" Thanks Sub Pop! #nerdsday http://nerdsday.com/ [...]

Here's a new film of The Dead rehearsing Till The Morning Comes directed by drummer Bill Kreutzmann's son Justin and produced by Jay Blakesberg... These guys are clearly having fun preparing for next month's shows. My favorite part is when Billy points at Mickey Hart and says "Can you believe he doesn't understand what 4:20 means?" It's good to see them laugh.

    MUSIC NEWS - The intial batch of performers for 2009 Rothbury festival  (the 2nd) in Michigan have been announced - The Dead, Bob Dylan, The String Cheese Incident, Willie Nelson & Family, and The Black Crowes  are among the headliners (full list below).  The festival, produced by Madison House Presents and AEG Live is set for the weekend of July 2 thru 5 at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan, about three hours northwest of Detroit.  A jam-friendly festival will offer a wider range of  VIP options and a range of [...]

Links: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's new video for "I Am Goodbye" Creepy-good! The Dead are rehearsing for Summer Tour Dusty-old-good (thx fear and loathing) Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong on the Johnny Cash Show - Trumpety good. A brilliant video from Handsome Furs for "I'm Confused" Thanks Sub Pop! #nerdsday http://nerdsday.com/ [...]

At least this graph is more credible than the last one Rich sent me: Yes, obviously Facebook is winning the race, but this actually shows that for the most part traffic has stayed steady on MySpace over the last year. Mere fluctuations. For MySpace to die they'd have to experience a little more dramatic drop in its 60 million (!!!) monthly visitors. Besides, of course Facebook is leaving MySpace in the dust. Everyone and their grandma has started joining. Seriously, someone's grandma added me [...]

My friend and I had an intense argument the other night (somewhat alcohol induced) about MySpace . He thinks it’s “dead” and I felt he had no support for this claim, so he sent me this overview of the site's users today: The picture it paints is sort of funny and only partially true, but I still hold that MS is in the top 3 (far from dead) behind YouTube and Facebook as far as social sites that intro people to new music. So Rich, quit hatin:) Thoughts? -Tooth

This was a great article that was sent to me by DJ Explosive.  It's posted on his blog . Written by Xplosive . Last week I mentioned that I was hesitant to write a complete eulogy for the packaged collection of recordings we’ve come to know as an album. Well, I’ve reconsidered. Here it is. The album is dead. At least in hip-hop this is the case and, from what I hear, the same is true for other genres. So that [...]

In the wake of last week's unfortunate Langerado cancellation , there is some good news for those of you who still plan on heading down to Florida as a number of bands who had plans to play the fest have picked up shows in the area over the same weekend. Girl Talk and Deerhunter will share a bill at Ft. Lauderdale's Culture Room, while Modest Mouse will take the stage at Revolution. The Pogues will be at Pompano Beach's Pompano Amphitheatre, while King Khan & The Shrines will hold court in Miami at Vagabonds. [...]