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Jam – 2010-10-20 – Carroll’s

22 Oct 2010 1 Comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Carroll's, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott, Wikler

For the beginning of our 3rd decade of Deadstein it was good to get back to some modern, 5-man Deadstein jamming. Rumors of guests showing were just rumors and we just barreled through a night of standard Deadstein music.

We played some nice older songs that we rarely play including the Doin’ That Rag, Mountain of the Moon into Dark Star. We had some nice authentic jams in this segment of music. The late set began with a Help on the Way which concluded where Scott and I fooled everyone and pulled out the old Deadstein classic Help Slip Estimated. It was pretty smooth and the Estimated felt pretty comfortable. We closed the night playing the Casey Jones to celebrate Scott’s recent big sale. Great to have the Deadstein “pos” back in motion. Freak-Out!

To see a little of it, actually it is just kevin turning up his levels and Rich tinkling, Mr. Ed style.

To hear the music played, click the links below:

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/10-21-10/

Jam – 2010-10-13 – Carroll’s

14 Oct 2010 4 Comments

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Bayside Russ, Carroll's, Jam, JeffBlues, Kevin, Larry, LLBrent, Rich, Scott

This was a pretty momentous week of Deadstein as it celebrated the 20th anniversary of Deadstein’s first jam on October 9, 1990. For the occasion we had Larry Brent, Deadstein’s original lead guitarist, back in his lead seat. It really was a surrealistic experience playing with Larry again and thinking back to those jams now spanning two decades ago.

There were too many guests to name them all and probably the only ones I knew were Ken and Stu as well as Michael. We also had Jeff, who played with us last week play with us this week who came with his friend and connection to us, Peter. The rest of the peanut gallery was suspect and Alan probably picked the right week not to show. There was a lot of guitar going on and a lot of mischief. One off those assholes probably tore down part of the bathroom and will be a neg-black eyed on Deadstein’s steal your face.

I mentioned that Jeff was jamming with us and last week we geared our setlist toward his style. This week, celebrating the 20 years, we had no such mercy. We decided to play the entire setlist that we played 20 years ago which was big and meaty. Even when Rich asked for some mercy on the setlist for a You Win Again, I also had no mercy. I was determined to finish the setlist from 20 years ago. It took us until 12:15, but we did it all the way through the Going Down the Road. It was a good thing Russ was there to help out with the drums because I don’t think Scott would have made it all the way through on his own, but this week, Scott was going strong at the closing. It was a big night of music and scop only to end with the neg-scop of the bathroom incident. WTF.

To hear what we did this night, go to the links below:

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/10-13-10/

Anyway, look forward to another 20 years of jamming, the first 20 was a life saver and we will all need a life saver for the next 20. It all starts next week unless we have been kicked out of Carroll’s. Whose friend was that bozo

Jam – 2010-10-05 – Carroll’s

08 Oct 2010 5 Comments

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Carroll's, Jam, JeffBlues, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott, Wikler

During the day of this jam Scott sent out an email about some friend of a friend of his who wanted to stop by and play a little guitar with us. His name was Jeff and he played blues guitar and so in Deadstein fashion we welcome him with open arms and there he was. Showing up slinging a worn-out ’82 Straocaster in one arm and a golden Washburn, I guess, it had a “W” on the headstock, Les Paul clone. Actually, Jeff play sweet and bluesy/rocky. He was quite and and definitely spoke an articulate language I didn’t quite converse in. He really did rock.

This gave Alan a chance to break out a little harmonica playing as that added a real nice tonality to the blues that was going on. Was a nice new sound to Deadstein for the evening. As far as guest we had Scott Bayer and someone who looked like his step brother / father, where to the grow people like this? The guy’s name was Norm, I think. They were quite the duo. Scott did bongo away for a song or two. Additionally, I ended up playing drums on the last 3 of 4 songs (Big Boss Man, Hard to Handle and Morning Dew) as Scott petered out by the end in a big way. I couldn’t complete it the drumming with the Good Lovin’ as I just couldn’t pull that and that forced Scott to get back into his taintable throne and play the Good Lovin’. That was a good wake up call for him as a way to send him home out of Deadstein land.

To hear wahat we did go to the links below.

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/10-05-10/

Till next week and our 20 year anniversary with LLB, MB and what promises to be a memorable evening. 20 year’s, wow!

Jam – 2010-09-29 – Carroll’s

29 Sep 2010 6 Comments

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Bayside Russ, Carroll's, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Wikler

This was a strange week that blossomed from a normal week. Scott was busy taking care of business and had to cancel on us during the morning of the jam. It wasn’t looking bad for too long because Rich was all over it and contacted Bayside Russ and we got a confirmation from Russell that he could be there by 9:30. That was great news and a shortened late jam is way better than none at all. It gave us a little time to shoot the shit and for Kevin to draw this cool artwork. This is my favorite from Kevin so far. We also spent some time watching the great Stella Blue performed by Barry Sless, John Molo and Pete Sears of Moonalice and David Nelson Band that I video taped over the previous weekend. It shows Sless playing a phenomenal final lead on the Stella Blue on his peal steel guitar. Check it out.

I was prepared and had a backup drummer in my bag, my Boss DR-770 drum box. Some how I transitioned a rocking jam that was going on for a while into a Me and My Uncle played using the Boss drum box. It was a surreal and uncomfortable by an experience nevertheless. The next song, a Sugaree, we played using the drum box and Russell showed up by the end of the Sugaree and we were able to transition from the robotic drummer to the human Russell which was also surreal and less uncomfortable.

The rest of the night with Russell featured some good music. We opened with the China Cat Rider with Alan playing the Jerry riff and me on the Bob. We played a few challenging song s that were way beyond our capabilities such as the Hell in a Bucket and Help on the Way. In both cases we made our way through them some how.

We had the big Black Throated Wind and we were so enthralled with the music that was going on that we blew right past the 12-midnight quitting time and ended the Sugar Magnolia at 12:14. It is rare they we fly right through quitting time. Usually making it to quitting time is the challenge. It was a nice night music a a lot of fun.

To hear the song click the links below:

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/09-29-10/

As far a s guests all we had were Scott Bayer who banged his new drum for one song. Additionally, in the studio next door we saw Chick Correa sitting at a piano. That’s why you have to go to every jam. I know I’ll be there next week.

Jam – 2010-09-22 – Carroll’s

25 Sep 2010 1 Comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Carroll's, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott, Wikler

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We were back to our standard 5-man setup this week with only Scott Bayer presenting himself as a guest. He came in all excited with his new $35 hand-drum which I immediately tried to buy off of him, but to no luck, that drum is now his life. Scott paying $35 bucks is a great deal on his end, one he couldn’t pass up, so I couldn’t blame him for not sell me the drums.

This week I was still in the throws of a pretty bad cold as I was hacking and coughing and bursting a lung, but all worth the opportunity to be participating in another big Deadstein jam. This week we had lots of rarely played songs bubble to the surface. We played the Love Each Other with the 73 groove but not the 73 break. We did the Easy Wind with all the breaks but only half the groove. We played a Corinna, which who knows what groove we played and what groove it is supposed to be in, but I be we haven’t played that song in 15 years. It was that type of night.

Most of the songs were a pain in the neck for Scott but he persevered. Kev seemed fully recovered and I was right in the middle of the cold. I guess as we age, the blog is going to need an official injury report section to keep everyone up-to-date on all our ailments. At least it gives us a good excuse when someone hears what happens during one of those MP3s toward the end of any song. When Scott told me, “Gind, you sound terrible, maybe you shouldn’t sing.” maybe I should have listened to him, but he said that when I wasn’t sick so I sang when I was sick anyway. Hopefully a weekend of seeing concerts including the FabFaux at Radio City and Trister laying the leads down for Ronnie and the New Riders Freak-Express that is rolling into nearby Whippany on Sunday will get me healthy and inspired to play even better when we meet again and deplete our body’s health status even more next week.

The music we played is available at the following link:

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/09-22-10

Jam – 2010-09-15 – Carroll’s

16 Sep 2010 2 Comments

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Carroll's, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott, Trister, Wikler

This was a strange night of Deadstein that started with a bit of a blow up. As we were getting set to jam we were all having electrical problems at the same time. My pedal board was not working at all and I was switching around adapters to figure what the problem was. At the same time Rich was plugging in his microphone and either Andy or Alan was also fiddling with something electrical that was suspiciously not work. Next thing we notice is the power amp on the PA system popping, sparking, blowing then smoking. That’s what she said, but the system blew apart like we have never seen. Lucky for us it is Carroll’s and the rolled out another one and we were on our way, but that was a very stranger occurrence.

So, on with the show. We were scheduled to have a big band as Trister was going to jam with us for the first set. Always great to bring our level up a notch or two. Alan and I shared the Bob parts until Andy left when ironically we played only Jerry Garcia Band songs were there are no Bob parts. In any case it was a fun night and we made some good music. We started off playing in dedication to 9-15-82, Capitol Center, Landover, MD. I wasn’t at that show but it was famous for its Playing, Crazy Fingers opener with Playing in the Band interludes peppered throughout.

We did manager the entire opening with a Playing, Crazy Fingers, Rooster, Duprees. That was a nice 30 minute opener without a stop. When scheduled to continue into the Beat It On Down the Line to continue the 9-15-82 setlist, we veered in a Wharf Rat , Woman are Smarter and never looked back at Landover. Ken the cookie/pizza man came in bearing no food which I was happy about. His shining countenance is a treat enough. Scott Bayer was our only other guest. I put him to work video recording the U.S. Blues while I sat out the Next Time You See me to video that song.

As I said, Trister left after a nice chunky 1st set and we played GarBand for the rest of the night. I jumped out of my Bob persona and entered Jerry’s. What a warm fuzzy place to be, but with a lot of responsibilities. I did okay in the switch and we started up right away. Fortunately, I discovered my reverb o the guitar amp had been off for the first set and then for the second, things sounded a lot more comforting.

New to the room is Scott’s new iPad, use it well and often, which will happen. Once again I can strongly recommend DropBox.com. I sent referal to you guys so if you sign up I get an additional 250MB of storage, you should all sign up, its a great to place store files online in the cloud for free, such as PDFs, MP3s, documents, in lieu of emailing files back and forth to yourself. Check it out, it is great. One other shout out goes to Andy who will be playing a show 10 minutes from my house a week from Sunday on September 26 – Ukrainian American Cultural Center, Whippany, NJ. I anticipate going to it and look forward to it and check out the webpage!