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Jam 2009-03-31 Carroll’s

02 Apr 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Jam, Jason, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott

dcc_0890_edited-1 This was a big Tuesday night jam where we had many more guests than usual. That usually puts us on our best behavior and for the most part we played well, though we may not have played too many songs. As far as guests we had Scott Bayer, our current Freakboy, Stu, Ken Levine and like 3 or four other people who I don’t really know. Jason brought along his ’83 tour buddy Craig. It seemed they enjoyed us. By 11:00pm, it was just the four of us as Jason left early with Craig who had to catch an early train home.

As far as the group we had Jason on lead with his Travis and these rest of us were like the Professor and Mary-Ann. Jason had his modded Q-tron and opened with the Feel Like a Stranger and closed with the Estimated Prophet so we made good use of the box. Highlights from my recallection include the Morning Dew, Hurts me Too, Stella Blue. Scott and Jason we on cloud-9 after getting into the Dead show at the Roseland. A very cool experience.

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Better late than never, Rich got around to posting the MP3s from this night in mid April. The show is available at:

https://deadstein.wordpress.com/ or just listen to the setlist below:

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Jam March 24, 2009 Carroll’s

26 Mar 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Jam, Jason, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott

dcc_0503_edited-1 It was Wednesday night and I hauled my ass into the jam despite suffering from a bad cold over the previous 4 or 5 days. It was a night I was trying not to sing too many songs and it felt like I sang plenty. Actually, my throat wasn’t killing me too badly until the Gloria at then end of the night. I shouldn’t have tried that one. I’ll be interested in seeing how many songs I ended up singing. There were many good moments. We had Jason on guitar and Scott Bayer and his new teeth played his C harmonica, though we never played a song in C. Good thing I turned the extra microphone off immediately. There were no other guests as Rich, Scott, Kevin and I filled out the band.

The music posted by Rich is available at the following link:

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/03-24-09/

I got there pretty early and had a Daisey Mae for the first time in quite a while. Gotta say the dry-rub ribs were a bit disappointing, but the sweet tea felt good on my troat all night long. Speaking of which, the leftovers are burning in my toaster over as we blog. I got to go.

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Jam March 18, 2009 Carroll’s

20 Mar 2009 1 Comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Al D, Bayside Mitch, Coffee, Jam, Larry, Scott

dcc_0243_edited-1 This was a jam in Studio #3 at Carroll’s where we were planning on having a mini Bayside reunion with Alan on guitar and Coffee on drums. Half way through the day Kevin had to bail on the jam so with our Bayside contingent already in place, it was easy, so it seems to add, Bayside Mitch as the 3rd Baysider. It was Bayside-stein and it was a lot of fun. So it was 6 of us in the big room but we were able to feel a little small at points. Actually for a little at the beginning, we were 7 and for the most part it was a Deadstein first to jam with a horn player. Al brought his Luddite friend Howard the horn player to jam with us. It was also fun. Mitch played well and it was great that he was able to make it on such short notice. It usually took him a few measures to get the groove but once it happened we made real music. It was good I was able to lend him my book for most of the night.

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We started the jam with a jam in E that I transitioned into Minglewood that worked well, but I made the mistake of setting up the PA thinking Howard was channel #2 when he was really #1 and I was #2, but the point being that I had my gain turned way down on my mic accidental and when I sang the Minglewood I blew my voice out for the rest of the night, I paying for it today with a sore throat. I spent some time showing Al some Shakedown things before we played and it turned out to be a pretty good song.

I thought Coffee and Scott really grooved well showing an extraordinarily amount of patience on some of the slow songs like the Simple Twist of Fate. I hope we get the music because it was nice but I heard both Mitchell and Rich discussing issues with their recording setups. Mitch was forgetting to hit record and Rich was hoping his batteries would last the jam.
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You can find this weeks music in MP3 format at the following link or just put your cursor over the song links below and use WordPress’ built in streaming music player. Thanks to Rich for recording and posting these files.

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/03-18-09/

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Jam 2009-03-11 Carroll’s

11 Mar 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Jam, Jason, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott

This was a night that we had Jason on lead and the rest of the normal configuration with the exception of the abnormal configuration in the form of a harmonica playing Scott, and I don’t mean Gibson. It was a fun night where we played lots of songs and ended with the moving, Lonely Avenue. Scott, and I do mean Gibson, even remain up and alert through the entire evening. There was a hot Hard to Handle and most songs were played well and confidently.

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Jam 2009-03-03 Carroll’s

07 Mar 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Jam, Jason, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott

img_2815_edited-1 This week we were in the nice cozy Studio 2 of Carroll’s. Kevin was back with us after a week off and Jason was back for the thirs week in a row. We played lots of hot stuff. Kevin commented how good the music felt and it did feel good. Rich’s friend Scott stepped in for a song or two and was mesmorized at the groove of our Jack-A-Roe. The Hurts Me Too had good soul and tempo. Jason’s slide tone on his aluminim necked guitar was screeching. We played 17 songs, some big, some small some standard and some obscure. It was a nice balance and variety and never got boring. We even did the Stephen OK. You can find the music at the link below:

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http://www.deadstein.com/audio/03-03-09/

or just click on a song below and let the embedded WordPress MP3 player stream the song and play it instantly.

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Until next week when Spring will feel like it has arrived because we turn our clocks forward this week and “Here Comes Sunshine!”

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Jam 2009-02-25 Carroll’s

28 Feb 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Blukashok, Jam, Jason, Larry, Rich, Scott

Bijll is a smoking bassist

This was a week a Carroll’s where we missed Kevin who was with his family during his father’s heart issues, fortunately and miraculously in part of today’s great world, his been ripped open, fixed and on the road to recovery. We wish him the best. So Kevin couldn’t make it and fortunately for us Scott’s friend from downtown, Bill Lukashok was there with his Fender Bass and away we went. He seemed to be into more of that old Dead which meshed well with Jason’s and Brotpen’s vibe. In addition, we seemed to do well on some of the country songs. There was a harpsord in the room and we put a microphone on it and used it for a China Doll anda Mountains of the Moon.

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So we had Jason, me, Bill L. on bass, Scott and Rich. We were in the big studio #3 but played a little small in a close circle at times. Hey, how about that wacky, jugband style Cold Rain and Snow? The songlist is below with a link to the MP3s. Until next time.

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