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Jam – 2009-06-24 – Carroll’s

25 Jun 2009 Leave a comment

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

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We were playing Wednesday this week which meant we had access to both Andy and Coffee so we were able to enjoy their company for a little while. Being they live the furthest and don’t have the stamina of the rest of use meant the two of them were out of there shortly after 10:00 leaving Kevin, Scott, Rich and I to finish out the night in classic Core-4 fashion. No big deal, that’s what we do, but Scott did go down quickly by 11:30. It was a a fun Deadstein night though, as most are.

When we arrived at 55th Street the club next door was having and show which meant parking was more difficult that usual. I parked a block away, but on 55th. Kevin parked in the newly illegal spot across the street but got by. Kevin was the first on there and the rest of us arrived simultaneously to great Kevin who was hanging out with Chris the cool Carroll’s manager.

From second one you could tell this was going to be a loud night and the PA and the PZM in the piano was having trouble dealing with it. The othernon-PZM piano microphone is definately better in both feedback rejection and lack of “uch”. I was also rationing the access to the PA by only having the mics that were to be used in that song on. This helped a lot and enabled me to boost the channel of the primary singer.

With respect to guests, Stu was there looking dapper in his lawyer outfit and he was cool to take pictures of us in action. Check out his cool pose to the right. Ken Levine was there still buzzing from the excitement of last week. Finally, Scott Bayer also showed, blowing his harmonica, getting us to call Carol to play to her over the cell phone and asking Stu for civil law advice while Stu claimed ignorance to knowing there were actually laws that controlled the civil world. Nevertheless, talking to Scott Bayer is always an adventure.

A day later, trying to remeber songs is tough but I’ll try. I recall a Brown-Eyed Women, Big Boss Man, we didn’t play Lied and Cheated. Trister ended his night with a Brokedown played a full step higher than we traditionally play it (eighties style) and that f-up Kevy a bit. End of the night Core-4 included Run for the Roses, Simple Twist of Fate, Harder They Come.

Below is the setlist from thenight as well as the links to the MP3 recordings thanks to the fforts of Rich and his recorder.

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/06-24-09/

In the world Ed McMann died, Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson all just died. There were beautiful rain clouds and splatters of sunshine all over on the way in though it never rained on me.

Jam – 2009-05-27 – Carroll’s

30 May 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Coffee, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Trister

DCC_6344_edited-1 It was Wednesday night and Scott informed us several weeks ago that he would not be able to make this weeks jam. He is in Anguilla on vacation and I’m sure the Patron is moving from the bar to his liver as a fast pace.

This gave us the opportunity to have Coffee-Boy and Trister join us for what is almost a Terez reunion but without Terez. We knew we would only have Trister for a portion of the night but we had to make the most of it that we could. We opened with a standard Trister night opening of the Halfstep followed by a Brother Esau. Coffee was giving us some serious cowbell during the Esau. Birdsong followed and was really nice and the rest of the night continued in a very positive manner.

Short of Coffee and Trister being considered guests, the only real guest we had was Scott Bayer who was there for the Eyes/Estimated combo. Scott was never there at a time where he could communicate with any of us except maybe Rich and this is a statement that can be made at anytime, whether playing music or not. Thankfully, I don’t even think he broke out his harmonica.

Kevin is giving us some indications that he may not be able to play the next couple of weeks due to the Bar Mitzvah of his son Dylan. We are going to have to remain flexible in order to keep the jamming moving forward. Bayside Mitch may be called into action if he is available.

We had a few big songs segments including an Eyes/Estimated and a surprising Help/Slip/Franklins. I thought Andy was done for the night and then he gave us the Help Slip Franklins. In addition, he played the final lead with of the Franklins with some ferocity that said, “I really don’t want to put my guitar down”. Rich made Andy play a Next Time You See Me before he was allowed to go.

When it was time for Andy to go, it was also time for Coffee to go. I think before Trsiter had his guitar off his shoulder Coffee-Boy was already in the elevator heading home. Actually, Kevin, Rich and I hung out for the last hour and played a few as a trio without any drumming. Some was good, some was bad, but it was music being made nevertheless. We did the Russian Lullaby, Dark Hollow, Wharf Rat and a Ripple in this format.

Thanks to Rich as usual for recording the evening and posting them. The music is available at the following location

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/05-27-09/

Time will tell what the next several week bring us so staying tuned is the only way to know.

Jam 2009-01-12 Carroll’s

24 Feb 2009 Leave a comment

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

2009-01-12_0807_fromabove January 12, 2009 at Carroll’s and Trister is back for more with Kevin, Scott, Rich, Bruce and moi, your humble narrator.

http://deadstein.com/audio/01-12-09/

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Jam 2009-01-07 Carroll’s

24 Feb 2009 Leave a comment

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

2008-11-29_0340_trister January 7, 2009 back at Carroll’s for the start of 2009. We were fortunate once again to play with Trister this night.

Trister, Larry, Kevin, Scott and Rich

http://deadstein.com/audio/01-07-09/

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Jam 2008-12-23 Carroll’s

24 Feb 2009 Leave a comment

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

2008-11-14_larryanddrummers December 23, 2008 at Carroll’s. I was there, of course, with the returning duo of Coffee and Trister followed by Kevin, Scott, Rich. I recall my brother Jay stopped by with his new girlfirend Andrea who I met for the first time that night. I sent them running with my rendition of a Looks Like Rain. It probably really wasn’t too bad. She and Jay came by my house for Christmas Day festivities a couple of days later. It was all Chanuka if you recall.

To listen to the even’s music use the link below:

http://deadstein.com/audio/12-23-08/

Larry, Trister, Kevin, Scott, Rich

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Jam 2008-12-17 Carroll’s

24 Feb 2009 Leave a comment

by deadstein in Jams Tags: Coffee, Halfstep Scott, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott, Trister

2008-11-08_0586 December 17, 2008 at Carroll’s and we attracted a big band. This was Deadstein with guests, old and new. First we had Trsiter on lead and he brought his buddy Halfstep Scott who was playing his newly acquired Bob Weir Ibanez. tree of life beauty. In addition, Coffee came back for a week and so did Scott’s friend Andrew playing sax and flute. He had a classic Jerry Garcia Songbook version 1 or 2. Real retro. It was a big festival for everyone. I also took a few videos so check them out as I post them. The music is provided in the links below.

http://deadstein.com/audio/12-17-08/

Larry, Scott, Coffee, Kevin, Trister, Scott from Halfstep and Andrew, Stu was a guest

I played a few songs with the Bob Weir guitar and it was really cool. It wad a 3-channel EQ and was made with beautiful craftmanship. It was quite the instrument.