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Gathering of the Vibes 2008
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Our 2008 Main Stage Line Up...
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Phil Lesh and Friends
If you were to ask someone who's been to every Vibes, 2002 would undoubtedly be at or near the top of their list. That year, on an Independence Day weekend less than a year removed from Sept. 11, Phil Lesh and Friends breathed a renewed sense of hope and energy into the Vibe Tribe, lighting the songs with sense read more...
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The Black Crowes
For the last 18 years, The Black Crowes have defined the best of American Rock ‘n Roll, performing mind blowing live performances around the world. "Warpaint," the band's first new studio album in 7 years, continues the Crowes' traditional distillation of rock, blues, gospel, southern harmonies and read more...
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Taj Mahal Trio
Taj has been playing his own distinctive brand of music -- variously described as Afro-Caribbean blues, folk-world-blues, hula blues, folk-funk, and a host of other hyphenations -- for more than 40 years. Caribbean, Hawaiian, African, Latin, and Cuban sounds and rhythms mix with folk, jazz, zydeco, gospel, read more...
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The Neville Brothers
The differences between the four Neville Brothers are as dramatic as the similarities that unite them. Now, in the fourth decade of their creative life, the brothers are stronger than ever. Together they continue to provoke, entertain and excite audiences around the globe. Each of the four brothers also pursue side projects. read more...
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Umphrey's McGee
Umphrey’s McGee has — since forming in the late ’90s in the South Bend, Indiana area — cultivated an impressive presence both live and in the studio, quite an accomplishment when considering their humble roots. Rolling Stone tipped them in their Hot Issue and the Washington Post named the band “rock’s read more...
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Zappa Plays Zappa
Guitarist Dweezil Zappa has cocooned himself away in the studio this past year engineering his own metamorphosis. "In order for me to play my father's music correctly I needed to understand the fundamentals of his music more thoroughly, which meant a lot of studying." His goal was to emerge as a read more...
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Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Soul Stew Revival
This guitar slinging couple, married since 2001, have recorded on each others albums and toured together on occasion, each with their respective bands. This time around they are side by side, leading one amazing ensemble. Fans can expect a mixture from both artists' repertoire along read more...
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Bill Kreutzmann Trio
Bill Kreutzmann, drummer and founding member of the legendary Grateful Dead, first met guitarist Scott Murawski (Max Creek, Mike Gordon Band, Depth Quartet) when invited by Phish bassist Mike Gordon to play together in Costa Rica in January. The pair then tapped bassist Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band, read more...
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 Mike Gordon
Erstwhile Phish bassist Mike Gordon (co-founder of the seminal improvisational rock band in 1983) emerges from hibernation this year and performs with his own solo band for the first time since 2003, playing new original songs, composed in his home studio over the better part of 2007. Since Phish's dissolution in 2004, read more...
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 Sam Bush Band
As cofounder of the seminal progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, Sam Bush has been referred to as the "King of Newgrass". Whether or not he agrees with this title, it cannot be argued that Bush is certainly one of the most brilliant of newgrass's many bright lights. read more...
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Alternate Routes
The Alternate Routes are a collaboration between songwriting partners Eric Donnelly (lead guitar) and Tim Warren (lead vocals, guitar) at Fairfield University in Connecticut. Expanding to a five-piece and based at one point in Boston, the band was working out of Bridgeport, CT, by the time their first album, "Good and Reckless and True", was issued by Vanguard in 2007. The album empha...Read More
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American Babies
While Tom Hamilton may still be relatively young, the singer commands his nursery of American Babies with all the seasoned know-how of someone twice his age. Hamilton's band is positively huge, a co-ed family comprised of two guitarists, a bassist, a xylophone virtuoso (!!), Mr. Hamilton himself, and a solid drummer courtesy of the Benevento/Russo Duo. Such a lineup could easily create a large, bo...Read More
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Assembly of Dust
Melding the deep grooves of Blues and R&B with creative, original storytelling, Assembly of Dust is a New York-based quintet which has developed a sizable following on the East Coast for their rich country-accented melodies and impressive chops. AOD was formed by lead vocalist and songwriter Reid Genauer (vocals, guitar) with Nate Wilson (keyboards), Adam Terrell (lead guitar), John L...Read More
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Dark Star Orchestra
In our on-going celebration of the life and music of Jerry Garcia, Dark Star Orchestra again highlights our Thursday night festivities with their unique revival of the magic of the Grateful Dead. Using entire shows from the Grateful Dead's 30 years of extensive touring as a launching pad, Dark Star Orchestra recreates the original shows in much the same way that an orchestra interprets mu...Read More
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Deep Banana Blackout
Deep Banana Blackout carries the torch of the great funk bands such as Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, and James Brown into the 21st century. With a full horn section and soulful groove, Deep Banana's infectious sound is a combination of old school funk, Latin, jazz, pop, and rock. Last year, along with Parliament Funkadelic, they gave us a memorable performance with their...Read More
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Donna Jean & The Tricksters
Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay was born to sing, and over the course of time she’s done so with people like Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge, Boz Scaggs, and of course, Jerry Garcia. Now she has a new band that she’s quite certain is on a creative par with anything she’s ever done. “This band is a perfect fit for me as a singer/songwriter,” she said recently. Their 1st album, self titled, was ...Read More
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Groovesect
Groovesect has been blazing a path through the New Orleans music scene with their jazzy soulful sound ever since the members returned to New Orleans after Katrina. Since then they have gone on to rise up through the ranks of a town known for its funk bands. Having been voted Best Funk Band in the 2007 "Best of The Big Easy Awards" and second best contemporary jazz group, they have been t...Read More
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Jackie Greene Band
Discovered at an open mike, singer/songwriter Jackie Greene is a captivating performer who worked countless clubs and bars before his discovery, a fact made more interesting when it's considered that he was a teenager during that time. A multi-instrumentalist, this California native played most of the instruments on his debut record, "Gone Wanderin'". A soulful bit of roots music, the...Read More
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King For a Day
The Connecticut press has already referred to King For A Day as a Fairfield County "Super Group." Its powerful jams are complimented by strong heartfelt lyrics and a kicking rhythm section. In fact, the first notes ever heard at the Vibes were from KFAD's own Danny Labich, who opened the first Vibes back in '96 with his band Stone Cold! King for a Day is more than just a ...Read More
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New Riders of the Purple Sage
In the summer of 1969, John Dawson was looking to showcase his songs while Jerry Garcia was looking to practice his brand new pedal steel guitar. The two played in coffeehouses and small clubs initially, and the music they made became the nucleus for the New Riders of the Purple Sage. In 2008, the NRPS are back on the road, bringing the psychedelic country-rock songs of John Dawson to places th...Read More
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Porter Batiste Stoltz
Their time has come at last! After spending years, even decades, providing some of the greatest back-line support New Orleans music has heard, the brilliant sidemen George Porter Jr., Russell Batiste Jr., and Brian Stoltz, are ready for their close-up. “We all come from old school New Orleans,” says Stoltz. “I grew up listening to the Beatles and Hendrix, but we still have that deep New O...Read More
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Ryan Montbleau Band
Ryan Montbleau has been described as something of a Martin Sexton by way of Van Morrison and Stevie Wonder. Yet Ryan Montbleau Band’s music is difficult to pigeon-hole or neatly categorize. Having begun his career playing Boston’s coffee shops and folk venues as a solo artist with an infectious, percussive, finger-picking guitar style, Ryan has evolved into the front man for the eclectic en...Read More
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Strangefolk
Strangefolk began their career playing coffee houses and pubs in and around Burlington, VT. Originally an acoustic duo, the band grew to include bass, drums and eventually keys. The current lineup consists of co-founder Jon Trafton on guitar, Luke Montgomery (guitar) Erik Glockler (bass) Russ Lawton (drums) and Don Scott (keyboard). The band's trademark three-part harmonies, coupled with soarin...Read More
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