| Username: | Garyfish |
| Full Name: | DNB - Best band & fans in the land! |
| Last Logged In: | May 17, 2013 |
| Registered: | June 19, 2006 |
| Total Posts: | 5654 |
| Status: | PHILPHREAK |
| Occupation: | Fisheries Biologist |
| City: | Petrolia |
| State/Province: | CA |
| Age: | Heinz varieties + 2 |
| Sex (M/F): | M |
| e-mail: | garyfish49 AT yahoo DOT com |
| 2013 show list: | 1/1 - Terrapin Family Band (Ross James, Grahame & Brian Lesh, & Scott Padden, w/ Phil sit-in on vocals for a few tunes), free bar show, Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA; 1/18 - DNB (Nelson, Sless, Sears, Siegel, & Wally Ingram), Akebono Theater, Pahoa, HI; 1/19 - DNB, Kona Pacific Public Charter School, Kealakekua, HI [opener: Dan Braure & Leche De Trio]; 1/20 - DNB, Kealakekua Bed & Breakfast, Kealakekua, HI; 1/24 - DNB, Three's Bar and Grill, Kihei, Maui; 1/25 - DNB, Upcountry Hoedown, Haiku, Maui [opener: Barry Sless (acoustic guitar), Mookie Siegel (accordion), Christina "Sweet Beets" Boyden (guitar, vocals), & Hannibal Boyd (conga)]; 1/26 - DNB, Three's Bar and Grill, Kihei, Maui; 1/27 - DNB, Essence of Hawaii, Haiku, Maui [opener: ?? amazing dude, solo guitar & vocals]; 2/5 - Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers (opener: The Brothers Comatose), HumBrews, Arcata, CA; 2/6 - Marco Benevento Trio, HumBrews, Arcata; 2/14 - DNB w/ Molo on drums, River Theater, Guerneville, CA (Valentine's Day Benefit dinner & auction for Paige & Jasper; opener: Windshield Cowboys); 2/15 - DNB w/ Molo, Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, CA; 2/16 - DNB w/ Molo, Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley; 2/18 - Paul Knight & Friends ("Blue Monday" = blues night): Peter Rowan, Pete Sears (upright piano), Scott Law, Paul Knight (stand-up bass), Michael Pinkham (drums) [sit-ins by Doug Adamz (harmonica) & Ramblin' Jack Elliot (vocals)], Station House Cafe, Point Reyes Station, CA; 2/19 - SEVA's 35th Anniversary Celebration, Mystic Theater, Petaluma, CA (emcee Wavy Gravy, Hot Buttered Rum, DNB, Leftover Salmon, finale with representatives of all bands + Mark Karan); 2/22 - The Mother Hips (opener: Terrapin Family Band), The Grate Room, TXR, San Rafael; 2/23 - The Mother Hips (opener: Terrapin Family Band), The Grate Room, TXR, San Rafael; 3/12 - Greensky Bluegrass (opener: Ryan Montbleau Band), HumBrews, Arcata; 3/14 - Danny Barnes (guitar, banjo) w/ Matt Sircely (mandolin, guitar), HumBrews, Arcata |
| 2012 show list: | 1/9 - David Lindley, Humbrews, Arcata, CA; 1/12 - Sweet Relief Benefit Concert & Steve Block Memorial, Slim's, San Francisco, CA; Steve Block was a BGP bluecoat who worked as a roadie for DNB, Zero, JGB – and more. (Steve Block All-Stars [Melvin Seals, Stu Allen, Mike Sugar, Greg Anton, and guests]; David Nelson Band; Act III: a couple dozen Bay Area musicians who loved Steve, including Patrick Campbell, Mark Karan, Peter Albin, Barry Flast, David Gans, Peter Harris, Inez Garcia, Bill Cutler, Joli Valenti, JC Flyer, Jessica Fierro, Pat Nevins, Steve Farzan, Dore Collier, Willow van den Hoek, Joe New, Steve Shufton, David Perper, Mari Mack, Billy Laymon, & Barry Sless); 1/21 - Seva Benefit, Sebastopol Community Center, Sebastopol, CA (David Nelson & Friends [acoustic, without Molo]; Zero, with Mike Sugar on bass; Wavy Gravy as emcee); 1/26 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Haiku Hideaway, Haiku, Maui; 1/27 - Jorma Kaukonen solo (opener: Chris Smither), Iao Theater, Wailuku, Maui; http://jormakaukonen.com/cracksinthefinish/?p=1465; 1/27 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Stella Blues Cafe, Kihei, Maui; 1/28 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Charley's, Paia, Maui; 1/29 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Spirit Of Aloha Botanical Gardens, Haiku, Maui (Bird Song bust-out!); 2/3 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Akebono Theater, Pahoa, HI; 2/4 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Kohala Trade Center, Hawi, HI; 2/5 - DNB w/ Billy Kreutzmann, Kona Historical Society, Kealakekua, HI ; 2/16 - DNB, 142 Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley, CA; 2/17 - DNB, 142 Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley, CA; 2/18 - DNB (opener: Brown Chicken Brown Cow), River Theater, Guerneville, CA; 2/19 - Warren Hellman Tribute Concert, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA (I stayed at the Banjo Stage all day, which had the following acts, in chronological order: John Doe; Dry Branch Fire Squad; Buddy Miller [w/ Emmylou sit-in]; Gillian Welch & David Rawlings; Old Crow Medicine Show; Emmylou Harris with special guests, and the finale with The Go to Hell Man Clan; also appearing, on the Arrow Stage, was Poor Man's Whiskey; Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane, & Fats Kaplin; Steve Earle; The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Boz Scaggs; and Robert Earl Keen); 2/28 - Greensky Bluegrass, Humbrews, Arcata; 3/11 - Tony Furtado, Humbrews, Arcata; 3/15 - Hot Buttered Rum (opener: Cornmeal), Humbrews, Arcata; 3/24 - 7 Walkers (openers: Knights of the Van Duzen, Jenni and David), Van Duzen River Grange, Carlotta, CA; 3/25 - Branford Marsalis Quartet, Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata; 4/3 - Dark Star Orchestra, Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata; 4/16 - Todd Snider w/ a backing band (opener: Ashliegh Flynn), Humbrews, Arcata; 4/18 - Yonder Mountain String Band (opener: Brown Bird), Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata; 4/20 - Melvin Seals & JGB (opener: Steve Watts Band, with Melvin Seals), Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata; 4/27 - Bobby Vega, Ray White, Prairie Prince & Chris Rossbach, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA; 4/28 - THE ELEVENth Hour (Fundraiser for Head To Head Music Festival 5, to be held in Sept. 2012), Lonesome Locomotive, Twin Engine (members of Something Different, et al.), Fire Spinners, Pinball Tournament - Dean Creek Resort, Redway, CA; 5/7 - Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Riverwood Inn, Phillipsville, CA; 5/10 - DNB (openers: acoustic DNB-MA septet, Moonalice), Applegate Lodge, Applegate, OR; 5/11 - DNB (openers: acoustic DNB-MA septet, Moonalice), Mt. Tabor Theater, Portland, OR; 5/12 - DNB (openers: acoustic DNB-MA septet, Moonalice), Domino Room, Bend, OR; 5/13 - DNB (openers: acoustic DNB-MA septet, Moonalice; Ken Babbs & Steve Parish expounding on Mother's Day), WOW Hall, Eugene, OR; 5/20 - Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Humbrews, Arcata; 6/15 - Ramble at TXR (Phil Lesh, Mark Karan, Jackie Greene, Rob Barraco, Jon Graboff, Tony Leone), The Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA; 6/16 - Free brunch show on the patio at TXR (Rob Barraco on bass, Jon Graboff on guitar & pedal steel, Tony Leone on guitar & mandolin & snare, Ross James on guitar), Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael; 6/16 - David Nelson Quartet (all but Mookie), opener = Moonalice, Benefit for The Cedars of Marin, First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo, CA; 6/17 - Free bar show at TXR (Father's Day, and Jill Lesh's birthday; Phil on bass & his sons Grahame [guitar] and Brian [guitar & mandolin]), Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael; 6/17 - Ramble at TXR (Phil, Mark Karan, Jackie Greene, Rob Barraco, Jon Graboff, Tony Leone), The Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael; 6/20 - Absynth Quintet ("Music for the Mattole" Summer Concert Series, sponsored by the Mattole Restoration Council), Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia, CA; 7/1 - Fred & the Eds, Mount Carmel Festival, St. Anthony's, Watertown, NY; 7/7 - Edgar Winter Group, Blue Coupe (members of Blue Oyster Cult & Alice Cooper), Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown; Taste of New York Festival, Madison Barracks Polo Field, Sackets Harbor, NY; 7/15 - Furthur, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY; 7/21 - DNB (1st set acoustic, 2nd set electric; opener was Moonalice), Humbrews, Arcata, CA; 7/22 - Trinity Tribal Stomp, Junction City Park, Junction City, CA (I only saw the last 4 bands: Moonalice, LoCura, DNB, and the Tribal Stomp Orchestra featuring Mark Karan & Friends [Bobby Vega on bass, Mookie Siegel & Steve Taylor on keys, & John Hanes on drums]); 7/28 - 25th annual Roll On The Mattole (major fundraiser for Honeydew Fire Company), Mattole Grange, between Petrolia & Honeydew, CA (I only saw a couple acts [Tanner Speas, Lyndsey Battle] and the firefighter's competition before leaving for DJGB gig in late afternoon); 7/28 - Donna Jean Godchaux Band (Mark Karan, Mookie Siegel, David MacKay, Barry Lowenthal) - openers: Jay Roller, Kindred Spirits, Swain's Flat Outpost, Carlotta, CA; 8/8 - Midtown Dickens (punkgrass band from Durham, NC), Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia, CA; 8/10 thru 8/13 - 12th annual Dead On The Creek, Uncle John's Camp, near Willits, CA (Friday: Achilles Wheel, GAT w/ Barry Sless; Saturday: Head for the Hills, The Honeycutters, Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams; Sunday: Jackstraw, Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers, NRPS w/ Mookie Siegel (& Barry Sless 2nd set); Monday: Stu Allen & Friends, Ghosts of Electricity, Stu Allen & Mars Hotel); 8/22 - Very Jerry II, Benefit for Ashkenaz, Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA (numerous performers including David Nelson, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Henry Kaiser, Stu Allen, Dan Lebowitz, Pat Nevins, David Gans, Garrin Benfield, David Thom, Jeff Pehrson, Sunshine Becker, Mookie Siegel, Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman, Pat Campbell, Jim Lewin, Scott Cooper, Joe Balesteri, Fiddle Dave Muhlethaler, THUGZ, Liquid Sun Day, Suzy & Eric Thompson, Jordan Feinstein, Robin Sylvester, Pete Lavezzoli, Adam Perry); 8/23 - DNB (opener: The Rowan Brothers), Sebastopol Community Center, Sebastopol, CA; 8/24 thru 8/26 - Lazy Summer Daze festival, Leland Meadows Campground, Pinecrest, CA (Friday: The Grasshoppers, Joe Craven Trio, Steve Kimock Band w/ Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, & Andy Hess; late-night tent had Delta Nove; Saturday: Jugdealers, Sycamore Slough String Band, Col. Bruce Hampton, DNB (Joe Craven sit-in on one tune), Zigaboo Modeliste, The Dead Kenny G's, Zero w/ Kimock, Greg Anton, Judge & Lauren Murphy, Pete Sears, Robin Sylvester, & sit-ins by Worrell & Ingram; late-night tent had Jamie Janover until 4 am; Sunday: Clan Dyken, Moonalice, George Porter Jr. & the Runnin' Pardners, Melvin Seals & JGB, Garage a Trois, 7 Walkers; late-night tent had Xtra Ticket (Dave A'Bear's band w/ 4-hour set), then Jugdealers w/ Fiddle Dave until 5 am); 8/29 - Dedicated Maniacs, free bar show at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA (first time w/ Mike Berry on pedal steel for a few tunes); 8/30 thru 9/2 - Summer Rambles, Phil Lesh & Friends (Neal Casal, Mark Karan, Adam MacDougall, Jon Graboff, Joe Russo; sit-in on 8/31 by Marco Benevento on keys on Not Fade Away), The Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael; 9/8 - Head To Head 5 Festival, Dean Creek Resort, Redway, CA (only attended the first of 2 days; High Beamz, Arden Park Roots, Alex doing GD songs [12-year-old boy, solo guitar & vocals], Zuhg, Electric Eel, Liquid Kactus, Lonesome Locomotive, Something Different); 9/14 - The Lonesome Heroes, Yellow Rose, Petrolia, CA; 9/15 - Power of County; openers: Baki, The Lonesome Heroes (final of 4 events in the "Music for the Mattole" Summer Concert Series, sponsored by the Mattole Restoration Council), Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia, CA; 9/22 - West Coast Zoner Jam 6, Rio Nido Roadhouse, outdoor stage, Rio Nido, CA (Ethereal Feedback, Angel Wyle & the Coyotes, William Mylar Band, Hoot & Nanny, Dedicated Maniacs, Zoner Jam); 10/13 - Brown Chicken Brown Cow (opener: Jeff Crosby & The Refugees), private party, HumCo, NorCal; 10/26 - Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (opener: the Trouble, w/ Chris Parreira), HumBrews, Arcata; 10/31 - Sean McFarland & Friends (Zebulon Bowles fiddle, Paul Stallworth bass, Zack elect. guitar, Ben guitar, Rick mando, Rob drums), Yellow Rose, Petrolia, CA;11/3 - Melvin Seals & JGB (opener: Steve Watts Band, with Melvin Seals), Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata; 11/8 - DNB (debut of Wally Ingram on drums w/ DNB for the entire 7-show Harvest Tour), Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA; 11/9 - DNB, River Theater, Guerneville, CA; 11/10 - DNB, River Theater, Guerneville, CA; 11/11 - DNB (opener: Great American Taxi), The Barn, Nelson Family Vineyards, Ukiah, CA; 11/15 - DNB, Don Quixote's, Felton, CA; 11/17 - DNB (opener: Rusty Evans and Ring of Fire), Fairfax Pavilion, Fairfax, CA; 11/18 - DNB (opener: Tony Nester), Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA; 11/27 - NRPS (opener: Knights of the Van Duzen), private event, Swain's Flat Outpost, Carlotta, CA (Note: Only one set by NRPS due to police enforcement of repeated noise complaints.); 11/30 - NRPS (opener: The Fickle Hill Billies), HumBrews, Arcata; 12/1 - Moonalice, Van Duzen River Grange, Carlotta, CA; 12/14 - Ghosts of Electricity, Hopmonk Session Room, Novato, CA; 12/15 - DNB w/ 2 drummers (John Molo & Wally Ingram), The Grate Room, Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael (Phil Lesh sit-in on 2 songs in the 1st set: FOTD > Iko); 12/29 thru 12/31 - Furthur, BGCA, SF |
| 2011 show list: | 1/21 - DNB (John Molo on drums for 5 of the 6 shows on the Big Island & Maui) w/ Peter Rowan, Aloha Theater, Kainaliu, Big Island, HI; 1/22 - DNB w/ Peter Rowan, Akebono Theater, Pahoa, Big Island, HI; 1/24 - Any Naked Islanders (eclectic DNB w/ Peter Rowan), Pirate's Cove, Ocean View, Big Island, HI; 1/27 - acoustic DNB (without Molo) w/ Peter Rowan, George Kahumoku, Jr., & Peter Wing, Whale Watch Boat Cruise (on the "Ocean Voyager," a 65-foot catamaran carrying about 130 passengers, operated by the Pacific Whale Foundation), Ma'alaea, Maui, HI; 1/28 - DNB w/ Peter Rowan, Stella Blues, Kihei, Maui, HI; 1/29 - DNB w/ Peter Rowan, Stella Blues, Kihei, Maui, HI; 1/31 - Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band, private party, Waimea Plantation Cottages, Waimea, Kauai, HI; 2/1 - DNB (w/ Bill Kreutzmann on drums), Vince Herman, Peter Rowan, & BCBC; private party, Waimea Plantation Cottages, Waimea, Kauai, HI; 2/4 - The Mother Hips (opener: Nikki Bluhm & the Gramblers), Palm Ballroom, San Rafael, CA; 2/11 - DNB, Palm Ballroom, San Rafael, CA; 2/12 - DNB, Palm Ballroom, San Rafael, CA; 2/13 - Ghosts of Electricity (Mark Karan, Stu Allen, Pat Nevins, Mookie Siegel, Robin Sylvester, Greg Anton), The New Parish, Oakland, CA; 2/18 - Moonalice, HumBrews, Arcata, CA; 3/4 - The Mother Hips (first show with new bass player Scott Thunes), HumBrews, Arcata; 3/5 - Speakeasy Saints, Mattole Grange Hall, Petrolia, CA (fundraiser for Mattole Salmon Group); 3/9 - Greensky Bluegrass, HumBrews, Arcata; 3/22 - Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real [Lukas is Willie Nelson's son] (opener: The Reflectacles), Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA; 4/2 - Poor Man's Whiskey, HumBrews, Arcata; 4/4 - DSO, Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata; 4/14 - Yonder Mountain String Band, Eureka Theater, Eureka, CA; 4/20 - Melvin Seals & JGB, HumBrews, Arcata; 5/13 - Dedicated Maniacs, Connecticut Yankee, SF; 5/14 - Wavy Gravy's 75th Birthday Bash (Seva benefit), Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, CA -- Wavy's Clown Conspiracy; Hot Buttered Rum [Nicki Bluhm sit-in]; Zero (Kimock, Vega, Sless, Anton, Roland, Sears, Judge Murphy); Ace of Cups; Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Weir sit-in on TLEO); Mickey Hart & Friends [Kimock, Dave Schools, Sikiru, et al.]; parade of drummers; Bob Weir & Friends [Kimock, Sless, Chimenti, Robin Sylvester, Molo, Neal Casal, Snooky Flowers on sax, Schools on TOO, et al.; finale with Henry Kaiser, Mark Karan, Barry Melton, Mickey Hart, Nicky Bluhm, et al.]; 8 pm - 2:30 am; 6/1 - Buffalo Springfield (opener: Gillian Welch), Fox Theater, Oakland, CA; 6/3 - Furthur, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA; 6/4 - Furthur, Shoreline (my 58th B-Day!); 6/5 - Ragged Glory (Pat Nevins, Amy Gabel, Mike Berry, et al.), Milk Bar, SF; 6/10 - Harmony Festival (daytime, Main Stage), Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA; Moonalice, DNB w/ Jesse McReynolds sit-in at end, RRE; 6/10 - Harmony Festival (Harmony After Dark: Harmony Hall, Sonoma Co. Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa), A Tribute to the Life of Owsley "Bear" Stanley and the Musical Spirit of Jerry Garcia, featuring Kimock, DNB, and members of the Jesse McReynolds Band, RRE, and Moonalice, performing the album "Bear's Choice" and other assorted gems, plus live-art painting by Stanley Mouse et al.; 6/11 & 6/12 - DNB (opener: Boris Garcia), Navarro Amphitheater, Navarro, CA (6/12 was David's 68th B-Day!); 6/14 - Cubensis (opener: Roy Jay Band), HumBrews, Arcata; 6/19 - GAT w/ Barry Sless, The Redwood Grove at Nelson Family Vineyards, Ukiah, CA; 6/20 - GAT, HumBrews, Arcata; 7/16 - Furthur, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY; 7/19 - Furthur, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY; 8/5 thru 8/8 - 11th annual Dead On The Creek, Uncle John's Camp, near Willits, CA (Friday: Dehlia Low, Poor Man's Whiskey; Saturday: Red Molly, The Grascals, Great American Taxi [extended sit-ins by 2 members of Deadwood Revival: Julie Campbell on fiddle, & Kim Trenerry on vocals]; Sunday: Rita Hosking & Cousin Jack, Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, Cornmeal; Monday: Deadwood Revival, Dead Winter Carpenters, Front Street); 8/12 & 8/13 - Head To Head 4 Festival, Dean Creek Resort, Redway, CA (Friday: Jugtown Pirates, Howdy!, Scott Huckabay, Zero [Kimock, Vega, Roland, Anton, Murphy], Cubensis; Saturday: Dedicated Maniacs, Wake The Dead, Seconds On End, Zero, Cubensis, Something Different); 9/2 - Melvin Seals & JGB (Dave Hebert [A'Bear] on guitar while Stu Allen's on paternity leave), Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata, CA; 9/9 - Willie Nelson Family, Humboldt County Fairgrounds, Ferndale, CA; 9/24 - 7th Annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown, Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA (personal faves were Sweetwater String Band, The Brothers Comatose, acoustic Moonalice, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, & Poor Man's Whiskey [their 9th show with new guitarist Sean Leahy, formerly with Isabella]); 9/30 - 10/2 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (11th annual, but my first time there!), Golden Gate Park, SF, CA (front and center at the Banjo Stage all 3 days; Friday: Seldom Scene, David Bromberg Quartet!, Del McCoury Band & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band!, John Prine!!, Robert Plant & The Band of Joy!!; Saturday: Alison Brown Quartet, Otis Clay with Chick Rodgers, Earl Scruggs!, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings!!, Steve Earle & The Dukes (and Duchesses)!!; Sunday: Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer!!, The Blind Boys of Alabama!, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys!!, Emmylou Harris!!; 11/4 & 11/5 - The Mother Hips, HumBrews, Arcata; 11/9 thru 11/13 - DNB Harvest Tour, first leg (Wednesday: HumBrews, Arcata; Thursday & Friday: Palm Ballroom, San Rafael; Saturday: River Theater, Guerneville, DNB 2-set opener, then Great American Taxi; Sunday: "The Barn" at Nelson Family Vineyards, Ukiah, Boris Garica & GAT opened for DNB); 11/14 - GAT (opener: Boris Garcia), HumBrews, Arcata; 11/18 thru 11/20 - DNB Harvest Tour, second leg (Friday: Ashkenaz, Berkeley, David Gans & Boris Garcia opened for DNB; Saturday: Don Quixote's International Music Hall, Felton, no opening bands; Sunday: Elk's Lodge, Manzanita Place, Chico, David Gans & Boris Garcia opened); 11/29 - NRPS, HumBrews, Arcata; 12/3 - NRPS (opener: Moonalice), Van Duzen River Grange Hall, Carlotta, CA; 12/4 - NRPS (openers: Moonalice, David Gans), Area 101, Laytonville, CA; 12/6 - Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real, HumBrews, Arcata; 12/29 thru 12/31 - Furthur, BGCA, SF, CA |
| 2010 show list: | 1/9 - House of Floyd, Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA (show cancelled after one set because drummer had severe flu and collapsed); 1/22 - DNB (opener: David Gans), Stella Blues, Kihei, Maui; 1/23 - DNB (opener: Gans+), Hard Rock Cafe, Lahaina, Maui; 1/24 - DNB (openers: Gans+, Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band+), Paia Gardens, Paia, Maui; 1/28 - DNB (4 sets: Gans, DNB w/ Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, BCBC, DNB w/ Gans & BCBC), Kalanikai Bar & Grill, Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort, Keauhou, Hawaii; 1/29 - DNB (opener: Gans+, BCBC), Akebono Theater, Pahoa, Hawaii; 1/30 - DNB (openers: Gans+, BCBC), Royal Gardens Luau Grounds. Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort, Keauhou, Hawaii; 2/14 - House of Floyd, Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA (makeup show, free to attendees of show cancelled on 1/9/10); 2/20 - Melvin Seals & JGB [new rhythm section KICKS ASS: Jimmy Tebeau (bass) & Pete Lavezzoli (drums)], HumBrews, Arcata, CA; 3/2 - CB3 (Chris Berry Trio) w/ Steve Kimock (opener: SambAmore), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA; 3/6 - Ponche, Mattole Salmon Group 30th Anniversary Party, Mattole Valley Grange Hall, Petrolia, CA; 3/11 - GAT w/ Barry Sless (& Mookie Siegel sit-in on accordion; also Billy Laymon sit-in on bass; Barry played his new Scott Walker custom guitar [his 5th SW guitar!] on the first couple songs, then pedal steel for the remainder of this show), Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA; 3/12 - Furthur & Friends (Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene, John Molo, Steve Molitz), Phil's 70th B-Day Bash, BGCA, SF; 3/12 - GAT w/ Barry Sless on pedal steel (& Mookie Siegel sit-in on accordion & keys), Boom Boom Room, SF (Furthur after-party, until ~4 am); 3/13 - Dedicated Maniacs & Friends (guitar sit-ins by Stu Allen, Pete Zeus, William Mylar, & Dave Stein; also Sam Flot poem/rap on one song), (opener: Pat Nevins & Amy Gabel Band, w/ Stu Allen sitting in), Connecticut Yankee, SF; 4/7 - 7 Walkers (Billy K, George Porter Jr., Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/20 - DSO w/ Stu Allen, Eureka Theater, Eureka; 4/20 - The Humboldt All-Stars featuring Melvin Seals, Michael Hinton, Steve Watts, Berel Alexander, Kevin Kotaka, Vidagua (DSO after-party; Stu Allen sat in on After Midnight & Eleanor Rigby), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/23 - Something Different (opener: The Rezonators), benefit event for Baby Emily (Corey's granddaughter), Mattole Grange Hall, Petrolia-Honeydew, CA; 5/13 - Melvin Seals & JGB (opener: Moo-Got-2), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 5/28 thru 5/30 - Furthur Festival at Mountain Aire, Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Angels Camp, CA. Friday: "Open Aire Soundcheck" by Furthur at the Main Stage for 2.5 hours, followed by a late-night All-Star Jam Session at the Frogtown Fillmore (rotating lineup consisting of Phil-Larry-Jackie-Theresa-Jeff-Joe, then Bobby-Mark-Jackie-Jeff-Joe, then Jorma-Jack-Bobby-Jackie-Joe); Saturday: Acoustic music at the Dark Hollow Stage, The Waybacks, Jemimah Puddleduck, Furthur (American Beauty, Workingmans Dead, Anthem); Sunday: Acoustic music at the Dark Hollow Stage, The Mother Hips, Hot Tuna (electric), Furthur (Blues for Allah, Aoxomoxoa, Terrapin); GD Gallery & discussion/stories/Q&A, all weekend at the Terrapin Pavilion; 6/6 - 34th annual Summer Arts and Music Festival (sponsored by the Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA), Benbow Lake State Recreation Area, along the South Fork Eel River, Benbow, CA; personal highlights were Melvin Seals & JGB (the headliner), Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real, Crooked Still, Moonalice, Druid Sisters Tea Party, and Tara Linda; 6/19 - The Mother Hips, 20th Annual Oyster Festival, Arcata, CA (free afternoon show on the Arcata Plaza, one set plus encore); then that night The Hips played a full 2-set show at Humboldt Brews, Arcata; 6/24-25 - DNB (opener: Moonalice), Palm Ballroom, San Rafael, CA; 6/26-27 - DNB, Navarro Amphitheatre, Navarro, CA (on 6/26, Boris Garcia opened, & Brown Chicken Brown Cow played latenight with sit-ins by Nelson, Sears, & Tony "T-Bone" Bove; on 6/27, BCBC & Boris Garcia opened); 7/15 - New Monsoon (opener: Flowmotion), Humbrews, Arcata; 7/23 - Great American Taxi, Humbrews, Arcata; 7/24 - Jeff Jolly Band, The Rezonators, Whoa Mama, Beryl Alexander, Side Iron, Johnny Walker, Jennifer Breeze, et al. 22nd Annual Roll On The Mattole, Mattole Grange, between Petrolia & Honeydew, CA; 8/6 thru 8/9 - 10th annual Dead On The Creek, Uncle John's Camp, near Willits, CA (Friday: Deadwood Revival, Poor Man's Whiskey; Saturday: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Wake The Dead, Great American Taxi w/ Barry Sless on PS [extended Rowan sit-in]; Sunday: John Reischman & The Jaybirds [Rowan sit-in], Melvin Seals & JGB [Vince Herman sit-in], Moonalice; Monday: Deadwood Revival, Great North Special, Front Street); 8/12 - Deadwood Revival, Humbrews, Arcata; 8/14 - Barry "The Fish" Melton Band (w/ Banana, John Beckwith, & Roy Blumenfeld), Riverwood Inn, Phillipsville, CA; 9/10 - "Dead In The Fall," Uncle John's Camp, near Willits, CA -- Front Street (openers: Dead Horse String Band, then the Dedicated Maniacs); 9/11 - "Eel River Jam," private party on the South Fork Eel River near Laytonville, CA -- Front Street (opener: Dedicated Maniacs); 9/23 thru 9/26 - DNB east coast run (openers: Moonalice, Big Brother & the Holding Company (except 9/24, when Big Brother closed the show); also Counterfeit Cowboy and/or the Ronnie Penque Band on 9/24 thru 9/26) - Thursday: Mexicali Live, Teaneck, NJ; Friday: Wonderbar, Asbury Park, NJ; Saturday: Kaplan's Barn, Millerton, NY; Sunday: Ukranian Cultural Center, Whippany, NJ; 10/6 - Umphrey's McGee, Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata; 10/20 - David Nelson with Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band, private party, SoHum, CA; 11/5 thru 11/7 - DNB, NorCal Harvest Tour (round #1); Friday & Saturday: Palm Ballroom, San Rafael; Sunday: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz; 11/10 - Great American Taxi, HumBrews, Arcata; 11/11 thru 11/14 - DNB, NorCal Harvest Tour (round #2); Thursday: Ashkenaz, Berkeley (GAT opening); Friday: Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol (GAT closing); Saturday: HumBrews, Arcata; Sunday: "The Barn," Nelson Family Vineyards, Ukiah (GAT opening); 11/28 - NRPS, Humbrews, Arcata; 12/4 - Rex Foundation Benefit: The Wheel – A Musical Celebration of Jerry Garcia; headliner was David Nelson & Friends (Robin Sylvester on bass); Jesse McReynolds, Garrett McReynolds, Steve Thomas; Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (w/ Jody Stecher, Keith Little, Paul Knight); David Gans; The Fillmore, SF; The Fillmore, SF; 12/30 & 12/31 - Furthur, BGCA, SF |
| 2009 show list: | 1/6 - Garaj Mahal, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA; 1/16 - DNB (William Mylar solo & Vince Herman opening), Akebono Theatre, Pahoa, Big Island, HI; 1/17 - DNB (Vince opening), Royal Luau Grounds, Keauhou Outrigger, Keauhou, Big Island, HI; 1/18 - DNB (Vince opening), Pirate’s Cove, Ocean View, Big Island, HI; 1/19 - DNB (Vince opening), Kalanikai Bar & Grill, Outrigger Hotel, Keauhou, Big Island, HI; 1/22 - DNB + Vince acoustic, “SoundDawg’s Pool Party,” Maui Coast Hotel, Kihei, Maui, HI; 1/23 - DNB (Vince opening), Stella Blues Cafe, Kihei, Maui, HI; 1/24 - DNB (Vince opening), Charley's, Paia, Maui, HI; 2/14 - Billy Kreutzmann Trio (Scott Murawski & Oteil Burbridge), Eureka Theater, Eureka; 2/20 - Drew Emmitt Band, HumBrews, Arcata; 2/27 & 2/28 - Melvin Seals & JGB, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 3/6 - The Devil Makes Three (openers: The Bucky Walters, The NPK acoustic), Mateel Community Center, Redway; 3/17 - Hot Buttered Rum w/ Matt Butler on drums & percussion, HumBrews, Arcata; 3/28 - Bobby Vega & Friends (Lex Razon [Vinyl], drums; Brian Swizlo & Chris Noonan [Moo-Got-2], keys & sax; Nate Krystaff, guitar), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 3/31 & 4/1 - Steve Kimock Crazy Engine (Melvin Seals, Janis Wallin, John Morgan Kimock, Cheryl Rucker & Shirley Starks), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/2 - Scott Pinkmountain and the Golden Bolts of Tone (opener: Sean James), Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia; 4/5 - The Disco Biscuits, Eureka Theater, Eureka; After-party: Moo-Got-2, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/16 - Yonder Mountain String Band, Eureka Theater, Eureka; After-party: Steve Watts Band, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/20 - DSO, Eureka Theater, Eureka; After-party: Greensky Bluegrass, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/25 - Great American Taxi, SLAM-fest (Sustainable Living, Arts & Music Festival), Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA; 4/26 - Great American Taxi, Nelson Family Vineyards, "The Barn," Ukiah, CA; 5/6 - Strings For Industry with Bill Nershi, HumBrews, Arcata; 6/20 - DNB, Rattlebox, Rubber Souldiers, Nelson Family Vineyards Amphitheater, Ukiah, CA; 6/23 - DNB, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA; 7/17 - DSO (opener: Keller Williams), Saranac Brewery, Utica, NY; 7/25 - Moo-Got-2, The NPK, Ishi Dube & Massagana, Fickle Hill Billies, et al. 21st Annual Roll On The Mattole, Mattole Grange, between Petrolia & Honeydew, CA; 8/7 - 8/9 - Dead on the Creek, near Willits, CA (Friday: Moonalice, Great American Taxi w/ Barry Sless on PS; Saturday: Spring Creek, Town Mountain, The Infamous Stringdusters; Sunday: Stu Allen, Sandy Rothman & Friends, Melvin Seals & JGB, Front Street [Stu Allen's GD band]); 8/26 - Taarka, house concert @ Jim Groeling's barn/house, Petrolia, CA; 8/29 - Dedicated Maniacs, Blue Moon Ranch (Janice Wulf's), in the boonies on the South Fork Eel River near Laytonville, CA; 9/11 - Great American Taxi, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 9/13 - DNB (opener: Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band), Nelson Family Vineyards, "The Barn," Ukiah; 9/18, 19, 20 - Furthur (Lesh, Weir, Kadlecik, Chimenti, Russo, Lane), Fox Theater, Oakland, CA; 9/19 - West Coast Zoner Jam 3, McLaren Park, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, SF; 10/3 - 2 1/2 White Guys, Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia, CA; 10/25 - Umphrey's McGee, Eureka Theater, Eureka; 10/27 - Steve Kimock Crazy Engine (Melvin Seals, John Morgan Kimock, Trevor Exter), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 10/31 - Greensky Bluegrass, 4th Annual Halloween in Humboldt, HumBrews, Arcata; 11/10 thru 11/15 - DNB, NorCal Harvest Tour: Sebastopol Community Center, Moe's Alley (Santa Cruz), Mill Valley Dance Hall (2 nights), Nelson Family Vineyards ("The Barn," betw. Hopland & Ukiah), & HumBrews (Arcata). Nelson, Sless, Sears, Siegel, & Joe Chirco; John Molo joined Joe on drums for 3 shows, 11/12 thru 11/14; 11/21 - Jemimah Puddleduck (Karan, JT, Sylvester, Ingram), HumBrews, Arcata; 12/1 - NRPS, Simon LeGree's, Hawkins Bar, CA; 12/2 - NRPS, HumBrews, Arcata; 12/18 - DNB Holiday Hoedown Weekend (Molo on drums), HumBrews, Arcata; 12/19 - DNB Holiday Hoedown Weekend (Molo on drums), Arena Theater, Point Arena, CA; 12/29 - Jenny Scheinman (violin, vocals) & Dick Scheinman (guitar, vocals), Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia; 12/30 & 12/31 - Furthur, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF |
| 2008 show list: | 1/26 - David Nelson & Friends, Da Kine 99, South Kona, Big Island, HI; 1/27 - DNF, Da Kine 99, South Kona, Big Island, HI; 1/28 - DNF, Ship of Fools boat cruise show (51' Body Glove), Kailua Kona, Big Island, HI; 1/29 - DNF, Akebono Theatre, Pahoa, Big Island, HI; 2/1 - DNF, Casanova's, Makawao, Maui, HI; 2/2 - DNF, acoustic set during skull glass-blowing, Da Factory, Pauwela Cannery, Haiku, Maui, HI; 2 electric sets later in main room at Pauwela Cannery, Haiku, Maui, HI; 2/7 - Porter Batiste Stoltz, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA; 2/8 - Del McCoury Band, Van Duzer Theatre, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA; 2/12 - EOTO (Michael Travis & Jason Hann from SCI), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka (EOTO = End Of Time Observatory); 2/22 - New Monsoon (Izabella opening), Humbrews, Arcata; 2/23 - New Monsoon (Izabella opening), Humbrews, Arcata; 2/24 - Perpetual Groove, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 2/25 - PGroove, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 3/11 - Steve Kimock & Friends, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka (Kimock, Melvin Seals, Billy Goodman, Hutch Hutchinson, John Morgan Kimock); 3/15 - Workingman's Ed, Humbrews, Arcata; 3/24 - The Greyboy Allstars, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 3/25 - Great American Taxi with Barry Sless (Victor Barnes opening), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 4/16 - Yonder Mountain String Band, Eureka Theater, Eureka, CA; 4/19 - Avalon AllStars, Portuguese Hall, Arcata (Ike Willis, Will Bernard, Chip Roland, Robin Sylvester, Alan Hertz); 4/20 - Greensky Bluegrass, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 5/2 - The Miracle Show (GD tribute), The Wave, Blue Lake Casino, Blue Lake, CA; 5/13-14 - PLF, Warfield Theater, SF (special guests: Bob Weir & go-go dancers on Tues., Mark Karan & Teresa Williams on Wed.); 5/15 - Wavy Gravy's 72nd Birthday Celebration, Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA; Moonalice w/ Mark Karan sit-in, David Nelson & Friends (Sless, Sears, Sanchez), Ramblin' Jack Elliot (w/ Barry Melton, Pete Sears, Mickey Hart, & Pat Campbell on bass), Jonathan Richman, Emory Joseph, Woody Vermeire, Wavy Gravy and the Clown Conspiracy; 5/16-18 - PLF, Warfield Theater, SF (special guests: David Nelson & Teresa Williams on Fri.; Sikiru & Henry Kaiser on Sat.; Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti, Tim Bluhm, & Mark Karan on Sun.); 5/31 - West Coast Zoner Jam 2, McLaren Park, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, SF; 6/6-8 - Harmony Festival (30th Annual), Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA. Personal highlights: Friday ~ KJ Denhert, Moonalice, Jackie Greene Band w/ Barry Sless on PS, Mickey Hart Band w/ George Porter Jr. & Steve Kimock (Jackie Greene sit-in), George Clinton & P-Funk; Saturday ~ Charlie Musselwhite, The Devil Makes Three, Techno-Tribal Dance (late-night); Sunday ~ Melvin Seals & JGB, Five Eyed Hand, Free Peoples, Poor Man's Whiskey, Angelique Kidjo; 6/13 & 6/14 - Melvin Seals & JGB, Humbrews, Arcata (first show was on Friday the 13th); 6/21 - Drive-By Truckers, Cornmeal, "Taste of Randolph" street festival, Chicago, IL; 7/12 - PLF (Levon Helm Band opening), Highland Bowl, Rochester, NY; 7/16 - Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Empire State Plaza Center, Albany, NY; 7/24 - NRPS (Moonalice opening), Mystic Theater, Petaluma, CA (Mark Karan sat in for a couple tunes with each band); 7/26 - 20th annual Roll on the Mattole (The Rubberneckers, Rooster McClintock, The NPK, and more), Mattole Grange Hall, Petrolia, CA; 8/1 - Jerry's Birthday Bash (members of The Miracle Show, plus Rob Johnson & TieDye Steve), Humbrews, Arcata; 8/8 - 8/10 - Dead on the Creek, near Willits, CA (Friday: Greensky Bluegrass, Hot Buttered Rum; Saturday: Wake The Dead, Melvin Seals & JGB, Workingman's Ed; Sunday: Stu & Pat, Moonalice, Workingman's Ed); 8/16 - Snakebeard Jackson, Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia, CA; 8/29 - Fickle Hill Billies, Humbrews, Arcata; 9/5 & 9/6 - Cubensis, Humbrews, Arcata; 9/10 - The Black Crowes (opener: Howlin' Rain), Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA; 9/12 - Play Dead, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 9/13 - Fruition (bluegrass band from Portland, OR), Mattole Valley Community Center, Petrolia, CA; 9/23 - Hot Buttered Rum, Humbrews, Arcata; 10/7 - Tea Leaf Green, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 10/10 & 10/11 - Melvin Seals & JGB, Mazzotti's, Arcata; 10/31 - Greensky Bluegrass (opener: The Bucky Walters), Third Annual Halloween in Humboldt, HumBrews, Arcata; 11/4 - 11/8 - David Nelson & Friends, NorCal Harvest Tour (Nelson, Sless, Sears, Siegel, Chirco); HumBrews (Arcata), Nelson Family Vineyards (Ukiah), 19 Broadway (Fairfax), Forestville Club, Moe's Alley (Santa Cruz); 11/11 - Keller Williams with Keith Moseley, Gibb Droll and Jeff Sipe. Eureka Theater, Eureka. Afterparty: Steve Watts Band, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 11/16 - Medeski Martin & Wood, Van Duzer Theatre, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata; 11/29 - NRPS (opener: Moonalice), Mystic Theatre, Petaluma; 11/30 - Bustle In Your Hedgerow (killer Led Zep instrumentals: Marco Benevento, Joe Russo, Scott Metzger, Dave Dreiwitz), Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 12/1 - NRPS, Humbrews, Arcata; 12/5 - Workingman's Ed, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 12/6 - Moonalice, Red Fox Tavern, Eureka; 12/13 - The Ripple Effect (TieDye Steve Anderson fronting Papa Bear), HumBrews, Arcata; 12/19: David Nelson & Special Guests (Mark Karan, Pete Sears, Dave Getz, David LaFlamme, Robin Sylvester, et al.), Rubber Souldiers, Bill Cutler & Friends; Michelle McFee benefit concert & auction, Glaser Center, Santa Rosa, CA; 12/20: Nat Keefe Concert Carnival, The Independent, SF; 12/30 - Jackie Greene, Ratdog, "trio," PLF, BGCC, SF ; 12/31 - Jackie Greene, PLF, "trio," Ratdog, NYE band, BGCC, SF |