We spent the evening with the Yonder Mountain String Band and we are spent!
Some preferred the first set and others, including me, the second. Perhaps because they opened the second set with my t-shirt of the evening: Morning Dew. It was interesting to hear this in blue grass rendition except that, as through the rest of the show, Jeff Austin’s vocals were pretty buried in the sound. One of our group, one who can often listen to a Dark Star and tell you year and venue, said he didn’t recognize it until half way through.
They were all blue grass all night and the crowd of 8-900 loved it. And, except for the vocals, we did too.
Just ’cause I have to. The Screaming Trees did a kick ass cover of Morning Dew. Great song–I wish I’d heard the blue grass version.
One of many groups I need to d-l so I can taste ’em.
I highly recommend Railroad Earth, another Jamgrass band. Kim’s oldest friend dated the mandolin player in college.
Apparently they play Terrapin. The studio work we’ve heard is excellent.
Zombyboy – I’ll check out the Screaming Trees cover!
Scott- I haven’t heard any Railroad Earth but recognize the name. I’ll watch for them touring and grab a d-l soon.
Yeah, RRE is great. They just kicked off a 6-week tour, so you may get them near you.
Kim,
I checked the tour schedule a bit earlier and they won’t make it close enough this time.
But, I did stream a bit of a recent show off archive.org a little while ago and, yes, I like what I heard. I’ll d-l a whole show later this week and give’m a serious listen.