Coming to the Upstate Region this fall is a show that is part concert and part Broadway production. The The Rascals, the legendary group from the 60’s, will be coming to Binghamton, Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany during the third week of November. The show, which is produced by Steven Van Zandt, goes through their tumultuous history with newsreels, old concert footage, and filmed segments playing behind the band both during and between songs. Van Zandt had been trying to get the group back together for many years, but the members did not want to do it. Finally, with this show, he convinced them to agree to come together and they have been playing shows since December 2012 when the show premiered at The Capitol Theatre. The group was a major force in the music scene in the 60s, starting out as The Young Rascals. They were one of the few American Bands that thrived during the British Invasion. Their brand of rock ranged from blue eyed soul to folk rock to protest songs, even dabbling in civil rights issues. Some of their bigger hits include “Beautiful Morning”, “Good Lovin’”, and “Groovin”. In the early 70’s they went their separate ways until they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a one night only performance until now. The original members, Felix Cavaliere, Gene Cornish, Eddie Brigati, and Dino Danelli, are all here for these shows and these are can’t-miss events. The Rascals are back and they are ready to bring a spectacular show to the Upstate Region. For more information on ticket availability check here.
Upstate New York dates
November 19 – Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY
November 20 – Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY
November 22 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
On a cold September Sunday evening, John Scofield brought his Überjam Band, consisting of Andy Hess, Tony Mason, and Avi Bortnick, to the Massry Center on the campus of The College of Saint Rose. The small crowd was rewarded by a show they were in complete awe of, as all of the musicians were on fire the entire evening. This band has been on the road for the majority of the summer and it showed in the way that all of the jamming seemed to come so easy.
John Scofield was in great spirits all night, joking with the crowd between songs about the music, but also about the hit television series Breaking Bad, asking the crowd what they were doing at the concert and not watching the third to last show of the series, as he is a fan of the show as well. He seemed to be awestruck by the rapturous response he got from the crowd after every song. Andy’s bass playing all night was a magnificent constant thumping, while Tony’s drumming was a force to be reckoned with from the beginning of the first song until the end. Avi’s guitar playing was tremendous, as were his loops that he set from a computer all evening.
“Al Green Song” and “Curtis Knew” were beautiful pieces early on in the set that had wonderful solos from Scofield. “Jungle Fiction” started off with some crazy loops and became more and more abstract as the song went on, with the rest of the music layered on top of them. “Monster Bootie” saw old hip hop breaks being used as the loops to be mixed with the rest of the music the band was playing and gave the song a different flavor from everything else played throughout the night. The show was pure fire and the band could be seen having a great time throughout the performance.
Phish announced this past week that they will be officially releasing a great show from their 95 Fall Tour, better yet, one from Niagara Falls. This tour of course is one of the more well known tours in Phish’s history that saw the band play from October all the way through New Years Eve. This tour is also special to the Capitol Region because on December 9 in Albany the band played one of their best versions of “You Enjoy Myself” ever.
The show in Niagara Falls took place on December 7th, two nights prior to that Albany show, and has first set highlights of a “Demand” “Rift” combo as well as a “Slave.” The second set sees the opening “Split Open and Melt” get “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” teases, an early version of “Taste” while it was still being called “Taste That Surrounds”, a “Reba” with no whistling, and a set ending “Mike’s Groove” that ended in a “Digital Delay Loop Jam.” This is great news and we here at always love when an Upstate show gets an official release. This is said to be released in November, right after they come through the Upstate Region this year on their highly anticipated Fall Tour.
Set 1: The Old Home Place > The Curtain > AC/DC Bag, Demand > Rift, Slave to the Traffic Light, Guyute, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Hello My Baby
Set 2: Split Open and Melt, Strange Design > Taste That Surrounds, Reba1, Julius, Sleeping Monkey > Sparkle > Mike’s Song -> Weekapaug Groove [2] -> Digital Delay Loop Jam, Amazing Grace
Encore: Uncle Pen
[1] No whistling
[2] Unfinished
Teases:
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” tease in “Split Open and Melt”
“Pop Goes the Weasel” tease in “Reba”
If you’re going to be in Saratoga for Farm Aid on Saturday, swing by Putnam Den afterwards for the official post-show with The Infamous Stringdusters. Following what is going to be an amazing day of music, they will take the stage with their take on bluegrass for everyone who has not had their fill yet. If you didn’t get tickets to Farm Aid itself, Putnam Den will also be hosting a viewing party starting at 5PM until the show is over for free. Once the show is over doors will be open for the 11PM show for those who want to see The Infamous Stringdusters and tickets for that are available now here. Get them early as this will almost certainly sell-out. This is a special treat for the area to have along with Farm Aid and The Stringdusters have said the audience should be ready for “a performance, not a show.”
Fan and critical favorites The Infamous Stringdusters are considered as the premier live act amongst the current crop of newgrass (or alternative bluegrass) bands. Their shows offer a complex, distinctive, and groove-friendly sound on top of a traditional bluegrass foundation. Comparisons range all over the musical map, from Earl Scruggs Revue to Nickel Creek to Old And In The Way to Leftover Salmon to too-common “if Phish played bluegrass” quotes.
It’s that time again where end of the year shows are getting announced and an amazing show is coming to The Capitol Theatre to start off what should be a great weekend of music as Joe Russo’s Almost Dead will be playing the legendary building on December 27th. Made up of great musicians and friends of Joe Russo including Marco Benevento, Tom Hamilton, Dave Dreiwitz, and Scott Metzger, this quintet demolishes the catalog of The Grateful Dead like few bands have.
In January of this year, the group played one show at The Brooklyn Bowl to rave reviews. The show was quickly being hailed as the best Dead-related act around with towering jams that had peaks that haven’t been seen in Dead music in a very long time. That show can be downloaded here from Archive.org. Fans have been hoping that the group would do more shows and this is sure to sell-out quickly. Tickets go on sale Friday here.
Equifunk: The All-Inclusive Music Festival, by all accounts, was the greatest weekend of the year. From the music to the Saturday Pool Party to an epic late night campfire set by Marco Benevento to the incredible weather, everything worked out perfectly all weekend long. Set in the beautiful Pocono Mountains at a functional summer camp, Equifunk gave a weekend to festival attendees that drew smiles for all three days of music from every face that could be seen.
Sunset
This festival originally was just a bachelor party for about 50 friends with a couple of bands, but has swelled to three days of music, with multiple stages, and about 1500 attendees. One aspect of the weekend was how small everything felt. Multiple people over the weekend said they felt like they crashed a private party. Artists could be seen walking around the grounds, dancing with the crowds to the music, and chatting up music lovers. Everything seemed very accessible to all attendees and gave the festival a leg-up on all other festivals in the Northeast Region.
Basketball Tournament Winners
The music kicked off Friday with The Woody Brown Project at The Tee Pee Stage and their disco-laced funk. Having two percussionists and two horns solidified this sound and had those who arrived early enough to catch the first act of the festival dancing under the trees. A great cover of “Billie Jean” finished their set just as The Weeks were getting started on The Equifunk Pool Stage. The Weeks play southern rock with a bit of soul mixed in for good measure. The band has a lot of energy on stage and the small crowd that saw them appreciated it and got up and danced. Next was the first major highlight of the festival, 13 year old Bobby Paltauf and his band. Bobby has such amazing control over the guitar. Covering Jimi Hendrix, Warren Haynes and The Grateful Dead, he and the band showed off how much talent they have. Bobby directs the band with ease as to where he wants the music to go. This kid is not to be missed if he comes around to your area. He finished his set with “Tweezer Reprise,” much to the crowd’s delight.
Marco Benevento
King Lincoln brought their brand of rock to the stage and it was perfect music to have the daytime wind down prior to the first night of the festival starting up. Festival goers got their first free meal of the weekend as the beer started flowing while the sun went down. The all-inclusive model is really a great thing and makes Equifunk very unique. To start off The E-Rena, The Main Squeeze came on and brought the funk to the festival. These guys have a great chemistry after only being a five piece for about a year and they owned every second they had on the stage. The crowd was electric throughout their set. Their cover of “No Quarter” had lead singer Corey Frye and guitarist Max Newman showing off their skills, much to the crowd’s excitement. Artist in Residence for the weekend, Sister Sparrow came out to join the band on Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” and blew the roof off of the E-Rena.
The Equifunk All-Stars
JJ Grey and Mofro were out to keep the energy level high. JJ is a great front man and engaged the crowd during the entire set that felt like a rock, funk, and soul revue. “99 Shades of Crazy” as well as “Slow Hot Sweaty” were standouts of the set. The New Mastersounds were the headliners for night one and for this set they had James Casey, another Artist in Residence for the weekend, joined them for a good part of the set. These Englishmen know their funk and from the moment they hit the stage they showed the crowd a good time. Their non-stop hour and a half set oozed with energy that the crowd gave back to them just as hard. Each member of the band is so skilled at their respective instrument, it lets them take each song in any direction they want. When James came out, the addition of the saxophone increased the funk levels exponentially. The set was excellent and afterwards many people went to their cabins or tents, while some faithful stayed up for Boombox and their looping beats with beautiful guitar licks mixed in over them.
The Equifunk All-Stars
Day two of Equifunk started with breakfast and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament. The food was good and the games were competitive. The Main Squeeze had three of their five members involved in the tournament as well, which was fun to watch. I’ll Be John Brown started the music and their country rock was a perfect way to start the all-day pool party that went down, especially their cover of “Ophelia”. People could be seen rocking out in the pool throughout the day, as well as going down a water slide, while all the bands threw down great music. Superhuman Happiness and their funky disco rock took turns towards spacey jams at times, and it was very noticeable that some of their influences include LCD Soundsytem, The Talking Head and TV on the Radio, and Stuart Bogie confirmed this after their set saying that all three of those were among his favorite bands. Their songs are very complex with two keyboards and two guitars going all at once, and all of it being heavily distorted from song to song, yet the grooves are easy to dance to. These guys are very talented and are a group not to miss. The Monophonics made use of a great horn section to showcase their version of funk and soul. Their set was heavy on the covers but it was the back to back of “Gimme Shelter” and “Bang, Bang” that really made an impression on everyone. With a sound deeply rooted in the ’70s, these guys did a great job of honoring the classic Motown and Stax funk sound in their set.
The Pool Party
Keller Williams & More Than A Little took over The Pool Stage and saw the biggest crowd gathered yet. A set mixed of covers and originals from their forthcoming album made for a very enjoyable set. Keller controlled the audience with ease, not only during the songs, but also during his in between song banter that was very funny. “Samson and Delilah” as well as “Once in a Lifetime” were two great highlights from his set. Keller is never one to be missed and this goes double if he has this band with him. The Heavy Pets had James Casey out to assist them on a fantastic “Help Me Help You”; having James up there pushed the band to a new level and they kept the energy of the sit-in for the rest of their set. They are no strangers to us here at and their set was, as expected, another great one. Marco Benevento closed The Pool Stage down and did it in grand fashion. Wearing American flag jeans and his trademark tiger mask for “Limbs of a Pine,” Marco brought the sun down and got us ready for the nighttime. His high energy set was a definite highlight of the weekend and everyone started to move to the main stage with nothing but smiles after he was done.
The M&M’s
Nigel Hall Band was tasked with opening the evening. James Casey was there to help out as well as Eric Krasno on bass for the whole set. Nigel is a great front man and the smooth funky soul that the band produced was a wonderful start to the evening. Anders Osborne with John Medeski thenwowed the crowd from the moment they all hit the stage. Anders is an amazing guitarist with tons of energy, obvious in every ripping solo that he took. Medeski was laying down beautiful key work throughout the set. The highlight was a very long and absolutely rocking “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad” early in the set that had the E-Rena yelling in approval. Near the end of the set there was also a “Wilson” tease that got the crowd going as well.
Pork Tornado
Soulivewith The Shady Horns and Maceo Parker were the headliners for night two and the set was as outstanding as one would expect. Everyone on stage was a virtuoso at their instrument and the music coming from the stage was jaw dropping. Once Maceo hit the stage a few songs into the set, the crowd ate up every second. Sister Sparrow and Nigel Hall came out to help with Ray Charles’s “Night Time is the Right Time” that had the crowd in a frenzy. Maceo was perfect throughout the set both on saxophone and on vocals. Marco Benevento then had a campfire set, in what hopefully will be a yearly tradition. Playing in the round and having audience participation throughout, Marco ran through originals and covers in what many people thought was the moment of the festival. From “Bennie and the Jets” to “The Real Morning Party” to “9 to 5,” Marco had the crowd in his hand the whole time. The New Mastersounds second set of the weekend started around 3 AM and they had many guests throughout the set, including Maceo. They rolled through rock, funk, and soul, just as they had the previous night and again showed their brilliant work on their instruments. The music coming from the stage was beautiful and no one watching could help but dance. As their set ended around 5 AM many people packed it in, but Marco started up an unannounced second campfire set and played until 9 AM. (Author note: I did not see this as I was calling it a day, but I was told from everyone who saw it that it was amazing and guest filled and the highlight of the festival.)
The New Mastersounds with Maceo Parker
This year the festival decided to add Sunday music to the festival and it made for an incredible day. The FrankStalloners started the day with tons of energy and covers that set the tone for the day. Frank has a Joe Cocker vibe to him and rocked the stage hard. “Turn on Your Lovelight” and “Crosstown Traffic” were played great by him and the band. Following his set Papa Mali came out and had Bobby Paltauf as well as Joe Tatton from The New Mastersounds on guitar and keys respectively. Lots of blues came from the stage throughout the set and it was wonderful watching Papa and Bobby trade guitar licks. Mike Dillon Band was next and brought a wild energy that had not been seen the rest of the weekend. Mike’s instrument was so different than most percussionists’ instruments: a mix of a xylophone and a drum kit. Carly Meyers, who plays the whistle, trombone, and vocals in the band, was a ball of energy not only on stage, but in the crowd as well. The whole band had an energy to them that set them apart from every other band at the festival. After the set I asked Dillon where the music comes from, as it is different from anything I had ever seen, saying “It comes from the head and the heart, what can I say”, with a smile. Carly also said “We usually play until we get kicked off the stage, which is three hours sometimes.” This is a band not to miss.
The M&M’s
The London Souls brought their music to the stage and showcased their brand of funk via rock throughout their set. Their cover of “Apostrophe” by Frank Zappa was a clear highlight letting each member of the three piece band some air to show their talents. The Equifunk All-Stars made up of Eddie Roberts and Pete Shand of The New Mastersounds, Nigel Hall, and Stanton Moore were up next. Mike Dillon, James Casey, Carly Meyers, Tash Neal of The London Souls, and Joe Tatton helped out as well throughout the set. The talent on stage was amazing. It was an hour of straight improv that saw every person on stage trying to one-up the energy of another member of the band. Each musician could be seen having a great time with smiles all around on stage, but the smiles were also in the crowd as members of the audience were constantly stunned with joy over the music coming to them from all of this talent. To close out the Pool Stage for the weekend, The Main Squeeze were back up for their second set of the festival. Talking with Corey prior to the set, I asked how it felt to not only open up the main stage at the festival, but also close the pool stage and he said, “It’s been nice growing together with the festival and it was important for them (the festival) to have us do both.” This was third year that The Main Squeeze has played the festival and it seems they will be there every year as both they and the festival have been gaining momentum in the past few years. Their second set was just as beautiful as their first set of the weekend. Corey worked the crowd perfectly again, while Bob “Smiley” Silverstein donned a keytar and tore the stage down near the end of the set. Their version of “Papa was a Rolling Stone” was filled with so much funk; the audience couldn’t help but scream their approval.
The Revivalists and their high energy show opened the E-Rena stage. David Shaw can easily command a crowd like few front man know how to anymore. The moment he stepped on the stage he was a magnet for attention. Ed Williams’ pedal steel playing is great and you can see that everyone on stage is enjoying their time up there as they all interact with one another regularly to bring the energy up even higher than it already is. Pork Tornado headlined the evening and brought their country-rock to the stage in glorious fashion. Jon Fishman is the big draw here, but everyone else in the band holds their own. Joe Moore’s saxophone playing and vocals were wonderful as was his interaction with the crowd, especially during the Divinyls cover “I Touch Myself”. The band was all over the place musically going from Frank Zappa to Frank Sinatra, but it all sounded perfect. This was only their second performance in the last ten years yet it seemed as if they had been together constantly over that time. The set drew one of the loudest ovations from the crowd throughout the whole festival, but it was the final set of the weekend that may have had the best music of the weekend. The M&M’s, a super group made specifically for the festival consisted of Maceo Parker, Papa Mali, Rob Mercurio, Stanton Moore, Marco Benevento and John Medeski; this group had enough talent on stage for an army. As an added bonus, Mike Dillon came out a few songs into the set and stayed for the remainder. The set had loads of covers including, “The Harder They Come,” “Walk On,” but it was “Eminence Front” that brought the funk to the stage. Throughout the song every member of the band had a chance to show why they were on stage at that moment. The band could have just jammed on this one song for an hour and everyone in attendance would have been happy, but there was more music to be heard from this great group of musicians. They closed their set, and the festival, with Led Zeppelin’s “How Many More Times” and then it was all over.
As everyone began to leave it felt very much like summer camp with new friends saying goodbye to one another and people making promises to stay in touch and to see one another again next year. Equifunk was managed great all weekend and the sky is the limit for this festival. This year was the biggest yet and it’s only going to get bigger. Another great aspect of the festival is that they raffled off a poster signed by every artist for The Mockingbird Foundation. Hopefully something like this can be an annual thing and a bonus for festival goers to get involved in a great cause and have the chance to win a cool prize. Being so close to the Upstate Region, this is a festival not to miss for music lovers. Do yourself a favor and go to the Poconos next year to take in the mountains, the people, and the funk at Equifunk.
Equifunk: The All-Inclusive Music Festival is happening from August 16 to 18 and we have brought you over the past few weeks a preview of the bands that will be playing the festival. We are wrapping up our preview with the daily schedule announcement as well as a preview of one of the Sunday headliners, Pork Tornado.
Pork Tornado is a band co-founded by Phish drummer Jon Fishman and Dan Archer, who is a record producer and engineer and helped record Phish’s album Lawn Boy. The band plays blues, country and rock covers as well as original material. First formed in 1997, the band never really got moving until Phish’s first hiatus in 2000. By 2002 the band had an album out and was touring regularly until Phish got back together. The band does not perform much anymore so it is always a pleasure to get a chance to see them. This is their only announced date for the rest of the year, so if you are a fan of the band you do not want to miss out on this show.
Equifunk: The All-Inclusive Music Festival has been setting up some amazing events for the weekend. There will be a 3 on 3 basketball tournament with one lucky team getting a chance to take on the guys from The Main Squeeze. Tennis, kickball and softball games will also be taking place at the festival with artists joining in from time to time. All food and beer is covered from when you step on to the premises on Friday all the way through Sunday morning’s breakfast, with plenty of food available to buy throughout the remainder of the day.
The daily schedule was released yesterday and can be found here, but we would like to give you some of the highlights of each day. Friday kicks off at 3 PM with the Woody Brown Project and does not stop until 3:30 AM with a set by Boombox. Throughout Friday there are no sets scheduled to overlap with The New Mastersounds headlining the night. Saturday is the most packed day of the festival with music starting at 11 AM and going all day until a little before 4 AM. The afternoon is looking great with back to back to back sets by Keller Williams & More Than A Little, The Heavy Pets, and Marco Benevento.
The night is looking great too with Nigel Hall Band going into Anders Osborne with John Medeski followed by Soulive & The Shady Horns with Maceo Parker. A late night Marco Benevento campfire set goes into The New Mastersounds & Friends set to close the day. This will be the first time in six years that there will be music all day Sunday and the line-up for the day is great. Music will be starting a little before 11 AM and go 12 full hours until 11 PM with no sets overlapping. The day ending back to backs see The Revivalists go into Pork Tornado and the festival will close with The M&M’s, a super group made for the festival that includes Stanton Moore, Maceo Parker, Papa Mali, John Medeski, Robert Mercurio, and Marco Benevento.
This is definitely going to be a great festival that you do not want to miss. The levels of funk that will be coming from the speakers all weekend is going to be intense. Tickets are available now here. Check out our full preview of the Equifunk festival here.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band have been around since the days of The Wetlands in New York City. The bands first release, Live at the Wetlands, saw the group capture one of their legendary performances at the venue, while Unclassified had the group capture that sound and energy in a studio setting. Both Colorblind and We Walk This Road strayed from the sound that the group established, while broadening their overall musical horizons. Lickety Split is a great return to form from Robert Randolph and the Family Band that has them reaching back and bringing that original live energy back into the studio, while adding in the new musicianship from the previous two albums; the blend of these makes for a wonderful listen.
The album starts off quick with “Amped Up”, signalling that the album is going to be one to party and dance to; it’s a rocker that shows off the band’s skills with each player getting plenty of room to work with. The next two songs have a gospel blues feel with Lenesha Randolph owning the song completely; having grown up in the church, Robert is always one to include some gospel into his repertoire. “Take the Party” features Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and blows the listener away thanks to great pedal steel work by Robert and Troy absolutely killing it on his horn – truly a wild upbeat song from beginning to end. A funky disco beat welcomes in “Brand New Wayo” that sees Robert team up with the legendary Carlos Santana. The two guitarists trade licks back and forth throughout the song and you cannot help but dance around while listening to this track. Two covers, “Love Rollercoaster” by The Ohio Players and “Good Lovin’” by The Young Rascals, appear in the second half of the album and give it a boost. “Good Lovin’” especially is meant for Robert and the Family Band. They stay true to the 60’s tune while still giving it their own trademark sound.
Lickety Split shows that Robert Randolph and the Family band are refocused on their music and produced a very strong album. The tunes will definitely come alive when he goes out on his upcoming tour that will see him hit the Upstate region this fall.
Key Tracks: Amped Up, Take the Party, Brand New Wayo
Equifunk: The All-Inclusive Music Festival is happening from August 16 to 18 this year and we are happy to announce a new series on that will bring you previews and interviews with bands that will be playing the festival. The All-Inclusive Preview is happy to take a look at Marco Benevento to continue this series.
Marco is no stranger to those in the Upstate region. Living in Woodstock, he regularly visits Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo while out on tour. His mastery of the keys along with his fun-filled jam-packed set always sets the floor into a dance party regardless of what venue he is playing. Marco will be playing at least three times over the weekend with a solo set, a special late night camp fire set, and finally on Sunday he will playing with The M&M’s that also includes Maceo Parker, Stanton Moore, John Medeski, Robert Mercurio, and Papa Mali. He is no stranger to the festival as this will be his 3rd appearance.
Tickets are available now here. Check out our full preview of the Equifunk festival here.
Some bands don’t last for a very long time. It’s just how it goes in the music industry. Whether there are creative differences or just being burnt out from too many shows on the road, bands tend to call it quits before their time is up. However, some of these bands get back together many years later and send fans rejoicing all over the world. One of those bands is Neutral Milk Hotel.
Neutral Milk Hotel has influenced many of the Indie bands popular today, from Arcade Fire to Franz Ferdinand to Bon Iver and countless others. Their sound is unique with lots of experimentation, large instrumentation and beautiful lyrics woven throughout all of their songs. The band has not played a live show together since 1998, but has shown up at each other’s shows from time to time. Their two albums, On Avery Island and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea are both amazing records and should be heard by music fans all over the world.
After being out of the public eye for many years, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum has spent the last year playing solo acoustic shows to sold out audiences all over the country. Earlier this year it was announced the band would be getting back together to play shows throughout the country. They will be playing at the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on January 22, 2014. Tickets go on sale Friday August 2nd at Noon here. Do not miss this show if you can make it as there is no telling how long this reunion tour will last.
Here is a video of Jeff Mangum playing “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” from earlier this year
The group was a major force in the music scene in the 60s, starting out as The Young Rascals. They were one of the few American Bands that thrived during the British Invasion. Their brand of rock ranged from blue eyed soul to folk rock to protest songs, even dabbling in civil rights issues. Some of their bigger hits include “Beautiful Morning”, “Good Lovin’”, and “Groovin”. In the early 70’s they went their separate ways until they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a one night only performance until now. The original members, Felix Cavaliere, Gene Cornish, Eddie Brigati, and Dino Danelli, are all here for these shows and these are can’t-miss events. The Rascals are back and they are ready to bring a spectacular show to the Upstate Region. For more information on ticket availability check here.
John Scofield was in great spirits all night, joking with the crowd between songs about the music, but also about the hit television series Breaking Bad, asking the crowd what they were doing at the concert and not watching the third to last show of the series, as he is a fan of the show as well. He seemed to be awestruck by the rapturous response he got from the crowd after every song. Andy’s bass playing all night was a magnificent constant thumping, while Tony’s drumming was a force to be reckoned with from the beginning of the first song until the end. Avi’s guitar playing was tremendous, as were his loops that he set from a computer all evening.
The daily schedule was released yesterday and can be found 
