Over November 27 and 28 2009, Phish performed two nights at Albany’s Times Union Center, the latter of which produced one of the band’s ultimate jams from their ‘3.0’ era. Opening set two with “Seven Below” and segueing seamlessly into “Ghost,” the band put forth 45+ minutes of Type II jamming (improvising beyond the song’s composition and structure) that still serve as one of their best from the last 10 years.
Listen via LivePhish.com, Phishtracks.com, stream the full show, or just the 45 minutes of “Seven Below” -> “Ghost” below.
Set 1: Party Time, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Uncle Pen, Sanity, Foam, Walk Away > NICU, Alaska, Split Open and Melt, Joy, Vultures, Backwards Down the Number Line
Set 2: Seven Below > Ghost, Cool It Down > Gotta Jibboo, Let Me Lie, Wolfman’s Brother > Julius
Encore: You Enjoy Myself
This show featured the first Uncle Pen since July 11, 2000 (129 shows). Ghost contained a tease of Seven Below.
Buffalo-based band Aqueous makes the first stop on their extensive fall tour tonight in Syracuse at the Westcott Theater. Comprised of Mike Gantzer (guitar/vocals), Dave Loss (guitar/keys/vocals), Evan McPhaden (bass) and Rob Houk (drums), Aqueous is known for their heavy improvisation and their “near psychic” level of on-stage chemistry. As a band, they are always exploring musically, and there is bound to be some exciting surprises for fans throughout the course of the tour. The band is eager to get back on the road and reconnect with fans after an extremely successful festival season this summer, which included appearances at Peach Music Festival, Summer Camp Music Festival and Cobblestone Live.
“You can’t beat the intimacy and connection with the crowd during headlining AQ shows at clubs, and we’ve got some big plans for this tour.”
Mike Gantzer
Highlights for the upcoming tour include a special “Hero’s Halloween” themed night in Pittsburgh which will also feature a collaboration with Pittsburgh’s own pop/funk horn section, Steeltown Horns. There will be VIP “King For A Day” packages for dates in Chicago and Denver. VIP Packages include early entry to the venue, photo opportunity with the band, a download of the show’s soundboard and limited edition VIP merchandise. Additionally, Aqueous will be making their debut at the famed Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY with their Vermont-based frends Twiddle. The tour will close out with a hometown two-night run at the Town Ballroom for New Year’s Eve with Buffalo based band Witty Tarbox.
New York and Connecticut-based trio lespecial will be joining Aqueous for a few dates on the tour. Lespecial seamlessly fuses a myriad of genres, veering from hip-hop to metal, prog to house, pensive indie-rock to apocalyptic dub.
See the full list of tour dates below, and visit the band’s website for ticket information.
10/24 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater *
10/26 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Putnam Place *
10/30 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live *
10/31 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater *
11/1 – Baltimore, MD – The 8×10 *
11/2 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall *
11/3 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Bunker *
11/6 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House *
11/7 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 *
11/8 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall *
11/9 – Nashville, TN – Exit / In *
11/10 – Louisville, KY – Gravely Brewing Co. *
11/13 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig *
11/14 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
11/15 – Grand Rapids, MI – Stache @ Intersection
11/16 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall $
11/17 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
11/19 – Saint Paul, MN – Turf Club
11/20 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
11/22 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre $
11/23 – Steamboat Springs, CO – Old Town Pub
12/6 – Covington, KY – Madison Live
12/7 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands
12/30 & 12/31 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
* w/ Lespecial
$ notes dates w/ “King For A Day” VIP Experience Option
With his autumnal tour schedule this year, Keller Williams will be making two fall stops in Upstate NY with shows in Albany at Skyloft on October 24 and Syracuse at the Westcott Theater on October 25. Williams is an artist who defies categorization. With his dynamic and unpredictable live performances, he has developed a reputation for his genre-defying work and creativity.
Williams is constantly evolving as an artist, with 24 studio releases and countless eclectic side projects. After just releasing his latest studio album Add on May 31, Williams is set to come out with his 25th studio release SPEED on November 22. SPEED will feature his bluegrass outfit Keller and the Keels, comprised of Keller on vocals along with progressive flatpicker Larry Keel and bassist Jenny Keel. The record will be their reinterpretation of popular songs with their psychedelic, Appalachian bluegrass style, including Fiona Apple’s “Criminal,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Slow Burn,” Weezer‘s “Island In The Sun,” and many more. This will be the group’s third collaboration together, following their 2006 release GRASS and the all-covers album THIEF, released in 2012.
Williams inhabits an equal parts entrancing and perplexing center of a Venn diagram that includes…bluegrass, jamgrass, musical humorism, satire, and instrumental prowess that combines flatpicking sensibility with Phil Keaggy-style ingenuity.
Justin Hiltner – The Bluegrass Situation
Check out fall tour dates below, for more information and tickets, go to Keller William’s website.
Keller Williams 2019 Fall Tour Dates
October 11 – Eureka Springs, AR – Hillberry “The Harvest Moon Festival” *
October 12 – Live Oak, FL – Sewanee Roots Festival *
October 17 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern
October 24 – Albany, NY – Skyloft
October 25 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater
October 26 – Holyoke, MA – Gateway City Arts
November 1 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s *
November 2 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony
November 7 – Edmonds, WA – Edmonds Center for the Arts #
November 8 – Bremerton, WA – Admiral Theatre #
November 9 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom #
November 10 – Bend, OR – Tower Theatre #
November 15 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
November 16 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
November 22 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
November 23 – Denver, CO – The Ogden Theater @
December 5 – Brevard, NC – 185 King Street
December 6 – Carrboro, NC – The Arts Center
December 27 – Savannah, GA – Southbound Brewing
December 28 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
* with Keller & The Keels
^ with Grateful Grass ft. The Infamous Stringdusters and Oteil Burbridge
# featuring Keller Williams’ Pettygrass
@ with Grateful Grass, Keller & The Keels, Love Canon
