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By Jon Wiederhorn


Junior Brown
Photo: Senor McGuire

The growing jamband scene's stars — Phish, the Allman Brothers Band, Ratdog and Widespread Panic — will be off jamming elsewhere when the winners of the second annual Jammy Awards are announced June 28 at Roseland Ballroom in New York. Event organizers have nevertheless lined up an eclectic group of performers for the celebration.

The Derek Trucks Band will serve as the event's house combo.

Primus' Les Claypool, Junior Brown, Spearhead's Michael Franti, the Tom Tom Club, Stanley Jordan, Soulive, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Del McCoury, Col. Bruce Hampton, the Disco Biscuits, DJ Logic, Steve Kimock, Talib Kweli and the Jazz Mandolin Project will mostly perform cover versions drawn from the improvised-music tradition. The Tom Tom Club and Franti have so far agreed to play something by Bob Marley together. Soulive, DJ Logic and Ndegeocello will also perform together at some point. The Jammys were conceived in 2000 by Jambands.com editor-in-chief Dean Budnick and Wetlands Preserve club owner Peter Shapiro. Voting for this year's winners is underway at Jambands.com and relix.com.

Jammy Awards nominees: Jam of the Year

  • Allman Brothers Band, "Mountain Jam" (6/21/00)
  • Deep Banana Blackout (with the Motet, Living Daylights, Artis the Spoonman and Joe Craven), "El Sol" (7/1/00)
  • The Disco Biscuits, "Crystal Ball>Vassillios>Floodlights>Vassillios>Crystal Ball" (11/2/00)
  • Medeski Martin & Wood (with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones), "Blue Pepper" (8/9/00)
  • moe. (with Joe Craven), "Timmy Tucker" (9/3/00)
  • Phil and Friends (with Mike Gordon), "Mountains of the Moon>Dark Star>I Am the Walrus>Dark Star" (12/31/00)
  • Phish, "Ghost>Rock and Roll" (5/22/00)
  • Phish, "Gotta Jibboo" (7/4/00)
  • Ratdog (with Les Claypool), "Bassplay Jam" (6/24/00)
  • Soulive (with John Scofield), "Scolive P-Funk" (6/22/00)
  • String Cheese Incident (with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones), "Birdland" (5/5/00)
  • String Cheese Incident, "Ritual Jam" (7/15/00)
  • Widespread Panic, "Drums>Maggot Brain" (12/1/00) Live Performance of the Year
  • Allman Brothers Band, 7/30/00
  • Derek Trucks Band, 12/31/00
  • The Disco Biscuits, 11/2/00
  • Galactic, 12/31/00
  • Medeski Martin & Wood, 10/31/00
  • moe., 10/31/00
  • Oysterhead, 5/4/00
  • Phil and Friends, 12/31/00
  • Phish, 7/11/00
  • Phish, 9/29/00
  • Steve Kimock Band, 12/28/00
  • String Cheese Incident, 7/15/00
  • String Cheese Incident 12/21/00
  • Warren Haynes, Matt Abts and Friends, 9/21/00
  • Widespread Panic, 7/4/00
  • Widespread Panic, 10/29/00 Release of the Year
  • Allman Brothers Band, Peakin' at the Beacon
  • Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Live Frogs — Set I
  • The Disco Biscuits, They Missed the Perfume
  • Fat Mama, Loadstar: Live at Theater 99
  • Frogwings, Croakin' at Toad's
  • Galactic, Late for the Future
  • Jerry Garcia Band, Don't Let Go
  • Grateful Dead, Ladies and Gentlemen … the Grateful Dead: Fillmore East New York 1971
  • Grateful Dead, Dick's Picks Vol. 19
  • Medeski Martin & Wood, The Dropper
  • moe., Dither
  • The New Deal, Live From Guelph ON CAN
  • Phish, Farmhouse
  • Widespread Panic, Another Joyous Occasion
  • Keller Williams, Loop
  • Ratdog, Evening Moods
  • Soulive, Doin' Something
  • Sound Tribe Sector 9, Live
  • Strangefolk, A Great Long While Studio Album of the Year
  • The Disco Biscuits, They Missed the Perfume
  • Galactic, Late for the Future
  • Medeski Martin & Wood, The Dropper
  • moe., Dither
  • Phish, Farmhouse
  • Ratdog, Evening Moods
  • Soulive, Doin' Something
  • Strangefolk, A Great Long While Live Album of the Year (non-archival release)
  • Allman Brothers Band, Peakin' at the Beacon
  • Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Live Frogs — Set I
  • Fat Mama, Loadstar: Live at Theater 99
  • Frogwings, Croakin' at Toad's
  • The New Deal, Live Guelph ON CAN
  • Widespread Panic, Another Joyous Occasion
  • Keller Williams, Loop
  • Sound Tribe Sector 9, Live New Groove
  • Addison Groove Project
  • Ancient Harmony
  • Hanuman
  • RANA
  • Ray's Music Exchange
  • Uncle Sammy
  • Yamagata
  • Yonder Mountain String Band Festival
  • Autumn Equinox Music Festival
  • Berkshire Mountain Music Festival
  • Big Wu Family Reunion
  • Full Moon Dream Dance
  • Gathering of the Vibes
  • High Sierra Music Festival
  • Hookahville
  • moe.down Fan web site
  • discobiscuits.net friendsofcheese.com
  • mulezone.com
  • phish.net
  • phishhook.com
  • phantasytour.com
  • spreadnet.org

    Related Artists ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444315/20010606/ndegeocello_me_shell.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444315/20010606/ndegeocello_me_shell.jhtml 6 Jun 2001 08:38:00 EDT <![CDATA[Gov't Mule Push Forward With Tour, Album]]> Widespread Panic's Dave Schools takes on bass duties for outing, band's first since Allen Woody's death.
    By Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen


    Allen Woody, left, Warren Haynes and Matt Abts  
    Photo: Danny Clinch

    Blues-rockers Gov't Mule will hit the road later this month for their first tour since the death of bassist Allen Woody last year.

    Widespread Panic's Dave Schools will hold down the bass end, though no permanent replacement for Woody has been chosen, according to a statement from the Gov't Mule's publicist. Keyboardist Chuck Leavell, who's played with the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers, will join guitarist Warren Haynes and drummer Matt Abts on the 12-date tour of the southern United States.

    The band laid down basic tracks for its next album in California in January. Tracks include "Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy," co-written by Primus' Les Claypool, and "Lay of the Sunflower," which Haynes wrote with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.

    The sessions also included "Sco-Mule," featuring a performance by jazz guitarist John Scofield. The band will continue recording in New York in May, with help from Bootsy Collins and Meshell Ndegéocello on bass.

    Gov't Mule tour dates, according to 360 Media:

    • 3/29 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
    • 3/30 - Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggy's
    • 3/31 - Nashville, TN @328 Performance Hall
    • 4/1 - Greenville, NC @ Peace Center
    • 4/3 - Birmingham, AL @ 5 Points Music Hall
    • 4/4 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater
    • 4/5 - Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
    • 4/6 - Columbia, SC @ 3 Rivers Music Fest
    • 4/7 - Auburn, AL @ Auburn University
    • 4/8 - Gainesville, FL @University of Florida
    • 5/5 - New Orleans, LA @ The Orpheum Theatre
    • 5/6 - Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown

    Related Artists ]]>     http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1441502/20010312/gov_t_mule.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1441502/20010312/gov_t_mule.jhtml 12 Mar 2001 02:27:00 EST     <![CDATA[Roots Laying Foundation For New Record]]>
    Roots

    Philadelphia-based rappers the Roots have already begun sowing the seeds for their third album and have started to lay down tracks for the album, entitled "Things Fall Apart," which should arrive in stores in October.

    The Roots' Rahzel, known for anchoring the band's boom and whistle sound with his beat-boxing skills, is also prepping his own album for release next year, and has already line-up guest spots by Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, Me'Shell Ndegeocello and jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis.

    Rahzel had originally planned to release a solo album in May (see "The Roots' Rahzel Goes Solo..."), but chose to push the album back in order to focus on the Roots' new record. The Roots are currently on tour with the Goodie M.O.B. and will join up with Erykah Badu later in the summer.

    Related Artists ]]>     http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433811/19980529/roots.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433811/19980529/roots.jhtml 29 May 1998 10:00:00 EDT