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I just posted what elephantstone did on the MMJ thread. Not so much exciting for the fan voting as it is for two shows with no repeats. I'd gladly let Wilco choose the songs, but to get no repeats in two nights would be a freaking awesome gift to their hardcore fans who go night after night. I'm going to three nights of My Morning Jacket at the Wiltern in LA!!

My Morning Jacket has just thrown down the gauntlet: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/92717/My-Morning-Jacket-West-Coast-September-Dates They have committed to no repeats over two nights at Red Rocks. C'mon, Wilco, you can do it too!

Not surprised he didn't tour with Izzy. Too bad he didn't, because he's so great. Ian is on the first Izzy solo album, though (unless Ju Ju Hounds is not the first Izzy solo album?) Ian also played on some of the Georgia Satellites studio recordings, but he never toured with them either.

Did Ian McLagan tour with Izzy and the Ju Ju Hounds or was he just on the album? Craig Ross is on that album, too. I pulled it out to listen today, still sounds real good!

You got that right, my friend. Izzy and Rick Richards together, wish I'd seen that band live...

I'm really not a GnR fan and when I listen to their songs today, i usually turn them off before they are halfway through. That being said, I got to see GnR open for Aerosmith at Great Woods, in Mass. from the third row, this was 1987, just as GnR were breaking. i knew about their reputation as druggies and partiers and basically street hoods. I wondered if it was an act or just an image they were promoting. They took the stage and as they began to tear the shit out of the place, I could see them very clearly from up so close and I had NO DOUBTS that they were the real deal, totally authent

Hopefully they'll do Glad and Sorry, one of the greatest covers any band has ever done of any song, IMO. Yeah, I do love it that much!

Heartless Bastards - Arrow seems to have gotten the most votes so far. I just missed seeing them live, bummed about it.

I would think a cab would be super expensive from downtown to the venue, no idea if they are around after the show.

My wife and I wanted more of a luxury experience so we opted to stay downtown in a nicer, expensive place, Hotel Teatro, and rent a car for this trip. But for My Morning Jacket in August, my buddies and I got a place closer to the venue (like 6 miles away, still not that close), the Sheraton Denver West (still had to rent a car to get to the show). They had a good deal for a two night stay (I realize you are only staying one night). Another choice about the same distance is Marriott Denver West rooms just over $100, I hear. As for staying very close to the venue, it seems the options are

Have you guys visited this site for the best versions played? I think its really good and would be better the more knowledgeable listeners vote and make suggestions. www.headyversion.com

Thanks for clarifying the dates and length of time and all that. It all transpired faster than I remembered. Yeah, that is the tour I'm talking about. At the time, I felt like instant karma had smacked Aerosmith in the face. If you pander to the lowest common denominator in your audience by letting them decide what you are going to play, you get lame audiences. They might be vastly larger, but still lame.

As much as I love classic Aerosmith, I still hold a grudge against them for ditching the complete Toys In The Attic setlist just a few days before the tour (2007?) hit my town (actually they cheated and for the first couple weeks of the tour when they actually were playing the entire album, they were leaving off the last song You See Me Crying at all except one show, I think). They heavily promoted the show on the basis of Toys In The Attic, and the radio ads ran day and night right up until show day even though it was well known they had stopped playing it. The only reason I bought tickets

Sarah, I think you live in Tennessee or nearby, right? How do you know about the Mother Hips?

I was a California transplant to Memphis for 4 years, 2001-2005 while I was going to The University of Memphis. I did see that Wilco show on the rooftop of the Gibson Guitar Factory, man was that a cold Oct night! Also got to see Big Star play twice, which was a crowning achievement for my rock concert going career. I got to know some of the local musicians who hung out with Jeff Buckley when he was living there, too. So much good stuff has happened in Memphis. Now I'm in Arizona. I love going back to visit all my favorite spots and my friends who were born and raised there, though. After

The Mother Hips are offering a free download of their 1992 debut album Back To The Grotto. In case you are interested in checking them out, this is a good way to do it In conjunction with their show at the Independent in San Francisco Friday, June 15th where the band will be playing their seminal debut album “Back to the Grotto” in its entirety, The Mother Hips are pleased to announce they are offering the entire album as a free download starting today through Wednesday May 30th, 2012. This is the original version and master of the record that the Mother Hips released in 1992. http://bit

I can tell you know Memphis! Gus' Fried Chicken is another must-hit spot. And of course, the mighty, incredible, motherlode of classic soul, the STAX museum!!!!

Did anyone get any good BBQ or hit any good spots before/after the show? I always recommend Cozy Corner for BBQ and encourage people to check out Earnestine and Hazel's, sorry I didn't mention it until after the show was over...

This past Saturday night, we were doing our usual thing, getting in a good mood and cranking up some rock 'n roll, typically from the 1970s, really loud on the stereo or DVD player. Now my wife is not a Deadhead and I haven't played much Dead around the house since we've been together (until the past several months I've been on a years-long Dead hiatus). But since I've been getting excited about the Dead again for the first time in long time, I've been thinking about how to break the ice with her, so to speak. So I started out with a jammy '73 Here Comes Sunshine and then a rocking Big Rive

If all they ever wrote and sang was Gotta Get A Message To You and To Love Somebody, they'd still deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. God bless the Brothers Gibb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmI4Qh03IKM

John singing Big Star with Jody Stephens!!!! War On War, She's A Jar, Handshake Drugs early in the set looks pretty good to me. Not too many of the moody stream of consciousness songs in this set, really. I was trying to convince a friend to go see this show, but he was on a team in the BBQ competition that finished yesterday, so he couldn't go, too bad, looks like a real good show with Too Far Apart and the double encore of all rockers, cool!

Try Amorica, the one right after Southern Harmony. Those two are many people's faves.

I'm a huge Crowes fan, so I hate to see someone call the Crowes "derivative Allmans southern rock" when I think they are so much more than that. That may have been true in their early years, but if you listened to their live shows in 2005-2010, you might change your mind. They played an impressively diverse bunch of classic rock and roots-based songs in those years. At their Fillmore shows in 2008 and 2009, Phil Lesh came out and they did a handful of Dead songs like Loose Lucy, Sugaree, New Speedway Boogie, Deal, & Cold Rain and Snow. The best for me was Rich taking the lead vocal o

You are a lucky dude. That show f*%#in' rips! I listened to the first set last night for the first time in many years and it was hot hot hot! Talk about being inspired, they were on fire from the get-go, with Phil dropping bombs and Hornsby pounding the keys in a strongly jammed Feel Like A Stranger right into an equally strong Althea. But the Its All Over Now is just over the top, with Bob singing great and the whole band clearly pumped and ready to rock. Even Vince had a great 'organ" solo, followed by an even better Bruce solo. Waaay rocking! When Jerry's first set tunes are Althea, R

It sounds to me like the difference was your location. I don't like being too close, either. If you are too close, you are hearing mostly guitar amps, and more of whatever amp is in front of you, in this case, Pat's. You have to be a little bit back to hear the PA system in which all the sounds are being purposefully mixed together to sound good. 6 rows and more in the center can make a HUGE difference in sound quality. I've never been an "on the rail" concert goer, it usually sounds bad up there and I don't care that much about being up close. I prefer to be in the sound sweet spot if I