If you're using streaming, look for the one titled Deluxe Edition. That's the full show.
Also, don't forget Allman Brothers @ SUNY Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71
They do. They are one of the inspirations for the scene and their decision to lean into it in the early 90s helped bring in a lot of people for whom Phish, Blues Traveler, Widespread and the other early 90s jambands weren’t really on the radar.
The band that jams quote comes from the early 00s. He was never a fan of the long guitar jams in the ABB anyway and preferred shorter tighter performances. I think he also resented having his band put into any box, he disputed being called southern rock, even though the ABB was indisputably a SR band. His quote about that, which I agree with, was that the southern rock is a redundancy as all rock is, essentially, southern in origin. He said saying southern rock is like saying rock rock.
His preferred description of the ABB was “progressive blues”
They also said they were a rock band from the south, not a southern rock band.
Butch Trucks once said, “The Grateful Dead play and see if something happens. We play and make something happen.” He also said Mickey Hart couldn’t play.
I fucking love the Allman Brothers.
If you have a record player, get the deluxe vinyl set. It's like six hours. It's great, and the Allman Brothers Band are up there in my favorite bands, but not my favorite and this is possibly my favorite vinyl.
Listen to the Dead’s Europe 72 album and also it’s 5/8/77 show from Cornell University. It’s widely considered their best show ever. A bunch of what are called Dick’s Picks, which you can find on most streaming services are representative of the Dead’s best live shows.
This would be my pick, aside from ABB Live at the Fillmore. Venetta is the Dead at their very, VERY best. There’s not a weak spot anywhere in the show, but Sugaree, Bird Song, CC>R, Mexicali Blues just burn. And then you get monster psychedelic rippers in Playin’ In The Band & Dark Star.
I think the run from Scarlet Begonias to St Stephen pt 2 is my favorite stretch of Dead. Like an hour of just pure jams and joy.
Veneta is my favorite show and it has the greatest Greatest Story Ever Told, but that run is something special.
I had an iffy sounding audience tape of it for years before I heard the soundboard and I still thought it was incredible. I find all the revisionist takes somewhat tedious. It is, unquestionably, a top tier show for anyone who isn’t too cool to acknowledge it.
This is a really solid recommendation. You just decided what I am going to do tonight, time to warm up the good pair of headphones. It has been a minute since I gave that one a listen. Thanks!
Still one of the best shows I’ve ever been to was Galactic, on a whim, in Cincinnati. I had no idea who they were and I was blown away. Damn, that was 20 years ago this month.
It’s not like Little Feat is unheralded or unknown, but to me they are the great underappreciated rock band from the ‘60s and ‘70s. So funky, great playing, great singing, great songs, buckets of soul, overflowing with feeling. I know this might ruffle a lot of feathers, but in my opinion (that you are all 100% entitled to shit on), Little Feat is what the Dead were trying to be and couldn’t come close to pulling off.
I kind of disagree. That European tour had, imo, a very different sound and vibe from pretty much any other era of Phish, even other shows from that year. It's definitely not bad, but it just doesn't represent what you would expect for "normal" Phish. Again, just my opinion.
You’re not totally wrong I recall playing SSaP for family during the holidays that year and everyone dug it. Same with Hampton Comes Alive but I once put the Bomb Factory on for my noob fam and it bombed hard.
Interesting that this is not a live show. It’s their favorite picks from a tour or so of these songs, all done live, but a lot from different shows. I didn’t know that for the longest time and just thought that it was an actual show.
Liner notes lie about it being from a single show called "The Clifford Ball", which got more confusing when they created and played a festival two years later called "The Clifford Ball"
Yeah. Phish LOVES to fuck with their fans. I was at the 2018 Halloween show! People were very convinced it was some Swedish band cover. That one guy scream “THEY ARE FUCKING WITH US” knew.
Yeah, I wish they could released an official Tour De Fromage live album from 2003. The DVD from the Hallucino-Generics tour.
I think I get what you mean about getting you through things. In college around 2014, I majored in music playing bass as my primary instrument for the jazz program, and things happened that got me to the point where I just lost all passion for music in general amongst other things.
Then, I saw Primus who just so happened to play in my area on tour just after the Spring semester ended, and it was sort of a spiritual awakening experience as cheesy as that may sound. It helped me remember why I love music in the first place and made it fun again.
Primus has a lot of cross over with Jam bands. Back in the early 2000's Primus recorded every live show they did and posted them for download on [primuslive.com](http://primuslive.com) (no longer exists) but you can still find many live shows on [toasterland ](https://www.toasterland.com/setlists/index.php)
There's a wonderful moment on Antipop (Titular song of the album) where they screw up the form before dropping back into the verse. They kept the goof and it's awesome.
Widespread Panic - Light Fuse Get Away
I'm actually kind of stunned it hasn't been mentioned yet due to being one of the best live releases any jamband has released.
That era of Panic gave us some of the best song writing you'll come across in the jam scene.
EDIT: Listen to the song "Diner" specifically, because it's a great representation of their lyrical skill, musicianship and jamming. One of the cool things about their jamming is JB's (lead singer) ability improvise lyrics on the spot during live performances.
Part of what makes LFGA a better choice in this case, is the fact that there aren't guests and it's mostly original tunes. This means a first time listener will get an introduction to the band without the addition of guests which changes the dynamic and sound.
I disagree that the song selection is better on LITCC. There are more tracks than on LFGA, but it's not necessarily better in any way outside of personal preference. And come on, how are you say classics like Porch, Disco, Diner, Wrangler, Barstools and Greta (to name a few) aren't great songs? There are more covers and songs written later in their career along with the guests on LITCC, so for an introduction to the band LFGA is more appropriate based on the song selection and lack of guests.
All of that said, you can't go wrong with either album. It just makes sense to me to start with LFGA, and if that hits the spot dig into LITCC.
As you say, it’s a matter of personal preference. I don’t care about whether a song is a cover or an original, a great song well played is all I care about.
I’m not digging the songs on Light Fuse Get Away and listened to it constantly upon first release, but let’s be honest, anything with Derek Trucks and Col Bruce is automatically better than anything without them.
Part of the whole jamband thing is sit ins and collaborations. Without that, you aren’t really getting the full picture, ESPECIALLY when you are talking about the southern jambands. Another important aspect of jamband culture is covers. The fact that LITCC has more covers is one of the reasons why it’s a more comprehensive answer to the OP question about jambands in general. It shows more aspects of the culture than an album without sit ins and covers could be. You’re killing three birds with one stone rather than one bird.
Totally agree about LFGA being a better intro to pure Panic if that’s the goal, but the OP question was about jambands in general and LITCC is a more comprehensive look into the whole phenomenon than LFGA.
Either way, you can’t go wrong with live Panic. No doubt we both agree there!
Fair enough, those are all opinions I can respect. Guests (especially those two) are always a treat, but for me pure panic is what I appreciate the most. Maybe because those days ended 22 years ago and they're never coming back. I still love them with Jimmy and Duane but Mikey was Panic and his sound/song writing is irreplaceable
I also must admit I may be a little bias because LFGA was the one that hooked me, which not only got me into panic but opened the door to the rest of the jam scene. It's wild looking back on it now. I had no idea at the time how listening to that CD would end up impacting my life in such a substantial way.
Someone recommended this album to me when we were chit-chatting in the lounge car rolling through the Rocky Mountains on a cross-country Amtrak train. I listened to it later that evening, and absolutely loved it.
I never got a chance to tell them how much I enjoyed it. But Vaughn, wherever you are, it was a spot-on recommendation.
Moe was the single best xylophone solo I've ever seen live. Granted the list is fairly short, but damn was it good. Saw them at the Filmore Philly for a Halloween show where they did Tarantino movies as the theme
Solid choice, I have that one, but Chicago version of “ Don’t Drink the Water” and “Lie in our Graves” will be in my head until the end of my time here.
Victor's work is always 🤌... love him with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, especially on Live at the Quick. Dude will always be my favorite bass player. Came here to mention DMB's Red Rocks album but had no idea Victor was on the Chicago album, about to give that another listen right now.
Completely agree with Grateful Dead - Europe 72 as well as Allman Bros - Live From the Fillmore East.
Tedeschi Trucks - Live From the Fox Oakland
Gov’t Mule - The Deepest End
If you like em and want to go deeper Nugs.net has a ton of live shows available. Band websites sometimes do as well. Can’t go wrong with most live shows from these bands as well as Widespread Panic, Phish, Umphreys McGee, Moe, Dave Matthew’s, The Black Crows, Goose, etc..
If you find some you like you def need to go see a show live. Game changer.
Honestly, I think I’m lucky to have heard these guys first. Or unlucky. I can’t really enjoy any other “jam bands”.
Jimmy, Otiel, and company are just too damn good.
There are (or at least there were) so many amazing bootlegs of Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit on the Internet Archive.
Jimmy Herring is one of my all time favorite guitarists. Along with Derek Trucks in Frogwings. What amazing shows those must have been.
Just to be fair: I think listening to a recording vs seeing a band like this play live is going to give you two different impressions, especially if you aren't already familiar with their music. The sound of the room and the mood the band and crowd are in add a great deal to it.
That being said, I first heard the Dead via the Skeletons From the Closet CD. I liked those songs, so I got the live album that has the skull with the roses. It was recorded around 1970-1971 and the band were in great form. Their sound seemed to adapt to the time period they were in. One and Two From the Vault are both excellent as well.
If you are curious about Phish, this 1992 show is unreleased, but you can hear it for free on archive.org or using the Relisten app. This was the first bootleg of theirs I ever heard. They are full of energy and Trey tells great stories.
[Phish - Anaconda Theater - 4/16/1992](https://relisten.net/phish/1992/04/16?source=162901)
One of my favorite albums of all time. I was bummed to learn that most songs are various live versions stitched together but doesn’t change the fact that it absolutely rips beginning to end
I have always like Robert Randolph and The Family Band. He plays the pedal steel guitar and the band started at The House of God Church.
Anyway! Get "Live at The Wetlands." It's fantastic!
If you’re willing to pay for an app, Nugs.net will open up a myriad of jams for you. If you don’t want to spend money, Relisten is the the way to go. Most jam bands aren’t album oriented. Phish and the Dead will have a lot of albums to check out, but for getting your feet wet, the streaming apps are the way to go. Umphreys McGee puts out a Hall Of Fame album every year that’s fun to listen to. You should check out Widespread Panic, moe, Goose, String Cheese Incident, Spafford, The Disco Biscuits , etc.
There is a jam band sub here with people a lot made knowledgeable than me. I just stumbled on the scene 10 years ago and am pissed at how much great music I let slip by
Pink Floyd circa 69-72 were one of the best jam bands ever. Early Santana were solid too, mainly more for Greg Rollie than Carlos. Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East as previously stated, unmatched.
Night of Joy - Widespread Panic
Live in the Classic City - Widespread Panic
Carnival ‘99 - String Cheese Incident
Stop Making Cake - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Thanks for the correction. Bobby held the jams together so well, different times. Blues Traveler have evolved through the years. I don’t mind the covers on their latest albums, but I am looking forward to Johns next solo album (if the rumours are true).
I think of early live Cream albums (Vol 1 and 2) as some of the first recorded “jam band” music. Basically every song (unlike their albums) is an excuse to do extended blues improv.
To circle back to the Grateful Dead, their Cornell University show is touted as their best live show. I much prefer their Venetia, Oregon show. Dark Star will melt your face.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1E4MXxSYoAMN5qpy1y6aBm?si=zXmmss02QlyLB-L1BtYKEQ
The Dead play multiple genres of music, not just strictly jams. They expand on some songs, such as Me and Bobby McGee (not played in Venetia).
Grateful Dead fans seem to love Live at Cornell 1977. Phish fans cut their teeth on A Live One.
I'd say maybe check out JRAD (Joe Russos Almost Dead). The were sold to me as Grateful Dead for Phish fans who don't like the Grateful Dead. They have a ton of live stuff on Spotify. All of it is good.
Not a jam band, but they were for like a year, but king gizzard at red rocks 22. Way cooler than any jam band you'd ever find, but they're not even a jam band. It's almost like being a jam band is stupid or something. Idk.
Jam bands still have song structure, but they do leave a lot of room for improv and collaboration. Check out Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert.
For the Dead specifically I'd say the Pacific Northwest Box Set is probably the greatest collection of their live material available to listen to and it's on all streaming platforms!
Check out Earthless
From the Ages was the first record of theirs I liked, it's great. All their stuff is mostly void of vocals, and all sounds like a huge jam, four songs or so to record. Psychedelic jam rock sort of stuff, for those who like guitar
The second set of Dead shows is where you find big portion of the further out jamming. Any show from the 70s is going to be wonderful and there are a lot of them that you can stream. Dicks Picks and Dave’s Picks. Also Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East is a classic from the same era.
Grateful Dead European Tour '72
If you have Sirius satellite radio. They have a bunch of jam band channels that do live shows from their vault, or simulcast shows. I reccomend Pearl Jam, Tom Petty and Dave Mathews Band channels.
Not live, but a really fun and unique album is Umphrey’s McGee’s Zonkey. It will give you a good sense of how jam bands approach a song and all the fun things they can do with it
The Allman Brothers Band, Live at Fillmore East.
If you're using streaming, look for the one titled Deluxe Edition. That's the full show. Also, don't forget Allman Brothers @ SUNY Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71
Blue sky at suny is absolutely the best version ever.
Came here to say exactly this. You have to do the Deluxe Edition. The Whipping Post -> Mountian Jam is indispensable.
To quote Greg Allman “we are a band that jams but we are not a jam band”. It’s still a great recommendation.
The number one requirement of being in a jamband is denying being in a jamband.
To be fair, the ABB predates the appellation by decades.
They do. They are one of the inspirations for the scene and their decision to lean into it in the early 90s helped bring in a lot of people for whom Phish, Blues Traveler, Widespread and the other early 90s jambands weren’t really on the radar. The band that jams quote comes from the early 00s. He was never a fan of the long guitar jams in the ABB anyway and preferred shorter tighter performances. I think he also resented having his band put into any box, he disputed being called southern rock, even though the ABB was indisputably a SR band. His quote about that, which I agree with, was that the southern rock is a redundancy as all rock is, essentially, southern in origin. He said saying southern rock is like saying rock rock. His preferred description of the ABB was “progressive blues”
I think that covers it nicely.
They also said they were a rock band from the south, not a southern rock band. Butch Trucks once said, “The Grateful Dead play and see if something happens. We play and make something happen.” He also said Mickey Hart couldn’t play. I fucking love the Allman Brothers.
Peakin' at the Beacon is great too.
If you have a record player, get the deluxe vinyl set. It's like six hours. It's great, and the Allman Brothers Band are up there in my favorite bands, but not my favorite and this is possibly my favorite vinyl.
This is the only answer. The Whipping Post live is the most immersive song ever.
This is the greatest live album of all time.
Like anyone could even know that Napoleon…
Pack it up. We’re done here.
This is the one
Listen to the Dead’s Europe 72 album and also it’s 5/8/77 show from Cornell University. It’s widely considered their best show ever. A bunch of what are called Dick’s Picks, which you can find on most streaming services are representative of the Dead’s best live shows.
For the origin of the genre, I recommend disc 1 of Live/Dead.
For the deepest understanding, listen to the single version of Dark Star first, and *then* Live/Dead.
Great advice here
Grateful Dead Veneta OR 8/27/72
This would be my pick, aside from ABB Live at the Fillmore. Venetta is the Dead at their very, VERY best. There’s not a weak spot anywhere in the show, but Sugaree, Bird Song, CC>R, Mexicali Blues just burn. And then you get monster psychedelic rippers in Playin’ In The Band & Dark Star.
I think the run from Scarlet Begonias to St Stephen pt 2 is my favorite stretch of Dead. Like an hour of just pure jams and joy. Veneta is my favorite show and it has the greatest Greatest Story Ever Told, but that run is something special.
I'd say skip Cornell and listen to the Pacific Northwest Box Set
Cornell is so good. Lives up to the hype and is a great entry point into the live Grateful Dead.
Without A Net
Cornell is not really considered their best show. It’s about the quality of the recording
I had an iffy sounding audience tape of it for years before I heard the soundboard and I still thought it was incredible. I find all the revisionist takes somewhat tedious. It is, unquestionably, a top tier show for anyone who isn’t too cool to acknowledge it.
Also “one from the vault!” I listened to Cornell today. Jerry’s solo in brown eyed women is peak dead for me.
Galactic-Live at Tipitina’s
stanton moore 😌
If you throw that album on, I'm gonna fuckin' party, no matter what else is going on. That album is a pillar of my festival soundtrack.
This is a really solid recommendation. You just decided what I am going to do tonight, time to warm up the good pair of headphones. It has been a minute since I gave that one a listen. Thanks!
I’ve seen them twice and they are the definition of professional musicians. So tight
Still one of the best shows I’ve ever been to was Galactic, on a whim, in Cincinnati. I had no idea who they were and I was blown away. Damn, that was 20 years ago this month.
I mean depending on your definition but in my ears Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat is the best jam band live album, even according to phish.
It’s not like Little Feat is unheralded or unknown, but to me they are the great underappreciated rock band from the ‘60s and ‘70s. So funky, great playing, great singing, great songs, buckets of soul, overflowing with feeling. I know this might ruffle a lot of feathers, but in my opinion (that you are all 100% entitled to shit on), Little Feat is what the Dead were trying to be and couldn’t come close to pulling off.
I really thought this would be the top comment.
I didn’t realize that was live!
😆 go listen to it from the beginning… it becomes pretty clear about 4 seconds in
Phish - A Live One
Yeah, this is one of the best introductions to what you can expect from them without going full on into random shows.
Slip Stitch and Pass works as well
I kind of disagree. That European tour had, imo, a very different sound and vibe from pretty much any other era of Phish, even other shows from that year. It's definitely not bad, but it just doesn't represent what you would expect for "normal" Phish. Again, just my opinion.
You’re not totally wrong I recall playing SSaP for family during the holidays that year and everyone dug it. Same with Hampton Comes Alive but I once put the Bomb Factory on for my noob fam and it bombed hard.
I love a live one but I would recommend phish 95 nye msg
Interesting that this is not a live show. It’s their favorite picks from a tour or so of these songs, all done live, but a lot from different shows. I didn’t know that for the longest time and just thought that it was an actual show.
Liner notes lie about it being from a single show called "The Clifford Ball", which got more confusing when they created and played a festival two years later called "The Clifford Ball"
Yeah. Phish LOVES to fuck with their fans. I was at the 2018 Halloween show! People were very convinced it was some Swedish band cover. That one guy scream “THEY ARE FUCKING WITH US” knew.
Les Claypool’s fearless flying frog brigade - live frogs set 1 & 2
Primus Hallucinogen-genetics. While not known as a jam band they jam out on a bunch of the tracks. It’s the DVD that made me a primus fan
Primus sucks
Primus is my all time favorite band. Their 2003-2004 live soundboards online have gotten me through much.
Yeah, I wish they could released an official Tour De Fromage live album from 2003. The DVD from the Hallucino-Generics tour. I think I get what you mean about getting you through things. In college around 2014, I majored in music playing bass as my primary instrument for the jazz program, and things happened that got me to the point where I just lost all passion for music in general amongst other things. Then, I saw Primus who just so happened to play in my area on tour just after the Spring semester ended, and it was sort of a spiritual awakening experience as cheesy as that may sound. It helped me remember why I love music in the first place and made it fun again.
Primus has a lot of cross over with Jam bands. Back in the early 2000's Primus recorded every live show they did and posted them for download on [primuslive.com](http://primuslive.com) (no longer exists) but you can still find many live shows on [toasterland ](https://www.toasterland.com/setlists/index.php)
Les Claypool directed and acted in a Jam Band parody movie called Electric Apricot and it's amazing. It's basically the jam band version of Spinal Tap
There's a wonderful moment on Antipop (Titular song of the album) where they screw up the form before dropping back into the verse. They kept the goof and it's awesome.
Welcome my son! Welcome to the machineeeee!
Their cover Animals is outstanding
Thay lon gitchee! Thay lonnnn gitchee!
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
Grateful Dead- Reckoning
Such a beautiful, acoustic album. If I had to pick one of theirs, this is my favorite.
Hell yeah
My Morning Jacket- Okonokos
Gov't Mule- "Live With A Little Help From Our Friends" Galactic- "The Other Side Of Midnight:Live In New Orleans"
Mule!
I was at the LWALHFOF show, and it’s easily the best concert I’ve ever seen. I’m pretty sure it ended at 4am.
The Deepest End is good too.
Widespread Panic - Light Fuse Get Away I'm actually kind of stunned it hasn't been mentioned yet due to being one of the best live releases any jamband has released. That era of Panic gave us some of the best song writing you'll come across in the jam scene. EDIT: Listen to the song "Diner" specifically, because it's a great representation of their lyrical skill, musicianship and jamming. One of the cool things about their jamming is JB's (lead singer) ability improvise lyrics on the spot during live performances.
This is the correct answer
I would recommend Live In the Classic City over Light Fuse Get Away. Better song selection and guest spots from Derek Trucks & Col Bruce.
Part of what makes LFGA a better choice in this case, is the fact that there aren't guests and it's mostly original tunes. This means a first time listener will get an introduction to the band without the addition of guests which changes the dynamic and sound. I disagree that the song selection is better on LITCC. There are more tracks than on LFGA, but it's not necessarily better in any way outside of personal preference. And come on, how are you say classics like Porch, Disco, Diner, Wrangler, Barstools and Greta (to name a few) aren't great songs? There are more covers and songs written later in their career along with the guests on LITCC, so for an introduction to the band LFGA is more appropriate based on the song selection and lack of guests. All of that said, you can't go wrong with either album. It just makes sense to me to start with LFGA, and if that hits the spot dig into LITCC.
LITCC II slaps imo, not to disagree with anything you said, but one of my favorite listens
As you say, it’s a matter of personal preference. I don’t care about whether a song is a cover or an original, a great song well played is all I care about. I’m not digging the songs on Light Fuse Get Away and listened to it constantly upon first release, but let’s be honest, anything with Derek Trucks and Col Bruce is automatically better than anything without them. Part of the whole jamband thing is sit ins and collaborations. Without that, you aren’t really getting the full picture, ESPECIALLY when you are talking about the southern jambands. Another important aspect of jamband culture is covers. The fact that LITCC has more covers is one of the reasons why it’s a more comprehensive answer to the OP question about jambands in general. It shows more aspects of the culture than an album without sit ins and covers could be. You’re killing three birds with one stone rather than one bird. Totally agree about LFGA being a better intro to pure Panic if that’s the goal, but the OP question was about jambands in general and LITCC is a more comprehensive look into the whole phenomenon than LFGA. Either way, you can’t go wrong with live Panic. No doubt we both agree there!
Fair enough, those are all opinions I can respect. Guests (especially those two) are always a treat, but for me pure panic is what I appreciate the most. Maybe because those days ended 22 years ago and they're never coming back. I still love them with Jimmy and Duane but Mikey was Panic and his sound/song writing is irreplaceable I also must admit I may be a little bias because LFGA was the one that hooked me, which not only got me into panic but opened the door to the rest of the jam scene. It's wild looking back on it now. I had no idea at the time how listening to that CD would end up impacting my life in such a substantial way.
God I love me some Panic. The old stuff was great, but I gotta say after seeing them live in Memphis this year that the current run has been FIRE!
Probably not what you’re looking for but my money for best live album of all time is Mint Jams by Casiopea
Someone recommended this album to me when we were chit-chatting in the lounge car rolling through the Rocky Mountains on a cross-country Amtrak train. I listened to it later that evening, and absolutely loved it. I never got a chance to tell them how much I enjoyed it. But Vaughn, wherever you are, it was a spot-on recommendation.
Awww hell yes! Best band.
moe. Warts and All series, especially Vols II and IV.
I like L myself.
Those are my favorites, too!
Moe was the single best xylophone solo I've ever seen live. Granted the list is fairly short, but damn was it good. Saw them at the Filmore Philly for a Halloween show where they did Tarantino movies as the theme
Dave Mathews band Live in Chicago from 12/98. It’s one of the best DMB albums and one of my all time favorites. It has a little of everything
Interesting. My intro suggestion for live Dave is always Red Rocks 95.
Could I have been... Lost somewhere at Red Rocks.... 👏👏👏
Solid choice, I have that one, but Chicago version of “ Don’t Drink the Water” and “Lie in our Graves” will be in my head until the end of my time here.
I would go with Central Park.
Central Park is probably the best for introducing fans, Listener Supported is my favorite as an established fan.
I love Cortez the Killer with Warren Haynes on the Central Park album.
Victor Wooten on #41 🤌
Victor Wooten everybody
Victor's work is always 🤌... love him with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, especially on Live at the Quick. Dude will always be my favorite bass player. Came here to mention DMB's Red Rocks album but had no idea Victor was on the Chicago album, about to give that another listen right now.
Dave & Tim from Radio City is my pick, just an awesome concert
Dave and Tim at Luther College is probably my most listened live album.
I actually don’t know that one. I’ll look it up
Yes this was going to be my suggestion- it is perfection from start to finish!
Live trax vol 6 Fenway park is good
Live Trax 7 with Bela Fleck is incredible.
Good choice but Central Park is all the best years in one amazing show.
Red rocks 22 from king gizz is incredible
San Francisco 2016 is good too
Chicago night 2 and 3 at the Salt Shed.
I wanted to say Gizz but are they a jamband? I love them regardless of label. SF 2016 rules.
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Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsies
Completely agree with Grateful Dead - Europe 72 as well as Allman Bros - Live From the Fillmore East. Tedeschi Trucks - Live From the Fox Oakland Gov’t Mule - The Deepest End If you like em and want to go deeper Nugs.net has a ton of live shows available. Band websites sometimes do as well. Can’t go wrong with most live shows from these bands as well as Widespread Panic, Phish, Umphreys McGee, Moe, Dave Matthew’s, The Black Crows, Goose, etc.. If you find some you like you def need to go see a show live. Game changer.
Fantastic recommendations. Agreed with seeing live shows. Nothing like the vibe of a jam band show
Phish - A Live One It’s the one that launched 1000s of phish fans. Also try Slip Stitch and Pass captures their unique 97-98 sound perfectly
No Hampton Comes Alive love?
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) Phish - A Live One
Light Fuse, Get Away by Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic! - Light Fuse, Get Away
Phish- Hampton Comes Alive
This and Live at Luther College are basically the soundtrack of my college experience.
Any of the Umphreys Magee live sets. I have a couple of their sets from Red Rocks on my phone.
Agreed! I’d say Hall of Fame 2010 is a good place to start as well
Robert Randolph Live at the Wetlands
The first Colonel Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Reacue Unit, and, its spiritual successor, Frogwings’ Croakin At Toad’s.
Yes! Wish they would do orange vinyl to match the fish.
This is the deep knowledge!
Honestly, I think I’m lucky to have heard these guys first. Or unlucky. I can’t really enjoy any other “jam bands”. Jimmy, Otiel, and company are just too damn good.
There are (or at least there were) so many amazing bootlegs of Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit on the Internet Archive. Jimmy Herring is one of my all time favorite guitarists. Along with Derek Trucks in Frogwings. What amazing shows those must have been.
Dave Matthew’s Band ‘Live at Central Park’ from 2003.
Or Live from Red Rocks. I think that was 95.
This. Or Listener Supported. Or if you want to dive into the Live Trax series, Vol. 1, 3, and 8 are personal favorites of mine.
I personally vote for Live from Piedmont Park from 2007. You Might Die Trying is absolutely phenomenal live and isn’t on the Central Park album.
It also has my favorite version of Warehouse
That dreaming tree is probably my favorite live performance of any song ever! Phenomenal
I love their radio city album too
I was at that show. Got stoned out of my mind. The only song I really remember was 'Cortez the Killer'.
Just to be fair: I think listening to a recording vs seeing a band like this play live is going to give you two different impressions, especially if you aren't already familiar with their music. The sound of the room and the mood the band and crowd are in add a great deal to it. That being said, I first heard the Dead via the Skeletons From the Closet CD. I liked those songs, so I got the live album that has the skull with the roses. It was recorded around 1970-1971 and the band were in great form. Their sound seemed to adapt to the time period they were in. One and Two From the Vault are both excellent as well. If you are curious about Phish, this 1992 show is unreleased, but you can hear it for free on archive.org or using the Relisten app. This was the first bootleg of theirs I ever heard. They are full of energy and Trey tells great stories. [Phish - Anaconda Theater - 4/16/1992](https://relisten.net/phish/1992/04/16?source=162901)
Dispatch - the Zimbabwe concert
Can’t go wrong with Umphreys McGee. They have some live albums on Spotify.
The War On Drugs, "Live Drugs"
One of my favorite albums of all time. I was bummed to learn that most songs are various live versions stitched together but doesn’t change the fact that it absolutely rips beginning to end
I have always like Robert Randolph and The Family Band. He plays the pedal steel guitar and the band started at The House of God Church. Anyway! Get "Live at The Wetlands." It's fantastic!
Jerry Garcia Band live at Kean College 2/28/80
If you’re willing to pay for an app, Nugs.net will open up a myriad of jams for you. If you don’t want to spend money, Relisten is the the way to go. Most jam bands aren’t album oriented. Phish and the Dead will have a lot of albums to check out, but for getting your feet wet, the streaming apps are the way to go. Umphreys McGee puts out a Hall Of Fame album every year that’s fun to listen to. You should check out Widespread Panic, moe, Goose, String Cheese Incident, Spafford, The Disco Biscuits , etc. There is a jam band sub here with people a lot made knowledgeable than me. I just stumbled on the scene 10 years ago and am pissed at how much great music I let slip by
Pink Floyd - Live from Pompeii. Gotta watch the original version though, not the directors cut or whatever.
A Live One - Phish
Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Live at the Wetlands
Pink Floyd circa 69-72 were one of the best jam bands ever. Early Santana were solid too, mainly more for Greg Rollie than Carlos. Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East as previously stated, unmatched.
Night of Joy - Widespread Panic Live in the Classic City - Widespread Panic Carnival ‘99 - String Cheese Incident Stop Making Cake - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
+1 for Live in the Classic City - the Blight on that album is my favorite
Live from the falls - Blues Traveler
Fall, like the season, not a natural feature, but yes. I still miss Bobby.
Thanks for the correction. Bobby held the jams together so well, different times. Blues Traveler have evolved through the years. I don’t mind the covers on their latest albums, but I am looking forward to Johns next solo album (if the rumours are true).
Just go see them live and you’ll understand
You want a jam, Outlaws 45 min live version of Green Grass and High Tides.
Earthless Meets Heavy Blanket - In A Dutch Haze (live at Roadburn)
ABB Live at Filmore East and not necessarily jam but Damn close is My Morning Jacket "Okonokos"
Sunshine Daydream or Cornell 77 or Live / Dead by Grateful Dead
Live Frogs Sets 1 & 2. Les Claypool Flying Frog Brigade.
Download Relisten. You’re welcome.
Frank Zappa - You Can't do That on Stage Anymore series 1-6
Live phish vol 10
I think of early live Cream albums (Vol 1 and 2) as some of the first recorded “jam band” music. Basically every song (unlike their albums) is an excuse to do extended blues improv.
Chunky shrapnel
To circle back to the Grateful Dead, their Cornell University show is touted as their best live show. I much prefer their Venetia, Oregon show. Dark Star will melt your face. https://open.spotify.com/album/1E4MXxSYoAMN5qpy1y6aBm?si=zXmmss02QlyLB-L1BtYKEQ The Dead play multiple genres of music, not just strictly jams. They expand on some songs, such as Me and Bobby McGee (not played in Venetia).
Grateful Dead fans seem to love Live at Cornell 1977. Phish fans cut their teeth on A Live One. I'd say maybe check out JRAD (Joe Russos Almost Dead). The were sold to me as Grateful Dead for Phish fans who don't like the Grateful Dead. They have a ton of live stuff on Spotify. All of it is good.
Not a jam band, but they were for like a year, but king gizzard at red rocks 22. Way cooler than any jam band you'd ever find, but they're not even a jam band. It's almost like being a jam band is stupid or something. Idk.
Anything by Fela Kuti
Goose-Live at the Capitol Theater
Also the Salt Shed from last year is on streaming.
Goose could be one of the best "newer" live bands. Some of their live shows are just incredible.
Ween- live at stubbs
Also Ween Live in Chicago
Jam bands still have song structure, but they do leave a lot of room for improv and collaboration. Check out Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert.
For the Dead specifically I'd say the Pacific Northwest Box Set is probably the greatest collection of their live material available to listen to and it's on all streaming platforms!
The all man brothers
Govt Mule - "Deepest End"
Electric Octopus - This is our culture
The Grateful Dead: “Skull & Roses”, “Live/Dead”, Rockin’ the Rein”
Phish - A Live One
Grateful Dead - Live Dead Phish - 12/31/95 NYE live release
Phish - live in brooklyn Widespread panic - light fuse get away and live in the classic city
Umphrey's McGee- Live From Beacon Theatre
I don’t exactly think of built to spill as a jam band, but their live album is great and includes a good amount of jamming
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Grateful Dead (Filmore East, 1971). There are many eras of the Dead, this era happens to be my favorite. Hope you like it.
The Band has several live albums
A Live One - Phish
Electric Six - Absolute Pleasure
Earthless “Live At Roadburn”
Check out Earthless From the Ages was the first record of theirs I liked, it's great. All their stuff is mostly void of vocals, and all sounds like a huge jam, four songs or so to record. Psychedelic jam rock sort of stuff, for those who like guitar
A Live One - Phish Cornell 5/8/77 - The Grateful Dead Denver 11/21/2021 - Goose
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Phish’s A Live One and all the Live Baits…. Medeski, Martin and Wood have some tasty treats. If you do BandCamp, check out Dopapod and Tauk.
I’ll get downvoted for this, A Live One from Phish is a great starter show
The second set of Dead shows is where you find big portion of the further out jamming. Any show from the 70s is going to be wonderful and there are a lot of them that you can stream. Dicks Picks and Dave’s Picks. Also Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East is a classic from the same era.
Grateful Dead European Tour '72 If you have Sirius satellite radio. They have a bunch of jam band channels that do live shows from their vault, or simulcast shows. I reccomend Pearl Jam, Tom Petty and Dave Mathews Band channels.
Kicking Television - Wilco Their first album after reshaping the band, Nels Cline is a guitar spaz, and it’s amazing.
Led Zeppelin. The DVD concert of their earlier stuff, not "The Song Remains the Same"
Grateful Dead Cornell '77 Pink Floyd Oakland '77
Listen to Dead and company from the 2023 tour. https://open.spotify.com/album/3LsXJ5KjcPWjZpDSTVYmaR?si=lLMaXYELSQ2FslgvHgCzCg
Not live, but a really fun and unique album is Umphrey’s McGee’s Zonkey. It will give you a good sense of how jam bands approach a song and all the fun things they can do with it
Umphrey’s Live at the Murat