100 Greatest Jam Bands

beaverteeth92 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:09 pm **Posts:** 1163

SanTropez wrote:

Definition: - A jam artist is an artist or band (usually below the mainstream) who spends large portions of their live performances through unplanned improvising and changing songs through a transition, such as jazz and bluegrass musicans. These bands generally experiment with jazz, world music, progressive bluegrass, and psychadelic rock.

Criteria: - Based on creativity, talent, orignality, Influence, and popularity as a "Jam" band.

Other characteristics:
- Often play many cover songs during live performances
- Utilize elaborate light shows
- Are share-friendly; have live performances on the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org)
- Perform at music festivals- Bonnaroo, Summer Camp, and Wakarusa used as examples

1. The Grateful Dead
2. Phish
3. The Allman Brothers Band
4. Widespread Panic
5. Dave Matthews Band
6. String Cheese Incident
7. Gov't Mule
8. Jerry Garcia Band
9. moe.
10. Yonder Mountain String Band
11. Blues Traveler/John Popper
12. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
13. The Black Crowes
14. The Disco Biscuits
15. Umphrey's Mcgee
16. Phil Lesh & Friends
17. Ratdog
18. Keller Williams
19. Sound Tribe Sector 9
20. The Spin Doctors
21. Medeski, Martin & Wood
22. Oysterhead
23. Trey Anastasio (70 Volt Parade, Classic TAB, etc)
24. The Derek Trucks Band
25. Galactic
26. Lotus
27. Dickey Betts & Great Southern
28. Old Crow Medicine Show
29. Robert Randolph & The Family Band
30. Les Claypool (& His Fancy Band/Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
31. Leftover Salmon
32. Aquarium Rescue Unit
33. Rusted Root
34. The Drive-by Truckers
35. North Mississippi All-Stars
36. Tea Leaf Green
37. John Butler Trio
38. Perpetual Groove
39. Mike Gordon
40. The Breakfast
41. Railroad Earth
42. Steve Kimock Band
43. Perpetual Groove
44. Victor Wooten
45. Vida Blue
46. Rhythm Devils
47. Bruce Hornsby
48. Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains
49. Nickel Creek
50. New Deal

There's no way a list like this could make it to 100. The bottom 50 of the old list had a LOT of fluff, not to mention most weren't even jam bands.

What about Little Feat?

nathan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:15 pm

Will be seeing Umphrey's again next week. Words can't describe how excited I am to see them again.

Brett Alan · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:17 pm **Posts:** 2827

There was an article on the website Popdose the other day about The Blues Project which mentioned that they were an early influence on jam bands. They certainly have the long jams and the cover songs. I could see adding them to the list.

SanTropez · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:13 pm

Some housemates of mine saw Umphrey's in Kalamazoo a couple of weeks ago.

One guy sprained both his ankles (and we pushed him around in a "borrowed" wheelchair all Halloween), and a girl got a black eye, both due to "raging too hard". All said the show was epic.

nathan · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:34 am

SanTropez wrote:

Some housemates of mine saw Umphrey's in Kalamazoo a couple of weeks ago.

One guy sprained both his ankles (and we pushed him around in a "borrowed" wheelchair all Halloween), and a girl got a black eye, both due to "raging too hard". All said the show was epic.

http://www.archive.org/details/um2010-10-21.mk22_16bit

SanTropez · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:09 pm

Here's the Kalamazoo show:

http://www.archive.org/details/um2010-10-22.mk41.flac24

Set 1:
01. intro
02. Bottom Half >
03. Ocean Billy
04. JaJunk >
05. Bottom Half
06. Cheap Sunglasses
07. Hurt Bird Bath
08. Wellwishers >
09. JaJunk

Set 2:
01. intro
02. Miss Tinkle's Overture >
03. Thunderstruck >
04. Miss Tinkle's Overture
05. Cemetery Walk
06. Der Bluten Kat >
07. Dear Lord >
08. Der Bluten Kat >
09. Booth Love >
10. Der Bluten Kat
11. Cemetery Walk II
12. Much Obliged
13. encore
14. Bridgeless

nathan · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:45 pm

Just FYI, that is the 24bit version, so if you want that one on CD you have to edit it to 16 bit, or click the link I posted above you!

EDIT: Dang, didn't realize I posted the wrong link before- http://www.archive.org/details/um2010-10-22.mk41.flac16

SanTropez · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:02 pm

Haha, I wondered why you posted a link for a different show.

Jestercide · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:13 pm

The Mars Volta.

nathan · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:20 am

Saw RAQ last night, not too impressed with them. They had a lot of electronica sounding stuff, I guess that's what you could call it. They did play some song that talked about putting spinach in somebodys ear, nose and between their toes...probably the funniest song i've ever heard.

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2439

... from the Bilzen Jazz Festival 1969 with Deep Purple one of the more renowned jam bands on the live circuit at the time in Europe .... Take care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE3CV9Dd ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n52xe5oN ... re=related

... all the way to the present and headlining the Montreux Jazz Festival six times as well ... 1969, 1971, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HWhydykvqc

... and from 1968 ..

SanTropez · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:10 pm

Going by the above listed criteria, Deep Purple, and The Mars Volta for that matter, are clearly not jam bands.

Raul · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:14 pm

Where's you been man?

SanTropez · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:20 pm

Visiting my mom in Florida for a few days+my computer getting a bad virus = not much DDDing lately

nathan · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:02 pm

Check out my recording of Umphrey's from the other night-
http://www.archive.org/details/UM2010-11-10

Pretty diverse set for them-

Set 1:
01 Intro
02 Red Tape
03 Anchor Drops
04 Robot World>
05 Uncommon
06 Mullet (Over)
07 The Girl Is Mine > Jane Says > The Girl Is Mine
08 The Linear>
09 40's Theme

Set 2:
01 Intro
02 JaJunk>
03 Eat>
04 Intentions Clear>
05 Jimmy Stewart>
06 Eat
07 I Ran
08 Booth Love
09 Front Porch
10 Mail Package>
11 Kimble
12 Encore-*
13 The Triple Wide>
14 JaJunk

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