Sure, there were some challenges getting in to the festival earlier in the week, but most folks had settled down and put any frustration behind them.Apparently not this guy, who thought that deep into Panic's Sunday night headlining set was a great time to rush the stage. Here's video via evenstev(which also includes...

It seems like every time Panic rolls through town, they bring with them another fine souvenir print.The Summer 2014 edition is by Panic poster veteran Chuck Sperry, whose work will also be on display in Paris (!) this year.Though not a tribute to the city like previous offerings, you've got to love Sperry's images, patterns...

I usually reserve these guide to Chicago type posts for multi-day stands of biggest bands that swing through Chicago, but a couple factors led me to create a tidy little one for the big Widespread Panic / Tedeschi Trucks Band gig tomorrow night.1. The Venue. Out-of-towners (or even natives) may not realize that FirstMerit Bank Pavilion...

Based on activity in the jamband blogosphere, I'm guessing we may have crossed threshold of peak jam bracketology. In 2013, bloggers (and official band sites) flooded the Internets with their own fields of 64 to prove what the best show, song, jam or run from the band of their choice would be, but this year things seem...

Twitter turns 8 today and introduced a new feature which allows you to view the very first tweet from any account without all sorts of onerous scrolling. I thought I'd pick a couple of significant tweeters in the music world out of the 590 accounts that I follow and see how it all began for them. I...

Words: @WeirScrewedPhotos: Tom HarmonTodd Snider and the Hard Working Americans wrapped up their first ever tour Saturday night at the Park West. From the opening notes of "Blackland Farmer", the band extended most of the tunes from their self-titled debut into lush jammy landscapes. After exploring "Farmer" a bit, the band settled into a "New...

JB brought some good friends to join him for his traditional set at the Hannah's Buddies Benefit. The Barn's Florida correspondent, Rich D. was on hand and gave us some typically detailed show notes, which I'll publish here with minimal editing.. Stay tuned for some of Rich's video and whatever clarifications we can add.JB...

One of the highlights of Panic's NYE run was the opening trio of Neil Young covers from Time Fades Away, Young's '73 Live Set that has never seen a proper CD release due to his inherent Neil Young-ness. However, JB points out that it was one of the only vinyl albums that the band had...

Update [3/19] Phase Two is announced. See how I did on speculation and read some healthy skepticism HERE.Update [6/9] Phase Three is announced. More Info about the final headliner and the mysterious Lunar Landing Conspiracy.Here's something I never would have thought last summer the Midwest is getting another jamband camping megafest. While Summer Camp owns...

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