JLB closes out their 2013 winter tour on home turf, delivering this tight show of favorite tunes and tasty jams to a packed house at August West Amphitheater on Darkstar in Secondlife.

The classic Jed tune “The Freeze” opens the show, a perfect opener on this thawing Spring night. A nice “Sand” and “Loser” combo follows with a sweet jam that is only slightly interrupted by Strambo’s little one joining the studio audience (past his bedtime). The new JLB tune “Sugar Pop” makes another appearance here, and the band continues to use “Saw Mill River” to sandwich a tune, in this case the rarely covered “Space Oddity.” Speaking of rare, Jed breaks out his electric Epiphone for a few tunes, which is not typically done at Stramland, and it sounds sweet.

Second set starts off with the Trey Anastasio tune “Alaksa,” featuring a nice jam into a strong version of the Grateful Dead tune “Bertha.” Jed delivers a nice guitar solo and his instrumental “Meredith,” coupled with a nice uptempo “Dear Prudence.” The new Mark Gutenplan tune “FM Rock” also shows itself again this show, and the set wraps up with a powerful “Shakedown Street” jam and the JLB original “Queen Lucille.”

A fun show with home field advantage giving JLB the edge! Enjoy!

Jed Luckless Band 03.29.13

-Set 1- (43:18)
01. The Freeze                        (05:40)
02. Sand >                        (08:28)
03. Loser                        (07:35)
04. Sugar Pop                        (04:25)
05. Saw Mill River >                    (04:53)
06. Space Oddity >                    (05:50)
07. Saw Mill Reprise                    (01:44)
08. Still In Luv With U                    (04:39)

-Set 2- (51:53)
01. Alaska >                        (09:40)
02. Bertha                        (05:39)
03. Meredith >                        (03:01)
04. Dear Prudence                    (06:01)
05. FM Rock                        (03:29)
06. El Paso                        (05:17)
07. Shakedown Street >                    (13:36)
08. Queen Lucille                    (05:07)

This is one for the history books. After eight years of live music, the Beach House Cafe in Greenwich, CT announced they would no longer have live bands at the venue. Beach House is one of the Jed Luckless Band’s favorite venues, the band having played half a dozen shows there. This is the final show the JLB would play at the cafe, and although you can sense the foreboding in the air, the boys don’t disappoint a crowd eager to rock for St. Patty’s day weekend.

The show starts off with “Shakedown Street,” and its appropriate message “don’t tell me this town aint got no heart.” A nice jam leads to the Trey Anastasio tune “Alaska” a recent addition to the JLB playlist, which also features a nice jam into the original tune “Queen Lucille.” The band takes a breath before delivering a powerful “VOTR > Eyes” combination. Set I wraps up with a couple Phishy covers.

Second set opens with the live debut of a Jed Luckless original called “Sugar Pop,” which will get people on their feet and features a middle jam section with alot of potential. A version of Phish’s “Ghost” with a very nice extended jam follows, paired with the JLB original “Ozone Blues.”  The centerpiece of the set is the Kenny Kaufman original “Saw Mill River” with the Jed original “The Freeze” sandwiched in the middle jam portion. The set finishes up with a nice “Ramble On Rose,” the JLB tune “Still in Luv With U” and a rockin “After Midnight.”

A bittersweet evening at the Beach House and a show with some very nice jams and tune pairings. Enjoy!

Jed Luckless Band 03.16.13

-Set 1- (62:23)
01. Shakedown Street >                    (10:03)
02. Alaska >                        (08:35)
03. Queen Lucille                    (04:41)
04. Brown Eyed Women                    (05:06)
05. Victim Of The Rhythm >                (08:20)
06. Eyes Of The World >                    (08:39)
07. Road Trip                        (06:39)
08. Sneakin Sally Through The Alley            (05:02)
09. Suzy Greenberg                    (05:24)

-Set 2- (49:53)
01. Sugar Pop                        (04:59)
02. Ghost >                        (09:53)
03. Ozone Blues                        (05:31)
04. Saw Mill River >                    (04:19)
05. The Freeze >                    (05:24)
06. Saw Mill River                    (02:48)
07. Ramble On Rose                    (07:40)
08. Still In Luv With U                    (04:19)
09. After Midnight                    (04:55)

The Jed Luckless Band Winter Tour 2013 continues, onto a new venue for the fellas, Dudley’s Parkview Lounge in New Rochelle, NY. JLB does not disappoint the Dudley’s crowd, delivering a super long show full of sweet jams and great Dead and Phish tunes.

First set kicks off with the JLB original “Ozone Blues,” its story of a sweltering Earth a bit out of place on this snowy night, but nonetheless a great way to ease into the set. The Dead tunes make an appearance early with “Brown Eyed Women,” and the band is nicely warmed up by the time they hit a sweet “Cities” and “Sugaree” mid set combo. The more appropriate original “The Freeze” makes a strong showing, but the set ends on a Phishy note, with a fun “Bouncing Around The Room,” an energetic “Character Zero,” and a “Sneakin Sally” with a real nice jam to close out the set.

At over ninety minutes long, the second set is probably the longest set JLB has played live to date, and it packs in a bunch of favorites and a number of nice jams. Set two kicks off with a Lou Reed birthday tribute “Rock and Roll” paired with its familiar “Still In Luv With U” companion. Things really take off with an eighteen minute VOTR-Eyes twofer, which continues into the popular JLB combo “Sand>Dirt”. As if this wasn’t enough, the boys roll right into fourteen minutes of “Shakedown Street” and the Neil Young penned “Ohio.”

The rest of the show features several Dead tunes and originals, and wraps up with fun “Gumbo” encore after a long night of great tunes with good peeps. Enjoy!

Jed Luckless Band 03.02.13

-Set 1- (63:22)
01. Ozone Blues                        (05:09)
02. Brown Eyed Women                    (05:21)
03. Cities >                        (08:14)
04. Sugaree                        (07:54)
05. The Freeze                        (05:35)
06. Jack Straw                        (06:00)
07. Bouncing Around The Room                (06:02)
08. Character Zero                    (05:11)
09. Queen Lucille                    (04:46)
10. Sneakin Sally Through The Alley            (09:06)

-Set 2- (94:44)
01. Rock And Roll >                    (08:23)
02. Still In Luv With You                (03:46)
03. Road Trip                        (06:53)
04. Victim Of The Rhythm >                (07:28)
05. Eyes Of The World >                    (10:10)
06. Sand >                        (08:08)
07. Dirt                        (04:36)
08. Shakedown Street >                    (09:41)
09. Ohio                        (05:15)
10. Saw Mill River                    (04:37)
11. Bertha                        (06:15)
12. Ramble On Rose                    (06:52)
13. After Midnight                    (07:36)
14. Gumbo                        (04:57)

JLB returns to the Blarney! As usual, it was a packed house, with a crowd of over fifty crammed into the virtual Irish Pub to hear Jed and the boys crank out two sets of high energy and fun rock and roll.

The show is full of debuts for the JLB including a couple new originals, both in the first set. “FM Rock” is a new Mark G. tune, commentary on the state of music today. And “Sugar Pop” is a new addition from Jed, a relentlessly funky tune that is sure to become a jam vehicle. First set also features a fantastic VOTR opener and and awesome “Ghost” and “Loser” pairing for the Dead Phish heads.

Second set starts off with a powerful “Shakedown Street” and jam, which leads into another debut for the JLB, the Trey Anastasio song “Alaska.” A nice “Ohio” and “Ramble On Rose” combo followed by obligatory “Ozone” closer wraps up a fun Secondlife show. Enjoy!

Jed Luckless Band 02.28.13

-Set 1- (47:40)
01. Victim Of The Rhythm >                (09:50)
02. Jack Straw                        (06:29)
03. Ghost >                        (09:56)
04. Loser                        (07:56)
05. FM Rock                        (03:37)
06. Sugar Pop                        (04:44)
07. Character Zero                    (05:05)

-Set 2- (53:08)
01. Shakedown Street >                    (09:53)
02. Alaska >                        (07:19)
03. Remember This Night                    (05:28)
04. Gumbo                        (04:41)
05. The Freeze                        (05:37)
06. Ohio >                        (09:05)
07. Ramble On Rose                    (05:59)
08. Ozone Blues                        (05:03)