Dave Matthew Band, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Tenacious D, The Dead Weather Set for Bonnaroo 2010 - Dave Matthews is said to have drawn this cartoon on his iPhone to announce the DMB appearance at Bonnaroo... [Relix News]

Rothbury 2010 Called Off - Rothbury will not take place this summer. In a statement the festival’s organizers said, During the past three years, all of us involved with ROTHBURY have greatly appreciated the tremendous outpouring of support for the future of the festival. [Relix News]

Ike Willis and Ray White each joined Frank Zappa for extended stints in his touring bands, during a period from 1976-1988. The two, who shared vocal duties while gigging with Zappa in 1980 and 1984, have not hit the road together for a quarter century.

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Hemp For Victory! -

2009 Seattle Hempfest - Hemposium Stage, "Hemp For Victory" Speakers Panel: Steve Levine, Anndrea Hermann, Adam Eidinger, George Rohrbacher, Sue Kastensen, Denny Finneran

The University Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz, seeks an enterprising, creative, and service-oriented archivist to join the staff of Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) as Archivist for the Grateful Dead Archive. The Archivist will be part of a dynamic, collegial, and highly motivated department dedicated to building, preserving, promoting, and providing maximum access both physically and virtually to one of the Library's most exciting and unique collections, The Grateful Dead Archive (GDA). The UCSC University Library utilizes innovative approaches to allow the discovery, use, management, and sharing of information in support of research, teaching, and learning.

Grateful Dead Archive:

The Grateful Dead Archive documents the band's creative activity and influence in contemporary music history from 1965 to 1995, including the phenomena of the Deadheads, and the band's highly unusual and successful musical business ventures. The Archive contains original documents, clippings, artifacts, photography, posters, audio and video recordings, publications about the Dead and its individual members, its tours and performances, recordings and productions, and business. Correspondence and art contributed over the years by Deadheads are also part of the Archive.

Kid Rock Will Join Zac Brown Band at Georgia Theatre Benefit - Rendering of future Georgia Theatre...

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Phish Festival Broadcast by Sirius Jam_ON Phish Festival 8 To Be Broadcast by Sirius

Phish's Festival 8 will be broadcast by SIRIUS XM's Jam_On channel live from Indio, CA starting Friday, October 30 and continue through Sunday November 1. The broadcast will feature all eight of Phish's sets.

Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio tells Jam_On how the stuff-of-legend Phish Festivals were born as a reaction against the rampant commercialization of popular music. Check it here:

JamBase will be reporting live from Festival 8 with Tweets, Setlist updates, photos and reviews. Keep an eye on JamBase.com for all your Phish needs.

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"The Guthries are the first family of American folk. They practice what Woody preached." -Vanity Fair

"[Woody] Guthrie music is alive and well, and that the legacy is in good hands." -Robert Price, New Jersey Herald

This month, folk music icon Arlo Guthrie will begin his trek across North America with three generations of Guthries for "Guthrie Family Rides Again."

The concerts on the upcoming "Guthrie Family Rides Again" tour will feature Arlo's standards as well as a selection of unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics recently put to music by such distinguished artists as Billy Bragg, Wilco, Eliza Gilkyson, Janis Ian, Wenzel, The Klezmatics, and others. With many notable musicians from around the world contributing to keep the work of Woody Guthrie alive and well, the Guthrie Family will pay tribute to these artists as they perform some of the newly composed tunes.

"Guthrie Family Rides Again" spotlights three generations of Guthries including Arlo's son Abe, who has contributed keyboards and backing vocals to his father's live shows since the '80s. His daughters Cathy, Annie and Sarah Lee Guthrie, all of who have their own bustling music careers, will support by singing songs and accompanying on acoustic guitars. Sarah Lee's musical partner and husband Johnny Irion (a JamBase fave?learn more here) will lead songs and lend his stalwart guitar playing. The youngest generation of Guthrie kids will join in the fun on select songs.

Seattle Hempfest is the largest cannabis policy reform event in the world. Now in its 18th year, the protestival attracts tens of thousands of people each day to listen to Hempfest’s reform messages amidst the festival atmosphere.

Bound to Cover Just a Little More Ground: The Dead Tour New York - The Dead wrapped up a busy, four-performance, single-day run (http://www.dead.net/dead09)
through New York at around 1 AM Wednesday morning with a packed performance at the 3,200 capacity Roseland Ballroom. The gig was The Dead’s first official appearance at Roseland, though all the members of the group besides Bill Kreutzmann have played the room in the past decade: Bob Weir and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti appeared at the 2002 Jammy Awards, Mickey Hart headlined as a member of Hydra, Phil Lesh performed both with Phil Lesh & Friends and at the One For Woody Benefit and the New York-based Warren Haynes has commanded the stage countless times with all his primary bands. While the night’s two preceding performances were limited to a shade over an hour, the group’s Roseland gig clocked in at over 100 minutes and had the feel of one of the group’s trademark, exploratory second sets. Like both of The Dead’s earlier performances, venue staff also let in ticketless fans as the show drew near.

The Dead will open its first proper tour since 2004 in Greensboro, NC on April 12. Please click hear to see (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu0Q7lLYssQ) Weir, Lesh and Haynes performances on The View Tuesday morning. [Relix News]