Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Big Summer Classic-Ben Harper

Since getting laid off a couple years back I haven't been going to too many shows besides my annual trip to the Evolve Festival in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Last night I went to see Ben Harper at the Avalon in Boston. Good show. Blues harp great Charlie Musselwhite joined Harper for a bunch of tunes. Harpers first set was with the band and then he did a wicked little acoustic set and finished the night off with another set with the band & Musselwhite. I'd only seen Harper once before, opening for Dave Matthews back in the day.



Saturday I went to the Big Summer Classic at Great Woods/Tweeter Center in MA. I'd seen Keller Williams and Spearhead before and thought they were both great. It was my first time seeing Yonder Mountain String Band and String Cheese Incident but I was already a fan of both. Umphreys McGee was completely new to me and blew me away. Great drummer and some crazy ass guitar protechnics melding Satriani, Zappa, Yngwie etc. Interesting stuff IMHO. String Cheese were damn good.

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