When the Grateful Dead formed in the late 60’s their music didn’t fit into an established category such as pop, rock, blues, folk rock, or country. While individual songs could be considered under one of these labels, overall their music drew on all of these genres and, more frequently, melded several of them. In addition, their live shows, fed by an improvisational approach to music, were different from most touring bands at the time. While most bands performed their set, just the way they practiced it, the Grateful Dead bucked this formality and took a much more casual approach…. to just about everything. From this blueprint, fans developed a strong sense of community and loyalty to, not only the Dead’s music, but to their approach to life. More bands popped up like - The Allman Brothers Band, Phish, moe, and Moon Boot Lover - which followed the Dead’s blueprint and were accepted into this lively community of mixed genres, improvisation, substance enhancement, and festivals….. and thus a bonafide Jam Band Scene or Community was born. Today there are tons and tons of Jam bands out there and for folks new to the jam scene it can be hard to find your place in all this music and community. Fortunately, for you folks out there, the guys and I will be helping you out today as we discuss our Favorite Jam bands! And, we’ve enlisted the help of a total music expert, with some serious jam band cred, to help us out! Special Guest: Julian Booker Julian is an experienced and well-known radio host and audio mixing engineer. Currently, he is an on-air host of the WXPN radio show Sleepy Hollow. He is a regular contributor to WXPN’s The Key where he produces both audio and writing content. He also produces his own independent podcast, the Record Keeping Podcast, which focuses on interviews with musicians and radio & music-industry professionals. Recent conversations include musician Nicole Atkins and CBC radio host Talia Schlanger. And to his Jam band cred - He’s been Marco Benevento’s Sound Engineer, Production Management at Ardmore Music Hall, and he was the Asst. production manager at - the one-time heart of the Philly Jam scene - The Blockley. Finally, he’s also starting a new and exciting interview project at WXPN called “Expansions in Jazz w/ Julian Booker’ where he’ll be interviewing the brightest stars in Jazz today. And of course, Links to his many projects are in the show details - including his amazing recent interview with Philly’s own Jazz Icon Justin Faulkner. Record Keeping Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/record-keeping-podcast/id1215741974 Expansion In Jazz Series - https://thekey.xpn.org/tag/expansions-in-jazz/ Companion Spotify Playlist - https://spoti.fi/3bKO8wH
Record Keeping Podcast -
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/record-keeping-podcast/id1215741974
Expansion In Jazz Series -
https://thekey.xpn.org/tag/expansions-in-jazz/
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