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From one end to the other – a total of about 2 hours-15 minutes without intermission – the current Celebrating David Bowie tour is a firehose of classic Bowie songs. And the crackin’ eight-piece band just turns on the flow and lets it go.

Monday night, rock icons Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend returned to Denver with their latest incarnation of The Who and wowed the Ball Arena from start to finish on the final stretch of The Who Hits Back tour. Supported by a 42-piece orchestra, listeners got an ear full that captured the in-your-face sound that has been throttling audiences for nearly six decades.

As the life and times of Grateful Dead cofounder Bob Weir eclipsed 75 years, The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco played host to three performances on October 14 to 16 to what is now called Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Featuring The Wolfpack.

Blazing musical trails with a mix of progressive rock, jazz and jam rock while remaining authentic to his style is what adept guitar journeyman Marcus Rezak does best. He released a new album in 2021 with three members of the Trey Anastasio Band, Truth in Sound, and made the recording at Anastasio's Barn in Vermont.

After over two and a half years, the jam band super group Ghost Light finally returned to the New York City metro area last week. This absence was not by choice, as COVID-19 forced many cancellations for this band, including a 2022 winter tour that included an appearance at the iconic Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY. This quintet of all-star musicians took the delays in stride, and used the time to record their sophomore album, The Healing.

Melvin Seals and JGB are no strangers to the New York City jam scene, and bring out fans time and time again. They returned once again to the lively Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY last weekend for a magical set of classic Jerry Garcia Band songs and covers. Local New Jersey band One Eyed Jack provided their support.

The Doobie Brothers brought their much anticipated 50th-anniversary tour to the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, on Sunday, October 2nd. The show came just four days after Roxy Music brought their 50th-anniversary tour to the Forum, which is just one large parking lot away from the YouTube theater.

The elegant John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts was overtaken by the passionate fans of Bobby Weir & Wolf Brothers, as well as the Grateful Dead, last week when they joined forces with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. for the first of four historic shows together.

One of England's most revered glam rock bands closed out their first American tour in decades at the Los Angeles Forum Wednesday night, September 28th. The tour was a celebration of the enigmatic group's 50th anniversary. The band last toured Europe in 2011, but except for a few dates before the pandemic, Roxy Music hasn’t toured the United States extensively since 2003.

For the past thirty-two years Breckenridge Brewery has thrown down a party that rivals the best music festivals in the country. Yes, it is a bold statement, but when you bring world class entertainment, masterfully crafted beer, and an arsenal of great people together to present the annual Breckenridge Brewery Hootenanny it does not get much better as far as music festivals go.

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