Watch Ween Destroy Claude Coleman’s Drum Set, On This Day In 2008
Ween made its triumphant return in 2016, after taking a four-year hiatus while Aaron Freeman, most loyally known as Gene Ween, left the band to focus on treating his drug and alcohol addiction. In the...
View ArticleRemembering That Time Bob Weir & Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski Sat In With Paul...
On this day in 2016, the internet exploded with the news that founding Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir had joined former Beatle and international pop culture icon Paul McCartney...
View ArticleThe Grateful Dead Release ‘Anthem Of The Sun’ On This Day In 1968 [Listen]
While there’s no denying the immeasurable talent of the Grateful Dead, the band certainly benefited from being at the right place and the right time in the earliest days of their career. The right...
View ArticlePhish Kicked Off The Baker’s Dozen With A Coconut-Flavored Show On This Day...
Seven years ago today, on July 21st, 2017, Phish kicked off the Baker’s Dozen, the most ambitious run of shows in their three-decade career. Phish’s unprecedented run of 13 straight shows at Madison...
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Watch Roger Waters Play ‘The Wall’ In The Shadow Of The Former Berlin Wall,...
Thirty-four years ago today, in celebration of the fall of one of history’s most infamous and symbolically ominous walls in human history, Roger Waters brought his own iconic Wall to Germany. The...
View ArticleWhat Concerts, Tours, & Music Festivals Were Announced This Week? [Updates]
We here at Live For Live Music know how difficult it is to stay up to date on the latest announcements in the live music industry. Between tours, festivals, one-off concerts, residencies, and so much...
View ArticleTracing The Funky Path Of George Clinton In Honor Of His Birthday Today...
On July 22nd, 1941, George Clinton, one of the great innovators and instigators of funk music, was born. The world hasn’t been the same since. Though he got his start playing doo-wop music, it wasn’t...
View ArticleRevisit Brent Mydland’s Final Grateful Dead Performance, On This Day In 1990...
Of the many keyboardists in the Grateful Dead’s history, the longest-tenured of them all was Brent Mydland. The San Francisco musician joined up with the Dead in 1979, adding his bountiful singing and...
View ArticleRemembering When Bob Dylan Shocked The World By Going Electric, On This Day...
An annoyed Bob Dylan took the stage on a Sunday night at the Newport Folk Festival on this day in 1965 and did something that would forever change the way the world viewed him: he plugged in his...
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Touch Of Glam: How Paris Hilton & A Grateful Dead Tee Kickstarted Meghan...
Fashion designer Meghan Fabulous has always been inspired by the Grateful Dead. In fact, it was her passion for repurposing Dead t-shirts that molded her into the fashionista and businesswoman she is...
View ArticleA Brief History Of Mick Jagger To Celebrate The Rolling Stones Singer’s 81st...
The Rolling Stones singer and living rock icon Mick Jagger celebrates his 81st birthday, and the man who has spent seven decades on the band’s nonstop adventure doesn’t appear to be slowing down...
View ArticlePhish Treats MPP To An Unforgettable “Tweezerfest”, On This Day In ’14 [Videos]
Seemingly every summer Phish tour has that show, the one where everyone in attendance gets to brag, the one where everyone not in attendance has the story of why they missed it. In 2014, that show came...
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Remembering The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers & The Band’s Summer Jam Festival
Today is the anniversary of one of the biggest and, strangely, least-discussed music festivals in American history—the 1973 Summer Jam at the Watkins Glen International Raceway in upstate New York (now...
View ArticleCelebrate Rick Wright’s Birthday With Some Of Pink Floyd’s Finest...
In any band, there are inevitably those members who have the “rockstar” personality—the ones who captivate the fans and the press, whose names and personal accolades you know as well as those of the...
View ArticleListen To These Isolated Rush Bass Tracks To Celebrate Geddy Lee’s Birthday...
Today marks the start of the 71st trip around the sun for Rush bassist Geddy Lee. Rush’s progressive rock style is one of a kind, with music that is rigorously composed and perfectly executed. At the...
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Led Zeppelin Robbed Of $203k On Final Night Of Madison Square Garden Run, On...
Even 50+ years after their debut in the late 1960s, Led Zeppelin remains pure, unbridled rock royalty to this day, and in their time they were the unparalleled heavyweight champions of popular music....
View ArticlePhish Taught Us That The Universe Is A Donut On Jimmies Night At The Baker’s...
On July 30th, 2017, seven years ago today, Phish closed out the second weekend of their historic Baker’s Dozen residency with “Jimmies” night. Those magical 2+ weeks at Madison Square Garden saw Phish...
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L4LM Monthly Mix – Free Space – Playlist & Liner Notes [Listen]
The L4LM Monthly Mix is a serial playlist curated with care by the Live For Live Music staff, a small group of dedicated music lovers with unique and varied tastes. When we started this project, it was...
View ArticleCelebrate Jerry Garcia’s 82nd Birthday With Grateful Dead Shows Played On...
Grateful Dead co-founder Jerry Garcia would have celebrated his 82nd birthday today. From his humble beginnings as a banjo picker in the Palo Alto bluegrass/folk scene with Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug...
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George Harrison Hosts Concert For Bangladesh, On This Day In 1971 [Full Video]
The Concert for Bangladesh was one of the most successful and influential benefit concerts of all time, known for its overwhelming success in creating awareness and raising funds to help aid the...
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