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Im getting ready to head out to Jerry Jam in Bath, NH for a weekend with family! The Garcia Project has played the last couple of years there and this year we get to perform with Melvin Seals on the hammond! Our friends, Dead Undercover are playing Friday night too! Then, Melvin and JGB will play Saturday Night! Cant wait!

I am so $$^%ing pissed!!!


I missed this by a day, I stayed up in Franconia Notch the whole week camping with the in-laws, the wife and daughter. I saw the poster for this at a restaurant up in the notch the night before we had to head home. At least you got good weather this weekend, we got 2+ days of rain. Only got to rock climb 1 day out of 4.

I saw Melvin with the JGB in Burlington Vt in October 2012, they were absolutely great! Highly recommended if you have never seen them. Really great................

River Rat, so sorry you missed it. Jerry Jam is a magical place and this year was even better!

Playing with Melvin Seals was incredible. He is the master of the Hammond. He played so well and was so kind. The band, btw, was Melvin Seals on keys, Dan Crea on bass, Aaron Martin on drums, Kat Walkerson on vocals and Mik Bondy (me) on guitar. Shirley Starks (from JGB Band) sat in a few songs as well. Here is the set list (videos and audio to come soon)

Sugaree, Mission in the Rain, Tough Mama, I'll Take a Melody, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry , That's What Love Will Make You Do, Lonesome and a Long Way From Home, Tore Up*, Don't Let Go*, Harder They Come*
Encore: Deal

* with Shirley Starks

Here is The Harder They Come:

Melvin really jammed! I was a little worried when he played safe and reserved for the first two tunes, but halfway through Tough Mama he really dug into it and it was Swell Pedal to the Metal from there on out. So incredibly tasty and I was amazed how he could say so much and leave so much space all at once.

Rusty the Scoob wrote:Melvin really jammed! So incredibly tasty and I was amazed how he could say so much and leave so much space all at once.

double that....he is truly amazing!

Mik,

Very nice recording. You're rig sounds great - almost acoustic at times.

Congrats!

Love to Kat.

mk

Thanks Mike! Dave Herbert used my rig when they played on Saturday...He sounded great!

Here is the whole show on archive.org:
http://archive.org/details/TGP2013-07-26.JerryJam

A shot of my rig (partial) from Jerry Jam:

Rusty the Scoob wrote:Melvin really jammed! I was a little worried when he played safe and reserved for the first two tunes, but halfway through Tough Mama he really dug into it and it was Swell Pedal to the Metal from there on out. So incredibly tasty and I was amazed how he could say so much and leave so much space all at once.

good deal, man. I really like Seals' playing, sounds like a fun time

Sweetness. I really like your fills b/w verses, very seamless and loose. What can you say about Melvin, competently can bring smiles in any setting, and respectful and tasteful of the other members and the song itself. Never beats you to death with his extensive skills. A master chef. Thanks for posting the vid.

Mickey Hart's son, Taro Hart recently performed with Melvin Seals in Los Angeles! It was a pretty good show. He's competing in a singer-songwriter competition, so if you want to hear what the family is up to, you can see him perform at http://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/Taro+Hart Good stuff!