Jam Stampede 4-19

    The Jam Stampede

    featuring special guests Kenny Brooks and Mark Karan

    Brooklyn Bowl, New York, NY, 2011-04-19

Article submitted by Vernon Webb

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Once again the Jam Stampede graced us with their presence as they treated us to their own brand of Grateful Dead music.  This time they brought along a couple of friends from the Grateful Dead family to spice things up a bit. The band, consisting of Tom Circosta on guitar and vocals, Klyph Black on bass and vocals (both veterans of the Zen Tricksters and Donna Jean’’s band), Freeman White on the keys (from Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay band), Dave Diamond on drums (Zen Tricksters and his own band), and Mike Mizwinski (Miz, Trippin on Nothin, Gongzilla) on some outstanding lead guitar and vocals. As a band the Jam Stampede can hold their own on any given night but with this night’’s special guests, both members of the extended Grateful Dead family, seriously helped to bring it home.

(Check out some video of the Jam Stampede in the section below.)

Mark Karan, who has played with a number of different artists throughout his career, Dave Mason, Huey Lewis, Paul Carrack, Delaney Bramlett, Sophie B. Hawkins, The Rembrandts, The Other Ones, Mickey Hart’’s Planet Drum, Phil Lesh & Friends and is still playing with RatDog. His current touring band is Jemimah Puddleduck.  Next is Kenny Brooks, an outstanding saxophonist and with an impressive resume as well, who has played with the Peck Allmond Group, Kotoja, Joe Henderson, Charlie Hunter, Mike Clark, Ohio Players, Steve Smith, Les Claypool, MMW, String Cheese Incident, Josh Roseman, Chuck MacKinnon, 41Funk Jam Band, Ratdog and is co-founder of the hip/hop-jazz band called Alphabet Soup.

The Brooklyn Bowl, known for its blue ribbon food (the fried chicken is to die for) is a unique combination bar & grill, bowling alley and concert venue that creates an atmosphere that is just right for partying and getting down to live music. Oftentimes you can hear bowling balls barreling down lanes and knocking down pins in between songs as the bands play. This evening it was apparent that Deadheads were in force as they came from near and far to hear what these boys were putting down and from the start it was apparent that they were ready to do just that.

Be Sure to Catch the Jam Stampede at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains PA on April 30th!

Kenny Brooks came on stage first and played throughout the entire show with the members of Jam Stampede in tow. And the show was off with a rocking Jam > Mississippi Half Step > BigRiver> West LA Fadeaway segue that had the crowd dancing and moving as they got into the grove of things. Not much longer into the set Mark Karan and Jason Crosby on keys (a multi-talented New York area musician who sat in with so many bands too numerous to count, i.e. God Street Wine and Academy of Dust to name just a couple – he is currently the touring with the Robert Randolph band) came out on a rocking version of Tennessee Jed and that is when things really started to get hot.

Songs of note during the second set were the Bob Dylan classic,  Ballad of a Thin Man, and a bluesy version of Death Don’’t Have No Mercy as Mark Karan tore into the lyrics and laid down some serious guitar riffs.  Coming later was a funky version of Turn On Your Lovelight with Kenny Brooks adding flavor to this classic Grateful Dead favorite. The icing on the cake was a sweet version of Sugaree with Mark Karan on vocals which was the shows encore.

Throughout the night there were some seriously magical moments and some highs that everyone in attendance knew they were experiencing. This was my first time seeing this band and if I have my way it will not be my last.

(Check out some video of the Jam Stampede in the section below.)

Set List:

SET 1 Jam> MississippiHalf Step> Big River>West LAFadeaway, Hard To Handle,  *+ TennesseeJed, *+ Cassidy, *+ The Wheel> *+ Brown Eyed Woman, *+ Goin Down The Road Feelin Bad

SET 2 * Shakedown Street> * It Takes A LotTo Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry, * Other One> * Death Don’t Have No Mercy, * Ballad Of A Thin Man> * Don’t Let Go> * Wharf Rat> * Morning Dew> * Turn On Your Lovelight E: * Sugaree

    * with Mark Karan, + with Jason Crosby, Kenny Brooks all songs

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Be Sure to Catch the Jam Stampede at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains PA on April 30th!

(Check out some video of the Jam Stampede in the section below.)

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The Jam Stampede play Cassidy with special guests Kenny Brooks and Mark Karan
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