Friday Linkafication: Blotto History Lesson, Orchestral Dead & The Snow Jabba
Every Friday, we’re going to offer the best links, news and sites that we’ve discovered over the past week. We promise to keep it relevant (mainly). Getting ready for Saturday’s show, we give you this...
View ArticleSymphony Sunday: Bob Weir’s First Fusion in Marin 5/7/2011 Stream and Download
There is something special when the worlds of rock and classical music collide. After months of preparation, the end products are only performed a handful of times, creating something truly unique for...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Grateful Dead Symphony: Stream and Download
There is something special when the worlds of rock and classical music collide. After months of preparation, the end products are only performed a handful of times, creating something truly unique for...
View ArticleSetlist & Video: Umphrey’s McGee & Bob Weir @ Brooklyn Bowl 9/6/11
Umphrey’s McGee welcomed special guest Bob Weir to the stage to open their second set last night at Brooklyn Bowl. They opened the set with a tune long associated with Weir and the Dead “Not Fade Away”...
View ArticleDownload Phish Sirius XM From The Archives (Volume 16), Free Future Rock...
If you missed the awesome Kevin Shapiro Phish From The Archives show broadcast on Sirius/XM this year prior to the SPAC simulcast, a kind soul has added it to the Drop Canvas file sharing site (part...
View ArticleSetlist, Stream, Download: Bob Weir, The Roots & Friends @ Headcount Benefit,...
Photo via showpics1.blogspot.com The Barn is a Chicago-based music blog, and we’re 100% committed to providing a chance to hear best stuff from the Chicago area again on our site. But events like...
View ArticleA Grateful Dead Venn Diagram
While searching for an online Venn Diagram creator for my Springsteen at Wrigley Recap, I came across an interesting site that generates Venns automatically based on the most common Google Suggest...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Content Of 2012
Here is a summary of the most popular content on The Barn Presents over the last year. These don't include the Furthur and Phish Rotation (or Announcement) Infographics which actually were more...
View ArticleWatch: Google Software Automagically Generates Jamband Lists
Buzzfeed recently reported on a curious feature that Google offers as a part of its Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) product. Many spreadsheet jockeys have been known to start a series in the...
View ArticleAudio Stream & Download: Weirco (Wilco featuring Bob Weir) @ Shoreline...
In my recent essay reviewing the Chicago stop on the AmericanaramA tour, one of the things I was most impressed with was how Wilco is becoming more like the Dead. No, they’re not much in the way of...
View ArticleRatdog To Play Chicago Theater For First Time Ever- March 7th, 2014
Only once in my memory have Grateful Dead alumnus played at the Chicago Theater: when Rhythmn Devils brought an all-star band including Phish’s Mike Gordon and Steve Kimock in 2006 to the venerable...
View ArticlePhases Of The Moon Festival: Fact and Rumors
Update [3/19] Phase Two is announced. See how I did on speculation and read some healthy skepticism HERE. Here’s something I never would have thought last summer… the Midwest is getting another...
View ArticleReview / Photos / Setlist / Stream / Download / Video: Ratdog @ Chicago...
Photos: Mike Kaiz Photojournalism As both Bob and Phil have conspired to avoid Chicago for nearly two years, it was great to see Grateful Dead family rally around Bobby at Friday night’s sold out...
View ArticleJerry Garcia & Bob Weir On Letterman
Scrabble: Garcia v. Letterman With David Letterman’s retirement announcement yesterday, I thought it’d be nice to check in with some of the inspired lunacy created during the Late Night years with our...
View ArticleWarren (and Symphony) Plays Jerry @ Chicago Theater 5/20/14
Rock coupled with the symphony has always made for a curious marriage. This is particularly true for improvisational music, which doesn’t lend itself to arrangements for dozens of musicians. For jam...
View ArticleDo I See A Resemblance? Bob Weir or Episode VII Luke Skywalker?
http://www.thebarnpresents.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2014-10-06-at-4.19.55-PM-1024x463.png One of the remarkable things about Bob Weir’s long career has been his physical transformation. Once,...
View ArticleWatch The Trailer For A New Bob Weir Documentary
Netflix is releasing The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir on May 22, a documentary following the story of Bob Weir and his unlikely career with the Grateful Dead. Based on the trailer, the...
View ArticleReview | The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir
The Bob Weir documentary debuted on Netflix in May. In lieu of a full review, I did a review in five tweets from @thebarnpresents twitter account. I am collecting them here for website readers, but...
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