String Cheese Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

Jazzy jammers String Cheese Incident are touring for the first time in years, and two Southern shows are on the bill -- one Nov. 26 at the fantastic historic Fox Theater in Atlanta and one Nov. 27 in the newly reopened Georgia Theater in Athens, Ga. Nice! Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Here's the full tour:

November 25, 2011 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Asheville, NC
November 26, 2011 Fox Theatre Atlanta, GA
November 27, 2011 Georgia Theatre Athens, GA
November 28, 2011 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
November 30, 2011 Lyric Opera House Baltimore, MD
December 1, 2011 Tower Theatre Upper Darby, PA
December 2, 2011 The United Palace New York, NY
December 3, 2011 The United Palace New York, NY
December 4, 2011 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA

furthur rocks Atlanta

The Deadhead faithful converged on the unbelievably ornate Fox Theater on Atlanta last night (stars on the ceiling! Egyptian carvings in the bathroom!Fancy loom-woven seat cushions!) for a furthur show that a few folks I talked to said was the best of the Hampton-Charleston-Atlanta run.

I really can find few words for this show, other than you had to be there.... down on the floor, no one sat down and the bamd rolled out one gem after another, impeccably played, with a sublime space jam and Dark Star into Pink Floyd's Time smack in the middle.

The energy in that place was amazing, that's all I gotta say.

Here is the setlist and you check out the audio here.

I: Hell in a Bucket, Cold Rain and Snow, West L.A. Fadeaway, To Lay Me Down, Peggy-O, Ramble On Rose, Samson and Delilah, Deal


II: Iko Iko, Last Time, Wharf Rat > Born Cross-Eyed > Dark Star > Time > Breathe Reprise > Dear Prudence > The Eleven, Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer

E: Brokedown Palace

Only ''To Lay Me Down''; Only ''Last Time''

furthur heads to Florida with shows in Orlando and Boca Raton next!

Furthur Hits the South!

Furthur comes to our neck of the woods next week, with shows in Atlanta, Orlando, and Boca Raton. I know there are still tickets available online for the Orlando show at the UCF Arena.

The show they put on last year in Orlando (at the Hard Rock Live in Epcot, of all places) was one to remember. It wasn't some oldies Dead show. This was a chance for Grateful Dead  players still at the top of their game to strut their stuff with some fine younger additions and take us along for the long strange trip. Phil Lesh anbsolutely KILLED it with his hellaciously jazzy-jammy bass lines.

Some people I know make fun of Deadheads for being grandparents and great grandparents by now. Well screw that noise. How beautiful to see all those ages mixed together at the show, grooving together to some very tasty tunes. To build a community in the 1960s and have it stil vibrant in the 2000s, well, that's a prodigious feat, and one to celebrate.

festgrrl will be celebrating at the Furthur show (with floor seats!) Sunday night at Atlanta's Fox Theater, oh yeah!

ATTENTION DEADHEADS!

Internet Pre-Sale tickets open this Friday, Jan. 7, at noon, for the three southeast shows on Furthur's spring tour. That's Sunday April 3, at Atlanta's Fox Theater, Tuesday, April 5 at the UCF Arena in Orlando, and Wednesday, April 6 at the Mizner Park Ampitheater in Boca Raton.

Regular sales, through Ticketmaster, open January 14 at 10 a.m. Write it down on your calendars, y'all, and see you at one of the shows!