Wanee Festival Lineup Is Out!

Wanee announced today: Sharing the stage for two nights (April 20 & 21) with The Allman Brothers Band is Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir. The rest of the line-up includes: Bruce Hornsby, Mickey Hart Band, Gov’t Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jaimoe's Jasssz Band, Buddy Guy, Electric Hot Tuna , Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers Band, Leftover Salmon, North Mississippi Allstars, Trigger Hippy (featuring: Joan Osborne, Jackie Greene, Steve Gorman, Audley Freed & Nick Govrik), Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio, Soja, Conspirator, Eoto, Particle, Zach Deputy, Matt Schofield , Big Sams Funky Nation, Charles Bradley, Bonerama, The Yeti Trio, Jacob Jeffries Band and Bonnie Blue.

THREE DAY GENERAL ADMISSION FESTIVAL TICKETS:

$189.50 (plus applicable fees) from January 20th– February 19th (After February 19th price will increase). Price includes (1) pass to the Festival (Thurs.,Fri. & Sat.) with music beginning at 2:30PM on Thursday and 3 nights of primitive camping (Thurs., Fri. & Sat.)

  

Crawlers Crawling Tonight

Love Tallahassee's  Crawlers. They'll tear it up at Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack in Tallahassee at 9 p.m. tonight. Special guests include Scott Campbell, Drew Matiluch, Deb Berlinger, and Chelsea Chason. They're calling it "the best neo-retro-acoustic-swamp-funk-grass in town."  Get you some oysters, a grouper sandwich, a cold beer, and settle in for a good show.

Tab Benoit brings smokin' NOLA blues to Tallahassee tonight

Tab Benoit plays The Moon tonight. He's a talented guitar player with that special New Orleans lagniappe. The show's at 7:30, cover is $15 for general admission and $25 for a reserved table. Students can get $10 advanced tckets at the Moon website. King Cotton opens.

Here's a taste of  Benoit's funky swamp blues for you:

Songsters Hit Panhandle's 30A Hwy This Week

The Bangles will be one of the many acts at Seaside this weekend for the 30A Songwriters Festival  (Jan. 13-16). It's $150 for a weekend ticket. This is not a camping festival -- it happens in bars and restaurants along scenic Highway 30A in beautiful Walton County.

Check out my detailed post about this great event here. If you can swing it, you'll be glad you made the trip.

Hot String Show Tonight In Tally

If you want to hear some seriously talented string players laying it down, head to the Mockingbird Cafe in Tallahassee tonight from  7 -10 p.m.

Calling themselves the 'Tipsy Gypsies" are some familiar stellar local musicians -- Mickey Abraham, Kevin Robertson, Drew Matulich, Mike Snelling, & Carrie Perkins. They'll be playing bluegrass, newgrass, swing, jazz, acoustic, folk, & dawg music.

There's no cover, and you can have a nice dinner if you reserve a table.

Jam Cruise Sets Sail January 9

Jamcruise 10 embarks from Fort Lauderdale January 9 and sails through the 14th to Jamaica and Haiti. It's sold out, but there is a waiting list and you never know, a miracle ticket might arrive for those with big wads of cash (or credit cards) at the ready.

The Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale is hosting pre-shows and post-shows. Umphrey's McGee plays with Toubab Krewe Jan. 7, and The New Mastersounds play with Umphrey's McGee on Jan. 8. Tickets are $25 (or $20 if you're booked on the cruise.) On January 14, Galactic, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, and Bobby Lee Rodgers play the post-cruise show. Tickets for the post-cruise show are $25 (or $20 if you're booked on the cruise.)

For those of us who can't make it to the cruise, there's a way to see the shows (from last year's cruise) vicariously.  Check out last year's performances at iClips.


And don't forget  this week's Toubab Krewe and Galactic show in Jacksonville. It's Thursday, Jan. 5.

Happy New Music Year!

Thanks for all your feedback and support this year, readers. and here's to many good shows in 2012!