Furthur Headlining Friday Night - Daily Lineups Announced

Gathering of the Vibes is pleased to announce that Bob Weir and Phil Lesh's new band Futhur will be headlining Friday night.

In addition, you can check out who is playing on what day here.

2010 Gathering of the Vibes Lineup

Come celebrate the 15th Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT with this great lineup...

- PRIMUS
- JIMMY CLIFF
- DAMIAN MARLEY FT. NAS
- RHYTHM DEVILS FT. KELLER WILLIAMS
- UMPHREY'S MCGEE
- GALACTIC
- JACKIE GREENE
- ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND
- STEVE KIMOCK CRAZY ENGINE
- THE RADIATORS
- MIX MASTER MIKE
- MARTIN SEXTON & RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND
- DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT
- LITTLE FEAT
- BIG SAM'S FUNKY NATION
- ASSEMBLY OF DUST
- MAX CREEK
- DARK STAR ORCHESTRA
- NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
- ZACH DEPUTY
- HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR
- KING FOR A DAY
- DONNA JEAN GODCHAUX

Green Stage Lineup

Band Together CT

Big Moon

Blues and Lasers

Chris Barron

Cornmeal

Daria Musk Trio

David Gans

Jaimoe's Jasssz Band

Jennie Arnau

Klyph Black and Rumor Has It

Matt Turk and the Hobo Caravan

Reckoning

Steal Your Face

Tao Rodriguez Seeger

The McLovins

The Pimps of Joytime

The Queen Killing Kings

These United States

Tom Crowley and the Speakers

In addition PJ Pacifico has been announced to start the festival off on Thursday night.

Final Vibes Lineup

Gathering of the Vibes is happy to announce the final additions to the 2009 lineup.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Guster

The Machine (Pink Floyd Cover Band)

Lineup Announcement

In no particular order...

Bob Weir & Ratdog (Sat)
Levon Helm (Sat)
moe (Fri)
Dark Star Orchestra (Thurs)
Keller Williams (Sat)
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (Sun)
George Clinton and PFunk (Fri)
Deep Banana Blackout (Fri)
Buddy Guy
Lettuce (Fri)
Max Creek
John Brown's Body (Thurs)
State Radio (Sat)
Donna Jean (Thurs)
JJ Grey and Mofro
Strangefolk
King for a Day
Assembly of Dust
Ryan Montbluea
Harlem Gospel Choir

plus more to be announced...

Live Webcast of Artist Announcement...

Vibes 2009

A Message From Ken

Gathering of the Vibes Holiday Update from In The Band on Vimeo.

Tickets on sale now!

More Taj Mahal Pics

Saint Bernadette Part Three

More Kreutzmann Trio Shots

More PBS shots...

More Dark Star Orchestra Pictures

Going to be uploading some more pictures I took from the weekend, some might be repeats but I do not believe so.

Heavy Pets from the Solar Stage Video Clip

Another from Saint Bernadette

Vibes Torrents Already Up...

Thanks Tapers!

PBS

Umphreys

Phil Lesh & Friends

Assembly of Dust

Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi

Deep Banana Blackout

Black Crowes

Zappa Plays Zappa

Saint Bernadette Video Clip

There should be another clip or two from the Solar Stage in the next few days.

Everyone say "Thanks Ken"

Thanks Ken.

The Nevilles Close Vibes 2008

Reminiscent of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the closing set of the 2008 Gathering of the Vibes is by New Orleans legends the Neville Brothers. Keeping their first several songs to a maximum of 5 to 6 minutes each, their set moves nicely through "Fiyo on the Bayou" and "Tipitina". "Tipitina", a Professor Long Hair original is set to a fast dynamic tempo with a dominant bass guitar. "Fever" is covered by Aaron Neville on vocals with his smooth velvet like voice. "Big Chief" (Professor Longhair) is poised mid set with roaring conga playing by Cyril Neville.

"Everybody Plays the Fool" and "Tell It Like it Is" are two standards from Aaron Neville repertoire that are well received.


"It Don't Mean a Thing" (a nice choice in my opinion) is arranged with a latin groove followed by the highly syncopated "Giacamo" and "Filo Gumbo". "Yellow Moon" is set to a reggae beat, with sultry saxophone work by Charles Neville. "When You Go to New Orleans" features thick slap bass guitar playing and funks it way to the close of the set. The official last song of the evening is a tender rendition of "Amazing Grace" tastefully done by Aaron Neville. The song transitions into a cover of Bob Marley's "One Love".

Family Trucks Soul Stew

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, husband and wife duo whose eclectic range of blues and soul music is far reaching in today's music scene, took the main stage at 3:15. Trucks' (Derek Trucks Band, Allman Brothers Band) stylistic guitar playing is fluid, original and ingenious. Listening to his solos one can hear a logical progression of of thought and skill - ideas transforming into articulate phrasing, a definite sign of musical maturity. Tinged with a clean vibrato effect his signature playing is never far from recognition. Tedeschi balances this with her effortless and distinct vocals. With her mild vibrato and mix of blues inflected riffs she can sing her way through any progression. Her strength as a vocalist is multiplied by her solid skills as a blues/soul guitarist. Tedeschi's rich voice blends with Mike Mattison's (Scropomatic, Derek Trucks Band) beautifully. A surprising "Hey Jude" cover closed their electrifying set.

Umphrey's

This is now my third time seing Umphreys McGee, so it will be tough to really talk about them and their songs while sounding like I know what I'm talking about. Like most jambands, unless you're a true fan it can be tough to tell if they played 3, 7 or 15 songs in a set. Umphreys is certainly a jam band, but not a typical one, their sound is a bit harder/edgier with long guitar riffs infused with deep drum and bass lines. Their jams are soothing than, say, the Dead or Phish, but more like Zappa, which I was exposed to the first time Friday night with Zappa plays Zappa. With the sun beating down as hard as it has been all weekend, Umphreys McGee took the stage and have jammed their butts off. We are about an hour into their set and I'm not sure if they've stopped once. While some jambands loose me after too long of a jam, Umphreys seems to find a way to get me back in right when my mind is about to say "BORING!". Most importantly, the crowd is dancing and not slowing down despite a long weekend of great music.