Saturday, December 31, 2022

VA - Epic Jams CD1+CD2+CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation) REPOST

EPIC ROCK JAMS

VA - Epic Jams CD1+CD2+CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation)                    REPOST

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also 'free flow sessions', are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. Both styles can be used simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one participant, or may be wholly improvisational.

A jam band is a musical group whose live albums and concerts relate to a fan culture that began in the 1960s with the Grateful Dead, and continued with The Allman Brothers Band, and Phish which had lengthy jams at concerts. The performances of these bands typically feature extended musical improvisation ("jams") over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music that can often cross genre boundaries. The contemporary jam scene has grown to encompass bands from a great diversity of musical genres including bands with electronic, folk rock, blues rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, Southern rock, progressive rock, acid jazz, hip hop, hard rock, and bluegrass sounds.

While the seminal group the Grateful Dead are categorized as psychedelic rock, by the 1990s the term "jam band" was being used for groups playing a variety of rock-related genres, including blues, country music, folk music, and funk. Today the term even includes some groups completely outside rock, such as those playing world music, electronic music, progressive bluegrass, and jazz fusion. By the late 1990s, the types of jam bands had so grown that the term became quite broad. Although today the term may be used to describe nearly any cross-genre band, festival band, or improvisational band, the term retains an affinity to the fan culture inspired by the Grateful Dead and carried on by the likes of Phish.

A feature of the jam band scene is fan taping or digital recording of live concerts. While many other styles of music term fan taping as "illegal bootlegging", jam bands often allow their fans to make tapes or recordings of their live shows. Fans trade recordings and collect recordings of different live shows because improvisational jam bands play their songs differently at each performance. By the 2000s, as internet downloading of MP3 music files became common, downloading of jam band songs became an extension of the cassette taping trend. Bands are also distributing their shows online, sometimes within days or hours (Wikipedia)


For this compilation I have gathered both live and studio recording of various band and genres Jamming Out. The music is often long and rewarding to the listener who gives time to the feeling of the song. Here are 75 tracks I consider to be Epic Jams for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!


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Track list 1

01    Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed    :12:45    1970
02    Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Driftin' Back    :27:37    2012
03    Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Vibration & Light Suite    :16:34    2015
04    North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down    :07:32    2007
05    Canned Heat - Fried Hockey Boogie    :11:05    1968
06    Moe. - Mexico    :22:39    2002
07    Cargo - Sail Inside    :10:54    1972
08    Grateful Dead - Not Fade Away    :16:20    1968
09    Blues Traveler - Traveler's Suite    :20:21    2012
10    UFO  - Flying    :26:31    1971
11    Somali Yacht Club - Signals    :10:53    2014
12    My Morning Jacket - Dondante    :17:50    2012
13    Little Feat - Spanish Moon    :08:26    1974
14    Five Day Rain - Rough Cut Marmalade    :11:05    1970
15    Widespread Panic - Rebirtha    :07:20    1997
16    Traffic - Roll Right Stones    :13:30    1973
17    Umphrey's McGee - Divisions    :11:44    1998
18    Ozric Tentacles - Eternal Wheel    :08:23    2004
19    Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home / I'm Your Captain    :10:11    1991
20    Aqueous - Half In, Half Out    :08:02    2018
21    Neil Young - Like a Hurricane    :08:18    1977
22    Bob Weir and Ratdog - Two Djinn    :09:04    2000
23    Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Fool    :11:59    1968
24    Mighty Baby - Keep on Jugging    :08:39    1971
25    All Them Witches - Voodoo Chile    :14:59    2015

Track list 2

26    Grateful Dead - Dark Star    :23:09    2012
27    Marshall Tucker Band - Take the Highway    :06:16    1973
28    Majic Ship - Down By the River - What It's Worth    :10:54    1970
29    Amazing - Had to Keep Walking    :11:01    2009
30    Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam    :28:17    1972
31    Neil Young - Cortez the Killer    :07:24    1975
32    Dave Matthews Band     - Crash Into Me    :05:16    1996
33    Santana - Every Step of the Way    :11:30    1974
34    Hot Tuna - Serpent of Dreams    :06:51    1975
35    Cherokee Mist - Orange Cucumber    :22:18    1994
36    Mountain - Dreams of Milk and Honey    :16:00    1971
37    Derek Trucks Band - Sahib Teri Bandimaki Madni    :09:54    2006
38    Cream - Spoonful    :16:44    1968
39    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Stone Free    :12:00    2006
40    Ten Years After - Boogie On    :14:26    1969
41    Black Crowes - Wiser Time    :09:34    1994
42    Led Zeppelin - Kashmir    :08:28    1975
43    Derek and the Dominos - Keep on Growing    :06:23    1970
44    Frank Zappa - Yo' Mama    :12:41    1979
45    Pink Floyd - Dogs    :17:04    1977
46    Phish - You Enjoy Myself    :09:50    1988
47    John Butler Trio - Money    :11:35    2001
48    Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand    :09:47    1969
49    Gov't Mule - Captured    :09:05    2013
50    Bob Marley - Jamming    :05:40    2014

Track list 3

51    Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Tulsa Yesterday    :11:54    2012
52    All Them Witches - Interstate Bleach Party    :11:39    2015
53    Morgen - Love    :10:54    1969
54    Glass Harp - The Curator    :08:13    2004
55    Glass Harp - Can You See Me    :28:54    1997
56    Tedeschi Trucks Band - Crying Over You    :08:03    2016
57    Waterloo - Diary of an Old Man    :10:59    1970
58    Moe. - Happy Hour Hero    :14:39    2002
59    Moon Duo - High Over Blue    :21:43    2012
60    Bob Weir & Ratdog - Dear Prudence    :10:06    2010
61    Ozric Tentacles    Sploosh!    :06:26    2004
62    Jefferson Airplane    Feel So Good    :11:29    1973
63    Taste    It's Happened Before, It'll Will Happen Again    :06:31    1970
64    Medusa1975    Fall of the House of Usher    :11:04    2017
65    Robert Randolph & the Family Band    Do Yourself a Favour    :08:40    2006
66    Ginger    T-10    :11:00    2010
67    Santana    La Puerta Del Sol    :10:24    1996
68    Railroad Earth - Grandfather Mountain    :08:56    2014
69    Trey Anastasio - Beneath a Sea of Stars    :23:30    2015
70    Lotus - Lotus 1    :03:49    1994
71    Haystacks Balboa - Auburn Queen    :09:14    1970
72    Dickey Betts & Great Southern     - Tangled Up in Blue    :08:03    2002
73    Hot Tuna - Surphase Tension    :03:54    1975
74    Frank Zappa - Stucco Homes    :09:09    1981
75    Frank Zappa - Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar    :08:31    1981

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8 comments:

  1. Happy & Healthy New Year,
    Thanks for all the tunes,
    - D

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    1. Thanks, D.
      Happy Healthy New Year to you too.
      Cheers.

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  2. I have the attention span of a goldfish. I get antsy with Hey Jude and American Pie. Thanks for posting but I'll pass. Usually if I have nothing positive to say I say nothing. I'm sure many others will enjoy this.

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    1. Hi lemonflag.
      Thats a pity.
      Cheers.

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    2. BB I feel bad about my comment. My mum would not have approved. It takes all sorts to make this world. I will give these a listen and see if I can relate to the good music I am sure they include. Thanks.

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    3. Glad to hear you will give them a try, lemonflag.
      You may have some nice surprises in this lot.
      Cheers.

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  3. I usually say that I prefer studio versions to live songs any day, but this compilation is here to show how wrong I can be. These bands (and songs) show how great live jams can really be. Thanks! I love to be proven wrong so well.

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    1. Thanks Pol.
      I love to listen to this set when I am not sure what I want to listen too. There is so music great music in this lot. Enjoy them and great to keep an open mind.
      Cheers.

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