Song of the Day-Stop-Go

There is a whole world, a sub-culture if you will, of bands, like Phish, Umphrey's McGee and moe who carry on in the spiritual tradition of the Grateful Dead. They record albums of generally more concise material than they play live but stretch that material out in concert in long so-called "jams." Sometimes they catch fire and the jam is fun to listen to, sometimes not. Fans of these bands are intensely loyal, follow them from town to town. These bands usually look the other way or downright encourage efforts of their fan base to tape these shows. You won't hear much of this music on the radio unless you tune into the Sirius/XM Jam channel. When these bands do put out records, the studio tracks are usually just a framework for the extended improvisations they will perform in concert. 

One of the more popular bands hoeing this particular row are "Widespread Panic" (as a child of the 60's and a fan of the Beatles and The Beach Boys I refer to them as "TheWidespread Panic"). Their music reminds me of another "fellow traveler" in the jam band idiom and that would be the great Allman Brothers. Started in Georgia in 1986 and still tour constantly. They have released 11 studio albums and 8 live albums, par for the course for jam bands. Most of their tunes are written by the whole band. I have included a track from their 1988 debut "Space Wrangler' poster here from You Tube done up live in 2008 and on my Spotify playlist for those not "Spotify-challenged!" What do you think?