What's Up Woodstock

After a short break we're back in action with special jones Andrew Guest filling in for a hospitalized Brian. For our last episode before TOUR HIATUS (Pat's going on tour), we're looking at Sheryl Crow's set. She and her band did a pretty great job so we mainly talk about other things, including movies and candy bars. Soak up the footage here: https://youtu.be/dWrrdxviU-w

See you in a few months!

Actor Jerry Rudasill is on hand to point out nudity for a pool-partying Brian as we dive into the barking dynamo known as DMX. In addition, both Pat and Jerry offer interpretations of some of the erstwhile Earl Simmons' more memorable verses, and Rory and Rick are generally lost. Watch along with us (up in) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-J_BuumkuU

DJ/producer Michael Fichman AKA Michael The Lion AKA DJ Apt One AKA Fich sits in for a very busy Brian as we dig into Ice Cube's powerful set from Woodstock 99. Watch along with us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NwDaBxiajc

Brian, Pat, Rory, and Rick welcome journeyman Philadelphia drummer Pat Berkery to the table for a look at Counting Crows' set at Woodstock '99. Pat B.'s got years of experience behind the tubs and loads of the kind of arcane Rock Knowledge that comes in handy on a podcast and almost nowhere else. Plus, Brian sings! Count your own crows right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSM3Qc45q6Q&t=2114s

Brian called in sick, so Andrew and Doug fill in as we take a look at The Roots, an incredible band from the great state of Philadelphia. There's only so much you can say about such capable musicians and entertainers, so the conversation strays predictably wide. Highly recommended watching found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyktBnkgZHc

Local heroes Brian, Rory, Rick, and Pat gather round the ol' YouTube to discuss Vertical Horizon's de rigueur performance from Woodstock '99. Keep an eye on things here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vioNRuKko  

Back in the early days of WUW we thought it important, in the interest of equal time, to give listeners a different perspective on some of the acts we didn't necessarily care for. We'd planned call this recurring segment Otherside, and have a special guest enthusiast let us know why we were wrong. We subsequently forgot all about it, but not before we managed to get a few Othersides on tape. So since we have no Regular Episode for you this week, we offer Brian's friend's mom Judith, Kid Rock Fan. Note: this interview was originally recorded in early May, 2016.

Reformed music writer J. Gabriel Boylan rode a train all the way from New York, New York to fill in for a touring B. Rian Langan. And it's a good thing, too, because Gabe actually has a history with today's subject: Jamiroquai. Rory has no history but whole a lot of issues with singer Jay Kay, and the other two also talk. Check out which crazy hat the guy wore here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cszCm5FrSM&t=1601s

Brian continues to entertain a grateful nation, and Rick had a speaking engagement, so Rory and Pat are joined by two special guests: NBA namedropper Andrew Jones and Dr. Dog's very own Toby Leaman. The subject of the episode is Buckcherry, charmless throwbacks to a simpler, sleazier time. Watch the set along with the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgUfWr2zOtE

Brian is playing music on the road on tour with a band he's in, so the remaining usuals are joined by Brandon Beaver, successful guitarist for mewithoutyou and Buried Beds. Beaver (as he's known) has some fun showbiz tales to share, and Pat lets us in on the latest craze for jam band enthusiasts. Speaking of jam bands, today's set is by moe. You can watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc333LexPGg&t=324s

No Brian this week, but we have former Dr. Dog guitarists Andrew and Doug back for another trip to Rome, NY by way of Kingston, ON's own The Tragically Hip. This band is pretty amazing, and brain cancer is decidedly not, so please consider donating to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research: https://donate.sunnybrook.ca/braincancerresearch

Watch & listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcK1P491lmk

Have you ever been hurt before? Brian's back and we watch Guster. No frills, no bass, no problem. Watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK63a3ojcxE

Brian is out on assignment once again, so this week's panel features returning former Dr. Dog guitarists Andrew Jones and Doug O'Donnell. The subject this week is famed dorm room coaster Dave Matthews Band, who deliver an energetic performance of their empty flip-flop rock. Doug bangs out a song by another Dave, and Jones reveals the alternate version of "Crash" that resides in his wife's addled brain. Watch Dave and his pajamas here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skHt1eIkVRU

In this episode the Classic Quartet (Ror/Flom/Finn/Bri) covers the performance that may best embody everything that was good and bad about Woodstock '99. An undeniably powerful band that tapped into some of the worst impulses of the assembled throng, however inadvertently. We don't really get into that here, though, it's really just a lot of air drumming, head bobbing, and unrelated stuff like: Desert Island Discs for Matrix Guy, and Movies Where One Guy Kills Everybody. Pat sincerely hopes you'll watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9S-JVKw0mE

Episode 0028 was not the first time we talked about Jewel with Carol Cleveland Sings. No, a few weeks earlier we did an entire episode that was instantaneously vaporized by the fickle whim of a cruel MacBook. So later than night, after CCS and Rick departed, Pat and Rory sat down to talk about their abject devastation. This is the curious result. They talk about Jewel, love's bitter mystery, and Dayton, Ohio legends Guided By Voices. Quite a lot about Guided by Voices, as it turns out. So I hope you like Guided By Voices.

Inspiring creative dynamos Carol Cleveland Sings (Gretchen Lohse and Thomas Hughes) come on the podcast to help us watch Jewel's set from Woodstock '99, which features some great songs, some yodeling, and many, many guitars. We also spend some time deriding Kurt Loder (who for at least a few minutes in the 90s was a total dirtbag), as well as consoling Pat because he's not married to Jewel. Joins us eye-wise here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfuOAWgjx8

Meanwhile, check out Carol Cleveland Sings' dazzling cover of the WUW theme song: https://www.instagram.com/p/BToTyYFA2be/

And check out their acclaimed album Effervescent Lure here: https://carolclevelandsings.bandcamp.com/

The podcast settles into what is likely its most relaxed episode yet when Rick, Rory, and Pat are joined by special guests Andrew Jones and Zach Miller, formerly of Dr. Dog and latterly of Dr. Dog, respectively. This gentle quintet watches a full set by paternal piano man Bruce Hornsby, whose friend was booking the show. But that doesn't mean he doesn't put on a fine performance. Also discussed: Allen Iverson, dads, compressors, Southern Accents, dads, solo affectation, weird airplane drugs, dads, and THE TUNNEL. Watch with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvBHOOf8E8

Broadcasting from Studio B, it's the Core4 + Native New Yorker (and Pat's bullshit friend) Samantha Story sitting down to watch G. Love, who is also sitting down. He and his Special Sauce brought their Philadelphia blooze-rap to Woodstock '99, and the panel is somewhat conflicted about the result. Happily for some, the YouTube audio cuts out about two thirds of the way through, which you'll discover if you watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AEa0_Y5xm4&t=3226s

WUW is back in its element as the panel tackles TVT recording artists Sevendust, who (we learn) left all their stuff in Canada in order to perform at Woodstock '99. We also look at an insane picture of a bass player, talk Petty/Shandling, and check in with some old friends as they take on a classic campaign song. Watch the 'Dust with us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG1-4g7iqsM

While Brian visits his home planet, second-time guest Doug O'Donnell returns to claim the pyramids -- and his role as Resident Expert on Bands Who Play Really Long Sets. This is one of TWO performances by Mr. Clinton and his enormous ensemble, which is good because the Studio B wifi cuts out toward the end. But we soldier on until the WUWthership is righted once again. Free your mind here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-C_hcS0ek