Mitch Blum

Eight Things You Should Know About The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
1) The brotherhood is metaphorical, not literal
There are no actual brothers in the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. The band is composed of Chris Robinson (vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Adam MacDougall (keys, vocals), Mark ‘Muddy’ Dutton (bass, vocals) and George Sluppick (drums). The band started touring [...]

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Like many of you, my record player eventually ended up in the basement – hooked up to the old stereo with the shitty speakers – unloved except for the occasional moments when I would torture my boys with the crackly sound of the greatest hits of 1972.
And then the last needle broke and my focused [...]

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Concert Review:
Furthur
March 4, 2011
Orpheum Theatre
Boston, MA
(You can listen to the show here. Thanks tapers!)
The first Grateful Dead bootleg I ever received was a 1972 practice jam with no set list. At the time I didn’t know much about the Dead beyond the well-established fact that deadheads were considered the worst thing in the history the [...]

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My life as an obsessive music fan started early.  The first records that I can remember buying with “my own” money (a.k.a. allowance/gift money) were the 45 of Stevie Wonder’s hit single Master Blaster (Jammin’) and the LP of KISS’s Rock and Roll Over. The summer of 1980 was a big year for me.  For my [...]

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(You can listen to the show here.  Hug a taper!)
In the 15 years since the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead have been searching – sometimes together but frequently apart – for the right way to keep their music alive without the presence of their friend [...]

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At this juncture in history I think that it’s important that we all acknowledge that Led Zeppelin is the greatest band in rock and roll history and there will never be another band that comes close to the greatness of Led Zeppelin.  They are the alpha and the omega of rock and roll.
Now, please don’t [...]

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Some people like film. Other people like fine art. I like concerts. There’s something about the live music experience that is pure magic. It doesn’t even really matter if the band is good or bad – as long as they’re playing rock and roll and they’re putting their hearts into it.
Over the years I’ve seen [...]

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I hate John Mayer so very much. I’m not sure if there’s anyone in the music world that I hate as much as John Mayer.
Why do I hate John Mayer?
I hate John Mayer because I don’t buy his sensitive singer-songwriter bit. I think he’s pulling a fast one over on the ladies. All [...]

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