Phish, Dead Meet at the Jammys

Phish bassist Mike Gordon and above Grateful Dead guitarist/Ratdog
frontman Bob Weir are a part of the artists appointed to accomplish at the
third anniversary Jammy Awards, to be captivated at New York's Roseland
Ballroom on October 2nd. "We capital to go a anniversary or so without
announcing the calendar and not commercial it publicly, just within
the community's email lists," says the show's co-producer Pete
Shapiro. "We awash 500 tickets in twenty-four hours just adage 'The
Jammys are coming.' It says a lot about the scene."

Weir, who afresh performed with the actual associates of the
Grateful Dead and will anon accumulate with them already afresh for a full
tour, will acquire the Lifetime Achievement accolade on the band's
behalf. Gordon will accomplish with guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke -- the
duo afresh recorded a collaborative anthology and plan to tour
together.

West Coast techno-funk troop Particle will be abutting by Fred
Schneider and Kate Pierson of the B-52's. New Orleans' Dirty Dozen
Brass Bandage will act as the abode bandage for the night, forth with the
Tom Tom Club, who aswell performed at endure year's event.

While additions to the calendar are still in advance and more
combinations are anticipated, added accepted acts cover Rusted
Root, Moe., Gov't Mule, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Robert Randolph
and the Family Band.

Organizers announce that the appearance and awards commemoration will move
to San Francisco next year, area Santana is acceptable to be the
Lifetime Achievement recipient. The appearance has aswell admiring the
attention of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and may move to
Cleveland in 2004. In actuality Rock and Roll Hall of Fame President and
CEO Terry Stewart (as able-bodied as Grateful Dead artist John Perry
Barlow and Rolling Stone's own Anthony DeCurtis) will act
as a presenter this year.

Voting for the Jammys continues through September 25th on
www.jammys.com. Tickets, priced at $40, are accessible at
the site, through Ticketmaster, and at the Roseland Ballroom ticket
office.

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