The all new USA tour blog went live today. Click on the banner below to read the latest “Mike’s Notes From The Road” and check out some great photos of the tour hosted exclusively by ThePier.org
In addition, we are kicking things off with episode 7 of JBB podcast which features debuts remixes by Dubmatix and also introduces music by The Black Seeds.
John Brown’s Body / The Black Seeds USA tour podcast ~ Episode I by johnbrownsbody
Hope you enjoy and can make it out to a show.
JBB
Breaking- from The Pier.org
Legends in the reggae jam scene, John Brown’s Body amazingly continues to grow in strength every year. Dubmatix’s remix of “The Gold” from JBB’s RE-AMPLIFY was one of the choicest cuts from the EP and The Pier is thrilled to have the two hook-up again for the bumping version of “Make Your Move”, featured exclusively on The Pier Compilation Volume 1.
Check out the Interview.
This week we launched an Artistfunding campaign through The Hector Fund. Check out our new artist page and get a free download of the previously unreleased track “Sweeter”, recorded in 2002. Also we have posted amazing opportunities for fans, including a permanent spot on the guest list, yoga with Nate & Matt, dinner for 10 at Elliot’s new restaurant, and a lot more. When grabbing your free download, catch Future Roots Music (video) Part 1. its all here:
http://www.thehectorfund.com/about/john-browns-body/
Let us know how we can hook you up, we’re down.
jbb
Direct >> johnbrownsbody.band@gmail.com
We are thrilled to join our friends, fans, and dozens of amazing bands on Jam Cruise 8!
Jam Cruise 8 sets sail January 3-8, 2010 on the beautiful Italian ship: MSC Poesia. We will leave from Ft Lauderdale’s Port Everglades (fly into FLL) and head to Ocho Rios, Jamaica & George Town, Cayman Islands.
Public on-sale for cabins starts Thursday June 4 at 12:00pm ET. Click here for info.
Jam Cruise 8 lineup includes:
STS9 • The Word feat. John Medeski, North Mississippi Allstars & Robert Randolph • Maceo Parker • Dark Star Orchestra • Railroad Earth • Steve Kimock’s Crazy Engine • Toubab Krewe • Eric Krasno & Chapter 2 SEE FULL LINEUP
photo by Shaun Goodwin
photo by Kris Dobie
Thank you to the 2,000+ fans that came out and supported John Brown’s Body, Soja, and Pressure Cooker at the House of Blues! This was our biggest Boston show ever and we sincerely thank you for being part of it.
The night would not have been possible without continued energy of Ingenius Concepts, House of Blues Boston, Live Nation, Mixed Bag Productions, SSDP, and our wonderful FOOTSOLDIERS!
Monday March 30th
Location: Downstairs Park City
625 Main Street, corner of Heber Ave,
Park City, Utah 84060
Doors 8pm
**all tickets bought for original show at Murray Theater will be honored at the door of new concert location.
We are having a great time on RE-AMPLIFY Colorado to California tour. Last week we played to wonderful crowds in Boulder and Denver with Blue King Brown; then we headed to the mountain towns. There were a few thousand happy dancing people during our outdoor shows in Steamboat Springs and Vail! What could be better than playing free outdoor shows in Colorado….playing them in March during snowstorms!
photo from JohnBrownsBodyBLOG.com
This is picture of our epic first ever “snow concert”. Look at all those cd’s and posters covered in powder.
iPhone merch photo by Chase Lang
During a few dub sections Matt grabbed his camera and filmed part of the Steamboat show as seen from his world behind the keyboards.VIDEO
After the concert, Alex went bungee trampoline jumping and we all hit him with snowballs. VIDEO
JBB will be featured on the Travel Channel’s “21” series which premiers Friday March 6th. The TC crew was on hand for a JBB summer blowout concert at The Beachcomber in Cape Cod last summer, and cuts from the concert will be used in the show “21 Sexiest Beach Bars”…..this is the schedule:
FRIDAY 3/6:
21 Sexiest Beach Bars – 9p (PREMIERE)
SATURDAY 3/7:
21 Sexiest Beach Bars - 10p
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EASY STAR RECORDS TO RELEASE RE-AMPLIFY BY JOHN BROWN’S BODY
The ep features 6 remixes from AMPLIFY and a live track that was recorded during our fall tour with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins, CO.
RE-AMPLIFY will debut exclusively on iTunes March 3rd and then a full release on March 17th. You can pre-order the record, see the album artwork, and pick up a new JBB shirt inspired by one of our most popular tour posters here: PRE ORDER RE-AMPLIFY
We have a diverse group of producers and artists on the record from all over the world. The story of this ep is every bit as interesting and inspiring as the music itself. We will start putting together some of our experience working with these wonderful people and let you know more about how this project took off in the coming weeks. We will be posting many of the songs soon.
The producers involved on RE-AMPLIFY include:
Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo: guitarist from the Gold Record Certified Gym Class Heroes.
Tommie Sunshine: American rave legend and remixer of songs by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, Panic! At The Disco, Good Charlotte and others.
GoldieLocks: up-and-coming artist/producer from the UK, recently nominated for DJ Mag Best British Breakthrough Producer and featured in a photo spread in Maxim.
Dubmatix: one of Canada’s best known reggae producers, recently nominated for a Juno.
Blue King Brown: Australian reggae/afro-beat masters, of whom Carlos Santana said, “…my favorite band right now”.
Wrongtom: London DJ who has remixed Hard-Fi, Lily Allen and Roots Manuva.
“RE-AMPLIFY takes the Future Roots sound we achieved on AMPLIFY even further into directions we might never have gone on our own,” says drummer Tommy Benedetti. “It’s been exciting hearing our songs in other producers’ hands. We enjoyed Dubmatix’s version of ‘The Gold’ so much, we are going to start playing it that way live. Then we bring it full circle to the early JBB sound by ending the record with a new roots track we’ve been having fun playing on the road.”
Please let us know if you want to join JBB’s street team, set up an interview for you blog/website/radio station, or just drop a line to say hello. You can leave comments on our myspace, facebook, iLike, or you can contact Seth (manager) seth@johnbrownsbody.com, or Curtis (press/street team) curtis@johnbrownsbody.com
MORE NEWS:
We are hitting the road hard starting next month with Blue King Brown for 8 shows in Colorado and the West Coast, and then we join SOJA for 7 dates in the East Coast including some of our most anticipated concerts in Ithaca and Boston!
Be well and we hope to see you all soon.
Peace,
JBB
February
We’re off now for a little over a month. Nate is in India seeking enlightenment and the last known location of his yoga-master girlfriend. Tommy will be playing and recording with Dub Apocalypse. Scott is off to New Orleans to play Mardi Gras. Elliot and Matt have some Black Castle gigs. Kalex (Kal and Alex) will be Rubblebucketing and I’ll be chilling with the family, chipping away at a trip-hop record and trying to make some money.
photo by Anaii Lee-Ender. freewebs.com/aenderphotography
01/18 Sunday, East Burke, VT
Burke Mountain is a small ski hill a few hours southeast of Burlington. We had a leisurely morning in Burlington chilling with GPGDS. Around 1:00 we got in the van leaving ourselves plenty of time to get to the gig. Around Montpelier the roads were getting a little slippery. There were huge embankments of snow at the edges of the road that created a strange sense of safety. That is providing, of course, that there is no oncoming traffic should you lose control.
The ride was scenic and we took it slowly. Elliot has a stellar driving record but everybody makes mistakes. About 15 minutes from East Burke we pulled into a gas station. While attempting to leave, Elliot accidentally backed into one of those lower case “n” shaped pump protectors made of concrete in rigid pipe. The “n” got wedged between the right wheel of our trailer and the trailer itself. The axle and the tire were ruined. That was obvious even to the mechanically impaired but I’m sure there was more damage. Our problem now was getting our equipment to the gig. Luckily Alex brought the brand new Rubblebucket van on this particular weekend. Matt and Aaron from GPGDS drove it to the mountain early to get some skiing in. While waiting for them to arrive we ripped out the seats of our van and put our equipment in. We stowed the bench seats in our crippled trailer which, a short while later, was dragged onto a flatbed. The woman that drove the flatbed was a colorful local that I think could have handily kicked all of our asses.
When we finally reached the mountain the load-in was up three flights of stairs. (more…)