Blues Traveler - The Peach Music Festival - 7/26/2019 - Scranton, PA!

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[@naftalib4356]

I love that these dudes stayed together all this time ... good stuff !!! Love them so much. Remember when they were babies just like you and me, like way back in the 90's

[@maramustudio8794]

This bands deserves more respect from that audience.

[@tw1797]

Yeah... wtf are they dead or all just too old to bother now. haha.

[@stevenlewis1387]

It north east Pennsylvania, we are all depressed and aggravated

[@jamesbowers7343]

I tried to give them some but was too damn far back haha…saw them again in 2022 at a st pats festival in Columbia, SC and the crowd was much better

[@stevekirksey9293]

I’m 63 now and still a Blues Traveler fan brings back some great memories

[@mowattbigsly2996]

The Legend John Popper. World’s ultimate mouth musician. When you tilt your head straight towards the heavens as you sing & play your heart & lungs out, we are all seemlessly brought together in life again & again. A true gem of a band. Let’s see some lame group of wannabes try to cover these guys w any semblance of likeness, skill, sound or soul. We dare you!! This is true Love at its finest🤟❤️🍷

[@sloburnjo]

Mulling It Over, baby! late eighties to mid nineties I was glad to experience the Traveler a few times!! it has been a minute. A reason i listened - the musick!

[@mrjon75]

Gotta see these dudes live.

[@owenmcgee8496]

Songs: 1. Sweet Talking Hippie/The Wolf Is Bumping/(12:47) When You Fall Down/Vocoder Synth Jam/Run Around. 2. (27:40): Creep (Radiohead cover, dedicated to Gregg Allman)/(32:26) Dropping Some NYC/(37:00) Defense and Desire/Bass Solo/You Reach Me (47:30). 3. Acceleration Nation (56:30). 4. The Mountains Win Again (1:00:20)/But Anyway (1:06:00). 5. Guitar Solo (1:16:15)/Carolina Blues w/Chuck Garvey (1:18:30)/Drum Solo (1:27:56)/Hook (1:31:02).

[@angrygilmore1573]

Thank you!

[@lancerichardson8023]

The Creep cover was pretty damn good

[@maramustudio8794]

Blues Traveler needs a lot more credit about keeping the jam band scene alive during he 90s. They help PHISH became what they are now and DMB also.

[@mrbetelgeuse]

I literally just now, like 2 minutes ago, turned to my husband and said (after playing the first 3ish minutes) "omg i finally understand phish fans now" he laughed and asked for specifics, I said because I don't give one shit about a dude dicking around on guitar for 25 minutes as a nonsense transition to a song... But I could listen to John find his groove via harmonica whilst transitioning to a song for fucking ever! Holy shit man, light bulb epiphany moment. I feel I must apologize for any past judgment I passed on literally every stoner I knew in college. I get it now.

[@ericmcandrew6099]

Wrong

[@metal-adjacent]

I'm a complete metalhead and I cant get enough of this band. The complete talent of everyone plus the insanity of anyone who can play the harmonica that well is insane to me.

[@tahuano]

@@ericmcandrew6099 REad JAMERICA :)

[@tophat2002]

Spin Drs

[@jetdeleon]

Man, great music, and vibes. Thanks for posting this! I hope to catch them live soon.

[@jangohemmes352]

Harmonica timestamps for Creep: 28:08 - first solo 30:52 - second solo Don't mind me, leaving this for myself to help me practice!

[@owenmcgee8496]

I saw the "thinnest of air" dvd a few years ago and, I don't know why, I thought they'd sort of abandoned being a "jam band". Seeing this tonight: they're evidently still the slightly shambolic, belly-full-of-blues, jam band they used to be. Popper's vocals are always very raw live.

[@MultiPetercool]

I would love to hear John play the harmonica solo from The Who’s Baba O’Riley.

[@MrHeksasens]

Amazing stuff on mouth harmonica...virtuoso !!!

[@mrbetelgeuse]

savant brilliant game changing generational genius 💙

[@kevinr.3542]

Just caught these guys in MI and they still rock out. JP is still the best harmonica player of all time and a powerful singer. The band is a monster. They did a jam with guys from Moe on the Rolling Stones Can't You Hear Me Knocking and it was nuts

[@kevinr.3542]

at my show john left the stage at least three times to get off his feet. They had a chair side stage for him to sit and rest on. The band would jam on. I was surprised to see him on his feet the whole time here. Granted in MI it was a Tuesday and the place was not full. so he probably didn't feel like blowing his entire load that show. And throwing out his back or hip or whatever

[@andrewanderson1777]

He did the same at our show is Greensboro. He kept on calling it Green Boro also. Don't know if that was intentional or not lol

[@scottgiacalone3038]

I could just imagine,it had to be awesome. Your very lucky. Over the years they've had guests join them and it's amazing. They let the guest take the lead and let them do their stuff they never smother. It's always a great jam

[@LUckybones25]

John still sounds the same after all these years! 😱

[@heypistolero]

Damn, he still sounds great

[@bb-gc2tx]

Saw them at rose land ball room in NYC New Years 1993. Was 19 at the time tripping on shrooms what a night

[@louneuburger1031]

was at that show too ! went there to see Xanax 25....

[@andyc9979]

@Flower Garden haha last time I did them I made an ass out of myself. Well the last time I did them I took less than usual but enough to have the giggles, no fear whatever and some slight shapes and movements but after the prayer in front of hundreds of people I clapped after. Everyone was looking at me and then we're all laughing. I then took all the plates on the dinner table at the place and was handing em out to everyone. Looking back at it now it was freaking hilarious.

[@mrjon75]

Jelly

[@AliceMulle]

Exactly

[@TTMPlayers]

Band No1

[@justanotherrider]

...jamming machines!

[@scottgiacalone3038]

I mean Tad is good but he's no Bobby. He was one kind like Boots Collins

[@manalishifilms]

🥂❤😀🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻thank you!

[@the.original.K]

Fucking Legends!!

[@SgtRock420]

RIP Bobby

[@bobbypeeple]

goodness...Bobby must be rolling over in his grave. he was the musical conscience of this band.

[@-Adam.Z]

@@bobbypeeple Yeah... Tad's a great bass player, but his style is very different from Bobby. So much of the band's early sound was dependent upon Bobby.

[@susan4990]

💐

[@scottgiacalone3038]

They always let their guests do their thing they never smother their guests. And the jams end up being awesome they are so unselfish they know when to take the lead and then step back for someone else. Especially with guests. Like when they did Gloria with Merl Saunders all time classic

[@scottgiacalone3038]

Like when they did Gloria with Merl Saunders all time classic

[@rachel_Cochran]

I think this blows phish out of the water No pun intended

[@tomgeoghegan9173]

Chan . Oh Canada!

[@tomlynch4232]

It still good cause its different. they are musicians of a fine order. the ramble like the dead. The music is natually a jam flow. So they fit into a festival. Crowds are certainly not what they once were and his voice has faded from the power of the early days. But overall a good show to go and find.. Its like a lot of things. A unique hook like the harmonica can get played out quickly

[@tomgeoghegan9173]

I invented Scranton!

[@tomgeoghegan9173]

Oh. Do you feel like we do? Peter? Frampton?

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!

[@sloburnjo]

before i check is it still the Kinchla bros. on guitar and bass?

[@brucehayes5643]

Yes it is

[@krzysztofakierman4583]

Chlopie, alez jestes cudowny z tymi organkami, ale i wogole - muza cacko...

[@chipinchina]

5:38 - what is the purpose of that tube Popper's using attached to his microphone? Is it kind of like the "Frampton" groove-tube? It honestly doesn't sound that much different to me.

[@nicksmallwood32]

I'm pretty sure it's the equivalent of an effects pedal, but for a microphone.

[@jblackbath]

It is. Its so he can access the fx easier

[@PostoTijuca]

Som animal

[@kuwinsitall]

man what a sleepy crowd

[@e34boat88]

punch of modern hippies

[@domi202]

blues traveler always gets me OFF... theres hope for you yet Pa.

[@robertk2007]

Who would have thought popper would like better than Chan?

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

How is it that he gets the solo parts of But Anyway right, but always just randomly does stuff that 'sort of' sounds similar during the Hook solo? Kind of gets on my nerves. He's a great musician. In an interview years ago, when asked to play the Hook solo, he said he "forgot the chord progression" or something like that. How does one forget that? Any musician who is moderately good can re-learn such a progression within sometimes just minutes and get used to it, so I always wondered why he strayed away from the original solo.

[@jazzguitartalk]

That’s what improvised music is. He’s in great form in this. Makes all the changes. Not to mention playing hook maybe 50% faster than the record. I’d agree kinda baffling if he really said he forgot the changes to Hook. Most musicians would be able to play it by ear. Somehow i doubt that would be any sort of a challenge for j p.

[@FlipCanon23]

Why’d they speed up Hook?! No thanks compared to the original

[@Quinn37]

If they guy would learn to play the harp these guys might have somethin' goin' on

[@donaldwood7449]

Are these the original members?

[@brucejenner3656]

I have the same question.

[@Lilylouie27]

Yes except for the bass player

[@brucejenner3656]

That would be worth seeing

[@Lilylouie27]

@@brucejenner3656 yeah I’m seeing them in July, can’t wait

[@buddydaly432]

@@Lilylouie27 red rocks?

[@scottgiacalone3038]

Can't believe Bobby's been dead over 20 years

[@mrjon75]

He was so good and just as iconic as anyone. That bass line....

[@THeRealTroy07]

I usually have a lot of mercy for people, but if this sound technician does not understand that the people need more BASS, then what is he thinking?

[@mrbetelgeuse]

Yeah but you gotta know your audience, folksy music is not really so much about the bass except to keep a steady rhythmic beat and count. The harmonica, banjo, mandolin, and fiddles are very much melodic instruments often representating the "voice" of the song. I mean I get what you're saying, the mixing is not exactly album level production, but it does at least run the median for playback when it comes to not covering up the star and soul of the overall sound.

[@mrbetelgeuse]

And more to defend your point, it's pretty much like someone spent $1k on a bad ass system and left it at the factory preset levels

[@fabioviana9765]

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[@therockstarbarber68]

To much background instruments, covering him up too much.

[@markdinicols2956]

Band sounds great..guitar player not so much...sounds sloppy

[@bobbypeeple]

someone fire the keyboard player or BAN him from playing on any song pre-Save His Soul

[@jblackbath]

Ben “Scooterbox” Wilson is one of the top most underrated rock keyboard players of the last thirty years and Id bet the damn house on it.

[@samueljohnson2465]

The keyboards sound like crap and ruin the performance. I loved blues traveler before they added the keyboards

[@wyovids]

Hook was too fast tempo

[@ryanseifferlein6785]

The guitar player is awful at harmonizing. Ruined it.

[@IAmNotFamousAnymore]

Chan found all the weight Popper lost. And then some...