After a long night of music on the first night of the Jam, I rested up and felt ready for the second night’s festivities. The headliners for the second night were:
- Aquarium Rescue Unit
- O.A.R.
- Michael Franti & Friends
- Gregg Allman & Friends
- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- Gov’t Mule
- Xmas Jam Band
In addition, there was a nice array of special guests: Craig Sorrells, Bill Evans, Roosevelt Collier, Casey Driessen, Mike Seal, Dr. Dan Matrazzo, Billy Thornton, Ron Holloway, Mike Barnes, Ron Johnson, Jeff Sipe, Audley Freed, Count M’Butu, and John Scofield.
I had seen all the main acts before, with the exception of Aquarium Rescue Unit and O.A.R. I was totally unfamiliar with O.A.R., but had heard of them. I have to say, they were really good. Their version of Led Zeppelin’s “Fool in the Rain” with Warren Haynes sitting in on guitar was excellent.
Of all the bands performing that night, I was most excited about Aquarium Rescue Unit. I’d seen Col. Bruce Hampton several times, and was pretty psyched to see the classic ARU reunited for a live performance. They did not disappoint at all, even though my expectations were high. They totally jammed from beginning to end. Unfortunately, this would be my last time seeing Col. Bruce. Just a few years later, he would die in a way that every musician dreams about. He was on stage with a stellar list of musicians, celebrating his 70th birthday with a concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. While jamming with his friends, in the middle of performing the Grateful Dead’s “Lovelight” as an encore, he collapsed on stage and died. Here is the Jambase article about his death. When I go, I hope it’s like that; guitar in hand and surrounded by my friends.
Anyway, back to the Christmas Jam.
The rest of the night was incredible. It had to be to keep me up until 3:00 am again. While ARU was the highlight for me as far as bands go, the definite high point of the entire night was when Gregg Allman kicked off his set with “Statesboro Blues.” I can’t think of a better Allman Brothers’ tune to open a set.
Speaking of sets, I could not find all the setlists, but here are the ones I was able to locate. Rock on!
Setlists:
Warren Haynes and Craig Sorrells
- Hope She’ll Be Happier
O.A.R.
- About Mr. Brown
- Dareh Meyod
- Black Rock
- Fool in the Rain (with Warren Haynes)
- Peace
- Heaven
- That Was a Crazy Game of Poker
Aquarium Rescue Unit
- Fixin’ to Die
- Elevator to the Moon
- Basically Frightened
- Compared to What
- Yield Not to Temptation (with Bill Evans and Roosevelt Collier)
- Space Is the Place (with Warren Haynes, Casey Driessen, Roosevelt Collier, Bill Evans, Mike Seal, Dan Matrazzo, Billy Thornton, Ron Hollaway)
- Right Now (with Ron Holloway, Mike Seal, Casey Driessen, Roosevelt Collier, Bill Evans, Ike Stubblefield, Billy Thornton, Craig Sorrell)
Michael Franti & Friends
- I Got Love for You
- I Don’t Wanna Go
- The Sound of Sunshine (with Mike Barnes)
- 11.59 (with Mike Barnes)
- Let It Go
- Life Is Better With You (with Warren Haynes, Artimus Pyle, and Chris Pyle)
- Say Hey (I Love You)
- Hey World
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- Medicine >
- The Divide >
- Big White Gate
- Stop the Bus >
- Paris (Ooh La La) >
- The Lion the Beast the Beat >
- Nothing but the Water
- Gimme Some Lovin’
Gregg Allman & Friends
(Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Audley Freed, Ron Johnson, Jeff Sipe, Count M’Butu)
- Statesboro Blues
- Just Another Rider (with Bill Evans, Ron Holloway, Craig Sorrells , Greg Hollowell)
- Soulshine (with Bill Evans, Ron Holloway, Craig Sorrells, Greg Hollowell)
- Stormy Monday
- Dreams (with Oteil Burbridge, Bill Evans)
- One Way Out (with Oteil Burbridge)
Gov’t Mule
- Hottentot (with John Scofield and Dr. Dan Matrazzo)
- Doing It to Death (with John Scofield and Dr. Dan Matrazzo)
- Sco-Mule (with John Scofield, Dr. Dan Matrazzo, Ron Holloway)
- Kind of Bird (with John Scofield and Bill Evans)
- Whisper in Your Soul (with Grace Potter)
- Gold Dust Woman (with Grace Potter)
The Stub Collection 