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The Bee Well Buzz…
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
I can not stop buzzing about Pearl Jam and not only are they playing but they are closing the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Pearl Jam will be rocking the city of brotherly love on the 27th, 28th, 30th and 31st. I will be seeing the last two shows! I am really excited because Pearl Jam has a song called Bee Girl, so I finally get to dress up like a bee and go see Pearl Jam! What a dream….and just when I thought things could not get better, on Saturday Oct. 31st, the last show at the Spectrum EVER, I heard Pearl Jam is going to play every song in the Pearl Jam catalog. This means the shows will go until 2am!!!! These guys a crazy, and that is one reason they are my favorite band.
The Spectrum has a very special place in music history and it will be sad to see it go, yet I feel honored to be a part of the last shows. The Spectrum time line began in 1967. It hosted many sports teams, events and of course concerts. The Grateful Dead played the Spectrum 54 times, by far the most of any other musical act. The remaining members of The Grateful Dead; including Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann performed their final set of shows at the Spectrum on May 1st and 2nd, 2009; the May 2nd show was their 54th consecutive sell out at the Spectrum. The Dead closed the May 2nd show with the song Samson and Delilah. The song contains the fitting refrain "If I had my way, I would tear this old building down." The lyric was changed by bands singer Bob Weir to say "I wouldn’t tear this old building down." Well, I along with 18,368 people we will be the last people to see this old building before they tear it down.
So I went to Pearl Jam and saw them close out the Spectrum, here I am in my Bee Girl costume along with my friend Marc who was Love Boat Captain, we are Pearl Jam songs!
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Melissa contributes band interviews for the online music magazine Glide Magazine. www.glidemagazine.com please visit the magazine to read my latest interview with keyboardist Rob Marscher, he used to play in one of my favorite bands, The Addison Groove Project and is now on tour with Matistyahu. Right now they are out of the country but return to the USA at the end of October so look for them, they will be coming to a town near you.They will be coming to Vermont in November!!!!!
 Pearl Jam’s Backspacer is available! Pearl Jam’s latest album was released on the 20th, and it is pretty awesome. There is one song called Just Breathe it is #5 and I can never get enough of this song. The Fixer is what they are playing on the radio and I am pretty psyched to see it live in about a month in Philly for the closing of the Spectrum. Please visit www.beewellmassage.com , The Bee Well Buzz and comment on what you think of the album.
There are some great shows I am really buzzing about coming up in Burlington. On the 9th of October you can check out Jatoba at Manhattan Pizza, and at The Higher Ground you can see Rumble Doll for their cd release party at The Higher Ground. On October 11th one of my favorite bands Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad will be at The Higher Ground. There are going to be a lot of good shows at the HG in the next couple weeks so please visit www.highergroundmusic.com to see them all!
Don’t forget every Monday at The Metronome is Open Mike with Mike Pederson of Elephant Bear.
Hello Philadelphia….I can’t wait to come see you in a few weeks! This week all the people of Philly you can see some kick ass shows. A friend that is dear to me Mr. Jeremy Dyen is playing with Alo Brasil on Friday the 2nd at World Live Cafe with Mutlu supporting, and then you can catch a solo Jeremy Dyen set before the fabulous hip-hop group Vitamin F at
Orlieb’s Jazzhaus. Seriously these are shows you don’t want to miss! At the Keswick on the 8th of October you can catch the Yonder Mtn. String band. And in three weeks Pearl Jam comes to town for four nights, I will not miss it for the world!!!!! Buzzing… Buzzing….. |
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2006 - Farm Aid co-founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young are joined by Dave Matthews, Steel Pulse, Gov’t Mule, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gov’t Mule, Steve Earle and Allison Moorer for the organization’s 21st anniversary concert at the Tweeter Center in Camden, N.J. (I was there!!!!)
2003 - The recording industry announces it has settled 52 of the 261 suits filed against Internet users accused of trafficking in MP3s of copyrighted music.
My 30th birthday is on October 10, so I thought I would do a today in rock history for that date as well….
October 10th 1979 in Rock History
Well I just learned that I share a birthday with David Lee Roth(not the same year!)
1979 ‘The Rose’, starring Bette Midler, as a Janis Joplin-type singer, opens in Los Angeles
1979 Los Angeles declares a Fleetwood Mac Day and the band gets its own star on Hollywood Boulevard’s ‘Walk of Fame’
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
What an amazing couple weeks we have coming up for music here in Burlington VT.
On the 18th come on down to the Metronome and see Vermont’s favorite Grateful Dead cover band, The Dead Sessions, if the the Dead is not for you please come downstairs and check out the Grippo Funk with special guest Jen Hartswick.
I am very excited about the Decemberist coming to the Flynn on the 20th.
And don’t forget every Monday at the Metronome is an open mike, hosted by Mike Peterson of Elephant Bear.
It looks like the Dave Mathews Band will be playing two special nights in Camden, but people consider the Tweeter Center Philly for some reason!
4 DAYS UNTIL THE LATEST PEARL JAM ALBUM BACKSPACER IS RELEASED!
TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY
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| Happy Birthday B.B KING!
1974 Bob Dylan begins sessions for ‘Blood on the Tracks’
1977 Rolling Stones release ‘Love You Live’ LP
1978 Grateful Dead become first western rock band to headline a concert in Cairo when they play their famous ‘Pyramids’ concert
1979 First rap single, ‘Rappers Delight’ by Sugar Hill Gang, released in US
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Its almost time for the Liberate Music and Arts Festival! What do you mean you don’t have tickets yet? What are you waiting for? The Liberate Music and Arts Festival is not going to be like any other festival you have gone to! This years festival is a camp-out festival in Sheldon Vermont. There will be so many great bands there such as The New Deal, The Brew, The Ryan Monbleau Band and of course one of mine and all of Vermont’s favorite bands the Rubblebucket Orchestra and you can never go wrong with the Dead Sessions!
But that is not all, there will also be yoga classes, a wild herb and plant walk as well as a nourishment class with The Healthy Hippie and so much more……
If you are band playing at Liberate please stop by and get a massage from me! I look forward to working with you all!!!!
To read my interview with the owners of The Liberate Music and Arts Festival Ben and Jane please visit www.glidemagazine.com
As you all know I spent alot of time in Philly, and the music scene was a huge part of my life. One of my favorite bands ever from Philadelphia was a band called Townhall. Townhall is no longer together but I am very grateful to still be in touch with one of the members, George Stanford who now is out in California doing some solo work. I feel so happy that I got a chance to talk with George about these changes in his music and life. To read this special interview please visit www.glidemagazine.com
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
I am so excited to announce(for those that have not heard) PEARL JAM is going on tour to support their new album out Sept. 20th. This truly is the best news as far as music goes that I could ever hear! I am also very happy that they will get to play the Spectrum in Philadelphia one more time before they demolish it! Soon the place where I saw most of my PJ shows will be history. Pearl Jam loves Philly so I know they will throw two of the most epic shows EVER there on the 28th and 30th of October. I love Philly, I love Pearl Jam, this is going to be something not to miss. I promise not to talk about in each newsletter until then;)
Its music festival time and one of the best is coming to Vermont. If you have not got your tickets yet for Liberate, what are you waiting for? Its going to be an amazing festival full of music, health workshops, good food, and so many great people.
I was so fortunate to take Ben and Jane away from their busy lives planning Liberate to interview them for the online music magazine Glide Magazine. To read this interview please visit www.glidemagazine.com
There are a couple great shows coming to Burlington this week on July 23rd and 24th you can catch Old Crow Medicine Show at the Higher Ground. This band will get you dancing, laughing, its going to be so fun……..see you there!
TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY
Happy Birthday Don Henley!
1969 Led Zeppelin awarded gold record for first LP
1972 The Who hit US chart with ‘Join Together’, their eleventh Top 40 hit
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
WEEN on Saturday July 11th down at the waterfront. I have a list of must-see bands and WEEN has been on this list for many years and I am so excited to finally get to experience a WEEN show!
The next show I can not wait for is on Sunday July 12th, a very talented and woman dear to me, Jen Hartswick will be sharing the stage with Grace Potter and The Nocturnals.
So that has Saturday and Sunday covered but what about Friday? Well head on down to Nectar’s and check out Elephant Bear.
TONIGHT IN PHILLY: All my philly friends go and check out Umphreys McGee and Matisyahu at the Electric Factory. Tell them Bee Well Massage sent you. I have been lucky enough to sit down with the key board player for Matisyahu Rob Marscher for an interview so I will let you all know as soon as that is posted!
This year Stir Fry Music Productions brings you the Stir Fry Music Revival at Snipes Farm in Morrisville PA on Aug. 28th and 29th
Come camping and enjoy the vibes at The Stir Fry Music Revival. We are planning two days of extroverted entertainment, music and arts being held August 28th & 29th 2009 at the soon to be legendary Snipes Farm. The expanded venue at Snipes Farm is now entering its 6th year of hosting music events and is creating a buzz in the festival circuit with its 150 acre wooded grounds and non-profit Farm School, nestled close to the city limits. The end of summer throw-down features an eclectic variety of musical acts ranging from bluegrass to hip-hop and from jazz to electronica, arts and crafts vendors, commercial and food booths.
There are some really talented acts performing this year:
Brothers Past
Frog Holler
Turbine
Splintered Sunlight
The Hustle
Si Senorita
The Coyotes
Psychedelphia
and many more……
As of the now there are 51 Days, 03 Hrs, 08 Mins, 27 Secs until the fest! So get your tickets now! please visit www.stirfryproductions.com for more information.
And while we are on the subject of festivals, there is a great festival coming to VT August 21st and 22nd. It is The Liberate Music and Arts Festival. Please visit www.emp.com for more information. There will also be more information in future newsletters.
TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY
happy birthday Beck
1972 An estimated 200,000 attend Concert 10 at International Raceway New York for sets by ELO, Humble Pie and Faces, among others. However, twelve of the acts fail to show
1995 Michael Jackson : HIStory-Past, Present and Future :is no.1
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Starting with my favorite city, Philadelphia!
All my Philly friends you can see Ziggy Marley at Festival Pier at Penns Landing on the 30th of July. On the 2nd of July Sonic Youth is performing at the E-Factory followed by Umphreys McGee on the 8th of July.
Boston friends you are not being left out you got some kick ass bands coming to your city too!
The 25th at the Paradise Rock Club will be The Slip, and then on the 8th at the Paradise check out Burning Spear. On the 1st of July you can see The Marc Benevento Trio at the Museum Of Fine Arts.
And for anyone around the world reading, there are some great events coming to Vermont, the one I am most buzzing about is the Liberate Music and Arts Festival. This festival will be on August 21st and 22nd and will take place on beautiful private property in Sheldon VT. There will be so many great bands like The Brew, The New Deal, Twiddle, and so many more. You can join in on over 15 healing arts workshops. You can choose from a talk w/ Yogiraj Prem Prakash, Yoga Flow w/ Emily Garrett and DJ Tony Bonez, Live Music Meditation, Learn How Ta’ Hula, and more! Its going to be really great! Get your tickets now! For more information or to purchase tickets please visit www.liberatevt.com 
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Also here in Burlington we are about to enjoy music from The Roots, Steve Earl and Aimee Man as well as Buddy Guy, Jen Hartswick. and WEEN they will all be coming to town for the Burlington Waterfront Festival stating July 2nd
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
THE BEE WELL BUZZ….
Its Jazz Festival time here in Burlington! Can you feel it? The music, the people, and the energy through town is at an all time high and I love it! There is so much music to see that you should check out www.discoverjazz.com for a full listing.
Today I am really buzzing about a special show on Sunday the 14th. A Vermont favorite Jen Hartswick will be at the Flynn. The show is sold out so if you have tickets you are lucky, if not, she will be back to play July 12th for the Waterfront festival here in Burlington. Please visit her at. www.myspace.com/JenniferHartswick for more information on her and her music, you will not be disappointed!
I am sure by now you all know my love for Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam………
Eddie Vedder has started his solo tour on the 8th in Albany and will continue to tour all the way to Hawaii! For a full listing of his tour please visit www.pearljam.com . Pearl Jam is coming out with a new album and should be touring soon, so I will be sure to keep you all posted on that .
Stir Fry Productions Presents:
The Stir Fry Music Festival at Snipes Farm in Morrisville PA on August 28th and 29th with some really great bands:
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Brothers Past, Frog Holler, Turbine, Splintered Sunlight and The Hustle- just to name a few!
Please visit www.stirfryproductions.com for more information. If you went to the Endless Mountain Music Festival or the Our Festivals, some of the same people are throwing this festival, so you know its going to be a kick ass weekend!
Also here in Vermont we have the second Liberate Music and Arts Festival coming up August 21st and 22nd. There will be a line-up announcement soon, but I know that The Brew, Ryan Montbleau, Orchard Lounge, The Dead Sessions and Twiddle will all be there! This year is also a camp-out festival! There will be more information to follow!
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