remember that band you used to see back in the day?

Post date: 2021-06-19 02:15:51

Give me your happy, hippy-dippy, light as air, love-is-all-you-need festy music - but from local/regional bands from the late 80s-early 90s.

I just re-listened to an old DC-area band I saw a lot in my 20s and holy cow did it fill my cup! New Potato Caboose were a sort-of jamband whose originals were as good or better than their Grateful Dead covers, and their songs hold up really well for what they are - happy, hopeful, innocent, a little bit poetic but without taking themselves seriously. Obviously I'm nostalgic and it's subjective but I can't help thinking they would've killed it on the festival circuit today if they hadn't come up in the arena-hairband era.

I have a hugely busy weekend ahead and a few heavy things on my mind to work through, and a chill-positive playlist that evokes simpler days is just what I need to stay energized.

So who was that band in your area? The one that played field parties and clubs and released a CD but they were better on stage than in the studio and they got to mid-sized regional venues before fading away and you're smiling right now thinking about them for the first time in years (I feel like there should be a name for this sub-sub-sub-category of music) ... who's that band for you?

(I already know Franti/Phish and other contemporary festival/jambands, I'm looking for the local bands that were playing when they were in the audience.)

Backstories/memories please, links if possible, and - if it matters - what should I listen to first?

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