Warren Haynes' Pre-Christmas Jam
The Orange Peel
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Dec 9, 2011

This post is all about freely sharing some great music, spreading the vibe of these bands, increasing sales of their goods and attendance at their shows, promoting the great work of Habitat For Humanity and having a little fun.

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The Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam, an annual benefit for Habitat For Humanity, celebrates it's 23rd year in Asheville, NC in 2011. This is an incredible annual event where an amazing list of musicians donate their time to participate - all proceeds go straight to the cause. Warren always manages to bring a great group of musicians together for an even greater cause.

Warren stages a shorter pre-jam before the real jam the next night at the Civic Center. Now short is a relative term meaning different things to different individuals. Here's Warren's definition - 30+ songs clocking in at just under 5 hours.

Here's a list of some of the artists on this one. They float in and out. Lots of musical styles represented. Very diverse....and a helluva lot of fun.

Warren Haynes
Gov't Mule
Phil Lesh
Los Lobos
Bela Fleck
Jeff Chimenti
Joe Russo
Jackie Green
Planet Of The Abts
Bill Evans
Kevn Kinney
Jeff Sipe
Sarah Lee Guthrie
Johnny Irion
Mike Barnes
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Tracklist:

=======Note: (cut &amp; cut in) - refers only to the broadcast not to any of the actual songs=======

Warren Haynes-
1. intro / River's Gonna Rise (06:29)
2. A Friend To You (05:46)
3. annonuncements (05:06)

Planet Of the Abts-
4. Opening Jam&gt; (05:42)
5. Planet (Pt. 2) (07:35)
6. Deep Into Self (07:10)
7. Off the Hook (06:36)
8. Planet (Pt. 1) ^^ (10:41)
9. Dressed Up Looking Fine ^^ (07:08) (cut)

Kevn Kinney's Christmas Jamboree-
10. Here Comes a Regular (09:08) (cut in)
11. A Good Country Mile (15:47)

Jackie Greene &amp; Friends-
12. Eyesight To the Blind (06:49)
13. Hollywood (07:21)
14. Don't Let Me Down $$ (09:16) (cut)

Jeff Sipe, Bela Fleck &amp; Friends-
15. Monkey See (10:51) (cut in)
16. Spanish Point (10:53)
17. Soulgrass (12:01)
18. Flapperette &gt; Improv &gt; The Ballad Of Jed Clampett (10:32) (cut)

Los Lobos-
19. intro to Los Lobos (03:01) (cut in)
20. La Venganza De Los Pelados $$ (05:49)
21. This Bird's Gonna Fly (04:30)
22. Evangeline (03:18)
23. Yo Canto (05:20)
24. 300 Pounds Of Joy $$^^ (07:48)
25. Killing Floor $$^^ (05:18)
26. Mas y Mas $$^^ (09:49) (cut)

Gov't Mule-
27. Trane (09:44) (cut in)
28. Eternity's Breath &gt; Goin' Out West (07:17)
29. Come On In My Kitchen @ (09:44)
30. Devil Likes It Slow&gt; ** (08:24)
31. Devil Likes it Slow(con't) ** (07:20)
32. Dear Mr.Fantasy&gt; # (14:30)

Phil Lesh &amp; Friends-
33. New Speedway Boogie&gt; (17:26)
34. All Along the Watchtower&gt; (07:18)
35. Franklin's Tower (11:39)

Warren Haynes-
Warren Haynes - guitar, vox

Planet Of the Abts-
Matt Abts - drums, percussion, lead &amp; b.vox
Jorgen Carlsson - bass, guitar, percussion, tamborine, b.vox
T-Bone Andersson - guitar, keys, percussion, lead &amp; b.vox
^^=w/ Danny Louis - valve trombone

Kevin Kinney's Christmas Jamboree:
Kevn Kinney - guitar, harmonica, vox
Danny Louis - keys
Jackie Greene - guitar, vox
Rocky Lindsley - drums
Sarah Lee Guthrie - b.vox
Johnny Irion - b.vox
Jorgen Carlsson - bass
Mike Barnes - guitar, b.vox

Jackie Greene &amp; Friends:
Jackie Greene - guitar, vox
Jorgen Carlsson - bass
Danny Louis - valve trombone
Mike Barnes - guitar, b.vox
Jeff Chimenti - keys
Joe Russo - drums
$$=w/ Warren Haynes - guitar, vox

Jeff Sipe, Bela Fleck &amp; Friends:
Bela Fleck - banjo
Jeff Sipe - drums
Bill Evans - sax
Taylor Lee - bass
Casey Driessen - fiddle, vox

Los Lobos:
David Hidalgo - guitar, accordion, fiddle, requinto jarocho, vox
Louie Perez - guitar, drums, jarana huasteca, vox
Cesar Rosas - guitar, bajo sexto, vox
Conrad Lozano - bass, guitarron, vox
Steve Berlin - keys, horns
Cougar Estrada - drums, percussion
$$=w/ Warren Haynes - guitar, vox
^^=w/ Danny Louis - valve trombone

Gov't Mule:
Matt Abts - drums, percussion, vox
Warren Haynes - guitar, vox
Jorgen Carlsson - bass
Danny Louis - keys, guitar, trumpet, valve trombone, vox
@=w/ Bela Fleck - banjo
**=w/ Bill Evans - sax
#=w/ Phil Lesh(bass), David Hidalgo(guitar, vox) &amp; Jeff Chimenti(keys)

Phil Lesh &amp; Friends:
Phil Lesh - bass, vox
Warren Haynes - guitar, vox
Jackie Greene - guitar, vox
Jeff Chimenti - keys, vox
Joe Russo - drums, percussion

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The complete setlist will probably be posted on http://www.xmasjam.com/2011/ very soon, possibly before I even get this up and rollin'. Looks like I'll take the lazy man's way out and y'all can get the accurate lowdown on the songs performed there. She may not be tracked perfectly. I'll get that outta the way up front.

One of the highlights of this event for me each year is the cool cover songs. Among the artists covered this year - The Replacements, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf, Traffic and The Beatles.

This is an FM with some minimal fuzzies here and there (we're still using the barbed wire surrounding our pastures, tractor parts and coffee cans to jump the FM up to the house out here in the country) but these are mostly unnoticeable during the musical portions. Hopefully if there's a cleaner copy out there and someone has the inclination to invest the time to track and post this behemoth they will do so. Check the samples and use the democratic process.

As has become a holiday tradition, here's one from Yer Ol' Uncle Doodee Claus. Y'all enjoy.

Trade only. Support Warren Haynes and all the artists by buying their records and merchandise and attending their shows. More importantly, please support Habitat For Humanity. Support your local public radio station as well.

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