Lesser-Known Jam Bands

**JKL2000** · 01-21-2016

Doing a little searching around the interwebs, and there seem to be some lesser-known jam bands I've never heard of. The two I just came across seem to both be from North Carolina: The Mantras and Papadosio. Then there's Consider The Source, who played at ProgDay a few years back.

Anyone familiar with the first two I mentioned?

Anyone have any recommendations for more obscure jam bands? Not sure if there's much I'll like, or much need for it given there are so many Phish, Umphrey's, Ozrics, etc. recordings out there. Just thought I'd stir up some conversation!

**Digital_Man** · 01-21-2016

Ozric Tentacles

I mention them only because they aren't that well known as a jam band(at least to us). However, I'm sure most people on there know about them.

There's the string cheese incident and Moe. Those two are fairly known in jam band circles though.

You mentioned Progday. There was a band who played there a few years ago or so called Out of the Beardspace who are apparently jammy.

**ronmac** · 01-21-2016

North Mississippi All-Stars

**mike_hunt** · 01-21-2016

Quite familiar with The Mantras. Being from NC, they tour pretty heavily around here and I see them every chance I get. Really talented musicians that just keep getting better and better.

Aquarium Rescue Unit
STS9 (especially their older live material from the early 2000s)
Tauk
Toubab Krewe
Kung Fu
Tiny Boxes (ex-Gong guitar player Bon Lozaga's band)
Lotus (especially the albums Nomad and Escaping Sargasso Sea)
Medeski Martin & Wood
The New Deal

**SteveSly** · 01-21-2016

There is a band called Tauk who I will be seeing opening for Umphrey’s a week from Saturday. I have checked out some of their stuff and dig it a lot.

Another good one is Particle. I only have their first album but it is excellent.

Thank You Scientists is kind of jammy in spots. You may have seen them at ProgDay or ROSfest.

**JKL2000** · 01-21-2016

Originally Posted by SteveSly

There is a band called Tauk who I will be seeing opening for Umphrey’s a week from Saturday. I have checked out some of their stuff and dig it a lot.

Another good one is Particle. I only have their first album but it is excellent.

Thank You Scientists is kind of jammy in spots. You may have seen them at ProgDay or ROSfest.

I have tix for Umphrey's this Saturday, though I may not be able to go. Didn't even think about the weather, but that could be a factor too. But it might make the show more fun. But anyway, Tauk is opening then too.

I saw Thank You Scientist on CTTE, and loved them. They're a lot like Coheed & Cambria and
The Mars Volta.

**spacefreak** · 01-22-2016

Disco Biscuits
The Space Spectrum
Krautzone
Reversed Nature
Oresund Space Collective

**r2daft2** · 01-22-2016

Jam bands always seemed to be a US phenomenon to me.
I'm not aware of any jam bands here in the UK - Man were probably the nearest we've had! (there's an opportunity here for someone to prove me wrong)
Its our loss really - I have a particular fondness for Phish above any of the others I've heard.
I've never been to a concert by any jam band and I think its my loss - there's never a great incentive to go to consecutive shows on any tour here to hear changing setlists.

**Finch Platte** · 01-22-2016

Originally Posted by SteveSly

There is a band called Tauk who I will be seeing opening for Umphrey’s a week from Saturday. I have checked out some of their stuff and dig it a lot.

Another good one is Particle. I only have their first album but it is excellent.

Thank You Scientists is kind of jammy in spots. You may have seen them at ProgDay or ROSfest.

Please report back with your impressions of Tauk.

**Yves** · 01-22-2016

A few I enjoy:

Aqueous:

The Breakfast:

Ultraviolet Hippopotamus:

**SteveSly** · 01-22-2016

Originally Posted by r2daft2

Jam bands always seemed to be a US phenomenon to me.
I'm not aware of any jam bands here in the UK - Man were probably the nearest we've had! (there's an opportunity here for someone to prove me wrong)
Its our loss really - I have a particular fondness for Phish above any of the others I've heard.
I've never been to a concert by any jam band and I think its my loss - there's never a great incentive to go to consecutive shows on any tour here to hear changing setlists.

I am a huge Umphrey’s McGee fan, who in my opinion, are the proggiest of the all of the current jam bands here. I think they have tried touring Europe, but never made many inroads there and are much bigger on this side of the pond. I never really thought about it much before, but yes it does seem to be more of an American phenomenon.

**nycsteve** · 01-22-2016

Blue Floyd. Excellent.

**Dana5140** · 01-22-2016

Yonder Mountain String Band
Leftover Salmon

**Digital_Man** · 01-22-2016

I just heard about this band called Simo who sound really good. Very retro, bluesy psychedelic.

https://www.youtube.com/user/SIMOtheband

**R_burke** · 01-22-2016

Originally Posted by JKL2000

Doing a little searching around the interwebs, and there seem to be some lesser-known jam bands I've never heard of. The two I just came across seem to both be from North Carolina: The Mantras and Papadosio. Then there's Consider The Source, who played at ProgDay a few years back.

Anyone familiar with the first two I mentioned?

Anyone have any recommendations for more obscure jam bands? Not sure if there's much I'll like, or much need for it given there are so many Phish, Umphrey's, Ozrics, etc. recordings out there. Just thought I'd stir up some conversation!

I listen to and like Papadosio - here's a link to 24 bit Flac files of a fairly recent concert https://archive.org/details/papadosio2015-11-15

**ronmac** · 01-22-2016

Originally Posted by nycsteve

Blue Floyd. Excellent.

YEs, they were. Forgot about them.

Talk about some long shows.

**ronmac** · 01-22-2016

I'm kinda surprised Widespread Panic hasn't been mentioned.

**Yves** · 01-22-2016

The Breakfast set I posted above is a really good show. Too band the audience only outnumbers the band by a margin of 3 to 1.

**Digital_Man** · 01-22-2016

Originally Posted by ronmac

I'm kinda surprised Widespread Panic hasn't been mentioned.

I've heard of them just forgot about them.

**JKL2000** · 01-22-2016

Originally Posted by r2daft2

I'm not aware of any jam bands here in the UK - Man were probably the nearest we've had! (there's an opportunity here for someone to prove me wrong)

There was Ozric Tentacles, but they moved to the US (after changing personnel some).

Spacefreak, I like Oresund Space Collective!

Oh, The Spacious Mind!