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View NotesThe Jed Luckless Band returns once more to Purple Rain in Secondlife to close out an awesome four-show run at the venue. With the band striving to pull off a "no-repeat" policy for the series, The JLB reaches deep, delivering a show full of cool jams, original debuts and dueling percussionists.

The show opens on a cover of the Talking Head's "Cities" sung by Kenny Kaufman, with an extended jam right off the bat that segues into another cover, "Happy Hour Hero" by moe. With unplayed originals sparse, the band relies on covers and new JLB tunes to achieve their no-repeat goal. Up next is a JLB debut of the Jed Luckless song "I Love You," which the band jams out nicely before moving back to covers with "Hotel Window" by String Cheese Incident and the Dylan classic "All Along The Watchtower." The 'Watchtower' jam is one of the best of the night and it glides nicely into the Grateful Dead's "New Speedway Boogie," driven by Mark Gutenplan on vocals and electric guitar. The first set wraps up with another debut Jed original, the blue grassy "Forgot To Forget You."

Second set features a smaller unit as Mark had to depart the show midway, but the band's special guest Mike Dickman helps make up for it with an great performance on percussion. The set begins with the Grateful Dead classic "Shakedown Street" and the band opens it up into the longest jam of the night, where Pete Martine shines on the drum kit accompanied by his long time friend Mike D. on conga and bongos. The two deliver an energetic drum duet complete with Beastie Boys tease from Mike D. before Jed and Ken jump back and in and the band shifts into another original debut, a new Jed tune called "Feel" that's sure to be a standout power ballad in the future. The fourth debut of the night comes next, a fun stoytime tune called "Ten Ounces," followed by a high-energy run at Phish's "First Tube." 

The band closes the show with a dedication to the venue and host, belting out a fun version of Prince's "Purple Rain," to end a great run of four shows at the Purple Rain venue. This is a fun and jammy show with alot of percussion and a ton of new JLB material. Check it out and enjoy!