Pantera? 
Puddle of mud? 
Who goes all the way up to Seattle and then doesn’t make the two hour drive to Vancouver. I mean the Olympics are on right then…they don’t want to be a part of that action? Not like I’d really travel all the way to Vancouver for an MMW show, but I’d love to tell my sister to go check them out.
Just received some updated MMW, Medeski, Wood Bros, and Billy Martin dates:
MMW Tour Dates
02/17/10: San Diego, CA - House of Blues
02/18/10: Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
02/19/10: Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
02/20/10: Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
02/21/10: San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
02/23/10: Petaluma, CA - The Mystic
02/24/10: Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club Crown Room
02/25/10: Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
02/26/10: Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
02/27/10: Seattle, WA - Showbox at The Market
04/08/10: Osaka, JAPAN - Janus Osaka
04/09/10: Nagoya, JAPAN - The Bottom Line
04/10/10: Tokyo, JAPAN - Shibuya O-EAST
06/05/10: Houston, TX - Free Press Summer Fest
6/10-6/13: Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival*
*Performance date to be determined
Click on Tour Dates for more information.
John, Billy and Chris will be signing merchandise after each show in February. The Radiolarians Box Set will be sold on the road ($90 cash only)
John Medeski Dates
Medeski in Russia
3/11/10: St. Petersburg, RUSSIA - Music Hall Theater **
3/12/10: Moscow, RUSSIA - DK Gorbunova **
3/14/10: Kiev, UKRAINE - Central Dom Oficerov **
**with Fedorov, Volkov, Ribot and Smith
Medeski US dates
3/26/10: Stone Ridge, NY-High Meadow PAC (Benefit for High Meadow School)
3/27/10: NYC, NY - BB Kings (Benefit for New England Conservatory)
4/17/10: Live Oak, FL - Wanee Music Fest with The Word
4/23/10: Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theatre with Grizzly Adams
4/30/10: Philadelphia, PA -The Kimmel Center (Organ Jam)
The Wood Brothers Dates
Click on The Wood Brothers Tour Page for more information
03/05/10: Ithaca, NY - The State Theatre (s/f Levon Helm)
03/11/10: Annapolis, MD - Rams Head on Stage
03/12/10: Richmond, VA - Capital Ale House
03/13/10: Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
03/14/10: Charlotte, NC - The Visulite
03/16/10: Virginia Beach, VA - The Jewish Mother
03/17/10: Vienna, VA - Jammin’ Java
03/18/10: Teaneck, NJ - Mexicali Live
03/19/10: New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03/20/10: Woodstock, NY - The Midnight Ramble (s/f Levon Helm)
Billy Martin Dates
03/09/10: Brooklyn, NY - Rose Live
Part of Rose Live’s Drummer Series, this series focuses on drummers as leaders. Billy will play one solo set and a second set with the Fang Percussion Ensemble.
04/21/10: Hattiesburg, MO with Marco Benevento
04/23/10: New Orleans, LA with Marco Benevento
MMW Design Contest
Calling all MMW Fans.
We are looking for a new logo for MMW’s record label, Indirecto Records.
The designer of the selected logo will win a signed copy of Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set, a pair of tickets to an upcoming MMW show, a chance to sit in during an MMW soundcheck AND a Meet & Greet with the band.
Hmm. Some of those solo shows may be reasonable for me. I did not get either of these newsletters and I don’t know why.
Yea I am super interested in both the Medeski show in NYC and the Billy Martin gig in Brooklyn. Would love to see Billy Martin with Marco Benevento, but those locales are a bit far for me xD
Medeski in Russia
3/11/10: St. Petersburg, RUSSIA - Music Hall Theater **
3/12/10: Moscow, RUSSIA - DK Gorbunova **
3/14/10: Kiev, UKRAINE - Central Dom Oficerov **
**with Fedorov, Volkov, Ribot and Smith
These shows sound pretty fun to me, both music and locale-wise. A little out of the way though.
Last nights LA show was dope, had a great time with the lady. MMW ROCK!
^Glad to hear you had a good time!
Definitely going to make it to NYC to see Medeski. That’ll be a nice treat. The Billy show in Brooklyn also sounds interesting. Great minds, PYK. 
^ Getting ready for illyB … which other OKPers will be there … Marco??
super excited
More MMW Dates added, including S. America and Europe tour.
05/14/10: Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA - Teatro Coliseo
05/15/10: Cordoba, ARGENTINA - Teatro Libertador
05/16/10: Montevideo, URUGUAY - La Trastienda Club
05/18/10: Neuquen, ARGENTINA - Teatro Espanol
06/04/10: Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (John Butler Trio)
06/05/10: Houston, TX - Free Press Summer Fest
06/13/10: Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06/14/10: Norfolk, VA - The Norva
06/28/10: Ottawa, ONTARIO - Ottawa International Jazz Festival
08/01/10: Big Indian, NY - CAMP MMW
08/02/10: Big Indian, NY - CAMP MMW
08/03/10: Big Indian, NY - CAMP MMW
08/04/10: Big Indian, NY - CAMP MMW
08/05/10: Big Indian, NY - CAMP MMW
08/06/10: Big Indian, NY - CAMP MMW
09/10/10: Medellin, COLOMBIA - Teatro Metropolitano
09/11/10: Bogota, COLOMBIA - Teatro Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
09/12/10: Bogota, COLOMBIA - Parque de los Novios
09/23/10: Denzlingen, GERMANY - Between the Beats Jazz Festival
09/24/10: Paris, FRANCE - Le Bataclan
09/25/10: Istanbul, TURKEY - Salon
09/26/10: Istanbul, TURKEY - Salon
09/27/10: Zurich, SWITZERLAND - Moods
09/28/10: Girona, SPAIN - Auditori de Girona
09/30/10: Innsbruck, AUSTRIA - Treibhaus
10/01/10: Leipzig, GERMANY - Leipzig Festival
^ Jay, you beat me to it!
We should meet up at a MMW gig one of these days … oh but why do they not play in NYC more often?!
lets plan a Istanbul!
You have no room to complain about not getting enough NYC-area shows! Try living in Michigan, THEN you can talk about how rarely you get to see these guys. 
But yeah, maybe someday we’ll catch the trio together, and I can hound you in person about how integral Chris Wood is to their sound. 
You certainly can try, Justin… not sure how successful you will be … I would love to hear a concert with just Billy Martin and John Medeski.
6.14 Norfolk, Va. I’m seeing MMW!
finally…I don’t think I’ve ever seen them indoors before…
the bill also says “pre-phish party with a special guest”
Just looked at this email a little while ago. Looks like my best and only bet on seeing them this summer is Ottawa Jazz Festival. Could be tight time-wise, but well worth it.
New Dates for MMW & Members:
MMW:
03/02/11: Beaver Creek, CO - Vilar P.A.C.
03/03/11: Aspen, CO - Belly Up, Aspen
03/04/11: Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
03/05/11: Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
03/07/11: Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
03/08/11: Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
03/09/11: San Francisco, CA - The Independent
03/10/11: San Francisco, CA - The Independent
03/11/11: Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
03/12/11: San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Billy Martin:
Billy Martin “Life on Drums” Promo Tour:
Billy and his first drum teacher, Allen Herman, will be leading performance workshops in California January 29, 30th in support of Billy’s newest instructional drum DVD. Billy will also play a one-off concert at San Francisco’s Boom Boom Room with Wil Blades.
01/29/11: Emeryville, CA (2-4PM)- Expression Digital Arts College
01/29/11: San Francisco, CA (9:45PM)- Boom Boom Room with Wil Blades
01/30/11: San Francisco, CA (2-4PM) - California Percussion
Billy’s other dates:
03/29/11: NYC, NY - The Stone with DJ Olive and Ikue
03/30/11: NYC, NY - Lincoln Center as part of Medeski Martin & Dunn, John Zorn’s MASADA Marathon
04/14/11: Charleston, SC - Pour House performing with Medeski as MAGO
Medeski:
John will be reuniting with Jack Bruce (Cream), Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz) as part of The Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute Band. After having first played Japan in 2009, this all-star ensemble will come together once again to pay tribute to the revolutionary drummer, Tony Williams, and his band Lifetime:
Jan 27-30 (8PM, 10:30PM): NYC, NY - Blue Note
Feb 2-5 (8PM, 10PM): Oakland, CA - Yoshi’s Oakland
Feb 7-8 (7:30PM, 9:30PM): Seattle, WA - Jazz Alley
John’s other dates
2/18/11: Northampton, MA - “A World of Piano” series (Medeski solo piano concert) [<— Definitely gonna hit that one]
3/28/11: NYC, NY - Merkin Concert Hall (Medeski performance with “So Percussion and Bobby Previte”)
3/30/11: NYC, NY - Lincoln Center as part of Medeski Martin & Dunn, John Zorn’s MASADA Marathon
4/01/11: Saratoga Springs, NY- Skidmore College (Medeski performance with Lee Shaw Trio)
4/14/11: Charleston, SC - Pour House performing with Martin as MAGO
Wood Brothers
01/27/11: Vancouver, CANADA -Biltmore Cabaret
01/28/11: Seattle, WA - Triple Door
01/29/11: Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
01/30/11: Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
02/01/11: Petaluma, CA - Mystic Theatre
02/02/11: San Francisco, CA - Yoshi’s
02/03/11: Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door
02/04/11: Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Cafe
02/05/11: San Diego, CA - Anthology
02/10/11: NYC, NY - Carnegie Hall (Neil Young Tribute)
03/24/11: Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
03/25/11: New York City, NY- City Winery
03/26/11: Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
03/27/11: Harrisburg, PA- Abbey Bar
03/29/11: Kent, OH- Kent Stage
03/30/11: Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
04/01/11: Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
04/02/11: Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
04/03/11: Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
man, fuck the crofoot!
damn that’s a sick west coast run in March! Wish they’d sprinkle in a MT date. 
I’d think about cruisin to boise if I wasn’t already doin umphrey’s that weekend