{"id":8379,"date":"2026-01-28T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/introducing-the-new-uncut-the-velvet-underground-jeff-buckley-bob-weir-kim-gordon-damon-albarn-and-more-153030\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:18:54","slug":"introducing-the-new-uncut-the-velvet-underground-jeff-buckley-bob-weir-kim-gordon-damon-albarn-and-more-153030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/introducing-the-new-uncut-the-velvet-underground-jeff-buckley-bob-weir-kim-gordon-damon-albarn-and-more-153030\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the new Uncut: The Velvet Underground, Jeff Buckley, Bob Weir, Kim Gordon, Damon Albarn and more"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not long after he filed his tribute to Bob Weir for this issue of Uncut, Jon Dale emailed me a YouTube link, noting \u201cone of his finest moments was taking part in this madness…\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Not long after he filed his tribute to Bob Weir for this issue of Uncut, Jon Dale emailed me a YouTube link, noting \u201cone of his finest moments was taking part in this madness\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t, as you might think, footage of the Grateful Dead at the height of the Acid Tests phenomenon. Instead, it showed Weir jamming on a late-night \u201990s TV show with Bongwater and Screamin\u2019 Jay Hawkins, playing a suitably chaotic version of Roky Erickson\u2019s \u201cYou Don\u2019t Love Me Yet\u201d. Here, it implied, was Weir linking the Grateful Dead\u2019s \u201960s psychedelic rock to both its roots and its experimental heirs. It also reminded us of the qualities that made Weir and the Dead so distinctive.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur whole approach dawned on us relatively slowly,\u201d Weir told John Robinson in 2020. \u201cIt became apparent that we were up to something a little different than most musical ensembles were trying to achieve. We took a lot of direction early on from the John Coltrane Quartet and Miles Davis\u2026 which relied heavily on improvisation but also on listening closely to each other and working off what the other band members were saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read John\u2019s interview in full \u2013 the majority of it unpublished until now \u2013 alongside Jon\u2019s tribute and some warm testimonials from friends and acolytes in our celebration of Weir\u2019s remarkable life and legacy.<\/p>\n

What else? A lot, of course. Take a trip Downtown circa 1966 as Tom Pinnock uncovers some eye-opening revelations about The Velvet Underground via a bunch of new interviews. You\u2019ll also find Tom\u2019s story illustrated with a number of previously unseen photos of the band from the Billy Name archives.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more \u2013 including Kim Gordon, Damon Albarn, Jeff Buckley, Shabaka, Peter Gabriel, Happy Mondays, Pat Metheny, Robert Finley and The Clash. But I\u2019ll leave you with Iron & Wine\u2019s Sam Beam, who offers some wisdom to Fiona Shepherd on our reviews pages: \u201cI\u2019m always trying to shake things up in one way or another, and experimenting with genre is a fun one.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a spirit that echoes the adventurous, improvisational ethos that made Weir and the Dead so singular.<\/p>\n

Until next month\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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