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CANNIFEST 2024 – Humboldt County Throws A Proper Party

September 17, 2024October 7, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, cannabis, cannabis and music, cannabis culture, cannifest, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, ganja, graffiti, hip hop, humboldt county, lettuce, live art wall, Nigel hall, object heavy, Oteil Burbridge, Shira Elias, The Nth Power, weed

Each year on the weekend after Labor Day, the renowned NorCal cannabis community cultivates a colorful, multi-faceted soiree in the mainland marijuana Mecca of Humboldt County, and they call it CANNIFEST.

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WE’RE GONNA GROOVE TONIGHT: NOLA Jazz Fest Remains The Spice of Life [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, alex wasily, blue nile, Eric Benny Bloom, eric krasno, george porter jr., ian neville, Ivan Neville, jazz fest after dark, Jazz Fest Fairgrounds, lettuce, Maple Leaf Bar, Midnight Preserves, Music Box Village, Nels Cline, New Orleans, Nick Daniels III, Nikki Glaspie, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, papa mali, preservation hall, Queen Latifah, raja kassis, skerik, soul brass band, stanton moore, The Headhunters, the iceman special, The Nth Power, Tipitina's, tony hall, Toubab Krewe, weedie braimah and the hands of time, wil blades

For 20 years since the turn of the millennium, I’ve been fortunate to immerse myself in the most historic—and vibrant—musical mecca in the country, an amateur musicologist embedded in her bountiful bosom.

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Lettuce Stages Fiery Four-Night Run At Blue Note NYC With Buckshot, Brand Nubian, Mike Stern [B.Getz on L4LM]

June 19, 2023June 22, 2023 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, black moon, Blue Note, blue note new york, brand nubian, buckshot, Eric Benny Bloom, grand puba, jesus coomes, lettuce, lord jamar, mike stern, Nigel hall, rashawn ross, Ryan Zoidis

Reverence, respect, lineage, and legacy were on lustrous display last weekend at the venerable Blue Note New York, as Lettuce returned to the famed venue for the first time since 2018.

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Diary Of A Mad Band: LETTUCE Completes West Coast Run In Lake Tahoe & San Francisco [B.Getz on L4LM]

February 5, 2023February 6, 2023 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Bay Area, CBC, Crystal Bay Casino, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, funk it blog, instrumental hip-hop, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce unify, lettuce west coast tour, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul, The Fillmore, unify

Celebrating 30 years since first coalescing as a collective in early-’90s Boston, and two decades on from the famed tour that gave us Live in Tokyo, Lettuce is still mining new avenues of creative progression and elevating their craft.

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LETT ME RIDE: Lettuce Wraps Southeast Run In Mobile & NOLA [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 26, 2022November 29, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce tour, mobile, New Orleans, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul kitchen, Tipitina's, unify, unify tour

Future-funk-hop pioneers Lettuce stormed the Southeast in mid-November, lookin’ live on arrival and feelin’ so fresh ‘n’ so clean.

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Bump City: Lettuce Unifies Tower Of Power And The Colorado Symphony At Red Rocks [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 27, 2022July 28, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, colorado, colorado symphony orchestra, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, funk band, FunkCity.net, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce with the colorado symphony, Nigel hall, red rocks, red rocks amphitheatre, Ryan Zoidis, tower of power

On a glorious midsummer evening in Morrison, Colorado, future-funk-hop collective Lettuce and pioneering East Bay funk/soul icons Tower of Power took over the palatial Red Rocks Amphitheatre, both bands augmented by the 60-piece Colorado Symphony Orchestra. ‘

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LETT The World Know: Lettuce Drops 8th Studio Album, ‘Unify’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

June 3, 2022June 7, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Bootsy Collins, deitch beats don't quit, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, Keep That Funk Alive, KTFA, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce unify, lettuce unify album, lettuce unify album review, lettucefunk, Nick Daniels III, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, shmeeans, William "Bootsy" Collins, Zoid

Psychedelic funk-hop pioneers Lettuce hoo-ride back into town with their eighth full-length LP, the appropriately-titled Unify.

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A Blissful Blast Back To NOLA Jazz Fest 2022 [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 19, 2022June 12, 2022 B.Getz butcher brown, covid, covid-19, dinner party, Dumpstaphunk, Eric Benny Bloom, george porter jr., Ivan Neville, Jazz Fest, jesus coomes, JOhn Medeski, lettuce, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Nigel hall, robert glasper, Ryan Zoidis, skerik, soul brass band, Tipitina's, worship my organ

Jazz Fest is an unparalleled experience of live American roots music, international sounds, delectable regional cuisine, and a whirlwind dose of Bayou culture all rolled up into one satiating pilgrimage and celebration.

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Bring Back The Love: Lettuce Slays Sold-Out Shows in Lake Tahoe & San Francisco [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 14, 2021December 16, 2021 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, bring back the love, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, hip hop, jamband, jazz funk, jesus coomes, lake tahoe, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettucefunk, live lettuce, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, san francisco

Surfing a wave of sold-out shows in the last month of this dizzying year, future-funk sorcerers Lettuce barreled into the the final frontier on the white-hot West Coast leg of their Bring Back the Love Tour 2021.

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LETTUCE Rages Lake Dillon, CO: Funkin’ With Cory Henry, Judith Hill, & Flamingosis [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 7, 2021July 9, 2021 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch drums, adam shmeeans smirnoff, cory henry, dillon amphitheater, Eric Benny Bloom, flamingosis, funk music, isaiah sharkey, jesus coomes, judith hill, LaRon Lockett, lettuce, lettuce funk, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis

The veteran ensemble LETTUCE was ably assisted by supremely-gifted sorcerer Cory Henry, the enthralling songstress Judith Hill, and kaleidoscopic producer du-jour Flamingosis, plus a positively picturesque backdrop that belongs on a postcard.

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