Jim James Soul SuperJam at Bonnaroo?

[Fully]

Nice! I'm thinking this will be the highlight of the whole festival this year.

[oistheone]

I could not be happier that the SuperJam is at the heart of one of the bigger schedule conflicts of the weekend. Billy Idol, Weird Al and R. Kelly going on at the same time as the SuperJam -- should divide the crowd up nicely!

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS!

I said it when the lineup dropped, and now that the schedule is here, I believe it even more -- on paper, this has the potential to be one of the best Roos of all time!

[Fully]

The best part is that we'll have Mumford and sons to skip so we can camp for the rail! I'm so glad there isn't a headliner I need to see that night. Thnx Roo Schedulers for that one, even though the Friday schedule has some doozies!

[oistheone]

Overall, I'm pretty happy with this schedule! Going to skip the fuck out of Mumford and Lumineers to rock out with SIMO before heading to get a sweet spot for the SuperJam! Hard to believe we're almost under the six week mark. And according to the post on the Roo site, they've still "got a few more surprises in store"! WOO!

[EasyRyder]

LARRY. FUCKIN. GRAHAM.

That is all.

WORD. 

The best part is that we'll have Mumford and sons to skip so we can camp for the rail! I'm so glad there isn't a headliner I need to see that night. Thnx Roo Schedulers for that one, even though the Friday schedule has some doozies!

WORD. 

Graham Central Station - Pow

POW!!!

[yakeroo]

There are a few conflicts like Jim's set and Wilco, but overall I am pleased. Ha yeah plenty of time to camp out for the Jim danceparty!

[Jims Poncho]

I'm loving that the name of the Superjam has been slowly evolving into a Japanese game show title "Super-fun Dance Party Good Times #1" or whatever it is now haha. That being said, an appearance by Carl would be amazing 

[oistheone]

FINALLY! A SuperJam hype up article, courtesy of Rolling Stone:

After playing six Bonnaroos with MMJ, James is excited to hit the Tennessee fest next month on his own, leading the legendary late-night Super Jam session, billed this year as the Rock N' Soul Dance Party Super Jam, featuring James, John Oates, Meters drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bilal and Sly and the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham. "We've thought about it a lot," says James. "It's going to be a celebratory dance party where people just have a good time."

But he's also eager to indulge in his tradition of wandering the festival grounds like a fan. "I've seen so many amazing things there. A lot of my favorite memories have been running around after dark through the grounds and going out to the campgrounds. You just feel so wild and free, like you're in an alternate universe. At Bonnaroo, the grounds are so huge, you really do get this alternate universe to go be a different person for a few days, and kind of reflect on the rest of your life and run around like a wild savage through the grass. Anything goes.

"There's something about the place," James adds. "I don't know what to call it – maybe energetic resonance. I think people feel like they're at home when they're there. They feel welcome there, but there's a spirit of adventure. You feel both, but you also feel this limitless possibility you get when you're on an adventure."

Love that Jim loves the Roo as much as we do. Should be a magical evening!

[Fully]

FINALLY! A SuperJam hype up article, courtesy of Rolling Stone:

After playing six Bonnaroos with MMJ, James is excited to hit the Tennessee fest next month on his own, leading the legendary late-night Super Jam session, billed this year as the Rock N' Soul Dance Party Super Jam, featuring James, John Oates, Meters drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bilal and Sly and the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham. "We've thought about it a lot," says James. "It's going to be a celebratory dance party where people just have a good time."

But he's also eager to indulge in his tradition of wandering the festival grounds like a fan. "I've seen so many amazing things there. A lot of my favorite memories have been running around after dark through the grounds and going out to the campgrounds. You just feel so wild and free, like you're in an alternate universe. At Bonnaroo, the grounds are so huge, you really do get this alternate universe to go be a different person for a few days, and kind of reflect on the rest of your life and run around like a wild savage through the grass. Anything goes.

"There's something about the place," James adds. "I don't know what to call it – maybe energetic resonance. I think people feel like they're at home when they're there. They feel welcome there, but there's a spirit of adventure. You feel both, but you also feel this limitless possibility you get when you're on an adventure."

Love that Jim loves the Roo as much as we do. Should be a magical evening!

I cannot wait!!! I know some people find roo to be too much, but I love joining the tribe for the weekend. It feels like I've come home when I get there each year.

[itrainmonkeys]

It keeps getting better and better. From an interview with John Oates...Check this out:

We're talking to you today for a couple of reason, but first because you have a show coming up in about 3 weeks at Bonnaroo as part of the Rock and Soul Dance Party Superjam. Can you tell us how that came about?

Yeah. That's really exciting. I'm really excited to work with Jim James on this project. It got started when Carl Broemel, My Morning Jacket's guitar player, he and I got to know each other a little bit and he invited me to jam with those guys out at Red Rocks in Colorado because we live in Colorado as well as in Nashville. So my wife and I went to the show and we really enjoyed the show and at the end I came out and did a couple of songs with them during the encore and it was just this magic that happened. We just really hit it off personally and musically. A few months after that, I got a call from My Morning Jacket's manager who said Jim James was going to head up this year's Superjam and asked if I'd be interested in being the musical director and help him pull it together because he wanted to do kind of a rock and soul dance party type show. And I said of course! I was really into it. So Jim and I have been working together for a couple of months to assemble this really amazing group of musicians and put the song list together and everything. It's been really a lot of fun.

We're really getting into the home stretch now. We've got the musicians, we've got everything set, we've got the song list set. Of course, there's going to be some surprises because at Bonnaroo you never know who is going to show up at the side of the stage and want to sing a song with us. So we're keeping the setlist open for possibilities. But at the same time, we have this amazing-- I mean it's funk and rock and dance-- it's everything from '70s soul to Motown to The Band to Prince. You name it, we got it. Every song is just fantastic.

Surprise artists notwithstanding, the announced band is pretty darn good. One Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in Larry Graham, and Zigaboo Modeliste from The Meters who has been nominated, and on top of it The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. That's a heck of a lineup!

Yep. We just got Cyril Baptiste to be our percussionist, and he's just an unbelievable percussionist. Then we have what I'm calling our "house band" which is made up of some A-list Nashville studio musicians. We have Wendy Moten and Becca Bramlett who are female background and lead vocalists who are absolutely incredible. Carl Broemel from My Morning Jacket is going to be playing guitar as well as myself. It just keeps going. We've got a lot of other people waiting in the wings. It's going to be great.

I'm assuming with Zigaboo Modeliste and Cyril Baptiste we can expect some New Orleans Funk in there as well?

Zig is actually the one who suggested Baptiste because they've played together. When you're putting together a new group of musicians, it's good to have some folks who have played together. And even though this is kind of a put together band, we have that. Cyril and Zig have played together. The keyboard player we're using has toured the world with me in my solo band. The other bassist we're using, Steve Mackie, is someone I've used on a lot of my records. Of course Carl plays with Jim. There's a lot of sympatico with the players even though it's something new.

People who may only know your work with Hall & Oates in the '70s and '80s may be surprised that you're doing a Soul Superjam, but you have a lot of soul songwriting in your background.

Well, you know, "soul" is a very interesting name. To me soul music is any music that moves you. It transcends race and nationality and all those things. I like to say it's any music that moves the soul and moves the heart. So to me it's really all about great songs and stuff that resonates and connects. I don't care what genre it's in, whether it's bluegrass or Native American chants, Irish-Celtic music, Motown, Philly, it's all the same to me.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/article/bonnaroo-2013-artist-interview-john-oates-part-1



Sounds awesome

[MrWhippy]

Carl!     

[Fully]

Carl!     

This is just getting better and better! Whippy, I expect a sassy costume for the night out of you!!! I'm going as FIERCE: The Warrior Queen of Disco! Or I may just look really dirty and sweaty .

[MrWhippy]

Whippy, I expect a sassy costume for the night out of you!!!

My current plan is to go Clockwork Orange style.

[Fully]

Whippy, I expect a sassy costume for the night out of you!!!

My current plan is to go Clockwork Orange style.

That will look very attractive on you. Long john's and codpieces always a good look.

[BigHerm]

Carl? 


Wonder if he will play with Jim on Fri as well?

[oistheone]

What a fucking scoop! Nice find itrainmonkeys!

Carl?! You gotta be kidding me!! Just when I thought I couldn't possibly be any more excited for this. If Jim and Carl are there, you just KNOW Pat is gonna wanna show up -- even if just to shake some maracas!

Call me crazy but I'm thinking this may go down as the MMJ-related event of the year.

[BigHerm]

What time are we going to start camping out for the rail?

[oistheone]

I think we should all meet in Manchester tomorrow and just get them to build the stage around us.

[Crispy]

Whippy, if you do go all Clockwork Orange, I hope it's not in that costume, which is extremely weak. Alex demands a true codpiece!

[EasyRyder]

Carl's name officially added on the bonnaroo superjam line-up page. Rly hoping he'll be part of the "house band" now.

maybe every 3 days or so they'll add another member of the band....