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Blues Traveler's long journeys could be better shorter
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The theory that the journey is more important than the destination
is one that seems near and dear to the collective heart of Blues
Traveler.
One of the many bands today that follow the Grateful Dead school
of "more is more" when it comes to live shows, Blues Traveler can be
counted on to fill out their concerts with long jams that often
wander pretty far afield.
Still, for the nearly sold-out crowd at the Modjeska Theatre on
Wednesday night, if the trip couldn't be both long an...
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Blues Traveler returns to roots.(Washington Weekend)(Riffs)
The Washington Times
; A survey of the performers currently dominating the top-40 charts might lead some music fans to become disenchanted. Today more than ever, success in popular music depends as much on physical appearance, fashion sense and the ability to dance or recite lewd tongue twisters as it does on
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MUSIC PREVIEW; 'Bridge' carries Blues Traveler from old to new
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; When Bobby Sheehan, bassist and a founding member of Blues Traveler died in August 1999, fans wondered if this would be the end of the close-knit band which had risen to million-selling stardom behind the CDs ?" and "Straight On Till Morning." But as devastating as Sheehan's death was to John
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MUSIC SCENE; Blues Traveler comes back to Boston
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; Jay N. Miller Ben Wilson would make a good Patriot, devoted as he is to the Bill Belichick ideal of teamwork and all-for-one, one-for-all. As it is, he's made a fine addition to the Blues Traveler lineup. The band plays its first Boston show in several years next Saturday, Oct. 15, at The Roxy in
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Blues Traveler's John Popper makes weighty decision to try solo career.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; 1/3 John Popper's struggles have been very public. After experiencing chest pains, the 400-pound rock singer was hospitalized in July for an angioplasty and told to lose weight. Then in late August, right before the release of his debut solo album and his first solo tour, Popper's best friend and
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SUN, BLUES TRAVELER SHINE AT EARTH FEST
The Boston Globe
; Mother Nature must have been smiling. After struggling with the elements in recent years, Boston radio station WBOS welcomed some 80,000 music lovers, environmentalists, and activists to its eighth annual Earth Fest. On a gloriously sunny Saturday, the attendees, a crowd more suited to baby
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