Many of you already know that Lotus is one of my favorite bands. Popular in the jamband scene, they come from the electronica side of the house - which is where I like to reside. Lotus plays sweet beats, are highly improvisational within a solid groove, and put on a great live show.

This band does it for me in just about every way. Fun to groove with, outstanding technical musicianship, improvisational and atmospheric chill vibe. I first saw them in 2006, when I went out on a lark on April 20 and saw them at the High Noon. They were being backed by DJ Harry - who also played between Lotus sets and jammed with them at the start of the second set. After that show, I bought both Lotus' The Strength of Weak Ties and DJ Harry's The String Cheese Remix Project. . . It was a fun night.

Then last time they were in town - also at the High Noon - they had a full house groovin' after a great warmup set by Future Rock, who I last saw with EOTO - a side project by Jason Hann and Michael Travis of String Cheese Incident. See how it all ties together?

So I'm excited to see Lotus again when they bring the Escaping Sargasso Sea Fall Tour to the Majestic Theatre on October 25th. If you are interested in giving them a listen, check out their myspace page - www.myspace.com/lotusvibes. If you like it, then come out and see them live and buy their new live CD - Escaping Sargasso Sea. . .It will be a fun show! And it would be great to see the new Majestic Theatre filled with Lotus fans. This venue was recently renovated and reopened by a couple of enterpreneurial guys - Matt Gerding and Scott Leslie. Let's show them our support. I toured it while under construction and it appeared to have great potential as a live music venue. This will be my first show there since it reopened last month, and I'm really interested in hearing what Lotus is able to do with the new "state of the art" sound system there.

I'm also looking forward to the opening set by Unwed Sailor - they look interesting, and I've never been disappointed in a Lotus bill yet.

NOTE - Lotus will be playing at the Jam in the Dam at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, March 16-19, 2008. This is a great festival, which I attended this Spring (more on that some other time), and a it presents as good an excuse as any to visit Amsterdam if you've not been there before.

See you Thursday!
-- Mister Bill