Greg Bell’s Halliday Ball!

Join us on 12/20 for Greg Bell’s Halliday Ball, feat. Moon Boot Lover, Ominous Seapods, Conehead Buddha & Dr Jah and the Love Prophets. 

Conehead Buddha is a New York-based jam band formed in 1993 by frontman Chris Fisher, known for their blend of funk, rock, ska, reggae, and Latin styles, creating a high-energy, dance-focused live show that has made them a staple of the East Coast jam band scene. The band has seen periods of activity and hiatus, with Fisher reforming the band with long-time members and a new lineup of musicians, continuing to release music and tour across the region.

Ominous Seapods were an integral part of the 90’s jamband scene. They performed nationwide, often alongside such bands as moe., Disco Biscuits and God Street Wine. They initially disbanded in 2001, but after a series of extremely well received reunion shows in 2018, they decided to reform and continue to play shows in select markets each year. 
Ominous Seapods built a dedicated fanbase by touring the nation relentlessly throughout the 1990’s and into the early 2000’s. They played such notable venues as Red Rocks in Colorado, the Wetlands Preserve in NYC, and the House of Blues in LA, Boston and Chicago as well countless large outdoor festivals. They released 3 studio albums and 2 official live recordings. Richard Gehr of Spin magazine called their album, Jet Smooth Ride, one of the top ten jam band releases of all time.
The current lineup includes original touring members Max Verna, Tom Pirozzi, Brian Mangini and Ted Marotta. Their shows include all the classics in the Seapod’s original catalog along with a few choice covers and some new material as well. Their music is known for its tight grooves, intense jams, catchy hooks and quirky humor. Each live Seapod’s show is a purely unique experience that captures the essence of their touring 90’s years but still evolves as a new and exciting project!

It begins, as all good band origin stories should, with a weed buy. About twenty minutes later came the spark: “Dude — let’s start a reggae band.”
Thirty-five years later, Dr. Jah and the Love Prophets are still at it. Over the decades, they’ve played thousands of shows, released six studio albums, produced a full-length film with High Times, and spread countless smiles.
“We took all the cool rhythms and messages from Bob Marley and mixed them up with the music we were listening to — the Grateful Dead and bands like that.”
The result is a sound that blends reggae, soca, ska, jam, and rock into a mix of message and movement. From early hits like “Come Down from the Mountain” and “Freedom Warrior” to new tracks on their upcoming album — including “Albany Ska” and “It’s Not Easy” — the band has earned consistent airplay and packed crowds throughout the Northeast.
Recently voted Upstate’s #1 Reggae Band , Dr. Jah and the Love Prophets continue to bring people together through music, energy, and spirit.

Moon Boot Lover delivers a one-of-a-kind mix of rock, funk and soul, with dynamic versatility and range. From high-energy body-moving grooves to heartfelt emotive ballads, Peter Prince (front man & MBL originator) & MBL are widely respected by fans and musicians alike for their signature “Rocket Soul” sound and deep catalog of songs that top “all-time favorites” lists of fans across the globe!
Founded in NYC in 1993, the initial lineup of Moon Boot Lover featured guitarist, vocalist & MBL songwriter, Peter Prince alongside Alan Evans on drums & Owen Yost on bass. They recorded MBL’s first release, Outer Space Action (1994).The following year Neal Evans on keyboards & Jon Hawes on bass joined the group to record MBL’s second live release, Live Down Deep (1995). Each album featured a comic book-style cover art drawn by Peter Prince. The band achieved success on the jam bands circuit with contemporaries like moe., Schleigho, and others. In fall of 1996, they played a short Rock the Vote tour with moe., the Ominous Seapods, and Yolk, which featured a large amount of cross-pollination between the groups. Since then, MBL has gone thru several more line up changes with super talented musicians, keeping the original “Rocket Soul” spirit alive.
Having toured the country many times over, Peter Prince & Moon Boot Lover have performed and recorded with a multitude of diverse musical talents such as the Derek Trucks Band, Dave Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds, Steve Kimock, Doug Wimbish (Living Colour), Oteil Burbridge, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood), Page McConnell (Phish), Bernard Purdie (James Brown, B.B. King), Keller Williams, Poogie Bell (Herbie Hancock), Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band), Drew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon), Lettuce, Jesse Dee, Ryan Montbleau, Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green), Aaron Maxwell (God Street Wine), Toussaint Liberator, Percy Hill, Deep Banana Blackout, John Brown’s Body, Nephrok, Sam Kininger, Conehead Buddha and moe. He has also shared the stage with the legendary Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa vocalist/guitarist Ike Willis, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Umphrey’s McGee, David Johansen, Koko Taylor, Michael Franti, John Scofield, The String Cheese Incident, JazzIs Dead, Charlie Hunter, The Samples, G. Love & Special Sauce, Disco Biscuits, Martin Sexton, Tom Tom Club, Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit, and Napoleon MurphyBrock, among many, many others.
The latest lineup:
Peter Prince – guitar, vocals
Reed Dieffenbach – drums
Mike Gruen – bass