Summer Camp Artist #41 is kind of me cheating a little, I’ve chosen Alan Vasquez. I have to finish like 5 more regular Summer Camp artists before I can consider moving to the Thursday artists, but I’m making an exception this time because I’m a fan of Alan Vasquez’s music. Alan is a one-man band of sorts, as he loops all of his live show to create one seamless, layered jam, the sort of which many quartets couldn’t reproduce. I also like the fact that Vasquez is a product of the Illinois University tour circuit for years now, often playing shows at nearly all of the college towns in the state, including my local favorite, The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL.  He’ll be moving to Fort Collins, CO, at the end of June, following the finale of his “Farewell to the Midwest” tour, but we won’t hold that against him. Colorado will be a great place for his music and live sets to develop. He’ll always be an Illinois expatriate in my mind, however. Check out these three tracks hosted by AlanVasquez.com, and go befriend him on MySpace. If you’re going to be attending the early shows at Summer Camp, make sure to check out Alan on the Campground Stage at 8pm on Thursday.

Live tracks from AlanVasquez.com:

AV - New Terrain
AV - Roots
AV - Tres

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Summer Camp Artist #40 is Drop Q, a Chicago SuperJamBand formed by members of Umphrey’s McGee, OM Trio, Kick The Cat, and Fareed Haque Group. This is their second year at Summer Camp (at least) and they’ll be hitting up the Sunshine Stage at 12:30 on Saturday afternoon.  Befriend them on MySpace and check out these tracks.

Live from Martyr’s, 2005:

Drop Q - Oh Yeah
Drop Q - Electro Pandemic Bu… (Name incomplete)
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Summer Camp Artist #39 is the Pittsburgh sextet, Rusted Root. Another one of the headliners, they are best known to non-fans for their songs “Send Me On My Way” and “Ecstasy.” You can find them playing the main stage at Summer Camp on Saturday at 4:30. As always check out the band’s website and befriend them on MySpace. Check out their cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” too.

Rusted Root
November 26th, 2005
The Golden Ballroom
Buffalo, NY
via Archive.org

Set One:
01. Intro
02. Rain
03. Voodoo
04. Martyr
05. Powderfinger ^
06. Lost In A Crowd
07. Cruel Sun
08. Woman Got My Money
09. Blue Diamonds
10. Too Much
11. Ecstasy
12. Superstition * %
13. Laugh As The Sun

Encore:
14. Welcome To My Party
15. Send Me On My Way
16. Food & Creative Love
17. Beautiful People

Show Notes:
^ Originally by Neil Young
* Originally By Stevie Wonder
% “All Along The Watchtower” teases

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Here they are. The headliners. The big #38 on the Summer Camp Artist Series is the one and only moe. They probably don’t need much introducing, but they’re a 5-piece act out of New York State, and they’ve been going strong for (I’m guessing here) probably around a decade give or take. I know they were at it in the 90’s. Anyhew, I’ve got a live set two and encore from a show I attended at The Aragon in Chicago with numerous friends, (Justin at LiveMusicBlog among them) and it was an enjoyable show. So, check out the band’s website, befriend them on MySpace, and check out these tracks:

moe.
February 2nd, 2006
The Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, IL
Entire show available here at Archive.org

Set Two:
01. Intro
02. McBain # >
03. Lazarus >
04. George
05. Karma Police $ >
06. Bullet >
07. Timmy Tucker

Encore:
08. Encore
09. Godzilla @

Show Notes:
# with Aron Magner of the Disco Biscuits
$ Radiohead cover
@ Blue Oyster Cult cover

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Entry #37 in our Summer Camp Artist Series is Waterstreet. Hailing from the mean streets of Peoria, IL, just a few minutes South of Chillicothe, where Summer Camp itself is held, Waterstreet is a quartet quintet who have just added a member this month it appears. They’ve been around for 3 years now, have a debut release out, and they’ll be playing both Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon at Summer Camp. I’ve got a live track for you, but first check out their website and befriend them on MySpace.

Waterstreet - Juvenile

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