Justin Bruce reviews his favorite 31 jamming moments from 2025's Here and How Tour: Leg 1, which comprised 17 shows across 10 states in February and early March.

Nearly half of this 72 minute episode is Eggy improvisation; think of it as a sonic "Watercolor Days" painting of where the band is at at this point in time. As always, special thanks to the band for their permission to use SBD recordings on this podcast.

2025's Here and How Tour: Leg 2 continues from March through April in the Northeast and Southeast; check Eggy's tour dates and don't miss out if they're playing near you!

Here's a Nugs playlist of the 29 tunes that birthed the 31 Type II highlights in this episode.

The 2025 Jam Chart on TheCarton.net documents Eggy's best improvisation.

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Justin Bruce welcomes Eggy crew member and social media savant Sean Marmora, better known as Long Strange Putt on Instagram, to the pod to discuss life on the road with the band. We recorded this episode before they embarked upon 2025's Here and How Tour.

Watch Sean as "Mr. Silly Putty" in the band's brilliant 10-31-2024 "Waiting Game Show" Halloween performance in Atlanta, GA via the full video the band uploaded to YouTube.

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Justin Bruce welcomes Mike Goodman of Eggy to the pod to discuss Mike's jazz roots, his favorite jazz fusion artists and albums, Eggy's growth, their focus on deep jamming in late 2024, and the band's main goal in 2025.

Artists and albums mentioned:

Weather Report - Heavy Weather 1977

Yellowjackets - Club Nocturne 1998

Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life 1976

Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now 2002

Mike Stern - Time in Place 1988

Pat Martino

Joe Pass

Wes Montgomery

Also recommended:

Weather Report - Domino Theory 1984

Steps Ahead - Magnetic 1986

For the curious: the jam clip I include at the 46 minute mark (after Mike talks about the renewed focus on improvisation since Fall 2024) is a snippet from the 31 minute mark of the January 10, 2025 Figure It Out.

Watch Mike Goodman's Rig Rundown with Ryan Storm

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Justin Bruce welcomes first-time guest Brendon Holland to recap the January 10 & 11, 2025 shows at Tree House Brewing Company in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Brendon is a professional videographer and recorded full videos of both shows and uploaded them to YouTube! N1 delivers a near-40 minute Figure It Out jam for the ages, and N2 garnered attention as the band infused a jammed-out Waiting Game with Phish's First Tube and elements of DWD and Chalkdust Torture.

Thanks to Al W. for the crispy audience recordings used in the numerous jam clips scattered throughout this episode. Listen to his AUDs of N1 and N2 and peruse his catalogue of recordings on his Archive.org profile page.

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Justin Bruce welcomes Brian Brinkman of Helping Friendly Podcast and Beyond the Pond to talk about favorite 2024 Eggy jams!

Brian compiled his 50 favorite 2024 Eggy jams and categorized them into five separate tiers. See the full list below! In a similarly nerdy fashion, Justin penned 170 entries in 2024 for the Eggy Jam Chart on TheCarton.Net. After 20 minutes of chat re: the state of Eggy in 2024, the guys delve into Brian's top two tiers of jams using one minute clips to illustrate what they loved most (starts around the 31 minute mark).

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Nugs Playlists mentioned in this episode:

Favorite 2024 Eggy Jams Tier One Through Three (each Tier presented chronologically)

Favorite 2024 Eggy Jams Top 50 Chronological

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Eggy's YouTube Videos Page

Eggy's Archive.org Shows Page

Brian Brinkman's Favorite 2024 Eggy Jams:

Tier One: Diner BOC Omelette 

3/22 Backyard Bear

5/4 You -> Atomic Age

Tier Two: Pork Roll E&C

3/14 Here & Now

3/14 Sweat Equity

4/12 Boom or Bust

4/17 Sweat Equity

5/30 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 

12/28 Lost & Found -> Hungry Like The Wolf

Tier Three: Deviled Party Tray

4/6 Boom or Bust

4/10 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

4/10 Farthest Step

4/14 Hux (Wit’ It) -> Subterranean Homesick Alien

5/4 Northern Lights

5/8 Smile

5/10 Portable Air Scrubber

5/10 Boom or Bust -> 12 Pounds of Pain -> Boom or Bust

10/16 Hungry Like The Wolf

10/27 Carry On

10/31 Southern Cross

12/31 Terrapin Station

Tier Four: McMuffin

1/5 One Stop Shop

2/17 You Can Call Me Al

2/18 Let It Rock -> Finding & Losing

2/22 One Stop Shop

3/14 Ruben & Cherise

3/15 Lost & Found

3/22 Finding & Losing

4/12 Time Escaping

5/9 Today & Tomorrow -> Skin It Back -> Today & Tomorrow 

5/30 High Noon

6/20 Golden Gate Dancer

10/11 Southern Cross

10/18 Chest Fever

10/26 Time Escaping

10/30 Way of the Stone

11/1 Shallow Rivers

11/29 Searchlight

12/27 Sweat Equity

Tier Five: Jimmy Dean

2/15 Boom or Bust

3/14 Kiss From A Rose

4/18 Sweat Equity

8/24 Atomic Age

8/31 Boom or Bust

10/12 Buying Time -> Birdland -> Buying Time

10/19 Ricky Gervais

10/30 One More Dance 

11/1 Boom Or Bust

11/2 Remind Me

12/28 Queen’s Gambit

12/31 Smile

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Justin Bruce welcomes Ryan Storm and Al W. back to the pod to discuss the band's late November co-headlining run at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York with Dogs in a Pile. Ryan wrote great reviews of N1 and N2 on his Substack page. This episode utilizes Al's audience recordings. Thank a taper! You can find all of his AUDs on his Archive.org profile page. Al's conversation begins around the 50 minute mark of this episode.

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Justin Bruce welcomes Brian Wolf back to the pod to discuss our favorite Eggy covers. Next, we highlight cover sets the band has played over the years. Lastly, we sheepishly suggest future cover choices (starts around 1:08 into episode). This episode includes 31 Eggy clips, each about 1 minute in length, and 9 clips of possible covers, so kick back and relax.

Here's a Nugs.net playlist from Brian of most of the covers and cover sets we, um, cover in this episode.

At the end of the episode, Justin mentions the great Flowers on the Stage podcast, which recently published an episode with Alex, following Jake's appearance in January. Both are recommended!

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Justin Bruce welcomes longtime Eggy fan Nick "Sunny" M. to celebrate big jams from Fall 2022 Tour. You can connect with Nick on his Instagram and he posts to various Eggy fan groups on Facebook (Green Eggs and Fam, The Farm Stand, Figure It Out, Seekers of Joy).

Here's a Nugs.net playlist of Fall 2022 jams discussed, including: 9-30 One More Dance, 10-6 Time Loves A Hero, 10-8 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, 10-16 Tom Corn Walker, 10-16 Queen's Gambit, 10-30 All Wheels Turnin', 11-4 Tiny Miracles, 12-1 Shadow, 12-2 Bad Side of the Moon, 12-3 Onitsuka Tiger, 12-10 Wayless, and 12-11 Bureatles. FWIW, the 12-3 Onitsuka Tiger is the first Eggy jam Justin heard, and it more than holds up on relisten!

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Justin Bruce is very pleased to welcome Jake Brownstein of Eggy to the pod! In between playing Dead & Company after shows at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas on May 30 and May 31, Jake spent time talking all things Eggy. I appreciate his candor and willingness to be a part of Vice or Virtue: an Eggy pod.

When Jake talks about his new Frank Brothers guitar and Chase Bliss Mood pedals, I reference a Rig Rundown he recorded with friend Ryan Storm. If you haven't seen it, it's worth your time!

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Justin Bruce welcomes Scottie King and Ryan Storm to talk about a stretch of hot Spring 2024 Eggy shows: May 8 in Toronto, May 9 in Buffalo, and May 10 in Cleveland. Justin then dives into the May 4 show in Fairfield, Connecticut. Thanks to Eggy for allowing me to use SBD clips in the podcast, and to taper and friend of the pod Al W. for the AUD from 5-4-24 as well as his technical expertise.

Jams discussed (in the order mentioned): 5-8 Sweat Equity > The Windup > Sweat Equity > Chest Fever, 5-8 Smile AKA Toronto Jam, 5-9 Today and Tomorrow > Skin It Back > Today and Tomorrow, 5-10 Mr. Blue Sky, 5-10 Portable Air Scrubber, 5-10 Boom or Bust, 5-4 Northern Lights, 5-4 You, 5-4 Atomic Age. While discussing the drums and Chase Bliss Mood pedal with Scottie, I use a clip from the 10-19-23 Skin It Back in Cleveland.

Ryan's Storm Sound Rig Rundowns are worth your time! The new Mike Goodman bass rig video, the new Jake Brownstein guitar rig video (thanks for the Vice or Virtue shout out, Jake!) and the Dani Battat keyboard rig video from summer 2023 are all great. Ryan also wrote insightful reviews of the 5-8-2023 Toronto show and the 5-9-2023 Buffalo show.

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