Album of the Year

So, as we learned last semester, live music is where the industry is striving. This works out great for me because I want to learn about and eventually work in the production of live music post-college. I don't really recognize with a scene, but if I did, it would easily be the Jam Scene.
Keller Williams has been a big name in the jam scene for the last decade or so. He is known for his creative one-man show where he plays a unique form of acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass many percussion instuments and other electronic musical instruments. Although he has played with different bands, such as the String Cheese Incident (known as The Keller Williams Incident) and a blue grass band, covering The Grateful Dead catalog. For the first time, though, Keller decided to tour with a funky jam band behind him.
Keller Williams with Mosely, Droll and Stipe is my album of the year because it showcases the great live production (including recording) of the jam scene. The band is made up of the bassist from the String Cheese Incident (Keith Mosely), Trey Anastacio and former Phil Lesh's drummer (Droll) and Greg Stipe of the Greg stipe band on guitar. I had the oppertunity to see this band in New York City and was very excited when they relased an album from their tour. They perform soem of Keller's songs and jam them out really well. There are some songs featuring a nice horn section, and top to bottom, no album (live or studio) came out that can match up with Keller Williams with Mosely, Droll and Sipe.