Posts by Eric Johnson

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Big Ticket Auction: Spotlight on Rick Griffin

Our first Big Ticket Auctions of 2010 ends Sunday, and it’s getting a lot of interest. One piece stands out: an original hand-stenciled piece of artwork for the Grateful Dead’s 1981 album, Reckoning, by Rick Griffin.

Cracking the Vault Day – November 3rd

November 3rd is a big day for us here at the Vault. We have been plowing through the archives over the past few months to prepare a huge release of new downloads featuring concerts from many of your favorite bands. A number of these have been on the site for free streaming and others will be [...]

The Brilliant Bonnie Raitt

There is an immeasurable difference for me in going to a show where the performer cares about the audience. It’s not hard to tell who is just paying lip service (”Hello Cleveland”) and who is truly appreciative that you gave up your time and hard earned money to come out and see them play. [...]

The Photography of Baron Wolman

One of the things that we are extremely proud of here at Wolfgang’s Vault is our collection of great rock photography. Many of the photos cover the walls here at the Vault and we have thousands of images that we are still digging through to get the best ones up on the site. These come [...]

Keegan DeWitt on Daytrotter

If you haven’t spent any time over at our partner site, Daytrotter, I highly recommend killing a couple of hours wandering through the sessions.  Some of my favorites include The National, Brett Dennen and Andrew Bird but it is hard to go wrong.  Just some incredible music with a flavor that really is unique [...]

Study Shows People Don’t Like People Who Like Music

Cambridge University recently released a study highlighting the various assumptions people make when shown the music on your iPod.  What I found intriguing is that most of the assumptions were awfully negative.  I’m not sure why this is the case.  Maybe it’s just be easier for people to be negative and they focused on that.  [...]

Wolfgang’s Vault Flash Mob

Last weekend we staged a little event in Union Square in honor of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. With the help of some of the cast from the SF production of The Who’s Tommy, this took place:

New Features Coming in the Vault

Our simple goal here at the Vault is to make this a great place to discover and rediscover music.  We think that live music and raw, unedited sessions provide the best formats to experience the music.  We want it to be a site where you can enjoy listening to music, sharing stories about your experiences [...]