In 1991, Blind Melon worked on an EP, produced by longtime Neil Young producer David Briggs and titled The Sippin’ Time Sessions. Nothing came out officialy from these sessions. In the Letters From A Porcupine documentary, you can see snippets of the band playing Soul One live. Today, thanks to Matt of www.blindmelonforum.com, watch the 3 takes shoted that day.
By the way, yesterday was Brad Smith’s birthday, so happy birthday Brad!

The annual Vigil will take place on Saturday at Dayton, IN on Shannon’s grave. If you can be there, it’s a great opportunity for you to meet hundreds of melonheads and Shannon’s family. A show is scheduled on Sunday in Lafayette, IN. Further information available here.

If you can’t be there, join the online vigil on Yahoo IM to share your Blind Melon stories and most important, to meet new melonheads! Check out the blindmelonforum for more information.

To celebrate the opening of the “Twenty Stories Below” T-Shirt Store later this month, YakMusic is offering a special prize pack including a copy of Twenty Stories Below - The Blind Melon Tribute Album, a T-Shirt and a Mouse Pad. All you have to do is visit the Blind Melon tribute website, anwser a simple question and then cross your fingers.

The Blind Melon tribute album is still available for purshase on CDBaby.com or directly on the website.

Christopher Thorn was interviewed by Scott Gilbert for WITF - a public radio from Harrisburg, PA (not far from Dover - Chris Thorn’s hometown). Meredith from www.blindmelonforum.com is also part of the interview.
Listen to it here: