Below are some of the
TradeFriendly bands you will see traded within the etree.org community. To keep filenames manageable, we label music files by band abbreviation and showdate (see example in
NamingStandards). This is an incomplete list of abbreviations used by etree.org contributors. Check out the
BandAbbreviationGuidelines when adding a new etree friendly band.
The first column of abbreviations has the one used in the
ShnDatabase as the prefix for downloaded info files, and as part of a shortcut to the band's shn listings, e.g.,
http://db.etree.org/shncirc/gd. This is often, but not always, the preferred abbreviation. The second set of abbreviations has others you may see on circulating shns. If the
ShnDatabase column is blank for a band, it may mean no one has volunteered to maintain a shn section for that artist yet.
Please add only
known TradeFriendly artists to this list. Remove any artists that may be known
unfriendly to trading (
e.g., Bob Dylan) or whose position is wholly unknown (
e.g., Pink Floyd?), and which users may have added in error.
Click on a band name (if active) to go to their official website. To add or to look up other types of abbreviatons used around etree.org, see
AcronymGlossary. To comment on problematic abbreviations, add a reference to
AbbrevDiscussion in the Notes column and discuss on that page. To add info on a band's trading stance, add a reference to
TradingPolicies in the Notes column and discuss on that page, or add a reference to an outside resource like
[BTAT] or
[AlbanyStage.com].
| Band | [SHN DB] Abbreviation | Others Seen | Notes |
| [3 Apples High] | 3ah |
| A Band of Gypsys | bog | jhbg |
| [Alan Hertz and Friends] | ahf | ahp,ah&f | AbbrevDiscussion |
| [Allman Brothers Band] | abb |
| [Amfibian] | amf |
| [Barbara Cue] | bcue |
| [Barefoot Manner] | bfm |
| [Beanlan]] | beanland |
| [Bela Fleck & the Flecktones] | bfft |
| Bela Fleck & Tony Trischka | bftt |
| [Ben Harper] | bh |
| [Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals] | bhic | |
| [Big In Japan] | bij |
| [Big Smith] | bs |
| [The Big Wu] | wu |
| [Black Crowes] | bc | crowes |
| [Blind Melon] | bmelon |
| [Blueground Undergrass] | bgug |
| [Blues Traveler] | bt | | Btat:Blues+Traveler |
| [Bockman's Euphio] | be |
| [Brothers Past] | bp |
| [Bruce Hornsby] | bruce | bh | [AbbrevDiscussion] |
| [El Buho] | | buho |
| [Built to Spill] | bts |
| [Burning Spear] | | bspear |
| [Burt Neilson Band] | bnb |
| [Camper van Beethoven] | cvb |
| [Cerulean City] | | ccity |
| [Charlie Hunter] | ch |
| [Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains] | (see FB below) | cbobb, lcbobb, lcbbb |
| [Counting Crows] | cc | |
| [Cowboy Junkies] | cj |
| [Cracker] | cracker |
| [Critters Buggin] | cb |
| [Dark Star Orchestra] | dso |
| Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds | D&T |
| Dave Matthews (solo) | DM |
| [Dave Matthews Band] | dmb |
| [David Gray] | dgray |
| [David Nelson Band] | dnb |
| [Day by the River] | dbr |
| [The Dead] | dead | td | [TradingPolicies] |
| [Deep Banana Blackout] | dbb |
| [Derek Trucks Band] | dt |
| [Dirty Dozen Brass Band] | ddbb | | BTAT:Dirty+Dozen+Brass+Band |
| [Disco Biscuits] | db |
| [Dispatch] | disp |
| [DJ Logic] | | logic, djlogic |
| [Donna the Buffalo] | dtb |
| [Drive-By Truckers] | dbt |
| Edie Brickell | eb |
| [Ekoostik Hookah] | eh |
| [Farrah] | farrah |
| [Fareed Haque Group] | fhg |
| [G. Love and Special Sauce] | glove |
| [Galactic] | gal |
| [Garaj Mahal] | garaj |
| Jerry Garcia | Garcia | jgb, jg | [thejerrysite.com] |
| [George Porter, Jr. & Runnin' Pardners] | porter |
| Ghost Trane | gt |
| [God Street Wine] | gsw |
| [Gov't Mule] | mule | gm |
| [Grand Theft Bus] | | gtb |
| [Grateful Dead] | gd | | [TradingPolicies] |
| [GreyBoy AllStars] | gba |
| [Guster] | gus | guster | [Btat:Guster] |
| [Guy Malone] | guymalone |
| [Hot Tuna] | ht |
| [Howie Day] | hday |
| Indiana Trip Factory | itf |
| Indigo Girls | | ig |
| [Jack Johnson] | jj |
| [Jazz Mandolin Project] | jmp |
| Jeff Tweedy | | jt |
| Jerry Garcia Band | | jgb |
| [Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons] | jmos | jjj |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | jhe | jh |
| [John Mayer] | jmayer |
| John Mayer Trio | jm3 | jmayer3 |
| [John Scofield] | sco |
| Jolene | jol |
| [Jorma Kaukonen] | jk |
| [Kai Kln] | kaikln | kk | [Btat:Kai+Kln] |
| Karl Denson and Chris Wood | kdcw |
| [Karl Denson's Tiny Universe] | kdtu |
| [Keller Williams] | kw | kdub (for k-double-u) |
| Keller Williams w/ String Cheese Incident | Keller Williams w- String Cheese Incident | kwi | [AbbrevDiscussion] |
| [Kimock] | sk |
| [Kudzu Kings] | kk | kudzu |
| KVHW | kvhw |
| [Lake Trout] | lt |
| [Leftover Salmon] | | ls, los |
| Legion of Mary | lom |
| [Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade] | FB | lcfffb, claypool, fffb |
| [Life After Failing] | laf |
| [Little Feat] | lf |
| [Living Daylights] | ld |
| [Lo Faber Band] | lfb |
| [The Mammals] | mammals | | [Btat:Mammals] |
| [Marcus Eaton & The Lobby] | mel | |
| Marlow | | marlow |
| Marc Ford | mf |
| [Medeski Martin & Wood] | mmw | | [Btat:Medeski] TradingPolicies |
| [Michael Franti & Spearhead] | mfs | spr |
| [Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal] | mcrx |
| [moe.] | moe |
| [The Nadas] | tn |
| [The New Deal] | nd | tnd |
| [North Mississippi Allstars] | nmas |
| [O.A.R. (Of A Revolution)] | oar |
| [The Other Ones] | too |
| [Oregon] | or | oregon |
| [Oysterhead] | oh | oysterhead |
| [Particle] | par | particle |
| [Pat Metheny] | metheny | pm |
| [Pat Metheny Group] | pmg |
| [Pat Metheny Trio] | pmt |
| [Pat McGee Band] | | pmb |
| [Pearl Jam] | pj |
| [Phil Lesh & Friends] | phil | pf, pnf, p+f, p&f, paf | [AbbrevDiscussion] |
| [Phish] | ph | | [TradingPolicies] |
| [Psychedelic Breakfast] | pb |
| [Radiators] | rad | rads |
| [Railroad Earth] | rre |
| [Raq] | raq |
| [Ratdog] | ratdog | rd |
| [Reid Genauer] | rg |
| [Reservoir] | reservoir |
| [Rezi] | rezi |
| [Robert Randolph & the Family Band] | rr | rrfb |
| [Robert Walter's 20th Congress] | rwtc | rw2c |
| [Rusted Root] | rr |
| Santa Cruz Hemp Allstars | schas |
| [Schleigho] | ho |
| [The Schwillbillies] | schwillb |
| [Scott Amendola Band] | | amendola |
| [1] Serial Pod (SerialPod??) | spod | |
| [Seth Yacovone Band] | Seth Yacovone Band | sy, syb | [AbbrevDiscussion] |
| [Sex Mob] | sexmob |
| [Shaking Tree] | st |
| [The Slip] | slip | sl |
| [Sonic Youth] | sy | sonicyouth | [Btat sonic+youth] |
| [Soulive] | soulive |
| [Sound Tribe Sector 9] | sts9 |
| [Spin Doctors] | spin |
| [Steve Kimock & Friends] | kmck |
| [Steve Kimock Band] | skb |
| [Stockholm Syndrome] | ss | stocksyn |
| [Strangefolk] | sf |
| [String Cheese Incident] | sci |
| [Tea Leaf Green] | tlg |
| [Tenacious D] | tend |
| [Tim Reynolds] | tr |
| Tortoise | tortoise |
| [The Tragically Hip] | | hip |
| [Trey Anastasio (Band)] | trey | tab |
| [Umphrey's McGee] | um | umph |
| [Uncle Sammy] | us | | Btat:Uncle+Sammy |
| [Vida Blue] | vb | | Btat:Vida+Blue |
| Warren Haynes | wh |
| [Ween] | ween | | [Btat:Ween] |
| [Widespread Panic] | wsp | wp | Btat:Widespread+Panic |
| [Wilco] | | wilco |
| Will Bernard 4tet | wb4t |
| [Willy Porter] | willyp | | Btat:Willy+Porter |
| [Willy Porter Band] | willyp |
| The Word | word |
| [Yonder Mountain String Band] | ymsb |
| Zero | zero |
| [Zony Mash] | zm |
| [Zwan] | zwan |
--wiki note: having 2 abbreviation columns here is a good thing. Let's leave it like that in case someone needs to find out what an abbreviation is (for instance, I had no idea what kdub was for a long time).