Wood Brothers last night, Palace Theater Albany. Great show!
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Railroad Earth, next up is Sinead O’Connor, then Sarah McLachlan, then JD Souther, then ???? |
Tonight
Spyro Gyra - Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown TN . Great show! |
Village Vanguard about 3 weeks ago to see Kenny Barron and his quintet. Just a few days later it became a trio, presumably without the sax and cornet. |
The Stanley Clarke Band - last night at the Germantown Performing Arts Center (Germantown TN) . Really good performance and exceptionally talented band members |
Bauhaus at the Hollywood Palladium on Nov. 4. Yes, they still got it. |
Jeff Lynne's ELO at the Tacoma Dome In Tacoma WA It was about 2 Months ago. Very good show. |
The Master, Dylan, last night in Baltimore. Next week in Philly, December in NYC. Just the best. See it/hear it while you still can. |
November 3rd I heard the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia preform Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Fransisco Fullana then Beethoven's Symphony no. 7.
Absolutely beautiful.
End of the month is Tool in Atlantic City.
Can't wait.
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Boz Scaggs, October 26; fun, fun,fun. Bob Dylan October 29; best I've heard him in a long time. Never heard him play Lenny Bruce is Gone before in concert. St. Louis Symphony Nov 3; Barber's Adagio was absolutely heavenly.
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Don’t get to too many concerts anymore. Wish I could.
Last show was Peter Hook and the light doing Substance (both New Order snd Joy Division). This was a couple years ago and it was the night before my birthday, which is relevant as it’s the same day Ian Curtis took his life (I was 7 at the time). A great time.
before that it was a year or so prior and I (finally) got to experience Swans live. I saw God and got my milk curdled all at once. |
Bob Dylan last night in South Bend Indiana. I've seen him many times live & last night he was in great form. Bob surrounds himself with wonderful musicians. Last night they were on the mark |
John Sebastian, last weekend,in Bethen NY, site of Woodstock 50 years back.
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The musical "Gypsy" at the 1920's era Palace Theater in Hilo. Last night. All the vocalists were miked but the pit band (which included strings) was purely acoustic. Singing. Dancing. Me and the wife had a good time.
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Tool in Kansas City, May 2019 and before that was Elton John in Tulsa, Feburary 2019. Two amazing shows. |
Dave Stryker, Snug Harbor, 10/24/19 8PM show. |
Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis long ago) at the Van Buren in Phoenix on Thursday. I saw him at the same place a little over a year ago, and he was great again. Great supporting band and wonderful sound. He's very worth seeing if he comes your way. This time, he played for nearly 3 hours with a 20 minute intermission, and after that intermission they performed all of Selling England by the Pound as well as part of Trick of the Tail. We were in the second row, and it was really mesmerizing. |
Connor Jewett at the Pig and Whistle in Hollywood last night. |
Trio Con Brio. Violin, cello and piano. Hilo College Auditorium. That same battleship Steinway. Fifteenth row, dead center. Haydn, Ravel, Shostakovitch. A bit too far away for full on audiophile ecstasy, but some good playin'.
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Bob Dylan at the Santa Barbara Bowl last weekend. He sounded great and very spry for 78 years old. |
Black Keys Oct 2 in Columbus. ROCK SHOW!!! |
Me and the wife hosted an acoustic jam last night on the back porch. Two fiddles, Celtic Harp, a guitar and a banjo. Fidelity was high. Musicianship was, to use a euphemism, good natured...
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Jesse Cook at the Byham Theatre in Pittsburgh this past Wednesday. Great show!!!
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Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives last night at a small venue the Reilly Arts Center in Ocala, FL. Fantastic show of true musicianship. |
We saw Kansas a few months ago in Portland and they were fantastic! I'm not a huge fan either, but they put on a great show and were all excellent musicians. |
I went to see Kansas in Tempe, AZ a couple of weeks ago. I had no desire to see them, but my best concertgoing buddy been nagging me for three years and finally treated me to the show.
Long story short, I became an instant fan. These guys are musicians, and not just a used up legacy act. Everyone there was completely engaged from the first moment, and during a 2 hour show with no intermission I never saw anyone get up to use the bathroom which was a first for me after 50 years of concerts. They started acoustic then went electric, and even though they were all great, original guitarist Rich Williams stood out as an outstanding player. See them if you can, even if you're a sceptic like I was. |
Los Lobos last week. Had seats front row center in a relatively small venue, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia. They played a set of traditional Mexican songs using a variety of stringed instruments that I was not familiar with and then shifted to an electric set. They weren't showy, more workmanlike, but you could tell they were enjoying what they were doing and the music they made was wonderful. |
The Linda Ronstadt experience last weekend at Roy's Hall in Blairstown NJ. Anyone near the Delaware Water Gap ought to catch a show at this venue. Totally old school vibe--the owners are great, the sound is phenomenal (one of the owners does pro sound for a living), the craft beer is cheap, there are only about 100 seats, and the crowd is always appreciative and enthusiastic. Tristan McIntosh has a voice that gets pretty darn close to Linda's and her band is very tight and accomplished. If you dig vintage Linda you will love this one! |
A husband-and-wife classical piano four hands duo at Hilo College Music Auditorium in Hilo HI, a couple days ago. They sat at a well-used, battleship-sized Steinway. The hall was only about a quarter full, and me and the wife had tenth-row seats a bit to the right on the soundboard side. The sound was very midrangey compared to the sound I get when I sit at my century-old Mason-Hamlin upright but still convincingly beautiful. Naturally, the duo were so much better than me it was a sick joke. The Schubert, especially, was a full-on treat.
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My daughter and son-in-law invited me to go to see a show tonight. It was Emerson Hart of Tonic, Vertical Horizon, & Sister Hazel & The BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem. Emerson played a solo acoustic show that I really enjoyed. He has a great voice. VH wasn't my favorite type of music. I was really impressed with SH though. They did great covers of "Even the Losers" & "Hotel California". |
I saw David Crosby last night in Portland (OR) at the Aladdin Theater, an old venue with about 600 seats. He was in great form, had a killer band, and there was great interplay with the audience. Go see him if you're a fan of his music and have any opportunity to do so. He's still fired up about music and about making the world a better place. |
Last concert was earlier this year...
Philadelphia orchestra performing Brahms violin concerto.
Next is Tool in November in Philly. |
Yesterday
The Moat Rats
At the Latrobe Pa Banana Split Festival
Home of the banana split!
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Saw Big Head Todd at RAGBRAI a couple of weeks ago and thought it was the best show of theirs I have seen, out of three. In addition to their better known stuff, they also like to play blues. An obviously well integrated band with Todd's guitar and the drummer being highlights for me. |
Going to see Average White Band at Sunset station casino tonight.two weeks ago saw Rick Derringer at the golden nugget casino (great show).
Both concerts were about 40.00 each TISH
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Took my wife to see Aerosmith at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic city this past Sunday. We were about 6' from the stage and it was only 3000 people at the show. This was my 6th time seeing them since 1975 and this was one of the better shows. The music sounded pretty good, and the stage show for a bunch of late 60 to early 70 year old men on stage playing and singing was pretty energetic. I only enjoyed the songs from the 1st 2 albums, but the rest was pretty good. They performed 2 old blues songs that finally showed me that Joe Perry could actually play a mean guitar. It was well worth spending an evening listening to them. |
Anais Mitchell, in a small venue in the centre of the UK, last night. A great evening, what an artist and songwriter. |
The Alarm - Sigma Tour w/ Modern English and Gene Love Jezebel - Last night - 8/15/2019 at The Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI.
Fantastic show! Gene Love Jezebel was kinda mediocre. I was really surprised how much I liked Modern English. They are a much harder rockin' band than I was expecting. Really solid. And The Alarm was absolutely fantastic. I've seen The Alarm a couple of times before, but this was the best I've ever seen them. Honestly, as good as any band I've seen in the last 10 years or so.
Go see The Alarm if they are near your town. Really fantastic stuff.... |
@reubent She did have a stand on stage, I assume it was lyrics. |
@slaw - Glad you made it to the Courtney Barnett show. I missed her the night before, here in Cincinnati, because I was on vacation. But I did catch her last year at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. Great show! Proof that rock and roll is definitely not dead......
@big_greg - Full "Car Wheels". What a treat! I saw Lucinda last summer on the LSD Tour and she was the best I've seen her in a long, long time. She seems to have gotten out of the funk she was in for a few years. Question: Did she have a stand with her lyrics on the stage in front of her? I saw her in 2016 and 2017 and she relied on her lyrics book quite a bit. When I saw her last year, I don't think she even looked at it. A good sign that she is in a better place than she was a few years ago...... |
Courtney Barnett @ N.C. Museum of Art Amphitheater/Raleigh, tonight. She really rocks and is so natural doing it. |
Lucinda Williams last Sunday and "Jeff Lynn's" ELO last night. Saw Lucinda at Woodland Park Zoo's Zoo Tunes and ELO at the Tacoma Dome. Lucinda played Car Wheels in its entirety and spent a lot of time talking about the stories and inspirations behind the songs which added weight to the performances and gave it an intimate feel. ELO was really tight, the sound was great (for that venue) and the stage and light show was spectacular. |
About 2 weeks, Stacey Kent, the Jazz chanteuse with Jim Tomlinson, her Saxophonist husband. It was excellent, as usual, the 6th time I've seen her, I think |
Yuko Mabuchi performed at her exuberant return to the Vibrato Grill in Bel Air last night, billed as a celebration of the release of her paean to Miles Davis. I thoroughly enjoyed the first set, which included Miles’ So What as well as her inspired conception of Stevie Wonder’s Isn’t She Lovely. Yuko’s creative stylings bridged bebop to a contemporary flair in her own high energy impressions. She was ably accompanied by her trio mates Del Atkins (bass) and Bobby Breton (drums) with guest JJ Kirkpatrick on the trumpet. The group laid out extended versions of some of the songs on her CD, taking the opportunity to air the full detail of their inspired interpretations without any time constraint. The Vibrato is a lovely venue. Entering from the bright sun-lit Bel Air hillside, its blackout entry was a complete contrast that forced me to pause while my eyes adjusted. Further in, the darkness was a frame to brilliant colors decorating the stage in an expansive two storey dining room. A perfect setting for an evening of enchanting music. |
Hey Geoffkait, I saw those two bands in San Diego in 1969, Led Zep was the opener for Jethro if I remember correctly.
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Bob Seger- a few weeks ago. Musicianship was excellent. At 75 years of age, he hits all the notes, performs like it was his first tour and plays every song imaginable! Sound crew was friendly and sat first row behind the mix. This is Bob Seger’s final tour and well worth the trip.
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Pixies back in April of this year. Mostly a greatest hits performance, but that is exactly what I was hoping for!!
First time seeing them live, so it was definitely a bucket list concert.
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I got Johnny’s autograph at the airport for my date at the concert later that night with Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull. 1969.
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roberjerman, You need to get out more! |
Johnny Winter at the Terrace Club in Stamford, CT (about a mile from my house) back in '93 (forget the month!). Not as good a performance as when I saw him at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY in August '91! A true legend of a guitar slinger! Sadly missed! |
