Concert attendance

I go to mostly blues shows, which tend to be small, semi-local and cheap. There are several good "festival" type shows, with 4 or 5 good acts, $25 for the day admission, beer, stogies, and BBQ not included-- so far this calendar year probably 24+ shows. Have a big 4th weekend blues festival here in Portland, have a couple other festivals later in the summer to go to, and many odd weekday night shows to see.

Portland is a pretty good town to be a blues fan in.

Last night I went to the Yardbirds concert in Annapolis,MD.
Excellent concert and fun for all who attended. The Yardbirds were truly a great club band. They played great tunes and they were enjoying themselves tremendously and were very gracious aferwards with autographs, questions, etc. If you are interested, go to their website:www.theyardbirds.com for their concert dates. The
tickets were only $25.00 and worth every penny.

Saw Alex Skolnick Trio last night. It was a great performance. He will be in Rochester NY next week, I am planning on being there. That will probably be it for now. Check out his website or new thread.

Shubertmaniac: Glad you enjoyed the show, but I tend to take exception to the billing that McCarty + Dreja = The Yardbirds (What was Box of Frogs?). That's less than 50% of the proper lineup - even less if you include all three (actually four, but who remembers the guy before Clapton?) lead guitarists who came and went - and could be argued to consist of the two least crucial members (though I personally don't view it that way - I love both their playing, and they were founding members). But if the band did a good job on the old songs, that's what matters most. I might've met you at the Ramshead under different circumstances, but as things were, I couldn't get myself motivated about this one...maybe I screwed up! :-)

You screwed up royally!! Gipie Mayo is a fine guitarist, who plays the Yardbird's songs with great elan. The band members Chris and Jim (who were very polite to the crowd
afterwards) absolutely love playing with them. Alan Glenn the blues harpest was much better than Keith and John Iban was very good as a bass player and singer. Actually I think the newer members have total reverence for what the band stood for. They had a great 10 minute "raveup" of Smokestack Lightning, that was as good as I heard. However, THE highlight of the show was their version of Dazed and Confused, their last recorded song, just before the band split up( of course you know who made it famous). Absolutely awesome!!! As far as I am concerned, these new members are Yardbirds. They had fun, the audience had fun. Would it have been more enjoyable if Jeff Beck or Paul Samwell-Smith had been playing, really I am not sure nor do I care. As far as the Ramshead Tavern is concerned, real nice, great pub food, nice selection of beer on tap. The acoustics/PA system was excellent. Again, I had a blast!!!