Posted on 12/26/2016 4:46:29 PM PST by GSWarrior
As I get older I attend fewer concerts. I wish they began at 4pm instead of 10pm.
Here's my list:
The Mekons
Wynonna and the Big Noise
Pere Ubu
KT Tunstall
Hiss Golden Messenger
Kris Kristofferson
Valerie June
Dry Branch Fire Squad
His was the first concert I ever went to. I was my oldest sister's guest for Little Sisters' Weekend when she was a college freshman at U of M. It was long enough ago that he did not sing "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
But that was the only show I got to this year. :(
Rival Sons at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.
Apparently the names comes from a Chinese story about an ancient warlord named Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu, so the literal translation of the characters isn’t entirely accurate, but it could translate to something like “fierce fighting skeleton”. I’ll have to ask them next time. I couldn’t find any information in English.
The Lucky Chops. We saw them twice, once at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, and at later in D.C.
Puddles, the seven foot clown with a golden voice at the Soho Playhouse in NYC, and
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra playing Daphnis et Chloe, Suite 2 at the Strathmore in Rockville, Maryland. That's not the BSO in the clip, but they were even better.
Other than that, it was a local Irish band, Celtic Cross, performing a couple of times during the year.
It’s been a busy, busy year-
The Specials
Trampled by Turtles
The Proclaimers
Frank Turner
Cheap Trick
Ruthie Foster
The Willis Clan
The High Kings
Nick Lowe
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Skatalites
Gear Daddies
Belfast Cowboys
Little River Band
Steam Powered Giraffe
Was also supposed to see Davina and the Vagabonds as well as Hot Sardines at the end of October, but I got laid up in the hospital.
Jackson Browne
Steve Forbert
Marshall Crenshaw
At first read, I thought you meant he played guitar left-handed.
Since Me G works in the music business it takes a lot for us to want to go to a concert. That said, we did see several this year. We took in the Nashville Symphony several times (delightful) and also KebMo, Art Garfunkle, and Michael McDonald.
Michael McDonald was with America.... One of the guys in America can sing, one has shot his voice. Michael is brilliant... always.
Art Garfunkle should not sing. He told lots of stories, including how he has lost his voice. He tries.
KebMo is always fun.
The most interesting thing we heard was the sound check Steely Dan did at the Biltmore. Steely Dan playing Pink Floyd. What a trip.
Bruce Springsteen and Sleepy Man.
Death? How are they playing with Chuck?
Meytal (Meytal Cohen’s band)
Queensryche
Anthrax
Megadeth
Thousand Foot Krutch
Alice Cooper
Disturbed
Sevendust
Pop Evil
Three doors Down
Scorpions
Sixx A.M.
P.O.D.
Collective Soul
Shinedown
Candlebox
Babymetal
Chic
Duran Duran
Bruce Hornsby
Midnight Eternal
Armored Saint
Queensryche (yes, again, I love them!)
How was Babymetal?
Plymouth Canton ? ?
None. Work was way too busy this year, not that I’m complaining
The first and only time I saw Steve Forbert in concert was in 1978. When I heard he was coming to town this year I was ecstatic. Until I learned that the Drive-by Truckers were playing the same night at a venue just one mile away. I sure hope Steve comes back our way again some time.
I used to volunteer usher and got to see a lot of concerts for free. Even Metallica with San Francisco Symphony.
Yes!
We saw them at Carolina Rebellion, outdoor festival. They were actually better than I thought they would be! They also had one of the bigger crowds of the weekend.
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