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07-03-2008, 09:23 AM
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Re: 2008 Concert Season
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Originally Posted by Colin Jacobson
Were those shows expensive, or are you simply indicating you've bought a lot of tickets to different shows over the summer?
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Nah, just that I've bought a lot of tickets so far...10 shows as of last count, not including Bonnaroo and the JT show we already attended.
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07-03-2008, 10:12 AM
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Re: 2008 Concert Season
Saw Steely Dan last night at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Wow. What a great show. The drummer is phenomenal (all the musicians are great, but he's outstanding). Opening act was Catherine Russell (blues/jazz singer)--great voice and performance. Bought her CD right after the show. 
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
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07-06-2008, 03:47 PM
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Re: 2008 Concert Season
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Originally Posted by PaulDA
Saw Steely Dan last night at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Wow. What a great show. The drummer is phenomenal (all the musicians are great, but he's outstanding). Opening act was Catherine Russell (blues/jazz singer)--great voice and performance. Bought her CD right after the show. |
I'm kicking myself for not seeing The Dan when they came through here recently.
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07-10-2008, 01:46 PM
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Re: 2008 Concert Season
I saw the Steve Winwood/Tom Petty show last night and it knocked my socks off...what a great show! Winwood opened with his new band. They are a very Latin flavored outfit complete with bongos and other percussion. He played several tracks off his new CD "9 Lives" and from what I heard, I was impressed. They then did "Higher Love" but with more of a band feel to it which was pretty different from the synth-dominated album track. He then threw in some Traffic stuff which was phenomenal..."Dear Mr. Fantasy" (which I just plain love) was sublime and "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys" was awesome. Winwood really ripped it up on guitar on these tracks. His tone and sound was reminiscient of Clapton which makes sense from their Blind Faith days. The place was dang near full before he even came on (it took place at the new Verizon Amphitheater in the northern Atlanta suburbs) which I've never really seen before and when he and the band finished, there was a standing ovation...very cool! They seemed very taken aback by this as they kinda just looked around at each other and finally joined together and took a few bows together.
Petty then came on and rocked the house. Everybody loved his stuff. I expected to hear "Free Fallin'" as an encore or show closer, but he threw it in mid-set...nice. Man, for an older cat, he really performed well, what a showman. He was gesturing and posturing like the rock legend he is. It was VERY unlike what I saw at Bonnaroo a few years back. After playing some more hits, he threw in a Mudcrutch song (his pre-Heartbreakers band that consisted of 3/5 Heartbreakers) from their recently released, long overdue debut album. This was really cool as I've been digging this CD big time lately. A few more tunes and he brings Winwood back out for Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home." WOW, what an amazing performance. I can't believe how, after all these years, Winwood's voice still sounds in great shape. The crowd went nuts during this one. I went into this show looking forward to it, but not really having too high of an expectation. Man, was I blown away by the musicianship and the performances. Great stuff!
"Music is a magic carpet loaded with oils and other soothing potions, it's just what you need when you don't know what you need, when you've got more questions than answers." - Bob Lefsetz
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07-30-2008, 03:37 PM
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Re: 2008 Concert Season
We caught Mark Knopfler last night. He was simply amazing! Catch this show if you are a MK, Dire Straits or just plain "music in general" fan...you cannot go wrong! He put on quite a show mixing up his solo work with some DS tunes. While I have always loved his guitar tone on CD, it (and his playing of course) are simply mind boggling live. 
"Music is a magic carpet loaded with oils and other soothing potions, it's just what you need when you don't know what you need, when you've got more questions than answers." - Bob Lefsetz
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08-03-2008, 09:38 PM
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Re: 2008 Concert Season
I saw Jay And The Americans last night and The Buckinghams tonight at a local fair......both were good shows[and free to boot].
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08-03-2008, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron Reda
Just got back from Bonnaroo...we saw:
Umphrey's McGee
Widespread Panic (Robert Randolph guested)
Metallica
Pearl Jam
Death Cab For Cutie
Raconteurs
Willie Nelson
BB King
Les Claypool
OAR
Yonder Mountain String Band
Mastadon
Against Me
Ozomatli
Drive-By Truckers
Donavon Frankenreiter
Vampire Weekend
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OAR? Mastadon? Willie? Les? BB King? Metalica? Pearl Jam? I'm so jealous of you man! ;0
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08-04-2008, 09:32 AM
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OAR? Mastadon? Willie? Les? BB King? Metalica? Pearl Jam? I'm so jealous of you man! ;0
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Ha, ha...thx. OAR was not playing their best (not sure why; they sounded VERY sluggish maybe due to heat and/or time in the studio?), Mastadon was kinda "meh," Les was WAY fun, BB was OK, Tallywhacker was pretty good (I was WAY happy to hear old stuff like "Whiplash" and others off "Kill 'Em All") and PJ ROCKED the house (minus Eddie's politcal rants).
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08-04-2008, 09:38 AM
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Saw Umphrey's McGee Friday night and they were unbelievable...what excellent musicianship. They closed with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"...it was note-for-note perfect.
"Music is a magic carpet loaded with oils and other soothing potions, it's just what you need when you don't know what you need, when you've got more questions than answers." - Bob Lefsetz
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08-11-2008, 03:35 PM
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Just caught Gov't Mule on Saturday night. As always, Warren and the fellas didn't disappoint and jammed plenty. Even covered The Beatles' "Dear Prudence." Good stuff!
"Music is a magic carpet loaded with oils and other soothing potions, it's just what you need when you don't know what you need, when you've got more questions than answers." - Bob Lefsetz
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