Concerts I've seen lately

Today we shall list as many concerts, bands, shows, etc. as I can think of that I've attended in the past few years... At the request of visitor Mike, I've started adding some tidbits about the shows and have also added their official websites if they have one. Enjoy!

If there's a concert missing from this list that you know I've seen or that you went to me with, please drop me a line. I've seen a good number of shows, but after a while, I don't always remember all of them.

• 2005

• Death Cab for Cutie

• The Decemberists

• Mike Doughty

• Vamola

• Visqueen

• Los Amigos Invisibles

• The Carolines

• Key Note Speakers

• Earlimart

• Ted Leo & The Pharmicists

• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

• The Black Crowes

• Radio Nationals http://www.radionationals.com/

• Pearl Jam (again!)

• Bob Mould (at the Triple Door)

• Bob Schneider (at Antone's)

• Storyville (at Antone's)

• All Day I Drive

• Clint Black

• The Swains

• Lucinda Williams

• John Doe

• Low (at the Triple Door)

• I forgot to update from Jan-May

• 2004

• Citizen Cope (at the Triple Door)

• The Concretes (at the Triple Door)

• Kacy Crowley

• Louque

• The Killers

• Bob Schneider (in Austin!)

• Blind Boys of Alabama (wow!)

• Neko Case

• Patty Griffin

• Trout Fishing in America

• Toots and the Maytals

• Rebirth Jazz Band

• Joe Ely (one of my highlights!)

• Sheryl Crow

• Modest Mouse (great band despite playing a short set)

• Los Amigos Invisibles (great Spanish dance music... reminded me of Kinky)

• Monte Montgomery

• Reckless Kelly (where I was propositioned by a cute 19 yr old)

• Trey Anastasio

• Guy Forsyth

• Kelly Willis

• Calexico (one of my highlights)

• Patrice Pike

• Ben Kweller (not the guy from weezer, but still entertaining)

• Elvis Costello & the Imposters (he's getting older)

• Spoon (yay!)

• Cake (always fun)
• The Presidents of the United States of America

• Death Cab for Cutie

• United State of Electronic

• Harvey Danger

• The Pixies

• Built to Spill

• The Marley Brothers

• The Memphis Radio Kings

• Hudson Blues Band

• Five for Fighting

• Liz Phair

• VamoLa!

• Bobby Rush

• Public Enemy

• Byrdie

• Bob Schneider (at the Tractor)

• Charlie Mars

• Ari Hest

• Bob Schneider (first time this year, with Matthew)

• The Asylum Street Spankers (again!)

• Indigo Girls (again!)

• Cyndi Lauper

• Gypsy Kings

• Macy Gray

• BB King

• Dr. John

• Elvin Bishop

• Chris Isaak

• I forgot to update from Aug 2003- May 2004

• 2003

• The Doors

• Bjork

• Lyle Lovett

• Cheap Trick

• Melissa Etheridge

• John Eddie

• India.Arie

• Robert Randolph Family Band

• Big Brother and the Holding Company

• Huge Spaceship

• Sir Mix-A-Lot

• Aimee Mann

• Pete Droge (fresh from touring with the Thorns - Matthew Sweet, Pete, and Shawn Mullins)

• Ani DiFranco

• The Asylum Street Spankers (second time this year!)

• The Asylum Street Spankers (at the Tractor)

• 2002

• Pearl Jam

• Steve Earl

• Lyle Lovett

• Indigo Girls

• Billy Idol

• Burt Bacharach

• Chris Isaak

• Shawn Colvin

• Sleater-Kinney (Time magazine calls them America's greatest rock band!)

• Tragically Hip

• Cake

• Kinky

• Flaming Lips

• De La Soul

• Zuco 103

• The Asylum Street Spankers (second time in a year!)

• The Asylum Street Spankers

• Ani DiFranco

• Sonic Youth

• Maceo Parker

• Wilco

• The Derailers

• Pretty Girls Make Graves

• Hell's Belles (all girl, AC/DC cover band)

• Mudhoney

• the Simians

• Peter Parker

• Jackie and the Control Tops

• Ursula and the Androids

• Dead Low Tide (a washed up metal band from Portland)

• 10 Minutes Down (a really good local ska band)

• 764-HERO (power pop, good stuff)

• the Catheters (these boys were living the rock star life on stage)

• The Minus Five

• the Shins

• Jason Webley

• Death Cab for Cutie

• Marc Olsen

• Seems I didn't update this page from 1999-2002. Forgive me?

• Violent Femmes

• Morrissey, with Sack as the support band
  Very cool show! Saw him at the Forum in London... wow! Sure, we can all joke about his depressing music, but his shows are energetic and lively! His music's solid, he's passion is apparent, and his stage prescence as a preformer is really strong! He played some classics radio tunes (Tomorrow, Girl Friend in a Coma, etc) as well as other old and new material. I'd never seen him before (in the US or the UK), but here he spoke out about the Royal family as well as issues such as hunting. Impressive to see he was as passionate about the community and issues as he was passionate about his own music. Oh, and the highlight of the show, I met a lovely boy from Newcastle named Richard. :) He claimed to be shy, but that I severly doubt. He made the concert experience even better than it already was. What a great guy!

• G Love and Special Sauce... again!
  Was the second time I saw G Love and he was just as alluring as the first! Very soulful, very groovin, and very energetic! What a sexy man! Played lots of old, some classics too, and the freestyle stuff was great! Jimmy, too, was awesome as always!

• Boogie Wonderland
  Great disco band in London. Played stuff from Abba to Barry White... Very groovin... great for dancing as well!

• Randy Travis
  Ahh... Randy. Classic country... right up there with George Straight and Hank Williams, Jr. I used to listen to tons of Randy when I was younger (middle school era) and have been a fan for a while. Didn't know tons of his new stuff, but he did play some classics so I was content!

• Trish Yearwood
  She's what I consider to be "new country" and I wasn't expecting much, but she's real energetic, talkative, and just friendly. Strong music too... She sang lots of song I sang along with that I didn't even know she did. Very nice!

• Loverboy
  Horrible 80s! The band's older and worn out - should be put to rest. Well, it wasn't all that bad. The lead singer - he was replusive, horrible, old, grossly overweight, bad haircut, and kept shouting "show me your tits ladies." The rest of the band was okay. Music? Okay too. Might have been better if I hadn't been so turned off by the infantile antics of the repulsive lead singer. Yuck! They did play all of the songs you'd recogize - "Working For The Weekend," "Turn Me Loose," "Heaven in Your Eyes" (Top Gun soundtrack), etc.

• Men at Work
  Awesome 80s! Great show! Though the guys were a bit older now, they still know how to rock and really get the crowd going! Really a terrific show... played all of their old classics... "Down Under," "Who Can It Be Now?," "Be Good Johnny," etc. Crowd was great too... some folks had their original LPs with them to get signed! We got to meet Simon after the show... very nice guy!

• Guy Forsyth
  Awesome live Austin music at it's best! Guy used to be part of the Spankers, but left a while back to do his own thing and damn is he doing it well! Kinda bluesy, kinda rocking, great for solo dancing, swing, and just plain grooving. I have no expertise in attempting to describe his music. Though I can say I loved the burning harmonica solos and screaming slide guitar, as I heard another put it. Very powerful, much fun! Thanks go out to Bill for inviting me to the show to see his friend Guy. :)

• They Might Be Giants, with opening act Mike Shelly
  While Mike played good, old fashioned fun pop music, TMBG played like they're famous for... energetic and fun! The canon was there for James Polk, we congo-ed through the crowd in appropriate places, they lip synched to the puppets, and we all bounced up and down to the guitars and accordian groove throughout the whole, terrific, amazingly energetic show! The Johns were in fine form, and the Dans were terrific as well. Played new stuff, works in progress, and of course classics like "Birdhouse in my Soul," "Partical Man," and "Istanbul." (Thanks go out to my friend Mitch for the invite!). Oh, and in case you're wondering, the People won. :)

• Liz Phair, opening band the Damnations
  the Damnations were good, slow, swinging country music, which was cool. But, Liz Phair just rocked! Awesome show... highly encourgageed! That little tiny women on stage with so much presence, so much energy! She commands your respect and elicits and amazing response from the crowds! Personally, with lyrics like hers, how could you not love the music (and the beautiful women behind them)?

• Skatalites
  The Skatalites, formed in 1960, are a staple of our times... the founding fathers of the Ska music movement and the unending quest for freedom. Says band leader Tommy McCook, "Ska is a Jamaican rhythm that came from the mento and popular American blues. You know mento is a form of calypso with the early Jamaican rhythm. It's a little bit slower than the calypso beat. We speeded it up and ska came out of that." It's pretty awesome music... jazz, blues, and rock all rolled into one groogroob

• Dave Matthews Band (again), with opening band the Getaway People
  It was my 2nd time seeing Dave, and my first time for the Getaway People, and both bands were terrific. If there's one thing for sure, Dave can definitely dance, even while jamming on the guitar, which was frequent with all of the extended songs they did. If you've never seen (or heard) the Getaway People, be sure to see them live or listen to their self titled CD - it's grooving with a great funky beat. Worth purchasing!

• Tool (again), with opening band the Melvins
  This was my second Tool show and it was great! The bad has such intense music and and an amazing energy - the crowds can never get enough! Maynard amused me this time by wearing a bar the whole show. "We're playing Houston tomorrow and Dallas the next day and I'm going to be a different gender for all three shows..." was how he explained the lingerie. He also amused me when he explained why the space between the crowd, the security guys, and the stage: "Just in case there were any homophobes in the crowd, we wanted to give you your comfort zone now just in case. Hey, what is a homophobe anyway? Is that kind of like a Mormon?" It's kind of neat to see such a hard core band like Tool be so openminded and accepting. Very cool indeed.

• Eric Burdon
  Classsic rock fans may or may not remember him... but will definately remember his hit song "House of the Rising Sun" and other tunes he did during his time as lead singer for the Animals.

• Blue October
  Houston band... not too bad, played energetic diverse music. I was especially impressed by the lead singer... a man who was actually concerned for the welfare of the fans and crowd. I was very pleased to see him scold men in the crowd for manhandling a female crowed surfer. The band gets points in my book just for that sensativity.

• Asylum Street Spankers (lots of times)
  They're great! Eleven pieces, all acoustic, all the time! Check them out in Austin every Wednesday at the Electric Lounge at 10pm and every Sunday at La Zona Rosa's Gospel Brunch at 11am. You'll love it!!

• Stereolab (good music, but absolutely no stage presence)
• High Llamas (just odd)

• the Refreshments (again)
  They were even better the second time if that's possible! Lots of energy! Great music! Terrific attitude! Lots of fun to watch, listen to, drool over! Great guys with great rock n' roll!

• the Dance Hall Crashers (good ska, albiet not super big yet)

  The Roar Tour

• Nixons (again)
• Sponge (again)
• the Reverend Horton Heat (again)

  Blockbuster Rockfest in Dallas (The world's largest one day music event in history, over 400,000 concert goers!):

• Jewel (again)
• Counting Crows (again)
• Collective Soul (again)
• Wallflowers
• Paula Cole (again)
• Matchbox 20

• Impossibles (kick ass Austin band! a must see!)
• Missle Command

• Butthole Surfers (nice stage presence, but don't care for some of their music)

• the Queers (punk at it's finest!)

• Tripping Daisy (again)

• Jewel (again)
• Did Lee Squat? (neat-o stuff, takes some adjusting to though!)
• Cowboy Junkies (yawn)
• Deep Blue Something (yawn)
• DaDa (not bad for a band with only a few hits)

• Dishwalla
  The lead singer of this band has got to be the sexiest man alive. Everyone should go see the show at all costs. They rock hard core!

• Superdrag

• Jerry Jeff Walker (much fun, even if you don't love country music!)

• the nixons (again)

• The Grapes

• Bredlove (again)

• The Ugly Americans (again)

• George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars
  with guests including Chuck D and also George's grand daughter. they rocked! greatest funk star in history of the world!

• Weapon of Choice (again)

• Citizen King

• The Geraldine Fibers

• Iggy Pop (not bad for an old guy trying to stay young!)

• Randy Newman

• Martin Zellar

• The Throwing Muses

• Alejandro Escovedo (yeah Austin artists! they were great!)

• The Refreshments (love them, love them, love them!)

• Hamell on Trial (again)

• Joan Osborne

• Shufflepuck

• For Squirrels (holleywood rock at it's finest... complete with screaming, wild outfits, and crazy guitar smashing. my fvorite touch: the guitar with christmas lights inside it!)

• Thirty Ought Six

• The Vidalias

• The Presidents of the United States
• Love Jones (...or was it SugarJones?)

• Cypress Hill (again)
• 311
• Phar Cyde

• Lisa Loeb and 9 Stories
• Once Blue

• Alanis Morrisette (would have been better without all of the 12 year olds singing along to every damn song!)
• Loud Lucy (kicked ass! they definately stole the stage!)

• Mr. Bungle (faith no more frontman leads this band in a crazy, fun direction!)
• Melt Banana

• Matthew Sweet (again)

• dilli (the kick ass band fronted by my beautiful friend Pancho)

• Juliana Hatfield (she's sweet, music's not bad)

• the Nixons (again)
• Funland (again)

• Hootie and the Blowfish (in the pouring rain, made the show bearable. no one got electrocuted... don't know if that's a good or bad thing))

• No Use For A Name (yea! love punk! their rendition of bob marley's Redemption song is my favorite yet!)

• Sonic Youth
• Hole
• Cypress Hill (kicked ass! could barely see them throught he big purple cloud floating over the audience though)
• Pavement
• Beck (very slick)
• Moby (good techno)
• Jesus Lizards (loved them!)
• Mighty Mighty Boss Tones (always love them! very fun!)

• Chris Whitley

• Tripping Daisy (high energy as always! very fun!)
• Funland (nice stickers, good music, friendly guys)
• Dooms U.K.

• Retarded Elf (again)

• Better Than Ezra (wonderful! completely mesmorizing!)
• Menthol

• Fishbone
• Weapon of Choice

• Pocket FishRmen

• Sponge (wow!)
• Letters To Cleo (pop at it's finest!)
• Ned's Atomic Dustbin (great music to get energy from)
• Figdish

• Jewel (completely captivating! a one woman show no other band can even try to compete with!)

• Dave Matthews Band (relatively corportate, but still good music!)

• Toad the Wet Sproket (again)
• Rusted Root (amazing! one of the neatest bands i've ever seen)

• the Eagles (all of the classics in one terrific evening!)

• Adam Ant (he was wnderfully sexy and had great stage presence!)
• the Murmers (again)

• Sarah McLauchlan (wow! ice cream sing along was my fave part!)
• Paula Cole (kicked ass for an opening band)

• Offspring (nice guys! lots of young annoying punks at the show though)
• Quicksand

• Reverend Horten Heat (again)
• Hagfish (yeah!!! fun music, nothing i'd let my mom listen to though!)

• Blues Traveler (amazing! john popper is quite a man!)
• Cake (involved the crowd in the show more than any other preformer i've even seen! was wonderfully fun!)

• Matthew Sweet (yeah! nice, even got my picture in Raygun magazine while chatting with him after one of his shows)

• the Murmers (sweetest girls in rock, fun music too)

• Bush (gavin and the boys have great stage presence!)
• the Toadies (loud, fast, and strong! good stuff!)
• All

• Bad Religion (one of the best and biggest mosh pits i've ever been in!)

• Dog's Eye View

• G Love and Special Sauce (sexiest man alive by any standard! bluesy rock was fantastic! loved the upright base!)

• Magnapop (one of my fave femme group! good show!)
• Throneberries (got tounge from the lead singer after the show!)

• Toad the Wet Sproket (sexiest toes of any man i've ever seen! love all of their music, love all of their concerts!)
• Mila (music was not bad, band was very friendly)

• Counting Crows (such a great show, the counting crows tape was the only one i took with me on a two month trip to costa rica!)

• Sam Phillips (baby, i love you too!)
• Buffalo Tom

• Spin Doctors
• Cracker (very fun as always!)
• Gin Blossoms
• Soulhat

• Aerosmith (wow! great show if the crowd knew itself better! ie: great mix of young kids, army men, middle age folks, and grandpas and grandmas with grey hair)
• Collective Soul

• Hammel on Trial (best one man show ever! spoken word mx with some music! absolutely amazing, very entertaining!)

  Austin Bands:

• Seed
• Magneto USA
• Ugly Americans
• Spoon
• Retarded Elf
• Charlie Sexton
• Breedlove
• Johnie Goudie
• Mr. Groper
• Miss USA

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