A couple of caveats to my next couple of musical blog posts that I will be doing over the next week or so:
A. They are inspired by friends of ours (Crystal and Jason) who have got me thinking more about what it is about music that I love lately then I have in quite a while.
B. The entire list below doesn't necessarily represent my favorite music in all cases. It is simply stating who I have seen in concert. Some concerts I attended because I was able to get into them for free (like Shania Twain with Mess) and some are on here because the band opened for another band that I really wanted to see, etc.
C. The last concert I attended was sadly way back in 2005 when Gina and I saw Ben Lee and Rufus Wainwright outdoors in Chicago but had to leave before Ben Folds took the stage because Natalie was with us and was only two months old.
D. This list will grow over time. It is simply a one time brain dump and I know it is not a comprehensive list. If you can think of a concert you attended with me that I did not include, please let me know.
Solo artists/bands that I have seen in concert (with times seen in parentheses):
Brenda Weiler (~8), Mason Jennings (~5), Soul Coughing (~5), Mike Doughty (~5), No Doubt (3), Bush (2), Counting Crows (2), Dan Wilson (2), Ellis (2), Goo Goo Dolls (2), Tenacious D (2), Rage Against the Machine (2), Tonic (2), Goldfinger (2), Pearl Jam, Astronaut Wife, Beck, Ben Lee, Better Then Ezra, Cowboy Mouth, Semisonic, Jack Johnson, Kid Dakota, Sting, Tracy Chapman, Matchbox 20, The Verve Pipe, Old 97s, Our Lady Peace, Rhett Miller, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Sponge, Collective Soul, Shania Twain, Gravity Kills, Tripmaster Monkey, The Suburbs, Material Issue, Henry Rollins Band, Bloodhound Gang, Wallflowers, Live, The Ramones, Republica, Rufus Wainwright, Prince, Sounds of Urchin, Frank Black, Unified Theory, G Love and Special Sauce, Reverend Horton Heat, Gavin Rossdale, Five For Fighting, Spearhead, Linda Perry, Martin Zellar's Neil Diamond show, The Violent Femmes, The Jayhawks, Polara, Flipp, Boys Against Girls, Stanford Prison Experiment, Garbage, Poe, Pyscho Billy Cadillac, Contraband and Korn
Top ten solo artists/bands I'd still like to see sometime in the future (in no particular order):
The All-American Rejects, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Get Up Kids, Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, The Killers, Jason Mraz and Fall Out Boy
C. The last concert I attended was sadly way back in 2005 when Gina and I saw Ben Lee and Rufus Wainwright outdoors in Chicago but had to leave before Ben Folds took the stage because Natalie was with us and was only two months old.
D. This list will grow over time. It is simply a one time brain dump and I know it is not a comprehensive list. If you can think of a concert you attended with me that I did not include, please let me know.
Solo artists/bands that I have seen in concert (with times seen in parentheses):
Brenda Weiler (~8), Mason Jennings (~5), Soul Coughing (~5), Mike Doughty (~5), No Doubt (3), Bush (2), Counting Crows (2), Dan Wilson (2), Ellis (2), Goo Goo Dolls (2), Tenacious D (2), Rage Against the Machine (2), Tonic (2), Goldfinger (2), Pearl Jam, Astronaut Wife, Beck, Ben Lee, Better Then Ezra, Cowboy Mouth, Semisonic, Jack Johnson, Kid Dakota, Sting, Tracy Chapman, Matchbox 20, The Verve Pipe, Old 97s, Our Lady Peace, Rhett Miller, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Sponge, Collective Soul, Shania Twain, Gravity Kills, Tripmaster Monkey, The Suburbs, Material Issue, Henry Rollins Band, Bloodhound Gang, Wallflowers, Live, The Ramones, Republica, Rufus Wainwright, Prince, Sounds of Urchin, Frank Black, Unified Theory, G Love and Special Sauce, Reverend Horton Heat, Gavin Rossdale, Five For Fighting, Spearhead, Linda Perry, Martin Zellar's Neil Diamond show, The Violent Femmes, The Jayhawks, Polara, Flipp, Boys Against Girls, Stanford Prison Experiment, Garbage, Poe, Pyscho Billy Cadillac, Contraband and Korn
Top ten solo artists/bands I'd still like to see sometime in the future (in no particular order):
The All-American Rejects, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Get Up Kids, Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, The Killers, Jason Mraz and Fall Out Boy
I'm pretty sure Five For Fighting was at that Edge Fest.Also did you go to the free Smashing Pumpkins concert?Also, did you go to the Spearhead, Soul Coughing, G. Love concert?Also, did you ever go see G.B. Leighton with us?Also, you've inspired me to write a similar post in the near future.
ReplyDeleteGood call on Five For Fighting and Spearhead, I forgot about them. I was up north for the Pumpkins concert...I think it was the night before my 21st birthday. I have to think about if I saw G.B. or not. I think I did but I can't remember for sure...do you remember where it was?
ReplyDeleteAs for the post, that's sweet. I'd love to see your list.
I've seen him at Bunkers and Rick Born's
ReplyDeleteDid you find a list of past Edgefest concerts somewhere?Did you see Dido with me? I saw her at Fine Line and I can't remember who opened.
ReplyDeleteI was not at the Dido show. The Edgefest stuff was all off the top of my head, that's why I think I missed some. I looked for lists on the web but couldn't find any.
ReplyDeleteI was at the Dido show and couldn't remember who opened (because we got there late and stood in the back), so I googled that action:
ReplyDelete12/19/99, Fine Line
Dido
Tara MacLean
Susan Sandberg
Nice work, Bri. I agree with Jon, now I'd like to see a comprehensive look at my concert history. Time to bust out the old scrapbooks.
ReplyDeleteI believe the woman from 4 non blondes was at Edgefest too. Linda Perry I think. Shane, do you remember this?Brian, did you not go to Horde Fest? That is a bunch more bands there.Have you never seen TMBG?
ReplyDeleteLinda Perry, nice work. I've never been to a Lalapalooza or Horde Fest show nor have I seen TMBG. I should add them to my ten bands to see list...I need to go back through my CD cases and see who I have concert ticket stubs for.I'd love to see your list as well Shane!
ReplyDeleteLinda Perry was there. Like Brian, I tried searching for Edgefest bands and came up with jack squat. Hard to believe in this day and age.
ReplyDeleteI swear Green Day was at Edge Fest too
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