June 2010
2 posts
Bonnaroo 2010
Hello! I’ve made it home safely from my first ever Bonnaroo in Manchester TN and I had a great time! My recordings will take some time to process and organize, but here is a list of what I was able to capture:
- Manchester Orchestra - Needtobreathe - Blitzen Trapper mp3 - Nas and Damian Marley mp3 - OK Go (first song and a half are missing) - Les Claypool mp3 - Flaming Lips Set...
Blues Traveler, 05/19/2010
A fellow taper reached out to me on the taping message boards and knowing that I am a big fan of Blues Traveler, asked me if I would be interested in attending and taping a private concert that the band was performing at the Eastern Market in Washington DC for the Everglades Society. I enthusiastically accepted his request, and we were also able to get another taper in the door. Tickets to...
May 2010
1 post
Daycare Swindlers, 03/18/2010
Every time I see this band I wish that they played longer sets and played more often. This time I was treated to a slightly longer than average set (just over an hour), and I enjoyed the hell out of it. In spite of the drunken gals who kept manhandling the CA-14’s I was running at hip-height on the stage lip (ultimately causing me to move the mic’s, mid-set), and in spite of the...
March 2010
1 post
North Miss. Allstars, 02/27/2010
Two and a half hours of virtually non-stop blues rock. Say what you will about a lot of these jammier bands, but you really won’t have much negative to say about staying on stage for over two hours before taking a short two minute break and killing a four song, 20+ min encore. North Mississippi Allstars is a brief threepiece from Hernando, Mississippi and headed by Luther Dickinson on...
February 2010
2 posts
Listen
Two concerts so far this year, a few coming up
The year has gotten off to a slow start— the heavy snowfalls that blanketed the DC region are melting slowly and signs of life have started trickling back onto the calendars of the area venues. This year I am going to be test running this blog and operating it alongside my MySpace’s “DC Area Concerts Blog”, which will undoubtedly mean more work for a while, but hopefully...