Artists/Bands I've Seen Live (Inspired by James Owens) - Updated December 2, 2012

Jimmy Owen's List:  Mr. Owens was/is a participant in two of the bands listed below.

Inspired on Christmas Day 2009 by Craig Hankin's recollection and records (the Other Craig's List), I took a stab at re-organizing this list chronologically, with some Internet searches and a lot of fuzziness in the middle. I added a couple names (and took a couple off, because I do not have a clear enough memory of where I saw the artists, let alone when). I have added locations. With a couple of exceptions, I have only listed performances where I saw a full set.

High School: 1965-1969:
The Dean Brothers (various)
The Ridgewoods (church dances/concerts)

College: 1969-1973
James Taylor (F&M University)
Carole King (F&M University)
Livingston Taylor (Shriver Hall)
Neil Young (Baltimore Civic Center)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Shriver Hall)
Commander Cody & Lost Plant Airmen (Shriver Hall)
The Youngbloods (Newton H. White Athletic Center)
Traffic (Baltimore Civic Center)
Led Zeppelin (Baltimore Civic Center)
Jefferson Airplane (Baltimore Civic Center)
B.B. King (Baltimore Civic Center opening for The Allman Brothers and DAR Constitution Hall w/ O'Jays opening)
The Allman Brothers Band (Baltimore Civic Center and Watkins Glen)
The Grateful Dead (Baltimore Civic Center and Watkins Glen)
The Band (Watkins Glen)
The Who (1971 Saratoga Springs)
Jethro Tull (Baltimore Civic Center)
Ocean Rose (Johns Hopkins Campus)
Don McLean (WMAR TV Studio on TV Hill)
Steeleye Span (1972 Lyric Opera House)(opened for Procol Harum)

1974-1985:
Emmylou Harris (The Rotunda)(1)
Joni Mitchell (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Arlo Guthrie (Montgomery County Fairgrounds)
Chick Corea (1974 The Rainbow in London)
Bob Dylan with The Band (1974) (Capital Center, Largo, Maryland)
Pink Floyd (Capital Center, Largo, Maryland)
Santana (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Little Feat (with Lowell George) (Warner Theater, DC)
Self-Righteous Brothers (Ethel's Place, Baltimore)
The Brandos (8x10)
Jackson Browne (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Marti Jones & Don Dixon (8x10)

1985-2000:
Bruce Springsteen (1985) (Giants Stadium)
The Roches (Shriver Hall)
Lyle Lovett (Pier Six with Francine Reed and The Large Band)
Rick Lee Jones (Pier Six)
Roger McGuinn (2000 Krashaar Auditorium)
Neville Brothers (Meyerhoff Symphony Hall)
Mambo Combo (Private Party, 13th Floor)
Richard Thompson (1998 Artscape and 2000 Kraushaar Auditorium)
Richie Havens (Outdoor Concert Downtown Baltimore)
Hot Honey Magnet (1998) (8x10)

The Twenty-First Century:
Diana Krall (Meyerhoff Symphony Hall)
Steely Dan (2003 Saratoga Performing Arts Center)
Eric Clapton (with Doyle Bramhall, II opening) (2004 MCI Center)
The Swell Season (2008 Virgin Fest - Pimlico Racetrack)
Rodrigo y Gabriela (2008 Virgin Fest - Pimlico Racetrack)
Green Day (2005 Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Los Lobos (2002 Artscape)
Caleb Stine (Relay Day, Creative Alliance, 2009 Hampden Hon Fest)
Wilco (2004 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall & 2009 Frawley Stadium, Wilmington, DE)
Bob Dylan (2006 Harry Grove Stadium, Frederick, MD & 2009 Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD)
Jimmie Vaughn with Lou Ann Barton (2006 Harry Grove Stadium)
Junior Brown (2006 Harry Grove Stadium)
Elana James and the Continental Two (2006 Harry Grove Stadium)
Avett Brothers (2007 Artscape)
Old '97s (2007 Artscape)
Mike Doughty (2008 Artscape)

2009
The Wiyos (Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD)
Willie Nelson (Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD)
John Mellencamp (Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD)
Bob Dylan (Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD)
Wilco with Conor Oberst & Mystic River Band (Frawley Stadium, Wilmington, DE)
Darwin Finch
The Spindles (Lurman)
St. Vincent (2009 Virgin Fest - Merriweather Post Pavilion)(2)
Wale (2009 Virgin Fest - Merriweather Post Pavilion)(3)
The Hold Steady (2009 Virgin Fest - Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Bruce Springsteen (October 20 - Spectrum, Philadelphia)

2010
Francine Reed (03/13/2010 - Bonita Springs, Florida)
Nighthawks (4/2/2010 - Creative Alliance - The Patterson)
Ocean Rose (4/10/2010 - JHU)
Jakob Dylan and Three Legs (with Neko Case and Kelly Hogan) (4/22/2010 - Rams Head Live) (opening act: Mimicking Birds)
Night of 1,000 Dylans (Creative Alliance)
The Spindles (Lurman)(06/26/2010)
ellen cherry (Hopkins Plaza)(July 1, 2010)
B.B. King (opening act: Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real) (Pier Six)(July 15, 2010)
Stuart Saunders Smith - Here and There (Artscape 2010)(July 17. 2010)
Gov't Mule (Artscape 2010 - July 17, 2010)
Steve Earle & Hot Tuna (electric, with G.E. Smith) (Rams Head Live - July 20, 2010)
The Swell Season (Rams Head Live - July 31, 2010 (Richard Bruckner opening))
Reality Jones (Frederick Road Fridays - August 27, 2010)
Rodrigo y Gabriela (Pier Six - August 30, 2010 (Leo Kottke opening))
Roger Waters - The Wall (Verizon Center 10/10/10) (G.E. Smith in the band)
Avett Brothers/Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (Pier Six - October 16, 2010)
Jenny & Johnny with The Love Language (Rams Head Live - October 25, 2010)
Bob Dylan & His Band (Smith Center, George Washington University - November 13, 2010)

2011
Liz Phair (with Harper Blynn opening) (Rams Head Live - January 25, 2011)
Bill Frisell and Vincius Canturaria (An die Musik - February 21, 2011)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet & Nels Cline Singers (CELESTIAL SEPTET) (The Wind-Up Space - February 27, 2011)
Wye Oak with The Callers (2640 Space - April 16, 2011)
Iron & Wine with Low Anthem (Rams Head Live - April 20, 2011)
Rush (First Mariner Arena - April 22, 2011)
The Bellevederes (Center Stage - Stoop Storytelling - June 9, 2011)
Appaloosa (Frederick Road Fridays - July 2, 2011)
ellen cherry (Hopkins Plaza - July 7, 2011)
Bela Fleck & Original Flecktones w/ separately and together: Abigail Washburn & The Village and the Carolina Chocolate Drops (Rams Head Live - July 7, 2011)
Emmylou Harris w/ Todd Snider (Pier Six - July 26, 2011)(35-40 years after the first time; see Note (1) below)
My Morning Jacket/Neko Case (Merriweather Post Pavilion - August 12, 2011)
The National (partial set), Yo La Tengo and Wye Oak (Merriweather Post Pavilion - September 6, 2011)
John Prine w/ Loudon Wainwright, III (Pier Six - September 23, 2011)
Wilco w/ Nick Lowe (Merriweather Post Pavillion - September 25, 2011)
Elvis Costello & the Imposters (The Warner Theater - September 29, 2011)
Richard Thompson (Maryland Hall for the Performing Arts - October 20, 2011)
ellen cherry & Laura Brino (One World Coffee House - October 22, 2011)
Against the Grain (Spirits West - October 29, 2011)
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys (Blob's Park - November 11, 2011)(11/11/11)
Caleb Stine's Round the Mountain with The Honey Dewdrops, Hugh Campbell, Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle, Leah Weiss and Gary Wright (Creative Alliance - November 12, 2011)
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog (The Windup Space - November 16, 2011)
Against the Grain (The Green Turtle - Hunt Valley - November 18, 2011)
The Basement Band (Dean Rosenthal, Gary Wright, Leah Weiss, Jeff Muller & Tom Fridrich) (Back Room, 49 West Coffee House, Annapolis - November 19,2011)
Bob Seger with Frankie Ballard (1st Mariner Arena - November 25, 2011)
Victoria Vox & ellen cherry (Creative Alliance - December 9, 2011)
Against the Grain (Marli's Dockside - Essex, MD - December 10, 2011)

2012
Miranda Lambert, Chris Young & Jarred Nieman (1st Mariner Arena - January 26,2012)
Arty Hill - Duets (Creative Alliance - February 10, 2012)
Roots Cafe: Bob Friedman and Tom Chalkley (with Craig Hankin) (An die Musik - February 12, 2012)
Nighthawk - Phil Wiggins and Eleanor Ellis (Creative Alliance - February 24, 2012)
ellen cherry "Please don't sell the piano" release show with Naked Blue, Jennifer Ferguson Smith, Scott Smith, Michael Prout, Katherine Fahey and Caleb Stine. (an die Musik-March 31, 2012)
Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys (Cat's Eye Pub, Fells Point-May 5, 2012)
Andrew Bird with Patrick Watson opening (Rams Head Live, Baltimore-May 9, 2012)
Roots Cafe: Arty Hill, Andrew Grimm (an die Musik-June 3, 2012)
Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys (Columbia Arts Festival - June 17, 2012)
Rosanne Cash with Luke Brindley opening (Columbia Arts Festival - June 22, 2012)
Junkyard Saints (Lurman Amphitheater, Catonsville, MD - June 24, 2012)

The Allman Brothers & Santana (Merriweather Post Pavilion - July 30, 2012)Against the Grain (Frederick Road Fridays - August 10, 2012)
Caleb Stine & The Honey Dewdrops (Creative Alliance - August 11, 2012)
Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa (Lurman Amphitheater - August 12, 2012)
Tribute to Woody Guthrie - Happy  100th - Caleb Stine, Arty Hill, Michael Patrick Flanagan, John Shock & Paul Margolis & Stone Hill Allstars, The Honey Dewdrops, Hello Strangers, Sam Nitzberg and Matt Douglas (Creative Alliance - September 29, 2012 - 1st Show)
Al Hergenhan & The Friends of Relay, Schroeder & The Brillo Pad (Relay Town Hall - October 7, 2012)
The Hold Steady with Natural Child (The Ottobar - October 16, 2012)
Against the Grain (Spirits West, October 27, 2012)
Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys (Blob's Park, November 9, 2012)
Against the Grain (Chappies, November 21, 2012)
Patti Smith (Rams Head Live, December 1, 2012)

(1) Emmylou Harris (The Rotunda) - only a few songs for record promo, but see Steve Earle's liner notes to "Nothin Without You" on Train A Comin' and you will know why this is on the list.
(2) St. Vincent (2009 Virgin Fest, Merriweather Post Pavilion) - only three songs, but kind of like wandering in on Hendrix just in time to see/hear "Wild Thing" or "Star Spangled Banner".
(3) Wale (2009 Virgin Fest - Merriweather Post Pavilion) - saw the whole set; music was fine, but Wale might do better if he stuck to the music and cut the stage banter.

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Perfect iPod Morning

An iPod on Shuffle can be a wonderful thing. Driving to work today, this is the random selection that Shuffle gave me:

The New Pornographers - My Shepherd
Rosanne Cash - Sea of Heartbreak (with Bruce Springsteen)
The Carter Family - Worried Man Blues
Levon Helm - Heaven's Pearls
Jacob Dylan - War is Kind

I almost suspect that my iPod has been getting communications from Siri on you iPhone, but I have an older iPhone without Siri.  The reasons for these thoughts of karmic interconnection are:

1. I am going to see Neko Case of the New Pornographers in July at Ramshead Live.
2. I am going to see Rosanne Cash on Friday night.
3. I would probably listen, at least once, to Bruce sing the phone book (if he could still find one); he would make it interesting.
4. I recently had a conversation with Arty Hill about the Carter Family and recent book about them.
5. Levon Helm - what else is there to say.  RIP Levon.
6. Jacob Dylan - kind of the 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon thing:  Levon Helm was the drummer in the Band; the Band backed Bob Dylan; Bob Dylan is Jacok Dylan's father.

Of course this is not karma at all.  I love this music, so my iPod is overflowing with it.  The odds are I am going to hear something that I like (or I would take the music off my iPod) and that my musical tastes have some commonality that unites them (somehow).  (The last premise may be a bit of a stretch -- my musical interests stretch in different directions.  Yesterday, for example I was listening on Spotify to Ry Cooder, Ali Farka Toure, and Jonny Greenwood's "From Here On Out" and "Bodysong" and on the way home (via Matthews Pizza) my iPod gave me:

Arty Hill - Montgomery On My Mind (Pie for Breakfast version)
Exene Cervenka - The Willow Tree
Majestic Silver Strings - Why Baby Why (featuring Marc Ribot)
Bob Dylan - Ballad for A Friend (Whitman Demos)
Animal Collective - Brother Sport
Exene Cervenka - Sound of Coming Down
Dave Matthews & Time Reynolds - Two Step (Live at Luther College)

So, maybe my iPod knows what I want to hear?

2010 Summer Concerts

Having warmed up this spring with an excellent show by Jakob Dylan and Three Legs at Rams Head and  The Nighthawks and Night of 1000 Dylans at the Creative Alliance, here is a list of the concerts on my schedule for this summer of 2010:

July 17 - Gov't Mule/Mambo Combo - Artscape

July 20 - Steve Earle and Hot Tune at Rams Head

July 31 - The Swell Season at Rams Head

August 6 - Arcade Fire and Spoon at Merriweather Post Pavilion

August 30 - Rodrigo y Gabriela  - Pier Six

And looking into fall:

October 10 - Roger Waters - Verizon Center

Got a good show that you want to let folks know about?  Post a comment below.

The Who's Gone

I was going to write something about the awful spectacle of Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey impersonating themselves and The Who during halftime at the most recent Super Bowl, but then I read this from Carrie Brownstein and decided the she says it all:

If you did watch Sunday's game, and you stayed put on the couch during halftime, then you would have seen The Who -- or at least its two surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey -- play an enervated, bordering-on-delusional medley of its greatest hits. Already performing as caricatures of their former selves ("Tommy" glasses: check; windmill: check, sort of), Townshend and Daltrey further sterilized the performance by playing in the center of a gargantuan replica, either of a Mod symbol or an LP. Nowhere near them were fans, so they really did look like a museum piece from afar, a middle-of-the-night TV ad for some golden-oldies CD collection that comes with toy versions of The Who playing atop a spinning LP. (Put it on your mantel!) The stage was lit up like a carnival ride and bursting with pyrotechnics, and not a single ounce of the fire or brightness was coming from the music. Relics, dusted off and propped up.

Read Brownstein's entire post at Hope I Die Before I Get Old: When Should Death Break Up A Band?  I would agree with Brownstein that that The Who departed this life years ago, if not with the death of their irreplaceable drummer, Keith Moon, then certainly with the death of their thundering bassist, John Entwistle.