The Never Ending Pool

There was such a thread last year for 2008. As nobody has started one for 2009, here it is...
What concerts have you gone to in 2009?


My year was rather meager, but with Bob on the list I am happy nontheless .

02/22/09 Itchy Poopzkid (German Punk Rock Band)
04/14/09 Bob Dylan
07/11/09 Lambchop/Calexico


Wish you all a happy new year 2010! May it be one with plenty of good music and live performances!

Dec. 31 and this past spring:
Robin and Linda Williams

In October:
Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright

U2

In August:
The Mostly Mozart Orchestra playing Mozart and Haydn

The John Adams opera A Flowering Tree*

The Village Vanguard Orchestra

Joanne Brackeen with Eddie Gomez, Ravi Coltrane and E.J. Strickland

John Pattitucci with Joe Lovano and Brian Blade (DC)

In June:
David Byrne
The Neville Brothers and Doctor John

In January:
The Metropolitan Opera in Gluck's Orfeo and Eurydice (HD broadcast)

*favorite performance of the year

3/17/09- The Eagles; at Mizzou Arena Columbia MO
4/30/09- Neil Young with Everest and the Neville Brothers; at the Sprint Center Kansas City MO
8/6/09- Shooter Jennings; Harrah's VooDoo Lounge St. Louis MO
8/23/09- Steve Earle with Alison Moorer; the Blue Note Columbia MO
9/15/09- Jamey Johnson with Josh Thompson; the Blue Note
10/13/09- Tom Russell; Mojo's Columbia MO
10/25/09- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band; Scottrade Center St. Louis MO

Full reviews at http://astrozac.blogspot.com/

Richard Thompson, Dinosaur Jr x2, Dead Weather, Butthole Surfers, Mission Of Burma, Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, Bob x2,Peter Case, Leonard Cohen, Wilco,...

Phish x6, Bob Dylan x4 (Allentown, Lakewood, Philadelphia, Fairfax), Dave Matthews Band x4, Bruce Springsteen x3, The Allman Brothers Band x2, and several others

crap, it's hard to recall all the gigs this year.

highlights include, bob of course. he is the highlight.
i adored the baseball stadium show with willie and mellencamp. that was fun!

also a couple of nights in boston. sitting in the front row, directly in front of bob, crooning with arms wide open and the scrim of the diamond sky behind him, did it for me. i had a one nighter with bob, only he doesn't know it sheesh, i'm still 'restless' abt that.

lately, we caught j. geils w/ pete wolf on new yr's eve. talk abt an energetic rock 'n roll show.

also caught the grateful dead for the millionth time in april. this show was special, i was accompanied by my team cap't adam dean and his boy. that was dynamite and the crowd went wild.

dion early november prior to his bob show, with a full n.j. band backing him. i made a point of going to this one. he was fantastic.

loads of blues bands including james cotton and shemekia copeland. i just can't remember.
most shows have been free. i think the only shows i've paid for have been bob's.

on one special day in may, it was may 1st, the dalai lama at gillette stadium was the best thing i've done in ages not that i learned anything i didn't already know, it was still an honour and a magical moment to be in his presence, cripes, when will that ever happen again for me? that same evening 'moon alice' (recommended) featuring g.e.smith, pete sears and jack cassidy, barry sleiss and the mcnamees. roger offered me a slice of his yummie b'day cake. who would have thunk all this could occur on one day.

loads of other vintage acts including the great charo! she's a trip, shakes her coochi, choochi and boy can she play flameco guitar. she's something else.

oh yeah, also forgot another whim show.. the woodstock reunion! great bands! big brother with a dynamic vocalist, the airplane/starship, canned heat with harvey mandel, ten yrs after, etc... i loved that show.

otherwise, i can't recall what happened last wk., seriously, time flies when you keep moving, stay open, spontaneous and remain positive. so. i recommend you keep movin'
be strong, have fun and please stay safe, wherever you roam.
xxxooo


p.s. i forgot abt andrea bocelii.. that was also a freebie. unbeliveable! he's brilliant.

dancin', you're a beacon still, god love ya like i do, cheers for the new years/

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
Roger McGuinn
Paul McCartney

Guess that's about it.

Just the one...

Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe

Looking forward to Lyle Lovett in March

Maris

hard to remember if it was 2008 or 2009,
but here's a shot:

Spring:
Bob Dylan
Oasis
Madelein Peyroux

Summer
Cactus Festival: Calexico, Lamb, Tracey Chapman, Bunny Wailer, etc etc
Pukkelpop Festival: Kraftwerk, Them Crooked Vultures, Bon Iver, Paulo Nutini, The Offspring, La Roux, 50 Cent, Arctic Monkeys, Beirut, etc...

Fall
Muse
Joan Baez
Emiliana Torrini
Massive Attack

The highlight definately was Muse. Biggest dissapointment must have been Kraftwerk. I might as well have watched the DVD at home.

My only plans so far for 2010 is the werchter festival with confirmed names: Muse, Green Day, Rammstein and lbnl Pearl Jam!

Dylan x 6-Florence (being the worst), Sheffield (the best), London 02, Roundhouse and Dublin x 2

Springsteen in Dublin.

U2 in Dublin (yawn).

Melody Gardot in Dublin.

Leonard Cohen x 3 (twice in Dublin, once just outside Granada)

2009 was a pretty slow concert year for me. I didn't get to as many shows as I would have liked (and really would have loved to see Steve Earle again, but alas he was playing Milwaukee in the middle of my vacation).

My concert year:

Bob - July 1 (Milwaukee), October 27 (Rockford), October 31 (Chicago)
Lucinda Williams - September 18 (Minneapolis), September 22 (Milwaukee), October 13 (Chicago)
David Gray - October 29 (Chicago)

David Gray was a good show, but marred by the obnoxious pot-smoker behind us who talked loudly throughout the show and was totally oblivious every time I shushed him. Plus, I had to miss the Dylan show in town that night.

The Dylan shows I saw were great. Milwaukee's debut of Forgetful Heart was absolutely amazing, and seeing Charlie back in the band in the fall (which was my first time seeing him, as my first Dylan show wasn't until 2004) was incredible.

But the highlight of my concert year, no doubt, was the Minneapolis Lucinda Williams show. She got married onstage between the main set and the encore, and debuted her contribution to the unfinished-Hank-Williams-songs project, a tune with uncharacteristically happy lyrics (and thus perfect for the occasion) called I'm Happy I Found You. Lucinda and Tom were also incredibly gracious to invite a number of fans, myself included, to the reception afterward. It was an incredibly amazing night, and as I told someone at the reception, sure to be the second-most incredible wedding I'll ever attend (the most incredible one came a few weeks later, when I got married October 10th. )

The first show of her three-night stand in Chicago spanning material from her entire career was great, too. Unfortunately, I was suffering from the flu and couldn't fully enjoy it; being sick also kept me from the next night's show, which I had a ticket for but could not attend.

turns out the health issues didn't slow us down much

Paul James Feb 14 Silver Dollar (w/ dinner 6pm) (Cec & Marcel)

CR Avery Feb 24 The Rivoli (Mike & Marcel)

Paul James Fri Mar 13 Honey's Beestro (Cec & Marcel)

Primal Scream Mar 24 Phoenix (Marcel)

Marianne Faithful Mar 28 City Winery NYC (w/ dinner 6pm) (Cec & Marcel & JS)

Paul James April 3 Honeys Beestro (make reservations for 4?)

Paul James Apr 9 Caddy (Cec & Marcel)

English Beat Apr 17 Lee's Palace (Mike & Marcel)

The Handsome Family Apr 21 El Mocambo (Cec & Marcel)

Gavin Rossdale Music Hall Apr 25 (Marcel Em Sarah)

Paul James Apr 30 Caddy (Cec & Marcel)

The Kills May 07 Phoenix (Marcel)

Arlo Guthrie May 10 Kingston ON (Cec & Marcel)

Tragically Hip May 12 Massey Hall (Cec & Marcel)

Leonard Cohen May 19 Copps Hamilton (Cec & Marcel)

NIN June 02 Molson Ampitheatre (Mike & Kate GA) (Marcel & Cec Reserved)

Dead Weather June 13 The Horseshoe (Marcel)

Hank & Lily June 19 Hyatt Regency (Marcel)

Offspring Jul 02 Molson Ampitheatre (Mike & Marcel)

Green Day Jul 16 Hamilton (Mike Haley & Marcel)

CR Avery Jul 18 Perth Folk Festival (Cec & Marcel)

Dead Weather Jul 19 Ottawa (Cec & Marcel)

Dead Weather Jul 22 KOOL HAUS (Marcel)

CR Avery Jul 23 The Rivoli (Mike & Marcel)

Dead Weather Jul 24 Detroit (Jacki Cec & Marcel)

CR Avery Jul 29 Hamilton ON (Cec & Marcel)

John Prine Fri Aug 14 Massey Hall (Cec & Marcel)

Robert Gordon Sat Aug 15 Horseshoe (Cec & Marcel)

Wanda Jackson Sat Sep 5 Cadillac (Cec & Marcel)

CR Avery Sun Sep 6 Harbourfront (Cec & Marcel)

Marianne Faithfull Sept 24 Town Hall NYC (Cec & Marcel)

Arctic Monkeys Sept 29 KOOL HAUS (Marcel & Mike)

Bob Dylan Nov 7 Kitchener (Cec & Marcel)

Billy Bragg Nov 17 Phoenix (Marcel & Mike)

Billy Bragg Nov 18 Studio at Hamilton Place (Cec & Marcel)

DEVO Mon Nov 23 Phoenix (Marcel)

Robert Gordon Sat Dec 05 08:00PM Doors

marcel,
as alwyas, an impressive list
nice to see a mixture of the new and the old!

What a busy concert year 2009 was:

FEB
Buddy Guy / BB King

MAR
Joan Baez

MAY
Richard Shindell / The Kennedys
Mickey Clark

JULY
Bob Dylan / Willie Nelson / John Mellencamp / Wiyos
Over The Rhine
Darius Rucker
Chris Isaak
Josh Ritter / Sam Roberts Band
Crosby, Stills, & Nash

AUG
Jimmy Buffett
Over The Rhine

SEPT
Over The Rhine
Vandaveer

NOV
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen

DEC
Over The Rhine x2

I guess I did alright for myself. I hope 2010 is as satisfying.