Re: OT: Who Did You See In Concert In 2016?
Date: December 7, 2016 16:58
Not sure I could recall the whole year, but had the most amazing October in terms of live music- in my life.
Started it off with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in SF..
where the (free!) three day line-up included..
Acoustic Yo La Tengo Featuring Dave Schramm, The Cactus Blossoms, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, SHEL, Buddy Miller's Cavalcade of Stars Featuring: Jack Ingram, Bobby Bare, Earle Griffin Harris Miller, Buddy Miller & Marc Ribot, The SteelDrivers, Allah-Las, The Go To Hell Man Clan, The John Doe Rock'n'Roll Band, Boz Scaggs, Tim O'Brien Band, Shannon and The Clams, Willie Watson, Shelly Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Allen Stone, Mariachi Mestizo, The Suitcase Junket, Jerry Douglas Band with Special Guest Maura O'Connell, Steve Earle & Shawn Colvin, Margaret Glaspy, Dropkick Murphys, The Flatlanders Featuring: Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Elephant Revival, Nick Waterhouse, Los Cenzontles with Special Guests Max and Josh of Los Texmaniacs, Mavis Staples, Nancy & The Lambchops, Emmylou Harris, Ismay, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cyndi Lauper, Valerie June, Pimps of Joytime, Nahko and Medicine for the People, The Jones Family Singers, Bob Forrest, The HillBenders Present The Who's TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry, Elizabeth Cook, Evolfo, Little Village All-Stars Featuring: Wee Willie Walker, Aki Kumar, Aireene Espiritu, John Blues Boyd, w/ Special Guests Curtis Salgado & Tracy Nelson, CAKE, Chuck Prophet & Stephanie Finch, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, Hardly Strictly Silent Disco w/ Motion Potion, DJ Centipede of Mophono, Davey D, Deejay Theory, King Most, Matt Haze, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist, Steve Fabus, Zack Darling, Malarkey, Gordo Cabeza, DJ 8Ball, DJ Alarm, Tom Thump, DJ Phleck, DJ Tobiwan, Make it Funky Djs, U9lift, Chuck Jones, DJ Corinne, Eggs Over Easy, Poor Man's Whiskey & Cirkus Quirkus (Friday Morning Kids' Program), Rosanne Cash, T Bone Burnett, Robyn Hitchcock, The Mother Hips, Jamestown Revival, Heidi Clare, Crystal Lee, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, The Brothers Gibb, Jesse DeNatale, Hayes Carll, C.W. Stoneking, Delhi 2 Dublin, Jamey Johnson, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Jonathan Richman Featuring Tommy Larkins, Kris Kristofferson, The California Honeydrops, The Infamous Stringdusters, Jackson Browne, Caroline de Lone, Jah Wobble & The Invaders of the Heart, Glen Hansard, Griffin House, Rebirth Brass Band, Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe, Dave Rawlings Machine, The Well Known Strangers, Xylouris White, Rabbit Wilde, Jonny Two Bags, M. Ward, John Hammond, Moon Hooch, The Time Jumpers Featuring: Vince Gill, Kenny Sears, Ranger Doug Green and Paul Franklin, John Paul White, Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone, Wynonna & The Big Noise, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Delta Rae, Conor Brings Friends For Friday: Twin Limb, MiWi La Lupa, Anna McClellan, Hop Along, Jim James, Conor Oberst, Jon Langford, Dave Alvin's Tribute to Merle Haggard & California Songwriters, Kane Welch Kaplin, mekons, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Doobie Decibel System, Chris Isaak, KT Tunstall, The Pines, The High Bar Gang, Patty Griffin, Hot Tuna Electric, Marco & The Polos.
Obviously didn't see them all, but in the three days my faves included Kris Kristofferson, M. Ward, Steve Earl, Rosanne Cash, Chuck Prophet, Hot Tuna Electric, Chris Isaak, Jackson Brown, Dave Alvin's tribute to Merle Haggard, and the John Doe rock n roll band. Also went to two club concerts while in town (Chuck Prophet and Hot Tuna).
Then on to Desert Trip 2- Dylan, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Macca, Who, Waters. Also went to Neil Young's Pomona show, as well as Lisa Fischer's show nearby Indio. Lastly, Vegas for one more Rolling Stones concert! Whew!