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My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
#11
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
I haven't been to a concert for years.

Sad

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#12
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
I doubt you guys like these but FWIW:

For King and Country - my favorite of the year

Third Day - excellent, but Third Day songs tend to sound the same after awhile.

Christmas show with Love & The Outcome (my wife was a volunteer and got to drive them to their hotel), Chris August, Plumb, and Jeremy Camp. This one was a disappointment. It was the first show of the tour and they were not prepared. Lots of technical difficulties.

Casting Crowns and Mandisa. Great show. CC did a set, then Mandisa did hers, then CC came back for an acoustic set, then did another full set. We were volunteers for Compassion International and worked the crowd during intermission and after the show to get sponsors for poor children.
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#13
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
The only concert I saw this year was Elton John in New Orleans. Great show, BTW.
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#14
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
The 10th annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival was the only show I made it to this year.
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#15
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
(December 8, 2014 at 6:26 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: The 10th annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival was the only show I made it to this year.

Where's that? I want to make one.

The only big name I saw this year was The Alabama Shakes. Best show I've ever seen. Brittany Howard is a powerhouse.

Also saw Joe Robinson a few times. Amazing guitar player. Then he nailed my sister hahaha That was a crazy night.
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#16
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
(December 8, 2014 at 8:46 am)Alex K Wrote: Edit:
Saw Anselmo with Down at the festival, man was he pissed.


Rip...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opyVdN8GZtc

Couldn't see the video you posted earlier (at work). RIP Darrell indeed.

I would love nothing more than Vinnie and Phil to put shit together to tour. Rex would do it and I believe Zakk would fill-in admiradbly.
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#17
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
(December 8, 2014 at 8:54 pm)Exian Wrote: Where's that? I want to make one.

Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment Center in Huntsville, AL

http://www.lowemill.net/


Also home to Nickel Cigar Box Guitars which they claim is the only cigar box guitar store on the planet. You can buy parts, a kit or a finished guitar.

http://www.nickelcbg.com/online-store/
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#18
RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
(December 8, 2014 at 8:46 am)Alex K Wrote:
(December 8, 2014 at 8:39 am)Rob216 Wrote: I wish I could still enjoy going to concerts. I go so rarely now just because I've pretty much seen every band or artist I've ever wanted to and many of them I've seen multiple times. I did go see Slayer and Exodus a week ago so that was pretty cool. BTW Dimebag was killed 10 years ago today. Still bums me out.

And I could've seen them in TX in 98 and didn't go because my fundiegelical guardians were freaking out about the pentagrams Sad


Edit:
Saw Anselmo with Down at the festival, man was he pissed.


Rip...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opyVdN8GZtc

I had a chance to see Pantera in the early 2000's but the show was canceled due to one of the members breaking a rib or an arm or something. I got the money refunded only to find out I could have used that ticket for another show later that year. Sad
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RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
(December 8, 2014 at 4:34 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I've only seen local artists this year, none y'all would recognize -- Jon Napier, Tessy Lou, Gary P. Nunn, Mike Beck, and so on. Little roadhouses, fifty people in a crowd, good music, good times.

When I was at Uni I spent most of my free evenings (and a few that weren't free... anyhoo...) in my local pub which had bands most nights, like your roadhouses 40-50 punters, beer and good music.

It's just the best way to spend and evening.

MM

(December 8, 2014 at 1:20 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Ben Folds with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Billy Joel at the Hollywood Bowl
Weezer at Del Mar
Cake at Del Mar
The Cult at Del Mar
Young the Giant at the Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool
Phoenix at the Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool (I think that was this year)
Lucinda Williams at the Belly Up
ZZ Top in Laughlin NV
Arctic Monkeys at SDSU Open Air Theater
... Plus lots of local gigs. I had a pretty light year, too.

That's a good year. Your post made me think what my best year was and I traced it back to the 12 months from the summer of 1984 - 1985. In those 12 months I saw...

Depeche Mode
Joe Cocker
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Paul young
REM
Ramones
The Style Council
U2
Elton John
Kool and the Gang
big Country
Nick Kershaw
Tears for Fears
Howard Jones
Wang Chung
Twisted Sister
Tank
Iron Maiden

and

The Police

... late addition, I also saw Ian Dury and Madness at Wembley arena in London.

MM
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