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Posted August 17, 2009 • Comments Off on Live music

I was recently inspired by this post on a blog I enjoy a lot to try to remember every artist I’d seen play live.

I was complete rubbish at trying to do this from memory.

Billy Joel (Giants Stadium, 1989 – this was my first concert)
Bruce Springsteen (Meadowlands)
Melissa Etheridge (Tech)
Connells (Tech)
Mary Chapin Carpenter (Tech)
Drivin and Cryin (Tech)
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers (8+ – Birchmere [2], Herndon, Wolf Trap [2], Jammin Java, 9:30 [2])
Eddie From Ohio (7+ – Birchmere [4], Wolf Trap [2], Fairfax)
Matthew Sweet (Tech)
Eric Johnson (Tech)
Aimee Mann & Michael Penn (Birchmere)

I knew I’d seen SK6ers and EFO more than any other band, just because we discovered both of them in our 30s and they’re somewhat local (especially EFO, of course) and it’s easy to see them at least every year, and we’ve developed a habit, but I had no idea I’d seen them that much.

So then I started browsing through iTunes for reminders of acts I’d seen live.

Paul Simon (2 – Central Park, MSG) [seriously, can you believe I forgot I was at the concert in the park, I mean come on]
Coasters & Shirelles (BH)
Toad the Wet Sprocket (Tech)
Gin Blossoms (Tech)
Indigo Girls (3 – Beacon, Tampa, Wolf Trap)
Jonathan Coulton (2 – Birchmere, Jammin Java)
Tom Petty (Nissan)
Jake Armerding (Birchmere)
Del McCoury (DelFest [2])
Abigail Washburn (DelFest [2])
Vince Gill (DelFest)
Adrienne Young (DelFest)
Sam Bush (DelFest [2])
Tim O’Brien (DelFest)
Lyle Lovett (Wolf Trap)

Then I went and fetched the box where I keep tickets. I never throw a ticket away. I got a few things, mostly opening acts, from this box. I also learned that I’ve been to a LOT of hockey games. I had no idea we went to that many hockey games. Honestly, we went to like TWENTY.

Steve Winwood (Nissan)
Paul & Storm (2 – Birchmere, Jammin Java)
k.d. lang (Wolf Trap)
Matt Wertz (9:30)
Mary on the Dash (Tech)
Ramsey Lewis (Tech) [I have no memory of this, apparently it was an “Evening of Jazz”]