What Concerts/Performances Did You See in 2007?

GSWarrior

[GSWarrior]

Was 2007 a good year for live music? Please list and/or discuss any music acts you attended this year.

I never get to as many shows as I'd like, but here are the ones I saw this year:

Alejandro Escovedo
Nick Lowe
The National
Hacienda Brothers
Charlie Louvin
T-Bone Burnett
Buddy Miller
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Fats Kaplin
Guy Clark, Verlin Thompson

[A. Morgan]

Exactly my limit, NONE!

[jdm]

Jimi Hendrix.

[Red Badger]

I don’t know who any of those people are.......I guess I should get out more.......

[1Old Pro]

Well, if your list reflects the touring acts, I’m glad I didn’t attend any.

[GSWarrior]

I need to get out more, too.

[SF Republican]

Elizabeth Pitcairn - The Red Violin, it was a private affair fund raiser and with only about 50 people was very intimate and to hear a Stradivarius that close was a real treat - and a Happy Birthday for my wife.

[Larry Lucido]

T-Bone Burnett

Didn't he work in accounting at Kruger?

[Lil'freeper]

Moody Blues
Allison Krauss & Union Station + Jerry Douglas

[G8 Diplomat]

You’re not alone....I don’t recognize any of those either

[Gay State Conservative]

I saw Dylan.While I didn’t expect much from him I was quite disappointed....and I love the guy.I would give anything to be taken back in time and be able to see him in ‘63 or ‘64 but today...no thanks.

[wideawake]

My list:

Common
Joss Stone
Lupe Fiasco

[SF Republican]

I agree, saw Dylan a couple of years ago and at the end of the concert it was like everyone was quite ready to go home.

[GSWarrior]

Have you heard the Allison Krauss/Robert Plant release? If so, what did you think?

[trumandogz]

When I was in college in Austin, Alejandro Escovedo’s True Believers played parties at my house.

[dakine]

Mama Mia...

[GSWarrior]

True Believer were amazing. Never saw them live. Jon Dee Graham is underrated.

[hydrotech1]

I saw;

Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Brooks & Dunn
Aerosmith
Van Halen
The Police

[theDentist]

I saw the kid down the street trying to learn how to play the Harmonica. He wasn’t good.

[absolootezer0]

mostly local bands. made it to the jazz fest and the blues fest in old town (lansing).

[trumandogz]

Great shows, in the commons area of our house and would also see them at clubs in town. Once in a while I do get to see Alejandro once in a while in Austin.

[Lil'freeper]

I have it but haven’t listened to it yet (tis’ the season for Christmas music and all that). She’s one of my fave’s tho.

[tacticalogic]

Not much in 2007, but planning to take in a Blue Man Group show early next year.

[magritte]

George Thorogood
Excellent show, all the hits...

George Jones
Very old, used a teleprompter, probably should have used a walker as well, but my kid ate it up...

Buddy Guy
Walked the crowd, but only gave hot young chicks guitar picks after the show...

ZOSO (Led Zepp tribute band)
Singer was younger than Robert Plant's goatee but guitar player channeled 1973 very well...

ZZ Top / Stray Cats / The Pretenders
The Top was in fine form, but the Stray Cats stole the show...sat close enough to Brian Setzer to feel like we were on a first name basis, the man can flat-out play! ...magritte

[Huntress]

Junior Brown

[Deaf Smith]

Coyotes.

[Roccus]

Clarksburg Symphony Orchestra

[shekkian]

As far as headlining acts, these are who I saw:

Dream Theater
Symphony X
Epica
Sonata Arctica
Nightwish
Newsboys (at a music festival)

And these were all within a three month window.

[SF Republican]

sat close enough to Brian Setzer to feel like we were on a first name basis, the man can flat-out play! - My wife and I really enjoy seeing Lee Rocker the bass player, he often plays this small dinner/show venue here in SF. He can really pound those strings.

[Ron in Acreage]

Heaven and Hell/Black Sabbath
Daughtry
Jonny Lang
Alice Cooper
Queensryche
Deep Purple
Edgar Winter

[rineaux]

Of the 7 or more concerts I went to in 07,TOOL was the best.

[rineaux]

Setzer was a cousin of a colleague of mine. Really cool guy.

I last saw him play in NOLA at Tipitina’s several years ago. He closed it out by playing the theme from Bonanza. It was great.

[ml/nj]

I saw Anna Netrebko last week. Does she count?

ML/NJ

[Mr. Brightside]

lol

“T-Bone, T-BOne”

[GSWarrior]

Yes, she counts.

[Non-Sequitur]

Three Days Grace/Seether/Skillet and the Kansas City Symphony.

[dfwgator]

Finally got to see “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway, along with “The Producers.”

[Non-Sequitur]

I also saw the play “Love, Janis” and given the quality of the singer and band I’m convinced that it was just like seeing Janis Joplin in person. Does that count?

[Antoninus]

I saw the H.M.S. Pinafore as done by the Savoy Company in Philadelphia. Does that count? It was really, really, really, really.... good.

[GSWarrior]

If you saw it, it counts.

[weegee]

I work down the hall from “Jimmy”.

[weegee]

Big Brother & The Holding Company toured this year and existed as that lineup I think going back to even before Janis joined. I think it was at least 3 or 4 original members.

[weegee]

I saw a real good show from Dylan on tour with Paul Simon. His set was much better than Simon’s. I’d never seen either before. I caught Dylan again at the Rodeo in the Astrodome (YEARS ago) and the accoustics are never that great there, and he wasn’t in good voice on that show.

But I’d say that he’s still CAPABLE of giving a good show even if they are inconsistent from night to night/tour to tour.

He had Charlie Sexton in his band at that point.

[weegee]

There were upwards of 2,000 bands at SXSW this year in Austin. Don’t ask me to even try to compile a list.

But I did see the Buddy Holly’s Crickets (all 3 original). Sonny West (who wrote Rave On) played at the same event in Green Bay but they didn’t share the stage.

[EHC Southern Pride]

Lets see I saw:

Kenny Chesney
Jason Aldean
Sugar Land
Pat Green
Rodney Atkins
Flynnville Train
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Brooks and Dunn
Tobey Keith
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
Stix
Def Leopard
Foreigner

Wow, I go to a lot of concerts...

[GSWarrior]

Who stood out at SXSW?

[Hyzenthlay]

Straylight Run
Head Autmomatica
Rebecca St. James
Delerious?
Sherwood
Mae
Relient K
Gym Class Heroes
Say Anything
Third Eye Blind
Anberlin

Total spent on concert tickets: about $20-$25. I got into the majority of those shows for free one way or another. I was supposed to go to Warped Tour (also would have been free, and with essentially a backstage pass), but some vehicle breakdowns prevented me from making it.

[Hyzenthlay]

I also saw Rent and Phantom of the Opera. They were both really good shows.

[Gay State Conservative]

But I’d say that he’s still CAPABLE of giving a good show even if they are inconsistent from night to night/tour to tour.

I,unlike some,have never been a big fan of just about anything he did after Nashville Skyline.Yes,I'm a conservative who *loves* the folk music of the early/mid 60's and particularly love Dylan's first half dozen or so albums.And given that he pretty much stopped doing that stuff about 40 years ago I guess I was bound to be disappointed.

I guess it just comes down to "whatever floats your boat".

[Publius]

This past summer, with the Seattle Chamber Music Society, I attended 18 concerts over a 6 week period. There were too many musicians to name, too many great pieces of music that were performed, and we even premiered a new work for piano, cello and clarinet.

I'm not familiar with any of the names you quoted.