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Bonnaroo Diary
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now . . .
A Chronicle of Concerts
Perhaps I should not introduce my love for music with the
first band I worshipped: New Kids on the Block. Whoops, too late. But in the 4th
grade it is tough to tell what your tastes will be like in the future. While I
loved Debbie Gibson and bubble-gum popular pop back then, I am thankful that my
own musical-listening tendencies have veered away from the ultra-pop-culture
toward the alternative and independent.
This said, I am proud that I love music, that I live for
live concerts, and that the aural intermixes of melody and rhythm and harmony
are as big a part of my life as my family and my goals to become a doctor. I can
only hope that music will be able to stay with me through the trials in my life
as it has become a bigger and bigger part of my life throughout college.
My tastes in music are, in a word, diverse. I cant say
that I listen to IT ALL. Hip-Hop, punk, and metal are okay to me in certain
timbres, but any music is, I think, an acquired taste, and for me some are a
little more accessible than others. This little page is my attempt to list all
the live shows Ive been to so that I can keep them fresh in my memory. My
history of seeing live shows is recent it only began my senior year in high
school and has become that much more important. I might include my classical
concert-going-experiences as well, just for the sake of being comprehensive. If
the spirit moves me, I might write down all the musical experiences I went to in
college (classical, a cappella, and all) so that Im not making a huge effort to
differentiate between amateur and professional musical experiences. Anyway, Im
excited to create the list. Lets see what I come up with:
Childhood:
Peter, Paul, and Mary, Valley Forge Music Fair,
company: the family
Barbara Mandrell - Christmas Special in Disney World
Ravi Shankar, Valley Forge Music Fair, company: the Family |
Senior Year of High school (1997-1998)
Squirrel Nut Zippers, at the Electric Factory (opener
Bio Ritmo) my first concert concert. (company: Kate, Liz, Heather,
and Sean) |
Freshman Year of College (1998-1999)
Dar Williams, MIT Kresge Auditorium (company: Morgan)
One Fell Swoop (later renamed Dispatch), The Middle East in Cambridge
(company: Morgan and Liz)
Dave Matthews Band Boston, MA (company: Morgan,
Tad, Laura, et al) |
Sophomore Year of College (1999-2000)
Dar Williams, Orpheum Theatre (opener The Nields)
(company: Morgan and Liz)
The Nields, Club Passim (company: Morgan et al)
The Kennedys, Longwood Gardens |
Junior Year of College (2000-2001)
The Jayhawks, Paradise Rock Club (opener Bellwether)
(company: Paul)
Fighting Gravity, Paradise Rock Club (Summer 2001) (company
just me)
Dave Matthews Band, Veteran's Stadium,
Philadelphia (company: Heather)
Willy Porter, Club Passim (company: Morgan, Paul, and Nate)
Dave Brubeck (company Paul) |
Senior Year of College (2001-2002)
Willy Porter, Club Passim ( 2 shows, 1 spring, one
fall) (company: Morgan, Paul, Nate, Danny)
Entrain, House of Blues, company: Marisol and Alissa
Fighting Gravity, Harper's Ferry Boston, Company: Marisol and Alissa
Neil Innes, Accompanied by
Yo La Tengo,
House of Blues, company: Chris
Belle and Sebastian, The Orpheum Theatre (company: Lola and Oliver)
Pet Shop Boys Orpheum Theatre (company: Lola) |
Summer after college (2002)
Willy Porter, Tin Angel (company: Heather, Kate, and
Mike)
Entrain, Exton, PA
Janis Ian (with Lori McKenna), Exton, PA
Eddie from Ohio (company Heather and Kate),
Exton, PA
John Stephens (company Sarah and Jen), New York
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Failed Attempts:
Coldplay (Jr. Year) company Paul
Elton John and Billy Joel (Sr. Year) company Olivia
Supergrass Tower Records (company - Americorps friends)
Wesley Willis - at TT's, Company - Eric
Willy Porter, at Exton, PA, Company - Kate, Heather, and Billy
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Americorps Year (2002-2003)
Yonder Mountain String Band, TLA,
(company Christy and Del) 10/17
The Wallflowers Tower Records (company just me!)
11/8
Mission of Burma (2/22), TLA (company Andy,
Sarah, and Sarah)
Patty Griffin 2/25
Phish 2/25, First Union Spectrum (company
Christy and Fran)
Dar Williams Borders, Bryn Mawr (company Billy and Christy)
Dar Williams, Keswick Theatre (company Fran)
Toad the Wet Sprocket, TLA (company Christy)
ca. 4/1
Dave Cope and friends (company Christy, Billy, and Ben)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, - Firebird Suite, (company
- Mom)
Townhall, (opener Scrappy Hamilton)
Laguardia, the Khyber (Company, Christy, Russ, and Sean)
Zwan (4/9/03), Electric Factory, (Company - Srinivas)
Willy Porter (4/22), The Point, (Company: Billy,
Christy, and Ben)
Yo La Tengo, Trocadero, (Company: Christy, Joanna, and Ben)
The Clarks, Trocadero (Company: Billy and Adrian)
Mieka Pauley, Ryan Montbleau, et al, The Point (Company: Billy)
Arrested Development 6/2 (opener:
Ledisi), Trocadero (Company: Christy)
and last but certainly not least:
Bonnaroo 2003 in Manchester Tennessee - an amazing 5-day festival
(bands played 6/13-6/15).
Company: Christy, Ben, and Mike - one of my coolest experiences EVER. I
caught performances from The Roots, Neil Young, Jack Johnson, Ben Kweller,
Lucinda Williams, Joshua Redman, Ben Harper, Nickel Creek, Bela Fleck,
Widespread Panic, John Cleary, The Flaming Lips, Josh Wink, O.A.R., G. Love,
moe., and The Dead. Awesome.
Med School: the
First Year (2003-2004)
The Jayhawks - 10/12/03 (Company:
Brigid)
Danny Fox & Co., 11/2/03, Crawford Cafe
Adam Evil and the Outside Royalty, 11/3/03, Quiet Storm
Buddahead, 11/3/03, Quiet Storm
Pittsburgh Symphony, 11/21/03 - (Company: Jesse and tons of other fab
friends)
Willy Porter, 12/10/03, Club Cafe
(Company: Kristin, Julie, Alison, Sonia, Animesh, Jesse, JarHeAd, Su-Hun,
and last but not least Brigid) - must comment on this one; one of the
best WP shows I've seen; this music was catharsis, joy, brilliance . . . I
could go on. If only if he could play me guitar every day!
Adam Evil and the Outside Royalty,
1/16/04, Rosebud (Company - Jules, Sam, and Sam's friends)
O.A.R. and
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
- (double headliners), 2/3/04, Palumbo Center at Duquesne University
(Company: Brigid, Swa, Stacey, Sonia, and Greg)
Belle and Sebastian -
3/22/2004 - with Flo, Micha, and Gunhild in Berlin, Germany
Ben Kweller - 4/1/2004 - with Jesse
Med School: the
Second Year (2004-2005)
Unfortunately - this year I turned into the biggest loser and have seen
music very rarely. Help me get the heck out of this rut!
Wheat - with Alison
Opera - The Marriage of Figaro - with lots of medical students
Soul Patch - The Pittsburgh Deli
Company, with Julie, 5/12
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Updated
02/03/2004
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