Music Experiences - D. Browell

An Absurd Attempt to Chronicle My Concert History
by Dean Browell (Updated April, 2008)
click for Addy's concert history

Date M/D/Y	Band(s) w/	Venue, Location	Significance	Special/Extras
4/10/1992	Metallica	Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA	First Concert! Metallica "Black /Self-Titled Album" tour with no openers.	First ugly tour shirt- "Enter Sandman" design.
7/1992	Don Mclean	Waterside, Norfolk, VA	Outdoor.	Mom & Dad took Pluta and me. Met Don Mclean(and he was shocked we were so young and knew who he was).
9/2/1992	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Boathouse
11/1992	Ozzy Osbourne w/ Sepultura, Alice in Chains	Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, VA	Went for Alice in Chains; Layne Staley had a broken leg in a cast as the band took rides in his wheelchair. Ozzy looked old even then- managed to not play "No More Tears" despite the tour and latest album's namesake.	Ugliest $30 tour shirt ever from Alice with giant eyeball/bones. First show with Brian Pluta (who, for all in tents and purposes, would be a de facto concert attendee with Dean for nearly every show through the next ten years)
9/30/1993	Radiohead, Belly w/ The Bats	Boathouse, Norfolk, VA	Amazing double bill for $10. Radiohead's initial U.S. Pablo Honey tour just as "Creep" was hitting radio.	Second ugliest tour shirt ever with giant baby on Radiohead purple shirt.
1992/3?	Blues Traveler w/ Sheryl Crow	Boathouse	No one had any idea who Sheryl Crow was	First show with Corri
4/13/1993	Toad the Wet Sprocket w/ Dave Mattews Band	William & Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA	No one knew Dave Matthews and Toad's singer Glen Phillips asked the crowd to send him a tape of Dave's set if anyone taped it.	The infamous box seat from William and Mary was smuggled out. It has resided in many states via Kris and Zach Walker and recently returned to VA to Dean's house. A poster for the show was around, stained with ice cream from the Williamsburg shop it was taken from.
7/1993	Stone Temple Pilots, Butthole Surfers	Strawberry Banks Lodge	Outdoor show on the water.
1993	Paul Westerberg w/School of Fish	Waterside	Outdoor, nearly cancelled due to severe thunderstorms and lightning (frequently interrupted)
1993	Indigo Girls w/ Aimee Mann, World Party	Strawberry Hill State Fairgrounds & Classic Amphitheater	Fully introduced to World Party.
6/27/1993	10,000 Maniacs	Strawberry Hill State Fairgrounds & Classic Amphitheater, Richmond, VA	Although unannounced at the time, at the end of the tour just days after seeing them,10,000 Maniacs (with Natalie Merchant) broke up. Dad went with me to this one, Mom never lets us live it down.
2/12/1994	Tool w/ Failure	Boathouse	Absolutely blown away by both bands.	First mosh experience where Pluta and I thought we would die.
6/28/1994	Toad the Wet Sprocket w/ Geggy Tah	Strawberry Banks Lodge, Hampton, VA	Outdoor show on the water.	Met the band with autographs from Dean Dinning and Glen Phillips. Played with the Geggy Tah dog "Gina" before the show.
8/18/1994	Live	Boathouse		Posters from Throwing Copper.
1994	Weezer, Archers of Loaf	Boathouse		Met Pat and Matt of Weezer, autographs... Passed note to Archers of Loaf member who Pluta knew.
1994	Toad the Wet Sprocket w/ Milla	Boathouse	Milla was Milla Jovavich, actress (who was impressive as a songtress at the time).
1994	They Might Be Giants w/ Chris Stamey	Boathouse	Giant congo line.	Drum stick.
11/25/1994	Nine Inch Nails w/ Marylin Manson and Jim Rose Circus	Hampton Coliseum	First time seeing NIN, The Downward Spiral tour	Met then drummer and partial NIN founder Chris Vrenna at soundboard w/ Brian Pluta. Bungled the entire thing, didn't have a pen. Last time I ever didn't take a sharpie to a concert.
1994	Egypt	Randolph-Macon College (RMC), Ashland, VA	A year later the charismatic lead singer was dead.	Met Egypt on the way to a beach gig just days later (at a Taco Bell).
4/1/1995	Live w/ Love Spit Love, Sponge	ODU Field House, Norfolk, VA	Ed K. of the band appeared right behind us during his "disappearing" act for the song "White, Discussion."
1995	They Might Be Giants	Mayo Island, Richmond, VA	First show at Mayo Island.
1995	Soul Coughing	Mayo Island
1995	Radiohead w/ Teenage Fanclub	9:30 Club, Washington, DC	The Bends tour.	Met Teenage Fanclub and Radiohead drummer Phil outside the club. Autographs. Teenage fanclub setlist.
1996	Widespread Panic	RMC
4/9/1995	Toad the Wet Sprocket, Joan Jett... many others	Washington DC Mall	The NOW's Violence Against Women Rally on the Mall. One of the largest ever. First time the Clothesline Project from the entire nation in one place. Heard many major political and social leaders speak. Toad was the only set of males on stage besides Jesse Jackson.	Button.
7/23/1995	Live, Catherine Wheel, Buffalo Tom	Strawberry Hill State Fairgrounds & Classic Amphitheater
10/6/1995	David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails w/ Prick	Nissan Pavillion, NC	Technically this was David Bowie's Outside tour, but NIN essentially co-headlined. "Reptile", "Hurt" and "Scary Monsters" were duets between David Bowie and Trent Reznor.	I had pneumonia but went anyway. NIN played "Piggy" in the Further Down the Spiral style. Awesome lights. Bootleg Children of the Night is from this show.
5/5/1996	Squirrel Nut Zippers, Bio Ritmo	Mayo Island	Cinco de Mayo	Met the Zippers.
1996	Buffalo Tom	Flood Zone, Richmond, VA	Had to leave early thanks to idiot tag-along.
1996	Henry Rollins (spoken word)	Flood Zone
1996	Matthew Sweet	Flood Zone
10/4/1996	Radiohead w/ David Gray	9:30 Club	Pre- OK Computer tour.
1996	Everything	RMC
1996	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Boathouse
1/13/1997	Radiohead	Columbia Hotel, London,England	Not a performance. OK Computer was wrapping up in-studio with final touches.	Met the band in the bar and then lobby of the hotel. Chatted for about half an hour.
1/12-15/1997	Phobaphilia	Columbia Hotel, London,England	Not a performance.	Met the band in the hotel bar and proceeded to hang out for several days off and on.
1997?	Soundgarden w/ Rocket From the Crypt	Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA (George Mason Campus)	Fourth to last performance of this band before splitting up for good (didn't know it at the time).
2/26/1997	Counting Crows w/ Gigilo Aunts	Patriot Center		Setlist
9/27/1997	G. Love & Special Sauce, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Wilco, Baba Seth	Mayo Island	Mayo Island Music Festival	Met the Zippers. Setlist, poster.
11/10/1997	Ben Folds Five w/ Travis	Flood Zone	Introduced to Travis waaaaay before they were huge.	Met all of Travis at the bar in the back of the club, chatted for most of BFF's set, got all autographs, set list drawn on and more.
11/1997	Henry Rollins (spoken word)	Flood Zone
11/28/1997	96X Fest (Thanksgiving Special): The Dandy Warhols, KMFDM, Limp Bizkit, G. Love & Special Sauce and more...	Boathouse		Met Zia an Courtney of The Dandy Warhols, got autographs and made fun of Limp.
8/1997	Aphex Twin, Sneaker Pimps, Death in Vegas	9:30 Club	Midnight show. Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) came out, laid on a couch and did everything from an Apple Powerbook as people dressed in bear costumes danced around. Death in Vegas was amazing.
1998	Faith No More w/ Limp Bizkit (?!?)	9:30 Club	Faith No More immediately denounced Limp's presence in their show, explaining that the record label forced them to have the opener for this show.
8/15/1998	K's Choice w/ the Uninvited	Pontiac Grille, Philadelphia, PA	Venue changed and the tiny club was packed.	Hung out with entire band afterwards in upstairs, private bar. Autographs and more.
10/23/1998	Squirrel Nut Zippers w/ Andrew Bird	Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA	Andrew Bird was amazing, Tom Maxwell was on his way out after this tour with the Zippers.
9/13/1998	X-Fest: Agents of Good Roots, The Fixx, Reel Big Fish, K's Choice and more...	Dayton, OH	Radio fesitval in a giant parking lot. K's Choice played a blistering set but then had to immediately leave and fly out.	Connected with Agents of Good Roots who know of and some went to RMC.Autographs. Official bootleg released a year later.
2/15/1999	Everything	The House of Blues, Chicago, IL	Valentines Day-centered show.	Met the whole band and hung out afterwards, largely because we were all from VA. Lots of autographing and conversation.
6/10/2000	David Gray	Trax, Charlottesville, VA	Saw Dave Matthews in the audience, as David Gray was about to sign with his record label, ATO.	Setlist. This is a show recorded and used for the "Please Forgive Me" video.
5/27/2000	Tom Maxwell and the Remember Quartet	The Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC	Made tees for this CD release party of Samsara.	Met Tom, his then pregnant wife, Darren Jesse and Robert Sledge formerly of BFF. Exchanged emails, later sent more shirts. Autographs all 'round.
5/6/2000	Nine Inch Nails w/ A Perfect Circle	First Union Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA	Fragility tour.
9/2/2000	Pearl Jam w/ Sonic Youth	E-Center Camden, NJ (Philly show)	Fifth row seats, thanks again to Pluta's fanclub membership. Because of how fanclub tickets are distributed, we camp outside all day starting at 9am.	"Breath"played for first time in years. Official bootleg.
9/3/2000	Pearl Jam w/ Sonic Youth	E-Center Camden, NJ (Philly show)	Lawn with Cor and others.	Official bootleg.
6/23/2001	Spacehog	Victory Stadium, Roanoke, VA		Via the setlist, knew they were staying at Roanoke Airport Holiday Inn and during an autograph signing they gave us a room #. Went to the hotel and hung out with most of the band (minus Royston) for hours with Jamie, Cor and I. Photo and discussion of Royston's then-impending wedding to actress Liv Tyler with his brother Anthony.
5/7/2001	David Gray	Boathouse		Setlist
5/30/2002	Eels w/ a mime	The Metro, Chicago, IL	Oddly, an actual performance mime came out solo and did the warm-up.	Met new bassist (former PJ Harvey member) Joe Gore.
6/29/2002	They Might Be Giants, Lake Trout	Street concert, Washington, DC	Outside show.	Met drummer, he autographed backwards. Setlist for Lake Trout.
7/27/2002	Weezer w/ Dashboard Confessional, Sparta Rooney, AM Radio	Merriweather Post Pavillion, MD		Bootleg audio, autographed Rooney EP.
6/21/2002	Better Than Ezra	Waterside	Outside.	Met the whole band, autographs.
8/13/2002	Tool w/ Tomahawk	Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA
11/3/2002	Tool w/ Meshuggah	Civic Center Roanoke, VA
2002/3	Kermit Ruffins	The House of Blues, New Orleans, LA	New Year's Eve show.	Met Kermit Ruffins.
5/24/2003	HFStival: Audioslave, Jane's Addiction, Jack Johnson, Interpol, Hot Hot Heat, The Roots and more	RFK Stadium, DC	Large outdoor festival.	Met Interpol, Hot Hot Heat and got autographs
7/5/2003	Pearl Jam w/ Buzzcocks	Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ (Philly show)	Brian is told that Cor is pregnant with Addy- he's one of the first to know. Great seats, again. We have to camp out for part of the day to get tickets; Dean embarasses Brian by reading baby/fatherhood books in line.	Tour book. Official bootleg download. A photo from this performance used as a poster available later.
8/6/2004	The Cure w/ Muse, Cooper Temple Clause, The Rapture, Interpol and more...	Merriweather Post Pavillion		Met Roger, The Cure's keyboardist who they promptly fired after the tour. Tour book.
9/1/2003	Lollapalooza tour: Jurassic 5, Jane's Addiction, The Music, Queens of the Stone Age, Audioslave and more	Nissan Pavillion, DC	Won a cool backpack from a weird contest. Famous "Doug & Pretzel" story.	Met/autographs from Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) The Music, Jurassic 5. Tour book.
11/14/2004	Camper Van Bethoven	Plan 9, Richmond, VA	In-store performance. This made it into a scene in Extra Heroes: Patterns and Choices.	Met David Lowry.
11/14/2004	Cracker, Camper Van Bethoven w/ Carbon Leaf	Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, VA	"Back the Bottom" benefit after widespread flooding and devestation of this favorite area.	Had VIP seat, met the band afterward for autographs, free bootleg and ugly hat (ugliest tour hat?).
12/6/2004	The Pixies	Constant Center, ODU, Norfolk, VA		Setlist. Many of these tracks on the best-oflive Pixies compilations for their reunion tour.
1/21/2005	Los Hombres Calientes	Jefferson Center, Roanoke VA		Met everybody; autographs.
6/10-12/2005	Bonnaroo: The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio, Jack Johnson, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss, Modest Mouse, Ratdog, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters 2005, Gov't Mule, Béla Fleck Acoustic Trio, The Mars Volta, John Prine, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jurassic 5, The Word, Galactic, My Morning Jacket, Keller Williams, STS9, Earl Scruggs, Benevento-Russo Duo feat. Mike Gordon, Joss Stone, Kings of Leon, De La Soul, O.A.R., Toots and the Maytals, Umphrey's McGee, Iron & Wine, Ozomatli, Rilo Kiley, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Drive-By Truckers, Particle, Joanna Newsom, Peter Rowan & Crucial Reggae, Xavier Rudd, Ray LaMontagne, The Gourds, Blue Merle, Secret Machines, Saul Williams, Donna the Buffalo, Mouse on Mars, John Butler Trio, The Perceptionists, Ollabelle, Old Crow Medicine Show, RJD2, Citizen Cope, The Old '97s, Brazilian Girls, M. Ward, Madeleine Peyroux, The Frames, DJ Krush, Assembly of Dust, Amos Lee, Matisyahu, Perpetual Groove, Tea Leaf Green, Lake Trout (band), 22-20s Gabby La La feat. Les Claypool, Josh Ritter, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Singers, Signal Path, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Steel Train, Dixie Dirt and more...	Bonnaroo Manchester, TN	Simply incredible. Discovered the Frames,ALO and many, many more.	Met Herbie Hancock, Kermit Ruffins (again) with signatures on a safari pith helmet. click for select performance photos
9/2005	Lake Trout	The Pit, Kill Devil Hills, NC
10/3/2005	Pearl Jam w/Sleater-Kinney	Whachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA	Considered a landmark Pearl Jam show due to rare setlist favorites, bizarre "Crazy Mary" sound issues, covers with Sleater-Kinney and crowd reaction. Fifth row thanks again to Pluta's fanclub membership.	Special tour tee just for that show. Official bootleg download.
11/2/2005	Nine Inch Nails w/ Queens of the Stone Age, Death from Above 1979	MCI Center, DC	With Teeth tour. First while having Spiral fanclub membership (Pluta went with).	Let into arena early for private, seven song soundcheck with 60 people. Tour Poster. Embossed tickets.
10/14/2005	The Frames, Josh Ritter	The State Theater, Falls Church, VA	Amazing gig.	Afterward, met Josh Ritter and then nearly all of The Frames, including autographs, photos with Glen Hansard and their manager giving us discs of a Seattle show (because I was wearing my 10/3/05 Pearl Jam shirt, hereby dubbed the "lucky tour shirt").
3/14/2006	Nine Inch Nails w/ Saul Williams	Richmond Coliseum	Expanded With Teeth Tour	Let into arena early for private, seven song soundcheck with 40 people. Tour book. Embossed tickets.
5/16/2006	Pearl Jam w/ My Morning Jacket	United Center, Chicago, IL	First, more hit-laden show of two in Chicago (Eddie's hometown).	First time getting tickets as a fanclub member. Great poster for tonight. Also bought Addy a limited-edition hoodie (#81 of 300).
5/17/2006	Pearl Jam w/ My Morning Jacket	United Center, Chicago, IL	The Mamasan Trilogy (Footsteps, Once, Alive) was played in reverse, the first time since 4/2/1994. Incredible setlist of relative rareties. Dean's seen two of the only 7 times "Crown of Thorns" has been played live by Pearl Jam (other time in Philly '05). Ed did the surprise-middle-of-the-audience-encore by singing "Last Kiss" from the soundboard.	Second fanclub ticket purchase that Jamie had to get with my login because I was in line for NIN's soundcheck at the March 14th show in Richmond. Great seats.
6/11/2006	Nine Inch Nails w/ Bauhaus,TV on the Radio	Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre, VA Beach	Expanded With Teeth Tour, last U.S. tour for quite awhile.	4th row, incredible setlist.
6/15-18/2006	Bonnaroo: Radiohead Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Phil Lesh & Friends Beck Elvis Costello & the Imposters feat. Allen Toussaint Oysterhead Bonnie Raitt Death Cab for Cutie moe. Bright Eyes The Neville Brothers Les Claypool Bela Fleck & the Flecktones Buddy Guy Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley Ben Folds Robert Randolph & the Family Band Dr. John Matisyahu G. Love & Special Sauce Cypress Hill Blackalicious The Streets Lyrics Born My Morning Jacket Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Common Sonic Youth Matt Costa Steel Pulse Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove Cat Power Medeski Martin & Wood Nickel Creek Gomez Atmosphere Steve Earle Blues Traveler Amadou & Mariam The Refugee All Stars Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Umphrey's McGee Disco Biscuits Dresden Dolls Son Volt Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Jerry Douglas Soulive Rusted Root Devendra Banhart Band Donavon Frankenreiter Mike Doughty Sasha Grace Potter & the Nocturnals The Magic Numbers Bill Frisell Seu Jorge Bettye LaVette Dungen Shooter Jennings Rebirth Brass Band Robinella Andrew Bird, Bare Jr., Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk Steel Train Jackie Greene Devotchka The Wood Brothers dios (malos) Toubab Krewe The Motet Marah I-Nine Balkan Beat Box The Cat Empire Tortured Soul Deadboy & the Elephantmen World Party Lewis Black Patton Oswalt Demitri Martin Vic Henley Upright Citizens Brigade and more...	Bonnaroo Manchester, TN	Sold out with over 80,000 people there. 90+degree heat with rain only during the very last music set on Sunday (Phil Lesh w/ Joan Osbourne). My Morning Jacket stuns with a 3.5 hour set starting at midnight Friday.	Met all artists who signed Chalice (see below). Spoke for a long time with Karl Wallinger of World Party. 35 different artists sets seen in some portion. Two performances by Rebirth Brass band for small groups (VIP and Mardi Gras float). Setlists: World Party Gomez Mike Doughty Chalice Signatures: (click for pic) World Party (all) Gomez (all) G Love Ben Folds Bobby Bare Jr. Mike Doughty Lewis Black click for select performance photos
7/15/2006	Hotel Lights w/ Pleasant, Jennifer O'Conner	The Flying Anvil, Greensboro, NC	Hotel Lights' first date on their first real tour with Jennifer O'Conner supporting.	First time at Anvil; met Darren Jesse & jennifer O'Conner (w/ signed poster for Addy). Hotel Lights is my new indie darling.
9/29/2006	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA	Two sets with Shannon Powell on drums; David T. on piano.	Incredible set...
10/1/2006	Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers	Jin Jean's, New Orleans, LA	Kermit's new version of the Swingers now includes, hilariously, Shannon Powell on drums; David T. on piano. Marv "Wolfman" sang a tune, as did a local female singer.	Show started an hour late - first date of a regular Sunday night gig at Jin Jean's. Kermit bought the entire house a drink. Great version of "What is New Orleans?" with the crowd invited to come up to the mic and say what New Orleans is to them. Sax special as vocal track on "Isn't She Lovely?" cover. Featured in my blogs on NOLA visit.
12/5/2006	Victor Wooten	The Jefferson Center		Attended as a guest of friend and mega-caterer John and Karen Schopp, who know Victor well and cater his bass camp. Corri works for them part time and there was a Christmas party backstage where we met Victor. Most of the balcony rented out for the great show.
2/23/2007	Will Hoge w/ Matt Mays, The Trews	Bowery New York City, NY		With Zach, Angela, Brian, Danny & Mike
5/15/2007	Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) w/ Bret Dennen & Lucas Reynolds (Blue Merle)	The State Theatre		Admitted as press; post-interview with band
6/14-18/07	BONNAROO 2007 The Police • Tool • Widespread Panic • The White Stripes • Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals • Wilco • The Flaming Lips • MANU CHAO Radio Bemba Sound System • The String Cheese Incident • Franz Ferdinand • Ornette Coleman • Bob Weir & Ratdog • Damien Rice • Ween • Gov't Mule • Ziggy Marley • The Decemberists • The Roots • Kings of Leon • Michael Franti and Spearhead • Wolfmother • Regina Spektor • The Black Keys • Galactic • DJ Shadow • Gillian Welch • Spoon • Keller Williams (WMD'S) • Sasha & John Digweed • STS9 • Old Crow Medicine Show • North Mississippi Allstars • The Hold Steady • Lily Allen • Fountains Of Wayne • Hot Tuna • Feist • Hot Chip • John Butler Trio • El-P • Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Aesop Rock • The Richard Thompson Band • Dierks Bentley • James Blood Ulmer • Xavier Rudd • David Bromberg and Angel Band • Gogol Bordello • Junior Brown • Tortoise • T-Bone Burnett • Mavis Staples • Clutch • Pete Yorn • Cold War Kids • Dr. Dog • Paolo Nutini • Brazilian Girls • RX Bandits • The Nightwatchman • The Slip • Girl Talk • Railroad Earth • Martha Wainwright • Yard Dogs Road Show • Rodrigo y Gabriela • Annuals • Tea Leaf Green • Sam Roberts Band • The National • Elvis Perkins in Dearland • Charlie Louvin • Sonya Kitchell • Mute Math • The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars • Apollo Sunshine • The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians • Uncle Earl • The Little Ones • Black Angels • Ryan Shaw In the comedy tent Lewis Black & Friends • Dave Attell • David Cross • Flight of the Conchords In the cafés Angel and the Love Mongers • Bang Bang Bang • Dave Barnes • benzos • The Biscuit Burners • Pieta Brown • Cage the Elephant • Sam Champion • Christabel and the Jons • Rocco DeLuca • Dixie Dirt • Dubconscious • The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker • Piers Faccini • Favourite Sons • ~~Fiction Plane~~ • Tim Fite • Haale • Jescoe • Alexa Ray Joel • Langhorne Slim • Manchester Orchestra • Jennifer Niceley • Brandy Robinson • Salvador Santana Band • Jonah Smith • Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes • Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter • Tenderhooks • Tin Cup Prophette • The Westside Daredevils • The Whigs + John Paul Jones (led Zepplin), DJ Motion Potion & more...	Bonnaroo Manchester, TN	Sold out again with 80,000+ people; 96 degree + heat, lots of dust. Ornette Coleman passed out on stage due to heat & dehydration; Regina Spektor played to a surprise crowd of 40 thousand +. John Paul Jones played with everyone.	3rd Year; Cor, Jamie & Stacy (the Fantastic Four); Whigs Setlist & autos, Dixie Dirt Setlist- incredible spot for New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, Ziggy Marley, Ben Harper, and The Police click for select performance photos
7/20-22/07	Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO), Bret Dennen, Cracker, Fountains of Wayne, ~~Bob Mould,~~ Will Hoge, Suzanne Vega, Grace Potter, Los Lonely Boys, The Smithereens, Dr. Dog, Rhett Miller, lots of kid bands... and more	XPoNential Music Festival, Wiggins Park; in Philadelphia (actually held in Camden, NJ)	Relatively rare Bob Mould solo show cancelled thanks to broken ankle. Rhett Miller added as a surprise fill-in for Sunday.	Addy's first music festival;proudly accompanied by close friend of the family (and Dean's longtime concert-going partner) Brian Pluta; Addy's first big show takes place just yards away from where, almost 4 years to the day, Dean and Brian chatted about the news that Addy was on the way. Met Bret Dennen, most of ALO (Zach, Steve & Dan); Addy got to chat with Zach, get her first setlist (ALO) and stayed at the front row for the whole ALO set. Had photos taken of and with Fionn Regan (female singer in Fionn Regan took to Addy's smile & dance.)
11/15/2007	The Police	Bobcat Arena, Charlotte, NC	Show night before was cancelled (in Philly) due to illness of Sting, big worries over whether this show would have the same fate.	Setlist, posters; had remarkable seat dead center, only a handful of rows back. The music was amazing, you could hardly tell Sting was sick. In fact, this show was one of, if not the, best live concert I've seen, likely 50% just with the personal value, but it truly was incredible musicianship. The most amazing noise for 3 people... Best non-Bonnaroo music experience yet.
1/10/2008	The Whigs w/ Warm in the Wake, The Bohannans	Rhythm & Brews, Chattanooga, TN	Two weeks before The Whigs major-label debut on ATO records	Setlist, poster & tee of The Whigs, who I dubbed my favorite new band in 2007. Spoke to drummer (Julian) and lead singer (Parker) about having seen them at Bonnaroo, whirlwind year, new album, etc...
1/17/2008	Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, and Buddy Miller	Roanoke Civic Center	Short, mostly southern tour.	Zach and Angela came down from NYC. Met Patty Griffin & Shawn Colvin after show. See a youtube video here of the final song, "Mary" led by Patty.
4/16/2008	Mike Doughty, The Panderers	New Daisy Theater, Memphis, TN		Band and soundman chose each song to play, went with co-worker on trip to Memphis
8/1-3/08	BONNAROO 2008 Pearl Jam Metallica Jack Johnson Kanye West Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Phil Lesh & Friends My Morning Jacket Widespread Panic Band The Raconteurs Willie Nelson Death Cab for Cutie B.B. King Sigur Ros Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road Ben Folds O.A.R. The Bluegrass Allstars Feat. Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton M.I.A. Umphrey's McGee Iron & Wine Yonder Mountain String Band Swell Season Talib Kweli Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival Gogol Bordello Broken Social Scene Robert Randolph's Revival Rilo Kiley Mastodon Lupe Fiasco Against Me! Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings Pat Green Ozomatli Tegan & Sara Solomon Burke Drive-By Truckers !!! The Avett Brothers Israel Vibration Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck Phil Lesh / Larry Campbell / Jackie Greene Aimee Mann Ladytron The Fiery Furnaces Orchestra Baobab Ghostland Observatory Jose Gonzalez Dark Star Orchestra Minus the Bear Donavon Frankenreiter Lez Zeppelin State Radio Battles Jakob Dylan Two Gallants The Sword Vampire Weekend Little Feat Nicole Atkins The Felice Brothers Mason Jennings MGMT The Lee Boys Black Kids Serena Ryder Steel Train Grupo Fantasma Back Door Slam Bonnaroo Comedy: Bonnaroo Late Night Chat About with David Cross Janeane Garofalo Zach Galifianakis Jim Norton Brian Posehn Mike Birbiglia John Mulaney Michelle Buteau Cat Power Zappa Plays Zappa The Disco Biscuits MSTRKRFT Chromeo Tiësto (late night set) Stephen Marley Money Mark The Coup The Wood Brothers Rogue Wave Newton Faulkner Porter - Batiste - Stoltz Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk Henry Butler and the Game Band Dirty Dozen Brass Band Walter "Wolfman" Washington Anders Osborne Big Sam's Funky Nation Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Soul Rebels Brass Band Morning 40 Federation Harrybu McCage (feat. Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam) NEW ORLEANS SUPERJAM featuring: George Porter Jr. Henry Butler Tim Green Walter 'Wolfman' Washington Anders Osborne Johnny Vidacovich	Bonnaroo Manchester, TN		4th Year; Used Brightkite & Twitter to chronicle entire event; Met Vampire Weekend, What Made Millwuakee Famous, Newtown Faulkner, Charli2na; father's day present of set-used Ozomatli drum head signed by entire band; went with Cor, Jamie, Stacy, Sandra & Drew
8/15/2008	The Whigs	Downtown Chattanooga, TN	Nightfall concert series, free show (and combined with welcome concert for UT-Chattanooga students)	Went with Doug (co-worker and fellow music fiend); met band again, setlist signed; Doug got us up on an upper baclony for VIP
10/28/2008	Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Santogold	Richmond Coliseum	Norah Jones with all-girl band, only played piano for 1 song - did Johnny Cash and Wilco covers; Jack Johnson appearing alone	Special "Get Out The Vote" tour in battleground political states like Virginia prior to Nov 4th election
11/5/2008	Nine Inch Nails with HEALTH	John Paul Jones Arena, UVA, Charlottesvlle, VA	Trent was chatty... at least at the prescribed time. He commented about the election from the day before, where after 8 years of George W. Bush (the antagonist subject of an entire album by NIN, Year Zero), Barack Obama had been elected against all odds as the 44th President of the United States: "No matter how good you think we are, it can't match yesterday." and now, "I'll have to find something else to write about... here's another soon to be out-of-date song..."	7th time; On the rail up front for the first time ever at an NIN show Photos of NIN show on Flickr
11/15/2008	Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) and Jennifer O'Connor	Capital Ale House, Richmond, VA	Jennifer Joined Amy Ray for a song	PRIOR: Wrote Jennifer O'Connor a note to say how happy I was she was coming and she wrote back. :) Angela down for the show, so as total music nerds (her more for Amy, me for Jennifer) we were up front and center with Cor & Laura backing us up. Got to see/meet Jennifer O'Connor; Setlist, autograph on limited 45
12/11/2008	Richie Havens	Rhythm & Brews, Chattanooga, TN		Autographs for myself & Addy
12/20/2008	Oasis w/ Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Matt Costa	Patriot Center	Last of only a few shows for Oasis in 2008; Ryan Adams announces "retirement" in 2009 so defacto one of his last shows before a short stretch of final dates	1st time seeing Oasis; Chris Sharrock of World Party and the La's on drums for Oasis for this tour; went with James & Doug
1/9/2009	Diana Ross	Paris Hotel, Las Vegas		Private function for Monster Cable at Consumer Electronic Show (CES)
2/8/2009	The Felice Brothers & Old Crow Medicine Show	Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga, TN		Went with Doug Cook. Met Felice Brothers, autographs (very impressed with them)
2/12/2009	Jennifer O'Connor w/ Hotel Lights	The Camel, Richmond, VA		FIRST TIME EVER: Had a song dedicated to me by a professional recording artist. Jennifer O'Connor dedicated the song, "Exeter" with a, "This one's for you Dean" and frankly, I blushed the whole song. So cool that anyone would ever do that, much less a favorite singer/songwriter that I admire like Jennifer. Laura, Miller & Cor Setlist & autograph of Jennifer O'Connor; Chatted with Darren Jesse & Jennifer O'Connor
2/24/2009	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Birchmere, Arlington, VA		Cor (Christmas present) Setlist, reunion show
4/18/09	No BS Brass Band	Plan 9 Music, Richmond, VA	Record Store Day 2009 performance	Video of performance (with Addy dancing) on YouTube here.
5/2/2009	Bio Ritmo / Hackensaw Boys	Brown's Island, Richmond, VA	Cino de Maya	Cor, Addy, Chereen, Brad, Grant
5/28/09	Josh Ritter w/ Justin Townes Earl	Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, VA
6/5/09	Cracker	Plan 9 Music	Special In-Store	Took Addy, met the band and some autographs of Addy's own
6/11-14/2009	BONNAROO: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Phish (2 Shows) Beastie Boys Nine Inch Nails David Byrne Wilco Al Green Snoop Dogg Elvis Costello Solo Erykah Badu Paul Oakenfold Ben Harper and Relentless7 The Mars Volta TV on the Radio Yeah Yeah Yeahs MGMT moe. Public Enemy Andrew Bird Band of Horses Gov’t Mule Merle Haggard The Decemberists Ani DiFranco Girl Talk Bon Iver Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate Rodrigo y Gabriela Galactic The Del McCoury Band of Montreal Allen Toussaint Coheed and Cambria Booker T & the DBTs David Grisman Quintet Lucinda Williams Animal Collective Gomez Neko Case Jenny Lewis Santigold Robert Earl Keen Shadows Fall Tony Rice Unit Citizen Cope Femi Kuti and the Positive Force High on Fire Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Kaki King Grizzly Bear King Sunny Adé & the African Beats Okkervil River St. Vincent Zac Brown Band Passion Pit Raphael Saadiq Dillinger Escape Plan Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Crystal Castles Tift Merritt Brett Dennen Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue Toubab Krewe Wailing Souls People Under the Stairs Alejandro Escovedo The Itals Vieux Farka Touré Elvis Perkins In Dearland Cherryholmes Yeasayer Todd Snider MURS Chairlift Portugal. The Man. The SteelDrivers Midnite The Knux The Low Anthem Delta Spirit A.A. Bondy White Rabbits The Lovell Sisters Alberta Cross Janelle Monáe Hockey Pretty Lights Jimmy Fallon Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Presents Bonnapoo 2009 An Evening (or Afternoon) with the Daily Show featuring John Oliver & Rob Riggle Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter Aziz Ansari Kristen Schaal Arj Barker Todd Barry Rory Albanese Wayne Federman Nick Thune Nick Kroll Kurt Braunohler Amy Schumer Kumail Nanjiani Pete Homes	Manchester, TN	#5	Top 10 Bonnaroo 2009 Moments 10. Beastie Boys - Danced like crazy, all the right songs. Still funny, irreverent and very real in a world where hip hop has often become overly pre-programmed and slicked back. 9. Sam Cooke - He may not have appeared, but my insistence to listen to an old tape of his music as Steve and I drove in became an omen to several covers of his songs by more than a handful of artists. 8. Public Enemy arming a massive crowd with verbal weaponry - Oh, and yeah, shaking Flava Flave's hand, and he my hat. :) Best FF shot ever: http://www.flickr.com/photos/delineated/3634868737/ 7. Booker T. & the Drive By Truckers: "Let There Be Rock" - first off, in full-disclosure I am not very well-versed in DBT lore. I knew of them, knew they were supposed to be great, but had never seen them. Booker T. was a must-see in my book and hey, I was camping at the Which Stage anyway. But when they played one of the most ridiculously passionate and appropriate renditions of DBT's "Let There Be Rock" I nearly wept. It was far more southern rock than I typically like but I was totally taken. A big surprise for me personally and a good time. 6. Discovering by merely walking by - Twice I was stopped in my tracks by music wafting from nearby, once on a tiny tent set near a BBQ stand where I would discover Belleville Outfit and again later on one of the largest stages (Which) where Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue belted out Sam Cooke. Never knew either band before those moments. 5. Al Green - I'll let my Tweet take this one: "Al Green is an f'ing force of nature. I believe the correct order is: Water, Al Green, Fire, Earth & Wind" - he hit the high notes, the floor and all of us in the face with a tremendous performance in front of thousands likely conceived to his music. 4. Band of Horses - For a band where I was only in love with a couple of songs, they were the perfect compliment to other major Sunday afternoon performances at Roo. Closing the Which Stage is a careful and important slot, previously done with aplomb by Death Cab for Cutie, and BoH not only didn't disappoint, they seemed to be courting the audience with their songs. Breaking convention, they actually saved new songs for their encore and we loved them all the more. (And hey, Springsteen thought so too: http://bonnaroo.com/blog/99.aspx ) 3. Thursday Night - Easily the best Thursday since my first in 05, with first and second impressions stacking for a powerful night of music and friends. Chairlift perform for the VIP party (they were amazing both sets I saw) 2. Front row rail for the last performance on the home continent of my favorite band for the last 20 years; NIN, with a "Wave Goodbye" - To be able to experience that, and then have that experience validated by tens of thousands of people chant "Thank you Trent," while watching bassist JMJ and everyone in front tear up... perfect, heartbreaking and incredible at the same time. 1. The friends and community - This may seem like a cop-out, but I'm completely serious. This year was tremendous for me as I was coming alone and perfectly content to be the "wanderer" who just jetted out on his own. I found that while I did get some wandering done, it was the friendships and shared experiences that enhanced every step with someone and even that time alone. And there's a reason it ranks above NIN- because of the support of everyone who was proud and genuinely excited for me and more-- excited for me to have that experience even if they weren't nearly as interested (or even like!) Nine Inch Nails. I had some incredible conversations, libations and gyrations (dancing, that is). So here's to you my friends, who helped me start, continue and cap an incredible Bonnaroo that was, and I don't say this lightly, THE BEST Bonnaroo I have ever had in my 5 trips to the farm...
7/12/2009	Better Than Ezra w/ 16 Frames	The National, Richmond, VA	New drummer's first tour	w/ Cor, Laura, Doug A. - Cor got us VIP upgrades on our first trip to the national; snagged a load-in set list
7/19/2009	Cake	The National
10/21/2009	James McMurty w/ Leticia Wolf	Rhythm & Brews		Feedback trip w/ Jeff, met up w/ Doug
11/16/2009	Heavy Trash w/ The Sundresses	Northside Tavern, Cincinnati, OH		Feedback trip with Jeff, met up with Drew & Aiko
11/30/2010	Pixies w/ Jay Reatard	Constitution Hall, Washington, DC	"Doolittle" album performance; One of Jay Reatard's last performances as he would be found dead less than 45 days later on January 13, 2010 at age 29	Met Roo buddy Lila there; Instant live CD's of performance
2/10/2010	Cracker (duo)	Ashland Coffee & Tea	Duo performance of David & Johnny	w/ Anchells; first time in AC&T (near R-MC) in probably 10+ years
3/5/2010	Alice In Chains	The National	New singer's first tour	VIP
3/7/2010	Henry Rollins (spoken word)	The National		First time seeing Henry spoken word since the Flood Zone in 1996
3/11/2010	They Might Be Giants	The National	"Flood" album performance tour
3/24/2010	Spoon w/ Deerhunter	The National
3/29/2010	Wilco	The National	"An evening with Wilco" show
4/22/2010	The National	The National	"The National at The National" special two-date performance	"Mr. November" is belted out as the Matt the singer made his way down from the stage, through the crowd and to the soundboard where he climbed atop that to finish the song
4/23/2010	The National	The National	"The National at The National" special two-date performance; filmed
5/6/2010	The Whigs w/ Pondarosa	Jewish Mothers, Virginia Beach, VA		Thanks to a "Mystery Pack" was able to hang out with the band (Parker, Julian, Tim) and be treated to two acoustic songs out back near their van. See, "Kill Me Carolyne" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBycDOButo
5/11/2010	Porcupine Tree w/ Big Elf	The National		Went with Porcupine Tree super-fan Doug Meacham
5/13/2010	Pearl Jam w/ Band of Horses	Jiffy Lube Live (formerly Nissan Pavillion), Bristow, VA	Second to last date of new US tour in 2010
6/3/2010	Patty Griffin w/ Buddy Miller	Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens		Beautiful post-storm evening with a double-rainbow over the stage
6/10-13 /2010	BONNAROO: Dave Matthews Band Kings of Leon Stevie Wonder Jay-Z Conan O'Brien Tenacious D Weezer The Flaming Lips performing Dark Side of the Moon featuring Stardeath and White Dwarfs The Dead Weather Damian Marley and Nas Phoenix Norah Jones Michael Franti and Spearhead John Fogerty Regina Spektor Jimmy Cliff Ween LCD Soundsystem The Avett Brothers Thievery Corporation Galactic Rise Against Tori Amos The National Zac Brown Band Les Claypool John Prine Umphrey's McGee The Black Keys Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers Jeff Beck The Disco Biscuits Dropkick Murphys She & Him Kaskade Against Me! Deadmau5 Daryl Hall & Chromeo Jamey Johnson Margaret Cho Clutch Bassnectar Kid Cudi Aziz Ansari Kris Kristofferson Medeski Martin & Wood Brandi Carlile The xx Jeffrey Ross Roasts Bonnaroo The Crystal Method (DJ Set) John Butler Trio Ozomatli GWAR Dan Deacon Ensemble Los Amigos Invisibles JB Smoove Tinariwen Wale Baaba Maal The Melvins The Gaslight Anthem Miike Snow Sharam The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Gossip Greg Giraldo Dr. Dog They Might Be Giants Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile Isis Mark Knight Blitzen Trapper Blues Traveler Aterciopelados Miranda Lambert Calexico Gary Chardonnay OK Go Bo Burnham Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Martin Sexton Timo Maas Lotus Doug Benson Baroness Dave Rawlings Machine Mayer Hawthorne and the County Japandroids Jay Electronica Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Ingrid Michaelson The Dodos Manchester Orchestra The Temper Trap Lee Burridge Cross Canadian Ragweed Circa Survive Big Sam's Funky Nation Carolina Chocolate Drops Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible Danny Howells John Roberts NEEDTOBREATHE Tokyo Police Club The Entrance Band Rob Cantrell Local Natives Mumford & Sons Rebelution Afrojack Baron Vaughn Diane Birch Monte Montgomery Fanfarlo Julia Nunes Langhorne Slim The Postelles Hercules and Love Affair (DJ set) Julian McCullough Mexican Institute of Sound Lucero Here We Go Magic Chelsea Peretti Mighty Clouds of Joy LA Riots Hot Rize Neon Indian Bomba Estéreo B.O.B Dieselboy DJ Equal DJ Logic Eclectic Method Gypsyphonic Disko Jared Dietch Motion Potion (San Francisco) Alyssa Bonagura Angus & Julia Stone Boy Crisis Danny Barnes Dawes Elizabeth Cook Elmwood Everest Frank Turner Frontier Ruckus Harper Simon Imelda May Jessie Baylin Jill Andrews Joe Robinson Jonathan Sexton & The Big Love Choir Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights Joshua James Kevin Devine Lissie Mike Posner Morning Teleportation Nneka Orgone Paper Tongues Red Cortez Royal Bangs Samantha Crain Sarah Jarosz Supagroup Tamarama Tiny Animals The Bakerton Group The Bridge The Constellations The Devil Makes Three The Middle East The Moondoggies The RBC The Young Veins Truth & Salvage Co. Warpaint	Manchester, TN	Blistering heat and sets	An amazing time as a family, including Addy who met The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Lady Gaga and was waved to by Brandi Carlile. Standout performances by Carlile, Flaming Lips, National, Dead Weather & more
7/11/2010	Counting Crows, Augustana	Innsbrook After Hours, Glen Allen, VA	Part of the "Traveling Circus & Medicine Show" show concept; Dave Lowry of Cracker joined them onstage for two songs
7/16/2010	Jack Johnson, ALO, G. Love	Virginia Beach Amphitheater
7/21/2010	Indigo Girls w/ Coyote Grace	The National
7/29/2010	Interpol w/ Twin Tigers	The National
7/30/2010	Devo	The National
8/2/2010	Arcade Fire w/ Spoon	The Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA
9/9/2010	The Black Keys & The Whigs	Charlottesville Pavillion, Charlottesville, VA
10/17/2010	Avett Brothers w/ Grace Potter & The Nocturnals	Charlottesville Pavillion, Charlottesville, VA
10/27/2010	Muse & Metric	John Paul Jones Arena

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