Who are You Going to See?

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Just got tickets to see Sia :~)

 

Well...kind of "see her".

BTW, I highly recommend Colour The Small One (the edition with both Butterflies and Breathe Me).

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Bruce Cockburn June 2 Kent Stage

Norah Jones May 24 Jacobs Pavilion

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8 minutes ago, Jud said:

 

Don't if you've seen Cockburn before - he's great live.

Don't see him twice but he's great?  If you meant "I don't know if you've seen him before" then no, I haven't, and am looking forward to it.  I've enjoyed him for many many years.

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Gillian Welch at Red Rocks.

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  The bad news: it's not until September.  Good news: Row 6 center seats! 

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6 minutes ago, lmitche said:

Cowboys Junkies this Thursday, fifth row center!

I'm jealous. 

 

 

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On 1/24/2018 at 5:08 PM, ted_b said:

Gillian Welch at Red Rocks.

Then the following Monday myself and my three adult boys go to see Beck there.  Unfortunately, unlike my Gillian tix in the sixth row, these are general admission.  Argh.

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6 minutes ago, barrows said:

Yep, seen Yes many times...  First time in Madison Square Garden was an amazing experience for my young self (at 17).  Best concert though was the "Masterworks" tour where they played only their long epic pieces, I had an out of body experience during the "Wurm" movement of "Starship Troopers"...

Still, in any case, the concert will be good.

Seen Yes 8 times in my life, but the first four were amazing.  Smallest was Elyria Catholic High School (yes, a high school gymnasium).  I was 5 ft from Steve Howe.  Then later next spring at Lakeland Community college (again, first few rows).  My most amazing concert was taking the most beautiful girl in HS, red dress and all, to Akron Civic Theater in Dec 1971 where they debuted Fragile.  WoW!  And finally, again in summer 1972 at the Akron Rubber Bowl.  Truly the most eclectic concert I've ever attended.  First up was an upstart group with a hit called Witchy Woman, the Eagles.  Then John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra (the classic lineup with Billy Cobham, etc) and finally Yes.  We taped their performance (a debut of Close To The Edge) on a cheapo Aiwa portable, but it was great nonetheless.    Four times in two years!   Those were the days. 

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Almost bought tix cuz my buddy is in town but we’re going to Mark Knopfler at Red Rocks following night. Enjoy. I love KC. Saw their Three Of A Perfect Pair tour from 2nd row back in the day. 

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16 minutes ago, barrows said:

Hey Ted,

 

Have you seen the "big band" version?  I will tell you in many ways it is the "best" version of KC ever (OK I did not see the 70s band... but have seen every version since '81).  I am sure you can still pick up a ticket... And they usually play nearly 3 hours of music.

I have not!  We may try and get there...thx

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Just now, barrows said:

Juilliard String Quartet were fantastic.  ~500 seat theater, we were second row center, and it was acoustic only (no amplification).  I guess one of the benefits of Classical Music being less than popular is the ability to see world class players up close with excellent sound...  A bit sad though, considering JSQ is a top ranked ensemble.

Should've gone to that one!  Instead, wife, her visiting sister and I went to see Blue Man Group several miles south of you at Buell Theater, downtown Denver.   Although I was a little under the weather I think i can be objective enough.  The performance was dated, somewhat boring and lasted all of 70 minutes (in some respects thankfully).  While they did some nice percussive stuff, the overall feel was that they were stretching for time, taking forever in the audience to pick a few folks for a stale sit down thing, for example. 

 

I'm sure that if you go back to 1992 their impact was quite different!  But in the 27 years since they are wearing out the schtick.  My $.02

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2 minutes ago, lmitche said:

Cowboy Junkies at the Ridgefield Playhouse.

Nice!  As you know Margot and her brothers put on a great show.  Lemme know how it went.

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4 hours ago, barrows said:

Excited to be going to see peter gabriel October 16th in Denver, with floor seats to the side of the soundboard.  Yes, it was expensive, but PG always delivers a genuine and highly moving performance.  I am very lucky that the lovely Misti Bernard will be flying in that day to join me as well, I am blessed sometimes in this life.

Maybe we will see you there!  It'll be my 8th time with PG (if you count the Lamb tour as my first).  His Atmos I/O tracks, trickling out as they may be, is a bit frustrating, but the music and the mixes are great!

 

Coming up toward you on Oct 1 to see Snarky Puppy at the Chataqua auditorium.  Just saw Ozimatli and Los Lobos there and it was a great evening.