Old Post Of Bands I Saw In 2008
Words by Tim Lewis.
2nd Agenda
Alan Holdsworth
Alex Winston
Alice Austin
April Wine
Arom Bedrosian
Aya Inoue
Aztext
Back Door Slam
Band X
Ben MacIntyre
Big Boots Deville
Blowtorch
Brad Byrd
Brett Hughes and Marie Claire
Burette Douglas
Cannon Fodder
Caroline O’Connor
Cave Bees
Ccccome?
Che Guevara T-Shirt
Dan Coleman Band
Dirtminers
Dirty Ole String Band
Drive the Hour
Eames Brothers
Electric Halo
Elton John
Empire State Troopers
Ensemble V
Eric Morelli
Everybody’s Favorite Irish Drinking Songs Band
Farm
Fish
Gabrielle Douglas
Great ‘Mericans
Hezekiah Jones
Hot Neon Magic
Ian Thomas
In Memory of Pluto
Irish Sessions
James Kochalka Superstar
Jason Cooley
Jenny Monatna
John Baumann & Bob Gagnon
Joshua Panda
Judas Priest
Light’s Out
Louis Monroe
Lowell Thompson
Maneuvers
Marie Claire
Mars Volta
Marse Smith
Missy Bly
Monsterbuck
Mr Shopping
Nathan Plasha
Neil Clary
New Sibereans
Nick Jaina
Nobby Reed
Nose Bleed Island
Nudas Veritas
Nude Dude
Oak
Party Star
Peace
Philosopher King
Player 2
Rob Riggle
Rue Mevlana
Ryan Power
Savanna O’Connor
Sean Altrui and Arom Bedrosian
Sean Altrui and Caroline O’Connor
Sean Altrui and Mark Knuffke
Seth Yacovone
Slingshot Dakota
SSM
St Solitude
Steel Toe Booty
Steph Clark
Swale
Sweet Ass Pussy
Swing Noire
Tad Davis
Ted Nugent
The Breaking In
The Cush
The Cush – acoustic
The Dig
The Dirty Blondes
the Fatal Flaws
The Jazz Guys
The Lee Boys
The Marsden Lot
The Pink Floyd Experience
The Smittens
the Wards
Three
Township
Tsu Shi Ma Me Re
Villanelles
Vitals
Voivod
Von Bondies
Zappa Plays Zappa
The Score for 2008
I was curious about how much music I have seen in 2008. As I have it all recorded in my blog, I went back and added each show into a spreadsheet then did some calculating.
Today is December 28 and I have no shows on my agenda between now and the beginning of next year. Assuming I do not see any more music here is the score for 2008.
During 2008 I saw 172 bands play. 108 of them were different bands though some included combinations of other artists I see a lot. The band I saw most last year was The Cush with 7 electric shows and 2 acoustic shows (and I’m counting solo Gabrielle and Burette shows separately). Next up was Marie Claire whom I saw 7 times plus once with Brett Hughes. I saw the Cave Bees 7 times and saw Farm 6. Fish, the wonderful singer from Scotland toured the US this year and I saw him 4 times (out of 6 purchased tickets, don’t ask) and I also saw Jenny Montana, Party Star, Swale and the Sean Altrui and Caroline O’Connor show 4 times each. I saw Caroline O’ConnorAlice Austin, Burette Douglas, Cannon Fodder, Gabrielle Douglas, Lowell Thompson and The Fatal Flaws 3 times as well. I saw Sean Altrui once each with Arom Bedrosian and Mark Knuffke bringing Sean to a total of 6 performances. I only saw the Dirty Blondes twice this year, but Everybody’s Favorite Drinking Songs Band is pretty close and I saw them twice as well so it’s almost a 4 for the Blondes.
Over the year I saw 72 different shows in 23 separate venues. I saw 34 bands at the Monkey House and 33 at Metronome. I saw 24 bands at Radio Bean with 13 of those coming on the Bean’s birthday party. I saw 12 bands at the ½ Lounge and 11 at Red Square. I saw 9 at the Acoustic Lounge at Parima. I saw 7 bands each at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge and Nectars just edging out the 6 bands I saw at the Higher Ground Ballroom. Festivals rocked this summer in Burlington and I saw 6 bands at the rocking Jazzfest night on Church st and 5 bands at the South End Art Hop. I only made it once to Montreal to see Voivod and Judas Priest at the Bell Centre and all of the other out of town shows were to see Fish.
I have to say I really do like all of the venues I saw shows in except for the Skinny Pancake. Asking Farm to turn the music down as it was too loud (and it wasn’t) turned my appetite away from them. I have heard about issues with the Acoustic lounge from a performer’s perspective, but aside from irregular service from the wait staff and their lack of Hornitos, I’ve always had a nice time there.
So there it is. If you have a will to go out and see music in Burlington there are plenty of opportunities. I know there were several shows that I meant to see and missed. There may have been a few I would have wanted to see and never knew about. I’m just saying the opportunity is there and the thing most lacking from the Burlington Vermont music scene is you! Come out, show up, and have a good time. It will only help the bands and the scene and encourage the next generation of bands to come out and do it.
This post was originally published by Tim Lewis at his personal blog, https://timstriangletribune.wordpress.com.