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Jill and I celebrated the first anniversary of our first date on New Year’s Eve by getting all dressed up for a concert. We were the people right at the front for the opening act as it was Todd and Matt acoustic. Then Pat McGee Band had an excellent 3 hour plus sete full of hits, jams, and covers. I believe they had a champagne toast at midnight and we stole someone’s taxi after calling multiple ones and not getting one.
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Da Vinci’s Notebook with Groovelily at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, USA
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Another good show from Da Vinci’s Notebook, and Groovelily was a wonderful surprise, we really enjoyed them.
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New Potato Caboose with The Jellyfish Blues Band at The State Theatre, Falls Church, VA, USA
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That was a fun show. Robbie was decked in his finest SpongeBob T-shirt, and they were in good form. Kevin Gallagher was an excellent player (except when his string broke, and he was off to the side frantically putting in a new one); he had some superb solos during “Sultans Of Swing”. By “Sneaking Sally Through The Alley”, there were a fair number of people down front dancing, and Julie’s rendition of “Love Me Like A Man” brought the house down.
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Robbie Schaefer with Bernie Muller-Thym at Jammin Java, Vienna, VA, USA
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Lots of new songs – I like Independence, Indiana and Fly more every time I hear them, but I think my favorite moment was during Robbie’s encore, when Storm and Richard from Da Vinci’s Notebook wanted to trade Bernie for Mike Clem and “$200, no make that $400”.
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Dave Matthews Band with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe at MCI Center, Washington, DC, USA
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You might think on our third Dave Matthews Band show of the year it might be getting old, but as always the setlist would change night to night and we enjoyed ourselves. I always love it when the audience sings the chorus of “#36” during “Everyday” and convinces the band to segue into it. They finished up with an 18 minute “Two Step”.
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Aerosmith with Andrew W.K. at MCI Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Jill was an automatic yes for the “Bad Boys from Boston”. The most unusual thing about the show was that Mia Tyler was there, and the band sang “Happy Birthday” to her (the bootleg sayd it’s Liv Tyler, but you can make out the “Mia”).
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Zwan, James Brown & New Found Glory at MCI Center, Washington, DC, USA for HFSMas Nutcracker
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Eric wanted to go and Jill didn’t, so I headed downtown to wait for him. And wait. And wait some more. He never answered his phone, so eventually I went in, in time to catch several acts. I’ve been a Billy Corgan fan for a long time, and this is the one time his group Zwan came near us on a tour, so even their short set was thrilling. The real one time only event came next, as the legendary James Brown was backed by DC’s own Pietasters for an even shorter set of just two songs. I was bummed to miss Queens of the Stone Age, and didn’t stay for Coldplay.
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra at D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, USA
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Jill was pretty much an instant convert to Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and I was happy to see them again.
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Todd Sheaffer with Matthew Kahler at Jammin Java, Vienna, VA, USA
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Todd Sheaffer was the lead singer of From Good Homes, who I enjoyed. We got to see him solo while he and the rest of future jamgrass titans Railroad Earth were working on their first album.
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Butch Walker with Getaway Car at Jammin Java, Vienna, VA, USA
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The Excentrics may have broken up, but Todd Wright always stays busy. We got a preview of his new group Getaway Car opening up for Butch Walker, whose group Marvelous 3 had also recently broken up.
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