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From the emmet swimming concert archives:
Great set at Iota Saturday. Georgia Avenue was good, but I was waiting to see Erik and Todd play together (it’s only been six years since I’ve seen an acoustic show of theirs). In contrast to Dana’s report from the Iota show in March, the crowd seemed very pro emmet – not much talking, and a lot of singing along. “So Lonely” was a crowd request, and went over well. “All Fun And Games” was a song (cover?) that Erik and Todd used to do before Erik joined emmet. When I talked to Todd, he wasn’t sure about new dates for emmet or Quitter, but did hint that you might want to keep New Year’s Eve free.
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emmet swimming:
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Edwin McCain with Pete Riley & Kevn Kinney at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, USA
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Edwin McCain was fine (we have friends that are way into him), I was super happy to see Kevn Kinney with Gibb Droll again even if it was a short set.
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P!nk & Def Leppard at Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA for Mix 98.5 MIXFest
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My best friend Chris was getting married and I was his best man, so it was up to me to plan his bachelor party. The debauchery included a seafod dinner, catching P!nk and Def Leppard’s sets at MIXFest, and book
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Bonnie Rideout & Eddie From Ohio at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, USA
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The Kennedy Center held an “Open House” which meant bands on an outdoor stage. We saw short sets by Bonnie Rideout & Eddie From Ohio
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John Mayer with Guster at D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, USA
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John Mayer was playing bigger places, and Guster was a band Jill and I both liked.
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Robbie Schaefer with Brindley Brothers at Jammin Java, Vienna, VA, USA
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From my blog (originally from the edhead mailing list):
No EFO on stage (they were all in the audience, though), but a great show from Robbie. “Farewell To Saint Delores” is a Dave Carter song that Robbie said he requested at Dave’s last show, also in Vienna. High points for me were the two songs he debuted in March: “Fly” and “Independence, Indiana” – can’t wait for EFO versions of those. It was also the first time I saw his version of “Over The Hills And Far Away” – great stuff!
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Quitter UK at IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA, USA
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From the emmet swimming concert archives:
The show was excellent. I think this is the band Todd has been threatening us with for a while. It’s Todd on vocals and rhythm, Chuck Andrada on lead guitar and lead vox on a couple songs, Scott Brotemarkle on bass and background vox, plus lead on one song (and was going to play lead guitar on one song dropped for time), David Strickland on accordian, keyboard, and background vox, and Eric Vislay (who used to play with Scott in Biohio) on drums. The set was split between new songs and olders songs and covers. I liked “Off Key Choir” with the keyboards – added more texture, and Chuck dropped a sweet solo into “Not Enough You”. Favorite Todd quote: “This is our debut, kinda of a cotillion. I was going to wear something low-cut, but I didn’t want to look slutty.”
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Boston Pops Orchestra at Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA, USA
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Jill had never seen the Boston Pops outside of Boston, and wanted to see their new conductor Keith Lockhart.
Washington Post review
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Rush at AmSouth Amphitheater, Antioch, TN, USA
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I had gone to see Rush at Nissan Pavilion in July, but I didn’t have the best seats. And I had put on my bucket list seeing them from the front row. I did the math that it was cheaper to buy a front row ticket for Nashville, a plane ticket and a hotel room instead, so that’s what I did. Totally worth it.
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Slightly Something at Grog & Tankard, Washington, DC, USA
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This was my coworker Osama’s band. He was playing acoustic with his bandmate Ricky.