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The flyer said “Three full sets! (Ask for your free sticker)”. You know I got one.
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The Excentrics at Nick’s Nightclub, Alexandria, VA, USA
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I started realizing I was never going to add to my ticket stub collection at Nick’s, so started saving receipts. I’m guessing it was just beer.
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The Cranberries at National Mall, Washington, DC, USA
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A legendary show for all the wrong reasons. I mentioned previously WHFS had been hosting lunchtime shows at Franklin Park in DC, and as they were getting more popular, moved to a theater near the Washington Monument. But thousands showed, and it was a disaster.
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Morphine with Please at Black Cat, Washington, DC, USA
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If you’re a Morphine fan, you really like the band, and the Black Cat was full of them. I had the albums, but my favorite song of the night was “Pulled Over The Car”, then only a Japanese extra track from Yes.
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Overdose at Nick’s Nightclub, Alexandria, VA, USA
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A big heavy metal band at Nick’s, so it was packed.
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Blues Traveler with Xanax 25 at Charles E. Smith Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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My first Blues Traveler show, and Heather came too. I remeber the hard bleacher seats at the Charles E. Smith Center, and really enjoying Blues Traveler. “Run-Around” was a huge hit and the crowd went nuts for it. I really liked their cover of War’s “Low Rider” as well.
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Liz Phair at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC, USA
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As with many other people, I was a big fan of her first two albums, Exile in Guyville and Whip-Smart. So this show was a must see. It was surprising to learn later she had stagefright in this era, because she played solo and did amazing. She didn’t talk much, but some musicians don’t.
Washington Post review
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emmet swimming at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Eric & Todd acoustic again. I think my first date with Heather.
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Jon Stewart, Brownstone, Kathy Mattea, Boyz II Men, Sawyer Brown, Bruce Hornsby, Toad the Wet Sprocket & Natalie Merchant at the National Mall, Washington, DC, USA for Earth Day
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My first Earth Day was memorable for a number of ways, but mostly for being the place I met my first long term girlfriend. Chris and I met up with another group of people he knew from TinyTim, and Heather had come with them. I asked her out at the end of the day. The concert was pretty great too. We missed Shawn Colvin and The Mavericks, but got there in time to see Jon Stewart introduce Brownstone, and their first song was an Eagles cover. The other hosts were Levar Burton & Martha Quinn, and we hung out until Natalie Merchant was done, leaving before Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kenny Loggins finished off the day. Reportedly this was the 2nd live performance from Natalie Merchant’s new band including awesome guitarist Jen Turner.
The whole show is up as a stream at C-SPAN.
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emmet swimming at Hard Rock Cafe, Washington, DC, USA
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The program says the show I went to was “Invitation only”, so I must have asked Alan, emmet’s manager, for one. The thing I really remember is I went with Anand, my best friend’s brother’s best friend (all 4 of us had been playing a lot of Magic the Gathering together). He drove, and on the way back he got stopped on 66 for speeding.
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