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Pat McGee Band’s first solo headlining Wolf Trap show and a good time. Michael Ghegan guesting and a couple sweet covers would be a hallmark of their Wolf Trap shows.
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Dave Matthews Band with Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC, USA
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Dave Matthews Band decamped from Nissan Pavilion for two terrible years at RFK. The ushers wouldn’t control the crowd when a lot of them were where they shouldn’t be. It was a nice show, especially when Ben Harper guested during the main set/
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Todd Watts with Starsky & Hutch at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
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From the emmet swimming concert archives:
“so, that was it. i must say that i was quite disappointed that i didn’t get to hear “lose yourself” which i thought he usually played at these things. todd went the democratic way and let the crowd choose between “so pretty” and “lose yourself” and i lost. 🙁
some other random things…
“starsky and hutch” were what ebo dave and smartbomb chuck decided they should call themselves. oh, they did some cool cover songs in their opening bit, by the way. later on when todd was calling them up to the stage to do “don’t dream,” he was looking out into the audience saying “starsky? starsky?”
someone named kim said it was her birthday, and todd said he’d sing her the birthday song if he could play the chords that erik does. so, she didn’t get sung to…
the “strawberry carpet stains” was a funny story. i think that was the only story that todd really told that night? anyway, someone in the audience handed him a shot of vodka or something and he said “this isn’t rum, is it?” and proceeded to tell us all how back in high school, he and a friend drank a whole bottle of rum and then he threw up all over his parents’ carpet and left this big red stain on it. then he told his father that he’d thrown up some soda and it was the color of the caramel dye in the soda… hm, did i get that story right? it doesn’t quite make sense to me any more, so i must have missed something. anyway, that was the gist of it.
i can’t really think of what else to say about the show. i don’t think that it lived up to my expectations, i’m afraid to say… what do the rest of you guys think? i think i like concerts with the full band better. i’m not sure if it’s because that was just my first todd solo show and i had really high expectations. but i think a big part of what makes emmet cool is the dynamic between the band members, which was obviously not there. but aside from that, i loved hearing songs like “a season”, “when morning comes” and “listen to the river”, which are rarely played at full-band shows.”
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Brian Jack Band at Herndon Town Green, Herndon, VA, USA
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Brian Jack was the former vocalist for Child’s Play, which had moderate fame in the DMV, so I was happy to see him.
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Sting at Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA, USA
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We’d seen Sting the previous year at Constitution Hall, and thought we’d see him again. Silly us, it was the same setlist minus “My One And Only Love”. At least he brought Cheb Mami with him to duet on “Desert Rose”.
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Jimmy Buffett at Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA, USA
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The show was ok. But it will forever be in my mind about how awful parking at Nissan Pavilion can be, as they let anyone in to tailgate and ran out of places to park. So whren we tried to leave early, we discovered Melanie’s Jeep was blocked in by other cars. We tried to move the fence we were against with no luck, and had to wait long after the encore to get out. I never stay through the encore there anymore. This was also the first streamed show I went to – it was at Radio Margaritaville in Real Audio.
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The Excentrics with ebo at Herndon Town Green, Herndon, VA, USA
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The Excentrics finally made it to Herndon. I had picked up a bigger battery for my video camera so recording their whole show wasn’t an issue.
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Eric Idle at Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, USA
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My first opportunity to see a member of Monty Python, and so hilarious. Very disappointing to find out a recording exists and is not available for sale.
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Katy Benko at Herndon Festival 2000
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A local country singer I wasn’t familiar with, but she made some good covers choices.
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Kelly Thibodeaux and Etoufee, Great Big Sea & Cravin’ Dogs at Herndon Festival 2000
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It should not be a surprise that I enjoyed Great Big Sea. I definitely made a note to see them next time they came through town. I have no idea why I didn’t record them with the video camera.
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