January concert flashbacks

  • 1/4 Concert flashback #163: The Smashing Pumpkins opening up the new location of the 9:30 Club in 1996. On the way home Eric and I ran into the beginnings of some snow. He dropped me at my girlfriend’s apartment in Alexandria (right off 395), and then made it as far as our CD store in Springfield, where he holed up for several days.
  • 1/5 Concert flashback #164: Michael Clem at Jammin’ Java in 2006 for his first solo CD release. He’s doing another CD release and show this January; details here.
  • 1/6 Concert flashback #165: Jonathan Coulton on the 1st JoCoCruise in 2011 (also the cruise Jill was pregnant on).
  • 1/7 Concert flashback #166: emmet swimming at the 9:30 Club in 2004. The first of 4 years in a row they played the club in January, and by the time they ended, Eddie From Ohio had started their January residency (in 2005). A brand new transfer!
  • 1/8 Concert flashback #167: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Chris Coleman, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Patty Griffin, Chris Hillman, Iron & Wine, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Daniel Lanois, Martina McBride, the Milk Carton Kids, Buddy Miller, Conor Oberst, Herb Pedersen, Shovels & Rope, Mavis Staples, John Starling, Trampled by Turtles, Sara Watkins, Holly Williams, Lucinda Williams, Lee Ann Womack & Emmylou Harris for The Life & Songs Of Emmylou Harris at Constitution Hall in 2015.
  • 1/11 Concert flashback #168: Jon Anderson (Yes singer) at Barns of Wolf Trap in 2004.
  • 1/12 Concert flashback #169: Declassified: Ben Folds Presents: Sara Bareilles & Caroline Shaw at the Kennedy Center in 2018.
  • 1/13 Concert flashback #170: Pearl Jam (with Neil Young opening) at Constitution Hall in 1995.
  • 1/14 Concert flashback #171: The Jayhawks at The Birchmere in 2002. The first real concert I went to with Jill (my mom insisted we come see the Cornell University Glee Club the night before).
  • 1/15 Concert flashback #172: The Smithereens at the State Theatre in 2019, with vocalist Robin Wilson (of the Gin Blossoms) replacing the late and lamented Pat DiNizio.
  • 1/19 Concert flashback #173: We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009. Remember hope about politics and not just hoping the side that supports science can keep us alive and the side that supports violence would leave us alone?
  • 1/21 Concert flashback #174: Eddie From Ohio at The Birchmere in 2020, from their annual MLK weekend residency. This year’s is cancelled, of course. But they started selling the recordings in 2008 and I have all the shows we’ve been to since.
  • 1/22 Concert flashback #175: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds at the Landmark Theatre (Richmond) in 1999. The first 2 Dave & Tim shows I saw were at The Birchmere in 1994 before they got huge – this one wasn’t as good with all the frat boy screaming between songs.
  • 1/26 Concert flashback #176: Quitter UK (emmet swimming/Smartbomb offshoot) at Jammin’ Java in 2005.
  • 1/27 Concert flashback #177: Girlyman at Jammin’ Java in 2005. Notice this is the day after yesterday’s flashback. Jammin’ Java was hopping in January 2005. I also just digitized a Girlyman show from FRFF in 2004.
  • 1/28 Concert flashback #178: Extreme at Baltimore Soundstage in 2015. Unfortunately the closest they came on their tour as they played Extreme II: Pornograffitti in full for the first time (the one with the 2 big hits) and I finally got to hear “Song For Love”.
  • 1/29 Concert flashback #179: Au Pair> [Gary Louris/Django Haskins] at Jammin’ Java in 2016.