Music Seen & Heard
Stages I've Faced
This is a fairly complete list of concerts and other stage presentations I've attended. My recollections sometimes have been bolstered by journals or ephemera. Web-based fact checks have been frequent, despite the peril.
In the Beginning
July 1976: "The Wiz", New York City February 3, 1977: Queen, Thin Lizzy, Springfield April 1, 1977: Electric Light Orchestra, Hartford June 15, 1977: Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Hartford November 19, 1977: Jethro Tull, Springfield January 29, 1978: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Springfield September 2, 1978: Yes, Springfield September 12, 1978: Electric Light Orchestra, New Haven set list May 30, 1979: Supertramp, Springfield October 10, 1979: Jethro Tull, New Haven
I'm Moving Out
198x: Geno's etc. 198x: Judy's Tiny Head, Portland August 6, 1983: Talking Heads, Portland ($11.50) April 12, 1984: The Clash, Portland ($12.50) December 31, 1984: Kendall Morse, Jackson Gillman, Milbre Burch, Portland April 6, 1985: Joan Armatrading, Cook Da Books, Portland April 25, 1985: Harry Anderson, Springfield May 18, 1985: Abrams & Anderson, Portland July 27, 1985: Abdullah Ibrahim, Portland August 3, 1985 (Maine Festival): Richard Thompson, Brunswick August 17, 1985: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Terence Blanchard, Lonnie Plaxico, Jean Toussaint, Donald Harrison, Mulgrew Miller), Portland October 7, 1985: Dire Straits, Portland info August 3, 1986 (Maine Festival): The Roches, Brunswick
Coast to Coast
May 2, 1987: Husker Du, Seattle ($11.50) June 27, 1987: X, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Seattle ($13.50) July 10, 1987: The Cure, Seattle ($16.50) 1987: The Green Pajamas, Seattle
Quick Visit #1
August 23, 1987: Bo Diddley, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, Portland
And Back
September 6 & 7, 1987 (Bumbershoot; $4-5/day): Lonnie Brooks, Miles Davis, Sukutai Marimba and Gwinya, Michael Powers, Napalm Beach; Caliente, Je Ka Jo, Obo Addy, Stanley Jordan, Jerry Granelli, Jay Clayton, Denny Goodhew; Robert Cray, Slamhound Hunters, Dr. Science, Thomas Arthur, Seattle March 13, 1988: Willem Breuker Kollektief, Seattle
Quick Visit #2
August 13, 1988 (Maine Festival)
And Back Again
September 1988 (Bumbershoot): Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jonathan Richman, John Mayall, Barenaked Ladies, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Ry Cooder and David Lindley, Nana Vasconcelos, Trilok Gurtu, Odo Addy and Kukrudu, Michelle Shocked, Robert Cray Band, Seattle November 11, 1988: Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Seattle September 2-4, 1989 (Bumbershoot): Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Bumber Drum (New York Percussion All-Stars, Nana Vasconselos and Trilok Gurtu, Michael Shrieve), Al Green, Zion Harmonizers, Little Richard, George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars, Seattle 1989: Impacttestdummy, Olympia August 26, 1990: L7, Olympia November 10, 1990: Nirvana, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Witchypoo, Olympia info January 1991: Beat Happening, Mecca Normal, Bikini Kill, April 73, Olympia August 1991 (Yoyo A Go Go): Bikini Kill, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Nikki McClure, Olympia December 5, 1991: Nutcracker, Seattle February 5, 1993: Carlos Nakai and William Eaton, Olympia 1993?: Alice Donut, Olympia 199x: Jonestown, Olympia August 21, 1993: Some Velvet Sidewalk, Olympia September 1993: (Bumbershoot) $8 October 9, 1993: Screaming Trees, Olympia July 16, 1994 (Yoyo A Go Go): Jad Fair, Kicking Giant, Georgia & Ira, Codeine, Olympia July 17, 1994?: Raymond Kane, Olympia March 3, 1995: Masters of the Folk Violin (Claude Williams with Rob Thomas and John Stewart, Brendan Mulvihill with Donna Long, Michael Doucet with David Doucet and Mitchell Reed), Olympia info May 7, 1995: Flutes in the Rotunda, Olympia
Seattle, Part 2
September 1995: (Bumbershoot; $9) September 1996 (Bumbershoot): Reverend Horton Heat, Milt Jackson Quartet (Jeff Chambers, Albert Heath, Cedar Walton), Skerek, John Lee Hooker, Trilok Gurtu's Crazy Saints, Prohibition Jazz Band, Shanghai Acrobatic Theater, Seattle November 8, 1996: The Palladian Ensemble, Seattle May 19, 1997: Freedy Johnston, Seattle July 5, 1997 (Lilith Fair): Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Jewel, Tracy Chapman, Sarah McLachlan George (The Gorge) December 14, 1997: Portishead, Seattle December 1997: Cirque Ingenieux, Seattle January 23, 1998: George Kahumoku, Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, Seattle (King Cat Theater) Natalie MacMaster, Seattle
Olympia, Part 2
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Olympia Austin Lounge Lizards, Olympia Natalie MacMaster, Olympia July 16, 1998: Frank Black, Frequency db, Olympia November 20, 1998: David Sedaris, Olympia January 29, 1999: Hal Holbrook, Tacoma April 16, 1999: Battlefield Band, Tacoma July 1999 (Yoyo A Go Go): Negativland, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Marine Research, The Donnas?, Olympia
Coast to Coast, Part 2
October 16, 1999: The Amazing Kreskin, Rochester January 22, 2000: Black Eagle Jazz Band, Rochester March 24, 2000: Cherish the Ladies, Rochester April 15, 2000: Patty Larkin, Rochester April 21, 2000: "Grease", Biddeford 2000: Natalie MacMaster, Rochester October 14, 2000: Doc Watson, Portland April 6, 2001: Asleep at the Wheel, Rochester April 19, 2001 (Experimental Folk Music Project): Drekka, The Iditarod, The Eyesores, Stone Breath, (In Gowan Ring was on the bill but we left before they reached the stage) Durham Fall 2001: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Sara Cox, Portland October 12, 2001: Iris DeMent, Portsmouth July 31, 2002: Hackmatack Players "Into the Woods", Berwick August 29 to September 1, 2002: Mountain Heart, Quicksilver (w/o Doyle Lawson), Doc Watson (w/ J. Lawrence and R. Watson), Seldom Scene, Karl Shiflett & The Big Country Show, Valerie Smith & Rick Lang, The Abram Family, Canadian Grass Unit, Leroy Troy, Liberty Pike, Gopher Broke, Schankman Twins, White Mountain Bluegrasss, Brunswick February 15, 2003: The Maine Fiddle Camp Concert (2nd Annual) with Don and Cindy Roy, Greg Boardman, John and Ellen Gawler, Lissa Schneckenburger, John Pranio, Carter and Kaity Newell, Jeff McKeen, Doug Protsik, Steve Muise, Hank Washburn, Sharon Pyne, and Pam Weeks Bath May 4, 2003: Three Generations of Maine Fiddlers, featuring Lissa Schneckenburger, Greg Boardman, Don Roy, and Ben, Danny, and Stephen Guillemette, Brunswick July 12, 2003: Kaiulani Lee "A Sense of Wonder", Kennebunk July 2003: The Schankman Twins, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Jennifer Roland, The Kruger Brothers, Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid, Cornish October 11, 2003: Halali, Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid, Brendan Carey Block and Rich Block, Wells December 5, 2003: Childsplay, Portland review May 8, 2004: Niamh Parsons and Andy Irvine, Lexington May 28, 2004: The Fogg Brothers, Bar Mills July 25(?), 2004: Bedlam, Lebanon August 21, 2004: Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum, Hood River September 2-5, 2004: King Wilkie, Del McCoury Band, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, The Atkinson Family, Jerks of Grass, White Mountain Bluegrass (RIP Karen), Brunswick September 2004: Chief Noda, Wells October 9, 2004: Danu; Rodney Miller, David Surette, and Susie Burke; Jerks of Grass, Wells August 2005: Angel Band, Dave Rowe Trio, Dover September 24, 2005: J.P. Cormier, High Range, North Star, South Hiram October 9, 2005: High Range, Nightingale, Cluck Old Hen, Wells November 19, 2005: Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Portland February 25, 2006: Jake Shimabukuro, Waimea September 9, 2006: Chief Noda, Wells September 17, 2006: Susie Burke, David Surrette, and Joyce Andersen, Limington October 22, 2006: Fiddleicious, Portland September 21, 2008: Keith Murphy, David Surrette, and Sarah Blair, West Springfield September 27, 2008: Hope Hoffman & Kittlish, Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection, Jackson Gillman, Wells March 14, 2009: A Celtic Sojourn [Maura O'Connell; Gráinne Hambly and Billy Jackson; Lóchrann (Diarmaid Ó hAlmhain, Caoilfhionn Ní Fhríghil, Aoife Greene, Eibhlin Healy, Pauric Stapleton, Brian Shinners); Folk Arts Quartet (Ivonne Hernandez, Hannah Read, Julie Metcalf, Liz Davis Maxfield); Donnchadh Howard; Kieran Jordan; and others], Boston August 2009: Clara Berry, Steve Jones Band, Dominic and the Lucid, Jason Spooner Trio, Wells September 26, 2009: Joyce Andersen, Lilly Pearlman & Family, Hope Hoffman & Jim Tolles, Wells September 25, 2010: Paul Wells and Sally Sommers Smith, David Surette and Isa Burke, Erica Brown and Matt Shipman, Robert Sylvain and Pip Walter, Wells September 2011: Laura Cortese Trio, Gordon Bok, Ellie and Andy Buckland, Wells October 15, 2011: Stretch Dawrson, Rollinsford December 2011: Childsplay, Lexington September 9, 2012: Gary Wittner, Wells September 22, 2012: John Terczyak, Sammie Haynes, Deep Hole Road, Salt River, Wells September 2013: Matt Loosigian; Ellen Carlson and Todd Thurlow; Ryan McKasson, Neil Pearlman, and Emerald Rae, Wells September 2014: BYOC, The Gather Rounders, Shana Aisenberg and Friends, Mari Black and Neil Pearlman, Wells September 2015: Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid, The Gather Rounders, Susie Burke and Melissa Bragdon, Highland Soles, Wells December 10, 2015: Mosaic, North Berwick February 29, 2016: Christian McBride Trio (Christian Sands, Jerome Jennings), Durham September 2016: Corey Husic, Seagrass, Laurel Martin and Jim Prendergast, Wells February 24, 2017: Hunter and the Gatherers (Hunter Burgamy, Benjamin Cousins, Colescott Rubin, Volt Jingit, Kan Yanabe, Malwina Masternak), Boston September 2018: Elizabeth and Ben Anderson, Jason Anick Trio, Wells September 2019: OldHat String Band, The Reel McCoys, Wells September 2022: The Fretbenders, Owen Marshall and Alden Robinson, Long Journey, Wells
Reset
February 2026: Jake Shimabukuro and Pure Heart, Honolulu May 15, 2026: The Wailin' Jennys, Olympia July 19, 2026: Lake (billed as Eli Moore), Califone, Olympia
So Close / I Wish I Hadn't Missed
199x: Eugene Chadbourne, Olympia
Notes
- About the image: TBD
- In part, originally posted to Blogger as Tracking Shows.
- Last modified July 28, 2026.