2010-11-05 Dave Matthews Band
Times Union Center
2010-11-06 Paul Barrerre and Fred Tackett
The Egg
2010-11-13 Dave Matthews Band
Madison Square Garden
2010-11-26 Levon Helm Band
Beacon Theatre
A friend got these front row seats from Steve Bernstein, horn arranger and band leader extraordinaire. At this point Steve was still the arranger and trumpet player for Levon's horn section. During a section of the show the Horns would come marching out and about, New Orleans-style, and Steve later told my friend that he could see us in the audience.
2010-12-03 Hot Tuna
Beacon Theatre
Jorma's 70th birthday celebration
Below: Hot Tuna commemorative program cover
2010-12-31 Phish
Madison Square Garden
New Year's show with the Meatstick extravaganza.
2011-00-02 Steven Bernstein and Henry Butler
Jazz Standard
This was a great show, Henry Butler quite impressive. I just don’t have the date confirmed.
2011-02-22 Trey Anastasio Band
Terminal 5
Trey did an acoustic set first, then a set with the band. This venue has no seats and multiple floors where site-lines are limited. It was way overbooked for this show.
2011-05-27 Phish
in Phish, Concerts 2011
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
This was a really nice weekend in which to enjoy my first three shows at Bethel Woods. For some time afterward, I really dug into the recordings of the shows, which for me served as an excellent overview of the phish repetoire around this time. Many excellent videos were posted on line of the shows… the versions of “Roses are Free” and “Timber” are two of my favorites from this run, that I enjoyed seeing and hearing many times over.
2011-05-28 Phish
in Phish, Concerts 2011
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
A 3-show run at the site of the original Woodstock festival. Excellent Phish performances covering a wide range of their material. See my other comments in the N1 post.
2011-05-29 Phish
in Phish, Concerts 2011
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
A 3-show run at the site of the original Woodstock festival. Excellent Phish performances covering a wide range of their material. See my other comments in the N1 post.
2011-05-31 Phish
in Phish, Concerts 2011
PNC Bank Arts Center
2011-06-10 Phish
in Phish, Concerts 2011
Susquehanna Bank Center
2011-06-29 Sachal Vasandani
Iridium
Sachal is a wonderful jazz singer with an interesting background who I first saw at the Saratoga Jazz Festival in 2006.
2011-07-01 Steel Pulse with Natural Rhythm Band
BRIC Prospect Park Bandshell
Part of a whole group of BRIC shows I saw at Prospect Park during 2011 and 2012.
2011-08-26 Dave Matthews Band
Governors Island
Friday night (N1) of what was to be a 3-night run, but the other shows were cancelled due to the hurricane. Fans were transported back and forth by ferry to lower Manhattan. By the time the show ended, Manhattan was largely evacuated and it was quite erie coming to the docks on the ferry from the Island, seeing lower Manhattan so dark and empty.
2011-08-31 Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
Beekman Club
2011-09-14 Steely Dan
Beacon Theatre
“Dawn of the Dan,” of course we love the early stuff.
2011-09-16 Dave Matthews Band
Randall's Island
The folks who originally purchased a 3-night pass got one Governors Island show and all three rescheduled Randall’s Island shows out of the deal when the hurricane caused two of the first shows to be cancelled. So I saw four shows with one ticket stub.