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DJ RM (Rhett Miller)

2010-07-01T20:19:00.001-07:00

DJ RM (Rhett Miller), originally uploaded by Jamie Eng.

Consider this a public service announcement. Rhett Miller will play Van Halen and Prince, but not Butch Walker and Michael Jackson.

You're on the heartbreak list (2009 in review)

2010-06-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

In 2009 I saw 291 Performances with 214 different artists over 120 different shows over 99 nights. I saw 138 new acts. They took place in 65 venues in 23 cities in 5 states. I visited 26 new venues. I had 11 doubleheaders where I saw (at least) 2 performances in 2 different venues on the same night. (I'm not counting any of the festival shows I saw) The closest being a tie between Bar on A and Angels and Kings, or Cakeshop and the Living Room. (both are next door to each other!) The furthest between shows was from Red bank to Hoboken. I did see one Triple Header - Bleu and Jim Boggia @ Joe's Pub, Leah Siegel @ the Living Room and Steve Brown @ Shannon Rose in Clifton NJ.

Most popular Acts:

Harper Blynn (Pete and J) - 14

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - 9 (holy crap…where’d that come from)

Mike Viola-8

Aaron Lee Tasjan - 7 (with and without the Madison Square Gardeners)

Jim Boggia - 6

Butch Walker – 6

Total Spent: $2019 Average per performance: $6.94. Average per show: $16.82 There were 96 free performances (Either cause I was working, or a gift, guest list, or just plain free, but most of those free shows at the Living Room & Rockwood they do pass a bucket around so while I’m counting it as a free show, I did count the money I tipped in the above total)

And since this stat always makes me laugh, Actors seen: 4, Adrien Grenier (w/ the always awesome Honey Brothers), Mandy Moore(with the always awesome Mike Viola) , Scarlett Johansson, and Jill Hennessey(who seriously took that Crossing Jordan show to heart, half her songs were about ghosts and dead people!)

And for the first time, Beatles seen: 1, Paul McCartney

Most popular venue to the surprise of no one: The Living Room. Favorite new venue: City Winery. Worst venue: Angels and Kings by a mile.

2009 was the year when I saw many of my favorite albums performed live start to finish.

Dr Feelgood-Motley Crue - Even though I hadn't listened to the album in years I still knew every single beat and every single word. My inner 15 year old self was loving it! Say what you want about Motley Crue (I’d probably say most of it too) but Nikki Sixx is just such a bad ass. Most of their idiotic behavior gets a pass from me….I’d be disappointed if they didn’t act like idiots on a regular basis both on and off stage. Also finally read The Heroin Diaries this year…wow, what a read! Whether you like Motley Crue or hate them, spend a little time with that book.

Darkness on the Edge of Town, Born in the USA (2 x) Born to Run, The River-Bruce Springsteen

Tangent/Rant starts now: At the start of the year I had planned on seeing one or two shows(maybe!) I did not dig the album at all. Also I’m really REALLY over paying such an insane amount of money to see anyone. I ended up at the rehearsal show in Asbury which I’ll always try and go. Then the 2 nights in May a couple of friends were in town so I went to tailgate and see about getting in…which we did(barely) for full price. (Certainly the hardest Bruce ticket I can remember since the Rising MSG show, if it wasn’t such a hard ticket I probably wouldn’t have cared so much about getting in, but there is still a bit of a thrill in the chase.) With the announcement of the stadium shows I decided to not buy any tickets and maybe try for cheap tickets in the parking lot for the last night. Some friends were coming in from all over the place for the Saturday night show (New Hampshire, Minnesota & Missouri) and they all had GA so when one became available I took it. I was really going to go and watch my friends watch Bruce. Is that crazy? Then I agreed to go to the last show with a friend for free. Then the album announcements fall into place and it seems like I’m about to see 2 shows of Born in the USA! So...of course I had to go to Darkness and Born to Run. I did get cheap tickets in the lot $40 GA for Darkness and $50 lower with some friends for BTR(again, higher than I could have paid but I wanted to sit with my friends). After that I swore I was so done with big stadium/arena shows. And then the seatfiller thing for the HOF show came up so I did that (and I’m so glad I did!) and then it was the great scramble for the River show at MSG. I hate to admit it but Jon Landau and Bruce Springsteen played me like a goddamn fiddle this year. End Rant.

That being said…seeing those albums performed start to finish was absolutely one of the highlights this year. It’s nothing that hasn’t been said before but The River especially was just transcendent. It just amazes me how if they just practice a little how great they really can be. I wish he rehearsed them more. I don’t know how repeated viewings of Darkness, BTR or the River would have been, but I was certainly bored at the second BITUSA show I saw, but I’m not sure if that’s the songs or the sameness of it that bored me.

Letters ,The Rise and Fall of the Let's Go Out Tonites, Sycamore Meadows - Butch Walker

This was seriously like a dream come true for me. I’d been bitching for years that Butch needs to play a place with chairs! (I know that makes me sound old, but I’m short and can never see at the venues he normally plays at unless I go up to the balcony, Irving Plaza, Webster Hall I’m talking to you!!) The music is getting further and further away from rock and is more suited to a place like Joe’s or a theatre in my opinion. (Clearly I’m in the minority here since I heard a ton of bitching about how Joe’s sucks) Letters is by far my favorite of the three albums, but was probably my least favorite of the three shows. Maybe expectations were too high, but I think it was the great reworking of the songs from the other two records (on rise and fall especially). I first heard the songs from Letters solo acoustic so it wasn’t anything new for me. On the other hand, Rise and Fall is a big rock record. I really had no idea what to expect. The songs in this new style were so much better than the big loud rock show he did to support the album. It was so over the top with (very bad) backing vocalist/dancers and kind of annoying. Hearing the songs stripped down made me appreciate them like I never had before. I told Butch’s manager JD all this….and then he made me tell Butch. “tell him…tell him what you said about the songs and the record...tell him”. I felt like Kevin Smith at the meeting about the Superman script. It was pretty funny to me. Butch always delivers live and to see him in tiny Joe’s as opposed to Webster Hall was quite a treat.

It was also the year where I saw some really amazing special shows:

Jim Boggia, Pete Harper and Jason Blynn recreated the Beatles 1964 setlist in Philadelphia on the 45th anniversary of their first Philadelphia concert. I don't think I know three people who love the Beatles more or 3 people who sing better together so it was really perfect.

I saw a great Tom Petty tribute in NYC. Members of The Killers, The Strokes, Augustana, The Moldy Peaches, Nicole Atkins, Fountains of Wayne, Jesse Malin etc. It was really great and I felt a little hometown pride with Nicole Atkins leading the “Free Falling” closer with everyone onstage. It’s nice to see a Jersey girl do well, especially since I actually like her music!

This year I went to The Ryman, The Apollo and Carnegie Hall all for the first time within a 2 ½ week timespan. I saw some pretty amazing shows at these venues. The Americana Music Conference Awards with John Fogerty, Buddy Miller, and basically a who's who of Americana Music. Great performances by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sarah Borges, and Justin Townes Earle stick out still.

I went to a show at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Gavin Friday’s 50th birthday. Had no idea who he was, but $70 to go to Carnegie Hall and see U2(even if they read the phone book!) is something I had to check out. It was an interesting night and I never thought I’d see Courtney Love or Lady Gaga or Shane MacGowan onstage at Carnegie Hall but I did. (and lived to tell about it!) The night was almost entirely Gavin Friday’s own music, I only recognized a few….the song from In America that the Coors did (Andrea was there) and the song from In the Name of the Father that Sinead O Connor had recorded (I think Maria McKee performed it). U2 played together and with other people, but there wasn’t any U2 music to be heard. The only non Gavin music was Joel Gray doing “Cabaret”, and Lou Reed doing Sweet Jane (with most everyone else onstage) and a show closer of Bowies “Jean Genie” The show was filled out with Rufus and Martha Wainwright…Joseph Arthur…Scarlet Johannsen and a reuniting of the Virgin Prunes (which is a big deal to Ms. Love, but not so much to me) I pick on Courtney cause it’s so easy, but she actually was pretty coherent and didn’t trip once. Her fangirl-ness was interesting to see.

Went to two of the Spectacle tapings at the Apollo and thoroughly enjoyed them to pieces. I went to the “guitar pull” ep with Neko Case, Ron Sexsmith, Jesse Winchester(my new old dude crush!) and Sheryl Crow (who was clearly the lesser of all the people onstage, but I doubt she knew that), and the show with Lyle Lovett, John Prine and Ray LaMontagne. Both were really excellent and if the show continues another season all of you NYC’ers need to get to a taping if you haven’t already. I got to discover some new artists and it was really two of the most interesting nights I’ve spent in forever.

So I was going to try and say what my favorite shows of the year were, but in a year where I saw so many unique events it’s sort of difficult to pick. So instead, a short list of my favorite new discoveries: .

1. The Duke and the King (Far and away the best new band I’ve heard in years)
2. Tim Easton
3. The Films(Someone give these guys a tour please)
4. Dead Rock West (And these guys too!)
5. Joe Pug
6. Reckless Kelly
7. Drivin n Cryin’ (I’ve seen Kevin Kinney a bunch over the years, but this was my first time seeing the band)

And now, the list: (There are a couple of things on here that don’t have the artists listed, like the Petty Tribute night, the Kinks tribute night and the Wave Gathering in Asbury Park)

Date	Artist	Venue	City
1/9/09	Aaron Lee Tasjan & Mark Stepro	Canal Room	New York, NY
1/9/09	Kelly Jones	Canal Room	New York, NY
1/9/09	The Brilliant Mistakes	Canal Room	New York, NY
1/15/09	Tyketto	Bar A	Belmar, NJ
1/17/09	Dive	Mexicali Blues	Teaneck, NJ
1/17/09	Man on Earth	Mexicali Blues	Teaneck, NJ
1/17/09	Tyketto	Mexicali Blues	Teaneck, NJ
1/20/09	Chris Unck and the Black Roses	Cakeshop	New York, NY
1/20/09	Greg Laswell	Living Room	New York, NY
1/20/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Living Room	New York, NY
1/24/09	The Honey Brothers	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
1/31/09	Nicole Atkins	Vintage Vinyl	Fords, NJ
1/31/09	Pat Dinizio	Vintage Vinyl	Fords, NJ
1/31/09	The Kennedy’s	Vintage Vinyl	Fords, NJ
1/31/09	Willie Nile	Vintage Vinyl	Fords, NJ
2/4/09	Marah	Mercury Lounge	New York, NY
2/5/09	Marah	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
2/23/09	Mike Viola	Living Room	New York, NY
2/23/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Living Room	New York, NY
2/26/09	Mia Riddle	Mexicali Blues	Teaneck, NJ
2/26/09	Rhett Miller	Mexicali Blues	Teaneck, NJ
3/6/09	Opener	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
3/6/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
3/13/09	Hall and Oates	Paramount Theater	Asbury Park, NJ
3/14/09	Butch Walker	Webster Hall	New York, NY
3/14/09	The Films	Webster Hall	New York, NY
3/14/09	winner of contest	Webster Hall	New York, NY
3/19/09	Butch Walker	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
3/19/09	The Films	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
3/20/09	Butch Walker	Stone Pony	Asbury Park, NJ
3/20/09	The Films	Stone Pony	Asbury Park, NJ
3/23/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Convention Hall	Asbury Park, NJ
4/4/09	The Damnwells	Mercury Lounge	New York, NY
4/11/09	Chris Cubeta	Milkboy	Ardmore, PA
4/11/09	Jim Boggia	Milkboy	Ardmore, PA
4/11/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Milkboy	Ardmore, PA
4/20/09	April Smith	Mercury Lounge	New York, NY
4/20/09	Mike Viola & Kelly Jones	Mercury Lounge	New York, NY
4/20/09	Tinted Windows	Mercury Lounge	New York, NY
4/24/09	Marah	Bowery Electric	New York, NY
4/28/09	The Kinks Tribute	Living Room	New York, NY
4/30/09	Mike Viola	Joes Pub	New York, NY
5/1/09	Alec Ouinsworth	Count Basie Theatre	Red Bank, NJ
5/1/09	Aston Shepard	Count Basie Theatre	Red Bank, NJ
5/1/09	David Johansen	Count Basie Theatre	Red Bank, NJ
5/1/09	Rhett Miller	Count Basie Theatre	Red Bank, NJ
5/8/09	Melissa Chill	Mcloones Supper club	Asbury Park, NJ
5/8/09	Rob Dye	Mcloones Supper club	Asbury Park, NJ
5/14/09	Queensryche	Starland Ballroom	Sayreville, NJ
5/21/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Izod Center	East Rutherford, NJ
5/23/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Izod Center	East Rutherford, NJ
5/24/09	Dead Rock West	Mexicali Blues Café	Teaneck, NJ
5/24/09	RCPM	Mexicali Blues Café	Teaneck, NJ
5/31/09	Maybe Pete	Rockwood Music Hall	New York, NY
6/2/09	Mandy Moore	Highline Ballroom	New York, NY
6/12/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Rockwood Music Hall	New York, NY
6/17/09	Locksley	Highline Ballroom	New York, NY
6/17/09	Tinted Windows	Highline Ballroom	New York, NY
6/19/09	Wave Gathering		Asbury Park
6/20/09	Rhett Miller	Vintage Vinyl	Fords
6/20/09	Wave Gathering		Asbury Park
6/21/09	Wave Gathering		Asbury Park
6/24/09	Murray	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
6/24/09	Old 97's	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
6/24/09	Rhett Miller	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
6/25/09	Mike Viola and Kelly Jones	Living Room	New York, NY
6/26/09	Fountains of Wayne	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
6/26/09	Mike Viola and Kelly Jones	Maxwell’s	Hoboken, NJ
7/11/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	TT the Bears	Boston, MA
7/11/09	The Damnwells	TT the Bears	Boston, MA
7/18/09	RCPM	The Temptress	New York, NY
7/21/09	Paul McCartney	Citifield	Queens, NY
7/21/09	The Script	Citifield	Queens, NY
7/23/09	Matthew Ryan	Living Room	New York, NY
7/25/09	Bleu	Joes Pub	New York, NY
7/25/09	Jim Boggia	Joes Pub	New York, NY
7/25/09	Leah Siegel	Living Room	New York, NY
7/25/09	Steve Brown	Shannon Rose	Clifton, NJ
7/27/09	Jonatha Brooke	Living Room	New York, NY
7/27/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Living Room	New York, NY
7/29/09	Michael McDermott	World Café Live	Philadelphia, PA
7/31/09	Johnny and the Raybands	Claddagh	Atlantic Highlands, NJ
7/31/09	Rob Dye	The Falls	Tinton Falls, NJ
8/4/09	Jason Isbell	City Winery	New York, NY
8/4/09	The Truckstop Allstars	City Winery	New York, NY
8/13/09	Pat Benatar	Coney Island	Brooklyn, NY
8/13/09	The Donnas	Coney Island	Brooklyn, NY
8/13/09	The Nats	Ottos Shrunken Head	New York, NY
8/14/09	Black Bunny	Living Room	New York, NY
8/14/09	Madison Square Gardeners	Living Room	New York, NY
8/14/09	Rawles Balls	Living Room	New York, NY
8/14/09	The Shaker Pegs	Living Room	New York, NY
8/18/09	Godsmack	PNC Arts Centre	Holmdel
8/18/09	Motley Crue	PNC Arts Centre	Holmdel
8/20/09	Mike Viola	Joes Pub	New York, NY
8/21/09	Della Valle	Maxwells	Hoboken, NJ
8/21/09	Jay and Rob	Downtown	Red Bank, NJ
8/26/09	Maybe Pete	The Saint	Asbury Park, NJ
8/26/09	Rob Dye	The Saint	Asbury Park, NJ
8/28/09	Colin Smith	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
8/28/09	Dawn Landes	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
8/28/09	The Damnwells	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
9/2/09	Beatles by Boggia (w/ Pete & J)	World Café Live	Philadelphia, PA
9/3/09	Petty Fest	Bowery Ballroom	New York, NY
9/8/09	The Sunday Blues	The Bitter End	New York, NY
9/10/09	The Shaker Pegs	Bowery Electric	New York, NY
9/11/09	Sid N Susie	City Winery	New York, NY
9/12/09	Danelia Cotton	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/12/09	Kenny Wayne Shepard	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/12/09	Third Eye Blind	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/12/09	Uncle Kracker	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/13/09	Gin Blossoms	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/13/09	Glen Tillbrook	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/13/09	Pete Yorn	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/13/09	The Alternate Routes	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/13/09	They Might Be Giants	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/13/09	Tonic	Union Co Music Fest	Cranford, NJ
9/15/09	Brian Vander Ark	Living Room	New York, NY
9/15/09	Jim Boggia	Living Room	New York, NY
9/15/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Living Room	New York, NY
9/16/09	Dexateens	Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN
9/16/09	John Fogerty	Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN
9/16/09	Reckless Kelly	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/16/09	The Trishas	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/16/09	Those Darlins	Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Allison Moorer	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Asleep at the Wheel	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Band of Heathens	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Buddy Miller	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Cross Canadian Ragweed	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Deadstring Brothers	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Jerry Douglas	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Jim Lauderdale	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	John Fogerty	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	John Prine	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Justin Townes Earle	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Nanci Griffith	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Patty Griffin	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Raul Malo	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	RCPM	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Rodney Crowell	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Sam Bush	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	The Belleville Outfit	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	The Flatlanders	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/17/09	The Gourds	The Ryman Auditorium	Nashville, TN
9/18/09	Ameilia Curran	3rd and Lindsley	Nashville, TN
9/18/09	Joe Pug	3rd and Lindsley	Nashville, TN
9/18/09	Matthew Ryan (w/ Amanda Shires)	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/18/09	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/18/09	Patrick Sweaney	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/18/09	Scott Miller & The Commonwealth	Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	Buddy Miller & Patty Griffin	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	Chuck Mead	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	Ken Will Morton	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	Love Trucker	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	The Bottle Rockets	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	Thundersnake	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	Tim Easton (w/ ALT and Stepro)	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	White Owls	The Basement	Nashville, TN
9/19/09	WPA	Cannery Ballroom	Nashville, TN
9/21/09	Elvis Costello	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/21/09	Jesse Winchester	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/21/09	Neko Case	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/21/09	Ron Sexsmith	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/21/09	Sheryl Crow	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/23/09	Elvis Costello	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/23/09	John Prine	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/23/09	Lyle Lovett	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/23/09	Ray LaMontange	The Apollo	New York, NY
9/24/09	Muse	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ
9/24/09	U2	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ
9/25/09	Mark Linskey	The Clash Bar	Clifton, NJ
9/25/09	Maybe Pete	The Clash Bar	Clifton, NJ
9/26/09	Mike Viola & Kelly Jones	Lizard Lounge	Cambridge MA
9/26/09	Paul ?	Lizard Lounge	Cambridge MA
9/30/09	Adam Masterson	Rockwood Music Hall	New York, NY
9/30/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Living Room	New York, NY
10/2/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ
10/3/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ
10/4/09	Andrea Corr	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Antony	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Courtney Love	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Flo & Eddie	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Gavin Friday	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Joel Grey	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Joseph Arthur	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Lady GaGa	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Lou Reed	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Lydia Lunch	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Maria McKee	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Martha Wainwright	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Rufus Wainwright	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Scarlett Johansen	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	Shane MacGowan	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/4/09	U2	Carnegie Hall	New York, NY
10/8/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ
10/9/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ
10/13/09	Mike Viola & Kelly Jones	Joes Pub	New York, NY
10/21/09	Eleanor Whitmore & Chris Masterson	Bowery Electric	New York, NY
10/21/09	Madison Square Gardeners	Bowery Electric	New York, NY
10/24/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Union Hall	Brooklyn, NY
10/29/09	Art Garfunkel	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	BB King	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Billy Joel	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Bonnie Raitt	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Crosby, Stills and Nash	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Darlene Love	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Dion	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Jackson Browne	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	James Taylor	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Jeff Beck	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Jerry Lee Lewis	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	John Fogerty	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	John Legend	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Paul Simon	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Peter Wolf	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Sam Moore	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Smokey Robinson	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Stevie Wonder	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Sting	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
10/29/09	Tom Morello	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
11/3/09	Eleanor and Bonnie Whitmore	Living Room	New York, NY
11/6/09	Opener	Bergen PAC	Englewood, NJ
11/6/09	Rick Springfield	Bergen PAC	Englewood, NJ
11/9/09	Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY
11/11/09	Jim Boggia	Langosta Lounge	Asbury Park, NJ
11/12/09	Liliana Rose	Parkside Lounge	New York, NY
11/12/09	Matthew Ryan	Living Room	New York, NY
11/12/09	The Nats	Parkside Lounge	New York, NY
11/14/09	Drivin n Cryin w/ Lenny Kaye	Highline Ballroom	New York, NY
11/14/09	Madison Square Gardeners	Highline Ballroom	New York, NY
11/14/09	Slo-Mo and Mic Wrecka	Rodeo Bar	New York, NY
11/15/09	Blue Rodeo	World Café Live	Philadelphia, PA
11/15/09	Matthew Ryan	World Café Live	Philadelphia, PA
11/21/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Living Room	New York, NY
11/23/09	Chris Unck	Angels and Kings	New York, NY
11/23/09	Mystie Chamberlin	Bar on A	New York, NY
11/24/09	Chris Unck and the Black Roses	Knitting Factory	Brooklyn, NY
11/24/09	Jim Boggia	Southpaw	Brooklyn, NY
12/4/09	Butch Walker	Joes Pub	New York, NY
12/4/09	Madison Square Gardeners	The National Underground	New York, NY
12/5/09	Butch Walker	Joes Pub	New York, NY
12/5/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Rockwood Music Hall	New York, NY
12/6/09	Butch Walker	Joes Pub	New York, NY
12/7/09	Jill Hennessey	Housing Works Bookstore	New York, NY
12/7/09	Rhett Miller	Housing Works Bookstore	New York, NY
12/12/09	Brain Baxter	Drews House	Ringwood, NJ
12/12/09	The Duke and The King	Drews House	Ringwood, NJ
12/14/09	Bradley Dean	Niagara	New York, NY
12/14/09	Mystie Chamberlin	Niagara	New York, NY
12/14/09	Paloma	Niagara	New York, NY
12/14/09	Seann Branchfield Band	Niagara	New York, NY
12/17/09	Madison Square Gardeners	Bowery Ballroom	New York, NY
12/17/09	Pete & J (Harper Blynn)	Bowery Ballroom	New York, NY
12/17/09	Pretty Good Dance Moves	Bowery Ballroom	New York, NY
12/18/09	John Eddie	Wonder Bar	Asbury Park, NJ

Art Show

2008-09-10T12:57:00.001-07:00

Art Show, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

My name's Stewart Ransom Miller, I'm a serial lady-killer

2008-04-05T15:18:00.001-07:00

Rhett Miller Maxwells 050, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

April 3rd-Rhett Miller-Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ

I march like a soldier to the beat of your drum

2008-04-05T15:03:00.001-07:00

Ari Hest, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

April 2-Ari Hest-Living Room, NYC

Leah Siegel

2008-04-05T14:50:00.001-07:00

Tim & Leah, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

April 2-Leah Siegel-Living Room, NYC

The Silver Seas

2008-04-05T14:49:00.001-07:00

The Silver Seas, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

April 2nd- The Silver Seas-The Living Room, NYC.

I got a good price when I sold my soul

2008-04-05T14:47:00.001-07:00

Roger, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 29th-Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers at BB KIng's in NYC.

Georgia

2008-04-05T14:39:00.001-07:00

Georgia, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 29- BB King's- NYC. No, the lead singer does not have 3 arms but this photo's pretty funny.

David Poe

2008-04-01T21:06:00.001-07:00

Living Room Anniversary 305, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 24th- David Poe @ the Living Room to celebrate the 10th Anniversary.

Vienna Teng

2008-04-01T20:40:00.001-07:00

Living Room Anniversary 243, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 24th-Vienna Teng & Alex Wong help celebrate the Living Room's 10th Anniversary.

He told me I play the notes too perfect I should try to be more like the Strokes

2008-04-01T20:32:00.001-07:00

Living Room Anniversary 220, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 24th-Jim Boggia at the Living Room. Jim on the occasion of the Living Room's Anniversary: "As a musician, lots of venues I've played have done stuff to me, but the Living Room did something for me".

Then laughter turned to woe, just how I really don't know

2008-04-01T20:14:00.001-07:00

Brian Wolfe & Kelly Jones, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 24th-Kelly Jones kicked off a stellar night at the Living Room as part of their 10th anniversary celebration. Kelly was joined by Dan Green, Brian Wolfe and Steven Elliott.

As dreamers we'd scream out the songs that we'd known all our lives

2008-04-01T19:37:00.001-07:00

Ed Harcourt 179, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

Ed Harcourt Night 2. This time at Mercury Lounge in NYC proper. Even more amazing then the night before. His album "the beautiful lie" is coming out this june (?) on Dovecote records. That means more Ed in the US!

Trevor Giuliani

2008-04-01T19:25:00.001-07:00

Trevor, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 18th-Trevor Giuliani @ Mercury Lounge

My parents named me Ed, I tried my hardest to smile

2008-04-01T18:57:00.001-07:00

Ed Harcourt 052, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 17th-Ed Harcourt @ Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY.

Beware the Ides of March

2008-04-01T18:28:00.001-07:00

Woodfish, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

For some reason a lot of people I know celebrate their birthday on this day. Sharon turned 40 and we celebrated this occasion with a party and music by her "New Highway 9" Woodfish.

A time out

2008-04-01T18:16:00.001-07:00

Christine's Shower 012, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

March 8th- A time out from music to celebrate my beautiful little cousin's bridal shower.

I'd like to find a way to say goodbye

2008-04-01T18:10:00.001-07:00

Mike Viola & 'that guy', originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 29th-Mike Viola & Everybody Else @ Joe's Pub. T The last show Mike Viola will play as a New Yorker. More to come on this..I swear!

Hey Tiger

2008-04-01T17:57:00.001-07:00

Hey Tiger, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 28th-Hey Tiger-Goldhawk, Hoboken. My first time seeing this band and they were a great surprise! Excellent band....visit them on myspace!

Jay DellaValle

2008-04-01T17:50:00.001-07:00

Jay DellaValle, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 28th - Jay Della Valle at the Goldhawk.

Sing, I know you know the words

2008-02-25T20:52:00.001-08:00

Jim Bianco, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 23rd-Jim Bianco @ the Living Room. He had a pretty good band and a fun guy that could play everything! Accordion, Clarinet, Piano, and what appeared to be a piccolo trumpet. Now that's something you don't see everyday! This was also the second night in a row when I saw the entire band leave the stage of the venue for a song.

How about a little smile for my picture book?

2008-02-25T20:44:00.001-08:00

Franc, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 23rd- Franc from Goodtimes, Goodtimes played at the Living Room.

You know the night is fallin' and the music's callin'

2008-02-25T19:58:00.001-08:00

Chris & Mike, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 22nd- 3rd night of the Mike Viola Joe's Pub Residency. Mike was joined by his band Kelly Jones, Jason Loughlin, Dan Greene, & Brian Wolfe. Special guests were Jed Parrish of the Candy Butchers & Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne.

So I would have said Jesus was a rebel too

2008-02-25T19:51:00.001-08:00

BVA, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 18th-Brian Vander Ark @ the Knitting Factory.

I took it in the face and I walked as hard as I could

2008-02-25T19:42:00.000-08:00

Marshall Crenshaw, originally uploaded by BillieJoNJ.

February 15th-Night 2 at Joe's Pub. Mike Viola & Everybody Else were joined by the legendary Marshall Crenshaw, Jed Parrish & Mike Greene from the Hard Walkers.