Concert Central

the Sexton brothers’ band but they were not there—that slick sleazy blues I hate—and of course Bill (or Chris?) Butler who was guitars/vocals wrote songs for Stevie Ray Vaughn (’of course’ because I hate Stevie Ray Vaughn too, sorry Austin)

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harmless 60s psychedelic country—they’re a charming group—old old buddies—it’s a less famous Traveling Wilburys because they are mostly successful independently (Joe Ely (slick and doesn’t want to grow old), Jimmy Del Gilmore (mischevious old hippie—distinctive voice), Butch Hancock (funny partier))—Jesse played with them when band first formed but they went on to Nashville after he’d [...]

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fine but Jesse played with him and is rippingly good despite ill

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Lubbock Calling—a benefit for my neighbor Jesse who come-to-find-out is really a musician and is nearly famous (Jesse “Guitar” Taylor)—Crazy Neighbor used to wax rapturous about him but Crazy Neighbor was crazy—there was this car accident in front of our houses last night and Jesse’s woman and I were outside and she told me about [...]

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a man and his guitar, really dull old-school country

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The Dead 60’s was a band so bad, that the only opening act I have seen that was remarkably more painful was Abandoned Pools, who opened for Garbage on their last tour outing. The Dead 60’s are a four piece punk band made up of little boys from Liverpool who admit that they don’t write [...]

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04.17.2005 Garbage Avalon, Boston, MA
Opener: The Dead 60’s
My only misgivings about this show was the timing, at the tail end of a long travel weekend, and we had already managed to see two other shows in the same week. Every year, it seems like there is one week or one month when every tour I [...]

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rocking bluegrass, screaming women, I kind of love them by now

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TheNewHippie’s latest band, he described it as “cow punk,” I’d describe it as crap, funny sardonic lyrics, improved as set went on, loved it for the joy of seeing TheNewHippie on stage, I took pictures for him to send to father

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a stand-in for another band, sweet voice similar to Cowboy Junkies, sameness of it got tiresome

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