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I saw a friend doing a meme of what musicians/bands have you seen live and so I thought I'd see how many of the ones I've seen I could remember, there are a lot:

Aaron Neville
Abbi Spinner McBride
Abbie Palmer
Across the Pond
The Afro-Celt Sound System
Alanis Morissette
Albannach
Al Petteway & Amy White
Amikaeyla
Andy Sullivan Orchestra (+ Andy Sullivan solo)
Ani DiFranco
Arlo Guthrie
Ashley MacIsaac
B-52s
Barenaked Ladies
Barleyjuice
The Beach Boys (the Mike Love led touring band)
BeauSoleil
The Beautiful South
Ben-David Warner
Beth Orton
Big Village
Billy Bragg
Blue Man Group
Blues Brothers Revue (Blues Brothers tribute)
Blues Traveler
Bobby McFerrin
Bobby Rush
Bonnie Rideout
Bottomland
Brian Gaffney
Brian Wilson
Brother
Buddy Guy
Burning Bridget Cleary
Cake
Calobo
Cantiga
Carbon Leaf
Cassandra Syndrome
Cat & the Fiddle Morris
Ceann
Chantal Kreviazuk
Charlie Musselwhite
The Chieftains
C.J. Chenier
Clam Chowder
The Clockwork Dolls
The Corsairs
Coyote Run
Craig of Farrington
The Crimson Pirates
The Crüxshadows
Cyro Baptista
Dalla
Darcy Nair
Darius Rucker
Dar Williams
Dave Gahan
Da Vinci's Notebook
Dead Can Dance
Dervish
Dick Tidrow
Different Folk
Don McLean
Donna Herula
Dr. John
The Dreamscapes Project
The Drum Runners
Dublin 5
Eddie From Ohio
E Muzeki
Emerald Rose
Empty Hats
Enter the Haggis
Eric Johnson
Foo Fighters
Four Shillings Short
Frenchy and the Punk
Gaelic Storm
Garbage
Gary Jules
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
George Thorogood
Grace Griffith
Great Big Sea
Gypsophilia
The Gypsy Nomads
Herman's Hermits
Hole
Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert
The Hooligans
Hunting McLeod
Icewagon Flu
ilyAIMY
Iona
In Our Cups
The Interpreters
Isaac Bonewits
Jeffrey Kraus
Jennifer Cutting
Jenny Owen Youngs
Jeremy Rodgers
Joan Jett
John DuRant (aka Jonathan Strum)
John DuRant Jr.
Jonathan Coulton
Joy Harjo
Jude
The Judybats
Katie Deal (Patsy Cline tribute)
Kat Savery
Katherine Moller
Kathleen Hannan
Keltish
Kenny Klein
Kerith & Ann
Kilmaine Saints
Kindred Crow
Kirsty MacColl
Kiva
Koko Taylor
The Lemonheads
Lenny Burridge
L'ensemble Cercamon
Liz Phair
Lorraine A'Malena
Lou Rawls
Luca Stricagnoli
Lúnasa
Maggie Sansone
The Main Squeeze
Marc Gunn
Mary Prankster
Merry Pranksters
The Mediæval Bæbes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Melissa Etheridge
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Moch Pryderi
The Monkees
Morgan James
Morgan Wade
Moxy Früvous
Natalie McMaster & Donnell Leahy
Nathan William
Neil Anderson
Netta
New World Renaissance Band
North Sea Gas
O'Danny Girls
O'Malley's March
Oshun Gaia
Owain Phyfe
Paula Cole
Paul McCartney
Paul & Storm
Pete Seeger
Peter, Paul & Mary
Phil Wiggins
Pilgrims of Deep Run
Piper Jones
Poehemia
The Pogues
Pyrates Royale
Rachel & Jaqui (and both of them solo)
Rambling Sailors
Rant & Roar
Rathkeltair
The Reagan Years
Red Letter Day
Reecy Pontiff
R.E.M.
Revel Moon
Rise
Robby Krieger
Robin Bullock
The Rogues
Ron Holloway
Roosevelt Dime
The Rovers
Ru Ra
Rush
Scott Helland
Scythian
Seamus Kennedy
Sean K. Preston
Seán Heely Celtic Band
Sean Leahy & Jeremy Spencer
Seven Nations
Sheryl Crow
Sirena
Slainte Mhath
Slimpickins
The Smithereens
Soul Asylum
Soul Coughing
The Squid Jiggers (and Dave Rowe solo)
Steeleye Span
Steeplejack
Steppenwolf
Steve Haug (aka Maugorn)
The Struts
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Téada
Ted Garber
Telesma
Tempest
The Temptations
That1Guy
Thea Gilmore
The The
They Might Be Giants
Thomas Dolby
Three Dog Night
Thrir Venstri Fœtr
Tinsmith
Tom Smith
Tori Amos
The Town Pants
Trip Shakespeare
TruSound
Urban Hillbilly Quartet
Venus Hum
The Village Idiots
Vince Conaway
Violent Femmes
Vulgar Bulgars
Walk Mink
Water Seed
Weird Al Yankovic
Wendy Rule
The Wet Spots
Wine & Alchemy
Wolfstone
Wolgemut
Young Dubliners
Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens)

And I've seen many more bands but forgotten their names at
numerous Blues festivals
numerous Renaissance faires
various bars and street festivals
Hawaiian Slack Key guitar festival
bands at the Smithsonian Folk Life festivals in the early 2000's
a few Goth concerts in the DC area in the early 2000's that I'm blanking on
a few concerts at Macalester College, 1991-95
and various opening bands for all of the above

Ok, some more random music. "Dear God" by XTC. XTC wasn't really on my radar in the 80's, but apparently was on my father's as he had a bunch of XTC albums in his collection. This is off the Skylarking CD from 1986. The rest of the album I was sort of meh on, but this song . . this song is kind of hard to ignore. As relevant today as it was 30 years ago. An emotional questioning of God when there is so much evil in the world. Not surprisingly the anti-religious message made it controversial back in the day, but it ended up being XTC's biggest hit in the U.S. going to #37.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554R-Jq43A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_God_(XTC_song)


Next I got "It's A Dirty Job" by Koko Taylor and Lonnie Brooks. Just some straight up awesome Blues, this is off of Taylor's Jump for Joy album from 1990. My father took me to see Koko Taylor live in 1990 at Grant Park, which is a very fond memory, and her title of "Queen of the Blues" is well deserved, just an amazing performer. I got to see her twice more before she passed, the last time at a Blues festival in DC. My favorite CD of hers is Force of Nature, which is the one that came out after this, so I sometimes neglect this album, but it definitely has some good stuff on it, and her partner in this song is another Chicago Blues powerhouse and his guitar playing is nicely showcased in this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx1m2gnjds4

Random music time. My first song is "Morning Glory" by The Crimson Pirates. Morning Glory is a traditional Irish song that's a standard at renaissance faires and Celtic music festivals and I have 5 versions in my collection. I have questions about this sailor, I mean I'm all for free love, but sleeping with 4 sisters still seems a little sketchy. Anyway the Crimson Pirates are a lot of fun, they perform at the Maryland Renaissance Festival every year for their "pirate weekend" and are still doing the faire circuit, or will be when the pandemic lifts. I believe most of them are from New York so I hope they are staying safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eFB4FEV5QU

Here's a clip of them doing this song at the New York Rennaissance Festival and you can visit their site at https://www.crimsonpirates.com/.

For something completely different I got "Ariadne" by The Crüxshadows from the Dreamcypher album, their 7th. Sam introduced me to the Crüxshadows after seeing them at Dragoncon and I love them in all their gothy glory. Ariadne is a figure from Greek mythology, claimed and then abandoned by Theseus. This song about being left behind and is pretty typical of their style including the mythological theme. They are still going strong and were on tour when the pandemic hit and hopefully will be back on stages soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_TYSoKKlQ

I've sort of fallen off making music posts, here is one commutes worth of songs from earlier this week:

The morning commute:
Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin (1967, Soul) reached #2, #1 R&B for 4 weeks
Fields of St. James by Scythian (2014, Celtic) locals
Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969, Southern Rock) reached #3
Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul & Mary (1967, Folk) reached #1
Motetto Amoroso by L'ensemble Cercamon (2006, Faire) Québécois group that used to play the Maryland Rennaissance Faire
Third Time's a Charm by Ted Garber and Chelsey Green (2011, Heartland Rock) locals
I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King (1971, Folk Rock) reached #1 for 5 weeks
Cello Wars by The Piano Guys (2011, Soundtrack) Star Wars mash-up
Cherry Tree by 10,000 Maniacs (1987, Folk Rock)
Midnight Jump by Sunnyland Slim (1969, Blues)
Wake Up by Brass Against & Sophia Urista (2018, Hip-Hop) amazing Rage Against the Machine cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JrlKcoD1Qw
Tired of Me by Live (1991, Alternative)
Did You Call Me Albatross? by Enter the Haggis (2009, Celtic)
Quicksilver by The Crüxshadows (2009, Goth)
The End of the Summer by Dar Williams (1997, Folk)
Listen Up by Johnny Dyer (1994, Blues)
Probably Will by Concrete Blonde (1994, Alternative)
These Apples by Barenaked Ladies (1994, Geek Rock)
Make it Mine by The Shamen (1990, Techno)
Belleville Rendez-Vous by -M- (2003, Soundtrack) in French, from The Triplets of Belleville
Goin' Back to New Orleans by Dr. John (1992, Blues)
Varmint by Gary Primich (1997, Blues)
My Book by The Beautiful South (1990, Alternative) reached #43 UK
Rolling Down to Old Maui by Rambling Sailors (2010, Faire) regular performers at the Maryland Rennaissance Faire

The afternoon commute:
Down in It by Nine Inch Nails (1989, Metal)
Scar That Never Heals by Jeremy Fisher (2007, Folk Rock)
Keep on Chooglin' by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969, Southern Rock)
So Far Away by Carole King (1971, Folk Rock) reached #14
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine by Thea Gilmore (2004, Folk Rock) Dylan cover
Monkey Around by Delbert McClinton (1997, Country)
Daktari by 10,000 Maniacs (1985, Folk Rock)
Put It To The Test by They Might Be Giants (2009, Children's)
Spiderman by Moxy Früvous (1994, Geek Rock) cover of the TV show theme song
Bog An Login by Ashley MacIsaac (2004, Celtic)
The Sky is a Poisonous Garden by Concrete Blonde (1990, Alternative)
Drunk Daddy by Cherry Poppin' Daddies (1997, Swing)
Life in One Day by Howard Jones (1993, New Wave) reached #19
Blues with a Feeling by Paula and the Pontiacs (1994, Blues) Little Walter cover from a Louisiana blues band that is more obscure than I realized
America by Simon and Garfunkel (1968, Folk Rock) reached #97
Respect by Aretha Franklin (1967, Soul) reached #1 for 2 weeks
Screamin' Skull by Gary Sloan (1994, Blues) apparently even more obscure, Sloan is from Alaska and I can't even find out if he's still with us or not, which is a shame:
http://www.fantasymaps.com/stuff/gary_sloan_screamin_skull.mp3
Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground (1997, Alternative) reached #8
Elephants & Flowers by Prince (1990, Funk)

Went to see Aaron Neville in concert today, so instead of a music post based on my library, have some clips from the concert - most are sound only - but the audience was cooperative in not talking over the music so I think they came out pretty good - enjoy: https://www.facebook.com/karl.musser/posts/10156259010307247

And the evening commute, just to keep things even:

I'd Still be the Same - Dulaham
Further on up the Road - Eric Clapton
Whip It - Devo
Born Under a Bad Sign - Koko Taylor & Buddy Guy
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Lots of Drops of Brandy - The Chieftains
Pick a Bale of Cotton - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Balto - Enter The Haggis
Heist - Lindsey Stirling
Rescue Me - Bell Book & Candle
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Over the Mountain - The Glengarry Bhoys
Putting the Damage On - Tori Amos
Crawling King Snake - The Doors
The Saga Begins - Weird Al
One Small Girl - Once On This Island London Cast
The Abduction from the Seraglio - Mozart
Let It Go - The Piano Guys
I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
If I Could Reach Your Heart - Cirque de Soleil
Kilted Yaksmen Anthem - Ren & Stimpy
Circle - Sarah McLachlan

So sometime, back in the middle of our moving attempt, I lost much of my music collection due to two hard drives failing. It's been a slow process of re-building it, re-ripping most of my CDs, but it's finally done - and then the ipod died, but that's been fixed too. Today I got to listen to my own music collection on my commute for the first time in over a year (very thankful I had Hamilton to tide me over in the meantime). Today's random playlist:

Kepplehall/25kts - Capercaillie
Captain America - Ashley MacIsaac
Fonn - Salsa Celtica
Evil Hearted Me - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Jump at the Sun - Scythian
Red House - Buddy Guy
Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend
Jacobites - Scythian
What Child is This - Rowan and the Rose
Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan
Mi Secreto - Leonardo Paniagua
Sanctuary - Alan Menken
The Leaving of Liverpool - The Hooligans
Idiot Boyfriend - Jimmy Fallon
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
The Dusty Miller - The Chieftains
My Back Door - Melissa Etheridge
Almost the Ocean - Kat Savery
No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin
She Moves On - Paul Simon
Wicked Ways - Garbage
Dance the Cultists - HP Lovecraft Historical Society
Temperance - Roosevelt Dime

A farewell to the Pyrates Royale. Some clips from their last show. Thanks for all the music!

Out on the Ocean

Don't Sail There and Abigail

Being a Pirate and Good Ship Kangaroo

Drink a Rum and Everybody Loves a Pirate in the End

Mingulay Boat Song

Franklin

Boatman

Dr. John concert was awesome. I love music that is so evocative of the place that it comes from. His music just oozes New Orleans. The mix of so many styles with that insistent, sultry rhythm as a foundation. The music and the city just match beautifully. Leaving the concert I might as well of stepped out onto Canal St.

Tell me about some music you love because of the place it evokes.

One of the things I love about going through my fathers music collection is improving my music education, like for instance, I had no idea about Sister Rosetta Tharpe. For anyone curious how exactly gospel and swing evolved into rock & roll, just watch some of her clips:



She was doing that same sound as early as 1938, an audio only clip:



and a longer clip from a show in England: