or "Shows I've Seen, Places I've Been"
Don't Be Too Literal with the Dates or Venues; It's Been a Long Time
1978: Maynard Ferguson (ONU, Ada, OH)
1981: Sarah Vaughn (Disneyland, Anaheim, CA), Tangerine Dream (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA)
1982: Osmonds (Disneyland), X (Country Club, Reseda, CA), The Gun Club (Country Club)
1983: Jacksons Victory Tour (Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA)
1984: Wynton Marsalis (El Camino College Auditorium, Torrance, CA), Ronnie James Dio (Santa Monica Civic), Jethro Tull (Santa Monica Civic)
1985: Downey Mildew (Hollywood Palace), Peewee Crayton (Music Machine, West LA), Dwight Yoakum (Music Machine), Dickies (Scream, LA), Descendants (Whiskey, LA), Love & Rockets (Hollywood Palladium)
1986: Bonedaddys (Hobarts, Long Beach, CA), Depeche Mode (Irvine Meadows, CA), Echo & the Bunnymen (Irvine Meadows), Gay Bikers on Acid (JOhn Anson Ford Theater, LA), Swans (JAF Theater), Long Ryders (Silverlake Street Scene Festival, LA), Cure (Great Western Forum, LA), Julian Cope (Hollywood Palace), Dead Milkmen (Hollywood Palladium), Bad Brains (Hollywood Palladium), P.I.L. (Hollywood Palladium), Blancmange (Blanchard Hall, UC Irvine, CA), David Baerwald (Variety Arts Center, LA), Randy California (VAC), Chameleons UK (VAC), Ray Manzarek (VAC), Skye Saxxon (VAC), Love & Rockets (VAC), The Last (Fender's International Ballroom, Long Beach, CA), Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe (Greek Theater, LA)
1987: Henry Rollins (Hobarts), Bob Dylan (Irvine Meadows)
1988: Bob Mould (Golden Bear, San Juan Capistrano, CA)
1990: Elvin Jones (Birdland West, Long Beach, CA), Frank Sinatra (Long Beach Arena, CA)
1991: Average White Band (Avalon, Boston, MA), Meters (Avalon), War (Avalon), McCoy Tyner (Boston Commons, MA), Dennis Chambers (Buddy Rich Drum Contest, Berklee, MA), Allmann Brothers (Memphis in May, TN), Dan Baird (MIM), James Brown (MIM)
1992: Hypnotic Clambake (Java Cabana, Memphis, TN), Neighborhood Texture Jam (Antenna, Memphis, TN)
1994: NRBQ (Nashville, TN), Dave Brubeck (Omni New Daisy, Memphis, TN), Dwight Yoakum (Pyramid, Memphis, TN), John Cale (Pyramid), Billy Ray Cyrus (Pyramid), Mac Davis (Pyramid), Melissa Etheridge (Pyramid), L7 (Pyramid), Carl Perkins (Pyramid), Iggy Pop (Pyramid), John Renbourn (University of Memphis, TN)
1995: Chris Whitley (OK Hotel, Seattle, WA), Laurie Lewis (Wintergrass Festival, Tacoma, WA), Ralph Stanley (Wintergrass)
1997: Merle Haggard (Backstage, Seattle, WA)
1998: Confederate Railroad (Hardin County Fairgrounds, Kenton, OH), John Hartford (Midwest National Bluegrass Festival, Lima, OH), Peter Rowan (MNBF), Tony Rice (MNBF), Ricky Skaggs (MNBF), Alison Krause (MNBF), Hot Tuna (Polaris Ampitheatre, Columbus, OH), Other Ones (Polaris), Rusted Root (Polaris)
1999: Dr. John (Tipitina's)
2001: Dr. John (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), Irma Thomas (NOJHF), Van Morrison (NOJHF)
2002: Paul McCartney (New Orleans Arena)
2005: Jeff Rachall & 24/7 (Natchitoches)
Clubs You May Have Seen Me In (either on-stage or in the audience):
Los Angeles: Palace, Palladium, Anticlub, Troubadour, Gazzaris, Madame Wong’s West, Music Machine, Scream, Crypt, Cathouse, Coconut Teazers, Central, Rainbow, Roxy, Fender’s International Ballroom, Hobarts, Al’s Bar, Lighthouse Café, The Hop, Florentine Gardens, Whisky a Go Go
San Francisco: I-Beam Theater
Boston: Ratcellar, Station, Wally’s, Avalon, Orpheum, Black Rose, Sculler’s, Middle East, Harper’s Ferry
New York: Coney Island Freak Museum
Memphis: Antenna, 616, Red Square, Green’s Lounge, Willie Mitchell’s, New Daisy, B.B. King’s, Orpheum, New Daisy Theater, House of Blues, Java Cabana, Otherlands
Seattle: OK Hotel, Colorbox, Blue Moon Saloon, Fiddler, Dubliner, Little Red Hen, Backstage
New Orleans: Boufas, Bacchus Lounge, Tipitina's Uptown, Maple Leaf, Apple Barrel
Natchitoches, LA: Cherokee Club, Strait Country, Pioneer Pub
Yantis, TX: East Fork Restaurant and Club
Bossier City, LA: Roper's Night Life
