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In 2011 I've seen

- TBK( new years)
- Queens of The Stone Age( April 1st, my birthday)
- Radio Moscow (May 17th)
- James Leg( May 25th)

and I'm going to be seeing
- The sword( June 29th)
- TBK (july 6th)
- Flogging Molly( August 18th)

2011 has been an amazing year for me.

For Me:

Grace Potter and the Nocturnal's
J. Roddy Walston & the Business (w/ Ponderosa)
Ra Ra Riot
The Greenhornes / Hacienda
The Decemberists / Justin Townes Earle
Arcade Fire / The National
Grace Potter and the Nocturnal's / Gary Clark Jr. / Futurebirds
Bright Eyes / Dawes
J. Roddy Walston & the Business (II)
Black Keys / Booker T / Nicole Atkins
Ray LaMontagne / Secret Sisters / Brandi Carlile

In August:
My Morning Jacket w/ Neko Case

If you count NYE,

The Black Keys, The Greenhornes
Those Darlins
Jessica Lea Mayfield
The Greenhornes, Hacienda
RSD in Nashville followed by...you guessed it! The Greenhornes
PUJOL
Two Headed Dog
James Leg
Had tickets for Arcade Fire (missed the show)
Had tickets for Ween (missed the show)

There are so many more that I need to see.

Jill-I'm sorta kinda jealous of your list.
Rufus-Problem solved. Stop working.

I missed a great opportunity last night to see The Stone Foxes here Roc City. 2.00 cover. Music festival. Was stoked and planning on attending but my daughter was ill so bummer and poor me and no one gives a rip and all that rot. Point is... from all I hear from others who have seen them live and from their music which I have been exploring lately, this is a band you don't want to miss. If you get the chance to see them, GO!

End of the year update:

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals w/ Chamberlin
J. Roddy Walston & the business w/ Ponderosa
Ra Ra Riot
The Greenhornes w/ Hacienda
The Decemberists w/ Justin Townes Earle
Arcade Fire w/ the National
Grace Potter w/ Gary Clark Jr. and the Futurebirds
Bright Eyes w/ Dawes
J. Roddy (2)
Black Keys w/ Booker T
Ray Lamontagne w/ Secret Sisters and Brandi Carlile
Trampled by Turtles
Heartless Bastards
Grace Potter w/ Rayland Baxter
The Decemberists w/ the Head and the Heart
My Morning Jacket w/ Neko Case
Stone Foxes
Fruit Bats w/ Vetiver
Fleet Foxes w/ Van Dyke Parks
Ben Sollee w/ Vandaveer
Blitzen Trapper w/ Dawes
Ponderosa w/ Joseph Arthur

And the last of the year will be Jim James, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore

It has been a great and expensive year for concerts!

Mr.ssippi - 12 hours ago  » 
Yim Yames solo? Or with the others you mentioned with him?.. what's the scoop on that?..
Outstanding list you have there as well!

It is a charity benefit show for an organization called Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. I'm thinking, but I don't know for sure, that there will be a mix of each one solo and then some of them all together. The two other guys have an album together called "Dear Companion" that Jim James produced and is featured on. I think they'll probably be playing some stuff off that. I am sooo excited!

Rufus - 6 months ago  » 
I haven't seen any.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...

I'm with ya dude, this year has been an o-fer. Tougher to get out now with work and a little kid at home.

@Jillyrose23, definitely a little jealous of the Blitzen Trapper/Dawes on your list. I wasn't on the ball and tix sold out too quickly.

Unfortunately I only saw two shows this year. In the spring I caught Rush on their Time Machine tour, and in the summer I saw The Black Keys with Cage the Elephant opening for them.

The Rush show was pretty good. I'm only really a fan of certain parts of their career, but Moving Pictures is defintely included in that, so it was nice to hear the whole album live. Geddy Lee has always had one of those weird voices, so even at 50 or however old he is now he still sounded pretty good.

Can't say I cared too much for Cage the Elephant. I can't stand that Shake Me Down song that gets played all the time on the radio, though, so I wasn't expecting much. The singer really sounded muffled so I was worried the acoustics were off, but fortunately when the Keys came on Dan's voice sounded clear, so I guess it was just their singer that was the problem.

The Black Keys were pretty great that night. It was my first time seeing them live and I was suitably impressed. I enjoyed the playlist. It was nice to hear a good mix of stuff from their whole catalogue. Most importantly both Dan and Pat seemed really energetic and enthused, and their playing was spot on.