taper's log - 2000
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Guster, 1.20.2000 Guster at The Edge in Palo Alto, home of the weekly "Teen Night." Wow, how weird was that. Debut of California Dreamin' and Medicine 2000. It was cool when I walked up to Brian afterwards, first time we ever formally met, and he just said "You're Allan, right?" Proof you're a hardcore taper: I had my wisdom teeth taken on the day before. All 4 of them. |
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Guster/Vertical Horizon/Stroke 9, 1.21.2000 Intriguing bill. Flash-in-pan Stroke 9 headlines, "rock star" Vertical Horizon next, still-growing Guster "opens." Good show, nothing special. Nice to see VH out west (this was slight pre-explosion) |
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Guster, 1.22.2000
This was up at the Mystic in Petaluma. What a long drive, especially in the back of a Camaro. Show was cool - met Pasty for the first time, for real, felt all hardcore taping in Petaluma. And damn if the entire town didn't turn out for the show...see the Setlist |
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Allette Brooks, 1.27.2000 Night one of the SCN CoHo Concert Series. I organized, booked, promoted, and produced this series as my winter quarter project for the Stanford Concert Network. Allette is this great acoustic indie-rock singer/song-writer. Real nice person, too. |
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Rubberneck, 2.3.2000 Second show of the CoHo Series. Rubberneck is this Latin-Funk band out of Portland, and I _loved_ them. Horns, electric guitar, bass, and drums and just funky and groovy. I really wish more people had been there to see them. One of my personal highlights of the series. |
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McCoy Tyner Trio, 2.5.2000 This is an almost legendary jazz series at Yoshi's up in Jack London Square, Oakland. McCoy Tyner on keys, Stanley Clark on bass (wow), and I forget the drummer's name (which makes it sound like he wasn't good, which would be totally inaccurate). |
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Victor Wooten, 2.7.2000 Victor Wooten is one of the most bad-ass musicians I have ever seen. Period. And man he is into FUNK. This was a blast down in Santa Cruz. Funk flying everywhere and me standing next to the rest of the band (Regi Wooten, Joseph Wooten, and JD Blair) while Victor had a 33 minute solo. |
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Neosoreskin, 2.10.2000 Third show of the CoHo Series, and one to forget. Neo is a punk band, basically, who really didn't feel like listening to my reminders that the venue was a coffee house. I wanted to have some variety in the series but this blew up in my face. |
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Dealership, 2.17.2000 As you can see, the CoHo series took up most of my time during winter quarter. Dealership is a small trio out of Berkeley. They were really cool - only had a small bit of original material, but they agreed to have some fun and try some new stuff. Good show. |
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Allison Krauss and Union Station, 2.22.2000 Saw this show with a good friend, and that's always fun. Allison Krauss has a beautiful voice, and the LBC up in Santa Rosa is nice because the crowd really appreciates the music. |
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The Slip, 2.24.2000 This was the finale to the CoHo series, and what a show it was. Right before the band went on stage at 10pm, they said they'd probably play for about 1.5 hours. I was a bit surprised, and showed it, so they said they'd play longer if the crowd was right. They played until the CoHo closed at 2AM... |
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Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 2.25.2000 Random trip down to SoCal. This was a good show, except the crowd was so uncontrolled as to dampen the experience. UCSD is a nice place....the "Don't Take that Attitude to your Grave" was top-notch. |
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Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 2.26.2000 Universal Amp. in Hollywood. Awesome show, I was about 10' from Ben in the pit area. Fight for your Mind - best one I've heard, with Juan going nuts for his folks who were in attendance. |
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Guster, 3.2.2000 |
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Ozomatli, 4.1.2000 First time seeing Ozo, and I was willing to go to the Maritime to do it. Wow - what a band. The crowd was nuts, just dancing everywhere - it was a huge party with a dozen guys playing stuff on stage. Just fun fun fun... |
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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, 4.15.2000 The previous night, I drove all the way to the city only to find out the Fillmore KDTU show had sold out minutes before I got there. On 4.15, KDTU put on a show to make up for it...one of my favorite bands. |
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John Scofield Band, 4.28.2000 The Agenda Lounge is a bar, with a stage that's the size of a closet. A small closet. But what a place to see one of the best jazz guitarists around. He was tearing it up. I await another good show at the Agenda, to be honest. |
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Phil Lesh & Bob Dylan, 6.24.2000 I thougth Dylan did a great job. Intelligible, and the guy is a rock star in the truest sense. Then Phil came out and played a 2-hour set with no breaks. Just jamming and jamming. I'm not really a big GD fan, but I was grooving... |
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String Cheese Incident, 7.21.2000 Starting a full-time job was taking its toll on my concert trips, as you can tell by the huge gaps in shows. This was my first time seeing SCI and I was almost in awe of the mellow, chill scene and just the great vibe. The band was really into the show and the Greek Theatre, too. They should play Stanford sometime...start more rivalry with Cal. |
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Dave Matthews Band, 8.1.2000 With this show, I started going to concerts again, basically. I think being a part of the DMB community kind of reinvigorated me. This show was high energy, but blah set. |
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Dave Matthews Band, 8.2.2000 I thought the setlist this night was way better, but Dave was the only one hoping around this night. But I got several songs for the first time live. MMW opened both nights - wish the crowd appreciated more, and I would've paid double to get Medeski on Watchtower. |
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Derek Trucks Band, 8.11.2000 So I get to the GAMH, and the taper's section, which is usually in the balcony anyway, is back another 10', and mics basically touch the ceiling. Why? Oh, because Phil Lesh had reserved the section for him and his family. Oh. Okay. |
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Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 9.8.2000 Best-sounding show at the Greek for me. Ben's crew does great stuff with his PA and sound reinforcement, really. Other than the ridiculous traffic getting up to the Greek, it was a nice fun show. I was a bit scared by all the "F*** Stanford" T-shirts though... |
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, 9.14.2000 Actually, Stubb's BBQ didn't give me a ticket, just a wristband (it _is_ TX after all). Totally unplanned trip to this show. Got to see the Flecktones with a bunch of people that _really_ liked the Flecktones. That was cool. |
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Dave Matthews Band, 9.15.2000 |
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, 9.16.2000 (early) This was an in-store in a Borders Books and Music. Played in the corner of a bookstore, then signing. I have a picture of me standing between Jeff and Victor. Being permitted to be in the same photo as Victor was amazing enough... |
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Dave Matthews Band, 9.16.2000 I was hoping that, like Shoreline II, the setlist would be a lot better but energy a bit lower. Unfortunately, the setlist _and_ the energy were downers. The Flecktones saved things a bit but not much. The insane flying crickets didn't help - at one point, Bela was soloing and had to spit one out of his mouth...didn't miss a beat, though. |
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Brian Cline Band, 9.26.2000 The latest CoHo Concert Series begins, headed this time by my good friend Wes, who's the SCN director this year. I'm kind of a "consultant" this fall and helping out with production at these first shows. The Brian Cline Band is a norcal alternative/folk/acoustic band. Really fun, and _really_ good. Bummer the crowd wasn't so receptive. But they are worth checking out. |
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Will Bernard and Motherbug, 10.5.2000 Second night of the CoHo series. Motherbug is formerly known as the Will Bernard 4tet. Will is this incredible jazz guitarist who has a jamband side and this group just tore it up. Place was really crowded and the good music kept pulling more people in. |
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Phish, 10.6.2000 Last 2 Phish shows for a long time...I was up on the lawn for this one (MO was right before my first paycheck). Was fine, except they didn't turn on the lawn repeaters (or had them way down), apparently because of the curfew. There just wasn't enough sound up there and it was hard to get into the show. Plus, I think I'm jaded from being so close at so many shows. |
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Phish, 10.7.2000 A Taper's Ticket became available suddenly (thanks Joe), and I had a _much_ better time from there. It helped that the show was simply incredible, of course. So many tremendous songs that night. Supposedly the last Phish show for a really long time, and it was a memorable one. |
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Guster/Barenaked Ladies, 10.11.2000 First time I saw Guster, they were on the tiny second stage of HORDE '98 at Shoreline. Now they were playing on the main stage, opening for BNL. That was a really nice bit of circuitousness or something. It was good to chat with Mike, their tour manager, as well, just cuz he's a cool guy. BNL put on a good show, though I was a bit dismayed at how similar the show was to the ones I saw in 1998... |
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Pseudopod, 10.12.2000 Third show of CoHo series. Pseudopod is a band from UCLA who won the iuma.com MusicOMania competition back in March or April or thereabouts. For a college band, they are incredibly tight and have a lot of presence. They play up in the bay area quite often. |
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moe., 10.14.2000 Felt good to be back at the Fillmore. No poster, though. some people say that moe. jams _too_ much, and this was one long, long show. The first set was 1:45, and I knew I was in for a long night. Great music, but it is weird that moe. couldn't sell out the Fillmore either early enough or at all to get posters made... |
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Ten Ton Chicken, 10.19.2000 Yes, another CoHo show. Now, if you had to guess the genre of music for Ten Ton Chicken, you probably would not guess they are a jam band. And quite a good one. Just four guys who really like the Dead and Phish and etc, and put on a good, fun show. I ran board and had a good time. |
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The Tragically Hip, 10.24.2000 Finally, I saw the Hip. I was so tired that I almost pulled over while driving to the Fillmore, and I spent about half an hour sitting and resting at the show, but it was a terrific night. I was a bit surprised at how many of the Bay Area fans seemed to be transplanted Canadians, and the crowd was a bit sedate, but it was a great time. |
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The Tragically Hip, 10.25.2000 As seems to be the norm, the second night of a two night stand was tremendous. This show was rocking from start to finish, and I had much more fun jamming by myself in the back then I did the previous night. Crowd seemed a bit more into it, as well, being a bit more loose from the start. I think the Hip might be my favorite band. |
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Jazz Mandolin Project, 10.27.2000 Closing night of the SCN CoHo Series, with JMP. We had some issues with sound (upright bass is hard to mic), but these guys are just incredible. Jamie, the mandolin player, is clearly one of the best around but his bassist, Danton and drummer Greg are clearly perfect partners. There is something special about seeing great musicians play together. Good job to Wes and the SCN... |
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Bruce Hornsby, 11.4.2000 Great show at the BCT up in Berkeley. I was dead tired, to say the least, but Bruce put on a really chill but stellar show. His band was absolutely incredible, and Steve Kimock, who was guesting, did his usual impressive guitar work. |
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Vertical Horizon/Nine Days, 11.18.2000 This was "Big Show" for the SCN. After Stanford beat Cal in Big Game AGAIN, about 1750 people showed up at Memorial Auditorium for an incredible, end-of-tour show by these two bands. No matter how big VH gets, no one can ever say that they don't get the crowd going. It was almost mesmerizing to watch and listen to all of those Stanford students sing along with the band... |
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Pat McGee Band, 12.11.2000 PMB in the Last Day Saloon in San Francisco. Very different than seeing them at the TLA in Philly, I'll say that. Tiny place, only okay acoustics, and I had my ears blown out, but I've been waiting a long time to see PMB out on the west coast...click here for the setlist |
