Band Date Venue Went With Comments Chuck Mangione 1975 ? Wolf Trap(original one) Family Played Land Of Make Believe (with the female singer from the LP) AC/DC 77-Dec-19 Capital Centre Jill Opened for Kiss - great performance - AC/DC was better - got more into AC/DC, less Kiss afterwards - I had thought it was Dec-20, but AC-DC only opened for them in Largo on Dec-19. Dec-20 was Piper (or something like that) Kiss 77-Dec-19 Capital Centre Jill Remember the bing ;) - Dec-19 ? --- From 77-Dec-20 WPost: Mass hysteria, usually reserved for the last few songs that climax a rock concert, raged among last night's Capital Centre Crush and greeted Kiss as they appeared on stage. And appear they did, amidst flashing colored lights and minor explosives.The fusion of music and theater on stage is nothing new - remember Little Richard; and if there is a forum for outlandish overstatement, it is in the rock arena. But this is ridiculous. Kiss's two-to-three-chored melodyless, Lyricless Maynard Ferguson 78-Jul-23 Ontario Place - Toronto Family Spent day at the Toronto park before the show (Sunday), then to the Toronto Tower Meatloaf 78-Apr-16 (17?) Warner Theatre Jill Excellent - Bat Out Of Hell tour (Fanny Day And The Manports) (UK) Squeeze 79-Apr-27 McDonough Arena Jill Opened for The Tubes (they were called UK Squeeze then) (McDonough Arena - Georgetown University) The Tubes 79-Apr-27 McDonough Arena Jill Good show (remember the red substance someone was smoking) (McDonough Arena - Georgetown University) Pat Metheny 83-Jul-8 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Excellent - Offramp tour (definite date - news article said Fri 8pm & that Travels, 1983, is newest LP) King Crimson 84-Jun-30 Merriweather Post Pav. Dave and Amanda - K. Wasik met us there Excellent (Dave dosed - Amanda/I sat togther + Dave/KevinW together - Dave got caught taping it) Moody Blues 84-Jul-15 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Good Suzanne Vega 1984 or 1985 Bucknell Univ. Phil At the time of her first album, solo acoustic performance. Artie Traum opened and may have backed her (latest possible is May 1985, as by late 1985 she was backed by a full band) REM 85-Apr-25 Bucknell Univ. I did not go, but I met Michael Stipe beforehand at the radio station, WVBU (thanks to my roomie, Chuck Schilling) Grateful Dead 85-Jul-1 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew, Kevin, Marcel, Wasik, Nagle, Mike Excellent - hung out in grass parking lot before show (vendors walked around more than later shows - last Dead show at Merriweather, they were banned - had a severe headache when I got home) Pat Metheny 85-Jul-14 Wolf Trap Drew Good The Band 85-Aug-5 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew and Kevin Last tour with Richard Manuel ? - we did not really appreciate who we were seeing Crosby, Stills, Nash 85-Aug-5 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew and Kevin Good William Ackerman 85-Oct-26 Warner Theatre Drew Good Mark Isham 85-Oct-26 Warner Theatre Drew Only played for 15 min! Stupid pre-programmed synth system failed ! Shadowfax 85-Oct-26 Warner Theatre Drew Excellent (Sat. night) Wayne Shorter 86-Jun-26 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Good Al Dimeola 86-Jun-26 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Good Chick Corea 86-Jun-26 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Nothing special William Ackerman 86-Jul-10 Wolf Trap Drew Basically same as Warner show (with the same jokes!) Michael Hedges 86-Jul-10 Wolf Trap Drew Very Good, opened with All Along The Watch Tower, Hedges wore purple shirt or pants Shadowfax 86-Jul-10 Wolf Trap Drew Good, but not as good as their Warner show Stanley Clarke 86-Aug-3 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Very Good (I originally listed this as 26-Jun-86, but I think it was with Ponty) Jean Luc Ponty 86-Aug-3 Merriweather Post Pav. Drew Very Good Emerson, Lake, Powell 86-Sep-19 Capital Centre Drew and Wasik Excellent show Neil Young 86-Oct-8 Baltimore Civic Center Nagle and Mike Very Good Pat Metheny 87-Feb-14 Lehigh Univ. Drew Good Grateful Dead 87-Mar-31 Spectrum Nagle (Mike met us there) Last cid for me (Nagle & I each took 1/2) Robert Cray 87-Apr-25 Capital Centre Nagle and Mike I think we came in late, after partying in the car beforehand Clapton w/ P Collins 87-Apr-25 Capital Centre Nagle and Mike Good. On my parent's anniversary (a Saturday night) - we moved to higher seats for higher view until those people came to their seats Bob Dylan 87-Jul-10 JFK - Phili Nagle, Mike, bitch Did not fully appreciate (dope Dead Head w/ orange drink) Grateful Dead 87-Jul-10 JFK - Phili Nagle, Mike, bitch By far the least interesting of my three Dead shows Pink Floyd 87-Sep-19 JFK - Phili Brian Schwartz Hot show, opened with Echoes, played Shine On (last time both were played together, one of last Echoes perf) - stopped by Jeff Stoner's & Lisa's place beforehand for blow - Brian dosed and was out of it for first 40min or so Pink Floyd 87-Oct-20 Capital Centre Dave (Wasik met us there) Very Good (4th row, dead center!) - sat by myself (got ticket through Wasik for $30 or less) Pink Floyd 87-Oct-22 Capital Centre Dave ? Good, probably the same quality as the Oct-20 show, but the seat for it bumps it ahead of this. Hot Tuna w/ P Kantner 87-Dec-18 Warner Theatre Nagle and Mike Very Good Johnny Winter 87-Dec-18 Warner Theatre Nagle and Mike Very, very late in getting on stage 3 (EPBarry) 88-Apr-10 The Bayou Wasik and Bob Patted Emerson and Palmer as they walked by - Palmer slammed the road crew - waitress spilled drinks on Brian :) They started late. Buckwheat Zydeco 88-Sep-8 Capital Centre Nagle,Mike,Brian S,etc. Opened for Eric Clapton (8pm Thursday) Clapton - w/ M Knofpler 88-Sep-8 Capital Centre Nagle,Mike,Brian S,etc. Dropped cigarette incident ;) David Benoit 89-Jun-19 Wolf Trap Amanda Opened for Hiroshima Hiroshima 89-Jun-19 Wolf Trap Amanda Nice show ABWH (Yes) 89-Aug-5 Merriweather Post Pav. Amanda, Wasik, Dave, Bob, Brian, Marcel, etc. Great seats, Howe low in mix - Anderson walked up our aisle during acoustic Owner opening Todd Rundgren 89-Aug-11 Tower Theatre Jill and Amanda Boring - too much singing, too little jamming Jefferson Airplane 89-Aug-26 Merriweather Post Pav. Amanda Very Good ABWH (Yes) 90-Mar-22 Constitution Hall Lance Very Good, Howe front and center in mix - Lance tried taping it but supposedly did not record Brand X 92-Dec-1 Blues Alley Marcel and Bob Excellent - this was the very FIRST Brand X performance since 1980 - we were about 20 ft from Percy - I met him beforehand and got his signature Buckethead 11-Sep-9 The National myself (V San Diego) though he is an incredible guitarist, he seemed tired after a long tour (ticket was about $28, including Ticketmaster fees) Buckethead 18-May-7 The Boathouse Live myself he was on fire this night, much better than 2011 - extremely loud - $ 35 for VIP section - Drew saw him with Roy on April 28, he came up on Apr 27, spent the night and drove back around noon on Saturday Apr 28 (he had just recently told us that he and Pam were seperating) - within 2-3 weeks of April 28 Roy commited suicide by shooting himself in the head. VERY sad. Viola The Go Go's 1984-1985 Scope - Norfolk, VA Whitney Houston 86-Aug-12 Scope - Norfolk, VA Kenny G 86-Aug-12 Scope - Norfolk, VA Opened for Whitney Journey 86-Nov-6 Hampton Coliseum - VA Glass Tiger Last tour before breakup & reunion tour in 1998 10,000 Maniacs 89-Dec-7 William & Mary Hall