Spotify served up a playlist built from my interest graph.. and demographic data, etc. etc. And Midnight Rider by Allman Brothers Band was piped into my ear holes, and I remembered… <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1993 I was 20 years old and worked at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD as “security”. Allman Brothers Band played and I worked backstage. I was literally standing off to viewers right on stage for the whole concert. It was amazing. A list of [some] concerts I remember seeing (in no particular order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hall & Oates with my mom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aimee Mann at Merriweather Post Pavilion (I think I was working)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steve Miller Band at Merriweather Post Pavilion (I think I was working, but was in the grass on the hill not working)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
REM – some stadium somewhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lollapalooza #1 (in Atlanta) (Ice-T sang with his metal band Body Count), Jane’s Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Violent Femmes, Nine inch Nails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
HFStival (x2 or x3?) (A DC music festival at RFK stadium: Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc etc). It was incredible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soul Coughing – in Fells Point, Baltimore. Wild night I don’t really remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike Doughty at Wonder Ballroom in Portland. He’s a poet, what can I say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Decemberists at McMenamins Kennedy School<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DJ Shadow at Wonder Ballroom in Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bruce Hornsby, Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts. I think this was my first grown up concert. Good seats, drinking wine listening to Wynton Marsalis in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skankin’ Pickle – some bar in Baltimore. A friend of mine was really into Ska at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin Garrix in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DJ Snake in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And who would I want to see in concert now… Future Islands is on my list. Maybe Olivia Rodrigo with my daughter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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