Your last concert was to see who and when?

Pink Martini Friday night 04/12/18
Bruce Cockburn Saturday night 04/13/18
Both memorable and easily worth the ticket.

Steely Dan with the Doobie Brothers--Dallas 05/25/18 at the Toyota Music Factory (Irving TX)

@ghosthouse For SD, "Ready"Freddy Cunningham handled the bass admirably. They brought out Chuck Rainey (lives in Dallas) to play on "Peg", which he recorded on Aja. He did great. I think he suffered a stroke circa 2011. John Harrington handled all the guitar work--he is an effortless masterful guitarist. I'm not trying to take anything away from the Doobie Brothers guitar trio, but...Harrington plays circles around all those guys and doesn't prance around while he is doing it. He played the technically challenging and musical "Reelin' In the Years" solo in the encore and it seemed flawless, dynamic and calmly powerful. SD had the best group of musicians I have seen in a live performance that was not straight jazz. Keith Carlock on the drums is phenomenal. No Michael McDonald with the Doobies. DB sounded pretty darn good; they have aged pretty gracefully (at least from my vantage point on the floor row M). They were high energy, again for their age. DB played 1hr and 20 minutes. SD about the same. Here is the SD set list:

1. Fan It, Janet(Maynard Ferguson cover)(Fagen came on stage after the band played this number)Play Video
2. BodhisattvaPlay Video
3. Hey NineteenPlay Video
4. Black FridayPlay Video
5. AjaPlay Video
6. FM (No Static at All)Play Video
7. Time Out of MindPlay Video
8. Kid CharlemagnePlay Video
9. Home at LastPlay Video
10. GodwhackerPlay Video
11. Dirty WorkPlay Video
12. I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)(Donald Fagen song)Play Video
13. PegPlay Video
14. Keep That Same Old Feeling(The Crusaders cover)Play Video
15. Black CowPlay Video
16. JosiePlay Video
17. My Old SchoolPlay Video

1. Encore:
2. Reelin' in the Years (Fagen left the stage after this number)Play Video
3. The Untouchables (band only)(Nelson Riddle cover)

   

@ghosthouse You and I think alike. I kind of was hoping Michael McDonald would show up too. When DB played the songs MM sang lead on, they let the bass player (whose name I didn't catch) sing in a few places. Um, MM sang them much much better.  His voice is easy to pick out. I always hear him like a bell in Christopher Cross' first album. And I could listen to MM sing just about anything.

Oops, Paul Simon's band also had a sax player too. Apologies. (This is a sax player in addition to his guitar player that also plays the bari sax, the picolo and probably other stuff I've forgotten.)

I saw Paul Simon on his "Homeward Bound" Farewell Tour last night (06.01.18) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. Highly recommended. His voice is in really good shape (he is 76 years old, I think). He played 2 plus hours. He engaged with the crowd and was funny and gracious. He had an 12 piece band with him (two violinists, a clarinet player, a trumpet player, two guitarists, a bass guitarist, a drum kit player and and another percussionist, an accordion player, a flute player, a cello player, and a pianist/keyboard.) No backup singers other than the instrumentalists (they sang well). I highly recommend this show. The set list is below.

1. America(Simon & Garfunkel song)Play Video
2. 50 Ways to Leave Your LoverPlay Video
3. The Boy in the BubblePlay Video
4. Dazzling BluePlay Video
5. That Was Your MotherPlay Video
6. RewritePlay Video
7. Mother and Child ReunionPlay Video
8. Me and Julio Down by the SchoolyardPlay Video
9. Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the WarPlay Video
10. Can't Run ButPlay Video
11. WristbandPlay Video
12. Spirit VoicesPlay Video
13. The Obvious ChildPlay Video
14. Questions for the AngelsPlay Video
15. The Cool, Cool RiverPlay Video
16. Diamonds on the Soles of Her ShoesPlay Video
17. You Can Call Me AlPlay Video

Encore:

1. KodachromePlay Video
2. GumbootsPlay Video
3. Still Crazy After All These YearsPlay Video

Encore 2:

1. Homeward Bound(Simon & Garfunkel song) (solo acoustic)Play Video
2. GracelandPlay Video
3. The Boxer(Simon & Garfunkel song)Play Video
4. Late in the EveningPlay Video
5. American Tune(solo acoustic)Play Video
6. The Sound of Silence(Simon & Garfunkel song) (solo acoustic)

   

Third to last show--Jesse Cook February 1 Dallas Majestic Theater: Really good show, but you gotta like the world music genre
Second to last show--Eric Johnson February 2 Dallas House of Blues: I love this guy. His live playing is near perfection--except that he is going about 20BPM faster than his recordings. LOUD! The humblest best guitar player I've seen live.
Last show--Woodrow Wilson High School Band February 17 Dallas Granada Theater--local high school band played a whole set with the Polyphonic Spree founder and lead singer Tim DeLaughter doing Spree songs. My kid played electric bass the whole show. Best concert ever---but that's not objective. It really was a good show though. DeLaughter was fun and the kids clearly were having a great time backing him up.