Rick Springfield - Miami, FL

11/15/2010
Rick Springfield
Carnival Destiny - Palladium Lounge
Miami to Nassau

Dave Matthews Band - Chicago, IL

09/18/2010
Dave Matthews Band
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL

Opening Band: Jason Mraz

Setlist:
You Might Die Trying *
Stay Or Leave *
Seven *
Crash Into Me *
(Good Good Time)
#41 *
Tripping Billies *
Digging a Ditch *
Squirm *
Gravedigger *
Spaceman *
Stay (Wasting Time) *
Cant Stop *
Grey Street *
Jimi Thing *
Time Bomb *
Two Step *
__________________

Christmas Song +
Corn Bread *
Last Stop *

Show Notes:
* Jeff Coffin
* Dave, Carter and Tim

Dave Matthews Band - Chicago, IL

09/17/2010
Dave Matthews Band
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL

Opening Band: Jason Mraz

Setlist:
One Sweet World *
Pantala Naga Pampa *
Rapunzel *
Funny The Way It Is *
Lying In the Hands of God *
Crush *
Burning Down The House *
Proudest Monkey *
Satellite *
Shake Me Like a Monkey *
Write A Song *
Dancing Nancies *
Why I Am *
You and Me *
Sister +
Don’t Drink the Water *
Everyday *
Ants Marching *
__________________

Needle And The Damage Done ~
All Along The Watchtower *

Show Notes:
Jeff Coffin
+ Dave, Carter,Tim and Rashawn
~ Dave Solo

Dave Matthews Band - East Troy, WI

07/04/2010
Dave Matthews Band
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI

Opening Band: Zac Brown Band

We had the same plan as the previous night. We did make it into the venue a bit earlier to catch Zac Brown. They rocked! DMB also did an awesome job. Dave was all whipped up, and talked and danced more than ever. He had classic quotes such as talking about having too much hair growing out of his nose, and that he had seen the mosquitoes. It was a very long set :) topped off by Watchtower with a Star Spangled Banner intro by Stefan on the bass (I called that!). Once again, we made it out in record time!

Setlist:
One Sweet World *
Bartender *
Everyday *
Spaceman *
Corn Bread *
Break For It *
Say Goodbye *
Lying In the Hands of God *
Digging a Ditch *
Drive In Drive Out *
Grey Street *
Jimi Thing *
Why I Am *
Needle And The Damage Done +
Tripping Billies *
Gravedigger *
You Might Die Trying *
Ants Marching *
__________________

Ill Back You Up
Time Bomb *
All Along The Watchtower *

Show Notes:
* Jeff Coffin
+ Dave Solo

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Dave Matthews Band - East Troy, WI

07/03/2010
Dave Matthews Band
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI

Opening Band: Zac Brown Band

Great show! We finally got smart about going to Alpine. We camped at the State Park, and had dinner at the campsite. Purposely got to Alpine late, and wound up in the very back of the yellow lot. Perfect! The show rocked. It was topped off by a kick ass version of Two Step (one of my favorites) with Timebomb as the intro. It gave me goosebumps. All of that, and we escaped out of there in record time...and managed to avoid most of the drunk morons in the process!!

Setlist:
Squirm *
Big Eyed Fish *
Stay Or Leave *
The Stone *
Proudest Monkey *
Seven *
Don’t Drink the Water *
You and Me *
(Stand Up (For It)) *
(Corn Bread) *
(Recently) *
Funny The Way It Is *
(Blue Water)
Dancing Nancies *
Warehouse *
Eh Hee *
Cant Stop *
What Would You Say *
So Damn Lucky *
Shake Me Like a Monkey *
__________________

Little Red Bird +
Two Step *

Show Notes:
* Jeff Coffin
+ Dave Solo

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Santana - Milwaukee, WI

07/01/2010
Santana
Milwaukee Summerfest
Milwaukee, WI

Opening band: Steve Winwood

I had never seen Santana. I had never been to Summerfest. I had a brilliant idea. We were already going to Wisconsin for two DMB shows. Why not take an extra day of vacation and go see Carlos? Good idea!! It was a very high energy and fun show :) I am so glad that we went to this!!

Crossroads Guitar Festival - Bridgeview, IL

06/26/2010
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
Toyota Park
Bridgeview, IL

This was an awesome show...all 12 hours of it. The highlight, however, was a surprise guest. Ron Wood showed up and jammed to a Stones song with Buddy Guy and Johnny Lang. I have not been able to get this out of my head since then!

The complete performance schedule is:

11:50A – 12:15P Sonny Landreth

12:20P – 12:55P Robert Randolph joined by Joe Bonamassa, & Pino Daneile

1P – 1:40P Robert Cray with Jimmie Vaughan, & Hubert Sumlin

1:45P – 2P Bert Jansch

2:05P – 2:20P Stefan Grossman

2:25P – 2:50P ZZ Top

3P – 3:40P Doyle Bramhall joined by Gary Clark, Sheryl Crow

3:50P – 4:35P Vince Gill joined by Albert Lee, James Burton, Keb Mo

4:45P – 5P Citizen Cope

5:05P – 5:20P Earl Klugh

5:25P – 5:50P John Mayer

6P – 6:35P Buddy Guy with Jonny Lang

6:45P – 7:35P Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band joined by Warren Haynes, Sheryl Crow, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rojas, & Johnny Winter

7:45P – 8:20P Jeff Beck

8:35P – 10:05P Eric Clapton with Steve Winwood

10:10P – 10:30P BB King with Robert Cray Band

10:30P – 10:50P FINALE

Rick Springfield - Joliet, IL

06/25/2010
Rick Springfield
Taste of Joliet
Joliet, IL

Opening Band: 7th Heaven

Typical Rick show. We had fun :) There was a group of 6 of us, and it wasn't terribly far from home. We were a bit far away, so I only got one good pic.

A couple of cool things did happen. He had a young 14 year old kid, Dustin Walker, from Joliet play guitar with him on What's Victoria's Secret. Jack White's kid (Jackson) played drums during Crossroads. I love when Rick plays that, and especially more so because we were going to go see Mr. Clapton play it the next day :) Jack White also came out and played drums during the encore. Jack was the Rick's drummer during the 1980s, and was also on tour with him back in the late 1990s when he first came back. We actually met him back in 1999, and he was so cool :)

Set list:
Mr. PC
I’ve Done Everything for You
Affair of the Heart
Living in Oz
What’s Victoria’s Secret
Celebrate Youth
I Get Excited
Venus in Overdrive
I’ll Miss That Someday
Love Is Alright Tonite
Crossroads
Don’t Talk to Strangers
Love Somebody
Human Touch
Jessie’s Girl
Encore:
Kristina
Wild Thing

Dave Matthews Band - Noblesville, IN

06/19/2010
Dave Matthews Band
Verizon Wireless Music Center
Noblesville, IN

Opening Band: Robert Earl Keen

Much more uneventful and fun than the previous night. I called the first song, too :)

Setlist:
Big Eyed Fish *
Bartender *
Stay Or Leave *
Sweet Up and Down *
Funny The Way It Is *
(Stand Up) *
(Recently) *
Sister +
Dancing Nancies *
Why I Am *
Spaceman *~
Warehouse *~
Grey Street *
You and Me *
Jimi Thing *
Stay (Wasting Time) *
__________________

Time Bomb *
All Along The Watchtower *

Show Notes:
* Jeff Coffin
+ Dave, Carter Rashawn and Tim
~ Danny Barnes

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Dave Matthews Band - Noblesville, IN

06/18/2010
Dave Matthews Band
Verizon Wireless Music Center
Noblesville, IN

Opening Band: Robert Earl Keen

One wild night. It was sweltering hot. We were camping at Close By Campground. When we pulled in with our pop-up in the early afternoon, they first wanted to park us next to the dirt road and porta-potties, with a little hill behind. After some deliberation, they decided that we would be better off on the back side of the little hill. Good thing. We headed off to the show on the school bus. Even though the weather was good, we zipped up the camper before we left, and made sure most of our stuff was put away. Another good thing. The opening band played, and it was almost time for DMB to take the stage. An announcement was made that there was a severe line of storms headed toward the venue. The show was delayed. They recommended taking shelter in your car, and they would let everyone back in when it was done. We were in the pavillion, so were not worried. First, the wind started blowing. Hard. It was refreshing. Then it started raining sideways, and we were getting wet. After over 1.5 hours of this, it got old. It finally let up, but now we were freezing! The band came on and kicked butt! We were still freezing, and wound up buying long sleeved tour shirts. I never, ever, wear a tank top...but did that day because it was so hot. Go figure!

Setlist:
JTR *
Squirm *
Seven *
Don’t Drink the Water *
Lying In the Hands of God *
Shake Me Like a Monkey *
Break For It *
Tripping Billies *
Corn Bread *+
Road *+
Gravedigger *
#41 *
Crash (Into Me) *
You Might Die Trying *
Two Step *
Ants Marching *
__________________

Needle And The Damage Done ~
So Damn Lucky *

Show Notes:
* Jeff Coffin
+ Danny Barnes
~ Dave Solo

We wound up walking back to the campground, because the drunk kids were so obnoxious trying to barge back onto the bus. When we got back, we asked one of the workers how it was. "Wet, muddy, and torn up." The road was dark, and it definitely was muddy. We saw a lot of mangled tents and equipment, and wondered how we had fared. Luckily, all was well. Even the awning had survived. The only thing that was out of place was our small cooler, which we had put leftover burgers in so that they wouldn't heat up the small fridge too much. The cooler was on its side, open. The contents were on our little table. One of the burgers was half eaten. Some of the people camping near us (who didn't go to the show) told us that there were some wasted kids who were wandering around raiding campsites. Other than that, everything was intact, including the awning.

Around 1:30 AM, it started lightning and thundering again. We got round 2. Bryon hung out in the storm, helping our neighbors hold down their backup shade tents. All turned out well :)