2011-12-31 Los Lobos

July 01, 2018 in Concerts 2011, Other Rock Bands

City Winery

New years show. I've listened to this band since "Will the Wolf Survive" came out in the 80s; and I came to really like the Phish version of "When the Circus Comes to Town."

2013-05-31 Jorma Kaukonen

June 27, 2018 in Jorma Kaukonen, Concerts 2013

City Winery

I had a membership to City Winery at this point, so we sat at a table that couldn't have been closer to Jorma than if he was playing in our living room.

2014-05-10 Joan Osborne

June 27, 2018 in Concerts 2014

City Winery

This was a small show in NYC.

I also previously saw Joan perform with the Dead and really liked her contributions to that show, the version of Mr. Charlie for example.

2014-05-17 Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders (with David Bromberg and Ian McLagen)

June 27, 2018 in Concerts 2014

City Winery

The Cabinet of Wonders is a musical and literary variety show based at New York City’s City Winery hosted by Wesley Stace, aka John Wesley Harding, who I saw play several times with his own bands. Writers and poets join an eclectic group of musicians at these performances. This particular edition featured David Bromberg and Ian McLagen whose work prominently influenced so many people and looms large in my musical world. It was pretty amazing to see all these folks on one small stage. I would include a complete list of performers for this cabinet but Wes’ website no longer includes the archive of all Cabinet events.

I am grateful that I had this chance to see Mac on piano and takes some photos of him shortly before he passed away.

Below: Wesley Stace, Ian McLagen and David Bromberg performing with Cabinet of Wonders.

Slideshow below: Cabinet of Wonders, May 16, 2015

2014-12-23 Allen Toussaint

June 07, 2018 in Concerts 2014, Other Rock Bands

City Winery

I feel quite lucky to have seem him at least once, having missed - to my extreme chagrin - the tour with Elvis for The River in Reverse. What a huge influence on so much of the music played by the various bands covered on this blog. I was totally impressed at what a great showman he was, and he seemed to have a lot more inside him.