{"id":28737,"date":"2024-12-25T05:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28737"},"modified":"2024-12-13T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:37:02","slug":"musoscribes-best-of-2024-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/25\/musoscribes-best-of-2024-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Musoscribe’s Best of 2024: Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the pandemic, I attended something on the order of three or four concerts a month. During the lockdown, obviously, I went to \u2013 let me count \u2013 zero. And since thing returned to the \u201cnew normal,\u201d I\u2019ve resumed attending concerts, albeit not nearly as many. But in 2024 I attended some remarkable shows. Here \u2013 in no particular order \u2013 are my Top Five*. It\u2019s, um, purely coincidental that I interviewed four of the five.<\/p>\n

\"\"Steve Vai and Joe Satriani \u2013 Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC, April 1<\/b>
\nThese two superlative guitarists prove that shredding can be melodic. Both technically outstanding, Vai and Satch are both masters of melody. They\u2019re also both exquisite showmen and \u2013 dare I say \u2013 truly nice people. Seeing them onstage one after the other and then together was an awesome treat.<\/p>\n

\"\"Big Star Quintet \u2013 Cat\u2019s Cradle, Carrboro, NC, August 20<\/b>
\nI discovered Big Star in the early \u201880s. Never did I think that I\u2019d get the opportunity to witness their music \u2013 lots of it \u2013 played with feeling and authenticity by musicians closely connected to the original group. A concert for the ages, this show featured lots of teary eyes in the audience.<\/p>\n

\"\"The dB\u2019s \u2013 Eulogy, Asheville NC, September 20<\/b>
\nI was fortunate enough to see The dB\u2019s about a decade ago when they reunited to promote Falling Off the Sky<\/i>. This year, the band\u2019s great two early albums finally got stateside release (on vinyl, no less), and they set up a handful of live dates. One of them happened a few hundred yards from my home. Was I there? Indeed I was. The show was great, and I felt like I was with my tribe: I knew or recognized a sizable segment of the audience.<\/p>\n

\"\"LA LOM \u2013 Eulogy, Asheville, NC, December 5<\/b>
\nThe name is short for Los Angeles League of Musicians, and the sound is akin to what it would sound like if Santo and Johnny\u2019s \u201cSleep Walk\u201d was a band. But LA LOM is more than that. Superlative showmen and an incredibly tight trio, the band speaks volumes without singing a word. Their new album is absolutely wonderful, but live onstage they\u2019re even better.<\/p>\n

\"\"David Gilmour \u2013 Madison Square Garden, NYC, November 8<\/b><\/p>\n

Just, wow. My review of that night to remember is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*Honorable mentions \u2013 all great as well:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Los Straitjackets \u2013 Salvage Station, Asheville NC, April 13<\/p>\n

\"\"Flight Attendant \u2013 Grey Eagle, Asheville NC, April 29<\/p>\n

\"\"Buddy Guy \u2013 Harrah\u2019s Casino, Cherokee NC, July 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before the pandemic, I attended something on the order of three or four concerts a month. During the lockdown, obviously, I went to \u2013 let me count \u2013 zero. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,44],"tags":[307,435,5589,5451,5399,1169,5562,1346,5348],"class_list":["post-28737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-of-list","category-live-shows","tag-big-star","tag-buddy-guy","tag-david-gilmur","tag-dbs","tag-flight-attendant","tag-joe-satriani","tag-la-lom","tag-los-straitjackets","tag-steve-vai","cat-8-id","cat-44-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28755,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28737\/revisions\/28755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}