I caught a relatively meager 300 live performances in 2013. The following list is a ranking of the ten percent I enjoyed most.
1. Bobby Rush- Living Room at Knuckleheads
2. Kanye West- Sprint Center
3. François Rabbath- Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel at Park University
4. Mary J. Blige- Sprint Center
5. Julian Lage and Jorge Roeder- Yardley Hall
6. Rakim- Riot Room
7. Miranda Lambert- Sporting Park
8. Miguel Zenón- Blue Room
9. Mumford & Sons- Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
10. Grizzly Bear- Uptown Theater
11. Alejandro Fernández- Sprint Center
12. Volbeat- Penn Valley Park
13. Dave Douglas- Blue Room
14. Vusi Mahlasela- Yardley Hall
15. People's Liberation Big Band- RecordBar
16. Diana Krall- Midland Theater
17. Lisa Henry- The Conference Center at Kansas City Kansas Community College
18. The Grisly Hand- Take Five Coffee + Bar
19. Limp Bizkit- Granada
20. Bonnie Raitt- Midland
21. Eliane Elias Trio- Folly Theater
22. Appleseed Cast- Riot Room
23. Iron Maiden- Sprint Center
24. The Mavericks- Knuckleheads
25. Kurt Elling- Gem Theater
26. Elena Urioste and Gabriela Martinez- Folly Theater
27. Bettye LaVette- 18th & Vine Jazz and Blues Festival
28. Ben Sidran- White Theatre
29. They Might Be Giants- Crossroads KC
30. Sweet Honey In the Rock- Muriel Kauffman Theatre
I conducted similar exercises in 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
4 comments:
Speaking of the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, one most memorable show I saw there was Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys around 40 years or more ago. Billy Swan was a Jewboy. Kinky passed the collection plates amongst us in the congregation. It was all in good fun.
That's nuts, BGO. Sold American, indeed.
Here is the poster from that show, guys: Flickr link
Proof that truth is stranger than fiction, Rick.
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