I posted my choices earlier in the thread but have to add the Jeff Beck/Buddy Guy show I saw last night at the Theatre at MSG. Beck was great using both Jimmy Hall and the young woman from the band Bones that was featured on the new album. Seriously go see him on this tour if you are a fan.

Frampton this past Saturday. And Blackberry Smoke right before him.

Pearl Jam MSG 2 for me too.

I've got Pearl Jam Fenway 1 coming up...and some more good stuff (including my fave band, TTB) coming up.

TTB at Bethal Woods, best i have seen them

Peter Gabriel and Sting together as bandmates at the Hollywood Bowl. What a blast! Fun on all accounts. Bravo!

Bruce Springsteen Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Neil Young, first Direct Arena, Leeds
Warren Haynes, Picturedrome, Holmfirth. :

David Gilmour
Dropkick Murphys

David Crosby, solo. Phenomenal.

Phil Lesh Quintet at the Capital Theatre in March.

Just got back from Chick Corea with Brian Blade and Christian McBride.
Blew me away
Brian Blade is a beast

Bruce Springsteen - XL Center
Santana/Journey - Mohegan Sun
Steely Dan - Oakdale Theater
TTB/Amy Helm - Green River Festival
Jeff Beck/Buddy Guy - Foxwoods

Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy at Wolf Trap was top notch! Buddy Guy was the best I've seen him. He played homage to many of his contemporaries, Willie Dixon, Little Willie John (a little before Buddy), John Lee Hooker (he was my first Wolf Trap show), B.B. King, Marvin Gaye, in a spirited and precise concert. Guy's use of dynamics was masterful. There were times he whispered and barely picked the strings. The Wolf Trap crowd was a little older and really respectful. When Buddy got quiet so did the crowd. I was sitting right next to the soundboard and think that might have been the best sounding show I've attended at that venue.

Finally Buddy did his thing and walked into the audience encircling the entire orchestra while stopping at several aisles to rip out great Buddy Guy solos. He was as youthful and as energetic as when I saw him decades ago at Lakewood out side of Atlanta. I think that was A B.B. King and Buddy Guy tour. Regardless, Buddy Guy put on a fantastic show last night.

And then there was Jeff Beck! I like the new album. It has mixed reviews but I've listened to it a lot and will keep it on rotation for the foreseeable future. The show started with Jeff on stage and Rosie Bones in the front of the orchestra singing into a megaphone like device with a flood light attached. Rosie was wearing a zippered flight suit and army boots made really sexy by her bumping, grinding, and athletic dance moves.The first tune was "The Revolution Will be Televised" off the new album and all those antics really made the song work.

Rosie disappeared after the first number and Beck took complete command with a searing version of perhaps his signature tune, "Freeway Jam". He had the audience right where he wanted us, playing that classic early and then segueing into the Billy Cobham masterpiece, "Stratus". As much as I like the new album, that's the Jeff Beck I wanted to see and I wasn't disappointed. Nor was the audience. As respectful of the music as the Wolf Trap crowd were, they were not ungracious. Standing ovations were the order of the night and they were well deserved.

Rosie Bones returned and two new tunes followed, "Live in the Dark" and "The Ballad of the Jersey Wives". Again Ms. Bones was full of energy and dramatic antics. She provided a different side of Jeff Beck music. I heard different opinions as I walked to my car, but I'll tell you, I really liked the contemporary energy she provided and I think Jeff Beck really fed off her youthful vitality. And then came Jimmy Hall and it was like I was at a different concert.

I've been seeing Jimmy Hall since I first started going to shows in the 70's. One of my first concerts at the Macon Coliseum in Middle Georgia was Mountain, Wet Willie, and White Witch... I think all on the Capricorn label. Jimmy Hall was the voice of Wet Willie. A great voice and superb harmonic player he used to wear a belt loaded with different harmonicas. The belt was gone but the voice was still there for a rousing version of the traditional Bonnie Dobson song, "Morning Dew". Wow. A different, more energetic version then the Beck and Rod Stewart version on “Truth” but still true to the song.

Jimmy Hall stayed on stage as "Morning Dew" rolled into the Sam Cooke classic, "A Change is Gonna Come". Did I say wow? I meant WOW! Neither of those songs age and are as relevant today as the days they were written. Both arrangements were fresh. The vocals heartfelt, the instrumentation driving and powerful.

Jimmy Hall left the stage and Jeff Beck seamlessly moved into a couple of instrumentals, "Big Block" and "Cause We've Ended as Lovers". The first tune bluesy, the second pure Jeff Beck from "Blow by Blow". "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" is almost a lullaby. Not that it put the crowd to sleep, no not that all. It was just soothing, those airy harmonics and string stretching long luxurious notes that wrap around you, both sinewy and a little sinister, reaching into the blue lights and moving the audience in time and space. Just a great tune.

I gotta say, this was really like three shows. Different with each singer, a Rosie Bones show, a Jimmy Hall show, but the best parts were the Jeff Beck show. When he took that guitar and rocketed the audience to another place.

The show now moved into the third quarter with new tunes and Rosie Bones, Both "O.I.L. (Can't Get Enough of that Sticky)" and "Scared for the Children" were solid offerings. Giving the audience a chance to sway and enjoy Rosie Bones youthful enthusiasm.

The 4th quarter of the show picked up momentum as Jimmy Hall returned to the stage and rocked through "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". Rosie Bones returned to the stage for the powerful "Right Now".

Jeff Beck laid down his guitar and the crowd erupted into a standing ovation of solid and well deserved adulation. I was having a blast! A big time concert at the cost of $45 for a great seat. Yeah. That's why I go to shows.

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Hall returned for the encore of the Muddy Waters tune "Little Brown Bird". The bridge of the night, built between the two performers Buddy Guy and Jeff Beck was the blues and they played us out beautifully. Jimmy Hall left the stage and Beck moved seamlessly into a classic Jeff Beck instrumental version of the Beatles, "A Day in the Life". Man I was in heaven as I escaped across the grassy hills of Wolf Trap, crawled into my car, and ripped the highway home.

I was home a little past midnight... smiling and spent... happy for a great show.

This is unedited... sorry for any mistakes.

Well done Billy!!! I saw the Buddy Guy / Jeff Beck show last week at Foxwoods and was blown away.......as you were. I absolutely loved Buddy, Rosie and Jimmy.......and of course Jeff Beck. I also really enjoyed the female bass player and the other female guitarist, who plays frequently with Rosie, I have learned.

Already happened:
Gregg @ Danville, KY
Warren @ Lexington, KY
Gregg @ Lexington, KY
DMB @ Riverbend Cinci

Upcoming:
TTB this coming Saturday at Riverbend Cinci
Front row at Frampton Raw coming up here in Lexington
and THEN Bonamassa with Reese Wynans in December at University of Kentucky Singletary Center (<---- awesome venue)

Great review of the Jeff Beck/Buddy Guy show. I also caught their show @The Theatre at MSG. Wonderful! Buddy played with a kid from Manhattan's School Of Rock. Jeff also played a nice version of one of my fav's off the There And Back album The Golden Road.

David Gilmour