Category: The Concert File

From my concert photography archives, Dicky Barrett of The Mighty Mighty Bosttones decides hanging with the crowd is the place to sing!

It’s Concert Archive Thursday! From 1998, at The Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, it’s Adam Gaynor from Matchbox 20.

From my concert photography archives, it’s Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart jamming together back in August, 1996.

From my concert photo archives, Melissa Etheridge, rocking in 1996.

From my concert photo archives, let’s travel back to 1995 with Jon Bon Jovi sporting the long hair, and the band in support of “These Days.”

I missed my high school reunion for this show. Still think I made the better choice!

From the concert archives I give you Roger Waters, post Pink Floyd, on his solo tour from the year 2000.

From my concert reviewing days, while Ronnie Dunn was usually seen as the calm and serious front man of Brooks and Dunn, it was Kix Brooks who brought the fun!

Back in 1996 Joan Osbourne was everywhere thanks to the hit, “One of Us.”

She’s still out there making music. If you liked her back then, maybe give her a listen again

I was lucky enough to see Jeff Healey and his band back in 1995. Most people know him for “Angel Eyes,” but damn, that dude played the hell out of the guitar.

Go ahead, search out his music on your favorite platform, and be amazed!

My college didn’t do a lot of fancy stuff, nor have a lot of big-named concerts come through, but in the world of way-cool, they did arrange for speed-painter Denny Dent to put on a show.

Denny would paint, speed style, to music that accented the painting he was going to complete. Lots of times he would also start them upside down, then spin them over, and suddenly you would see what he was creating.

Sadly Denny died too soon, at the age of 56, back in 2004. Luckily I was able to see him create some masterpieces!