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Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters @ Joe's Pub, New York, NY 8/7/25

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  Bill: Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters with special guest Luis Accorsi Venue: Joe's Pub , New York, NY Date: 8/7/25 Door: $36 7pm Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters Active: 1970 (Lucas) (New York, NY via Syracuse, NY), 1989 (Gods and Monsters) (New York, NY) Affiliated: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band , Jeff Buckley Latest Release: (Gary Lucas with The Niro) " No One Must Find You Here " (Esordisco, 2019) (with Gods and Monsters) The Ordeal of Civility (Snakefork, 2011) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Sometimes lightning strikes twice.  It's stuck many more times with Gary Lucas.  He's had the talent since the early 70's when he caught Leonard Bernstein's ear playing lead guitar in the Yale Symphony Orchestra for the 1973 premiere in Vienna MASS  which featured an all-student cast.  He joined Captain Beefheart's Magic Band circa 1980 until Beefheart retired from music.  Gods & Monsters were founded ...
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Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson & Family/Bob Dylan/Wilco/Lucinda Williams @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 8/1/25

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 Bill: Willie Nelson & Family/Bob Dylan/Wilco/Lucinda Williams/Waylon Payne Venue: Northwell at Jones Beach Theater , Wantagh, NY Date: 8/1/25 Ticket: $225 (Tickpick day of show Orch C, Row M single AKA 13th Row Center, face was going $243.50 in the section) 9:50 Willie Nelson & Family Active: 1956 (Abbott, TX) Latest Release: Oh What A Beautiful World (Legacy, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:05 Bob Dylan Active: 1959 (Duluth, MN) Latest Release: Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia, 2020), (with the Band) The 1974 Live Recordings (Columbia/Legacy, 2024) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki   YouTube 6:20pm Wilco Active: 1994 (Chicago, IL) Latest Release: Cousin (dBPM Records, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 4:55pm Lucinda Williams Active: 1978 (Lake Charles, LA) Latest Release: Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road (Highway 20, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagr...
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Acid Bath/Pentagram @ Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, NY 7/25/25

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  Bill: Acid Bath/Pentagram/King Parrot Venue: Brooklyn Paramount , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/25/25 Ticket: $77  10:15 Acid Bath Active: 1991 (Hourna, LA) Latest Release:  Paegan Terrorism Tactics  (Rotten Records, 1996) Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist     AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube 9pm Pentagram Active: 1971 (Alexandria, VA) Latest Release: I'll Certainly See You In Hell: Rehearsal Sessions 1972-1975 (Pentagram, 2025), Lightening In A Bottle (Heavy Psych Records, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube   Encyclopaedia Metallum Missed: King Parrot The 2nd Acid Bath reunion show in Brooklyn came 2 weeks after the first, hastily added when the first one sold out in advance.  This time the opener was Pentagram, Bobby Liebling's long running heavy hard rock band.  This current lineup joined Bobby just last year.  Henry Vasquez has been touring drummer for Saint Vitus, Sp...
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Blue Note, New York, NY 7/22/25

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  Bill: Ladysmith Black Mambazo Venue: Blue Note , New York, NY Date: 7/22/25 Door: $65 (won pair from DoNYC) 10:30pm Ladysmith Black Mambazo Active: 1960 ( Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa) ( Latest Release: Soothe My Soul (Songs From Our South African Church)  (Mambazo, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube It's a little difficult for me to keep the lineup straight of Ladysmith Black Mambazo since the retirement in 2008 and passing in 2020 of clear leader Joseph Shabala.  I haven't seen the group since 1990 when Nelson Mandela did a US visit and spoke on the Boston Common.  There was a free concert outside prior to the speech which I believe Ladysmith Black Mambazo were part of.  I also saw the Graceland tour where they backed Paul Simon on the Graceland tour in 1987.   It looks like there are two members remaining from that time: Albert Mazibuko who is the longest running member from the 70's and Abedne...
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Ghost @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 7/22/25

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  Bill: Ghost Venue: Madison Square Garden , New York, NY Date: 7/22/25 Tickets $102.50 + 28.45 fee bought resale gifted 8:15 pm Ghost Active: 2006 ( Linköping ,   Östergötland , Sweden) Latest Release:  Skeletá (Loma Vista, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube The last time I saw Ghost they were opening for Iron Maiden in 2016.  Singer Tobias Forge noted the bands' NYC debut was 2011 in the short lived (at least for Rock bands) Basement at Webster Hall (actually The Studio).  They've come a long way to headlining.  I had a friend in town and picked this show to see and got some good seats in section 108.  Unfortunately, there are no photos or clips from this vantage point because they band was doing the sporadic Yondr bags.  In the past decade I've only had the Yondr experience twice for the Misfits in Jersey and Bob Dylan at the Beacon. As for the show, there was no opener, so Ghost went on pretty fast ...
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Annihilation Time @ Brooklyn Monarch, Brooklyn, NY 7/19/25

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  Bill:  Annihilation Time ,  Crux ,  Claimed Choice ,  Bog People ,  No Time ,  Fuerza Bruta ,  Concrete Elite , No Guard ,  XL Bully (On The Streets Again 3, Day 2) Venue:  Brooklyn Monarch , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/19/25 Door: $90 (was on Tee Pee's +1) 9pm Annihilation Time Active: 2001 (Oxnard, CA) Latest Release: Down In The Street 7" (It's Alive, 2021), III-Tales of the Ancient Age (Tee Pee, 2008) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: everybody else Guitarist Graham Clise's long running band Annihilation Time came to town for the first time in God knows how long.  Last time was rumored to be the Charleston on Bedford when they were having shows in the basement.  Graham was in town recently for Stepmother so it seems like he was just around town.  That's the way it goes! I had a late meetup and got there standing outside waiting for Kenny coming from the other direction while...
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Dinosaur Jr./Snail Mail/Easy Action @ Lena Horne Bandshell, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY 7/17/25

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  Bill: Dinosaur Jr./Snail Mail/Easy Action Venue: Lena Horne Bandshell, Prospect Park , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/17/25 Door: $63.45  8:45 Dinosaur Jr. Active: 1983 (Amherst, MA) Latest Release: Guess I'll Crawl (Live in Santa Monica) (Cherry Red, 2025), Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguwar, 2021) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7:45 Snail Mail Active: 2015 (Baltimore via Endicott City, MD) Latest Release:  Valentine  (Matador, 2021),  Valentine Demos  (Matador/Beat, 2023) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram    Discogs    Setlist   Wiki   Allmusic   YouTube 7:00pm Easy Action Active: 1998 (Detroit, MI) Latest Release: " Already Alright / Better Off Dead " (split 7" with Snakewing) (Underground Communique Records, 2013), Friends of Rock 'n' Roll (Reptillian, 2005) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube I last checked in on Dinosaur Jr. at one of the ...
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