Research Catalog

Title

The show I'll never forget : 50 writers relive their most memorable concertgoing experience / edited by Sean Manning.

Publication

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Manning, Sean.

Description

x, 305 p.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Popular music > History and criticism
• Concerts

Contents

R.E.M. at Madison Square Garden, New York City, November 4, 2004 / Sean Manning -- Miles Davis at the Casablanca, Buffalo, New York, September 21, 1955 / Ishmael Reed -- Jimmy Reed at LuAnn's, Dallas, Texas, April 1958 / David Ritz -- Steve Abbot benefit concert at Jordan Junior High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, winter 1961 / Ron Carlson -- The Rolling Stones at the Academy of Music, New York City, May 1, 1965 / Lynne Tillman -- The Beatles at Plaza de Toros, Madrid, Spain, July 2, 1965 / Rebecca Brown -- Titans of the tenor! at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, February 19, 1966 / Gary Giddins -- James Brown at Boston Garden, Boston, April 5, 1968 / David Gates -- Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy at the Scene, New York City, 1968 / Gene Santoro -- Woodstock at Max Yasgur's farm, Bethel, New York, August 15-17, 1969 / Sigrid Nunez -- Nina Simone at the Village Gate, New York City, winter 1970 / Linda Yablonsky -- Bill Evans at the Jazz Workshop, Boston, January 1971 / Richard Burgin -- Led Zeppelin at St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri, May 11, 1973 / Diana Ossana -- Three Dog Night at San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, autumn 1974 / John Haskell -- Television at CBGB, New York City, winter 1975 / Bruce Baumann -- The Sunshine Festival at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, September 28, 1975 / Karen Karbo -- Queen at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, November 29, 1977 / Tracy Chevalier -- Mink DeVille at the Paradise, Boston, winter 1978 / Nick Flynn -- Patti Smith at Winterland, San Francisco, May 13, 1978, or Boarding House, San Francisco, August 1979 / Jennifer Egan -- Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden, New York City, August 1978 / Dani Shapiro -- Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden, New York City, December 14, 1978 / Elizabeth Crane -- X/Levi & the Rockats at the Whisky, Los Angeles, 1979 / Arion Berger -- The Funk Festival at Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, May 26, 1979 / Susan Straight -- Black Flag at Hong Kong Cafe, Los Angeles, September 2, 1979 / John Albert -- The Horslips at the Whitla Hall, Belfast, Ireland, April 1980 / Paul Muldoon -- Public Image Ltd. at the Ritz, New York City, May 15, 1981 / Luc Sante -- The Kinks at Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 3, 1981 / Thomas Beller -- Rush at Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine, December 4, 1985 / Heidi Julavits -- The Pogues at Metro, Boston, July 2, 1986 / Robert Polito -- The Beastie Boys at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, April 5, 1987 / Marc Nesbitt -- Redd Kross at the Town Pump, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 1987 / Carl Newman -- Bon Jovi at Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, May 8, 1989 / Jon Raymond -- Van Morrison at the Beacon Theatre, New York City, November 30, 1989 / Robert Burke Warren -- Van Morrison at the Beacon Theatre, New York City, November 30, 1989 / Holly George-Warren -- Clarence Carter at Bobby's Hideaway, Waldo, Florida, January 18, 1990 / Kevin Canty -- Nirvana at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, October 31, 1991 / Charles R. Cross -- The Lounge Lizards at Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, April 12, 1992 / Rick Moody -- Katell Keineg at Café Sin-é, New York City, February 1993 / Mike Albo -- Einstürzende Neubauten at Roseland Ballroom, New York City, April 3, 1993 / Maggie Estep -- Beck at the Fillmore Theatre, San Francisco, July 5, 1994 / Marc Bojanowski -- Joe Maneri at Harvey Pekar's living room, Cleveland, Ohio, summer 1997 / Harvey Pekar -- The Mekons at the Mercury Lounge, New York City, September 12, 1997 / Lydia Millet -- Prince at the Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota, December 8, 1997 / Chuck Klosterman -- Glen Branca, Rudolph Grey, and Wharton Tiers at the Knitting Factory, New York City, 1999 / Thurston Moore -- Antony and the Johnsons featuring Lou Reed at PS 122, New York City, November 10, 2001 / Samantha Hunt -- David Bowie at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, April 22, 2004 / Jerry Stahl -- Kevin Spacey at House of Blues, Chicago, December 29, 2004 / Max Allan Collins -- The White Stripes at House of Blues, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 28, 2005 / Alice Elliott Dark -- Metric at Slim's, San Francisco, November 3, 2005 / Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer.

Call Number

JME 07-598

ISBN

• 0306815087 (pbk.)
• 9780306815089 (pbk.)

OCLC

77516392

Title

The show I'll never forget : 50 writers relive their most memorable concertgoing experience / edited by Sean Manning.

Imprint

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2007.

Added Author

Manning, Sean.

Research Call Number

JME 07-598