A 2012 resolution kept...

So I’m planning on doing a 2012 recap as well as my intentions for 2013, but earlier today I was reading Texas Transplant, and she was commenting on her favorite albums of 2012.  Her post jogged my memory that one of my 2012 resolutions, after being laid-off from the corporate world and on account of having more free time, would be to have more music in my life.  As I hope to highlight in my post for 2013, my relationship with music has changed a bit, so I don’t think I’ll see as many shows this next year, but at least at the beginning of 2012, it was all about getting out and seeing/hearing music. I know I’m missing people, but below are the live shows I remember catching for 2012. PS – a “*” means it was a particularly good show.

1. Avett Brothers

2. Danny Barnes

3. Vince Bell

4. Blitzen Trapper

5. Zac Brown Band (can you tell that this was a date?)

6. Buxton

7. Adam Carroll

8. Jonny Corndawg (now playing as Jonny Fritz)

9. Gary Clark, Jr.

10. Guy Clark

11. The Clarkes (2x)

12. Dave Matthews (Hey, a friend bought the tix…and they’re actually not that bad.)

13. Deadeye

14. Diego’s Umbrella*

15. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (2x)

16. Lincoln Durham
17. Ana Egge

18. The Farewell Drifters

19. Ghosts Along the Brazos

20. Glass the Sky

21. Granville Automatic
22. Greensky Bluegrass (2x)

23. Green Mountain Grass (2x)
24. Infamous Stringdusters

25. Halleyanna/The Wildflowers

26. Matt Harlan (and the Sentimentals) (2x)

27. The Head and the Heart*

28. Head for the Hills

29. Marshall and Warren Hood

30. Ray Wylie Hubbard

31. Brian Hudson

32. Phoebe Hunt (3x…4x if you count her coming onstage with Edward Sharpe)

33. Iron & Wine

34. Sarah Jarosz* (keep your eye on her)

35. The Lumineers (2x )

36. Gurf Morlix

37. James McMurtry

38. Milkdrive* (2x)

39. Rhett Miller

40. Molly and the Ringwalds

41. Mumford and Sons

42. Musketeer Gripweed*

43. Willie Nelson

44. Papa Grows Funk

45. Punch Brothers

46. Railroad Earth

47. Raina Rose

48. Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis

49. Bob Schneider

50. Billy Joe Shaver

51. Shovels & Rope* (2x)

52. Silent Comedy

53. Snoop Dogg

54. The Steel Wheels

55. Sugar and the Hi-Lows

56. Owen Temple

57. The Tontons

58. Trampled by Turtles* (2x)

59. Dustin Welch

60. Gillian Welch* (my favorite show of 2012)

61. Wood & Wire* (so ready to see them again!)

Shows I was a little sorry to miss in 2012:

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Old Crowe Medicine Show, 3-Penny Acre, Jackson Browne

So...I think I did ok on that resolution.  :-)  Happy new year to y'all! May 2013 be your best year yet...until 2014!