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Richard E. Willey

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 07:07 PM
Original article: Live-music dos and don'ts

Sleater-Kinney (plus a few others)

I've seen a number of great live groups in my day, however, Sleater-Kinney was definitely the best. Three incredibly talented ladies.

Corin Tucker has a phenomenal voice. Carrie Brownstein is a great guitarist and Janet Weiss's drumming has to be experienced to be believed.

There aren't many bands worth traveling for, however, I'd happily drive 4 hours up to catch Sleater-Kinney in Burlington VT only to see them again the next night in Boston. I still remember my first S-K show. I was right up front in a small hall, the warmup band had just finished, and some random dude in the audience turned to me and said “Now Comes the Thunder”. Such a great show.

When Sleater-Kinney announced they were going on hiatus it broke my heart...

Other standouts include

Concrete Blonde: The Group Therapy tour was a hell of a lot of fun. How often do you get to see the lead singer Flamenco dance...

Aimee Mann (Her “Acoustic Vaudeville” Tour was inspired. Integrating David Cross into the show was a brilliant choice)

The Waterboys are always a hell of a lot of fun

If you're ever in Austin, be sure to check out Patrice Pike

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