May is bloomin' busy for music fans

May is underway and it's got 31 days. There are lots of shows to choose from. Mention what we've missed. Thanks again to Concert Chris and FB friends.

• Today Manchester Orchestra/An Horse/Harrison Hudson at Beaumont
• Today Folkicide/Tyler Gregory/Andrew Woody/Troy Meiss at Record Bar
• Today Jay & Silent Bob Get Old at Midland
• Today Tribute To Pink Floyd's The Wall at The Living Room
• 5/3 Sleepy Sun/White Hills/Thee Water MoccaSins at Crosstown Station
• 5/3 Godsmack at Midland
• 5/3 Social Distortion/Church Ragan/Sharks at Beaumont
• 5/4 Hugo/Minden/Root and Stem at Beaumont
• 5/4 Joan of Arc/Airwaves/Muscle Worship/Generals at Jackpot
• 5/4 Joe Pug and the Hundred Mile Band/Strand of Oaks at the Bottleneck
• 5/4 Queens Club at 6pm before the Royals game at The K
• 5/4 Danzig at the VooDoo Lounge
• 5/5 Bob Seger at Sprint
• 5/5 Bob Schneider/The Nace Brothers at Knuckleheads
• 5/5 Brain Locker (ft. Info Gates & Ces Cru)/Approach/Barbaric Merits at The Riot Room
• 5/5 Cantaloupe/Shannon and the Clams/Hunx and His Punx at Record Bar
• 5/5 Oh No Oh My/Generationals at Jackpot
• 5/5 The Moody Blues at the Midland
• 5/6 Cowboy Indian Bear/Sam Billen at Nerman Museum (JCCC) free
• 5/6 Dutch Newman/Mark Mallman/Vertigone/Maps for Travelers at Record Bar
• 5/6 Eisley/the Narrative/Christie Dupree at Beaumont
• 5/6 Lord Huron at Replay
• 5/6 Merle Jam at Knuckleheads featuring Chuck Mead
• 5/6 Sour Babies/The Grisly Hand/L5 at Davey's
• 5/6 Recycled Rockstar Spring Invitational: Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa/New Riddum Band/The Killigans/Red Kate/Half Raptor/The Haddonfields/Black For A Second/New Lost Souls/Whiskey Breath/Them Damned Young Livers/Deeno & The Eskimo Bros at The Riot Room
• 5/6 The Memorials/The Slowdown/Various Blonde/Nature Vs. at Crosstown Station
• 5/6- 5/9 Tribute To Pink Floyd's The Wall at The Living Room
• 5/6 tUnE-yArDs / Here We Go Magic / Buke & Gas at Jackpot
• 5/7 J.WAIL featuring Chuck Morris of LOTUS/Monta at Odds at Crosstown Station
• 5/7 Mark Montgomery & the Sofa Kings at The Phoenix
• 5/7 Another Meaningless Birthday with a (Bunch) of People: JungleFace/Dan Matic/Wandering Mayor/Mr. History/Sarahplease/Joel/Sequence/Vertigone and Sephiroth/Lenny D and Herobust at Union
• 5/7 Of Montreal/Painted Palms at Liberty Hall
• 5/7 The Steel Show/Rex Hobart and The Honky Tonk Standards/John McKenna and Blue Sea Fishermen''s Union/Sara Sweson and The Pearl/Blackbird Revue at the Brick
• 5/7 Thee Water Moccasins/Deadringers/Snake Island at The Riot Room
• 5/7 Merle Jam at Knuckleheads featuring Devon Allman's Honeytribe
• 5/8 Art Battle: Tyson Schroeder VS Hector Casanova at Record Bar
• 5/8 Pete Anderson/The Rumblejetts at Knuckleheads
• 5/9 Amy Saia/Me Like Bees/Kurt Vee at Record Bar
• 5/9 Holy Grail/Cauldron/Stonehaven at The Riot Room
• 5/11 Lucinda Williams at Crossroads
• 5/11 Rise Against/Bad Religion at Midland
• 5/11 early The Cold Hard Cash Show (A Tribute To Johnny Cash) at Riot Room
• 5/12 Nathanial Rateliff/Jessica Lea Mayfield at Record Bar
• 5/13 & 5/14 The Riot Room's Local Artist Overthrow: two stages (inside and patio)
• 5/13 Wishbone Ash at Knuckleheads
• 5/13 Atlantic Fadeout CD release show/Dead Voices/Clay Hughes at Davey's
• 5/13 Brooke Fraser/Cary Brothers at the Bottleneck
• 5/13 Burlesque, Booze, & Bands w/Death Valley Wolfriders/Whiskey Breath/The Runaway Sons/Fall Down Drunks/Sinsations Burlesque at CZAR
• 5/13 Federation of Horsepower/The Heroine/Friday the 13th at the Brick
• 5/13 Hidden Pictures CD Release/The Dead Girls - "Rockin' for Robin" A Benefit at Replay
• 5/13-14 Symphonic Quixotic at the Lyric
• 5/13 The Dan Band/She Wants Revenge/Beautiful Bodies at Midland
• 5/13 Haunted Creepies/Louder than Bombs at Union
• 5/13 Vivian Girls/No Joy at Jackpot
• 5/14 Cloudland Canyon/Black Christmas/Actors & Actresses at Crosstown Station
• 5/14 Jamey Johnson at Crossroads
• 5/14 Joe Purdy/The Milk Carton Kids at the Bottleneck
• 5/14 The Rainmakers at Knuckleheads (sold out)
• 5/14 Rockfest at Liberty Memorial
• 5/15 Other Lives/Hospital Ships/S.Carey (of Bon Iver) at Record Bar
• 5/15 The Rainmakers at Knuckleheads
• 5/16 Beardcrazy/Reptet at Record Bar
• 5/17 Portugal. The Man/Telekinesis/Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Record Bar
• 5/17 Tribal Seeds at Riot Room
• 5/18 Max Justus/London Transit/Cold Cave at Record Bar
• 5/18 Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys at 6pm before the Royals game at The K
• 5/18 The Brian Ruskin Quartet at The Phoenix
• 5/18 Wanda Jackson/Holly Golightly at Granada
• 5/19 Tommy Emmanuel Band at Midland
• 5/20 Dan Doran Band at The Phoenix
• 5/20 Bowling For Soup/The Dollyrots at RecordBar
• 5/20 Mountain Sprout/KC Bear Fighters/The Konza Swamp Band at Crosstown Station
• 5/20 Rock N Roll Prom: The Mezcal Brothers/The Wildcat Daddies/Adam Lee & the DHSC/the Hella GoGo Girls & Jeff Bergen/Hepkat at Knuckleheads
• 5/20 Soft Reeds/Urbanite at the Brick
• 5/20 The Airborne Toxic Event/Voxhaul Broadcast at Beaumont
• 5/20 Vanilla Ice/"B Double E"/Azylum Inmates/Rashiyd Ashon at Crossroads
• 5/20 Various Blonde/Sons Of Great Dane/Cherokee Rock Rifle/Radio City at Czar
• 5/21 Cry Baby Ranch/D. Regnier with M. Smeltzer/T. Ladesich/Jesse James Gang Green HTC/Molly Gene/Tin Horn Molly/Cadillac Flambe at Record Bar
• 5/21 Delbert McClinton at Knuckleheads
• 5/21 Hammerlord/Death Valley Wolf Riders/Malikai/Vanlade at The Riot Room
• 5/21 Hearts of Darkness and SUNU at Davey's
• 5/21 SPRING INTO SUMMER! with Drakkar Sauna/Approach and Jabberjosh/Hospital Ships/Fourth of July/The Dactyls/MANSION/Spook Lights/Mouthbreathers/The Hips/Colony Collapse/Danny Pound Band and more at Jackpot
• 5/22 Hearts of Darkness/The Good Foot  6-9 p.m. at Replay
• 5/22 Warren Haynes at the Uptown
• 5/23 The Greenhornes/Jeff the Brotherhood/Rooftop Vigilantes at the Bottleneck
• 5/24 Vedera at the Riot Room
• 5/25 Sundiver/Loss Leader/Auternus at Record Bar
• 5/26 Hermon Mehari presents A Night of Miles Davis at Crosstown Station
• 5/26 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin/The ACBs at the Brick
• 5/27 Margo May/Fine Hoods/Poppa Wheely/Sarica Douglas at the Riot Room
• 5/27 Beauty Magic at Union
• 5/27 Deco Auto/The Dead Girls/The Chaotic Goods at the Brick
• 5/28 An Evening w the Barclay Martin Ensemble at Crosstown Station
• 5/28 Bruno Mars & Janelle Monae at the Independence Events Center
• 5/28 Cowboy Indian Bear/Conduits/Reward Tree at the Brick
• 5/28 Runaway Sons/Maps For Travellers/Le Grand/Insomnia Device/Audiovox/Worker at Record Bar
• 5/28 Love Inks at Riot Room
• 5/29 Country Pinic: Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys/Outlaw Jim & Wiskey Benders/County Road 5 at Knuckleheads
• 5/29 Pat Green/Jon Pardi at Crossroads
• 5/30 Sonic Spectrum Presents A Tribute to Patti Smith at Record Bar
• 5/31 Buckethead/Electric England (new Mark Lowrey/Brandon Draper project) at Beaumont
• 5/31 Truth & Salvage Co..Jay Nash at Crosstown Station

Comments

[tigerfan]

Might add this to the list: Republic Tigers new song "The Infidel" to air during the first 2 minutes of "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC, Thursday, May 5 episode (8 pm, channel 9).

[Dale]

Joe Pug is not to be missed.

[Green]

What jumps out on this list, by that I mean what jumps out that is not a major act, anything not to miss?

[Geordan]

Lookin' forward to Bob Schneider at Knuckleheads this Thursday. His show there last summer was quite a surprise. I had never seen him live and he and his band were a lot of fun. He records all of his shows and sells them after the gig and I still get a laugh listening to his wonderful between-song banter. It was a memorable show and this Thursday night should be no different.

[Peter Lawless]

5/6 The B'Dinas/Claire & the Crowded Stage/The Delighted at Press (upstairs at Crosstown Station)

[mankvill]

Don't forget my birthday on the 31st. :D

May is a little quiet for metal here, but we have some good ones.

5/4 - Danzig w/ DevilDriver, 2Cents at Voodoo Lounge
5/6 - Angels of Babylon w/ Ancient Creation, Seventh Calling at Aftershock
5/9 - Holy Grail w/ Cauldron, Stonehaven at Riot Room
5/17 - Belphegor w/ Keep Of Kalessin, Neuraxis, Hate, Bonded By Blood, Blackguard at Oz Cafe (Wichita)
5/20 - Nocturnal w/ Witchaven at Czar Bar
5/23 - D.R.I. at Oz Cafe (Wichita)

Happy May everybody!

[wiseowl]

5/28 WIDESPREAD PANIC- MIDLAND

[Hamster]

Has anyone heard whether/when the CrossRoads Music Festival going to be held again this summer/fall?

[concert chris]

i think crossroads music fest is on 9-10-11. that's a saturday.

[Hamster]

Thanks Concert. I'll mark my calendar.

[Spiker]

note to self-
Sept 10th 2011 will be a good day/night to catch up on some summer blockbuster movies, nothing else going on, at least no where worthy of going to, that night/day.

[Kurt]

I'm going to Des Moines, Iowa on May 12th to see Bon Jovi at the Wells Fargo Arena. I got behind the stage tickets for $17.50 plus fees. I missed their March 2010 show at the Sprint Center. I've read that Phil X will be replacing Richie Sambora while, he's gone into a rehab clinic for his alcohol problem. I've read that their April 30th show at Jazz Festival in New Orleans went well with the replacement guitarist.

[The Show]

Kurt, what is a phil X?

It is too bad they are playing without Sambora, but at least Richie wasnt "out in public" making an ass of himself before he went in, it was pretty quiet.

[NEW]

Spiker,FYI just in case you are aka Dump Troll, Crossroads Music Fest is not usually at Grinders. It is spread across several venues including the Brick, Czar Bar and Crosstown Station which you will be happy to know has some of the most magnificent bathroom facilities in town. I mean that too. Absolutely stellar!

[Chairman]

can I bring a chair?

;)

[Converse pas cher]

Belphegor w/ Keep Of Kalessin, Neuraxis, Hate, Bonded By Blood, Blackguard at Oz Cafe

[mankvill]

5/24 - D.R.I. at the Record Bar! Early birthday present to me!

[Steve]

Why isn't the Widespread show listed? What do the contributors of BRT have against WSP? I remember that last years show didn't even warrant a review. Really? I mean it isn't like these guys haven't headlined major festivals and put on an incredible show year after year. Tim?

[Kurt]

The Show,

Phil X is short for Phil Xeninis and he's an LA session musician. I've read that this musician toured with Triumph years ago also.

[The Show]

Interesting Kurt,
If he could fill in for a trio, I guess he can do Sambora's part, but then again, it kind of verges on being what people accuse YES and Stryz of. I mean, one of the best things about Bon Jovi is they are mostly all original membersbut regardless it should be a good show, have fun.

[NEW]

Not sure if this will make you feel better Steve but BTR seems to have an aversion to the jam/jamgrass scene in general. I've yet to see a reference to some of the great original local bands like Brother Bagman, Super Massive Black Holes, Grassgrove or touring bands like Cornmeal or Emmit-Nershi when they do a stop here. They do OK with promting Wakarusa and did a post about WSP the last go around though so I guess it's not totally ignored.

[pellboy]

Played guitar for Triumph? How can they even exist without Rik Emmett? That would be akin to Van Halen sans Eddie...worse actually due to the vocals aspect. Used to love Triumph back in the day , but apparently I've been out of touch.

[Kurt]

The musician Phil Xeninis was not replacing Rick Emmett. I've seen some U-Tube videos of Triumph on their 86/87 Sport of Kings tour and there were FOUR on stage. He was in addition to the core THREE members of Triumph.

[Elton]

Speaking of Canuckleheads....
Did you know that the Queen of England (personally) owns ALL of Canada (and other places too), and if she wanted to, she could sell the whole country to China.

http://www.whoownstheworld.com/about-the-book/largest-landowner/

[pellboy]

@Kurt...oh, that makes more sense. After seeing your post though, did some research on Triumph and I guess he did perhaps replace him for a stretch as well and that Rik has sort of been on the outs with Gil Moore and Mike Levine and outside of an appearance or two, has nothing to do with the band anymore. No wonder why I haven't heard much about them in recent years. Nothing against the others, but Rik was definitely the talent behind that trio.

[Kurt]

The Bon Jovi show yesterday in Des Moines, Iowa was a good show. I missed the end of the show and the person I went with wanted to leave to avoid the crowds. We drove back the same night and it's about 180 miles. I saw them from 8:00 until 10:00 and probably missed 15 to 20 minutes. The show started with 'Lost Highway' and I thought they were opening with 'Blood on Blood' and maybe the absence of Richie Sambora changed the set list. Phil Xenidis was his replacement and did a fine job of filling in for him. The show must go on without Richie Sambora and obvious that Jon Bon Jovi takes the limelight from the rest of the band.

The stage show was cool and they had a variable LED video system. It would move around with separate pieces at times. In back of the stage, had durable robot controlled video screens that could be walked on like stairs. I had behind the stage tickets and had a great view of the stage and band. They had 360 degree staging and sold out the entire arena. I believe the Wells Fargo Arena has a little less capacity than, Sprint Center.

[Kurt]

I wanted to mention that a highlight for me was 'Runaway' from 1982 and that must have gone back to their first album. I wasn't thrilled when they segue into the Door's 'Roadhouse Blues' and Bob Seger's 'Old Time Rock and Roll' during 'Bad Medicine'. It would have been better to play that song by itself.

Overall, it was an excellent show. I regret not staying to the end and the person I went with wanted to leave a little early to get on the road. It was about a 3 hour drive to Des Moines, Iowa and got back at 1:15am.

[That guy]

Thanks for the review Kurt, that is too bad you picked someone to go with who leaves early esp when it was still early. Get home at 1:15?? or see the whole show at get home at 1:30??

Whenever I plan road trips, I advise EVERYONE, before hand, that NO WAY ARE WE leaving early, dont even start.... dont go if you dont like it.

I never understood leaving anything ( concerts, ballgames etc etc, no matter the score) early, we are there to deviate from what we are going back to, why go back early?

Glad you had a good time, thanks for reporting.

[Kurt]

I wanted to mention some of the numbers that Bon Jovi are pulling in on their arena tour. I read a review in a St Louis newspaper and Bon Jovi had the highest attendance in history at the Scottrade Center with 20,648. It helps to have 360 degree staging. I've read that they sold out the Bradley Center in Milwaukee also and no figure was given. There was no review of the Des Moines, Iowa show that I was at on May 12th and the arena was filled completely. I believe that Bon Jovi got the top tour of 2010 award and it helped that U2 had to postpone some 2010 shows until 2011. Next up for Bon Jovi is a stadium tour of Europe. It was correct is saying that most of their fan base is women and it was like 2 to 1 with gals to guys at the show.