May 17th

  My ticket stub from the time I saw this excellent triple bill of C'mon, Pride Tiger and Whitey Houston play the Pawn Shop here in Edmonton.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Live in Edmonton May 11th 2025

  My buddy Buzzard and I went to the Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit concert at the Winspear Centre last Sunday. This would be my fifth time seeing Jason and Co. in concert.

 Jason and his band the 400 Unit are on the road touring for Jason's latest album Foxes In The Snow, an all acoustic album he put out a few months ago. This show was an evening with Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, so no opening act.

 The venue wasn't quite sold out which kind of surprised me, but then tickets were on the expensive side, so I get it.

 The band opened with the song "The Life You Chose" from his 2015 album Something More Than Free and you could tell right off the bat that Jason was in fine form, sounding really good and his band were on fire. Jimbo the bass played is no longer in the band, filling in was Annie Clements whom is a touring bassist and vocalist, who has played with Sugarland among many others. She was awesome and really brought a cool vibe to the band, smiling, playing amazing and very cute. She can rock with the best of them, and when the band played the Drive-By Truckers song "Decoration Day" a song Jason wrote while in DBT, holy fuck did they rock that song out, rocked as hard as Neil Young's Crazy Horse at their best, and Annie was rocking right the fuck out with them and with a big smile the whole time. And of course guitarist Sadler Vaden who has been playing with Isbell for a long time now was ripping it up great as well. Jason's whole band is very strong.

 It was nice to hear some songs from Jason's latest album Foxes In The Snow done with a full band. Some of the songs I recognized from the album were "Eileen", "Bury Me" and "Open And Close", I really enjoyed hearing these songs done with a backing band.

 I think one of the oldest songs he did other then the DBT song was "Alabama Pines" from his 2011 album Here We Rest. He did play the song "24 Frames" which was awesome as it is one of my favourites of his. Other songs played that I recall were "Speed Trap Town" in which Jason mentioned it being a long time since he had performed that one, then there was "Stockholm" as well. With such a great catalog of music of course there were some songs I would like to have heard, but all in all this was an awesome show with him playing about two hours with no intermission. Good times!!!

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit.

May 16th

 On May 16th, 2014 I went to a show at the awesome Wunderbar in Edmonton with the following bands playing as part of the Hot Plains Music Fest. The bands being Bombchan, Marlaena Moore, Diamond Mind and The Secretaries. I miss the old Wunderbar, such a fun live music venue.

May 14th

  May 14th, 2009 I saw Joel Plaskett with Family & Friends play McDougall United Church in Edmonton. This was my first time seeing Joel Plaskett in concert and what an awesome show, a three hour long show, which makes sense as he was touring for his triple album called Three.

May 13th

  May 13th, 1991 I saw the triple bill headlined by The Kentucky Headhunters with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Carlene Carter opening at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton. A damn good triple bill it was.

May 12th

  May 12th, 2012 was The Black Keys with opening band English rockers Arctic Monkeys at Rexall Place in Edmonton. This was a great double bill to see. The Black Keys were touring for their album El Camino.

May 11th

  It was on May 11th, 2012 that I saw two shows in the same evening. Started the night seeing Van Halen, and after that headed to the Pawn Shop on Whyte Ave. in Edmonton in time to catch Vancouver band Carpenter play. Which was the only band I was interested in on the bill. A busy night, but fun!

Notice the misspelling of Carpenter on the concert ad.

May 10th

 On May 10th, 1994 I saw Winnipeg band Liquid Bone Dance with Toronto band One Free Fall play Peoples Pub in Edmonton. Not sure what became of these two bands, but this was a great double bill at the time.

 I picked up the CD by One free Fall, it's hidden in the closet with the rest of my CD's, too hard to find at the time. But I did find the Liquid Bone Dance cassette I bought at the show.

 

May 9th

 

 May 9th, 2015 I saw Joel Plaskett Emergency play Union Hall here in Edmonton.

May 8th

  May 8th, 2006 I saw The Black Crowes with opening act Matt Mays and The El Torpedo play the jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. This wasn't one of The Crowes better shows that I have seen. But Matt Mays on the other hand was great!

May 7th

 It was on May 7th, 1991 that I saw the almighty Dread Zeppelin at The Bronx in Edmonton. DZ were always such a fun band to see live. The ticket stub says Roy Harper opening, but in all honesty, I really don't recall if he did or not, and if he did, I'm thinking I missed him.

May 6th

 On May 6th, 2022 I saw Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans with Mike Plume opening play the Starlite Room in Edmonton.

May 3rd

 On May 3rd, 1997 my brother Citrus and I saw KISS in Calgary with openers Econoline Crush play the Saddledome. This was back to back shows for my brother and I, having seen KISS play Edmonton the night before.