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Pacifica Performances
Mildred Owen Concert Hall
Pacifica, CA
Nov. 15, 2014

Walter Dacon Winery
Shelton, WA
Feb. 14th - 17th, 2014

The Matrix Coffeehouse
CD Release Party!!
Chehailis, WA
Dec. 28, 2013

Saffire Restaurant & Bar
w/ Derek Pell
Franklin, TN
Nov. 2nd, 2013

Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
(In the Rotunda)
Nashville, TN
August 11, 2013

A Nashville Tribute To Jimi Hendrix (guest appearance)
Featuring Billy Cox Band of Gypsies Experience
Hosted by Dave Pomeroy
Music City Center
Davidson Ball Room
Nashville, TN
July 10, 2013

Chet Atkins Appreciation Society
Nashville, TN
July 10th - 13th, 2013

Kevin Ryan Residence
(house concert)
Los Angeles, CA
Sept. 20th

Country Music Hall of Fame
Guitar Workshop
Nashville, TN
May 12, 2012

Vince Gill & Friends
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN
April 19, 2010

Artisan Guitars - Chet Atkins Tribute Show w/ Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, Earl Klugh & Others...
The Factory at Franklin (TN)
July 6th, 2010

The Matrix Coffeehouse
Solo Acoustic Show
Chehalis, WA
Oct. 29, 2010

w/ Jenny Gill
The Listening Room
Nashville, TN
Nov. 3, 2010 (6 PM)

DEA & The Bad Boys
Sportsman's Grill
Nashville, TN
Nov, 3, 2010 (10 PM)

A Song for the Children Benefit
w/ Vince Gill 
Tivoli Theater
Chattanooga, TN
Nov. 4, 2010

S.T.A.R.S. Benefit
w/ Jenny & Vince Gill
Country Music HOF
Nashville, TN
Nov. 11, 2010

w/ Jenny Gill
The Bluebird Cafe
Nashville, TN
Nov. 26, 2010

Original Cast
Guitar Chair
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Dec. 2 - 4

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Blog

May 21 2011

Rhymin' Simon at the Ryman (re-posted from the email list)

It’s a paradox.  I’m speechless.  And yet I need to talk to someone. Like…right now.  Even though I stood around talking about it with others for half an hour after the show in the Ryman parking lot.  Jon Landau made that oft-quoted statement about Bruce Springsteen in 1974 --- and went on to describe that on that particualr night, he felt like he was hearing music again for the very first time; like a child might.  And tonight that's how I feel...

I saw Dylan (six or seven times – can’t remember; best was 9/19/07), Ray Charles (with pops Al Hendrix in the audience), James Brown (two or three times), Springsteen (multiple), Simon & Garfunkel on the reunion tour, McCartney, The Stones, U2, Jackson Browne (multiple), Crosby Stills Nash, Costello, Neil Young with acoustic guitar and harmonica rack, Roger McGuinn solo and reminiscing on The Byrds and friends like Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan (part show part presentation), Tom Petty w/ Benmont and the Heartbreakers, John Prine, and dare I say most of the great surviving singer-songwriters of the last century (except for Leonard Cohen and Joni, I think I’ve seen just about all of them).  Lots of guitar players.  Too many to even get close to mentioning.  BB, Buddy Guy (on a night when he blew the roof off the place), Clapton more than I can remember, Jeff Beck in Chicago at sundown beneath the summer sky, Knopfler (of course), etc.  Me and Barry Drake --- my rock and roll  historian pal, who inspired me in college and inspires me still. 

And never has an evening of music ---- even when I was a little boy and it was all new and thrilling ---- made me feel like tonight has.  The band indescribable.  The songs impeccable.  Paul Simon’s genius (and let's just state the obvious that he is on a level with Bob and The Beatles) elevated with additional inspiration to be at the venue (“humbled to be here at the Ryman”).

I wasn’t supposed to be there.  ; It was totally sold-out.  But I got in.  I had to. 

There was this feeling that the moment was there before my very eyes and ears, and I couldn’t hold onto it (because who can), but that….however transient it was in the fleeting moment, it would profoundly affect me as long as I've a heart to beat and ears to hear.  I went thinking it’d be memorable --- but nothing like this.

Then again, I’m speechless.  So that’s enough ---

"And in remembering a road sign
I am remembering a girl when I was young
And we said 'these songs are true
These days are ours...'"

-Sean

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