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Jason Lytle Tour Dates
12/03/12 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, MI 12/05/12 Massey Hall Toronto, Canada 12/06/12 Métropolis Montreal, Canada 12/08/12 State Theatre Portland, ME 12/09/12 House of Blues Boston Boston, MA 12/10/12 Union Hall Brooklyn, NY 12/11/12 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY 12/14/12 The Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA 12/15/12 The National Richmond, VA 02/07/13 Scala London, United Kingdom 02/09/13 The Haunt Brighton, United Kingdom 02/11/13 Le Grand Mix Tourcoing, France 02/12/13 Café de la Danse Paris, France 02/13/13 Antipod Rennes, France 02/14/13 Le 106 Club Rouen, France 02/16/13 Tour & Taxis Brussels, Belgium 02/18/13 Rotown Rotterdam, Netherlands 02/19/13 Bitterzoet Amsterdam, Netherlands Read More Here's one called Grandaddy, who are from the nowheresville town of Modesto, California. I used to live around this area, so I was quite excited to see these 'local boys done good'. I'm sure you've all remember .....
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I used to joke that Grandaddy was from my hometown, even though Modesto isn't anywhere near Fresno or Sacramento (I used to live in both cities).
Anyway, if you were wondering why there's suddenly all these concert tickets being scanned: that's because I'm in the process of moving and found my old journals/scrapbook. Sadly I did not write about any of the bands I saw, instead, I just stickered in my concert tickets. I supposed I thought I would always remember the shows. Here's a hint kids: write down your thoughts in your journal, because you will forget.
I saw Grandaddy on tour for their best album, The Sophtware Slump, which came out around the tech-bubble and it was their "difficult" sophomore album that many bands face. Surprisingly, everyone, at least at the time, loved The Sophtware Slump. I was pretty excited to finally catch them in Minneapolis. Virgil Shaw was listed as opener on the ticket, but I couldn't tell you what he sounded like.
As for Grandaddy, it was very light-showy from what I can remember. Singer Jason Lytle spent most of the time staring down at the keyboard or his guitars. They did most of the songs The Sophtware Slump, including my favorite "Hewlett's Daughter."
The album was re-released 11 years later as a bonus/deluxe album. They couldn't have done it for the 10 year or 20 year anniversary?
I believe Grandaddy came back on tour a few other times, but after seeing them in 2001, I felt it was good enough and I never saw them again.
So, what's going on with Grandaddy? Earlier this year (March), the band reformed, and went on tour (all the August dates are listed here), including headlining End of the Road Festival in London (09/04/12) and Paris' Rock en Seine Festival (08/26/12).
Are they gone? Was this simply a "Get in, rock out, get paid, get out" as Lytle joked? I guess we'll wait and see, but between you and me, there's no shame in making loads of money and getting out.
Jason Lytle is doing a solo-tour supporting Band of Horses, and then headlining in the UK. If you've never seen Grandaddy, I'm pretty sure he'll play one or two songs?
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Ticket stub to Grandaddy at First Avenue, Minneapolis (05/09/2001)
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I saw Grandaddy on tour for their best album, The Sophtware Slump, which came out around the tech-bubble and it was their "difficult" sophomore album that many bands face. Surprisingly, everyone, at least at the time, loved The Sophtware Slump. I was pretty excited to finally catch them in Minneapolis. Virgil Shaw was listed as opener on the ticket, but I couldn't tell you what he sounded like.
As for Grandaddy, it was very light-showy from what I can remember. Singer Jason Lytle spent most of the time staring down at the keyboard or his guitars. They did most of the songs The Sophtware Slump, including my favorite "Hewlett's Daughter."
The album was re-released 11 years later as a bonus/deluxe album. They couldn't have done it for the 10 year or 20 year anniversary?
I believe Grandaddy came back on tour a few other times, but after seeing them in 2001, I felt it was good enough and I never saw them again.
So, what's going on with Grandaddy? Earlier this year (March), the band reformed, and went on tour (all the August dates are listed here), including headlining End of the Road Festival in London (09/04/12) and Paris' Rock en Seine Festival (08/26/12).
Are they gone? Was this simply a "Get in, rock out, get paid, get out" as Lytle joked? I guess we'll wait and see, but between you and me, there's no shame in making loads of money and getting out.
Jason Lytle is doing a solo-tour supporting Band of Horses, and then headlining in the UK. If you've never seen Grandaddy, I'm pretty sure he'll play one or two songs?
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