
I go to a lot of gigs. An abnormal amount, it would seem. Until recently I couldn't have put a number on how many concerts I've been to. I started early: When I was eight months in the womb, my parents were at a John Lee Hooker show in Greenwich Village; my dad started taking me to concerts on school nights way before I was old enough to appreciate what was going on (seeing the likes of Buddy Guy, Little Village, KD Lang, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Ely, Eric Clapton) and in 2009 alone I've already been to 70 shows. [...]