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HughShows Blog has featured thousands of original live band photos and has conducted over 1000 musician interviews (including Brian Wilson, Mavis Staples, and Bruce Hornsby) since starting. With the original ‘First/Last’ questionnaire, you get a sense of where the musician has come from and where they are going with their artistic expression.

First/Last-Matt Booth

Posted on August 20, 2010

So the band is releasing it’s terrific new album tonight. When you pick up the CD, check out the photos used in the inner collage. Done by none other than yours truly! Thanks,..

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Image Of The Day-“Somebody’s Heart”

Posted on August 19, 2010

I love this band. They are the nicest couple of people around and deliver such a fantastic set every time I see them. Seriously, who else can write a song about feces and make it so damned endearing? Do yourself a favor and try to catch them out…

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Image Of The Day-“Margaritaville”

Posted on August 17, 2010

I never understood the appeal of Jimmy Buffett. I went to a show fifteen years ago and came away with images of drunken slobs wallowing in their own vomit…

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Summer Sunday Ticket Giveaway # 8 – My Morning Jacket

Posted on August 15, 2010

This is a not miss show. Thanks to the great people at Drusky Entertainment, you might not have to miss it. Just like every week this summer, they are giving away two tickets to the show to one lucky reader of this blog…

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Image Of The Day-“Caio, Bear Cub”

Posted on August 14, 2010

This was my first time seeing the band. I was so late to the party that this was their hometown farewell show and as they are moving to Nashville, it might very well be my last. I hung back and enjoyed the set due to exhaustion…

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First/Last-Scott Peterson

Posted on August 13, 2010

Scott is the male half of the husband and wife duo known as The Wreckids. Along with Sarah (6-18 in da house!) they released a fantastic EP several months ago and if I am not mistaken, have plans for yet another release soon! They are playing the …

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Image Of The Day-“The Way I Am”

Posted on August 12, 2010

What was interesting to me about this show was the crowd. I rarely go see bands that are welcomed to the stage with a high-pitched wall of sound. The audience was young and energetic and actually endearing in their enthusiasm. A somewhat nice change of…

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Image Of The Day-“Me & Bobby McGee”

Posted on August 11, 2010

I bashed this performance immediately after and as I think about it, I was sort of in the wrong. I only saw the first few songs because I had to run somewhere else that night, and from what I am told, he recovered from a very shaky…

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R.I.P.-Glenn Pavone

Posted on August 10, 2010

Glenn goes over the setlist before taking the stage at the Allegheny County Hometown Music Festival on Sunday June 20, 2010 at Hartwood Acres. You will be missed…

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Image Of The Day-“Green Islands”

Posted on August 10, 2010

I am always looking for unique performances and this definitely was one of them. It was a collaboration between several diverse musicians for a one off performance curated by Mark Garry. It was …

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Image Of The Day-“All Days Are Nights”

Posted on August 10, 2010

On ‘assignment’ for the good folks at WYEP, I really wasn’t familiar with his work at all. I kind of wish I was, in that I would have definitely appreciated it more. The show was broken up into two parts, the first consisting of his devastatingly personal new album,..

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Summer Sunday Ticket Giveaway # 7 – Ribs On The River

Posted on August 8, 2010

Seriously, who doesn’t love ribs? The best vendors around will congregate in Pittsburgh to showcase their delicious goods. There will be a slew of bands each day to keep the crowd entertained…

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Image Of The Day-“Dog & Butterfly”

Posted on August 8, 2010

To all you ’80’s haters, you can run and tell that… this was a great show. They sounded incredible and were genuinely happy to play to a more than ecstatic audience. Every song I wanted to hear, they did. Sweet. More photos here

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Image Of The Day-“Country Wife”

Posted on August 5, 2010

I have lost count how many times I have had the pleasure to watch this band play since I first saw them…

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Image Of The Day-“Good Times, So Wearily Desired”

Posted on August 4, 2010

Good Night, States The Andy Warhol Museum Friday July 30, 2010 Northshore It’s no secret to anyone who’s visited this blog that I love this band. After a half year hiatus, they return for a one-off show to support another group I can’t get enough of for their CD release show, MOIP. They sounded great […]

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Image Of The Day-“Let There Be Rock!”

Posted on August 3, 2010

I dig the Truckers. I have seen them several times and was excited that we got them as Petty’s openers…

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Image Of The Day-“Tom Courtenay”

Posted on August 2, 2010

p>I loved this show. You cannot beat these free outdoor summer concerts. I have always wanted to see this band to boot and even though they played a bunch of songs off their latest …

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Summer Sunday Ticket Giveaway # 6 – Asia

Posted on August 1, 2010

I am an unabashedly proud lover of most things ’80’s. I graduated high school 25 years ago and wanted my MTV as much as anyone else. Asia were a huge part of my formative years and all the original members are releasing a new album this week and touring to support. Seriously,..

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Image Of The Day-“C The C”

Posted on July 31, 2010

What a fantastic idea. Throw a family friendly party in probably the most scenic park in the city. Organized by Colonizing The Cosmos, it included some of my favorite bands we are lucky enough to have here…

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