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Fox Theater, Boulder, CO.....   Old 97's had just released their Drag It Up album, and their latest single "The New Kid" was being played on WYEP as well as many stations in attendance at this Boulder radio conference. They did a great set and were very well-received. I have no recollection of Simple Kid or Low Millions, but Antigone Rising was very enjoyable (I had already seen them in 2002 ).      There was a bar right next to the Fox Theater called Players Club (formerly Tulagi), and for these radio convention showcase performances, conference attendees could go back and forth between venue to see the artists performing at each with staggered set times. Here's who was playing at Players Club this night . 

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO..... Cullum was a consummate pro, as I discovered a few months earlier at a different radio conference . That early impression was confirmed by seeing this more typical performance. Glen Phillips is a bit of an enigma to me. He had a couple of great years with Toad the Wet Sprocket, but the rest of his career has just been OK in my estimation. He had released his solo album Winter Pays For Summer (great title) back in March, with the first single "Thankful," and it was... adequate. I always feel like her has the tools in the toolbox to be very good but it never seems to come together, in my view. He was good live, but nothing to write home about. Rachael Yamagata was one of the coterie of young female singer-songwriters with albums out in 2004 that had shelves-full of reviews using phrases like "think Tori Amos" or "a la Tori Amos" (including Vienna Teng and Charlotte Martin ). Her music is also just OK. There was a bar right next...

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO.....   There was a bar right next to the Fox Theater called Players Club (formerly Tulagi), and for these radio convention showcase performances, conference attendees could go back and forth between venue to see the artists performing at each with staggered set times. Here's who was playing at Players Club this night . 

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO...... Nashville's Blue Merle had one stellar song, "Burning In the Sun," which would be the centerpiece for the band's 2003 debut EP, their first single, and the lead-off track from their debut 2005 album  Burning in the Sun . It didn't hurt that it sounded like Dave Matthews at a time when DMB and Matthews himself were in between albums. Unfortunately, the band wasn't able to capitalize on that terrific song and only lasted one album. (Guitarist Luke Reynolds would join Guster in 2010, a band I had seen in Boulder at the same conference the year previous . Camper Van was good. Jem and Graham Colton weren't very memorable.  There was a bar right next to the Fox Theater called Players Club (formerly Tulagi), and for these radio convention showcase performances, conference attendees could go back and forth between venue to see the artists performing at each with staggered set times. Here's who was playing at Players Club this nig...

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO.....     This was a showcase performance for a radio convention.       

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO.....   Ziggy Marley was on the road promoting his debut solo album Dragonfly , and it my only time catching him live. Guster's latest album, Keep It Together , was fantastic, and though I had been playing their music on the radio since 1997's Goldfly , this was my first time catching them live. My strongest memory of the show was drummer Brian Rosenworcel bleeding on the drums playing without drum sticks. Steadman didn't make much of an impression. There was a bar right next to the Fox Theater called Tulagi, and for these radio convention showcase performances, conference attendees could go back and forth between venue to see the artists performing at each with staggered set times. Here's who was playing at Tulagi this night . 

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO..... This was a showcase performance for a radio convention. I think Nickel Creek was still trying to break through with their 2002 album This Side .  It was cool to see Jonny Lang playing the blues. Howie Day didn't leave much of an impression.    There was a bar right next to the Fox Theater called Tulagi, and for these radio convention showcase performances, conference attendees could go back and forth between venue to see the artists performing at each with staggered set times. Here's was at Tulagi this night .  

Fox Theater, Boulder, CO.....     sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!