Top 10 Concerts That I Missed in 2010: Nippertown’s Greg Haymes

Maybe I was out of town. Or gigging somewhere. Or previously committed to another event. Or sometimes, I’ll admit, I just made the wrong decision. Whatever. After all of these years, I’ve finally come to realize that I can’t be everywhere.

Some of these are regrets, and I wish I could do over. Some, I’m sorry I missed, but I’d probably end up missing them again. And anyway, it’s only a hypothetical list because – sad to say – I didn’t actually see any of these shows.

So let’s just call ’em the Top 10 Shows That I Wish I’d Seen, But I Didn’t:

1. Lee Konitz @ A Place for Jazz, Schenectady, Friday, September 10
2. Alejandro Escovedo, Hammel On Trial @ The Egg, Albany, Thursday, September 30
3. Neil Young, Bert Jansch at the Palace Theatre, Albany, Tuesday, May 18
4. Christian Scott, Buster Williams @ Lake George Jazz Festival, Shepard Park, Lake George, Saturday-Sunday, September 18-19
5. Jake Holmes @ Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, Saturday, September 11
6. Jill Sobule at the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, Saturday, May 16
7. Adam Lambert @ the Palace Theatre, Albany, Monday, August 23
8. Matthew Shipp Trio at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, Thursday, April 1
9. Peter Wolf at The Egg, Albany, on Friday, May 21
10. Audra McDonald @ Tanglewood, Lenox, Sunday, July 18

Got a Best of 2010 list that you’d like to contribute? Best concerts of the year? Best local music moments of the year? Best whatever? Please send it along to [email protected]

THE 2010 LIST OF LISTS:
Best Local CDs of 2010: The Daily Gazette’s Brian McElhiney
Most Disappointing Concerts of 2010: Nippertown’s Greg Haymes
Best Albums of the Year: Justin Mikulka
Best Capital Region Theater of the Year: Nippertown’s Greg Haymes
Best Entertainers Who Moonlight as Artists of the Year: Art:21
Best Albums of the Year: Spin Magazine
Most Disappointing Capital Region Concert Cancellations of the Year: Nippertown’s Greg Haymes
Best Television Commercials of the Year: TV Squad
Best Feature Films of the Year: Roger Ebert
Best Albums of the Year: Brian Patneaude
Best TV Character Deaths of the Year: Entertainment Weekly
Best Viral Videos of the Year: Videogum
Best Albums & Best Selling Albums of the Year: Billboard
Best Concerts of the Year: Nippertown’s J Hunter
Best Country Albums: The Boot
Best Albums of the Year: WEXT’s Chris Wienk
Best TV Music Moments of the Year: Treble
Best Book Covers of the Year: The L Magazine
Best Folk Albums of the Year: About.com Guide
Best Albums of the Year: We Are Not a Rock Band
Best Movies of the Year: Christian Science Monitor
Best Television Shows of the Year: Channel Surfing
Best Concerts of the Year: Nippertown’s Andrzej Pilarczyk
Best Music Videos of the Year: IFC
Best Books of the Year: The New York Times Book Review
Best Live Acts of the Year: Paste Magazine
Best Poetry Books of the Year: Dan Chiasson of The New Yorker
Best Albums of the Year: Andy Maroney
Best Movie Titles of the Year That Sounded Like Porn, But, Alas, Were Not Porn: Movieline
Best DVDs of the Year: Rolling Stone
Best Albums of the Year: NME
Best Fiction of the Year: Salon
Best Jazz Albums of the Year: A Blog Supreme
Best Albums of the Year: Tim Livingston
Best Albums of the Year: Filter Magazine
Best Albums of the Year: Mojo Magazine