• Counting Crows/Live (the band) July 2000 double headlining tour show, Noblesville, IN
• Ludacris April 2002, 40 Acres Fest, Austin, TX (really short set, in the late afternoon instead of the evening which made it lame.)
• Dave Matthews Band (2 nights) August 2004, The Woodlands, TX
• Sum41 April 2005 , Stubb's BBQ, Austin, TX
• 311 August 2005, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Colorado (road trip from Corpus Christi, TX)
• Dave Matthews Band September 2005, Selma, TX
• Dave Matthews Band August 2006, Dallas, TX
• Glass Pocket April 2007, Cabestro Night Club, Prague CZ (this was a band my brother-in-law was playing drums in at the time, just giving them a plug: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=7916216 )
• 311 September 2007, Concourse (SF Design Center) / San Francisco CA
• Matisyahu September 2007, Concourse (SF Design Center) / San Francisco CA
• Dave Matthews Band September 2007, The Woodlands, TX
• Chicago (the band) December 2007, USAA Holiday Party, Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
• 311 March 2008, 311 Day '08, New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
• The Roots April 2008, 40 Acres Fest, Austin, TX (high energy show, wicked good)
• Weezer (opening acts Tokyo Police Club and Angels+Airwaves) October 2008, Austin, TX
• Styx December 2008, USAA Holiday Party, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX (much better than the Chicago holiday show, also funny to see my boss dancing to them in front of the stage)
• Metallica March 2009, SXSW Stubb's BBQ, Austin, TX
• Third Eye Blind March 2009, SXSW Stubb's Austin, TX
• Fastball March 2009, SXSW Austin, TX
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah April 2009, 40 Acres Fest, Austin, TX
• Ziggy Marley July 2009, San Diego, CA
• 311 July 2009, San Diego, CA (fourth different city in three states that i've seen 311 in, none of them in Texas, amazingly)
• All-American Rejects/Fall Out Boy/Blink 182, September 2009 The Woodlands, TX

ACL 2009 Mute Math, Bright Light Social Hour, The Knux, Arctic Monkeys, Passion Pit, Pearl Jam were highlights of the 3-day festival, but all the bands I saw below were excellent (maybe except Ghostland):

• October 2009 The Bright Light Social Hour, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 School of 7 Bells, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 The Knux, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 The Walkmen, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Phoenix (the band), ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 K'Naan, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Them Crooked Vultures, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Mute Math, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Flogging Molly, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Mos Def, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Ghostland Observatory, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Heartless Bastards, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Arctic Monkeys, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Passion Pit, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Ben Harper and the Relentless7, ACL, Austin, TX
• October 2009 Pearl Jam, ACL, Austin, TX