CD Central's
In-Store Show
Hall of Fame
This is not a complete list, nor is it in exact order.
We'll add more bands and photos as we continue to dig through the archives!
1997-1999 (200 Bolivar Street)
Birddog (Bill Santen) (Lexington)
Chris Mills (Chicago)
Our first show was a singer-songwriter doubleheader. The drummer for both was Glenn Kotche, who's now making music as part of Wilco. A great start.
Kelly Richey (Lexington)
Grievous Angels (Tempe, AZ) Nov. 18, 1997
We built a big temporary stage in the hallway of South Hill Station and used it for several shows; one of the few nice things about that location.
Taildragger (Lexington)
Fred Eaglesmith (Canada)
In 1998 we expanded the store and built a permanent stage; then the floodgates really opened.
Cheeseburger & Fries (Richmond, Ky) May 15, 1998
Hillbilly jive from Jeffrey Scott Holland
Alejandro Escovedo (Austin, TX) May 22, 1998
Original date for this show was in March but had to be cancelled due to tour problems. Escovedo promised he would do a show for us, and he was true to his word.
Paul K & the Prayers (Lexington) July 25, 1998
One of the best songwriters to come out of Lexington. This show promoted his CD "A Wilderness of Mirrors" on Alias Records.
Johnny Socko (Ohio) Oct. 1, 1998
Ska-punk.
The Kentuckians (Lexington) Nov. 14, 1998
Another Jeffrey Scott Holland project.
The Blacks (Chicago) Nov. 18, 1998
Sexy, alt-country-glam, from a band that sadly is no more. One member later played here as part of Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire.
Outhouse Raiders (Kentucky) Dec. 4, 1998
Local one-shot "supergroup" with members of Taildragger, the Yonders and Crown Electric, with special guest Greg Martin of the Kentucky Headhunters. Show was sponsored by ACE Magazine to promote their Christmas compilation CD.
BR5-49 (Nashville) March 24, 1999
Our first major-label band, and a great show (part of our 4th anniversary celebration.)
Kevin Gordon (Nashville)
Lo Rood (Lexington)
Pleasureville (Lexington)
Appleseed Cast (Kansas)
Chiaroscuro (Lexington)
Wesley Willis (Chicago)
Wesley did his usual thing for a good sized crowd, one of our biggest to that time. Publicity was strictly word of mouth.
The Speedtrain (Lexington)
Amazing Grace (Lexington)
Bernie Worrell of Funkadelic
Bernie planned to jam on his keyboard, accompanied by music being played on the store's stereo system. Unfortunately, the stereo fried in the middle of his set. Someone in the audience got a boom box, another brought in his saxophone, and the show went on. Bernie was patient and genial, a real gentleman.
Pontius CoPilot (Lexington)
Beth Burdon (Lexington)
Member of folk duo Mother Jane.
Red Headed Stepchildren (Lexington)
2000 (377 Limestone Street)
Blue Dawg (Lexington)
Our private pre-opening party at the new location featured this local bluegrass band.
Scrubs (Cincinnati)
Red Headed Stepchildren (Lexington)
They played in the vacant storefront next door, shortly before we rented it out to a poster store.
Hank Decken (Canada) Aug. 30, 2000
2001
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire (Chicago) 2001? .
Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers (Mark Olson and Victoria Williams) April 14, 2001
This had the feeling of a down-home acoustic jam in someone's living room. The percussionist did hand-drumming on an upside-down five-gallon pickle bucket that we used to hold posters. Victoria was a delightful free spirit, as always.
2002
Birddog (Lexington) March 23, 2002
Jerry Belzak and Ben Lacy (Lexington)
Charles Whittington and George Glasscock (Lexington)
The Swells (Lexington)
Non-stop music all afternoon from some of Lexington's finest talent, at our 7th anniversary open house.
The Dangels (Lexington)
The Slip (Boston)
Kathleen Edwards (Canada) Oct. 8, 2002
Richard Buckner (California) Oct. 8, 2002
This was booked and promoted as a regular show (the musicians were paid!) and about 50 people showed up for the free concert. Richard's new CD "Impasse" was released the same day, so it was nice to have him for what could be billed as the "National CD Release Show." Kathleen wowed the crowd with a short opening set; her CD has since been released on Rounder to critical approval.
Club Dub (Lexington)
2003
Deadnecks (Lexington) Feb. 7, 2003
Acoustic set featuring the two guitarists from the band.
Mad Shadows (Lexington) Feb. 9, 2003
Brassknuckle Boys (Lexington)
Local punk talent brought out the largest crowd in CD Central history, on a cold Sunday evening.
Cordero (New York City) Feb. 11, 2003
Latin/NYC indie pop band, in town to open for the Indigo Girls.
Flaherty/Corsano (New England) Feb. 19, 2003
Wild sax/drums free improvisational jazz duo.
Cory Branan (Mississippi) April 11, 2003
Came and performed his single "Miss Ferguson" just days after doing so on the Letterman show.
Apparitions (Lexington) April 13, 2003
Legendary Shack Shakers April 24, 2003
Independence Day - July 4, 2003 (Phoenix Park)
Club Dub (Lexington)
Big Maracas (Lexington)
Apparitions (Lexington)
Big Fresh (Lexington)
The Features (Murfreesboro, TN)
Mad Shadows (Lexington)
First of an annual series of shows during Lexington's July 4 downtown celebration.
Rusuden (Lexington) Aug. 30, 2003
Ulysses (Lexington) Sept. 5, 2003
Local side project of Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo.
Los Lonely Boys (San Angelo, TX) Sept. 10, 2003
Karl Hendricks Trio Sept. 27, 2003
Gunshy (Matt Arbogast) (Lancaster, PA) Nov. 12, 2003
Emily Hagihara (Lexington) Nov. 12, 2003
Run Miss Scarlet Nov. 13, 2003
The Trouble With Sweeney (Pennsylvania) Nov. 20, 2003
2004 (not a complete list)
Butterfly Boucher (Australia/Nashville) March 5, 2004
Entertained a small but enthusiastic audience prior to opening up for the Barenaked Ladies later that night at Rupp Arena.
Wheelhorse (Frankfort) April 3, 2004
Jerry Belzak (Lexington)
Jerry made a ruturn appearance to our stage prior to a solid country-rock set by Wheelhorse. This show was during our 9th anniversary sale.
Emily Hagihara (Lexington) July 3, 2004
Wheelhorse
Ulysses
Summer Melts Faster
Elephants
Five great local acts made up the bill for our 2004 Independence Day event at Phoenix Park.
Kat Jones (Fresno, Cal.) Dec. 1, 2004
This singer-songwriter played some songs from her new CD La Rosa, La Calavera.
2005
Nakatani/Doneda/Wright Trio (New York) Jan. 25, 2005
Unstructured inprovisational jazz music with two horns and percussion. Part of the Outside the Spotlight music series.
Brassknuckle Boys (Lexington) Jan. 30, 2005
My Faceless Effigy (Lexington)
Amy Correia Feb. 9, 2005
Mosquitos (New York)
Amy opened the show with a selection of acoustic songs from her two outstanding CDs. The Mosquitoes followed with their unique Brazilian inflected indie-pop. Great band, great audience, great fun.
Four shows in a row for our 10th anniversary week:
The Elephants (Lexington) March 22
Heartless Bastards (Cincinnati) March 23
Sunday Valley (Lexington) March 24
Ben Lacy (Lexington) March 25
Black Keys (Akron, OH) April 20
Avett Brothers (North Carolina) May 17
Memorial Day Party, May 30
Scourge of the Sea
Elephants
Warmer Milks
Codes of Silence
INDEPENDENT MUSIC ON INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Giants! of Industry
Warmer Milks
Motel
ISWHAT?! (Cincinati)
Scourge of the Sea
Unwed Sailor (Chicago) August 20
Labor Day Party, Sept. 5
City Mouse
Heartthrob Jesus
A Nightmare & A Cataclysm
The Features (Murfreesboro, TN) Sept. 8
Taildragger (Lexington) December 9
2006
Jan. 14, 2006 The Apparitions (Lexington)
Jan. 28 Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kicking Team (Raleigh, NC)
Feb. 23 Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide (Nashville)
March 11 Hayseed Dixie (Nashville)
April 8 Sixth Floor (Lexington)
April 15 Scourge of the Sea (Lexington)
May 29 (Memorial Day)
The Electric Marmalade (the Lexington band, not the California band)
In Endeavors Italya
Caves/Ben Allen
The Nightshades
Heartthrob
July 1 Murder By Death (Bloomington, IN)
July 4 (downtown)
Oxford Farm Report
Petticoat, Petticoat
Heartthrob
The Rudies
The Yellowbelts
July 22 Lylas (Nashville)
August 12 Harlan (New York)
August 26 The Features (Murfreesboro, TN)
September 4 (Labor Day)
Sexual Disaster Quartet
Jimmy Carter Experience
The Infected
October 31 Lucky Stiffs (San Francisco)
November 1 Gringo Star (Atlanta)
Sovus Radio (Atlanta)
2007
Standards & Practices (Richmond, VA) Jan. 10, 2007
Hotpipes (Nashville) Jan. 19, 2007
Apples in Stereo (Lexington) Feb. 8, 2007
Charlie Louvin (Nashville) Feb. 26, 2007
Legendary member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Great Depression (Cincinnati) March 1, 2007
Lance Whalen (Nashville) March 15, 2007
Vandaveer (Lexington/Washington DC) April 28, 2007
Memorial Day Party - May 28, 2007
American Werewolves (Lexington)
Shivas Irons (Lexington)
The Infected (Lexington)
Guntown Mountain Tragedy (Lexington)
Cabin (Louisville) June 2, 2007
The Genders (Tel Aviv, Israel) June 28, 2007
Independence Day - July 4, 2007 (Phoenix Park)
The Swells (Lexington)
Big Fresh (Lexington)
Wussy (Cincinnati)
500 Miles to Memphis (Cincinnati)
In Endeavors Italya (Lexington)
Tommy Womack (Nashville) July 27, 2007
Labor Day Party - Sept. 3, 2007
Idaho, Alaska (Lexington)
The Tallboys (Lexington)
Sexual Disaster Quartet (Lexington)
Jason Isbell (Nashville) Oct. 19, 2007
Idaho, Alaska (Lexington) Nov. 28, 2007
Wax Fang (Louisville) Dec. 6, 2007
2008
Everyone Lives Everyone Wins (Lexington) Jan. 1, 2008
The Queers (San Francisco) Jan. 4, 2008
Cartridge Family (Raleigh, NC) Jan. 19, 2008
Hotpipes (Nashville) Feb. 9, 2008
Record Store Day - April 19, 2008
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Los Angeles)
Duke Spirit (London, England)
Tight Leather (Lexington)
People came from neighboring states to see this show, and were not disappointed. An amazing afternoon of music.
Nine Pound Hammer (Lexington/Nashville) May 23, 2008
Lexington punk legends finally play CD Central.
Memorial Day Party - May 26, 2008
Rainjunkies (Lexington)
Varsovia (Lexington)
Through Trials (Lexington)
Two Foot Yard (New York/California)
Middlefork (Lexington)
Ben Sollee (Louisville) June 10, 2008
We managed to snag Ben for a show on the day his CD was released nationally.
Independence Day - July 4, 2008 (Phoenix Park)
Ben Allen (Lexington)
Everyone Lives Everyone Wins (Lexington)
The Tallboys (Lexington)
Bedtime (Lexington)
De Novo Dahl (Nashville)
Tight Leather (Lexington)
Labor Day Party - Sept. 1, 2008
Sundown Service (Lexington)
Noisycrane (Lexington)
Living With Hermits (Lexington)
Candy (Lexington)
Sludge Puppies (Lexington)
Oxford Farm Report (Lexington) Oct. 12, 2008
All American Werewolves (Lexington) Oct. 12, 2008
We took advantage of a special-event street closing to have these bands play in the middle of South Limestone Street, literally. First time that bands have played in front of the store.
Daniel Martin Moore (Cold Spring, KY) Oct. 26, 2008
The Features (Murfreesboro, TN) Nov. 1, 2008
Angela Desveaux (Montreal, Canada) Dec. 5, 2008
2009
Pokey LeFarge (St, Louis) Jan. 23, 2009
N.E.C. (Atlanta) March 1, 2009
Jovontaes (Lexington) March 1, 2009
Mickey Clark (Louisville) April 4, 2009
Record Store Day - April 18, 2009
The Butchers (Lexington)
Robert Schneider (Lexington)
Chico Fellini (Lexington)
The Sundresses (Cincinnati)
Ben Sollee (Louisville)
Attempt (Lexington)
Memorial Day Party - May 25, 2009
Blue Suckers (Lexington)
Goldenrod (Lexington)
Spooky Q's (Lexington)
Alegionnaire (Somerset, KY)
Independence Day - July 4, 2009 (Phoenix Park)
Casino Versus Japan (Lexington/Milwaukee)
Matt Duncan (Lexington)
Chico Fellini (Lexington)
Moon Taxi (Nashville)
Tiny Fights (Lexington)
