Pat Metheny Music from the front row

Front Row

More than 40 years with Pat Metheny 1980s–2026

From a 1994 CompuServe email to Pat, the opening night of The Way Up tour and the Orchestrion at the Hippodrome to a hand-clap “YEAH!” at Strathmore and a club night at Keystone Korner. One fan’s timeline, told from the seats closest to the stage.

1. Early 1980sA name before the music
2. 1986–1990Prelude: First Circle
3. 1991 and 1995In my own music
4. April 14 – August 16, 1994CompuServe, 1994: “Is this Patrick Bruce Metheny?”
5. November 23, 1997Lisner Auditorium and the bassoon promise
6. April 8 and 9, 2002Speaking of Now, two nights at Lisner
7. February 13, 2005The Way Up, opening night
8. 2005The Way Up Street Team
9. March 29, 2005Lisner Auditorium, backstage
10. October 20, 2010Orchestrion at the Hippodrome
11. February 28, 2014Unity Group at The Warfield
12. March 21, 2014Strathmore and fifteen seconds of fame
13. August 6, 2014Wolf Trap, Row A
14. August 6, 2014Backstage at Wolf Trap
15. September 19, 2022Keystone Korner, Baltimore
16. 2026Next: the Side-Eye III+ tour

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