In-Store Show Archive
CD Central's In-Store Show Hall of Fame
We made this list in 2010, so it only covers shows through the first half of CD Central’s existence. This list is not complete. If time allows, we’ll try to put together a list for the second half.
1997-1999 (at our South Hill Station address)
Birddog (Bill Santen) (Lexington)
+ Chris Mills (Chicago)
Our first show was a singer-songwriter doubleheader. The drummer for both was Glenn Kotche, who later became the drummer for Wilco.
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.
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
Alejandro Escovedo (Austin, TX) May 22, 1998
Paul K & the Prayers (Lexington) July 25, 1998
Johnny Socko (Ohio) Oct. 1, 1998
The Kentuckians (Lexington) Nov. 14, 1998
The Blacks (Chicago) Nov. 18, 1998
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.
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 Casio+vocals thing for a good sized crowd, one of our biggest to that time.
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.
Pontius CoPilot (Lexington)
Beth Burdon (Lexington)
Red Headed Stepchildren (Lexington)
1999 (at our 377 Limestone address)
Blue Dawg (Lexington)
Our private pre-opening party at the new location featured this local bluegrass band.
2000
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
2002
CD Central 7th anniversary open house – March 23, 2002
Birddog (Lexington)
Jerry Belzak and Ben Lacy (Lexington)
Charles Whittington and George Glasscock (Lexington)
The Swells (Lexington)
The Dangels (Lexington)
The Slip (Boston)
Kathleen Edwards (Canada) Oct. 8, 2002
+ Richard Buckner (California)
Club Dub (Lexington)
2003
Deadnecks (Lexington) Feb. 7, 2003
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
Flaherty/Corsano (New England) Feb. 19, 2003
Cory Branan (Mississippi) April 11, 2003
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 (partial list)
Butterfly Boucher (Australia/Nashville) March 5, 2004
Wheelhorse (Frankfort) April 3, 2004
+ Jerry Belzak (Lexington)
Independence Day - July 3, 2004 (Phoenix Park)
Emily Hagihara (Lexington)
Wheelhorse (Lexington)
Ulysses (Lexington)
Summer Melts Faster (Lexington)
Elephants (Lexington)
Kat Jones (Fresno, Cal.) Dec. 1, 2004
2005
Nakatani/Doneda/Wright Trio (New York) Jan. 25, 2005
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)
CD Central 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, 2005
Avett Brothers (North Carolina) May 17, 2005
Memorial Day Party - May 30, 2005
Scourge of the Sea (Lexington)
Elephants (Lexington)
Warmer Milks (Lexington)
Codes of Silence (Lexington)
Independence Day - July 4, 2005 (Phoenix Park)
Giants! of Industry (Lexington)
Warmer Milks (Lexington)
Motel (Lexington)
ISWHAT?! (Cincinnati)
Scourge of the Sea (Lexington)
Unwed Sailor (Chicago) August 20
Labor Day Party - Sept. 5, 2005
City Mouse (Lexington)
Heartthrob Jesus (Lexington)
A Nightmare & A Cataclysm (Lexington)
The Features (Murfreesboro, TN) Sept. 8
Taildragger (Lexington) December 9
2006
The Apparitions (Lexington) Jan. 14, 2006
Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kicking Team (Raleigh, NC) Jan. 28, 2006
Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide (Nashville) Feb. 23, 2006
Hayseed Dixie (Nashville) March 11, 2006
Sixth Floor (Lexington) April 8, 2006
Scourge of the Sea (Lexington) April 15, 2006
Memorial Day Party, May 29, 2006
The Electric Marmalade (the Lexington band, not the California band)
In Endeavors Italya (Lexington)
Caves/Ben Allen (Lexington)
The Nightshades (Lexington)
Heartthrob (Lexington)
Murder By Death (Bloomington, IN) July 1, 2006
Independence Day - July 4, 2006 (Phoenix Park)
Oxford Farm Report (Lexington)
Petticoat, Petticoat (Lexington)
Heartthrob (Lexington)
The Rudies (Lexington)
The Yellowbelts (Lexington)
Lylas (Nashville) July 22, 2006
Harlan (New York) Aug. 12, 2006
The Features (Murfreesboro, TN) August 26, 2006
Labor Day Party, Sept. 4, 2006
Sexual Disaster Quartet (Lexington)
Jimmy Carter Experience (Lexington)
The Infected (Lexington)
Lucky Stiffs (San Francisco) Oct. 31, 2006
Gringo Star (Atlanta) Nov. 1, 2006
+ 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)
The very first Record Store Day!
Nine Pound Hammer (Lexington/Nashville) May 23, 2008
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
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.
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)
Cursive (Omaha, NE) Aug. 11, 2009
Those Darlins (Murfreesboro, TN) Aug. 16, 2009
Labor Day Party - Sept. 7, 2009
The Yesterday Trees (Georgetown, KY)
J. Marinelli (Lexington)
Vandaveer (Washington DC/Lexington)
Living With Hermits (Lexington)
Sludge Puppies (Lexington)
Rainjunkies (Lexington) Oct. 10, 2009
Wussy (Cincinnati) Oct. 10, 2009
2010
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore (Louisville/Cold Spring, KY) Feb. 16, 2010
A superb and well-attended show celebrating the release of their Sub-Pop album "Dear Companion", with accompaniment by violinist Cheyenne Mize.
Lions Rampant (Cincinnati) April 3, 2010
CD Central Family Jam Series
All bands featured past and present CD Central staff members.
Beast Per Minute (Lexington) April 12, 2010
Helium Three (Lexington) April 13, 2010
Cross (Lexington) April 13, 2010
All American Werewolves (Lexington) April 14, 2010
Casino Versus Japan (Lexington) April 15, 2010
Generationals (New Orleans, LA) April 16, 2010
Record Store Day - April 17, 2010
Contra-punctus (Lexington)
Rough Customers (Lexington)
Wooden Wand (Lexington)
Coralee & the Townies (Lexington)
Rachael Sage (New York, NY)
Vicious Guns (Toronto, CAN)
Memorial Day Party - May 31, 2010
Bleats (Lexington)
Royal Batfangs (Lexington)
Idiot Glee (Lexington)
Butchers (Lexington)
Independence Day - July 3, 2010 (Phoenix Park)
Bleats (Lexington)
Randy Tuesday & the Two Two Tuesdays (Lexington)
Ford Theatre Reunion (Lexington)
Rough Customers (Lexington)
Frank Rocket (Lexington)
Ravenna Colt (Louisville) July 7, 2010
Rusty Doves (Utica, NY) Aug. 20, 2010
JJ Grey (Jacksonville, FL) Sept. 3, 2010
Labor Day Party - Sept. 6, 2010
Futonics (Lexington)
Middlefork (Lexington)
Prometheus (Lexington)
Shemale Fiesta (Lexington)