The Original BLASTERS (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor) 1979 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Frank Furillo)     (this list from 1979-95 is not complete) 3/17    Randy Colman's wedding 4/21    Huntington Beach CA at Mike George's wedding1980 1980 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman) 7/       Oakland CA at Colesium (opening For Queen) 10/3   NYC at Danceteria 1981 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor) 4/         NYC at Peppermint Lounge 10/14   St Louis MO at Mississippi Nights 10/15   Kansas City MO at Parody Hall 10/16   Indianapolis IN at Crazy Al's 10/17   Detroit MI at Trax's 10/19   Anna Arbor MI at Second Chance 10/20   Columbus OH at Crazy Mama's 10/23   Milwaukee WI at Starship 10/24   Chicago IL at Misfits 10/27   Madison WI at Merlin's 10/29   Cincinatti OH at Bogarts 10/30   Pittsburgh PA at The Deacde 11/3     Hollywood CA at Whiskey A Go Go 11/4     Los Angeles CA at Ashgrove (Taping Evening at Improv TV show) 11/7     NYC at Mudd Club 11/13   Wash DC at The Bayou 11/14   Philadelphia PA at East Side 11/18   Concord NH at Concord Theatre 12/4     Santa Monica CA at McCabes (Phil and Gene solo acoustic) 1982 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor, Lee Allen, Steve Berlin) 1/7    Hollywood CA at The Roxy 1/21  Las Vegas NV at Desert Inn Hotel 1/14   Palo Alto CA at the Keystone 1/24   Hollywood CA at The Whiskey A Go Go 2/20   Resida CA at The Country Club 2/24   Chicago IL at The Metro (taping of PBS Soundstage TV special) 3/       Roslyn NY at My Fathers Place 3/11   NYC at Mudd Club 3/12   NYC at The Ritz 3/13   NYC at The Ritz 3/27   Hollywood CA at The Roxy 4/3     Boulder CO at the Boulder Theater 5/22   London England at The Venue (recording of 'Live At The Venue' album) 5/24   Amsterdam Holland at Paradiso (with Bo Diddley) 7/10   Hollywood CA at Clun Lingerie (The Blasters backing Hank Ballard) 8/8     Santa Barbara CA 8/14   Berkely CA at The Greek 8/21   San Pedro CA at Harbor Free Clinic Benefit 8/25   Watsonville CA at Fairgrounds (opening for the Go Gos) 8/27   San Francisco CA at Kabuki 9/9    NYC at Bottom Line 9/10   Philadelphia PA at Ripleys 9/24   NYC at Peppermint Lounge 9/25   NYC at Peppermint Lounge 12/11 San Francisco CA at Civic auditorium 1983 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor, Lee Allen, Steve Berlin) 3/13  Portland OR at Euphoria Tavern 3/17  Cotati CA at Cotati Caberet 3/18  Santa Cruz CA at Catalyst 3/21  San Jose CA at Saddlerock 4/1    Los Angeles CA at Universal Amphitheater 4/21  NYC at The Ritz 4/28  Philadelphia PA at Ripleys 6/      tour opening for Eric Clapton 6/24   Hollywood CA at The Palace 7/6-7  Milwaukee WI at Summerfest 7/10   Milwaukee WI at Summerfest 8/6     Cleveland OH at Agora Ballroom 8/22   San Francisco CA at Kabuki 8/24   Santa Cruz CA at Catalyst 9/9     NYC at The Bottom Line 9/23   Los Angeles CA at Rainbow Cross Sq. Convention Center (co-headline with 'X') 10/15 Hollywood CA at Club Lingerie (The Blasters back up Big Joe Turner) 12/31 Santa Cruz CA at Catalyst 1984 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor, Lee Allen, Steve Berlin) 1/1    Los Angeles CA at Music Machine (with Los Lobos) 4/11  Santa Cruz CA at Catalyst 4/      Palo Alto CA at The Keystone 7/1    Minneapolis MN at ? 7/4-5 Milwaukee WI at Summerfest 7/7    Hollywood CA at The Palace 8/11  Santa Monica CA at McCabes 8/18  Santa Monica CA at McCabes (Phil and Bill acoustic) 9/      San Francisco CA at The Stone 9/12  Santa Cruz CA at Catalyst 9/30  Wash DC at The Bayou 10/5  NYC at The Ritz 10/6  NYC at The Ritz 10/11 Philadelphia PA at Chestnut Cabaret 10/13 Providence RI at The Living Room 10/14 Syracuse NY at The Metro 10/22 Columbus OH at Alrosa Villa 11/28 Austin TX at Steamboat 11/30  Houston TX at Fitzgeralds 1985 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor, Lee Allen, Steve Berlin) 1/11  Hollywood CA at The Palace 1/12  Hollywood CA at The Palace 1/19  Long Beach CA at Fenders Ballroom 2/21  Los Angeles CA at Sports Arena (opening for the Kinks) 3/15  Palo Alto CA at The Keystone 3/27  NYC at Folk City (Phil solo, Dave  on 4 songs) 3/29  NYC at The Ritz (with Dwight Yokam) 3/30  NYC at The Ritz (with Dwight Yokam) 4/1    Philadelphia PA at The Spectrum (opening for George Thouroughgood) 4/2    Levittown NY at Spit 4/26  Denver CO at Rainbow Music Hall 5/1    Seattle WA at Paramount Theater (opening for the Kinks) 5/22  Austin TX at Austin Opera House 5/27  Atlanta GA at Moonshadow 6/      NYC 6/5     Wash DC at Ontario Theatre 8/12   Finland 8/17   Loreli Essen Germany at Rockpalast 9/11  Watsonville CA at Santa Cruz Fairgrounds 9/15   Long Beach CA at Bluesfest 9/22   University of Illinois Farm Aid I 9/28   Los Angeles CA at L.A. Street Scene 10/5   Ballard WA at The Backstage 10/14 Winnepeg Manitoba at Rendevous 10/23 Montreal Canada at Le Club Montreal 10/25 NYC at The Ritz 10/26 NYC at The Ritz 10/31 Philadelphia PA at Chestnut Cabaret 1986 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Lee Allen) 1/        Hollywood CA at Club Lingerie (Ricky Nelson Tribute) 2/14    San Juan Capistrano at The Coach House 2/24    Albuquerqe NM at Graham Central Station 2/26    Denver CO at The Rainbow 2/28    Overland Park KS at ?? ( 2 shows) 3/1      Oklahoma City OK at Doc Severinsen's 3/5      Dallas TX at Fast And Coo 3/6     Austin TX at Fast And Cool 3/7-8  Houston TX at Fitzgerald's.(w/Joe Ely) 3/11   New Orleans LA at Jimmy's 3/13   Cocoa Beach FL at Brassy's 3/15   Ft Lauderdale FL at. (rained Out) 3/18   Columbia SC at Rockefella's 3/19   Charlotte NC at Kidnappers 3/20   Richmond VA at Cellar Door 3/21   Charlottesville VA at Univ. of Virginia 3/23   Chicago IL at the Cellar Door 3/24   Wash DC at The Bayou  (2 shows) 3/25   Norfolk VA at King's Head Inn 3/28-29   New York City at The World (w/ Lee Allen and Steve Berlin) (Dave's last Blasters show) 12/26  Hollywood CA at The Palace 1987 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Lee Allen) 1/22    Arezzo Italy at Teatro Politeam 1/23    Modori Italy at Modone 1/25    Rimini Italy at Slego Club 1/28    Modena Italy 1/31    Naples Italy at Teatro Tenda Partenope Palatenda 2/2      Madrid Spain at Astoria Club 2/5      London UK at Mean Fiddler 2/7      Bremen Germany at Schauburg 1992 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman) 4/17     Los Angeles CA at Hollywood Palladium (Barbara Boxer benefit) 1993 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Dave Carrol, Rick Solem) 6/11     Long Beach CA at Bogarts 2002 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor) 3/6       San Diego CA at 4th And B 3/7       Santa Ana CA at Galaxy Theatre 3/8       Hollywood CA at House Of Blues 3/9       San Francisco CA at Slims 3/10     Petaluma CA at Mystic Theatre 6/11     Hollywood CA at House Of Blues (recording Trouble Bound Live album) 9/1       Norden CA( near Lake Tahoe NV) at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort 10/30   Downey CA at Rio Hondo Country Club Johnie's Broiler Benefit (Original Four Blasters) 11/6     Chicago IL at Fitzgeralds  11/7     Chicago IL at Fitzgeralds      11/8     Cleveland OH at Beachland Ballroom  11/9     Cincinatti OH at Bogarts 11/11   Annapolis MD at Rams Head Tavern    11/13   Alexandria VA at The Birchmere 11/14   Philadelphia PA at Theater of Living Arts 11/16   Boston MA at The Paradise  (Original Four Blasters) 11/18   New York City at BB Kings    11/30   Petaluma, CA   at Mystic Theatre   12/1     Santa Cruz CA at Catalyst      12/2     Sacramento CA at Boardwalk   12/04   San Francisco, CA  at Great American Music Hall    12/05   Santa Ana, CA  at Galaxy Theatre   12/06   Ventura, CA   at Ventura Theatre     12/09   Vancouver, BC at Commodore Ballroom      12/10   Seattle WA at Crocodile Cafe     12/11   Portland, OR at Aladdin Theater     12/13   San Diego CA at (cancelled) 12/14   West Hollywood, CA  at House Of Blues   2003 (Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman, Gene Taylor) 7/17     Chiari (Brescia), Italy at Palasport (Palazzetto) 7/18     Lerici (La Spezia), Italy at Piazza Della Rotunda (SP) 7/20     Peer, Belgium at Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival   7/21     Amsterdam, The Netherlands at Paradiso Club  7/24     Madrid Spain at El Sol 7/25     Bilboa, Spain at Azkena  7/26     Gijon Spain at Teatro Albeniz 7/28     Glasgow Scotland at Renfrew Ferry  7/29     London England at Dingwalls  7/30     London England at Dingwalls 8/13     Santa Ana CA at Galaxy Theatre (taping for 'Going Home' DVD) 9/4       Long Beach CA at Blues fest (Original 4 Blasters and Keith Wyatt)