1. Tom Waits
2. Wilco
3. Department of Eagles

Venues: Red Rocks, Crystal Ballroom, The Gorge, Cat's Cradle

(northbound2718: I saw J. Tillman in July 2010 from the front row of The Troubadour, which is in Hollywood. Then I got to talk to him afterwards about all sorts of things and picked up some rare, hard to find albums of his for $5 a piece. It was awesome!)