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Old 02-28-2003, 09:31 AM   #1
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Bands/Groups that you've seen "live"...

The thread about who you wish you had seen made me think about all the folks I have seen.

Here are some:

Rock

Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent)
Cactus (with Jim McCarty)
Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs tour
Little Feat (with Lowell George)
Bonnie Raitt (back in '76)
Jackson Browne
David Bowie
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Iggy Pop and David Bowie
MC5
King Crimson - USA Live tour
Allman Brothers - without Duane
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps tour
Patty Smith - Horses tour
The Tubes
Black Flag
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Springsteen - Born to Run tour
Frank Zappa - Shut up and Play Your Guitar tour
Flo and Eddie - Illegal Immoral & Fattening tour
Led Zep - Song Remains the Same and also the No Quarter tour
Tower of Power - many times
Brian Auger
Brian Ferry - Bete Noire tour
Dixie Dregs
Duran Duran - Rio tour
Nickelback
Rolling Stones - Some Girls tour

Blues

BB King - about 30 times
Eric Clapton - a few times
Norton Buffalo - at leat 20 times
SRV - In Step tour
Albert Collins - some blues fest
Buddy Guy/James Cotton - at Buddy's joint in Chicago
Dakota Station
Elvin Bishop
Bryan Lee
Steve Miller - before he was a "pop star" he played a lot of blues

Jazz

Miles
Return to Forever
Weather Report
McCoy Tyner (several times)
Paula Bley
Hank Jones
Dexter Gordon
MJQ
Brecker Brothers
Tito Puente
Pieces of a Dream
Ron Carter
John Handy
Buddy Rich Big Band
Mingus Dynasty
Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd - several times
Frank Foster and the Count Basie Band
Marsalis Brothers - many times
VSOP w/ Herbie Hancock
Arthur Blythe
Don Byron

Country

Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Eddie Rabbitt
Asleep at the Wheel
George Jones
Conway Twitty
Boxcar Willie
Doug Kershaw
Garth Brooks
Marty Stuart
Travis Tritt
Bela Fleck (before he played jazz/fusion Flecktones shit)
David Grisman
Mel Tillis
Tanya Tucker
Dixie Chicks
The Judds
Charlie Daniels


I dunno, I just put this together over the past couple days... There are a bunch more I just can't think of...

Anybody give two hoots enough to add their own lists? LOL
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Old 02-28-2003, 09:47 AM   #2
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Gezz man ,, impressive line up !!!! Cactus !!! Little Feat!!! You old hippie!!
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Old 02-28-2003, 09:49 AM   #3
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Good lord! How could I remember all of them?

A partial list:

Butthole Surfers
Ministry
Revolting Cocks
Beat Farmers
Mojo Nixon
Henry Rollins
Rev. Horton Heat
Stray Cats
Nick Lowe
Robert Gordon
English Beat
Bangles
Wall of Voodoo
With Stan Ridgway, after Stan Ridgway and Stan Ridgway solo
Missing Persons
Dicks
Black Sabbath
Black Oak Arkansas
Seals and Crofts
Wishbone Ash
Yes
Doobie Brothers
Foreigner
Pat Travers
Sammy Hagar
Point Blank
Scorpions
Anthrax
Motorhead
Clash
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Talking Heads
Waylon Jennings
Bad Livers
Meatmen
Rigor Mortis
GWAR
Skatenigs
L7
Circle Jerks
Joe "King" Carrasco
? and the Mysterians
Sonic Youth
Smashing Pumpkins
Spin Doctors
Soul Assylum
Red Red Meat
Nirvana
Killbilly
Elvis Hitler
Jane's Addition
Siouxsie and the banshees
Fishbone
Living Color
Faith No More
The Mentors
Iggy Pop
Styx

that's all I can think of for now...
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Old 02-28-2003, 10:45 AM   #4
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1968 to 1970

Janis with Big Brother
Mountain
Chicago
Buddy Guy
Lee Michaels
Zappa and Mothers
Santana
Joe Cocker
Al Kooper
The Who
Hendrix (from a Distance)
BB King
Credence
Grand Funk
Rare Earth
Blood Sweat and Tears
Led Zepplin
Johnny Winter
Johnny Rivers
The Staple Singers
Allman Bros
Marshall Tucker
Miriam Makeba
Ravi Shankar
Poco
Steppenwolf
Linda Ronstadt

1971 to 1980

Greatful Dead
Dylan
The Band


1987 to 1995

Etta James
Aerosmith
Elton John

All I can remember right now.
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Old 02-28-2003, 01:08 PM   #5
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Woodstock

Janis & Big Brother.....met her before the show.....ugliest woman I ever laid lips to.

Hendrix at the Electric Factory in Philly first row on the floor right in front of him

Creedance......last show at Electric Factory.....I'm suprised I remember it

Tull

Santana

Clapton 6-7 times

BB King, twice, got to talk to him in dressing room after show, a real gentleman

Buddy Guy..... closed my eyes......I thought Jimi had come back from the dead

The Dead.......took my kid for her 13th birhtday

Allman Brothers the kid took me 50th birthday

Paul Simon

Dylan the kid took me 51st birthday

Others I can't remember.......for various drug induced reasons.
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Old 02-28-2003, 01:47 PM   #6
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Seems like I'm a tad younger than you all, but here are some of the best concerts I remember seeing.

Tool
NIN
Run DMC
Beasties
P-Funk
U2
Shat
Janes Addiction
Dancehall Night @ Sunsplash 91
Sublime
Deftones
DMX
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Old 02-28-2003, 04:25 PM   #7
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Kiss
Poco
Van Halen
Boston
The Outlaws
Traffic
Dave Matthews
Lover Boy
Van Halen
Eric Clapton
Foreigner
Elton John
Eric Clapton
The Doobie Brothers
Heart
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent
Blackfoot
Monster Magnet
Kid Rock
AC/DC
Matchbox 20
Mother's Finest
Steely Dan
Tom Petty
Don Henley

There are others, but the memory has erased some...
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Old 02-28-2003, 04:37 PM   #8
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just the BIGGIES...

Not by any means all, but most significantly: Jimi, Led Zep., Little Feat (w/ Lowell), Zappa, MC5, Tull, Trower, Genesis, Dead, Rod Stewart & Faces, Mountain, Weather Report, Jeff Beck, Springsteen, Jeff Airplane, Country Joe & the Fish, Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Who, Stones, Eagles, Van Morrison, Dylan, Allmans Bros., Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Toots & the Maytals, Albert Collins, Clapton, Santana, Mott the Hoople, Incredible String Band, Steve Miller, Albert King, Leon Russel, Beach Boys, John Prine, John Mayall, Peter Paul & Mary, Lovin' Spoonful, Alice Cooper, Flo & Eddie, The Band, Blind Faith and on & on... It's fair to say that I truly enjoy LIVE music! & Jimmy Buffett, Ringo, Bowie etc. etc.
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Old 02-28-2003, 09:23 PM   #9
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Born and raised in the midwest, we just didn't get some bands here. But if they got halfway close, I saw them.

Not as impressive as other lists, but here is what I can remember. It gets hazy...

Chicago
Doobie Brothers
Bob Seger
Eagles
Jackson Browne
Heart
BTO
Styx
Kansas
ELP
The Dead
Kiss
Billy Joel
ZZ Top
Elton John
Nugent - arena and guitar around a campfire
Santana
Tucker

Dizzy Gillespie
Count Basie
Weather Report
Joe Williams
Sarah Vaughan
Woody Herman

Hank Jr.
George Strait
Ricky Skaggs
Charlie Daniels Band
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Old 02-28-2003, 09:46 PM   #10
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The Kinks
Maynard Ferguson
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
Fabulous Thunderbirds
U2
REM
Smashing Pumpkins
Van Halen, Scorpions, et al (Monsters of Rock 1988)
Joe Walsh
Glen Frey
Spin Doctors
Midnight Oil
Screaming Trees
The Breeders
They Might Be Giants
Blind Melon
Green Day
Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, L7, Breeders, Nick Cave, George Clinton & P-Funk (Lollapalooza 1994)
Bruce Springsteen
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