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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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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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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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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. |
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. |
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 |
02-28-2003, 04:25 PM | #7 |
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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... |
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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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 |
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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