There may be a thread on this already... but, oh well
Just thought I'd list all the artists/bands I went to see live back in the day...
No particular order, just as I'm remembering them, I'm sure I'll forget some, opening acts etc... memory foggy... a few are more recent
feel free to list yours...
Canned Heat (first ever -- El Paso, 1965??)
James Brown
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Bobby Vee
Si Zentner (military school graduation ball... lol)
Three Dog Night
Miles Davis
Chick Corea
Rolling Stones
Joe Cocker
Buddy Rich
Keb-mo
Boz Skaggs
Pharaoh Sanders
John Mayall
Wayne Shorter
Ray Charles
Johnny Rivers
Ike & Tina Turner
Roy Clarke
The Pretenders
Crosby Stills Nash Young
Iggy Pop
Ry Cooder
Johnny Winter
Leon Russell
Terry Reid
Janice Joplin
Stevie Wonder
Tanya Tucker
George Jones
Los Lonely Boys
Santana
Eric Clapton (Delanie & Bonnie)
Elvin Bishop
Charlie Musslewhite
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Jackson Browne
10 Years After
Kenny G
Mountain
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Grateful Dead
Dave Mason
The Who (Tommy)
Al Green
Jefferson Airplane
Savoy Brown
Temptations
BB King
Robert Cray
Los Lobos
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Neil Young
Albert King
Pink Floyd
Brad Paisley
Led Zeppelin
Mothers of Invention
Jethro Tull
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sting
A few glaring omissions... bands I wanted to see but never did for whatever reason.... Beatles, Hendrix, Traffic (Dear Mr Fantasy), The Kinks, Sonny Rollins, Coltrane, Van Morrison, Dylan, Police, Depeche Mode, Elton John
Best ever.... Oakland Coliseum 1969-- Rolling Stones/Ike & Tina/BB King
Runner up.. tough call...LA Sports Arena 1986 -- Pretenders/Iggy Pop or Miles Davis playing ******* Brew -- Fillmore West 1970 ish
Worst ever... Tingley Coliseum 2008 -- Trans Siberian Orchestra... friends dragged me to this... 3 hrs of my life I'll never get back.
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Just thought I'd list all the artists/bands I went to see live back in the day...
No particular order, just as I'm remembering them, I'm sure I'll forget some, opening acts etc... memory foggy... a few are more recent
feel free to list yours...
Canned Heat (first ever -- El Paso, 1965??)
James Brown
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Bobby Vee
Si Zentner (military school graduation ball... lol)
Three Dog Night
Miles Davis
Chick Corea
Rolling Stones
Joe Cocker
Buddy Rich
Keb-mo
Boz Skaggs
Pharaoh Sanders
John Mayall
Wayne Shorter
Ray Charles
Johnny Rivers
Ike & Tina Turner
Roy Clarke
The Pretenders
Crosby Stills Nash Young
Iggy Pop
Ry Cooder
Johnny Winter
Leon Russell
Terry Reid
Janice Joplin
Stevie Wonder
Tanya Tucker
George Jones
Los Lonely Boys
Santana
Eric Clapton (Delanie & Bonnie)
Elvin Bishop
Charlie Musslewhite
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Jackson Browne
10 Years After
Kenny G
Mountain
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Grateful Dead
Dave Mason
The Who (Tommy)
Al Green
Jefferson Airplane
Savoy Brown
Temptations
BB King
Robert Cray
Los Lobos
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Neil Young
Albert King
Pink Floyd
Brad Paisley
Led Zeppelin
Mothers of Invention
Jethro Tull
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sting
A few glaring omissions... bands I wanted to see but never did for whatever reason.... Beatles, Hendrix, Traffic (Dear Mr Fantasy), The Kinks, Sonny Rollins, Coltrane, Van Morrison, Dylan, Police, Depeche Mode, Elton John
Best ever.... Oakland Coliseum 1969-- Rolling Stones/Ike & Tina/BB King
Runner up.. tough call...LA Sports Arena 1986 -- Pretenders/Iggy Pop or Miles Davis playing ******* Brew -- Fillmore West 1970 ish
Worst ever... Tingley Coliseum 2008 -- Trans Siberian Orchestra... friends dragged me to this... 3 hrs of my life I'll never get back.
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