Which Bands or Artist have you seen live?

[holy cow cm]

47 minutes ago, jerrybeirne said:

this has taken off more than "what was the first single you bought" a couple of days ago.

from seeing fledgling bands in salisbury city hall, 66/67 young pink floyds, small faces, the move, the kinks and the english birds, doing motown covers with ronnie wood on bass. etc.

then the blues boom, john mayall"s bluesbreakers , fleetwood mac, aynsley dunbar et al, the soul bands, geno washington, jimmy james and the vagabonds,  the alan bown set.

 

bath festival, knebworths, glastonburys the last night at fillmore east, blackbush, readings, 1975 mardi gras concert in new orleans, its all been great,

so many bands have been mentioned in this thread, some i had completely forgotten about, and it sounds like we all had a good time.

 

biggest regret, not going to the isle of white in 1970 to see and hear jimi hendrix, i was in southampton at the time.

he was n't as good as i hoped he would be,  james brown in sydney, never mind

 

and lets not forget all those great bands who play in our local pubs and clubs on friday and saturday nights who never made the big time.

 

do you believe in rock and roll, god damn right i do!

 

 

 

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I missed Hendrix, Zep, Toto, REO Speed Wagon, Rush, Hal and Oats, Blondie, Beatles, Doors together, Janis, Marley, Genesis, Skynrd, AC/DC and a bunch more. If now I only want to see the real deal so forget it. 

[holy cow cm]

27 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

I missed Hendrix, Zep, Toto, REO Speed Wagon, Rush, Hal and Oats, Blondie, Beatles, Doors together, Janis, Marley, Genesis, Skynrd, AC/DC and a bunch more. If now I only want to see the real deal so forget it. 

Add M Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, and then before that the Jackson 5, Al Green, Jethro Tull, Zapa, U2, Pink Floyd, Journey and my total failure to see Bowie AND missed Queen and I was trying but did not score a ticket to see Prince in SF. Total regret(s).. . My total regrets etc. But I did see Country Joe McDonald. Yikes. Missed a bunch of great ones . But caught a lot of fabulous ones. 

Edited May 9, 2020 by holy cow cm

[holy cow cm]

46 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Add M Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, and then before that the Jackson 5, Al Green, Jethro Tull, Zapa, U2, Pink Floyd, Journey and my total failure to see Bowie AND missed Queen and I was trying but did not score a ticket to see Prince in SF. Total regret(s).. . My total regrets etc. But I did see Country Joe McDonald. Yikes. Missed a bunch of great ones . But caught a lot of fabulous ones. 

Missed Chaka Kahn, but my close friend girl who was my band mate guitarist in a Blues Band started playing and hanging with John Lee Hooker and that's when Keith from the R S was hanging out in JLH's home being normal with Keith R.  Anyway my friend girl guitarist had many fun stories on that I can not tell you about. Sorry.

 

Any way she after ended up being Seattle's blues Guitarist of the year, +.

 

Back in the Day, California and Hillsborough or Burlingame, or San Mateo, or Belmont and San Carlos were there happening fun places. The Bay Area all in one was to much fun from Berkeley to Oakland to SF to Marin to Burlingame to San Jose to Menlo to Santa Cruz. Those were the days. 

 

 Primarily playing clubs and living in your home entertaining famous folk.  He was actually quite close with a group of musicians who were my close friends. back in that Bay area time.it too.

Edited May 9, 2020 by holy cow cm

[RuamRudy]

1 hour ago, jerrybeirne said:

biggest regret, not going to the isle of white in 1970 to see and hear jimi hendrix, i was in southampton at the time.

he was n't as good as i hoped he would be,  james brown in sydney, never mind

I was at Glastonbury in (I think) '94 and there was a buzz going round about this new band called Oasis that were meant to be pretty good - I passed on going to see them as there was a funk band called the Sandals that I wanted to see. The Sandals were <deleted>...

 

Before I became a fan, I turned down tickets to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor because I thought, solely from their name, they were a thrash metal band rather than the Canadian post-rock genii they actually are.

[Tie Dye Samurai]

Wendy O. Williams and The Plasmatics opened up for KISS...that was alot of noise and it was a sight to see a horde of 5 year olds in Kiss makeup being dragged up the stands and out to the corridor by white suburban Moms when Wendy O came out in her thong, leather jacket and spikes, blonde mowhawk and two pieces of electricians tape...singing about the birds and the bees...

[holy cow cm]

45 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

I was at Glastonbury in (I think) '94 and there was a buzz going round about this new band called Oasis that were meant to be pretty good - I passed on going to see them as there was a funk band called the Sandals that I wanted to see. The Sandals were <deleted>...

 

Before I became a fan, I turned down tickets to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor because I thought, solely from their name, they were a thrash metal band rather than the Canadian post-rock genii they actually are.

I saw them-OASIS in San Francisco eons ago. Great in a small hole in the wall club back then. They may even remember me from the crowd.  

[holy cow cm]

1 hour ago, holy cow cm said:

in a Blues Band started playing and hanging with John Lee Hooker

Sorry. She was in Our blues Band and then continued to play until shortly a bit after then we all went different directions. All good directions and played with some cool cats. .

[Captain Monday]

On 5/8/2020 at 1:08 PM, PatchinExPat said:

I was an EMT-Paramedic on the Shreveport fire Dept.

Later EMS supervisor, my uniform got me in many places

usually on a wing of the stage and back stage.

We always provided EMS for concerts, we had the Ambulances.

So I saw a lot. Some were not something I would have paid for.

Best.. Tina Turner, she could turn on an audience.

Saw The Who long ago.

George Jones, Merrill Haggard, The Silver Fox Charlie Rich

Motly Crew when the drummer's cage flipped upside down.

ZZ Top , wow! 

Joan Jett and the black hearts, she looked like a wet rat

when she came off stage. I stood guard on the restroom door

for her while she had a shower.

Poison

Rat

so many metal bands I can't remember.

Naomi Judd and her daughter.

Loretta Lynn

MC Hammer

Grew up with the The Uniques rock band based in Louisiana, with Joe Stampley

"Not Too Long Ago" and "All These Things"

Louisiana Mafia had string of clubs in Bossier City, called The Strip

right near the Texas line . Had all the usual mafia stuff going on.

They could get just a ton of acts in for their clubs back in the '50s

and '60s. Back when groups traveled the the circuit, basically for 

day money. Lots of '60s and '70's groups played the clubs.

Most of the clubs were burned out for insurance money in the

late '70s.

And Shreveport La had the Louisiana Hayride that rivaled Nashville

for being home to country singers in the '50s and '60s .

Where Elvis got his start, along with many others.

Great post. Shreveport is one of those towns I have been many times for 10 hours  as a pilot but not 

seen anything but a cheap hotel. As a student I worked as a limousine driver for a few years. The only time I got backstage was when I was driving a Japanese tycoon and his "escort" companion.

Rolling Stones Oakland Coliseum. (California) Epic experience.

[balo]

I am trying to remember , I was old enough in 1982 and most of the concerts happened in the 80¨s and 90's.   A mix of everything really. 

Rolling Stones 
Wings Paul McCartney
E.L.O 
Kim Wilde 
Pink Floyd 
Dire Straits 

U2
Dr Hook

10cc
Manfred Mann
Bruce Springsteen 
Michael Jackson
Depeche Mode
David Bowie 
The Cure

And I am sure I forgot some. 

 

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[ChipButty]

I see Little Richard has passed away RIP never saw him live 

[ChipButty]

2 hours ago, balo said:

I am trying to remember , I was old enough in 1982 and most of the concerts happened in the 80¨s and 90's.   A mix of everything really. 

Rolling Stones 
Wings Paul McCartney
E.L.O 
Kim Wilde 
Pink Floyd 
Dire Straits 

U2
Dr Hook

10cc
Manfred Mann
Bruce Springsteen 
Michael Jackson
Depeche Mode
David Bowie 
The Cure

And I am sure I forgot some. 

 

It's ok you can come back again ant special moments? We like to hear 

[ChipButty]

Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87

Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly,” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/little-richard-dead-48505/ 

[vogie]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I see Little Richard has passed away RIP never saw him live 

 

John Fogerty pays a great tribute to Little Richard in the Rolling Stone. "By the time [his] records ended, your jaw had dropped to the floor and you weren’t able to breathe,” Creedence Clearwater Revival founder says"

Scene from the movie 'The Girl Can't Help It' featuring Jayne Mansfield.

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-fogerty-little-richard-996838/amp/

 

 

[bert bloggs]

Saw many groups  back in the early 70s at the Roundhouse,(an old engine shed) in Camden town ,but one i really remembered was the Gratefull Dead ,they were good .,mind you in those days i was a "smoker" lol and every group was great . 

[ChipButty]

27 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

Saw many groups  back in the early 70s at the Roundhouse,(an old engine shed) in Camden town ,but one i really remembered was the Gratefull Dead ,they were good .,mind you in those days i was a "smoker" lol and every group was great . 

Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider

 

[ChipButty]

How many of guys ever saw these Womack & Womack - Love Wars (1983) I had the horn for her Linda Womack I found out she is Sam Cooke's daughter when you see her live horny as hell

 

 

[CraigInBangkok]

saw so many bands during the the late 80's to late 90's, some of my favourites were..

Pixies, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Pavement and the best were Rage Against the Machine(first album).

[ChipButty]

I went to see the Supremes including Diana Ross at the Odean in Manchester must have been the early 70"s utter garbage but one of the support bands was Bony M obviously befor the became famous they were brilliant 

 

[ChipButty]

Sunday morning in Thailand where else would you want to be? even though it's raining here in Phuket we needed it,

I think I've read every post and made some contributions and reminders lots of great post names from all over the world of music my guess is judging by the names being thrown around most of you guys are around 60 to 70 years old and have great memories.

What I did notice not much Reggie music and back in the 60's it was around albiet more underground I remember back in the 60"s when lots of Jamaicans came to Manchester for work and also brought their culture and music opened their own night clubs we used to call the "Blues" or "Shebeens" them guys smoked dope in industrial proportions, Anyway did any of you guys see this band they did a lot of touring around let me know what you think  

Toots and the Maytals? 

 

 

[ChipButty]

Toots gonna sing us through these tough Corona times. Spruce up your quarantine with a daily dose o Toots.

 

[holy cow cm]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider

 

CHIP? Really? I saw way too many shows GD and Jerry. Best time of my life. Bay Area and traveling in my teens

[n00dle]

23 hours ago, moogradod said:

Finally someone with the courage to tell the truth. I even cannot understand Bob on record ????. So many "great" names are by far overrated, like Joan Baez, Eric Clapton etc. And so many young talents unrecognized, such as Matteo Mancuso etc.

I was back stage when he played with tom petty at bc place vancouver in 1986.

 

He was driven around the stadium in an electric cart with a towel over his head that was only removed as he walked on stage.

 

Everyone backstage was informed not to look at or speak to bob, petty was walking around shooting the <deleted> and shaking hands.

 

Bobs performance was incomprehensible 

[luckyluke]

Rod Stewart with Carmine Appice on the drums.

[vogie]

Seen Billy Bragg a few times, although not a fan of his, my wife was. However he teamed up with Wilco and they got some unfinished Woody Guthrie songs off Woodys widow and finished them off and added their own tunes to them. The result was two great albums, Mermaid Ave Vol 1 and Vol 2.

 

 

[RuamRudy]

In 2001, before I moved to Thailand but visited frequently for work, I was walking in Silom one morning looking for breakfast when I spotted a signboard outside the Robinsons Dept Store on Silom Road and Rama IV advertising a concert by the Irish band Ash. I made a mental note to find out more after breakfast, but by the time I got back the signboard had gone. The next morning I read in the Bangkok Post that they had played a fantastic concert the previous evening. 

 

About a year later, again in Bangkok, reading the Post one morning, I checked the Whats On section as I normally did when I spotted an splash advertising another Ash concert for that evening (possiby in IMPACT but I cannot recall) so bought a ticket - and they were spectacular. The mostly Thai crowd really got behind them. 

 

 

[balo]

On 5/10/2020 at 1:34 AM, ChipButty said:

It's ok you can come back again ant special moments?

I was a confused teenager in the late 70's and it was a great time to be growing up, with punk, rock, disco, synth, it all happened around the same time.  

I went to most of the concerts when they visited my home town Oslo, but in 83 i moved to London for a year to study English and I was lucky enough to see Kim Wilde live. I was a big fan of her. I saw her again on her European tour many years later. 

But if you are talking about the biggest live experience I think Pink Floyd back in 1994, that was something special. 

[UbonThani]

Anyone seen Milli Vanilli? They were good

[ChipButty]

3 minutes ago, UbonThani said:

Anyone seen Milli Vanilli? They were good

But less than a year after Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus brandished their best new artist Grammys on national television in 1990, the world found out it wasn’t true after all — the pair never sang a note on their record and in concert.

The first public sign that the pair had been lip-syncing came during a Bristol, Connecticut performance that was broadcast live on MTV in July 1989. While performing the single, “Girl You Know It’s True,” the recording of the track jammed and skipped, repeatedly playing the partial lyric “Girl you know it’s…” over and over again. They continued to pretend to sing and dance for a few moments before rushing offstage.

[Crazy Alex]

On 5/7/2020 at 9:21 PM, bendejo said:

I lived in NYC while the Fillmore East existed, so saw lots of bands between 1968 and 1970.

 

When people ask how old I am, I sometimes reply "old enough to have seen Hendrix perform."

 

The two best shows I can recall:

Hendrix at an outdoor arena in summer 1968, at the old World's Fair grounds.  I managed to wheedle my way down to ground level within 30 feet of the stage.  Nothing on stage but guitar bass drums, and of course a few tons of amps -- amazed at the sound they came out with!

Bowie 1974, the Diamond Dogs tour.  Madison Square Garden, hate the place for music.  I was still a bit miffed at my then-wife for spending so much on the tickets (I think they were US$15 each) but we were in app. the 20th row from the stage.  It was actually a stage show, the backup singers were actually theatre performers.  I read somewhere, years later, that this tour was famous being successful (sold enough tickets) but still lost money.  Dave had to do another tour of the US a few months later, no-frills style, to pay the debt.

 

 

I saw David Bowie in Frankfurt 1982. Superb performer. I always thought describing it as a SHOW instead of concert.

[Crazy Alex]

Nazareth, AC/DC, Scorpions, Ozzy, Michael Schenker Group, Motley Crue, Kiss, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, 38 Special, Def Leppard...