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Paris'95 : we had a double slice of mediocrity with Eric Lapointe and John Bon Jovi.
Ugly, just ugly...

You had to sit thru Bad Jovi. I am sooooo sorry. But you lived!

Journey in 1981. Utterly horrific.

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Journey in 1981. Utterly horrific.

Yea, but it is quite a funny memory from Philly of being surrounded by a sea of raised middle fingers and so forth once they dared to proclaim themselves "the #1 band in America!"......at a Rolling Stones concert, no less! Ha!

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Journey in 1981. Utterly horrific.

Yea, but it is quite a funny memory from Philly of being surrounded by a sea of raised middle fingers and so forth once they dared to proclaim themselves "the #1 band in America!"......at a Rolling Stones concert, no less! Ha!

Saw then get booed off the stage in Buffalo 1981. A very nice memory.

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Prince - L.A. Coliseum, '81 (later came to appreciate him and his music)
Living Color - L.A. Coliseum, '89, bad sound, bad music.
Jakob Dylan - Dodger Stadium, '97, monotonous.
Sheryl Crowe - Several Licks shows, first time was ok, intolerable after that.
Starsailor - boring as hell, Amsterdam Arena & both London Twickenham shows, '03.

I was at those shows, and you're right.

Why was Sheryl Crowe intolerable?

As I said, she was ok the first time - but once was enough.
Intolerable might be too strong an adjective, but I couldn't endure her after the first time seeing her.
For the following shows she opened, I knew I had extra pre-show time to gear up for the Stones, so in that sense she was 'tolerable'.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Assuming, of course, that all these bands and artists are still alive, together, etc.

What kind of weekend music Festival could be created from the acts that you have seen open for the Rolling Stones? Which acts would be the "headliners," and which acts would be in, ahem, smaller print on the poster?

My Festival, after ten Stones shows, would be:

ETTA JAMES
THE METERS
WILCO
BRYAN ADAMS
THIRD EYE BLIND
COUNTING CROWS
LIVING COLOUR
ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES
SOULIVE

Not a bad weekend! What would yours be?

Seeing St Paul et al in Toronto in a few months. They impressed me mightily in Buffalo!

Robin Trower 1976 The Hague
The J.Geils Band
George Thorogood and the Destroyers Rotterdam 1982
Toten Hosen 1990 Cologne

George Thorogood
Beck
Living Color
St Paul & The Broken Bones


And others I'd have play at any festival (From SarsStock) who I guess could be termed as opening for the Stones:
ACDC
Guess Who
Blue Rodeo
Isley Bros

No one for 2013 & AWOLNATION in 2015... didn't see the 2015 act (it was storming earlier and drizzling then, and I just wanted to stay dry as long as I could), but I made up for it by seeing them a few weeks ago!

The two worst I ever saw was Spin Doctors ('94) and Three Doors Down ('97). Awolnation was pretty lame too but the wives loved Walk On The Moon. Both last year. Apparently, they recognized the hits. Living Colour opened every '89 show I saw and I have yet to find a memorable hook in their music. The Strokes were overblown as was Ryan Adams ('99), Maroon Five ('05) and Lenny Kravitz ('94). Counting Crows ('94) were @#$%& - or at least Adam was.

Among the best I ever saw in the modern era was Buddy Guy ('98), laser-like and focused, a six-string banshee. Not Buddy with ADD as is so often the case with him. Sadly he did not sit in with the Stones who were in a hurry to get out of the country before their visa expired. J. Geils and Tower of Power ('75) were terrific as was Santana ('81). Elvis Costello and the faux Attractions were great in '07 as was Tinarawin later that year

Eric Lapointe PARIS Longchamps 1995 AND laplace PARIS Olympia 1995 + Gun several times 1995

Living Colour rocks!

The Eagles, Dallas, 1975

Rufus Toronto 1975! At the time of course I had never heard of them or Chaka Khan.

Then of course there is the harsh truth for you Stones die-hards: AC/DC blew the Stones off the stage at SARS Toronto 2003. I was really surprised but Angus Young was absolutely on fire on his guitar. Then when the Stones came on they seemed lethargic and lackadaisical. That's just the way the cookie crumbled that day and evening.

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Seeing St Paul et al in Toronto in a few months. They impressed me mightily in Buffalo!

...and they're tonight's musical guest on Stephen Colbert.

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Peter Maffay - Munich 1982

In his own right he is a good musician and worth listening to, but it between the J. Geils Band and the Stones he was just the wrong choice for the occasion. He got booed, and people threw eggs and tomatos on the stage so he had trounble finishing the concert.

The same in Hannover 1982. He absolutely was the wrong choice.

John Mayer- Philly 2 nights!! I will have to look at my notes but I think it was 2003.
The Corrs- No Security- 1999
The Outlaws and Bobby Womack- 1975, Buffalo
Stevie Wonder- 1972
Alanis Morrisette- Albany- 2003
I think John Mayer topped all of them, personally. Bands like Living Colour played WAY too LOUD and the sound sucked and then there was Ryan Adams who got on top of the amps and SPIT down onto the audience--real class. THE WORST of ALL TIME, and I cannot believe the Stones would ever allow him to open ANYWHERE AGAIN for them, was Kanye! Vulgar, hideous, all ego NO TALENT AT ALL!