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Gazza
Cant really count Elvis, Bob Marley or The Beatles due to age (or in Elvis' case, geography)
Two 'coulda and shoulda' ones that stick out was passing up the opportunity to see Sinatra in Dublin in 1987 on the Main Event tour as I just assumed he was past it. The wife was more of a fan than me, although i grew to appreciate him more later on. As it turned out, everyone I did know who saw the gig said he was fantastic.
The other one was when The Highwaymen (Cash, Jennings, Nelson and Kristofferson) played Belfast around '91 and a guy in work who knew the promoter had some surplus tickets and offered me a couple. Again, whilst I liked Cash and always did, I wasnt a big fan of this sort of music at the time and declined. Never got to see Johnny.
Missing out on Ulster Hall shows by The Clash, Dr Feelgood, The Ramones and The Kinks around 1979-81 were gigs that in retrospect I should have tried to go to. I did see the Clash eventually but it was in 1984 and the Mk II version without Mick Jones.
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angee
Regrets--missed out on:
--Sinatra, well, yeah...I thought he was washed up by the late 80s too.
--Stevie Ray Vaughan...didn't know of him (!) until just before it was too late.
--Prince--sold out when I realized I should go to his show after the Rolling Stones
played MGM, Las Vegas.
Glad I saw:
--most recently, Leon Russell, fantastic, front row, in a small auditorium, a few months before he died.
--Johnny Cash, one of his last concerts, in Las Vegas couldn't see him from the back, but his voice was terrific.
--Ike and Tina Turner, with a friend who wanted to go when I was very young, very entertaining.
--Ray Charles, likewise, brilliant.
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SKILLS
I notice a lot of people have listed Dr Feelgood, i had occasion to hear the band, they played a local Cabaret Club called the Forge in Papakura, Auckland, NZ, Holds maybe 250 at a stretch, we couldn't get in, too young, so we parked a mates ute at the back of the venue and listened through the air vents, they were awesome, and the crowd went nuts for 2+ hours, it was on the back of "See You Later Alligator" which had been a huge hit locally.
So missed.
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Rockman
Mick Jagger .... The only Stone that I haven't met .. although have been on the dance-floor with the lad ..
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Rockman
I regret not being able to witness this.
Cameras were banned and security dudes prowlin'
everywhere but did manage to sneak one shot when
L'Wren Scott was out on the dance floor before Mick arrived ....