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northof49
Too many to get them all and thanks to all of those above for jogging my memory:
James Brown
The Supremes with Diana Ross
The Temptations
The Four Tops
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
Paul Butterfield w. Michael Bloomfield
Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite
Three Dog Night
Janis Joplin
Mountain (Leslie West)
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
Moby Grape
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Gordon Lightfoot
Rosanne Cash
Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers w. Mick Taylor before he was a Stone
The Allman Brothers w. Duane Allman
Frank Sinatra - My Dad wasn't interested in going so i tagged along as my mother's date.
The Who w. and w/o Keith Moon
Pink Floyd, once only - They played a show in a small Montreal hockey arena in quadraphonic sound, performed the entire Meddle album, vast amounts of hashish in the air that night. 1971
Bowie
Heart
George Thorogood
Garland Jeffreys
Bonnie Raitt
Springsteen
Genesis w. Phil
John Cougar
Stevie Wonder
Jethro Tull
Van Morrison
The Flatlanders
Dire Straits
John Fogerty w. son Shane
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Burdon and the Animals
The Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent)
John Prine
The Kinks
The Eagles - the original group
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan and the Band
The Band
Johnny Winter w. Rick Derringer
Eric Clapton
James Cotton Blues Band
Traffic
ZZ Top
Pretenders
Georgia Satellites
Springsteen
Bon Jovi w. Poison - The Nephew was in town :-)
Tom Petty
Jeff Beck
Los Lobos
John Hiatt
Ry Cooder
Ten Years After
Chicago
The Dixie Chicks
Elvis Costello
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Jimmy Buffet
Roger Hodgson
Elton John
Boz Scaggs
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
Doobie Brothers
Rod Stewart
Stones-Have seen them at least once in every decade since the 60's excluding this one of course.
My apologies if any repeats.
Ones i didn't see but would have liked to:
Steve Miller
Bob Seger
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Prince
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
Michael Jackson
Simon and Garfunkel
Mamas and the Papas
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northof49
Too many to get them all and thanks to all of those above for jogging my memory:
James Brown
The Supremes with Diana Ross
The Temptations
The Four Tops
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
Paul Butterfield w. Michael Bloomfield
Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite
Three Dog Night
Janis Joplin
Mountain (Leslie West)
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
Moby Grape
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Gordon Lightfoot
Rosanne Cash
Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers w. Mick Taylor before he was a Stone
The Allman Brothers w. Duane Allman
Frank Sinatra - My Dad wasn't interested in going so i tagged along as my mother's date.
The Who w. and w/o Keith Moon
Pink Floyd, once only - They played a show in a small Montreal hockey arena in quadraphonic sound, performed the entire Meddle album, vast amounts of hashish in the air that night. 1971
Bowie
Heart
George Thorogood
Garland Jeffreys
Bonnie Raitt
Springsteen
Genesis w. Phil
John Cougar
Stevie Wonder
Jethro Tull
Van Morrison
The Flatlanders
Dire Straits
John Fogerty w. son Shane
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Burdon and the Animals
The Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent)
John Prine
The Kinks
The Eagles - the original group
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan and the Band
The Band
Johnny Winter w. Rick Derringer
Eric Clapton
James Cotton Blues Band
Traffic
ZZ Top
Pretenders
Georgia Satellites
Springsteen
Bon Jovi w. Poison - The Nephew was in town :-)
Tom Petty
Jeff Beck
Los Lobos
John Hiatt
Ry Cooder
Ten Years After
Chicago
The Dixie Chicks
Elvis Costello
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Jimmy Buffet
Roger Hodgson
Elton John
Boz Scaggs
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
Doobie Brothers
Rod Stewart
Stones-Have seen them at least once in every decade since the 60's excluding this one of course.
My apologies if any repeats.
Ones i didn't see but would have liked to:
Steve Miller
Bob Seger
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Prince
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
Michael Jackson
Simon and Garfunkel
Mamas and the Papas
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slew
Aerosmith - 3
Aretha Franklin - 1
Bo Diddley - 1
Bob Dylan - 3
Bob Seger - 2
Bruce Springsteen - 6
Bryan Adams - 1
Carl Perkins - 1
Cheap Trick - 1
Chuck Berry -2
CSN - 2
CSNY - 2
Dave Mason -1
Dire Straits -1
Eagles - 1
Elton John - 1
Eric Clapton - 5
Everly Brothers - 1
Fats Domino - 1
Genesis - 1
George Thorogood - 4
Heart - 1
J Geils Band - 2
James Brown - 1
Jerry Lee Lewis - 2
Jethro Tull - 3
John Mayall - 1
John Mellencamp - 2
Johnny Rivers -
Keith Richards - 2
The Kinks - 4
Lenny Kravitz - 2
Little Richard - 1
Moody Blues - 3
Neil Young - 5 or 6
Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Paul MCCartney - 2
Pete Townshend - 1
The Police - 1
Robert Plant - 1
John Entwistle - 1
Ron Wood and Bo Diddley - 1
Roy Orbison - 1
The Rolling Stones - 25
Ryan Adams - 1
Paul Simon - 1
Steely Dan - 1
Stray Cats - 1
Georgia Satellites - 1
Living colour - 3
Steve Miller Band - 2
Paul Rogers - 1
Pink Floyd - 1
Tom Petty - 3
U2 - 1
Van Morrison - 1
The Who - 7
ZZ Top - 1
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Midnight Toker
Rolling Stones-14X
Aerosmith 4X
Queen-2X
Led Zeppelin-1x
Plant/Page-1X
AC/DC-2X
John Fogerty-2X
John Mellencamp-1X
Pink Floyd-1X
Roger Waters-2X
Fleetwood Mac-3X
Bob Seger-1X
Roxy Music-2X
Bryan Ferry-2X
Rod Stewart-4X
Robin-Trower-2X
Jethro Tull-1X
Cheap Trick-2X
Foreigner-2X
Heart-1X
Santana-1X
Eddie Money-2X
Paul McCartney-2X
Pearl Jam-3X
Neil Diamond-2X
U2-4X
David Bowie-1X
Lenny Kravitz-2X
Mick Taylor-!X
Chuck Berry-1X
Warren Zevon-1X
Lou Reed-1X
Ian Hunter w/Mick Ronson-2X
Sheryl Crow-2X
Eagles-1X
Joe Cocker-1X
Buddy Guy-3X
Red Hot Chili Peppers-2X
Chris Isaak-2X
Tina Turner-1x
Doobie Brothers- 3X
Ted Nugent-3X
Rush-1X
Linda Ronstadt-1X
The Kinks-2X
Guns & Roses-1X
The Who-1X
Black Sabbath-1X
Journey-1X
Deep Purple-X
Robert Plant-1X
REM-2X
ZZ Top-1X
UFO-3X
Tom Petty-Heartbreakers-2X
The Police/Sting-2X
Annie Lennox-1x
Echo & Bunnymen-2x
Oasis-1X
Peter Gabriel-1X
Phil Collins-1X
Motley Crue-1X
and 75 more.
Wish List-Ringo Starr,Grateful Dead, Soundgarden,Metallica,SRV.
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ChrisL
Some of the concerts, in no particular order, I have seen ...
x = multiple times
The Rolling Stones-x, Pink Floyd-x, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Who-x, Black Sabbath-x, Jethro Tull, Van Morrison-x, Bob Dylan-x, Johnny Cash-x, Eric Clapton-x, Steve Winwood-x, Clapton-Winwood-x, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson-x, ELP (with Powell), Robert Palmer, Deep Purple-x, Rainbow, Carole King, Don Henley, Whitesnake-x, Kiss-x, Peter Gabriel, Nana Mouskouri, George Dalaras-x, REM, Joe Cocker, Sixto Rodriguez-x, William Bell, Lisa Fisher-x, Ronnie Wood-x, Keith Richards, Led Zeppelin, Pretenders, Guns N Roses (opening for Stones)-x, Anderson-Wakeman-Rabin, Roger Waters-x, John Fogerty, Steve Miller Band, Sensational Space Shifters, Pretty Things, Bill Wyman Rhythm Kings-x, Little Feat-x, Long Ryders, Bruce Springsteen-x, Little Steve-x, Southside Johnny, David Gilmour, Supertramp, Roger Hodgson, Gregg Allman, Steppenwolf, Locomondo-x, Samantha Fish-x, Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion-x, U2-x, Steely Dan, Nick Mason, Mick Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder.
I'm sure there are more.
As for the ones I missed seeing, anyone not on the above list!
@ChrisL
Were any of these concerts from the 60's? (Floyd, Beach Boys, Stones, LZ, Who)
I like how you've seen the single acts, ie, Ricahrds, Wilson, Gilmour, Waters, Fogerty, Wyman, Taylor & Nick Mason etc!
Gilmour vs. Waters, who was better?
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FancyBluesMan
Hey ChrisL...
After reading about your Roger Waters/Civic Center escapades, I had to ask...were you a Rhode Island resident by any chance?
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FancyBluesMan
Greetings from a fellow Rhode Islander Chris! I lived in Woonsocket until moving to the San Diego area back in 1981. Ah...Pawtucket. I used to work at the Star Market on Barton Street back in the day. It's a shame the Red Sox chose to abandon McCoy Stadium; went to a few games there myself. Also spent some time shopping at APEX too.
Before relocating to California, I saw quite a few shows at the Loew's State Theatre and Providence Civic Center, with a couple of forays to the Boston Garden. Highlight was obviously my first concert...at the age of ten: the Stones at Loew's in 1964.
It was pure pandemonium: fans standing on their seats and screaming at the top of their lungs...same thing we'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show when the Beatles or Stones would appear. The boys were on stage for less than thirty minutes...I think they played maybe a half-dozen songs...as the local authorities were afraid of a riot breaking out and cut the performance short.
I would have quoted your response but I'm not sure how...or if it's possible to do so on my iPad. Enjoyed the conversation; chat with you again sometime.
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FancyBluesMan
Hello Chris...
Don't want to hijack the thread but since you brought up Lajoie and Hartnett, I thought I'd mention ex-Brooklyn/LA Dodger pitcher Clem Labine, who was born in Lincoln, RI, but grew up in Woonsocket. My Dad, who spent some time in the minor leagues (Cardinals), had played some ball with Clem.
After Clem retired from baseball, he returned to Woonsocket where he worked for a local athletic apparel manufacturer. He was also a regular customer of my Dad, a tailor, and I got to meet him on a couple of occasions.
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@Paddy
If you like Radiohead, I think you'd love Muse...I've ranked them #11 on my all-time list (just ahead of Bob Marley & Nirvana), so pretty lofty company. Literally everything they do is very good to great. Absolution is probably their best LP, but that case could be made for numerous albums.
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MadMax
Stones 33 shows
Oasis 18 shows
The Who 1 show
Bob Dylan 3 shows
Guns n Roses 2 shows
Manics 1 show
Stone Roses 1 show
Bruce Springsteen 3 shows
Blur 1 show
T-Model Ford 1 show
Wilson Pickett 1 show
Robert Plant 2 shows
Jimmy Cliff 1 show
Solomon Burke 1 show
Eddie Floyd 1 show
Ozzy Ozbourne 1 show
The Roots 1 show
Sam Moore 1 show
U2 3 shows
Deep Purple 1 show
Suede 1 show
Liam Gallagher 1 show
Noel Gallagher 1 show
Kris Kristoferson 1 show
Iggy Pop 1 show
Status Quo 1 show
Mick Taylor 1 show
Paul McCartney 2 shows
Hellacopters 2 shows
Backyard Babies 2 shows
The Hiss 1 show
Judas Priest 1 show
Nine Inch Nails 1 show
Queens of the stone age 1 show
Marilyn Manson 2 shows
Van Morrison 1 show
Morrissey 1 show
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bob r
Seen:
George Harrison x2
Paul Mccartney x2
Ringo x2
The Stones x3
Dylan x3
T Rex
Richard Thompson x10
Peter Wolf x12
J Geils x2
Tom Rush x10
Marty Stuart x6
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bob Marley & Wailers x2
Toots & the Maytals
The Band
Levon Helm x5
Elvis Costello
Lucinda Williams
Shawn Colvin
Amanda Shires
Nick Lowe x3
Carlene Carter
The Kinks x2
Dave Mason
The Greatful Dead
Kris Kristofferson
Ry Cooder
Ricky Skaggs
Vince Gill
Amy Grant
The Allman Bros x2
Bruce Springsteen & E street x3
Jessie Winchester
Margo Price
Emmylou Harris
John Hiatt
Jamey Johnson
Jack White
The Raconteurs
Steven Curtis Chapman
Richie Havens
The Temptations
Beach Boys x2
Eddie Kendricks
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Chester
Seen:
Elvis (April 29, 1977, Duluth, Mn. when I was in fifth grade.)
Stones (1989, 1994, 2005, 2015 with daughter who was in fifth grade)
McCartney (2002, 2005 - fell onstage - 2013, 2017)
Dylan (1986, 2003)
k.d. lang singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics; easily one of best things I've seen in my life.
Springsteen (2008,2014)
Grateful Dead (with Jerry; 1986, 1988)
Prince (2004)
Queen (plus Lambert; 2019)
Tom Petty (1986)
Van Halen (2015; DLR fell onstage)
Taylor Swift (2015; took my kids, surprisingly good)
Wish I'd seen:
Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special
Could have seen, but didn't go because it was a school night:
The Kinks (1981)
Missed:
Zeppelin (though I was once alone in a Toronto hotel elevator with Jimmy Page).
Glad I missed:
Nirvana
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Chester
Seen:
Elvis (April 29, 1977, Duluth, Mn. when I was in fifth grade.)
Stones (1989, 1994, 2005, 2015 with daughter who was in fifth grade)
McCartney (2002, 2005 - fell onstage - 2013, 2017)
Dylan (1986, 2003)
k.d. lang singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics; easily one of best things I've seen in my life.
Springsteen (2008,2014)
Grateful Dead (with Jerry; 1986, 1988)
Prince (2004)
Queen (plus Lambert; 2019)
Tom Petty (1986)
Van Halen (2015; DLR fell onstage)
Taylor Swift (2015; took my kids, surprisingly good)
Wish I'd seen:
Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special
Could have seen, but didn't go because it was a school night:
The Kinks (1981)
Missed:
Zeppelin (though I was once alone in a Toronto hotel elevator with Jimmy Page).
Glad I missed:
Nirvana
@Chester
You may hold the IORR record for seeing a major act fall on stage...McCartney & David Lee Roth. What caused their respective falls, do you know?
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Chester
Seen:
Elvis (April 29, 1977, Duluth, Mn. when I was in fifth grade.)
Stones (1989, 1994, 2005, 2015 with daughter who was in fifth grade)
McCartney (2002, 2005 - fell onstage - 2013, 2017)
Dylan (1986, 2003)
k.d. lang singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics; easily one of best things I've seen in my life.
Springsteen (2008,2014)
Grateful Dead (with Jerry; 1986, 1988)
Prince (2004)
Queen (plus Lambert; 2019)
Tom Petty (1986)
Van Halen (2015; DLR fell onstage)
Taylor Swift (2015; took my kids, surprisingly good)
Wish I'd seen:
Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special
Could have seen, but didn't go because it was a school night:
The Kinks (1981)
Missed:
Zeppelin (though I was once alone in a Toronto hotel elevator with Jimmy Page).
Glad I missed:
Nirvana
@Chester
You may hold the IORR record for seeing a major act fall on stage...McCartney & David Lee Roth. What caused their respective falls, do you know?
Yes, as McCartney's grand piano was rising out of the floor he fell into the hole. It happened in Tampa in 2005. It was before the song "Fine Line.'' He missed a great opportunity and should have played "Fixing a Hole.''
[www.youtube.com]
David Lee Roth also fell in Tampa during "Running with the Devil'' in 2015. He started to do a little shuffle dance and just fell over backwards, and being DLR he said, "That fall was brought to you by Budweiser.'' Best line of the night. Eddie looked over and laughed for a second but didn't miss a beat. You can see it at the 1:25 mark of this video.
[www.youtube.com]
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FancyBluesMan
Hello Chris...
Don't want to hijack the thread but since you brought up Lajoie and Hartnett, I thought I'd mention ex-Brooklyn/LA Dodger pitcher Clem Labine, who was born in Lincoln, RI, but grew up in Woonsocket. My Dad, who spent some time in the minor leagues (Cardinals), had played some ball with Clem.
After Clem retired from baseball, he returned to Woonsocket where he worked for a local athletic apparel manufacturer. He was also a regular customer of my Dad, a tailor, and I got to meet him on a couple of occasions.
Wow, I was 8 years old when the Dodgers moved to LA. I can still hear Vin Scully calling the games with Jerry Dogget, and learning about the team, including pitchers Clem Labine, Danny McDevitt, Johnny Podres, Stan Williams, Drysdale, Koufax, et al. I haven’t heard Clem’s name mentioned in years.
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MadMax
Stones 33 shows
Oasis 18 shows
The Who 1 show
Bob Dylan 3 shows
Guns n Roses 2 shows
Manics 1 show
Stone Roses 1 show
Bruce Springsteen 3 shows
Blur 1 show
T-Model Ford 1 show
Wilson Pickett 1 show
Robert Plant 2 shows
Jimmy Cliff 1 show
Solomon Burke 1 show
Eddie Floyd 1 show
Ozzy Ozbourne 1 show
The Roots 1 show
Sam Moore 1 show
U2 3 shows
Deep Purple 1 show
Suede 1 show
Liam Gallagher 1 show
Noel Gallagher 1 show
Kris Kristoferson 1 show
Iggy Pop 1 show
Status Quo 1 show
Mick Taylor 1 show
Paul McCartney 2 shows
Hellacopters 2 shows
Backyard Babies 2 shows
The Hiss 1 show
Judas Priest 1 show
Nine Inch Nails 1 show
Queens of the stone age 1 show
Marilyn Manson 2 shows
Van Morrison 1 show
Morrissey 1 show
Chuck Berry 2 shows
Missed: Beatles (for obvious reasons) The ones I kick myself for missing: Bowie, Bill Preston, Hubert Sumlin and The Killer.
@MadMax
NIN, G'N R very cool...reminds me I need to add them to my "missed" list.
I haven't listened to (G'N R's) Chinese Democracy LP. If you have, is it any good?
I also expected better material from Robert Plant's solo career, but I guess most of the "magic" was gone after LZ/Bonham died. If you get a chance to see ZOSO and/or Jason Bonham's (LZ cover band), they're both damn good, like surprisingly good.