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Valeswood
Too many really but the main ones:-
1. AC/DC x5 - 1980, 1981, 1982, 2015, 2016
2. ARMS Benefit 1983
3. David Bowie x2 – 1983, 1987
4. The Clash 1981
5. Concert for George 2002
6. Bob Dylan x6 – 1984, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2017, 2019
7. Deep Purple (Mark II) - 1987
8. Eagles x3 – 1996, 2001, 2014
9. Eric Clapton x5 – 1983 (twice), 1985, 1989, 2001
10. Fleetwood Mac x2 – 2013, 2014
11. Genesis x6 – 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1998
12. Mick Jagger (Celebration of the Blues) 1992
13. Led Zeppelin 1979
14. Paul McCartney x4 – 1990, 2003, 2009, 2018
15. New Barbarians 1979
16. Pink Floyd x4 – 1981, 1988, 1989, 1994
17. Queen x3 – 1982, 1984, 1986
18. Rolling Stones x28 – 1982, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2018
19. Six of the Best (Genesis with Peter Gabriel) 1982
20. Slade x5 – 1980, 1981 (twice), 1982 (twice)
21. Bruce Springsteen x11 – 1981, 1985 (twice), 1988 (twice), 1993, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2013, 2016
22. Status Quo x8 – 1979, 1986, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
23. U2 x2 – (the last band I had to tick off my list) – 2015, 2017
24. The Who x18 – 1981 (twice), 1982, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015 (twice), 2017, 2020
25.Ron Wood x2 – 2010, 2019
26. Neil Young x12 – 1982 (twice), 1987 (twice), 1989, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019
Missed
AC/DC with Bon Scott – to be fair I didn’t know about them at the time but they played my hometown
George Harrison – I only had one opportunity in 1992 but only heard about it on the news after the event but I feel I have seen him in spirit at the Concert for George.
CSNY – Haven’t played the UK since 1974
Keith and the Winos 1992 – Birth of first child prevented me going!
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Should’ve asked the missus to hold off a day or two! Lol
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Should’ve asked the missus to hold off a day or two! Lol
You're right!!
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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.
Great stuff. I read somewhere, can't remember where, I think an old Dodger lamented the fact that Clem wasn't brought in to pitch late in the final playoff game in 1951. Clem had pitched earlier in the series, so they were worried about his arm, but he apparently had a rubber arm. Instead, the Dodgers stayed with Ralph Branca and Bobby hit the Shot Heard Round the World.
There was also Chet Nichols and Chet Jr. Both major leaguers from Lincoln and Pawtucket.
Sorry KevinM, but we love your thread!
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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.
Great stuff. I read somewhere, can't remember where, I think an old Dodger lamented the fact that Clem wasn't brought in to pitch late in the final playoff game in 1951. Clem had pitched earlier in the series, so they were worried about his arm, but he apparently had a rubber arm. Instead, the Dodgers stayed with Ralph Branca and Bobby hit the Shot Heard Round the World.
There was also Chet Nichols and Chet Jr. Both major leaguers from Lincoln and Pawtucket.
Sorry KevinM, but we love your thread!
No worries @ChirsL. Organic tangents are fine, it doesn't bother me. Now if you have some good NHL or just pro/semi-pro hockey stories that'd be great...we should make an Hockey/NHL thread (there was one for the playoffs).
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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.
Great stuff. I read somewhere, can't remember where, I think an old Dodger lamented the fact that Clem wasn't brought in to pitch late in the final playoff game in 1951. Clem had pitched earlier in the series, so they were worried about his arm, but he apparently had a rubber arm. Instead, the Dodgers stayed with Ralph Branca and Bobby hit the Shot Heard Round the World.
There was also Chet Nichols and Chet Jr. Both major leaguers from Lincoln and Pawtucket.
Sorry KevinM, but we love your thread!
No worries @ChirsL. Organic tangents are fine, it doesn't bother me. Now if you have some good NHL or just pro/semi-pro hockey stories that'd be great...we should make an Hockey/NHL thread (there was one for the playoffs).
I mentiond two hockey items. My brother was teammates with longtime NHL player Keith Carney when they were 9 or 10. And I saw an old-timers Bruins game at that same local arena.
I also got Phil Esposito’s autograph while he was warming up for an exhibition game at the Civic Center. He was on the Rangers then, but my brothers and I were hanging on the glass screaming for him every time he circled by.
Rhode Island is also the home of the first American ever to be drafted No. 1 in the NHL, Brian Lawton. (Or at least he went to high school in Woonsocket).
Hockey is actually Rhode Island’s best sport, though its greatest athletes were Hugh Duffy and Nap Lajoie, who still hold the record for highest single-season batting average in each league, and Les Pawson, a three-time Boston Marathon champion.
Of course Charlie “Old Hoss” Radbourne won 59 (or 60, depending on which version of history you believe) games as a pitcher for Providence Grays of the National League in 1884 and won the first World Series against the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.
(I hope I got all this stuff right!)
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KevinM
Yes, I saw the Keith Carney mention earlier. Phil Espo, Wow! I got my picture taken with the Stanley Cup in '02 during the finals. It was held at Sears & the line was 2-3 hours, but well worth it. My mom taught John Tonelli's kid(s), Dave DeBuscherre's kids, Eddie Maple's (horse jockey)...I went to school with the latter 2. In '97 we went to Greensboro, NC to see the NY Rangers in exhibition vs. the Hurricanes (their home arena wasn't complete yet) & the place was pretty empty. We went to see Gretzky, unfortunately he didn't play. Andrew Cassels sat right behind us, but all he did was tout his (young) buddy Jeff O'Neill.
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Very interesting thread, thanks to the OP!
Personally, I like to combine concerts with small or larger travel. Enjoy my favourite music with leisure time and being curious about other cities, countries, culture and most of all people.
Some of the concerts by my Top Five artists have been these:
Rolling Stones in Chile (Santiago), Argentina (La Plata), Brazil (Copacabana) and France (Marseille and Paris).
Bob Dylan in Denmark (Opera Copenhague), Austria (Viena), Italy (Milano) and Switzerland (Locarno).
Roger Waters in the United States (Boston) and Italy (Rome).
David Gilmour in Croatia (Pula), Italy (Rome) and France (Nimes).
Manu Chao in Argentina (Rosario) and France (Nimes).
The bands/artists I would have loved to see but missed out are the following, almost all of them because of being born too late:
The original Pink Floyd
Bob Marley
Toots and the Maytalls
The Doors
Eric Clapton (will hopefully see him next june in Zurich!)
Van Morrison (will hopefully see him next july in Stuttgart!)
Dire Straits
Eitherway I feel happy and thankful for all those terrific experiences!
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mrjones
woodstock - concert for Bangladesh 1st. time seeing George Ringo & Dylan- Live aid- Stones ALOT 69msg-2019metlife- expensive winos-beacon- barbarians msg- Dylan-many times- led zepellin- black crowes w jimmy page- cream- blind faith- cream reunion- Doors msg.- felt forum late show - wild affair! Hendrix newark 1968- new years eve-fillmore east & msg Johnny Winter and-fillmore east Allman Bothers same night- csn- csny- & neil young bb king- albert king- rod stewart with ronnie- grateful dead- tom petty- santana- bonnie delaney & eric- sly stone's wedding msg- dr. john- john fogerty- david byrne on broadway much more! but i'm done. thanks.
Hey thanks KevinM. Actually didn't see Hendrix at woodstock-not many people did. He didn't play till mon. a.m. around 10. we left about2a.m. had been there since thurs a.m. we were burned out! also had to be at work in NYC at 8! still regret it though.Quote
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woodstock - concert for Bangladesh 1st. time seeing George Ringo & Dylan- Live aid- Stones ALOT 69msg-2019metlife- expensive winos-beacon- barbarians msg- Dylan-many times- led zepellin- black crowes w jimmy page- cream- blind faith- cream reunion- Doors msg.- felt forum late show - wild affair! Hendrix newark 1968- new years eve-fillmore east & msg Johnny Winter and-fillmore east Allman Bothers same night- csn- csny- & neil young bb king- albert king- rod stewart with ronnie- grateful dead- tom petty- santana- bonnie delaney & eric- sly stone's wedding msg- dr. john- john fogerty- david byrne on broadway much more! but i'm done. thanks.
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concert for Bangladesh, you're a part of history!...RIP Sir George.
Hendrix 4x, including Woodstock. Absolutely Priceless!!
Led Zep / The Doors / BB King /cream- blind faith- cream reunion- So very blessed.
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Chacho
I don't know about the concerts I missed, but I can list the ones of any importance that I attended as follows:
1. The Rolling Stones: Moby Gym Arena, Fort Collins Colo, 11-7-1969
-- The Rolling Stones: Denver Coliseum, Denver Colo, 6-16-1972
-- The Rolling Stones: Cotton Bowl, Dallas Texas, 7-6-1975
-- The Rolling Stones: Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia PA, 9-26-1981
2. Muddy Waters: The Stanhope House, Stanhope NJ, 3-25-1981
3. Grateful Dead: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley CA, 8-14-1971
-- Grateful Dead: Boulder Colorado, Summer of 1970
4. Bruce Springsteen: Madison Square Garden, NYC, 8-21-1978
-- Bruce Springsteen: Madison Sqiare Garden, NYC, 11-28-1980
5. Johnny Cash: Moby Gym Arena, Fort Collins Colorado, 5-13-1970
6. Willie Nelson: Huguenot NY, date unknown 1997 to 1999
7. Johnny Winter: Central Park, NYC, 7-27-1980
-- Johnny Winter: Pier 84, Manhattan NY, 8-19-1981
8. Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Chance, Poughkeepsie NY, 4-28-1984
9. Jefferson Airplane: Boulder Colorado, Spring of 1970
10. The Who: Madison Square Garden, NYC, 6-16-1979
11. Stevie Wonder: Denver Coliseum, Denver Colorado, 6-16-1972
12. Leon Russel: Huguenot, NY, date unknown 1997 to 1999
Note that I am skipping literally 100s of concerts of little importance, and listing the ones above proved to be a daunting task.
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Still though, you got to see Mick Taylor in his "rookie" year. +3 more prime era Stones shows, 70's Who & SRV, good stuff.
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slewan
just the ones that come to my mind at the moment/no particular order
155x Bob Dylan
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Just for you KevinM...a concert/hockey story:
Saw Elton John, at the insistence of my then-girlfriend (was never a fan of his...nor her as it eventually turned out), at the Boston Garden in September 1973. Had to travel to Boston on a Saturday morning in order to buy tickets when they went on sale and those of us waiting in line were ushered into the Garden itself prior to the ticket windows opening.
After a short while, lo and behold, the Bruins stepped onto the ice for a practice session. What an unexpected treat! Esposito, Hodge, Cashman, Bucyk, O'Rielly, Sanderson, et al. Was the only time I had the opportunity to see Bobby Orr in person. To this day, I regard him to be the best player I ever saw.
As an aside, John brought Stevie Wonder onstage during his encore and the crowd was delirious, as Wonder had been seriously injured...and in a coma for ten days...as the result of a near-fatal car accident a mere seven weeks prior. Their song choice? 'Honky Tonk Women'...with a little bit of 'Superstition' thrown in for good measure.
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Just for you KevinM...a concert/hockey story:
Saw Elton John, at the insistence of my then-girlfriend (was never a fan of his...nor her as it eventually turned out), at the Boston Garden in September 1973. Had to travel to Boston on a Saturday morning in order to buy tickets when they went on sale and those of us waiting in line were ushered into the Garden itself prior to the ticket windows opening.
After a short while, lo and behold, the Bruins stepped onto the ice for a practice session. What an unexpected treat! Esposito, Hodge, Cashman, Bucyk, O'Rielly, Sanderson, et al. Was the only time I had the opportunity to see Bobby Orr in person. To this day, I regard him to be the best player I ever saw.
As an aside, John brought Stevie Wonder onstage during his encore and the crowd was delirious, as Wonder had been seriously injured...and in a coma for ten days...as the result of a near-fatal car accident a mere seven weeks prior. Their song choice? 'Honky Tonk Women'...with a little bit of 'Superstition' thrown in for good measure.
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Just for you KevinM...a concert/hockey story:
Saw Elton John, at the insistence of my then-girlfriend (was never a fan of his...nor her as it eventually turned out), at the Boston Garden in September 1973. Had to travel to Boston on a Saturday morning in order to buy tickets when they went on sale and those of us waiting in line were ushered into the Garden itself prior to the ticket windows opening.
After a short while, lo and behold, the Bruins stepped onto the ice for a practice session. What an unexpected treat! Esposito, Hodge, Cashman, Bucyk, O'Rielly, Sanderson, et al. Was the only time I had the opportunity to see Bobby Orr in person. To this day, I regard him to be the best player I ever saw.
As an aside, John brought Stevie Wonder onstage during his encore and the crowd was delirious, as Wonder had been seriously injured...and in a coma for ten days...as the result of a near-fatal car accident a mere seven weeks prior. Their song choice? 'Honky Tonk Women'...with a little bit of 'Superstition' thrown in for good measure.
Wow, what a great story! Thanks.
I met Derek Sanderson once, in his sober days after cleaning up. We had a nice chat.
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Too many to list and I've got most of the stubs in plastic baseball card type pages in a binder, but highlights that come to mind
Rolling Stones x22 (1989-2019):
including great seats/memories at -
7th Row - February 15, 1999 @ Target Center, Minneapolis, MN.
G/A three people back from stage - September 16, 2002 @ The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL. (w/ Dr. John, Shemekia Copeland and surprise guest Bono on "IORR")
5th Row - September 13, 2002 @ Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL (w/ a Rambler encore!)
David Bowie - Milwaukee, WI. 2004, 4th row.
Bob Dylan (1998 w/ Joni Mitchell @ United Center, Chicago, IL, 1999 w/ Paul Simon @ Tinley Park, IL, 2002 @ Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, 2005 @ Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA)
Wilco (Lots between 1998-2017 but Madison, WI 2002 near front...outstanding)
Paul McCartney (Minneapolis, 1993)
Neil Young (1999 @ Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL, 2000 @ Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI)
Lou Reed (2009 @ Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL)
Paul Simon (1991 @ Target Center, Minneapolis, MN.)
Tom Petty, The Who, Natalie Merchant, Beck, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Garbage, Stevie Wonder, My Morning Jacket, Phish, Yo La Tengo, Santana, Foo Fighters, Robert Cray, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cat Power, The Jayhawks, Buddy Guy, David Byrne, The Band (minus Robbie), The Dead (minus Jerry), U2, Willie Nelson, Neko Case, B.B. King, The Eels, John Legend....my head is starting to hurt! I'd have to refer to the stubs book.
As for missed shows/opportunities...
Grateful Dead (with Jerry)
Prince
Van Morrison
Johnny Cash
Nirvana
Jack White
PJ Harvey
Fiona Apple
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just the ones that come to my mind at the moment/no particular order
155x Bob Dylan
Is that a typo? That is insane.
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Too many to list and I've got most of the stubs in plastic baseball card type pages in a binder, but highlights that come to mind
Rolling Stones x22 (1989-2019):
including great seats/memories at -
7th Row - February 15, 1999 @ Target Center, Minneapolis, MN.
G/A three people back from stage - September 16, 2002 @ The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL. (w/ Dr. John, Shemekia Copeland and surprise guest Bono on "IORR")
5th Row - September 13, 2002 @ Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL (w/ a Rambler encore!)
David Bowie - Milwaukee, WI. 2004, 4th row.
Bob Dylan (1998 w/ Joni Mitchell @ United Center, Chicago, IL, 1999 w/ Paul Simon @ Tinley Park, IL, 2002 @ Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, 2005 @ Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA)
Wilco (Lots between 1998-2017 but Madison, WI 2002 near front...outstanding)
Paul McCartney (Minneapolis, 1993)
Neil Young (1999 @ Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL, 2000 @ Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI)
Lou Reed (2009 @ Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL)
Paul Simon (1991 @ Target Center, Minneapolis, MN.)
Tom Petty, The Who, Natalie Merchant, Beck, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Garbage, Stevie Wonder, My Morning Jacket, Phish, Yo La Tengo, Santana, Foo Fighters, Robert Cray, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cat Power, The Jayhawks, Buddy Guy, David Byrne, The Band (minus Robbie), The Dead (minus Jerry), U2, Willie Nelson, Neko Case, B.B. King, The Eels, John Legend....my head is starting to hurt! I'd have to refer to the stubs book.
As for missed shows/opportunities...
Grateful Dead (with Jerry)
Prince
Van Morrison
Johnny Cash
Nirvana
Jack White
PJ Harvey
Fiona Apple
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I'm not a Phish fan & but I never knew they did so many covers (348) LedZep, Stones, Beatles, The Who, Bowie etc... Versus the (309) they wrote, at least per WikiPedia. I knew about the White Album & last year learned they covered Exile. What other noteable classic rock albums have they done, do you know?
List of 348 Phish covers. 348!
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On January 31, 1959, my parents went on a date to a show at the Duluth (Mn.) Armory, where they saw Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. Three days later, of course, they died in a plane crash (the performers, not my parents).
Also in attendance at that show was Bob Zimmerman from Hibbing Mn., so inspired, legend has it, that he picked up a guitar and changed his name to Bob Dylan. He mentioned the show at the 1998 Grammy Awards when he received Album of the Year for "Time Out of Mind."
"I just want to say that when I was 16 or 17 years old, I went to see Buddy Holly play at Duluth National Guard Armory and I was three feet away from him… and he looked at me. And I just have some kind of feeling that he was – I don’t know how or why – but I know he was with us all the time we were making this record in some kind of way."
In April 1977, my parents took me to see Elvis at the Duluth (Mn.) Arena, four months before he died. I was in fifth grade. I'm 54 now, and still don't know anyone else who has seen him.
In June 2015, when my daughter was in fifth grade, I took her to see the Stones in Orlando and hopefully she will be writing about it on some message board when she is 54.