These come to my mind now:
The doors
Led zeplin
Queen
Janis Joplin
Jimy Hendrix
Elvis
...and yes The beatles (only once)

but of course I've seen the very best

Thank you for reminding:
Bob Marley and the wailers
Louis Armstrong
Sinatra



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Any Zappa Band
Any Miles Band
The Stones with Taylor
The Who with Moon
Howling Wolf
Rory Gallagher

More will come the more I awaken.

Led Zep stunk in 73, the sound was horrendous, songs unidentifiable til Plant start singing, the playing lacking sluggish and dependent on relentless volume, lacking real dynamics far as I recall - bombastic, and Page did 2 very long unaccompanied solos that were all flash, plus 15 minutes of Bonham on "Dick." Cleaned up for the crappy film/soundtrack (& somehow everything, really, miraculously sounds so much better on that live cd from a couple years back!), but I was a fan, thought the records brilliantly produced. Plus the most violent, stoned, and youthful audience made it all the more unsettling (I was 13) - many delighted in throwing cherry bombs from the balconies to the levels below, made the whole thing creepy. Still dig those records, Page could focus and with the best engineers in the business created powerful soundscapes.

Jimmi Hendrix
Stones with mr Jones
Them
Elvis
Jimmy Reed
Otis Redding
Mammas Pappas
Esther Phillips

King Crimson - Hyde Park 1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Monterey Festival 1967
The Rolling Stones - N.M.E POLL Winners Concert 1968

God, I have a friend 12 years older than me who saw Hendrix at Clark University - and met him & Mitch Mitchell backstage (chatty, warm, smart, spacey)... Also he got high & chatted with Jack (who didn't chat exactly) and Jorma, then Grace of the Airplane (very potent reefer, he says) after their gig at the same University, and Kent is not inclined to brag or embellish. Would love to have seen those all time favorite bands. Also says the Jeff Beck Group - also before my time - were trememdous at the Boston Tea Party (with our Ron on phat bass, and Rod on guitar on at least 1 or 2 songs!)...Luckily, I did see Television, last tour, but wish I saw them more. Captain Beefheart is another I wish I caught live.

Duanne Allman

Clash
The real Who with Keith and John.

The Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
U2 (There's still hope I assume)

The Quarrymen.
Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys
Bill Haley And The Comets.

Most of the above and ....

Buddy Holly

Little Richard and Jerry Lee lewis back in the 50's
Robert Johnson

While we,re at it, all the artists that influenced the Stones.

Elvis Presley
The Beatles
John Lennon
Geroge Harrison
Diana Ross & The Supremes ft. Mary Wilson + Cindy Birdsong
The Supremes ft. Florence Ballard
Marvin Gaye
Abba
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones ft. Brian Jones
The Rolling Stones ft. Mick Taylor
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
The Who ft. Keith Moon
Thin Lizzy ft. Phil Lynard
John Lee Hooker
Miles Davis
Nirvana
Slade ft. Noddy Holder
Bill Haley And The Comets
Otis Redding
The Clash
Buddy Holly
The Mamas & The Papas
Roy Orbison
Carl Perkins
Frank Zappa
Pink Floyd ft. Roger Waters
Johnny Cash together with June Carter

Yeah Marvin Gaye and The Supremes!!!

I've forgot to mention:

Ike & Tina Turner
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Faces

ladykiller...thats quite a list, and a good one.

I did see Elvis in Vegas at the Hilton, pre overweight.

Nothing I can say, could come close to how great a performer/singer he truly was

button_your_lip Wrote:
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> ladykiller...thats quite a list, and a good one.
>
> I did see Elvis in Vegas at the Hilton, pre
> overweight.
>
> Nothing I can say, could come close to how great a
> performer/singer he truly was

Lucky..lucky yo!!

Ladykiller, I saw Thin Lizzy with Phil. One of the few bands I,ve seen live that sounded the same as their records.

Good Morning.. rooster. Yes they had to drag me there..and I came out with an entirely
different attitude.

As to Buddy Holly...there is a book thats gonna be published about the real life
Peggy Sue BY the real life Peggy Sue.

About 1969 I made a list of all the 'had to see bands" (my tastes off course, CCR, CSNY, Allman Brothers, on and on.....) and have knocked them all off pretty early, and through the late seventies and beyond found no real additions, all but for one missed original "van Morrison". I thought I had this covered with the Vancouver Stones show but of course that failed. So I'm sitting on 9th row center seats for next month with mixed feelings....what's left.

That's quite easy
- Stones with Taylor
- Stones with Jones
- New Barbarians
- x-pensive Winos

And the winner is:
AC/DC with Bon Scott

Bob Marley & The Wailers

LED ZEPPELIN

And, I have NO doubt I would be able to identify the songs prior to the vocals. Plant-Page in '95 was far closer to seeing LZ than it should have been.


ROLLING STONES w/ Mick Taylor

bob marley & the wailers

micawber Wrote:
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> That's quite easy
> - Stones with Taylor
> - Stones with Jones
> - New Barbarians
> - x-pensive Winos
>
> And the winner is:
> AC/DC with Bon Scott


I guess I am lucky then. Not only did I see AC/DC with Bon Scott,but I saw them in a small club,right after the release of Let There Be Rock. Not only was it a great show, but Angus Young actually came out into the audience playing guitar and got up on our table and started jamming. Unbeleivable. Still one of my great Rock & Roll moments.



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Problem with Zep was partly the hockey arena (I knew & dug the records) sound and sheer volume - loudest show ever I attended, ears rang & hurt for 3 days. Hey, I', going to go play "Presence" now....Caught Page in '88 btw.

Queen w/Freddie Mercury

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

ryanpow Wrote:
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> bob marley & the wailers

Add that to my list as well. Thank you