The one 'oh my god' show was Neil Young 'Weld' show at the LA Sports arena. Had front row center seats I got out of the box office. Plus my old friend Mike Ness and Social Distortion opened. Half way thru SD's set, Mike looked down and saw me and got a big grin on his face. Had a great laugh next time I saw him. After that, any show at the Whiskey during the late 70s, early 80s. The Damned. Fear, Go Gos, Plasmatics, Stranglers, Costello, Rockpile, BLondie, to many to mention. Those were the days. No big bouncers at the back door. You could go back stage, if you didn't look like a lunatic, and meet the artists. Ah, those were the days.

Scotty

What a great list by all! Now you got my thinking..
Some highlights for me include Bon Jovi in a bar when they were first staring out. By the 4th song everyone was in awe...You knew they were going places.
AD/DC with Pat Traverse band - HighwayTo Hell tour. Then 2 more times.
U2 for the tour when War came out in a 3,000 seat music hall. The upper balcany was moving up & down about 12 inches fro people dancing (Shea's theatre in Buffalo)
A few stadium shows with the Stones & arena show in Columbus.
SARS - stock
the Who about 4 times
Ramones many. many times
Outlaws/Molly Hatchett
ZZ Top & Sammy Hagar
Tom petty - 3 times. One of the best live act I've seen recently.
Jethro Tull with Uriah Heep for 6.50 - my first concert
Neil Young, Genesis, Van Halen, Robert Cray,Alarm, Furs, New Order, PIL, Metallica, GnR (sucked - back up musicians did solos) Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Prince
Jimmy Buffett - about 7 times now - Best tailgate around !!, although Peter Mayer is underated as a guitar player.
Tragically Hip - many bar shows watching then grow & Gordie had hair, This includes 2 2 -day festival shows called " Another Roadside attraction" included Midnight Oil, Danial Lonois, Hot House Flowers, Pursuit of Happiness& others..
Other Canadian bands, thank you to 97.7 & Q107, for turning me on to 54-40, Kim Mitchell/Max Webster/ Moist/ Tea Party/ Blue Rodeo and endless others..
and my new favorite band, Cross Canadian Ragweed - go see these guys !!

Whatever happened to the Steve Gibbon Band (opened for the Who WInterland Mar 76)?

Steve Gibbons Band opened for the WHO @ Winterland ?....hhmmm...interesting...wonder where I was ?....can't find that info in my notes...must have been in the bar....peter

Philadelphia 1969 Rolling Stones In Concert

Philadelphia 1972 Rolling Stones In Concert

Philadelphia 1973 Premiere of "Ladies And Gentlemen The Rolling Stones"

Philadelphia 1975 Rolling Stones In Concert

Philadelphia 1978 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 1981 Watched Stones shooting Waiting On A Friend video ( & shook KR's hand )

Philadelphia 1981 Rolling Stones In Concert

Philadelphia 1985 Live Aid

New York City 1986 Mick Taylor In Concert

New York City 1988 Keith Richards In Concert

New York City 1989 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 1993 Keith Richards In Concert

New York City 1994 Voodoo Lounge press conference at pier

New York City 1994 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 1998 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 2001 Mick Jagger Saturday Night Live Rehearsal

Philadelphia 2002 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 2002 Rolling Stones In Concert

Hartford 2002 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 2005 Rolling Stones In Concert

Philadelphia 2005 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 2006 Rolling Stones In Concert at Radio City Music Hall

New York City 2006 Rolling Stones In Concert

New York City 2008 Watched Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese arrive at Ziegfel Theater SAL premiere

New York City 2010 Keith Richards Speaks at NY Public Libary

New York City 2012 Keith with Eric Clapton and others, Hubert Sumlin Memorial Concert at Apollo Theater


(Thanks, SCL)

60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's

Six Different Decades?
YIKES !
...

Rory Gallagher twice 1982 & 1986
Santana 1983
Bo Diddley + Chuck Berry + Jerry Lee Lewis Rock'n'roll Festival 1992
Bob Dylan (Mick Taylor on Guitar) 1984
Bruce Springsteen 1987
U2 1987
John Mellencamp 1988
Muddy Waters Tribute Blues Band 1996
Screamin' Jay Hawkins'1993
Eric Clapton 1990
B.B King 1991
Mark Knopfler 2003 & 2005
Patti Smith 2007
ABC&D of Boogie Woogie 2011
Rolling Stones 1982,1990,1995,2003
Keith Richards & Xpensive Winos 1992
James Brown 1999

for the main ones...

HMN



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Lets see.....1973,Watkins Glenn Summer Jam, 640,000 folks, Allman Brothers, The Band, Greatfull dead), 1970 John Baldry/Fleetwood Mac (originals)/Savoy Brown triple bill, CCR, J. Geils x2, Stevie Wonder x2, Arlo Guthrie x5, john Prine x6, Stones x8 (72 opening night, last Vancouver show, read the reviews), the who, the clash, Greatfull Dead, Chicago x2, Beach Boys x2, CSNY, Loggins and Messina, Joe Pass, Ella Fitzgerald, count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Earl Skruggs, Don McClain, Amos Lee, Bruce Springsteen, the Eagles, Slade, Status Quo, Roberta Flack, Joan Osborne, Joan Armartrading, Little feat (drummers last performance before death, see youtube) , Boz Scaggs x2, Jessie Colin Young, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark x2, Lyall Lovit, Ritchie Havens, John Sebastion with David Grissman, Adrian Belew, david Lindley x3, New Riders of the Purple Sage (beat that), Jonny Lang, Maria Muldar x2, John Hartford, Tony Joe White, Robert Cray, Chris Hillman, John Hammond, Taj Mahal, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Jesse Winchester, Rambling Jack Elliot, Los Lobos, Leo Kottke....I’m getting tired now.....love live music!!!!!

Volunteering for Ottawa Bluesfest, I met and shook hands with Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Green, Buddy Guy, John Mayall, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, John Haitt.

I was a beer runner in the laste 90's and for some reason there was a fancy plate of food at the top of a mountain of beer cases in the refrigerator truck. My buddy and I were starving so we foolishly attacked the mystery plate.
An hour later, Little Richard was having a fit backstage and wouldn't go on because his meal went missing. He had a fit onstage during his show, lost his tember at the camera crew and actually cried. A photographer friend was backstage and said the tissue he wiped his eyes with were caked in make-up.

Oops.

As far as my rock and roll resmue goes, I spent most of the 90's as a solo acoustic artist playing around Ottawa. I was in two Rolling Stones tribute bands. Picked up music again after a 4 year break to start The Powergoats.

Weve had 2 albums so far with local staore placement, played on 4 radio stations and are releaseing our 3rd CD at the end of March in concurrence with a documentary about us. We've played the Ottawa Bluesfest twice, the second time were givine a spot on the mainstages opening for Cage the Elephant, Rise Against and The Black Keys. Rise Against being by far the coolest bunch of guys!

[thepowergoats.com]

Wow, quite the lineup of groups and artists we have in this thread. Thanks all for sharing them. I think my first concert was the Grass Roots followed closely by Bloodrock back in the late 60's early 70's. I did see Johnny Taylor in a small club in Monroe, Louisiana which was a darn good one, this was around the same time. My first time seeing the Rolling Stones was in 1978 with a record crowd at that time in the Superdome. I have seen them 8 times total since then. I was working in a record store back in the mid 70's and got not only to see a good many concerts but got backstage at several of them as well.

A few other concert highlights thru the years

Cat Stevens - Atlanta - 1976 - fantastic concert by the way
Sensational Alex Harvey Band / Jethro Tull - 1976/77 in Macon, Georgia (Zal Cleminson is one heck of a guitar player) Got to meet Ian Anderson either backstage or at the hotel after the concert. Got a free bottle of wine from them but lost it somewhere along the way, lol.
Bob Dylan - 1978 I think in Pensacola, Florida (Roger McGuinn was playing with him at the time)
Ian Hunter / Mick Ronson / Ellen Foley - Akron, Ohio - Tangeirs restaurant - got to meet all 3 after the show - great concert
Jefferson Starship - Birmingham one night, Nashville the next with backstage passes
Kinks - Nashville - early 1980's
The Who - Birmingham - early 1980's
Donovan - Tuscaloosa 1988 or so
Jason & The Scorchers - Tuscaloosa 1988 I think
The Call - seen them 3 times - twice in Birmingham and once in Atlanta in 1998 one of the most underrated bands of all time in my opinion
Charlie Sexton - 1994 Atlanta
Social Distortion / Ramones - 1990 Atlanta
Rod Stewart - Birmingham early 1980's
Police - Birmingham
U2 - Atlanta - early 1990's - worked this concert
Joe Walsh - early 1990's - worked this concert too, one day after the U2 concert. I had a friend who worked for a promoter and he got hired for these two concerts

highwaymen
frankie vallie and the 4 seasons
willie nelson (6x)
3 dog night
creedence clearwater revisited (2x)
olivia newton john
moody blues
peter frampton (3x)
beach boys (2x)
david crosby with CPR
crosby stills nash (2x)
craosby stills nash and young
neil young (2x)
stephen stills
elvis costello
doobie brothers
KROQ Weinie Roast (3x)
cochella music fest (1x)
stagecoach music fest (2x)
bob dylan
toby keith
keith urban
james taylor
simon and garfunkel
the pixies
no doubt
nine inch nails
citizen cope (2x)
billy idol (2x)
rod stewart (2x)
stevie nicks
fleetwood mac (3x)
REM (4x)
tool (4x)
bruce springsteen (5x)
rolling stones (12x)

David Bowie-serious moonlight tour,glass spider tour
neil young
zz top
Queen the works tour
mick jagger
everclear
rancid
def leppard
the black crowes
bon jovi
elton john
AC/DC-razors edge tour,ball breaker tour
smashing pumpkins-korea
rage against the machine-korea
The Rolling Stones-voodoo lounge,licks tour hongkong
crowded house
the exponets
pash

john digweed-china
paulvan dyke-china
paul oakenfold-china
deep dish
and many more

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

AB/CD(swedish coverband to AC/DC, july 2000 Rock off in Mariehamn)
AC/DC(5/11-2000 & 22/2-2009, Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden)
Rod Stewart(6/6-2002, Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden)
Smokie(22/11-2004, Circus, Stockholm, Sweden)
The Rolling Stones(3/8-2007, Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden)
CSN(16/6-2006, Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden)
John Fogerty(23/5-2008, Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden)
Iron Maiden(16/7-2008, Stockholm Stadium, Sweden)
Bruce Springsteen(7/6-2009, Stockholm Stadium, Sweden)

and if everything goes as planned and nothing happends i will be seing
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers(14/6-2012, Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden)

Chicago Pine Knob '74
The Who Pontiac Silverdome '79
The Kinks Cobo Arena '80
The Police State Theater 80
Santana Pine Knob '80
The Police Joe Louis Arena '80
The Police Chrysler Arena '81
Ozzy Osbourn Blizzard of OZ tour, Masonic Temple, 81
The Rolling Stones/Santana/Iggy Pop, Pontiac Silverdome '81
Santana Pine Knob '81
The Kinks Joe Louis Arena '81
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Joe Louis '81
Rainbow/Iron Maiden Joe Louis Arena '82
George Thurogood and the Destroyers Sate Theater '82
Aerosmith Pine Knob '82
Joe Perry Project Necatrine Ballroom '82
Ozzy Osbourn Pine Knob '82
The Who/The Clash Pontiac Silverdome '82
Iggy Pop Michigan Theater, '82
Met Iggy at Schoolkids records, signed two albums (The Idiot and Zombie Birdhouse) '82
The Kinks Joe Louis Arena '83
David Bowie 2 nights, Joe Louis Arena '83
The Police Joe Louis Arena '83 (night after both Bowie shows)
Yes, Pine Knob, '83
Stevie Ray Vaughn Medowbrook '84
Stevie Ray Vaughn Royal Oak Music Theater '85
Matt Guitar Murphy, Ricks American Cafe several times during the mid 80s
Willie Dixon The Soup Kitchen '85
The Tubes Central Michigan Gym '85
The Clash Central Michigan Gym '85
Willie Dixon Ricks American Cafe, '85 Got backstage hung with him and his band eating nachos and drinking beer.
Albert Collins '86 Soup Kitchen
The Kinks, Central Michigan Gym, '86
Johnny Winter Necatrine Ballroom '86
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty Pine Knob '86
Iggy Pop Clutch Cargos '87
David Bowie Pontiac Silverdome '87
Iggy Pop Clutch Cargos '87
Johnny Winter Pine Knob '87
Aerosmith Pine Knob '87
Roger Waters Pine Knob, '87
The Grateful Dead Joe Louis '87
The Grateful Dead Ohio (outdoor concert, I can't remember the name) '87
The Grateful Dead Chrysler Arena '88
Pink Floyd Indiana Sports Arena '87
Bob Dylan Medowbrook '88
Joe Cocker Masonic Temple '88
Taj Mahal, The Arc, Ann Arbor '88
John Lee Hooker/Johnny Winter Detroit, '88
Albert King Sulley's '88
Iggy Pop California's Windsor Canada, '88
Keith Richards Fox Theater '88
The Rolling Stones Alpine Valley both nights '89
The Kinks, Pine Knob, '89
The Grateful Dead Pine Knob, '89
The Who, Pontiac Silverdome, '89
Lou Reed, Fox Theater, '89
Paul McCartney, Olympia Stadium Munich, '90
David Bowie Joe Louis Arena 3 shows '90
Iggy Pop, Royal Oak Music Theater '90
The Rolling Stones JFK Stadium Washington DC, 94
David Bowie Hershy Park Stadium, '95
Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead (separate), Washington DC The Mall, 1996
The Black Crowes The Warehouse DC, '96
The Black Crowes Chicago (can't remember the place, Aragon Ballroom i think), '96
The Who Washington DC, '96
Ray Davies, Wolftrap, '97
Ray Davies, Wolftrap, 98
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Jones Beach, NY, 1999
The Rolling Stones, Miami, '99
The Who/Black Crowes-Jimmy Page, Nisson Pavillion 2000
The Rolling Stones 2004 Singapore National Stadium x2 nights, 2004
Iggy and the Stooges, Big Day Out Perth Australia (can't remember date!)
Between 2000-2008 Singapore:
Sting, The Eagles, Santana, Eric Clapton, Deep Purple x2, Buddy Guy
David Bowie, National Indoor Stadium, 2004 (Had backstage passes and met Bowie), 2004
Robert Plant Allison Kraus, Fox Theater 2007
The Black Crowes, Ohio, 2010
The Black Crowes x2 Fillmore West, 2010
The Vines, Ancol Park, Jakarta 2011
Wolfmother, Ancol Park, Jakarta 2011

Also attended The Chicago Blues fest three years in a row.
Saw, but can't remember dates, In Detroit, Buddy Guy x3

I know there are a lot I have forgotten!



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3,000 musical performances in clubs, small halls, larger halls, arenas and stadiums between 1965 and present. In LA, England and Europe and throughout much of the USA.

1965 Beatles in Las Vegas. Dylan at the Pasadena Civic. I was a well-raised chick in my teens. Couldn't hear anything but the screams for The Beatles. With Dylan, I sat there and thought, "Oh my God, I'm watching someone who's on drugs! I was thrilled."

Current faves --Adele, Bruno Mars, Kanye West (loaded with potential he may never realize if he keeps hanging out with Jay-Z).

First concert that I remember:
Bruce Cockburn at Ontario Place

A lot of my concerts weren't rock n' roll but here's my list:
Harry Chapin 3 X (Toronto)
Stones 3 X (Toronto/Bos)
Chicago (Toronto)
Moody Blues (Toronto)
Neil Young (Toronto)
Billy Joel (2 X Toronto/Boston)
Clifton Chenier (Lafayette LA)
Miles Davis 4X (NO & BOS)
Ella Fitzgerald 2X BOS/Cambridge
Etta James - NO
Pete Fountain - NO
Lionel Hampton (3X BOS/Cambridge)
Henry Mancini (in our living room at a my parent's party - pretty cool - wish I could remember it better!)
Tony Bennet - BSO
Shirley Bassey - Carnegie Hall
Elvis Costello - Boston
David Bowie - Foxboro
The Kinks - Worchester
The Who - Toronto
Simon & Garfunkel - Central Park
The Dead (3 X) Worchester?? - can't really remember the too much about the Dead shows
Jerry Garcia Band (1 X) Cape Cod Colosseum
Bruce Springsteen (2 X BOS & Foxboro)
Collie Buddz (Martha's Vineyard - he's my nephew Gotta be a good auntie)

I know there's more but I can't remember all of them!

I can't top some folk's lengthy lists but here goes:
Crosby, Stills & Nash ('78, '84, '85)
Stones ('78, '81, '89, '02, '05, '06)
Bob Dylan ('81, '87, '88, '90)
Linda Ronstadt ('81, '90)
Heart ('90)
The Who ('88)
Stevie Ray V. ('84)
Clapton ('84)
Kiss ('86)
Bonnie Raitt ('90)
Jon Mayall Bluesbreakers "Reunion" with Mick Taylor on guitar and special guests including Etta James.
and if you count opening acts for the above artists:
Foreigner, Peter Tosh, Journey, Living Colour, Pretenders, Alanis Morrisette, The Band, Steve Earle, Laura Nyro, Cheap Trick..and I'm sure I forgot a few.

Played a kazoo solo during Locomotive Breath at an Ian Anderson concert.

The Rolling Stones - 2003, 2006, 2007
Bruce Springsteen - 2009
Paul McCartney - 2004, 2011
U2 - 2005, 2009 (2x), 2010

Those I put on the top of my list, Bruce being the single best one, but all those are really close.

Other really enjoyble:

ABC&D Of Boogie Woogie - 2010, 2011 (2x)
R.E.M. - 2005, 2008
Roger Waters - 2007, 2011 (2x)
Bob Dylan - 2005, 2008
B.B. King - 2009, 2011
John Mayall - 2011
Jerry Lee Lewis - 2009
Jack Bruce - 2011
Ringo Starr - 2011
Bryan Adams - 2006, 2011
Queen and Paul Rogers - 2008
Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek - 2010, 2011
Per Gessle - 2009
Aerosmith - 2010
Depeche Mode - 2001, 2006 (2x), 2009 (2x), 2010
Pink - 2004, 2006, 2009
Roxette - 2011

...and okay, also Madonna 2009, I bought a ticket from a scalper for 10 Euro - wanted to try how will the tickets drop right before the show :-) That was the only time I bought anything from a scalper :-) For that money, I had a fine night



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