Who Have You Seen Live?

Scorpio Kenny's little list.

Of course I got started in around 1978.

Al Kooper
Alice Cooper
Allman Brothers
Aretha Franklin
Arlo Guthrie
B. B. King
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Blind Faith/ Eric Clapton
Blood Sweat & Tears
Buddy Guy
Buddy Miles
Canned Heat
Cat Mother and The All Night Newsboys
Chambers Brothers
Cher
Chicago
Chick Corea
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Country Joe
Country Joe & The Fish
Credence Clearwater Revival
Crosby Stills and Nash
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Deep Purple
Devo
Dixie Chicks
Doobie Brothers
Earth Wind & Fire.
Edgar Winter
Elvin Bishop
Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon & War
Eric Burdon and the Animals
Etta James
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Burrito Brothers
Ginger Baker's Air Force
Golden Earring
Gordon Lightfoot
Grateful Dead
Hot Tuna
Ike & Tina Turner
Iron Butterfly
It's a Beautiful Day
James Brown
James Cotton
JamesTaylor
Jeff Beck
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Starship
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Page
Joe Cocker
Johnny Winter
Judy Collins
King Crimson
Kinks
Kris Kristofferson
Larry Coryell
Laura Nyro
Led Zeppelin
Leon Russell
Linda Ronstadt
Manfred Mann
Moody Blues
Mountain
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Paul McCartney
Pete Seger
Peter Tork
Procul Harum
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Robert Fripp
Rod Stewart
Rolling Stones
Santana
Seal
Sha Na Na
Sly & The Family Stone
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Blue Band with Boz Scaggs
Steve Winwood
Steven Stills
Ten Years After
The Animals
The Clash
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
The Eagles
The Ramones
The Who
The Youngbloods
Tower of Power
Van Morrison
War


Some were at work on my job. Back when I worked as a professional spotlight operator. In the 2000's.
Like:

Seal
Cher
Dixie Chicks
Green Day

But most all were party, not work.

And I’m sure that there’s lots more that I don’t remember.

 

Opps

Did I say 1978?????

I meant 1968.​

 

i saw a bunch of shows featuring one hit wonders, radio hits, and legends...i had a friend in 6th and 7th grade (67-68) who's uncle worked at the local am radio station. i've also seen george harrison, jimi hendrix, bob marley, spirit, ccr. one of the best shows ever was a guy named virgil fox that played a huge pipe organ and had an awesome light show.

 

I grew up in Amarillo, Texas so we didn't get a lot of the real big names but I have seen:

Jethro Tull
Rush x2
Chicago x2
Heart
John Denver (I know, not a band, give me a break!) x3
Alice Cooper x2
Emerson, Lake and Palmer x2
Kansas

I think that is about all

 

The Late Sixties,Blood Sweat And Tears In Zagreb,Croatia.
In The Early Seventies,Grateful Dead In Paris,France.
The Late Seventies,John Mayall Etc....Zagreb.Croatia.

 

Being over 60, my memory isn't as good as it used to be, but I'll see if I can remember them all.
In New York, I've either seen or played on the same bill as:
The Lost
The Beach Boys
The McCoys
Peter Best
The Midnighters
The Animals
The Dave Clark Five
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Four Seasons
Sam and Dave
The Barbarians
The Hollies
Buffalo Springfield
The Byrds

In California:
Sanpaku
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Santana
Spirit
Sons of Champlin
Lee Michaels
Love
The Who
It's A Beautiful Day
Ten Years After
Richie Havens
Fleetwood Mac
Jethro Tull
Homou City Funk Band
Grand Funk Railroad
Buddy Rich
Rush
Butterfield Blues Band
Rolling Stones
Led Zepplin

I know there are more, but I just can't think of them all, right now.
And, I STILL can't think of them ALL.
In more recent years:
Linda Ronstadt; Aaron Neville; BJ Thomas; Phil Keaggy; Bonnie Raitt; the Imperials; Andre Crouch; The Archers; Amy Grant; Allies; Leon Patillo; Lamb; Michael Card; Randy Stonehill; Harvest Flight; Phoenix Sonshine; 2nd Chapter of Acts; Petra; Koinonia

BRAIN FREEZE!

 

Scorpio Kenny;
Thanks for helping me remember some more! From YOUR list, I have also seen:
Mountain, Dan Hicks, Canned Heat, Commander Cody, Edgar Winter, Elvin Bishop, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Leon Russel, New Riders, the Youngbloods, and Quicksilver. What a bunch of great (and not-so-great) groups. And I wonder how many others reading this actually remember the Crazy World of Arthur Brown? OH! Almost forgot: Moby Grape!

 

i saw lots of early 80's bands but only a few that were actually around in the 60s-70s.
elvis costello
rick springfield
roger waters

and of course i didnt see any of them until after 2k because thats when i finally made enough money to be able to go to concerts and still pay the rent.

 

Chuck Berry
Beatles
Beach Boys
Mothers of Invention
The Byrds
Cream
James Gang
Eagles
and those are just the ones I remember.

 

i'm sure i've seen a great many more live people then i have dead ones.

oh, oh, you mean musicians physically present, performing on a stage in front of me?

hmmm well that would be

quicksilver
james brown
meatloaf
cat stevens (that was still the name he was using at the time)
buffy st marie.
the san franciso philharmonic orchestra
hobb's bard big bang
butcher knife joe and the forrest hillbillys.
a handful of groups who's names i don't remember, who did free concert in the park things.
some of those in roseville in northern california and some in st johns, near portland oregon.
maybe even one or two in a park in auburn california, though about that i'm less sure.
well of course, there was the highschool band i played french horn in myself too.
oh and there have been some live performances at some of the furry conventions i've been to
and the bardic circle filk sings at science fiction conventions, with members of what was then off centaur, which evolved into firebird which evolved into promethius i think its called now. which which is more of an online store any more. and several members became published science fiction authors. and some actual physicist and other actual scientists.
oh i almost forgot mckale and his performances with the little band. they were at earth day at sierra college in rocklin.
(sometime in the 90s)
and there have been drums at indiginous big times.
i saw donovan perform live when i was in the air force.
there have been live performances at ren faires, i don't remember anyone's names from.

there were some other (entertainment) people that i met but have never been at a public venue where they performed.

that would include april bellows (chier)
jimmy seals and dosh crofts and their wives and brothers.
including the members of chicago
also redbone ash
and i seem to be distantly related to allan kanisberg (not a musician, but comedic actor director producer, stage name of woodrow)
and that guy who played jazz on a bent trumpet. i forget his mundane name, but we used to have baha'i meetings over at his hous.
oh and there was a mariachi trio, trio amigos or something like that, that lived down the street from me in roseville.
i think i may have actually seen them perform at the county fair held in that same town.
and the flute player, marry youngblood.
oh and then science fiction conventions again. i think i met robert zimmerman at one in 1984, along with his mother/aunt, whatever their relationship,
marion zimmerman bradly, or something like that anyway.
there was a girl i was in the 8th grade with who became an actress and an older woman who had been a child star, and then, later in life became an official u.s. ambassador to somewhere, who also lived in colfax california at the time.
i've also probably met several members of jefferson airplane/starship, when i had friends living in the grass valley/nevada city area of northern california.

i like the idea of concerts and festivals, but i really haven't gotten around to going to very many of them.

there's probably a somewhat longer list of science fiction authors i've met at conventions.
(and i know there's more then one i've read for nearly every letter of the alphabet. several mystery and fantasy writers as well)

i had to stretch a bit to remember all of that. like i said, i haven't really been to many concert or festival performances.

for someone who doesn't live for being entertained, the way some people seem to (but is interested in creating visual illustrations of what i like to think could be) , i seem to have filled a page with something after all.

 

Amon Amarth x3
The Amenta x2
Motörhead
Cradle of Filth
Goatwhore
Behemoth x2
Korpiklaani
Cannibal Corpse x2
Skinless
Alchemy
Fear Factory
Rob Zombie
Metallica
Slayer
Insane Clown Posse x2
Big Hoodoo
Boondox
Kid Krusher
Carcass
Cattle Decapitation
The Faceless
Nile x2
Cold Chisel
Marsha Hindes
Anthrax
Linkin Park
Abigail Williams
Hatebreed
Satyricon
Mayhem
DeathStars
Steve Earle

That's all I can think of right now but plenty more really if I go through a festival line up I'd probably add a lot more.

I will be seeing Kid Krusher, Boondox and Blaze Ya Dead Homie again later in the year.

 

I saw many of the artists all ready named in this forum, so I'll tell you who I met instead: Jimi Hendrix, Leon Russell, Paul McCartney, The Doobies (right before they changed their name from Pud), the Lovin' Spoonful, Graham Nash, Steven Stills, Johnny Rivers, who else... man, I can't remember. That may be it.

 

meat loaf
quick silver
james brown

buffy st marie
cat stevens
seals and crofts

wishbone ash

of that era

i've never been to a lot of live music venues, almost none back then.
those last four were free concerts on the unr campus in the early 70s.

wishbone was an intertribal thing and seals and crofts and their wives and then their relatives and friends,
which included members of chicago and wishbone,
there was the baha'is had a center in reno where i got to meet them.

i've seen people since then,

but probably not names anyone would know.

every one i did was an odd set of circumstances

people i know of now from this decade are from the furrys,
in the 80s it was science fiction people
but in the 70s it was mostly through the baha'is

 

pope john paul II
pope benedict XVI

still waiting for francis <3

 

Let's see..... I haven't seen a live group since the 80's.


I can't remember the 70's and am trying to forget the 80's.... So, I donno.

 

Most recent was Amon Amarth.

 

Cheap Trick
Graham Parker
Blackfoot
Ted Nugent
AC/DC w/Bon Scott
AC/DC w/Brian Johnson
Scorpions
Shooting Star
Johnny Winter
Triumph
Heart
Joe Perry Project
Queen
Dakota
The Police
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (2)
Midnight Flyer
Alabama (2)
Charlie Daniels
REO (3)
Judas Priest (2)
Uriah Heep
Black Sabbath (2)
Blue Oyster Cult
Rush (4)
Max Webster
Kiss (2)
Night Ranger
Rory Gallagher
Def Leppard (2)
Journey
Styx
Slaughter
Little Caesar
Shakin' Street
Whitecross
Aerosmith (3)
Ozzfest 2001
Savoy Brown
Motley Crue
Warrant
Survivor
Bryan Adams
Metallica
Megadeth
Stone Temple Pilots
Jackyl
Guns n Roses

and a few opening acts I can't remember.

 

Bob Dylan
Aerosmith
REO Speedwagon
Blue Oyster Cult
...a few I forgot...
Eagles, at $18 a ticked, I thought it was crazy and would never do concerts again.
Joe Walsh
Some 80's snd beyond.
Muse a couple of years ago. I was almost ashamed of the crowd. I have seen lines at the post office with more energy. They were watching the band on their phones. I do not promote chaos, but damn...

 

Still waiting, but very hopeful!

 

Did he lose a lot of weight or something? I don't recall him being big in the 70s.