Musical acts you’ve seen live

[frank ballenger]

RE: Mc5.

My area’s home town local band that became famous.

In Norman Mailer’s Miami and the Siege of Chicago he noted all the rock bands were going to perform to protest the Democrats at the 1968 Dem National convention in Chicago but all chickened out in fear except the Mc5 who played.

During the Detroit riots in 1967 their guitarist Wayne Kramer had a telescope on his roof for his interest in astronomy. The Detroit police arrested him for possibly spotting police movements during the riots to relay reports to the rioters. Nonsensical and a lie.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

George Benson
Jeffrey Osborne
Peabo Bryson
Kool & The Gang
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Stevie Wonder
Isley Bothers
Luther Vandross
Four Tops
Temptations
New Edition
Lakeside
SOS Band
Anita Baker
LL Cool J
Run DMD
Whodini
Beastie Boys
Sly & the Family Stone
Rick James
Ray Parker Jr.
Peter Tosh
...and many more.

[Fledermaus]

Adding:

Seals & Croft
Rush
Walter Eagan
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Journey ( before the crap)
Hall & Oats ( wouldn’t do Sara Smiles)
Bruce Springsteen (dragged to that one)

[Wu]

Eric Clapton
Neil Young x2
Pink Floyd
Doobie Brothers

[Fuzz]

Black Sabbath is playing their last show coming up in I think July in Birmingham.

I would love to go. The lineup is insane.

[MortMan]

But have you ever seen a musical act dead? ;-P

[George from New England]

It would be fun to guess an age with a given list.

[think4yrsf]

ZZ Top
Chicago
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Miles Davis
Peter Tosh
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Yes
Queen
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Santana
Allman Brothers
BB King
Spirit
Frank Zappa
Little Feat
JJ Cale
Muddy Waters
Alvin Lee
Widespread Panic
Fleetood Mac
The Eagles
The police
Jean-Luc Ponty
Larry Coryell
Black Sabbath
Golden Earrng
Bb Seger
Ted Nugent
Adrian Belew
The Bears
The Kinks
U2
David Byrne
Who
Kansas
Dixie Dregs
Bruce Cockburn
Eric Clapton
Derek Trucks
Elton John
Mark Knopfler
Bonnie Raitt
Richard Thompson
Greg Brown
Albert Collins
Coldplay
Cage The Elephant
Pat Metheny
Michael Franti
John Mayer

And got to photograph several: http://www.danaddisonphotography.com/music/

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I saw Hot Rize AND Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers in the same show. Disappointed that they all didn’t take the stage together, though.

[Fuzz]

lol. Kool and the gang.

Smoked cigars with one of the gang a couple times.

Beastie Boys? When? Paul’s Boutique is my favorite album of theirs.

[Fiji Hill]

I have seen and even conversed with performers in small group presentations. In meetings with only a couple dozen colleagues, I saw Nick Lucas perform his 1929 hit Tiptoe Through the Tulips and Richard Berry sing Louie, Louie (1957), a song that just about every garage band in the world has played.

[Fuzz]

Nice list.

[frank ballenger]

Said a little on another post.

They were my area’s local band (as were Iggy and the Stooges and Ted Nugent and others).

Explosive concerts of always high intensity energy. Had to keep that up and top themselves so as not to disappoint fans.
Imagine the night they were the leadoff band for the WHO. A night to remember.

[Fiji Hill]

But have you ever seen a musical act dead?

There will be an opportunity to do so shortly. The Kingston Trio is scheduled to perform locally in a few weeks despite the fact that its members passed away long ago.

[JBW1949]

I didn’t see Paul Revere and the Raiders listed by anyone...HMMMMMMM???

[stanne]

I remember being amazed at his wit and poetry. Lifetime fan.

[Fuzz]

‘ But have you ever seen a musical act dead? ;-P’

Nearly. Paul Westerberg was nearly dead. Stumbled on stage, rambled on about how great the crack was for like 5 minutes and escorted off the stage.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

I’ll be the New Waver of the group:

Devo
B-52s
Plasmatics
GoGos
Split Enz
Gary Numan
Billy Idol
NIN
David Bowie
The Cars
Tears For Fears

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Moody Blues
ELO
Rolling Stones
Elton John
America (they sucked... Way wasted)
John Denver
Echosmith (my niece/nephews)
The Who
Bon Jovi
Firehouse
Steelheart (Mili is a close buddy)
Lynyrd Synyrd
Supertramp
Pat Benatar
Yes

Can’t remember many of these... At Red Rocks, it all blends together...

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Beastie Boys? When?

86 and 92

[moreisee]

Hoyt Axton, Steve Gillette, Linda Ronstat and the Stone Ponies, Tom Paxton. Phil Oches, Ramblin Jack Elliot, Chris Smither, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Prine, Tom Rush, Brewer and Shipley, Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Geoff Muldaur, Maria D’Amato, Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan.