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Beatles 1966 JFK Stadium Phila.

Rolling Stones 1965 Phila Convention Hall

The Who 1966(Opening for Herman's Hermits) Phila
The Who 1967 Village Theater (NYC)

Kinks 1974 Carnegie Hall (NYC)

Zombies 2005 BB KIng's (NYC)

Yes (Opening for Jethro Tull) 1971 Wildwood Convention Center (NJ)

Hendrix 1968 Electric Factory (Philadelphia)

Doors 1967 Trauma (Philadelphia)

Kinks 1974 Carnegie Hall (NYC)

Wow, Joe. You got to see Hendrix, The Doors, and to top it off The Beatles. I am sooo envious.

Dave, I bet that Wet Willie show was great. I remember the old "Drippin Wet" album recorded live in New Orleans on New Years Eve. I would have loved to seen them too.

Lindsay, Seals and Crofts.

Bob, You're sooo envious, I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooo OLD

Jam - Ottawa Technical High School
(May 1981)

Stranglers - Ottawa Civic Centre
(June 1981)

Clash - Verdun Arena - suburb outside of Montreal
(September 1982)

Ramones - Jungle Club in Ottawa
(June 1983)

MDC - Boys and Girls Club in Ottawa
(June 1983)

R.E.M. and Dream Syndicate - Spectrum in Montreal
(July 1984)

Jason & The Scorchers - Barrymores in Ottawa
(April 1985)

Camper Van Beethoven - Barrymores in Ottawa
(1991)

New Model Army - Opera House in Toronto
(September 1991)

Concrete Blonde - Concert Hall in Toronto
(1993?)

Matthew Sweet - Government (I think) in Toronto
(March 1997)

New Pornographers - Government in Toronto
(July 2003)

Yeah Bob, As Skip said "I was top loaded..." Pretty much the case for the '70's.

Regarding Wet Willie, I saw them at the Fox, they opened up for Dr. John. Great show, kinda the first time I was exposed to the New Orleans sound by Dr. John. He had that "Wrong Place/Right Time" song at the time if I remember correctly.

I was with Jack Hall (Wet Willie bass player) for a very short time back in '02 -- putting together a "Black Tie/Corp band" that fell completely apart after tons of rehearsals, damn band never even played a gig.

It was a shame and a complete waste of time.

Jacks a good bass player, knows lots of WW songs. ;>)

The band I'm in now we do "Keep On Smilin'".

Soooo... simple, just a 1,5 and a 4. Key of "G" modulate to "A".

There's your chart fellas.

"....like I said pilgrim....real men don't modulate....down that is..."

In the order I can think of them - Beatles, Stones, Who, ELP (2x), Edgar Winters, Jeff Beck Group, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Humble Pie, Ten Years After, Wings, Macca, Brian Ferry, Clapton (2x) Neil Young (2x) Led Zepplin, Elton John, The Pretenders (missed the opening act, Iggy Pop), Donovan (2x), Blasters Dwight Yoakum and GNR (all in small L.A. clubs), Marvin Gaye, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (at the Whiskey!), Mahavishnu Orchestra (w/ Billy Cobham and Jan Hammer), Scatman Crothers, Riders In The Sky, Chick Corea's band (w/ Al DiMeola and Stanley Clarke), Everly Brothers, Smokey Robinson, Los Lobos, Peter Tosh, Rusty Anderson, Sting, Rick Nelson, King Crimson. Went to a taping of Midnight Special once, can't remember anyone but Billy Preston. I'm forgetting many. Mostly since the '80's have been heavily supporting local bands and clubs, as the older I get the less willing I am to drive, stand in lines or pay huge bucks to see someone play.

Dr. John! that's who I forgot! And Fishbone...

First concerts - all in 1969

Janis Joplin and Richie Havens - Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
Jimi Hendrix Experience and Buddy Miles Express (and Cat Mother) - Madison Square Garden
Jefferson Airplane - Fillmore East

Woodstock Festival - Bethel, NY

There's some great bands in there that I haven't had the pleasure of seeing. My first concert was Eric Clapton when I was 14 followed by Paul Weller, Sting, Paul Carrack, Madness, Pink Floyd, Yes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and others that I can't remember. I do wish I had been young enough to have seen Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Who (with John and Moonie) and Cream amongst others.

I like seeing local bands but they are getting few and far between through my way

I was born in 1985, so a bit late to join this game .

I remember some of the dates exactly, but some of the years on the earlier shows might be one or two off.

1993: Little Richard (Del Mar Fair, San Diego) 1998: The Everly Brothers (Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas) with Albert Lee on guitar, and Buddy _____ (Eckles or something like that) on steel guitar. 1999: The Everly Brothers (Humphries, San Diego) 2000 (June 25): Ringo Starr (Humphries, San Diego) with Jack Bruce, Dave Edmunds, Eric Carmen, Zak Starkey, and Mark Rivera 2002: (June 28): Peter Frampton (Del Mar Fair, San Diego) 2002: (Oct 25): Paul McCartney (Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim) 2003: (late June): Foghat (Del Mar Fair, San Diego) 2003: (late June): Steppenwolf (Del Mar Fair, San Diego) 2003: (Sep 7): Ringo Starr (Humphries, San Diego) with Colin Hay, Shiela E., Mark Rivera, Paul Carrack, and John Waite. 2004: (July 24): Eric Clapton (Pepsi Center, Denver) with Billy Preston 2004: (July 27): John Fogerty (Embarcadero, San Diego) - FRONT ROW/Center! 2004: (Oct 18): Bob Dylan (Pavilion, UC Davis) 2005: (June 28): Donovan (Del Mar Fair, San Diego) 2005: (June 28): Dick Dale (Del Mar Fair, San Diego) 2005: (Aug 20): Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Coors Amphitheatre, San Diego) 2005: (Nov 1): Paul McCartney (Pepsi Center, Denver) 2005: (Nov 16): Paul McCartney (Arco Arena, Sacramento) Next: 2006: (Apr 5): Queen + Paul Rodgers (HP Pavilion, San Jose)

All of these were fantastic, but I really wish I could have seen George Harrison.

Great idea for a topic!

Pink Floyd (DSOTM tour), Seals & Crofts, America, Joe Walsh & Barnstorm twice, Renaissance ( my all time favorite band!!!), The Guess Who, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Genesis ( lots of times between '72 and '77), Stephen Stills, Damnation Of Adam Blessing, Steeleye Span, Procol Harum twice, Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention (with George Duke and Jean Luc Ponty), Peter Paul & Mary, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, Humble Pie, Glass Harp a couple times, Yes (several times), Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Barvarians, Trio! (with Stanley Clarke, Bela Fleck and Jean Luc Ponty), Bela Fleck and the Flecktones several times, with Sam Bush, Jeff Coffin and Paul McCandless, Chick Corea a couple times, once with The Cleveland Orchestra with Bobby McFerrin conducting!, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Yellow Jackets, Chuck Mangione, Buddy Rich, Count Basie and his Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman and his Young Thundering Herds, Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Takioshi Big Band, Joe Pass, Wayne Johnson a couple times ( fantastic guitarist), Gentle Giant, Rick Wakeman (King Arthur tour), Michael Brecker, Joni Mitchell twice, the first time with Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Michael Brecker, Don Alias and Jaco Pastorius!, The Persuasions, The Who, Brand X a couple times, Tunnels several times (my band, Rare Blend, did a gig with them once), Flora Purim several times, Airto, Michael Manring, Greg Howard ( an incredible Stickist!), Arturo Sandoval, Tommy James and The Shondells, Spyro Gyra, Monty Alexander, Andy Narell a couple times, Tuck & Patty, Turtle Island String Quartet, Brian Bromberg a few times, Wishful Thinking, Special EFX a couple times, Maynard Ferguson, John Cage!, Sea Level, McKendree Spring, Richie Havens, Phil Keaggy several times, Todd Rundgren, The Hello Poeple, Buzzy Linhart, Pure Prairie League, Brian Auger And The Oblivion Express many times, Pat Metheny many times, Asia, John Scofield, The Fents, Flim And The BBs, Livingston Talyor, Jethro Tull, Gryphon, Pousette-Dart Band, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jessie Collin Young, Santana, The Band, Rush, Steve Morse Band a couple times, Joe Sample, Joe Zawinal Synicate, The Syn, Steve Hackett a few times, Andre Segovia, Robin Trower, The Cleveland Orchestra innumerable times mid '60s to the present, Montreux, Shadowfax a couple times, Neil Zaza a few times.... my mind is going numb, I know there are lots more.

"Another one that really stands out for me was seeing Warren Zevon at the Chestnut Cabaret"

Warren was a customer of mine at a camera store I worked at back in the '80s.

The Irish Rovers in the 70s (I took my Grandmother)

Hey, "The Unicorn Song" ALWAYS made me cry....

You guys make me feel soooo old - I guess I am... Haven't any of you Ric people out there seen The Byrds - or at least McGuinn? I saw Roger and the gang about a dozen times between 1968 - 1973. Last time I saw Roger was at a mobile TV taping last year.

Let me see...who else did I see still in the late 1960's?
Simon & Garfunkel, Cream (x4), Delaney & Bonnie, Jackie Lomax, The Flying Burrito Bros.(w/GP), The Allman Bros, The Who, Led Zepplin, Jeff Beck Group (w/Rod Stewart),Janis Joplin, Mother Earth (w/Tracy Nelson),Ten Years After (x4), Jimi Hendrix, Moby Grape (x2)- a great group, The Youngbloods, Procol Harum (x2) and a couple dozen more. I wish you all could have been there...

joeyr: I also was at JFK in Philly in '66 for the Beatles show - why didn't see you there (LOL)? Still have my ticket stub!

Of significance:

SRV, front row, "Couldn't Stand the Weather" tour ('85?)
Danny Gatton, Twist'n'Shout, Bethesda, MD, a few times in 88-89
REM, opening night of Document tour in Knoxville, TN, 1987? Followed by them sitting in with another Athens band at a local bar.

Mick: Jason and the Scorchers were the GREATEST EVER! They played Knoxville often back in the 80s during my college days.

More recently, many John Hiatt shows--one of the few that will get me out of the house to a big show these days...