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04/19/2015 08:45:57 PM · #151 |
Honestly TOO many to even recall..
I used to work in the Merchandise industry (selling t-shirts and other trinkets at shows) and so i've seen about 75% of the bands that have come through Seattle and other at the Gorge Amphitheater for the past 2.5 years. A lot of big bands and a lot of smaller guys too. Dreadful industry depending on which side you work. But it was primarily fun whilst i was apart of it.
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04/19/2015 09:35:58 PM · #152 |
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
Originally posted by bvy:
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
Buddy Rich
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hahaha....really??? Of all people.. he did put on a good show, but actually Max Roach was the star for me. |
Roach was no slouch, but I'm partial to Buddy Rich -- he led a hard swinging big band with top notch soloists. He had excellent arrangers working for him too. Good stuff.
I won't bore everyone with all the jazz and opera stars I've seen. Top of the list, respectively, would be Herbie Hancock and Stephanie Blythe as Aida (I performed on stage with her). I've also met two famous American composers in person -- John Adams and Philip Glass. I have pictures of Glass that I'll be developing soon...
Among the best rock shows -- I saw Paul Simon, twice, when he was touring Rhythm of the Saints, and once with what's his name.
I also saw Skynyrd when they played LSU (Baton Rouge) in 1991. It was their first show since the plane crash fifteen or so years earlier that claimed half the band. They were en route to Baton Rouge, so that's where they kicked off this reunion tour. Very cool in that they not only honored tickets from the ill-fated show that never took place, but also reserved the front row for these people. I'm not a huge Skynyrd fan, but I went with a couple friends who wanted to go, and it was a damn good time.
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04/20/2015 12:27:33 AM · #153 |
My family started me early with folk music at festivals. The first I can actually remember the name of is Reilly & Maloney. Fairground crap like Weird Al. Then I went astray...
Motley Crew (It was $15, why not. My friend fell asleep on my shoulder. Good times.)
Melvins
Tool (Couple times. First time great, second time sucked)
Veruca Salt
Clutch (Multiple times, cuz they're awesome)
Soulfly, HED(pe), dayinthelife and StaticX (Strangeland Tour. I went for Snot, but they didn't show. Soulfly was great though.)
Agents of Oblivion (Awesome side project of Dax Riggs from Acid Bath)
Insane Clown Posse (Roughest concert I've been to. Those 16 year old Juggalos be crazy! I left torn, bruised, and sticky.)
Kidney Thieves (Terrible live...)
Tapping the Vein
Type O Negative (Walked out)
Sky Cries Mary (Awesome)
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08/30/2024 02:26:43 PM · #154 |
| Here I am resurrecting a nine-year-old thread. What you probably don't realise is that I log onto DPC specifically to keep my gigs list updated! |
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08/31/2024 08:37:10 AM · #155 |
I'd have to talk about the three most memorable. B.B King, in a small venue here in my small city.....the place wasn't even full. He came out onto the stage with Lucille and a chair and he sat down to talk to us. He thanked us for being there stating that he'd be nothing without us.
I was completely blown away by his humility, and then, his magic.
I saw the Greateful Dead the one and only time they came through. I always loved their music and had a lot of their albums, but I simpkly wasn't into that whole traveling everywhere to follow them thing.
So the one and only time I saw 'em, they came to me. LOL!
Lastly, and most memorable was in 1982 when a friend of mine suggested we come with him to see this guitar player he liked. Small local county fair thing. The stage, such as it was, was small and maybe a quarter full.
The guy wasa simply amazing, unbelievable....pick your superlative, and was just the opening act for another band.
After they played we went back and shot the breeze with the guy and his band for about a half an hour just being thankful and enjoying meeting......Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble.
My ex and I have a pair of York Fair tickets with Stevie Ray Vaughn's autograph.
Pretty cool, if you ask me! LOL!
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08/31/2024 11:12:12 AM · #156 |
Air supply
Kane Brown
Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
Dixie Chicks
Charlie Daniels
Travis Tritt
George Strait
Aerosmith
Foreigner
Styx
Asleep at the Wheel
Carley Pierce
Gabby Barrett
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08/31/2024 11:36:43 PM · #157 |
The Moody Blues
Sinead O'Connor*
The Weakerthans*
Elvis Costello
Bob Dylan
The Monkees w/o Mike Nesmith
Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac
Don McLean & Crowded House
John K. Samson*
Cosmo Sheldrake*
Robyn Hitchcock
Paul McCartney
The Twenty % Tippers*
Leo Kottke
Judy Collins
Billy Bragg
Some version of Yes
asterisks for the ones I saw before they became a nostalgia tour.
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08/18/2025 10:05:58 AM · #158 |
Bumping this with my latest list after seeing Oasis at the weekend. (And believe it or not this DPC thread has become the main place I track the gigs I've been to!)
Michael Jackson ('Bad' tour, July 1988, Wembley Stadium)
Bee Gees
Dolly Parton (was great!)
Elton John & Billy Joel
Erasure
Blur
U2
REM
George Benson
Duran Duran
Stevie Wonder
Inspiral Carpets
Toots and the Maytals
Prince
Take That x3
Cameo
The Mock Turtles
World Party
The Wolfe Tones
The Levellers
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Roy Harper
Andrea Bocelli
Green Day
Rolling Stones
Depeche Mode
Lionel Richie
Coldplay (Music of the Spheres tour)
The Horne Section
Morrissey
Oasis (Cork, August 1996 and Dublin, August 2025)
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08/20/2025 03:33:17 PM · #159 |
Lady Gaga - for the second time this Friday 8/22/25 And with Tony Bennett (RIP)
Billie Elish
Madonna - 3x
Van Halen
Bruce Springsteen
Sabrina Carpenter
Billy Joel
Stevie Wonder
Elton John
Paul McCartney
Diana Ross
John Legend
Sting
Cher
Barry White (RIP)
Santana
Message edited by author 2025-08-20 15:33:57. |
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08/20/2025 07:20:23 PM · #160 |
The Who
The Police
The Beach Boys
Chicago
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Genesis
Sting
Berlin
Blondie
Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark
B52s
Squeeze
Elvis Costello (4x)
Nick Lowe
Cake
Garbage
John Hiatt
Lyle Lovett (4x)
John Mellencamp (2x)
Leo Kottke
Dawes (4x)
David Byrne
Jimmy Buffett (3x)
Doobie Brothers
BB King
Johnny Lang
Shawn Colvin (4x)
Boz Scaggs
Sun Ra Arkestra (3x - once while on stage playing!)
Count Basie Orchestra
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Alanis Morisette
Andy Williams (holiday show)
Paul Simon
Ben Folds
The Dixie Chicks
Eric Clapton
Doc Severinsen and Big Band
Duran Duran
Frankie Valli
Haircut One Hundred
Harry Connick Jr.
Seth MacFarlane
The Replacements
Treat Her Right
Liz Phair
The Psychedelic Furs
Lake Street Dive
Robert Cray
Tower of Power
I am sure I missed multiple ones....
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08/20/2025 09:43:01 PM · #161 |
Aerosmith
Kiss
Heart (twice)
The Guess Who
Poco
Dire Straits
Sting
Aretha Franklin
Joe Cocker
Pink Flamingo
Alice Cooper
Black Oak Arkansas
Melissa Etheridge
Indigo Girls
Billy Ocean
Jewel
Ted Nugent
ZZ Top (twice)
The Cars
Uriah Heep
J Geils Band
B-52's
That's all I can remember right now.
Message edited by author 2025-08-20 21:44:13. |
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