The favorite concert thread (thanks WarPaint!) got me thinking about acts I regret I never got to see, for various reasons, death being predominant. I mentioned that I wish I could have seen Jimi Hendrix. I also wish I could have seen Chuck Berry, Bowie, the Beatles, Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, a young AC/DC, an also young Elvis Costello, and many more....

You?

I wish I had gone to see Zeppelin too. I was too young to see the Beatles but those screaming girls would ruined any chance to hear them.



I actually saw Bowie. He was great. But...

We pulled up to the venue and some dudes ran up to the car offering a good deal on tickets. As my friend's idiot brother was paying for the tickets I kept saying, "Kevin, let's see the tickets first...let's see the tickets!" He didn't even look at them just gave them the money.

I finally looked at one of the tickets...it was a blank hockey ticket with a bunch of 3s typed in the middle and "Dave Bowie" typed on the bogus ticket. The dudes were last seen running down the street.

Yeah, we got reamed.


Finally found another scalper with real tickets.

For those that missed ‘em, the first two Led Zeppelin concerts performed in Seattle were about as good as it got !

Squeeeeezzz those lemons till the juice runs down your legs !

Too young for The Beatles, but sure would have loved to see them. Never saw Led Zepplin live, either

Andy Wood died before I got a chance to see Mother Love Bone live...that makes me sad just thinking about it.

I've seen Ozzy, but missed Sabbath with Ozzy.

On what I hope is an unrelated note...he's not getting any younger, and if you like watching a master play a guitar, go see Buddy Guy, as soon as you can.

Fish on...

Todd

Most boring you'll ever see in person is George Strait but hands down the purest voice on stage... He's playing in Vegas in a few weekends, still contemplating a last minute trip down to see him again as it's likely his last year from what I'm hearing.

Keith

I almost fell off my bar stool Todd ! Not once, but twice now .
We agree on somethings !!!

Buddy Guy here , and on the other music thread, gwar. Just goes to shows, music can bring most folks together no matter poli-ticks or background.

Joe Cocker and his Woodstock performance.

Yes!

And let's throw in Santana's too.

Geto Boys

Grateful Dead

I'm butthurt that I never saw AC/DC with Bon Scott.

I would have liked to have seen Simon and Garfunkel or Gordon Lightfoot.

Deep Purple
SF

2pac

Ozzy with Randy Rhoads

Elvis

Word!

The Who before Entwistle and Moon passed.

The Pixies

+ 1000

Hall and Oates

Simply Red

Radiohead

If you haven't already, go on YouTube and look up all the "Live at Daryl's House" performances...they are all really good.

Fish on...

Todd

Will do.

Another one for me.
Does it get ANY cooler than this?
Walking in as the band warms up, smoke and a quick cocktail, shake hands with a few cats and then just completely jam out for an hour plus. This guy is as good as it gets, I only wish I could have seen a performance like this one back in the day!


Worth the click I promise! Dexter Gordon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtmKAy9P1kY

Checking back... some good ones in here. Pixies, Hall and Oates, and now Dexter Gordon belong on my list. Keep 'em coming!

Etta James.

Morrissey. Especially hearing and watching Speedway.

You can gauge away..

I saw them at the Paramount in Seattle in 2015, I think. They were great!