I know I’m missing some, but I think I have most of them. My head’s about to explode from trying to remember them all but it was fun going down memory lane.
CONCERTS
Young Rascals
Tradwinds
Rolling Stones
The Doors
Shadows of Night
The Detergents
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Dionne Warwick
The Secrets
The Lovin’ Spoonful
Herman’s Hermits
Beach Boys
James Brown
The Miracles with Smokey Robinson
Otis Redding
Soul Survivors
The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield
Steppenwolf
Janis Joplin
Big Brother and the Holding Co. with Janis Joplin
Joe Cocker, solo and with the Grease Band
Jefferson Starship
The Youngbloods
The Kinks
CCR
Spirit
John Sebastian
Chubby Checker
Fats Domino
Little Richard
Leo Kottke
Vanilla Fudge
Chambers Brothers
Buddy Guy
Aztec Two-Step
Harry Chapin
Mobey Grape
Jefferson Airplane
The Jaggerz
Brian Hyland
CSN&Y
Stephen Stills- with surprise appearance by Neil Young
Lynyrd Skynard
Wet Willie
The Band
Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers
Stevie Wonder
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Merle Haggard
Tammy Wynette
Roy Orbison
Grass Roots
Mott the Hoople
David Bowie
Aerosmith
Van Morrison
The Blasters
Del Shannon
Taj Majol
Los Lobos
The Turtles
Flo and Eddie
Bruce Springsteen
Queen
Thin Lizzie
Jackson Browne
Warren Zevon
Bonnie Raitt
Jimmy Buffet
Marshall Tucker Band
Gordon Lightfoot
ELO
Fleetwood Mac
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
Reba McEntire
ZZ Top
John Prine
Tom Rush
Roger McGuinn
Johnny Winter
Edgar Winter & White Trash
Humble Pie
Led Zeppelin
Chicago
Poco
Foghat
A bunch of “girl groups”; too many to remember. (Martha & the Vandellas, Chiffons, Shirelles, etc)
Orleans
Three Dog Night
Little Feet
Little River Band
Eric Clapton
Graham Parker
Dire Straits
Cheap Trick
REO
Alabama
Ricky Skaggs
JJ Jackson
Bon Jovi
Marshall Crenshaw
Souther, Furray and Hillman Band
Linda Rhonstadt
The Eagles
The Ventures
Steely Dan
Doobie Brothers
Ringo Starr and All Star Band
Colin Blundstone (The Zombies)
The Who
John Fogerty
Rufus with Chaka Khan
Rod Stewart- solo
Rod Stewart and the Faces
Grin (Neil’s Lofgrin)
Santana
……and I met Chuck Berry in a club in Marina del Rey and he invited me to sit down and have a drink with him.
WOW!!! That is a very impressive list! You’re perhaps a year or two older than me, but you have impeccable taste. I’d kill to have seen many, many, many of those…
This in particular:
A bunch of “girl groups”; too many to remember. (Martha & the Vandellas, Chiffons, Shirelles, etc)
I never had a change at any of those. And to have seen both John Sebastien and the Lovin’ Spoonful, is a double whammy for me - he/they are toward the top of my list of artists I regret never seeing.
Out of curiosity, where did you see Roy Orbison? I have an acquaintance from Odessa, Texas, who is maybe more than a few years older than me, who claims that Roy Orbison and a small ensemble played at his cotillion (no one nearly as interesting was anywhere near mine ).
The Shadows of Knight were one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones in ‘66 and Mobey Grape was one of the acts in those multiple-act concerts they used to have in the ‘60’s. Those were just the greatest, That concert was Buddy Guy, Mobey Grape, Vanilla Fudge, and the Chambers Brothers.
I got to cross one of the very few remaining bands off my personal concert bucket list. I finally got the chance to see Igorrr last night at The Complex.
They kinda defy description, but the closest I can get is that they’re an insane blend of baroque classical music, techno rave, death metal, and opera. Heard them once described as “Post-apocalyptic Cabaret”, which seems fitting.
It’s not very often you get to run point on a “wall of death” for one song…then end up waltzing with some random 6’4" dude in the mosh pit during the next.
The young lady in these songs has become a friend - albeit at a great distance - since she and I met on social media shortly after her participation in 2013. I’m now tightly linked in with her, her husband Vova, and her Composer and lyricist for her song. He himself just returned to Eurovision this past may. I have a dream of making it to Moldova before I croak and the chance to meet them all would be a dream come true. Thanks to her I gained an actual desire to try and learn some Romanian (she is form Chisinau, Moldova); it made sense with me already knowing SPA/ITA/FRE and understanding a great deal of POR (European).
She is on the verge of releasing an actual ENGLISH song… I will share it when it is officially released. She has by far the best female voice Ive personally encountered form Moldova in the last 2 decades at least. I hope you can enjoy the numbers, even if you dont understand the language. Plenty of songs purportedly in English cant be understood either! LOL I’ll start this with her brilliant performance at Eurovision.
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