I like a lot of kinds of music and have a lot of favorite singers and other musicians. And although I’ve been around a lot of music for many years, I haven’t really seen that many of my favorite professional artists live.
I’ve Seen…
(in no particular order)
-Neil Young
-Loretta Lynn
-Huey Lewis (twice)
-Stevie Ray Vaughn
-Robert Cray
-ZZ Top
-AC/DC
-Grateful Dead (seven times? eight?!)
-The Band
-Crosby, Stills and Nash
-The Who
-Todd Rundgren (twice)
-Tom Petty
-Pat Martino
-Marshall Tucker Band
-.38 Special
-Steppenwolf
-The Guess Who
-Sheryl Crow (twice)
-Dave Matthews Band
-Phish (twice)
-Widespread Panic
-Julie Brown
-John Anderson
Well, that’s a longer (and weirder!) list than I thought it’d be. But, then again, it’s been quite a number of years…
I’m going to start a list of people and bands I’d really like to see live.
But before I do, I want to make one of people I won’t have the opportunity to see:
:( I’ll Never See…
(in no particular order)
-Ella Fitzgerald
-Billie Holiday
-John Lennon
-Louis Armstrong
-Miles Davis
-Janis Joplin
-Django Reinhardt
-Jerry Garcia
-Elvis
-Les Paul
-Jimi Hendrix
-Ray Charles
That would make a pretty cool all-star band!
And now for my list of must-sees. This is not an exhaustive list of my favorite bands or musicians; some of those I guess I’m okay with listening to and not necessarily experiencing. And I’m not saying I wouldn’t see other acts if I had the opportunity. :)
I’d Love to See…
(in no particular order)
-Joni Mitchell (Something Miles of Aisle-ish would be awesome!)
-James Taylor (sharing the stage with Carole King would be great!)
-Billy Joel
-Simon (with and/or without Garfunkel)
-Paul Rodgers (preferably with Bad Company but not on a bill with Lynyrd Skynyrd…)
-Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks
-Crosby, Stills and Nash WITH Young
-Steely Dan
-Peter Gabriel
-Paul McCartney
-Warren Haynes (preferably with Govt Mule)
-Rolling Stones
-Pink Floyd (with Waters AND Gilmour)
How many of these are simply pipe dreams? A couple at least. If I think of any more, I’ll come back and add them to my list.
So…Who would be on your lists?