Thursday, April 27, 2017

Bands I Have Seen

This seems to be 1 of the most popular memes to sweep Facebook in a while - name 9 bands you've seen and 1 you haven't. I posted that it seemed like humble bragging (or just bragging) to me, but I was curious how many name bands I had seen - I've never been much of a concert goer. I wasn't sure I'd have 9, but I had 15. It seemed like it was worth capturing here.
  1. The Mothers of Invention - at Changes Unlimited on Hill St in Louisville, Spring 1968
  2. Jimi Hendrix - Boston Garden, Fall 1968
  3. The Grateful Dead - MIT Beer Blast Spring 1969 & Spring 1972 + 1 other time
  4. Chuck Berry - MIT Beer Blast Spring 1971
  5. Janis Joplin - MIT Beer Blast Spring 1970
  6. The Rolling Stones - Madison Square Garden, Winter 1969
  7. Ike & Tina Turner Review - ditto
  8. The Byrds - Boston, 1973? Clarence White on lead guitar
  9. Loggins & Messina - Dayton, 1974
  10. Stevie Wonder - ditto
  11. Rufus with Chaka Khan - ditto
  12. Billy Joel - Rupp Arena, 2006?
  13. Elton John - ditto
  14. Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks - Woodsongs, 2009?
  15. Prefuse 73 - techno cruise on the Hudson, 2005?
I should probably record that the band I was in, Salamander, opened for Sha Na Na at MIT in 1973 or so.

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