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Nine Below Zero

 
Snap! They were/are a great live band.

bapu
 
 
 
 
 
Marc Cohn
 
Little Feat
 
Free
 
 
 

Jealous....

My interest in live concerts gradually decreased after too many disappointments in sound quality, and when getting the tickets became more and more a speed contest.
The mentionable of my concert list are maybe
 
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Jethro Tull
Frank Zappa
Free
Uriah Heep (the original line-up)
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Fleetwood Mac (the original blues line-up)
Tina Turner
Dire Straits
The Who
David Bowie
 
And some nice ones on rock festivals long ago
 
Colosseum
Wizzard
Kinks
Canned Heat
Argent
Family
Fairport Convention
Jeff Beck
Lindisfarne
MC5
Boomtown Rats
Eric Burdon
 

This is worrying, looking at the 75 and 76 Reading Festival line-up I forgotten some very big names including Lou Reed, AC/DC and Soft Machine.
 
Edit - Well just found this on another site "Contray to other websites information,Lou Reed did not appear."  That's a bit of a releif as I am sure he is one I would have remembered

I am getting to more concerts now than any time since the 1970's I am enjoying smaller bands on the British "Prog" and folk circuits.
 
Bold = seen more than once.
 
The Strawbs - many times and many lineups between 1973 & 2016
 
In the Last 10 years
 
Mostly Autumn
Karataka
Focus
Panic Room
Luna Rossa
Richard Thompson
Dave Foster
Kiama
Fairport Convention
Carl Palmer
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash.
Eric Clapton
Deep Purple
Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra
Alison Moyet
Mica Paris
Al Stewart
Simpson, Cutting and Kerr
Gigspanner
Bob Fox
Mouletts
The Proclaimers
Haloblind
 
Earlier
 
Van Morrison
Ultravox
Dire Straits
Golden Earing
Supertramp
The Albion Band
Martin Carthy
Boys of the Lough
Bob Fox and Stu Luckley
Steeleye Span
Roxy Music
Gentle Giant
Barclay James Harvest
Nazareth
Tangerine Dream
Sharks
Lindisfarne
Yes
ELP
Peter Gabriel
Genesis (Post Gabriel, but Steve Hackett was still there)
Neil Young
Robin Trower
Rory Gallagher
The Enid
Captain Beefheart
Pink Floyd
Osibesa
Linda Lewis
Roy Harper
Vinegar Joe
Caravan
Wally
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Joan Armatrading
String Driven Thing
Judas Preist
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
Babe Ruth
Alan Stivell
  
There are of course many I have forgotten but here are some bigger names I have no recollection of seeing at the 74/75 Reading festivals
 
Thin Lizzy
AC/DC
Soft Machine
Hawkwind
Mahavishnu Orchestra
UFO
 

Bold = seen more than once.
 
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Hawkwind
Wishbone Ash
Uriah Heep
Ozzy Osbourne
Pink Floyd
Yes
Genesis
Rick Wakeman
UFO
Fleetwood Mac
Ten Years After
Groundhogs
Focus
Queen
Foo Fighters
Frank Zappa
Steve Vai
Dream Theater
Jethro Tull
Pink Fairies
Renaissance
Steve Hackett
Staind
Pallas
 
 
There are probably, almost certainly more, have to consult my record collection later 
 
 
 

Aerosmith (Brain Auger opened)
Jimmy Buffett (yes I am a parrot head)...It is just plain fun!
Little River Band
Steve Miller Band
Crosby Stills Nash & Young (Just after 9/11 they toured)
Santana
Rush
Journey
Night Ranger
The Smithereens (Tom Cochran opened).
Kix
The Doobie Brothers
The Eagles (Dixie Chicks opened)
Barenaked Ladies (Howie Day Opened along with Butterfly Boucher).
Eric Clapton (Robert Cray Opened)
Chicago
The Beach Boys
Eddie From Ohio
Spyro Gyra (Leo Kottke opened - incredible guitar player)
 
Country Acts I have seen
Vince Gill
Brad Paisley
Restless Heart
Billy Currington
Many more but can't remember since I was at Gran Ole Opry for 75th birthday (not mine the Opry).  I am younger than that!
 

I've seen more than I can count, but here are the notables:
 
Bryan Ferry (my first concert)
The X-Pensive Winos (their only Toronto show ever)
Spinal Tap (on their 1-day, cross-Canada tour)
David Bowie (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003)
James (one of the best shows i've ever seen, and they did it in a CLUB)
The National (didn't know of them, or care - by the end of their first song my jaw was on the floor - brilliant live band)
REM (A great, aggressive rock 'n' roll show, surprisingly gritty)
Ministry (just... wow)
Iggy Pop (how do you make a guitarist in the audience ignore the guitarist onstage?  Walk Iggy on!)
 
 
 

addendum to my previous post.

Rick Wakeman
Procal Harem
Leo Sayer
Wally (again)
The Winkies.

At the 1974 Crystal Palace garden party. Procal Harem stole the show for me, but Rick was having a heart attack during his set so maybe he was off form.

michaelhansonMy only regret is that I never got to see Lennon live, nor Clapton.  I had my chances on Clapton, but they just didn't happen.  It may never, now that he has scaled back.  I would have like to see BB King as well.

Saw Clapton three times, I think in 77,78 and either 79 or 80.

All at the same 1200 capacity venue, first was when he was kind of rebuilding his career. His band was the Ocean Boulevard one, with Ronnie Laine supporting.

The second time Muddy Waters provided "support", though it was difficult to decide who was supporting who.

The third was a world-tour warm-up gig with a cut-down band and Albert Lee as second guitar.

After that he started doing 15,000 seat venues where you need binoculars to see the stage, and dropped blues in favour of focusing on his own middle of the road stuff. And I lost interest.

Three chances to watch Clapton at his best from a distance of ten feet is something I'd really like to be able to live again. As would a chance to time-travel and see Ronnie Laine.