2016/12/12 15:42:57
kennywtelejazz
bapu
Kenny,
 
I turned down offers to audition for Hall & Oats and Uriah Heap (both in ~1978). Hall & Oats were kind of rising up and I couldn't stand them and Uriah Heap was trying to make a comeback of sorts.
 




I knew T Bone , he bought one of my Pre CBS  Teles  back in the day ....
 
craigb
Kenny's list reminded me of one I saw when I was very young: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.  I saw a lot of Classical stuff when I was young, but don't remember much of it now.




It's true I have a lot of Jazz players in my list ...that's how I became celibate against my own will
 
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass had a great guitar player.... John Pisano
 
I used to go out and hear John 2 or 3 nights a month when I lived in LA .
His Tuesday Guitar Nights would feature a Cream of the crop Jazz Guitarist playing along w John , a bassist + a drummer .
 
John is one of the best there ever was ..John Pisano's discography as a player is astounding .
He is still active as far as I know ...
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
2016/12/12 15:52:01
jamesg1213
bapu
Kenny,
 
I turned down offers to audition for Hall & Oats and Uriah Heap (both in ~1978). Hall & Oats were kind of rising up and I couldn't stand them and Uriah Heap was trying to make a comeback of sorts.
 




Why did you turn down the Uriah Heep audition?
2016/12/12 16:28:03
bapu
jamesg1213
bapu
Kenny,
 
I turned down offers to audition for Hall & Oats and Uriah Heap (both in ~1978). Hall & Oats were kind of rising up and I couldn't stand them and Uriah Heap was trying to make a comeback of sorts.
 




Why did you turn down the Uriah Heep audition?


Combination of gun shy (hadn't played out in like 5 years) and not really "into" that band.
2016/12/12 16:29:00
bapu
And probably because I couldn't spell their name proper like.
 
2016/12/12 16:40:15
Slugbaby
Oh, and for fun here's my list of musicians I saw, never want to see again, and want my money back from the first time:
 
Queensryche
Billy Idol 
The B52s
Hanoi Rocks
Interpol
 
 
2016/12/12 16:44:15
DrLumen
Nazareth
Van Halen
David Lee Roth w/Steve Vai
Foreigner
Deep Purple (80's re-group)
Kiss
Def Leppard
ZZ Top
Budgie
Head East
Huey Lewis & The News
Triumph
Metallica
Corrosion of Conformity
Ronny James Dio
Motley Crue
Tesla
AC/DC
Whitesnake
Thin Lizzie
Great White
White Zombie
Judas Priest
Rush
Sammy Hagar
Loudness
Autograph
Tommy Tutone
Santana w/Tito Puente
38 Special
Loverboy
Humble Pie
Iron Maiden
Rick Derringer
Dokken
UFO
Ted Nugent
John Cougar Mellenkamp (I think that was the name at that point in time)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Joe Ely
Los Lobos
The Stray Cats
Bad Company
Foghat
Scorpions
Poison
Run DMC
Salt-n-Pepa
Aerosmith
Al DiMeola
Cheap Trick
Bryan Adams
NightRanger
Tina Turner
Keith Sweatt
Moe Bandy & The Rodeo Clowns
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Merle Haggard w/Tammy Wynette
Reba McIntyre
Randy Travis
George Straight
The Oakridge Boys
Alabama
George Jones
Gene Watson
John Anderson
Los Tigres Del Norte
Gloria Estefan
David Copperfield
Gallagher
Guy Lombardo

Some of these I have seen multiple times. I can't remember how many times I have seen AC/DC, Nazareth and ZZ Top. I know there are more lurking in the fog of drugs, alcohol and years.
 
I'm not necessarily a fan of all these. Most of them I was getting paid to be there so... Like C&W, my inner alcoholic loves it but I don't really care for it.

I see lots in these list that I would like to have seen. Weather Report w/Jaco would have been awesome. Because of timing and locations I never got to The Dixie Dregs or Pink Floyd either :(

FWIW, I turned down an audition for Lawrence Welk. :)
2016/12/12 17:13:40
UbiquitousBubba
My favorites are some of the times I've seen bands and wondered, "What are you doing here?"
 
 A long time ago, I was attending a company event at DisneyWorld during one of those special nights when the park is "only open to High School Students" (plus a certain number of creepy corporate types). I was one of the creepy corporate types. Anyway, I was making my way to some ride, turned a corner, and there was Wang Chung. They were playing Dance Hall Days. I had to stop and watch to see if everybody was going to Wang Chung tonight. (The band did, but they were the only ones.)
 
In the early 80's, Chicago used to host Chicagofest down on Navy Pier. It was fantastic. For about $10, you could buy a wristband to spend the entire day seeing as many bands as you could squeeze into your day. I was rather poor, but I scraped the cash together and saw Cheap Trick, Point Blank (no, no one else remembers them, either), Shooting Star, the Doobie Brothers (I was underwhelmed), and several more that I really can't remember. It was funny to walk around through the crowd and see these guys walking around with the normal folk, trying not to be noticed.
 
Going back a little further, I was wandering around at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane, WA and saw Grand Funk Railroad performing on an outdoor stage. The band piled together in one small circle on the stage, almost on top of one another, leaving the rest of the stage completely bare. In retrospect, I think it was a way to compensate for inadequate monitors. Bachman-Turner Overdrive was a bigger hit and the small crowd seemed to know who they were. It was a little strange to walk through the park and accidentally come across one of these bands. The surprise made it that much more fun. 
2016/12/12 19:17:58
KenB123
I might as well join in the fun.
 
Anybody volunteer to compile the lists and graph it out (i.e. most popular)?
 
3-Dog Night
Alice Cooper
Asleep at the Wheel
Bangor’s Flying Circus
Bill Monroe
Black Oak Arkansas
Blue Cheer
Boxcar Willie
Buddy Rich
Byrds
Canned Heat
Chris Isaak
Crow
Cryan Shames
Dale Watson
Dan Hicks
Doobie Brothers
Eagles
Edgar Winter
Elson John
Emmylou Harris
Glen Campbell
Gordon Lightfoot
Ides of March
James Taylor
Jeff Beck
Jethro Tull
John Hartford
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia
Junior Brown
K.D. Lang
Leo Kottke
Lyle Lovett
Marshall Tucker Band
Mason Profit
MC5
Moody Blues
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
REO Speedwagon (pre-Kevin Cronin)
Richie Furay Band
Riders In The Sky
Roy Buchanan
Steve Miller/Boz Scaggs (late ‘60s)
Steve Morse (guitar clinic)
Stevie Wonder
Styx (before famous)
Supertramp
Ted Nugent
The Flock
Trillion
Willie Nelson
Wishbone Ash
2016/12/12 20:23:37
bapu
more updates to my post #10.
2016/12/12 20:41:08
bapu
even more updates in my post #10
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