The Everly Brothers- Don & Phil @ Steel Pier/ Atlantic City ~ 1959?

 

Growing up in West Virginia in the 1960's I managed to see:
The Grassroots
Paul Revere & the Raiders (my sister had a crush on Mark Lindsey)
Ian & Sylvia

 

You guys get around!
Let's see if I remember some of my highlights...not so easy anymore for various reasons...

Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 1978 - Cow Palace, SF - best show I ever saw.

Grateful Dead (3 times) : Oakland, 1979; Berkeley, 1983; RFK Stadium Washington DC 1988 w/Dylan and Tom Petty

Rolling Stones 1981 Candlestick Park, SF w/opening acts George Thorogood and J. Geils Band
Peter Gabriel, SF, 1982 -- he intentionally fell backward into the crowd and was passed around the first three rows. Cult-like atmosphere.
Amnesty International Tour, Philly 1988: Sting, Springsteen, Gabriel, Tracy Chapman. Highlight of the show: the roar of the crowd when Springsteen sang "Jersey Girl"
Live Aid, 1985: highlight: everything!

Strangest double bill: Eddie Money and the Ramones, 1978, Reno NV fairgrounds



Tangerine Dream, Warfield Theater SF 1980 -- the members played behind a translucent screen and never moved

Best multi-media concert: Laurie Anderson, Warfield, 1983

James Brown, 1983 - SF State Student Union. Mr. Dynamite!

...And a special "oops" award to the stagehands who set up the Climax Blues Band's lighting tower at a University of Nevada appearance in 1978. The ENTIRE THING toppled over onto the drummer., who nevertheless emerged okay.

That's just a sample.

 

...and one not mentioned yet:
Carlos Santana at Cleveland Indians' Stadium, mid-70's, on a bill with Crosby Stills and Nash and...

I forget.
Never mind

 

Loudon Wainwright III was probably the most engaging entertainer I've seen. Just a guy and his guitar, he'll have you rolling in the aisle one moment and shedding a tear the next. I believe "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" was his biggest hit. He's still out there earning a living.

 

In no particular order

New Riders of the Purple Sage
Grateful Dead
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
ELO (Opening Act) Electric Cello!!!
Beach Boys
Chicago
Neil Diamond
Fleetwwod Mac
Tower of Power
Moody Blues
Flying Burrito Brothers
The Eagles
Dolly Parton
Norton Buffalo
Boz Scaggs
Steve Miller
and
Jimmy Buffet (Parrot Heads Unite!!!!!)

 

yeeouch!i seem to recall in the fog of times past...

simon&garfunkle at zellerbach - berkeley
j.airplane when they opened for sopwith camel at the avalon[pretty much all the sf bands at one time or another..]
g. dead in GG park a lot... we never paid to hear them!
my college roomate went to high school w/ n.g. dirt band....saw a lot of them..
arlo guthrie somewhere..
dick dale and the deltones somewhere...
dave van ronk...most likley in berkeley
a young bev"bubbles"sills in "daughter of the regiment" as SF opera house [thanks to a berkeley co-ed who urged me to buy tickets with the possibility of sex afterward.....paid off big time!!!]
d'olycarte's touring production of "pinafore"...same lady..same results.. [come to think of it if it wasn't for her i'd never have seen f.vonstade or those tenor guys..she perferred placido...i was indifferent..]
al green [pre-reverend]at the oakland col.

[does john denver at an EST "party" at the cow palace count??]

 

I've seen lots (I'll list them later), but the one I remember the most is Tina Turner, because I saw her 30 years apart! Once in college when she was with Ike, and about three years ago here in DC. Amazing woman...

 

OK...I'm thinking - No order, just random...

The Everly Brothers
Chicago
The Moody Blues
The Righteous Brothers
James Brown
Eric Burdon (of Animals fame)
Willy Nelson
Linda Ronstadt
Emmylou Harris
The Lettermen
Judy Collins
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Joan Baez
Peter, Paul and Mary

More to come...

Roy Orbison (Twice - the year before and year of his death. He never sounded better. Awesome voice.)

Yikes...How could I forget The Beatles!!! Saw them on my birthday in 1964 - their first appearance in the U.S. at the DC Coliseum.

Dickie Betts (formerly of the Allman Brothers)
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Allison Krauss
Chuck Berry
Several Zydeco bands
Sweaty (fave band in Phoenix - been seeing them for about 10 years)
Stormin' Norman and Fiasco (fave DC band - been seeing them for about 6 years)

Coming up the end of Dec - The Blind Boys of Alabama (great Gospel group)

 

All of the above are among my all time favorites.
I own EVERY Emmylou Harris CD (although she appears on about fifty others in backup roles).

Peter, Paul and Mary sang at the '63 March. So did Joan Baez.