Live music acts witnessed / to witness ~ your lists

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I never saw Zeppelin (obviously, being born in 1976), but I drove from Phoenix to Laughlin, Nevada to see Jason Bonham and his band. It was an awesome gig in a smallish ballroom that was way too small to be following fire regulations, but it made me realize that Led Zep in their prime was probably 10 times as good.

@wycombe-al said
Sepultura
Megadeth
L7
Alice in Chains
The Almighty
The Cult
The Mission
Killing Joke
Hell is for Heroes
The Pixies
Teenage Fanclub
Vex Red
Mazzy Star
Neil Young
Kyuss
Testament
Fleetwood Mac
Slayer
Morrisey
Marion
Chemical Brothers
Trans Global Underground
Eat Static
Nine Black Alps
Suede
Lloyd Cole
The Damned
The Farm
Sisters of Mercy
The Specials

Of course up till now I didn't have many dots to connect re: what you might be like, but I had this impression you were some quiet guy living a peaceful, pastoral life in a little cottage.

Obviously I was wrong, and nice list! 😉

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lol

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Led Zep: awesome live band. Fire, passion, and the hammer of the gods. Played at Kezar (sp. ) Stadium south of the city, top billing for a day on the green which included Several warm up acts, Lee Michaels, The Tubes and Roy Harper. The crowd came for Led Zep, who were delayed, and got impatient. The crowd booed The Tubes off the stage. The concert promoted the recently released album Houses of the Holy, so that’ll give you the year. The stadium was packed to the rim, and when Led Zep finally appeared, the welcome was tumultuous. Great concert, Rock & Roll, Dazed & Confused, Stairway To Heaven, and much of the new release. I think the only band which even remotely compared for generating live crowd energy were The Allman Bros, whom I also saw in San Francisco in the 70s.

I could add to list of concerts I’ve attended:

Eric Clapton (multiple times)
Dire Straits (twice)
Mark Knopfler (post-DS)
BB King
Santana
Zappa
Van Morrison
Allman Bros (post Duane)
Tina Turner
Joe Cocker
Joe Bonamassa (last year in Zurich)


Non rockers:
Pat Methemy (multiple times)
Andres Segovia

Sadly, I missed The Stones and The Who.

Segovia was amazing. Already an old man when I saw him, shuffled onto the Stanford Univ. auditorium stage as if he would crumple any second. Sat on a stool and waited. Waited several minutes. Eventually the crowd figured out they had to shut the f up. The chatter stopped. Still Segovia waited. Then the shuffling and coughing and sniffling and rustling stopped. Then the breathing stopped. I swear, the entire audience held its breath. Then he played. One old man bent over one accoustic Spanish guitar. Never have I seen such crowd control; he held them as if spellbound!

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I understand that their most successful tour in America was '75 as well.