Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: jaze Date: 19 Nov 04 - 02:21 PM Mississippi John Hurt. But I'd settle for a video. I'd love to see how he played that guitar. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bill D Date: 19 Nov 04 - 02:41 PM "...I really enjoy seeing the breadth of music that Catters love. It gives me a better feel of who they are..." oh, sure, Jerry...but when they ONLY mention rock..etc., it makes me wonder why they are here. I have tried to swear off my purist gripes the last 2-3 years, but occasionally my buttons get pushed and I yearn for that one tiny little corner of the world where traditional folk holds the main place on stage. I, too, like a wider type of music...some jazz, Dixieland, classical, even some recent songwriters..*wink*...I just butt in sometimes and note that what is in a collection of 9000 or so songs in the DigiTrad is NOT Django or Beatles or Jimi Hendrix....and 'hope' that a few will read it and temper their digressions a bit... Ok...I'll give it a rest for another couple years...*grin* |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Auggie Date: 19 Nov 04 - 03:22 PM Eva Cassidy Stephane Grapelli Eva Cassidy Kate Wolf Eva Cassidy Isaac Guillory I was fortunate enough to see Stevie Goodman twice, but I think I was the only person in Chicago NOT to know he had leukemia (until after Artistic Hair, when troubles were obvious even to me),so I passed on numerous other occasions. I have no idea what I did on those nights instead, but it couldn't have been as good as what I missed. Now if my favorites are within a hundred miles or so, I'm there too. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Auggie Date: 19 Nov 04 - 03:38 PM Forgot to mention Chet Atkins, and his brother-in-law Jethro Burns |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Barden of England Date: 19 Nov 04 - 04:21 PM Ewan McColl Nic Jones Stan Rodgers Alex Harvey Isaac Guillory John Denver Why Alex Harvey you may ask? What a showman is my answer. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: SINSULL Date: 19 Nov 04 - 04:42 PM The Blue Sky Boys |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Dave Sutherland Date: 19 Nov 04 - 04:47 PM I have been fortunate to have seen most of my musical heroes live (some of whom are mentioned here), even had the chance to speak to some of them. However not Miles Davis or Muddy Waters |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST Date: 19 Nov 04 - 05:18 PM Wow! Some great artists listed here. Stanley Turrentine! YES! Others already listed that I would 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th, and throw in a few of my own--mind you, I would have wanted to see them all in their prime, not decline: Folk/country sorts of acts I never saw, but would have LOVED to see: Silly Wizard Sandy Denny Pentangle Planxty Willie Clancy Ramblin' Jack Elliot John Prine Richie Havens Ricky Scaggs Earle Scruggs Dolores Keane Fairport The Band Doc Watson Patsy Cline Arlo Guthrie Woody Jean Ritchie Johnny Cash Roseanne Cash Allison Kraus Flyin Burrito Brothers Emmylou Poco Dixie Chicks (I know there is still plenty of hope) McGarrigle Sisters Natalie McMaster (again, still hope) Blues/R & B acts... Mingus Coltrane Stanley Turrentine Willie Dixon Lady Blues, Billie Holiday Bessie Smith Nina Simone Wilson Pickett Sam Cooke Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels Booker T & the MGs Boz Scaggs The Immortal Roy Orbison Rock/blues acts... Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Janis Joplin The Doors Hendrix Rolling Stones Allman Brothers Allman Brothers Allman Brothers Traffic Blues Project Blind Faith Nirvana The Clash Pop music acts... Sinatra Tony Bennett Duke Ellington Beatles (my mum wouldn't let me go when I had the chance at a free ticket, but then you couldn't hear them anyway, so I don't know it matters much in the end) Everly Brothers Marvin Gaye Shirelles Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Hall and Oates (they were kinda like an Everly Bros reincarnation, weren't they?) Young Rascals (homeboys of my youth) Joni Mitchell Van Morrison Rickie Lee Jones The Hollies The Kinks But really, there are only a handful of acts I truly, truly wish I had seen: Allman Bros Janis Joplin Patsy Cline Everly Bros Silly Wizard Planxty Mingus and call me crazy, but Duke Ellington. I saw the Count, I saw Louis Armstrong, but I never saw the Duke. Would have loved to have seen him with my dad, who loved Big Band music and introduced me to it. And of the greatest singers of all time, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Sandy Denny, and Frank Sinatra. Considering how prevalent the bias is towards men in music, I find it ironic that most the "great" singers on my own list are women. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST Date: 19 Nov 04 - 05:31 PM BTW, Steve Goodman in his prime was one of the best acts, in the sense of being purely and divinely entertained, I have ever seen. Him and Andy M. Stewart are probably the masters of that sort of music and entertainment I've ever seen. Tom Waits I saw in his prime, just him and a piano--again, one of the best musical experiences of my life. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,chinmusic Date: 19 Nov 04 - 05:55 PM 1- Eva Cassidy 2- Judy Garland 3- David Mallett 4- John McCutcheon 5- Patsy Cline 6- Ry Cooder 7- Gove Scrivenor 8- Bonnie Raitt 9- John Starling 10- Bill Staines This list is in no particular order, except for Eva Cassidy as number one. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST Date: 19 Nov 04 - 06:02 PM Catch Bonnie Raitt if you can. I've seen her about 5 or 6 times, and she was a gem in every show I ever saw (yep, even when she was drinkin' and cokin' heavy). Bill Staines & Ry Cooder too, but I wouldn't put either one of them in the same class of performer as Bonnie, even though they are both better players than she is. Bonnie is one of those rare musicians who puts it all together and blows you away when you see her perform. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Cluin Date: 19 Nov 04 - 06:24 PM Stan Rogers Rick Fielding Steve Goodman Townes Van Zandt Hank Williams Howlin' Wolf Michael Hedges Toby Keith |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: andymac Date: 19 Nov 04 - 07:08 PM As a bit of a purist, I'd pick: Pete Seeger (not much chance of me seeing him now but I still hope) Woody Guthrie Willie Scott Tony Cuffe (we were trying to get him to our local folk club around the time he took ill...) Paddy Tunney Ian Manuel Lizzie Higgins Ewan MacColl I could go on- I said I was a bit of a purist but outside of Folk Music (Leadbelly's quote permitting..) I'd say The Beatles Crowded House The Doors Joni Mitchell (in her "Blue" heyday) The Sex Pistols Led Zepellin Andy |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: MurkeyChris Date: 19 Nov 04 - 07:19 PM Richard and Linda Thompson together. I know Linda is singing again, but even a one off reunion seems pretty unlikely to me! Although I am seeing son and duaghter Teddy and Kamilla on Monday (as well as John Martyn on Sunday, an all time great I'm glad I'm finally getting to see for the first time). In the same vein, Fairport Covention circa Leige and Lief. Although it was fourteen years before I was even born so I have an excuse. I've seen them recently of course, but it's hardly the same. Lal Waterson Sandy Denny Joe Strummer and the Mescaleroes. Okay I caught the last song of a Glastonbury set before I really knew who he was, but I would loved to have seen them properly. He lived really close to me, and played a gig at my local shitty nightclub weeks before he died, but I was away at uni at the the time :( Chris |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST Date: 19 Nov 04 - 08:45 PM I'd go see Richard and Linda for the brawl. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: freda underhill Date: 19 Nov 04 - 08:55 PM John Lee Hooker. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs Date: 19 Nov 04 - 08:58 PM I'd still like to see Donovan. Heard his new disc, and his voice hasn't changed at all! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Jim from Jackson Date: 19 Nov 04 - 09:07 PM I guess I should add Bob Gibson and Shel Silverstein to my list 'way on up above. I would LOVE to see Roberts and Barrand and Seamus Kennedy, too. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Peace Date: 19 Nov 04 - 09:08 PM Dave Edmunds. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: darkriver Date: 19 Nov 04 - 09:12 PM Homer C. H. I. von Biber J. S. Bach W. A. Mozart and Hank Williams doug |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Gorgeous Gary Date: 19 Nov 04 - 09:33 PM Several folks who've been listed here, including Steve Goodman and various incarnations of Fairport (I **have** seen the current lineup once and the next-oldest lineup once). The one I most regret is missing Stan Rogers. Unfortunately I didn't even start getting into folk music until 10 years **after** he died. Next biggest regret is not having seen **more** of Schooner Fare before Tom Rowe's death earlier this year (and I was **at** the WFMA concert the weekend it happened). -- Gary |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Scoville Date: 19 Nov 04 - 09:48 PM I passed up a chance to see the Irish Rovers when I was 11 and still haven't forgiven myself. Other than that: Woody Guthrie Hank Williams Lefty Frizzell in his early years the original Red Clay Ramblers Bessie Smith Ma Rainey Robert Johnson Norman Blake as he was in the Seventies Buddy Holly a young Bob Dylan a young Arlo Guthrie (actually, I'd like to see the middle-aged Arlo, too) Kate Wolf and probably others . . . |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Al Whittle Date: 19 Nov 04 - 10:07 PM I wish I'd seen all those guys on the Blues project album I did see Spider John Koerner in the 60's at Les cousins. he didn't disappoint. I never saw Mark Spoelestra, Dave Van Ronk, Dave snaker Ray, Tony Glover, Ric Von Schmidt, Ian Buchanan, Geof Muldaur. and someone whose name esapes me but he was very good and in London in the 60's cos a friend of mine's sister knew him. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 19 Nov 04 - 11:18 PM Edith Piaf. Harry Cox. Henry Burstow. Louie Hooper. Lucy White. Emma Overd. Jeannie Robertson. Lizzie Higgins. People like that. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: kendall Date: 20 Nov 04 - 05:09 AM Kate Wolf |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: fat B****rd Date: 20 Nov 04 - 05:22 AM Charley Patton Leadbelly Howlin' Wolf Charlie Parker MIles Davis Elvis Presley (56-58) Davy Graham Jimi Hendrix Marvin Gaye Roger The Skiffler Billie Holiday Bessie Smith..... |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bernard Date: 20 Nov 04 - 04:48 PM Aaahh.. Piaf! Flossie Malavialle is doing some Piaff stuff - and brilliantly! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Joybell Date: 20 Nov 04 - 05:15 PM The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Charley Poole, Richard Rabbit Brown, and also many, many of the other singers recorded during the 20s and 30s in America Sam Cowell Robert "Billy" Barlow (in Australia) Red Clay Ramblers Grateful Dead (before now) Bob Dylan (before now) Pete Seeger (I still hope too) Cyril Tawney Dame Nellie Melba And yes, darkriver! Homer. Most of all. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Terry Allan Hall Date: 20 Nov 04 - 07:48 PM Harry Chapin Mississippi John Hurt Steve Goodman Mance Lipscomb Marty Robbins Django |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bill Tidwell Date: 20 Nov 04 - 08:39 PM Kate Wolf and if had not been for Joe I would have never known about her. The other would be Stan Rogers. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Eve Goldberg Date: 21 Nov 04 - 02:27 PM OK, here's a small portion of my list: Mississippi John Hurt Bessie Smith Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band The Carter Family The Beatles Muddy Waters Woody Guthrie Uncle Dave Macon Kitty Wells Patsy Cline Bill Monroe Hazel and Alice I am fortunate to have seen a lot of my musical heroes (mostly thanks to my mom who dragged me to all kinds of concerts when I was too young to protest!). Eve |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Little Hawk Date: 21 Nov 04 - 06:53 PM Hi there, Eve Goldberg! How goes it? This is Little Hawk in the Orillia Folk Society. Now, to the question. Tony Clifton! I'd die to see Tony Clifton live. :-) Other than that... Leonard Cohen Tish Hinojosa Al Stewart Mark Knopfler Billie Holiday Edith Piaf Eartha Kitt The Beatles Dylan in the 60's Baez in the 60's Joni Mitchell in the 60's Dolly Parton in the 60's or 70's Early Rolling Stones Jimmy Hendrix Hank Williams Woody Guthrie Odetta the Doors Ike and Tina Turner Revue in the 60's young Elvis Gene Vincent Buddy Holly Linda Ronstadt Warren Zevon Jefferson Airplane Crosby, Stills and Nash when they started out Buffalo Springfield Mimi and Richard Farina |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 21 Nov 04 - 09:00 PM Gabriel and his Trumpet! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Little Hawk Date: 22 Nov 04 - 02:19 AM Amen, brothah!!! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 22 Nov 04 - 08:23 AM Charlie, I think you've been drinking again to include my non-talent among that lot. Curiosity value only! RtS (barely live!) |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: black walnut Date: 22 Nov 04 - 08:55 AM O'Carolan. ~b.w. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: tarheel Date: 22 Nov 04 - 09:08 AM wow! so many greats listed in here,but NONE mentioned Hank Williams Senior!!! heard him live on the wsm radio and the grand ole opry many times,but never saw him in person! i remember many times when he would have "Bocephus"(hank jr.) with him on the air,along with "miss audrey"(hank's wife and bocephus'mother)and it sounded like a really good family of folks! radio was deceiving at the time i guess,but to a kid like me in the 50's,hank williams was bigger than life itself!!! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST Date: 22 Nov 04 - 10:04 AM My big regret in life, never got to see Luke Kelly live. And could have. Noel P |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Grab Date: 22 Nov 04 - 11:50 AM Thanks for the recommendation, Mrs. Annie. A friend of mine is also a Levellers fan, so have to check them out when they come anywhere near us. Sorry to ppl whose favourites these were, but John Prine and Joe Strummer/Mescaleros are both acts I've seen in the last few years and didn't think they were as good as they were billed. Ho hum. But I've seen Tom Paxton twice, and Lou and Peter Berryman twice, so I'm not too sore. ;-) Graham. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Little Hawk Date: 22 Nov 04 - 12:06 PM Matter of fact, I mentioned Hank Williams Sr., tarheel. I can't imagine leaving him off such a list. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Paco Rabanne Date: 22 Nov 04 - 12:08 PM Punch the Horse. Oh...... I have! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GLoux Date: 22 Nov 04 - 12:25 PM Clarence White Son House Alton & Rabon Delmore Django Carter Family Eck Robertson Ed Haley John Salyer Buddy Thomas Gid Tanner Riley Puckett Uncle Dave Macon Sam & Kirk McGee |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: PoppaGator Date: 22 Nov 04 - 12:39 PM Anyone mention Graham Parsons, who died so young? |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 22 Nov 04 - 12:47 PM Woody Lead Belly Josh White Cisco Houston Phil Ochs Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Joe Heaney Charlie Poole Janis Joplin Al Jolson |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Cluin Date: 22 Nov 04 - 01:16 PM In addition to Little Hawk, Hank Sr. was mentioned 3 other times, tarheel. I listed him, as did Scoville and darkriver. If you don't want to actually READ the previous posts in a thread, you can always use your browser's "find" feature to look for a word on the page you are viewing. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Rustic Rebel Date: 22 Nov 04 - 10:13 PM Lots of blues musicians I have seen, a lot more to see. I only will list the dead musicians because I think I still have a lot of shows in me to see! Robert Johnson Son House Stevie Ray Vaughan Lightnin' Hopkins W.C. Handy Blind Lemon Jefferson Thelonious Monk Jelly Roll Morton Sippie Wallace Ma Rainey Lil' Johnson Bessie Smith Victoria Spivey Alberta Hunter And Yes! Billie Holiday. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: punkfolkrocker Date: 22 Nov 04 - 11:57 PM Eddie Cochran.. i used to know an old balding teddy boy who saw his last ever gig.. New York Dolls.. David Johannsen, the bands surviving singer, is now doing some excellent old blokes country blues solo CDs.. Pentangle.. at the time they were touring "reflections" & "solomons seal" material.. Michael Chapman.. when Mick Ronson was his backing guitarist [dunno if they ever gigged, or just recorded 'fully qualified survivor' together ].. The Sweet.. I want a time machine now.. so i can travel back and buy tickets for the xmas 1973 gig that became one of the finest heavy rock live LPs ever recorded.. Jack the Lad.. saw them on the telly when I was a kid, but i'd love to have been in the front row of a hot sweaty gig to really experience their threateningly entertaining shovel [& pick axe ???} wielding belligerent mineworkers clog/morris dance routine.. The Move.. at the Marquee club, of course.. MC5.. the good period between 'back in the usa' & 'high time'lps Mr Fox.. though i have a vague suspicion they might not have been very good live.. ..but if Carolanne Pegg ever gigged any of her solo stuff with Albert Lee as band guitarist. definitely put me down for a ticket on the guest list.. Dexys Midnight Runners.. 1982/3 Celtic soul brothers line-up touring "Too-Ry-Ay" Lp ..and i reckon mid 60's earlyish line-up Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs would have put on a show worth remembering.. ok.. that'll be more than enough memory straining to be going on with.. tried not to duplicate any of the big names already mentioned, most of us might desire to have seen for real.. errrr.. I just wish i could remember some of the great gigs i have been to.. |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Cluin Date: 23 Nov 04 - 12:14 AM Jimi Hendrix Bill Monroe Bob Marley Jackie Wilson Billie Holiday Cab Calloway Dean Martin Johnny Cash (actually saw him once, but I'd love to have seen him again) |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: tarheel Date: 23 Nov 04 - 12:37 AM sorry,little hawk...i guess these ole eyes missed it,but thank you for listing his name! |
Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Paco Rabanne Date: 23 Nov 04 - 03:32 AM Burl Ives... oh... 100 by the way. |
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