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19 Nov 04 - 06:59 AM (#1332122) Subject: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green Not really sure if this is BS or not - if you think it is feel free to move it below the line! As a bloke in his mid-twenties, it occurs to me that, through death or retirement, I haven't seen a lot of my favourite musicians play live. Then, being the shiftless layabout that I am, I started to make a list. Nic Jones (I was five when he had his accident) Stephane Grappelli (no excuse as he was still touring in his final year of life) Bach (for obvious reasons) Sandy Denny Anyone else got any performers they really wish they'd seen? |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:01 AM (#1332123) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Betsy Beatles |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:02 AM (#1332125) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Beast of Farlington Jimi Hendrix |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:10 AM (#1332129) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Jess A Peter Bellamy |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:12 AM (#1332133) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: freda underhill ditto Nick Jones. |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:13 AM (#1332135) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: s&r Segovia |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:15 AM (#1332137) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green Django. I've seen Martin Taylor, which I suppose is the next best thing. I came away from that gig feeling like I wanted to do something really different on my guitar. Like a clog dance! |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:55 AM (#1332154) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: rhyzla Well - John Lennon, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley (in 1956), Buddy Holly, Django, George Harrison, etc All folk icons in their way! BTW, see you tommorrow Chris! |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:59 AM (#1332157) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Paco Rabanne Harri Watts band. |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:08 AM (#1332168) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Grab Dire Straits, Michael Jackson, Crowded House and Michael Hedges, for ones where I could have gone but didn't. For ones where I was too young or not yet born, all the great 60s, 70s and 80s rock bands - Stones, Kinks, Animals, Hendrix, Led Zep, Floyd, Queen, Meatloaf, Iron Maiden, Levellers. (Yes I know I could still see some of them - but they're none of them rocking like they used to.) Also Django and Dave Brubeck on the jazz front. And just about any of the bluesmen from the 30s. Graham. |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:32 AM (#1332201) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Shambles I did see the Beatles but I would preferred to have seen Jim Hendrix. Looking back - I could have done so easily. Too late now. |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:36 AM (#1332205) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Arnie Uncle Dave Macon The Delmore Brothers Charlie Poole Jimmie Rodgers The Skillet Lickers |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:37 AM (#1332294) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Jerry Rasmussen Stanley Turrentine Credence Clearwater Revival (I chose to hear Pentangle instead) Penguins, Del Vikings, Orioles, Moonglows, Crows, Flamingos Charlie Christian Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent Swan Silvertones Jerry |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:49 AM (#1332309) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: alanabit That must have been a difficult choice between CCR and Pentangle, Jerry. I am not sure what I would have done. I enjoyed the Bob Dylan gigs I saw, but I would have liked to see him younger. I didn't see him until 1978 for the first time. I would love to have been able to see Mississippi John Hurt close up. I should have seen Tony Rose. I should have made the effort. I did see Peter Bellamy and Nic Jones before the accident. I am glad I did. |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:50 AM (#1332311) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs Well, let's see... Beatles Dylan (although there's still time isn't there?) Billie Holiday Led Zeppelin Sandy Denny John Lennon Nick Drake (I did get to see Creedence in there latest incarnation, with my fiancee's uncle on vocals...) |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:51 AM (#1332312) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Mrs_Annie Graham, the Levellers still rock (when they're not doing Acoustic gigs which seems to be all this year). |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:54 AM (#1332316) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Ellenpoly Mozart and The Cream |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:55 AM (#1332318) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs OH, did I forget Traffic? oops... |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:58 AM (#1332321) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Stuart Bob Marley Fred Neil Sly and The Family Stone Jackson C Frank Robert Johnson Funkadelic Nick Drake...... |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:01 AM (#1332322) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Sir Roger de Beverley Buddy Holly of course. I have a friend, three years older than I, who saw him play Hull in 1958 - but I was only 11 at the time. Born too late R |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:03 AM (#1332325) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Uncle_DaveO Woodie Guthrie Bascom Lamar Lunsford Peter Bellamy Stan Rogers (Rodgers?) And, although they're not dead yet, I don't think I'll ever have a chance to experience the live performance of Utah Phillips and Pete Seeger Dave Oesterreich (oh, I've heard him!) |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:07 AM (#1332329) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Sooz (at work) I'm glad to have seen Lonnie Donnegan and Jimi Hendrix but sad to have missed the Beatles. |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:08 AM (#1332330) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Mick Leo Rowsome |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:32 AM (#1332350) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green There are quite a few people being mentioned I've never heard of! Forward Google! :) |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:37 AM (#1332354) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs Really? It happens... I think you should check some of these people out. |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:38 AM (#1332357) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Wesley S Mississippi John Hurt, Bill Monroe, Fred Neil, Tom Rush... But I've got some eighth row seats to see Doc Watson in a couple of weeks. |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:45 AM (#1332362) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green They're mainly non-UK perfomers that I have haven't heard of. We can be a tad insular over here! |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:47 AM (#1332364) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs Oh, I see. Please tell me you've heard of Nick Drake and Sandy Denny... |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:50 AM (#1332367) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green Erm, yes. Stanley Turrentine and Bascom Lamar Lunsford are new ones on me though! |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:50 AM (#1332369) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: muppitz I have had the pleasure of seeing Neil Finn solo, but I would have LOVED to have seen Crowded House! I'm sure there's loads more but I can't think of them right now! muppitz x |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:52 AM (#1332376) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Mick The Bothy Band |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:53 AM (#1332377) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: mooman Rick Fielding More votes also for: Sandy Denny Nick Drake I've been lucky enough to have seen Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Traffic, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley and Nic Jones who have been mentioned above. Peace moo |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:56 AM (#1332383) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green Yes! The Bothy Band! Gosh! Wow! Ahem Got carried away, there. Think I'll go and have a cold shower.... :) |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:07 AM (#1332393) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: mooman Lucky enough to have seen the BB too! moo (who has been blessed) |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:08 AM (#1332398) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Roger the Skiffler Fred McDowell Jesse Fuller Sidney Bechet among many others RtS (DID see Bukka White, Sonny & Brownie, Rosetta Tharpe, Willie Dixon & Louis Armstrong) |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:13 AM (#1332404) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Mark Ross Not to attempt thread creep, but I read a description once of a night in a Chicago hotel room with Groucho Marx, Carl Sandburg, and Will Rogers, and a guitar and some whiskey. How I would have like to have been a fly on the wall for that! Mark Ross |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:17 AM (#1332409) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs That sounds like quite a night to me! |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:17 AM (#1332410) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Jim from Jackson I've been fortunate to have seen several of the ones I would have listed here. Uncle Dave Macon, Bill Monroe, the Delmore Brothers, Stringbean, et al. (I've even seen Jerry Rasmussen! ;-) ) I would have loved to have seen Lonnie Donegan, Shag Connors and the Carrot Crunchers; and I would like to see Gary and Vera Aspey and the Wurzels! Another one I did see and never expected to---John Williamson of Australia. |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:21 AM (#1332415) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bill D Kilby Snow...grandfater of the Autoharp virtuosos Davy Stewart Walter Pardon Jeanne Robertson and what Arnie said... *begin purist gripe* I know it just says 'musicians' in the title, but don't some of you have FOLK/BLUES people you have missed? Dead rock stars takes this whole place in a funny direction *end purist gripe* |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:24 AM (#1332419) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green You're right - a lot of the dead rock stars don't really fall into a roots category. Doesn't mean I don't wish I'd seen them though! :) |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:27 AM (#1332425) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Wesley S Mark - A friend of mine was the son of missionaries in China. His father once spent a week travelling with Will Rogers on a train across China. When his son - Kent - heard about this he told his father that it must have been wonderful to spend so much time with such funny person as Will Rogers. His father replyed that after a week on a train - even Will Rogers isn't funny anymore. |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:49 AM (#1332455) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Jerry Rasmussen Stanley Turrentine was a great, bluesy sax player. I'm close enough to New York City to get down to hear him, but the last couple of times he played clubs, I had another commitment. And then he up and died. I did get to hear some other great jazz musicians though, including Louis Armstrong, George Shearing, Tal Farlow and Bob Scobey with Clancy Hayes on vocals. Sorry, Bill. I really enjoy seeing the breadth of music that Catters love. It gives me a better feel of who they are... Jerry |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:53 AM (#1332462) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Beast of Farlington Tom Waits Back when he was good. |
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19 Nov 04 - 12:00 PM (#1332470) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Amergin rick fielding pete seeger slim dusty |
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19 Nov 04 - 12:02 PM (#1332471) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: freightdawg Man, there are a lot of folks listed here that I wish I had seen live. To that list I would add: John Denver Grandpa Jones Chet Atkins The Kingston Trio (The Originals primarily, although any manifestation of the group would be okay too). Roy Clark (I think he is still alive, but haven't heard from him in a long time). Sigh, Freightdawg |
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19 Nov 04 - 12:06 PM (#1332476) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,milk monitor Wish I'd seen Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. And the ones that spring to mind who have died, that I am really glad I did get to see.........Joe Strummer, The Ramones and Frank Zappa. |
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19 Nov 04 - 01:29 PM (#1332549) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Grab Oh yes, Davey Graham as well. Caught Bert Jansch a couple of years ago, and he was stunning - the definition of why some people are paid to make music. Graham. |
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19 Nov 04 - 01:57 PM (#1332577) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bernard I'm pleased to say I did get to see Segovia live at Manchester's Free Trade Hall - even shook his hand after the concert! Missed out on Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Buddy Holly and Sandy Denny... Beethoven... that would have been something!! I'm also pleased to have worked with many of today's living folk legends - Carthy, Swarbrick (before and after), Simpson, Bailey... missed Nic Jones... This is a list that could go on forever...!! |
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19 Nov 04 - 02:02 PM (#1332583) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Chris Green A mate of mine was running a guitar workshop at Sidmouth about fifteen years ago. Apparently Davey Graham came in! Rather like Michelangelo wandering into a house-painting workshop, I imagine! :) |
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19 Nov 04 - 02:11 PM (#1332594) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bert Marie LLoyd Harry Lauder Edith Piaf Lonnie Donnegan Ken Dodd Harry Secombe |
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19 Nov 04 - 02:21 PM (#1332611) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: jaze Mississippi John Hurt. But I'd settle for a video. I'd love to see how he played that guitar. |
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19 Nov 04 - 02:41 PM (#1332631) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bill D "...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* |
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19 Nov 04 - 03:22 PM (#1332662) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Auggie 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 03:38 PM (#1332682) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Auggie Forgot to mention Chet Atkins, and his brother-in-law Jethro Burns |
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19 Nov 04 - 04:21 PM (#1332735) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Barden of England Ewan McColl Nic Jones Stan Rodgers Alex Harvey Isaac Guillory John Denver Why Alex Harvey you may ask? What a showman is my answer. |
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19 Nov 04 - 04:42 PM (#1332756) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: SINSULL The Blue Sky Boys |
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19 Nov 04 - 04:47 PM (#1332760) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Dave Sutherland 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 |
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19 Nov 04 - 05:18 PM (#1332792) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 05:31 PM (#1332807) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 05:55 PM (#1332839) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,chinmusic 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 06:02 PM (#1332846) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 06:24 PM (#1332880) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Cluin Stan Rogers Rick Fielding Steve Goodman Townes Van Zandt Hank Williams Howlin' Wolf Michael Hedges Toby Keith |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:08 PM (#1332916) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: andymac 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 |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:19 PM (#1332932) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: MurkeyChris 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 |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:45 PM (#1333008) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST I'd go see Richard and Linda for the brawl. |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:55 PM (#1333013) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: freda underhill John Lee Hooker. |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:58 PM (#1333017) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: chris nightbird childs I'd still like to see Donovan. Heard his new disc, and his voice hasn't changed at all! |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:07 PM (#1333028) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Jim from Jackson 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:08 PM (#1333029) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Peace Dave Edmunds. |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:12 PM (#1333034) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: darkriver Homer C. H. I. von Biber J. S. Bach W. A. Mozart and Hank Williams doug |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:33 PM (#1333052) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Gorgeous Gary 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 |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:48 PM (#1333066) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Scoville 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 . . . |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:07 PM (#1333090) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Al Whittle 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. |
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19 Nov 04 - 11:18 PM (#1333135) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Malcolm Douglas Edith Piaf. Harry Cox. Henry Burstow. Louie Hooper. Lucy White. Emma Overd. Jeannie Robertson. Lizzie Higgins. People like that. |
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20 Nov 04 - 05:09 AM (#1333364) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: kendall Kate Wolf |
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20 Nov 04 - 05:22 AM (#1333372) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: fat B****rd 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..... |
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20 Nov 04 - 04:48 PM (#1333888) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bernard Aaahh.. Piaf! Flossie Malavialle is doing some Piaff stuff - and brilliantly! |
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20 Nov 04 - 05:15 PM (#1333915) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Joybell 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. |
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20 Nov 04 - 07:48 PM (#1334070) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Terry Allan Hall Harry Chapin Mississippi John Hurt Steve Goodman Mance Lipscomb Marty Robbins Django |
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20 Nov 04 - 08:39 PM (#1334099) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bill Tidwell Kate Wolf and if had not been for Joe I would have never known about her. The other would be Stan Rogers. |
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21 Nov 04 - 02:27 PM (#1334569) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Eve Goldberg 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 |
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21 Nov 04 - 06:53 PM (#1334741) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Little Hawk 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 |
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21 Nov 04 - 09:00 PM (#1334835) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Fooles Troupe Gabriel and his Trumpet! |
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22 Nov 04 - 02:19 AM (#1334980) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Little Hawk Amen, brothah!!! |
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22 Nov 04 - 08:23 AM (#1335197) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Roger the Skiffler Charlie, I think you've been drinking again to include my non-talent among that lot. Curiosity value only! RtS (barely live!) |
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22 Nov 04 - 08:55 AM (#1335214) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: black walnut O'Carolan. ~b.w. |
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22 Nov 04 - 09:08 AM (#1335221) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: tarheel 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!!! |
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22 Nov 04 - 10:04 AM (#1335239) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST My big regret in life, never got to see Luke Kelly live. And could have. Noel P |
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22 Nov 04 - 11:50 AM (#1335335) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Grab 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. |
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22 Nov 04 - 12:06 PM (#1335348) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Little Hawk Matter of fact, I mentioned Hank Williams Sr., tarheel. I can't imagine leaving him off such a list. |
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22 Nov 04 - 12:08 PM (#1335350) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Paco Rabanne Punch the Horse. Oh...... I have! |
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22 Nov 04 - 12:25 PM (#1335363) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GLoux 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 |
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22 Nov 04 - 12:39 PM (#1335379) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: PoppaGator Anyone mention Graham Parsons, who died so young? |
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22 Nov 04 - 12:47 PM (#1335385) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Woody Lead Belly Josh White Cisco Houston Phil Ochs Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Joe Heaney Charlie Poole Janis Joplin Al Jolson |
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22 Nov 04 - 01:16 PM (#1335418) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Cluin 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. |
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22 Nov 04 - 10:13 PM (#1336010) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Rustic Rebel 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. |
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22 Nov 04 - 11:57 PM (#1336113) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: punkfolkrocker 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.. |
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23 Nov 04 - 12:14 AM (#1336134) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Cluin 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) |
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23 Nov 04 - 12:37 AM (#1336159) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: tarheel sorry,little hawk...i guess these ole eyes missed it,but thank you for listing his name! |
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23 Nov 04 - 03:32 AM (#1336253) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Paco Rabanne Burl Ives... oh... 100 by the way. |
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23 Nov 04 - 04:30 AM (#1336269) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Rain Dog A couple of mentions of Tom Waits in the thread I saw him in Berlin on 15th November and seeing him in London tonight ( 23rd November ), the last date on his short European tour. The man still has it. In great form. He is a very powerful performer, puts a lot into his singing and has great technique. Not everyone likes his voice ( or voices ) but then you pays your money and takes your choice.His band , Marc Ribot, Larry Taylor and Brain are getting better and better as the tour progresses. The piano only makes an entrance for the encore, worth the wait though.The material is more dirty bluesy now but it is still a hell of a show Catch him if you can |
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23 Nov 04 - 08:08 AM (#1336373) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Elfcall Gotta agree with Punkfolkrocker about seeing Mr Fox - would have loved to see Bob chasing around playing all those instruments during the Gypsy. Pyewackett with the luvverley Rosie - missed them too! And missed Planxty too! but come January, come January oh boy !!!!! Elfcall |
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23 Nov 04 - 12:22 PM (#1336613) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Susan A-R Guest Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Rogers, Phil Ochs, Charlie Parker, Woody |
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24 Nov 04 - 04:03 AM (#1337357) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Rick Fielding The Pogues |
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24 Nov 04 - 04:15 AM (#1337370) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Seamus Kennedy Eddy Lang, Joe Venuti, The Sons Of The Pioneers, Grady Martin, Django.(I saw Stephane Grapelli live with the Dis Disley Trio), Sean Maguire, Michael Coleman, Leon McAuliffe, and a whole cartload of others. Seamus |
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24 Nov 04 - 10:56 AM (#1337682) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Vic at work Joseph Taylor, Miss Victoria Spivey, J. S. Bach,Sam Mitchell, Walter Pardon, Paganini (sp?),Bird, Endless but what a wonderful few moments this has given me. |
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24 Nov 04 - 11:16 AM (#1337708) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,surreysinger Amen to Joseph Taylor - also Henry Burstow, Nic Jones (I was out of the habit of going to folk clubs while he was on the road), Peter Bellamy (I missed him by a couple of weeks). |
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24 Nov 04 - 12:54 PM (#1337860) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Turtle Many, many of those already listed... I had tickets for a Stan Rogers concert when he died. I'll always be grateful I saw Johnny Cunningham in many incarnations, beginning with Silly Wizard, and Kate Wolf the year before she died. Edith Piaf... Hank Williams... Woody Guthrie... Steve Goodman... oh yeah. but I'd give them all up to see Jacques Brel live. Turtle |
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14 Apr 08 - 04:28 PM (#2315516) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST I wish I'd have seen many of these, altho'....it would probably result in my being dead long now.....however, I was sad to see that Townes VanSandt was not on anyone's list. |
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14 Apr 08 - 07:05 PM (#2315666) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: frogprince Look again; I'm sure Townes was up there somewhere. I could "second" so many of the choices that were on this thread. But lord, if I only I could have heard Woody and Cisco Houston singing together! |
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14 Apr 08 - 07:22 PM (#2315684) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,peach the first person to scream at the stars |
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15 Apr 08 - 10:06 AM (#2316176) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Joseph de Culver City I'm lucky to have seen so many of those mentioned, especially since I live in the US. I sure wish I had seen: The Left Banque The Lyres The Sonics Odetta Laura Nyro Lee Morgan punkfolkrocker: Sam the Sham was a great live act. I saw them once at the Hollywood Bowl with The Kinks as opening act and The Beach Boys as the headliner. |
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15 Apr 08 - 10:32 AM (#2316200) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Ruth Archer Peter Bellamy Sam Larner Fred Jordan Mary Anne Haynes |
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15 Apr 08 - 11:53 AM (#2316275) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Josh White Bud & Travis The Weavers Louis Armstrong Jack Teagarden Spike Jones and his "City Slickers" Buddy Holly Marty Robbins Django Reinhart Sabicas Andres Segovia Apparently, I am nothing, if not eclectic... |
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15 Apr 08 - 12:19 PM (#2316304) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,MeadowMuskrat Cyril Tawney , Stan Rogers, Ewan Mccoll. Townes van Zandt. Saw Jimi Hendrix in the late 60's at Philharmonic hall in NYC of all places. A classical brass ensemble opened up the show. Jimi was about 90 minutes late and didn;t seem to into it that performance. Maybe he was just having an off night. The next night I saw The Incredible String Band for the first of many times and it intensified my interest in more acoustic music. I saw several references to Eva cassidy in the previous entries. I'm not familiar with her. Any info would be appreciated. |
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15 Apr 08 - 01:12 PM (#2316366) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Sandman well I saw Peter Bellamy live and JimiHendrix. Jimi Hendrix was not interested He seemed BORED. Peter Bellamy was unforgettable on all the occasions I saw him. |
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15 Apr 08 - 01:14 PM (#2316370) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Sandman Roscoe Holcomb,Original Carter Family,PhilTanner. |
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15 Apr 08 - 01:32 PM (#2316392) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Wesley S Jimmie Rodgers. And i notice that Tom Rush was on my list when this thread first stared. I've managed to see him since then. And it was a great show. |
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15 Apr 08 - 02:04 PM (#2316430) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Dave Illingworth Some wonderful names been mentioned - many of which would be on my list. I have been lucky enough to have seen (in no particular order) Ike & Tina Turner (1960s), Townes Van Zandt, Dominic Behan, Muddy Waters, Lowell Fulson, Henry Red Allen, Gene Vincent, Chris McGregor's Blue Notes and his Brotherhood of Breath, David Olney and many more. Lucky enough to have bought Big Joe Turner a tin of throat pastilles. Lucky enough to have been bought whiskey by both Freddy King and B.B. King. Who I would love to have seen would include (in no particular order):- Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley (1964-66), Gary Stewart (sadly departed and much under-valued honky-tonk singer), Charlie Mingus, Louis Armstrong (preferaby 1927.......), Joe Ely Band of late 1970s (with Ponty Bone, Lloyd Maines and Jesse Taylor), oh and loads more. I'll no doubt think of more. |
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16 Apr 08 - 08:45 AM (#2317172) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Uncle Phil I can't believe I read it all. I took notes. Here are performers someone wished they'd seen that I have seen: The Beatles, Fats Domino, Bob Dylan. Mississippi John Hurt, Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Earl Scruggs, Arlo Guthrie, Jean Richie, Seamus Kennedy, Marty Robbins, Tish Hinojosa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sons of the Pioneers, B.B. King, and Joe Ely. Here are performers from the thread that I have never seen but would like to (except the dead ones, of course, that would just be icky). Stephane Grappelli, Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt, Bob Marley, Rolling Stones, Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie (and Woody and Cisco), Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Steve Goodman, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Booker T & the MGs, Janis Joplin, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Leadbelly, Lefty Frizzell, Dave Van Ronk, Jefferson Airplane, Carter Family, and Josh White. I was surprised not to see Willie and Waylon, Bob Wills, Jerry Jeff Walker or Merle Haggard since there were other country music performers on the list. I also expected to see some more recent N American performers like the Duhks, Mammals, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Greencards, Rodrigo e Gabriela, or Uncle Earl. - Phil |
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16 Apr 08 - 08:58 AM (#2317184) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Ruth Archer "I also expected to see some more recent N American performers like the Duhks, Mammals, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Greencards, Rodrigo e Gabriela, or Uncle Earl." I think the thread is supposed to be about people who you can no longer see, because of death or retirement or bands going their separate ways. I've seen the Duhks and Old Crow. Both were excellent. But Old Crow I don't think i'd ever tire of seeing live. One of the best bands of any genre to emerge in recent years, IMHO. |
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16 Apr 08 - 09:49 AM (#2317233) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Dave Illingworth In my list I meant Elvis Presley (1954-1956, not 1964-1966, of course). Lucky enough to have seen many on Uncle Phil's "seen" list, and on his "wish list":- Stephane Grappelli (Canterbury UK, c1973) - his sensuous improvisation on the middle eight bars of "Someone to watch over me" almost gave me an erection. Bob Marley (London 1978 - marvellous) Josh White (St. Pancras Town Hall, London c1959). Saw Jesse Fuller about the same time. As for more I wish I could have seeen, the list could go on forever. |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:00 AM (#2317302) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Grab To my earlier list, I'll now have to add Eric Roche. I even lived in Cambridge, so I had *so* many opportunities to go see him. But I just never got round to it. Then the Grim Reaper swung his scythe in 2005. :-( Graham. |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:57 AM (#2317348) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Dan Schatz Steve Goodman, Mississippi John Hurt and Kate Wolf have long topped my list. Libba Cotton, too - though technically I think I probably did see her - but I was too young to remember. For living people, Junior Brown - I was in Austin two years and never made it out to see him! One of the neat things about this thread is the number of people mentioned that I have been able to see live - and in some cases meet. Dan |
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16 Apr 08 - 12:05 PM (#2317357) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Bill D Yep, Dan...Libba Cotton was at the 1st Washington Folk Festival at Glen Echo. It was my 1st year in DC. (I presume you were there with Mom.) I also saw Kate Wolf when she opened for Utah Phillips at the Ethical Society. Saw Peter Bellamy there, also. |
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16 Apr 08 - 12:24 PM (#2317367) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Willie-O Lenny Breau. I grew up in Ottawa and he played at Le Hibou very frequently in the early 70's, my high school years. I went there but never bothered to go see him, cause I figured "oh, he's there all the time". Duh. W-O |
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16 Apr 08 - 12:31 PM (#2317376) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST Grandpa Jones |
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16 Apr 08 - 02:49 PM (#2317505) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice Viv Stanshall The (original line up of) Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band 'Prof.' Bruce Lacey The Temperance Seven The Alberts/Massed Alberts and one that still exists and apparently appears at a pub in North London somewhere The Bill Posters Will Be Band do blue men sing the whites? << this is a question *LOL* Charlotte R |
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16 Apr 08 - 04:31 PM (#2317655) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: The Sandman Dick Miles,IF I could have seen myself,It would have been interesting. Most sportsmen review their performances,perhaps musicians should have themselves videoed. |
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16 Apr 08 - 10:32 PM (#2317887) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Gulliver I'd love to have seen Nero fiddling... Don |
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17 Apr 08 - 12:12 AM (#2317935) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Don Meixner Paul Robeson Sam Cook The Sons of the Pioneers Carl Sprague Luke Kelly Pecker Dunn(e) Brendan O'Dowda and 50 60 others |
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17 Apr 08 - 12:16 AM (#2317939) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Fred Maslan I saw Libba at a small intimate concert in Seattle many years ago, She was wonderful! Those I have missed and would have loved to see are, Steve Goodman and Jethro Burns; Stan Rogers, Kate Wolf, Jim Croce. Now Tom Dundee and many others |
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17 Apr 08 - 12:04 PM (#2318349) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Roger the Skiffler To pick a few: Mississippi Fred McDowell Lonnie Johnson Sidney Bechet Buddy Bolden Big Bill Broonzy Washboard Sam (naturally!) RtS |
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18 Apr 08 - 01:23 AM (#2318971) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Uncle Phil And Ray Charles! How could I forget Ray Charles? I like OCMS live, too, Ruth. We could probably fill another thread with performers that we've seen live and want to see again (or to avoid forever). - Phil |
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18 Apr 08 - 05:58 AM (#2319089) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: CET Weird - I have been thinking of starting a thread about people I wish I had seen, but no longer can. Now I see that someone did it four years ago. A quick list: Muddy Waters Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Cyril Tawney Big Mama Thornton Manitas de Plata Clancy Brothers with Tommmy Maken (did see Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem in separate gigs) Kenneth McKellar Kathleen Ferrier Pavarotti Edith Piaf Soviet Red Army Choir |
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18 Apr 08 - 06:14 AM (#2319103) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Charmion's brother Andrew I have a lot of overlap with CET, but would add Woody Guthrie, Ewan MacColl, Paul Robeson, Scott Joplin and La Bolduc to the list. |
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18 Apr 08 - 07:12 AM (#2319131) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: mattkeen Ewan MacColl Miles Davis Jeff Buckley |
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18 Apr 08 - 10:59 AM (#2319304) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Ian cookieless John Dowland J. S. Bach Bruce Cockburn in 1973 Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex early Incredible String Band The original Pentangle |
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18 Apr 08 - 02:13 PM (#2319481) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Greengal I'm grateful that I've seen so many great ones- Dylan, Willie, Joan Baez, Seeger of course, Neil Young, Judy Collins,Kris Kristopherson,Townes Van Zandt, Van Morrison, but missed too many. Some people mentioned Fred Neil. Did he pass??? I loved his music. Dan Fogelberg - who I saw for part of a concert and my bf at the time didn't like him, and made us leave. (Of course, that relationship didn't last long, but I somehow never had the opportunity to see Dan again) Ray Charles The Beatles ( I was too young to see them but wish I had at least seen John Lennon) Hank Williams Jimmie Rodgers Mississippi John Hurt Rev. Gary Davis Libba Cotton David Grisham w. Jerry Garcia John Denver |
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18 Apr 08 - 03:58 PM (#2319561) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Ebor_fiddler Maybe I've missed something, but has nobody mentioned Bix Beiderbecke? |
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18 Apr 08 - 04:34 PM (#2319582) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Big Mick Merle Watson, playing with Doc. Woody Gutherie, but only if it was just him and me swappin' songs. Johnny Doran on the pipes. Seamus Ennis on the pipes. Willie Clancy on the pipes. All the best, Mick |
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18 Apr 08 - 05:27 PM (#2319621) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,Rich George Harrison (with or without the Beatles) Oh I guess the rest of the Beatles. The Bothy Band Frankie Kennedy Vilayat Khan Bismallah Khan Alla Rakha Stevie Ray Vaughan Janis Joplin Pig Pen Rich |
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18 Apr 08 - 06:25 PM (#2319650) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: CET Paul Robeson, of course! I was limiting my list to performers I might theoretically have seen since they were alive during my lifetime. If I expand the parameters to include people who died before I was born I would have to add Caruso, Jussi Bjoerling and Chaliapin. Come to think of it, I think Kathleen Ferrier died before 1957. |
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18 Apr 08 - 06:52 PM (#2319666) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego For purposes of this discussion, I assume "Live" means "in the flesh" as opposed to live television. In the latter case, my field expands exponentially, as it would for others in my age group (67). TV first came to my rural area of central California in around 1949-50. I was able to see a lot of great performers on shows like "Omnibus," "The Firestone Hour," "The Ed Sullivan Show" and many others - everything from grand opera to classical orchestral to jazz to pop to folk and blues. In the early 1950's, they would often show little clips of performers between regular programs. Turner Classic Movies sometimes shows these "One Reel Wonders." They ranged from old jazz and big band groups to individual jazz performers like Jack Teagarden or Kid Ory and singers such as Marian Anderson and Ma Rainey. |
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19 Apr 08 - 08:43 PM (#2320416) Subject: RE: Musicians you wish you'd seen live From: Uncle Phil Now there's a name I haven't heard for over 40 years. Kid Ory was still playing in New Orleans when I was growning up around there. I heard him live several times in the early '60s, once sitting on the floor a few feet away. Thanks for triggering the memory. - Phil |