I've seen:

Don Williams (3 times)

Ronnie Millsap

George Jones

Charlie Daniels Band

Kenny Rogers and Dottie West

Willie Nelson

Waylon Jennings

George Shearing

Liberace

Pat Boone (back in the 60s when he was big with April Love, Love Letters in the Sand, etc.)

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Wife saw the Beatles. She had older cousins and I did not.

Saw

Rolling Stones

Aerosmith

Who

U2 - first concert in US when they were the the U2's and many times afterwards

Bruce

Joe Walsh/Fleetwood Mac which was probably the best concert I ever saw in 1977

Johnny and Edgar Winter multiple times

Metalica a few times back to 1983 and Metalica and Guns and Roses

Monsters of rock which was Van Halen and a bunch of bands.

So many Lalapalooza and Lolita concerts

Andreas Segovia

Dave Brubeck

Jethro Tull

Led Zeppelin

Joe Pass



I should look through my scrapbook, I have seen hundreds of concerts and being there live is the real deal.

BTW,

Patsy Cline rocks.

Liberace?

Bruce Springsteen
Spice Girls
Kylie Minogue
Danni Minogue *3
Britney Spears
Madonna
DuranDuran

Neali, you've really seen a lot of good artists. Course you live up there where most of these artists and groups perform daily, so you can take your pick. I saw Liberace when I was in college... he put on a performance in my university's concert series. It was a free concert.

Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians

Henry Mancini

Beach Boys

Steppenwolf (I was ass't sound engr)

Creedence (I was primary sound engr)

Jefferson Airplane (crew)

Jimi Hendrix x2

Eagles

Elvis

CSNY x3

Loggins & Messina x3

Elton John

Doobie Brothers (drummer for the warmup band)

Steve Miller (gazebo in Lahaina)

Booker T

Wish I'd seen Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Poco.

The Penguins
The Drifters
The Shirelles
The Platters
The Coasters
The Diamonds
The Toys
The Six Teens
Kathy Young
Jimmy Clanton
Richard Berry
The Classics
The Jay Hawks/Vibrations/Marathons


Hell, I just can't remember the rest, but prolly 2-3x more.

Frank Sinatra
Tom Jones
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
Eddie Arnold
Buck Owens
Bobby Short
Tom Waits
Leon Redbone
Steve Martin
Bobby Darin
Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
Don Ho
The Limeliters
The Kingston Trio
The Chad Mitchell Trio
Dave Mathews Band
Commander Cody and his lost Planet Airmen
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Maurice Chevalier
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Mel Torme
Victor Borge
Michael Feinstein
Gene Vincent
The Pips (Gladys Knight was sick)
Kenneth McKellar (Scottish Singer)
The Gunter Kallman Choir (German singing Group)
Fritz Schulz-Reichel ( The Original "Crazy Otto", who was copied by Johnny Maddox)

Plus numerous Symphony Orchestras and well-known people in stage musicals.

I've lived a sheltered life.

1968 The Association - New York, they sounded exactly like their records.
2004 The Moody Blues - Detroit, a bunch of white haired old guys that sounded exactly like their records. The best time I had in years.

That is it, only two.

In no particular order:

Cab Calloway
The Flamingos
The Talking Heads
Quarterflash
Elton John
The Beach Boys
The Fat Boys
The Mary Jane Girls
Golden Earring
The Coasters
Junior Walker and the Allstars
Pat Benatar
Jerry Lee Lewis
Paul Anka
Tony Bennett
Leslie Gore
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
The Drifters
Sha Na Na
The Tubes
The Comets (without Bill Haley)
Chuck Berry
Cheap Trick
The S.O.S. Band
The Ramones
The Temptations
The Four Tops
B.B King
Chaka Khan
Dick Dale
Annie Lennox
J. Geils Band
The B-52's
The Kentucky Headhunters
The Guess Who

Probably others I can't think of right now.

Frank Zappa
The Rolling Stones
Tina Turner
The Buddy Rich Big Band
Frank Foster and Frank Wess with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Ensemble
Earl Wild
Alfred Brendel
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Marvin Hamlisch
New Jersey Symphony Orch (numerous times)

And many more.

When they place that Steinway 9 foot grand piano center stage at Carnegie Hall the sound is amazing. No P.A. system needed. There is no finer concert hall in north America.

Ken D.

Kansas (hometown boys) X4
Louie Belson big band fantastic drummer
Dionne Warwick
Kenny Wayne Shephard
Buddy Guy
Most of what I listen to now a good majority of the artists are dead or non-performing.
(from my punk rock stage in the 80's)
Black Flag
The Clash
Hoodoo Gurus
Adam and the Ants

First concert:
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen at Hill auditorium in Ann Arbor MI. I was 13 and noticed funny smelling smoke in the air....

Frank Zappa x 2
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Peter Frampton
Dave Mason
Moody Blues
Yes x 4
Donovan
Steven Stills Manassas
Greg Allman
Allman Brothers
Captain Beefheart
The Pretenders
Marshall Crenshaw
Tommy James and the Shondells
The Four Tops
The Four Seasons
The Beach Boys
No Doubt
Wynton Marsalis
The Grateful Dead x3
George Harrison
Ravi Shankar
Sarah McGlothlin
The Fixx

So many more I can't remember

Duplicate post.

Wow I obviously don't get out much.

Pink Floyd
The Beach boys
Tbe band
Jimmy buffet

Gollee, you guys have seen some good acts. I'm not much for big crowds and high prices but:

Peter, Paul and Mary (I was just a kid)
Kingston Trio (see above)
Stevie Nicks (pretty good - wife bitched the whole time)
Jimmy Buffet (pretty ok)
Juan Luis Guerra y 4-40 (excellent if you like Latin music)
Bachman Turner Overdrive (2nd generation - bar scene)
Leon Russell (see above)
Allman Bros - well almost (my crew got thrown out so we had to listen from outside)
Alabama x 2 (first time was great, second time was a bust)
Dave Clark Five and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (DC5 was a yawner, Mitch and the Wheels were great)

Tiny Tim He was doing a gig in town and someone got him
to stop by my Jr. High school.

Rob

In no particular order:

Rare Earth
AC-DC (was first band opening for Skynyrd, who were local boys)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
38-Special
Damn Yankees (x2)
Bad Company
Moody Blues
Led Zepplin
Suzy Boggus & Dwight Yokem (forced to!!)
The Diamonds
Chicago (x2)
Boston

Andrews Sisters
Louie Prima
Harry James
Tony Pastor
Johnny Ray
Frankie Lymon
Johnie Ace
None since then.

*Hank Thompson
*Lawrence Welk
*Billy Vaughn
*Asleep At The Wheel
*Patsy Cline
*Eddy Arnold
*Red Foley
*Ernest Tubb
*Jimmy Dean
*Hank Williams, Jr.
*Benny Goodman
*Connie Francis
*Ralna English
*Frankie Yankovic
*George Jones
*Waylon Jennings

GREG

Harry James
Dick Hyman*
Joe Venuti
Rudy Vallee
Artur Rubenstein
Vlademir Horowtz
Beverly Sills
Marty Grosz*
Luciano Pavarotti
Monsterfat cowbelly
Maria Callas
Claudio Arrau
Jascha Heifitz
Yehudi Menuhin
Bob Spano
George Szell
Christoph Von Dohnanyi
Vitya Vronsky-Babin
spiegle wilcox*
Benny Carter
Milt Hearth
Art Blakey
Sun Ra
"Count" Basie
The Cleveland Quartette
The Collegium Musicum*
Willio and Phillio
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks*
Firehouse Five (plus two)
West End Jazz Band*
Mistoslav Rostropovich
Danny Kaye
Lotte Lenya
The B-52's
DEVO
New England Conservatory Jazz Ensemble*
The New Prince's Orchestra*
Raoul Julia
Ethel Merman
Anna Russell*
The Ragtime Orioles*
Andre' Watts
Erich Leinsdorf
Walter Susskind
Leonard Slatkin*
John D'earth*
Hod O'Brien*
Rick Oliverez trio*
Banu Gibson*
Richard Gere*
Joshua Bell
David Garrett
Stefan Jackiw
Snooks Freidman*
The Cassiini Ensemble*
Artie Shaw
Lester Lanin*
Hiram Maldonado Y Vega
Gerardo Tessionere



*Performed with, generally in a accompanying band or orchestra, occasionally in a chorus, or (very seldom)as a vocal soloist.