bands you wish you'd seen live

[nostatic]

Other than the obvious ones (Jimi, Cream, Stones in their heyday), what's a band you wish you'd seen at their peak? For me Ben Folds Five comes to mind. And Peter Gabriel on the So tour.

[Nostril Cheese]

The Meters
Joy Division
Einsturzende Neubauten

[slodave]

Grateful Dead - Had a number of chances, turned them down. Kicking myself to this day.

[john70t]

btw, I used to live just south of GG park in San Francisco where The Dead had one of their last free concerts. Kicking myself for that one too.

Bennnie Goodman at their peak, amoungst the dappers/flappers. What a hoot!

[HardDrive]

Black Flag.
The Dead Kennedys.
The Misfits.

and back a bit farther.....

Thelonius Monk
Coltrane
Miles Davis when he was in his weird electro jazz phase in the 70's.
Louie Prima and Keely Smith in Vegas
Sinatra in Vegas
The Rat Pack

[thinkfloyd14]

Sam Cooke

[cantdrv55]

Wham! Just kidding.

Earth, Wind and Fire way back when
Journey w/Steve Perry (I saw these guys at Day on the Green in Oakland when I was young but I can't remember any of it)

[GettinHeadStuds]

Zepplin. Greatest band ever.

Oops... Zepplin would be obvious...

Not so obvious... Guns N Roses. Soundgarden.

[Sonic dB]

I wish I could have listened to Mozart perform in his parlor... writing composing and performing. That and also the fact that they were using uneven temperment (musical tonality) back then... anything written prior to the late 1800s had musical tonality that was based on different intervallic lengths that what is we use today (Equal Temperment)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament

[tabs]

I missed Jimi, Cream, the Doors, the Airplane, the Zep and Traffic

1. Jimi in his late period..Gypsys
2. Cream anytime
3. Doors at the Whiskey, before they became big...the night Morrision said, "Mother I want to fk U." on stage during the End.
4. The Airplane in 69/70
5. Zep in 72/73
6 Traffic in 1972..
7. Beatles Abbey Road Roof Top Sernade. 1970@
8. Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green
9. Early Tull with Mick Abrahms
10. Bowie..and Ziggy..Aladin Sane

But the best tour I would love to have seen was the Stones 69 tour...LA Forum... They were absolutily ablaze.

Through a thing called Bootlegs U can get a taste of what it was like.

As a kid I was in Vegas when the Rat Pack was in town, there definately was a certain vibe to the place..especially the Sands where they hung out.

[Sonic dB]

Tabs...is that when you dated the aging showgirl? Was she one of Frank's girls

[tabs]

Early 90s...

[Jim Richards]

Originally posted by tabs
I missed Jimi, Cream, the Doors, the Airplane, the Zep and Traffic

1. Jimi in his late period..Gypsys
2. Cream anytime
3. Doors at the Whiskey, before they became big...the night Morrision said, "Mother I want to fk U." on stage during the End.
4. The Airplane in 69/70
5. Zep in 72/73
6 Traffic in 1972..
7. Beatles Abbey Road Roof Top Sernade. 1970@
8. Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green
9. Early Tull with Mick Abrahms
10. Bowie..and Ziggy..Aladin Sane

But the best tour I would love to have seen was the Stones 69 tour...LA Forum... They were absolutily ablaze.

Through a thing called Bootlegs U can get a taste of what it was like.

As a kid I was in Vegas when the Rat Pack was in town, there definately was a certain vibe to the place..especially the Sands where they hung out.

+1, except for already did see Tull.
Throw in either Beck and/or Page-era Yardbirds.

[Victor]

'halen.

[typ550]

Stevie Ray Vaughn

I took a pass on a concert that turned out to be one of the last before he was killed. Dammit.

[Seahawk]

Originally posted by cantdrv55
Earth, Wind and Fire way back when

You missed a great show!!!

For me:

Eagles
CSNY
Aretha

[KFC911]

Allman Brothers when Duane & Berry Oakley were still alive...

[Jim Richards]

+1 to Seahawk's list.

add Pink Floyd.

[Halm]

Early Elvis. Yardbirds w/ Clapton.

[id10t]

The Dead. Pink Floyd (almost saw the Delicate Sound tour, parents nix'd it). Led Zepplin with Bonham (saw P&P in the early 90s).