Music throughout my life thus far…

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Bands/Artists I have seen perform:

Recently I was in the car riding home from our vacation in Deer Isle, ME.  It is a 5+ hour ride and I decided to start listing on my Blackberry all the concerts I have seen over the years.  After racking my brain to remember some of those concerts, since I was probably under some sort of influence when I saw them, I turned on the Sirius in the car and started scanning channels for artists to see if it sparked anything I had forgotten.

So here is my list, I am sure it is missing some.  I only chose national acts to list. No particular order.

• The Cramps
• Stereo MCs James
• Book of Love
• Lou Reed
• John Doe
• Jon Spenser Blues Explosion
• Fugazi
• Seal
• Ween
• Yes
• Eddie Vedder
• Tom Petty
• Steve Winwood
• REM
• 10,000 Maniacs
• The Kinks
• The Smithereens
• Lee Rocker
• New Order
• Prince
• Erasure
• Adam Ant
• Who
• Live (7 times)
• Janes Addiction
• Pearl Jam (5 times)
• Nirvana
• Collective Soul (5 times)
• The Cure
• B52s
• Blondie
• Talking Heads
• Beastie Boys
• Echo and the Bunnynen
• Stone Temple Pilots
• Black Crows
• Squeeze
• Crowded House
• Living Color (2 times)
• Social Distortion
• Roxy Music
• Tom Tom Club
• Bryan Ferry
• Thompson Twins
• Til Tuesday
• Peter Gabriel (5 times)
• Genesis
• U2
• J Geils Band (2 times)
• The Cult
• Lenny Kravitz (2 times)
• Public Image Ltd
• Big Audio Dynamite
• Sinead O’Connor
• Madonna
• The Godfathers
• Camper Van Beethoven
• Ministry
• Kiss (2 times)
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Pretenders
• Iggy Pop
• The Tubes
• Goo Goo Dolls
• Sheryl Crow
• Pink Floyd
• Beach Boys
• Siouxie & the Banshees
• Rollins Band
• Violent Femmes
• Ice-T & Body count
• Butthole Surfers
• The Ramones
• Rickie Lee Jones
• David Bowie
• Lucious Jackson
• The Killers
• The Monkees
• Steve Winwood
• Jeff Buckley
• Psychedelic Furs
• Fiona Apple
• L7
• Chris Isaak
• The Tragically Hip

Bands/Artists I hope to see before it’s too late:

• The Rolling Stones
• BB King
• Foo Fighters
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• AC/DC
• Led Zeppelin
• Stevie Wonder
• Elvis Costello
• Neil Young
• Elton John
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• Green Day
• Tina Turner
• No Doubt
• Sonic Youth
• Jethro Tull
• Liz Phair
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• Bjork
• The White Stripes
• Rage Against the Machine
• Devo
• The Police
• George Michael
• Eurythmics
• Cake
• Heart
• Joe Jackson
• Portishead
• The Raconteurs

I obviously have many more concerts to attend, so I better start saving my dollars now.  What concerts have I not seen that I should add to my list?

So you might ask out off all those artists I have seen, who was the best?  Well I can tell you that there are many, and most of the repeat concerts are my favorites. But getting to see Roxy Music, Talking Heads, & U2, to name a few, I will always be greatful.

Music is so important in life, it evokes a feeling, a memory,  a sense of belonging in the world, bringing people together all over the earth.   And I am always in awe of how talented musicians are and wish I had even an inkling of that talent and gift.

So to quote Neil Young, “Keep on rockin’ in the free world”!

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