# Concerts nobody else here has seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 28, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899 "2024-07-28T16:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/321 "2024-07-31T22:57:42Z")
My brother saw Bela Fleck on September 11, 2001. He and a neighbor got tickets, and when they found out the show was still on, attended it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/322 "2024-07-31T22:58:55Z")
Just thought of one that should have been obvious to me since it was only a couple months ago. I saw ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett on his “Foxtrot at 50” tour, playing a mix of his solo stuff, the entire Genesis “Foxtrot” album, and a couple other classic Genesis songs as encores. It was fantastic! He’s got a really talented band backing him up. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/323 "2024-07-31T23:17:09Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Even more weird was the opening act: 50s doowop tribute group **Sha Na Na**. Who thought that was a good combination? Just like Havens, they had Woodstock cred. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/324 "2024-07-31T23:30:57Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > [@blondebear](#): > > > > No mention of King Crimson so far. > > November, 1981 - Discipline tour. June 1995, double trio ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/325 "2024-08-01T00:38:07Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I saw ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett on his “Foxtrot at 50” tour, Steve is a _great_ guitarist, I love love love his solo on “Every Day”. Saw him at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in 1981. Speaking of Genesis members gone solo, I saw Peter Gabriel’s first two tours. The first tour had “Dusty Rhodes” (_aka_ Robert Fripp) on guitar. Also, Mike And The Mechanics in 1986 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/326 "2024-08-01T00:45:40Z")
They played a free outdoor show about 1/4 mile from my apartment in Budapest back in 2003. I don’t know too much about King Crimson, but both Fripp and Belew there and it was pretty decent show. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/327 "2024-08-01T01:33:41Z")
> [@motu](#): > > also have seen S.C.O.T.S several times Very possibly my favorite live band. > [@blondebear](#): > > No mention of King Crimson so far Pretty sure I mentioned them. Guess I did not expressly say that in addition to seeing them around town quite often, I saw them play. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/328 "2024-08-01T02:36:58Z")
I saw Living Colour at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Nov. 10th and Nov. 11th, 1989. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/329 "2024-08-01T02:44:38Z")
Did you stay for the big act? 🙂 That reminds me that I saw the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, and the fabulous Thunderbirds in 1980 in the Cotton Bowl. It rained a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/330 "2024-08-01T02:50:50Z")
Opening acts I am now remembering: Steel Breeze, Whitesnake, Flipper. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/331 "2024-08-01T03:01:20Z")
The Hudson Brothers were rehearsing a song they were working on while we rode the elevator together. Acapella. Free front row. It was standing room only. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/332 "2024-08-01T03:04:50Z")
> [@mtnmatt](#): > > King Sunny Ade with both his African Beats and the Golden Mercury of Africa I saw **King Sunny Ade & His African Beats** at Ravinia (northshore suburbs of Chicago) 15-ish years ago. It was a double-bill with **Kuti Femi & the Positive Force**. In terms of names of the backing bands, this was, _by far_, the best concert I’ve ever attended! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/333 "2024-08-01T03:06:17Z")
Yes, I did. 😁 I saw the Rolling Stones both nights. Road trip from San Antonio to Dallas. Stayed Fri.-Mon. Had tickets for Friday night, but we didn’t sit in our assigned seats. I could have touched Keith and Mick when they were on the ramp to the left of the stage where we sat. Skipped going to Six Flags on Saturday to go again the next night. I think it was an added show because Friday night sold out in 20 mins the first time around. We bought tickets out front and sat in the same place. I am positive that Keith commented to Mick that we were there the night before. Also, went to the Hard Rock Cafe. That was the first time I saw the Stones. I’ve seen them five times in three different states. The first concert I went to at the Cotton Bowl was the 1980 Texxas Jam. They had to spray people with watering hoses it was so hot. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/334 "2024-08-01T03:26:41Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > The first concert I went to at the Cotton Bowl was the 1980 Texxas Jam. They had to spray people with watering hoses it was so hot. I remember that. We had planned to go, but it fell through somehow. It was during that insanely hot summer. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/335 "2024-08-01T03:28:26Z")
> [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](#): > > at Ravinia (northshore suburbs of Chicago) I saw the Eagles there in the early 1970s. I lived near enough to walk there and back. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/336 "2024-08-01T03:33:54Z")
Yes. They had first aid tents down on the floor. The openers were April Wine, I think it was around noon. We checked out the floor and decided to go sit up high in the shaded area for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/337 "2024-08-01T03:41:50Z")
Sorry, ya can’t claim exclusivity. I was there. Great show, especially Santana. Five drummers! ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/338 "2024-08-01T03:47:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Similarly, never saw Led Zeppelin but have seen Lez Zeppelin, a lesbian tribute band. I’ve seen Dread Zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/339 "2024-08-01T04:18:48Z")
I have too! Their 1994 performance in Albuquerque was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. The biggest ovation was given to an onstage lackey who had a bowl haircut and wore a 1970s leisure suit, and spent the whole time folding Tortelvis’ discarded towels into quarters. You had to be there, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/340 "2024-08-01T05:09:26Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > > [@Shoeless](#): > > > > I saw ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett on his “Foxtrot at 50” tour, > > Steve is a _great_ guitarist, I love love love his solo on “Every Day”. Saw him at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in 1981. The Cabaret in San Jose, 1993. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899.md?page=18)