# 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:** 8
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/141 "2024-07-29T14:31:52Z")
There’s an obscure prog band from England called IQ. They’ve been around for more than 40 years. In 1994, they came to San Jose to do a single show, then went home. There were a couple of hundred people at that show, tops. I would be amazed if anyone else on this board was there! They have played plenty of gigs all over Europe throughout their career, of course. But I’d still be surprised if anyone here has seen them. Another one: in the late 70s there was a short-lived prog supergroup called UK. The lineup on their first album consisted of Eddie Jobson, John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth, and Bill Bruford. Holdsworth and Bruford left after the first tour. Terry Bozzio joined up on drums, and they went without a guitarist for their second album. They toured, then broke up. I was too young to see them then, but in 2012 the Jobson-Wetton-Bozzio lineup reunited and toured. I caught the show in Portland OR. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/142 "2024-07-29T14:41:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Also had the pleasure of seeing Los Straitjackets and NRBQ on the same bill. Memorable. LS were great backing Nick Lowe. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/143 "2024-07-29T14:42:33Z")
Kind of hard to really know, but there was a small metal club in Virginia that had a lot of bands there that I got a chance to see. The Poor, an Australian band that toured with the Scorpions back in the mid 1990s. I think that’s the only time they’ve been to the states. Europe, there might be some people who’ve seen them here, but this was 2004/5. Diamondhead, they played the states for the first time in 2002, not sure if they’ve been back since. Bruce Dickinson on one of his solo tours in the late 90s. Dee Snider, seen him twice. Golden Earring, seem them twice back in 2004, had to go to the Netherlands to see them. I wouldn’t be surprised if others have seen them though. Virgin Steele, a metal band that’s been around for years, but they don’t tour often. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/144 "2024-07-29T14:51:04Z")
I saw the same bill at City Winery in Nashville. It WAS an awesome show! It was billed as an old-fashioned “Battle of the Bands.” My wife and I agreed Los Straitjackets won by a hair. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/145 "2024-07-29T14:53:26Z")
And here’s another blast from the past: 1970 - saw the MC5 at the Marquee Club in London. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/146 "2024-07-29T15:24:57Z")
If were listing specific concerts nobody else has seen then: The Kinks at The Bayou in Georgetown. Don McLean at a free lunchtime concert near the Capitol in DC. Bo Diddley near a snack bar at Disneyland. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/147 "2024-07-29T15:29:53Z")
Another concert that I doubt anyone here saw was the Memorial Concert for drummer Jeff Porcaro at the Universal Amphitheater on 12/14/92. Alongside his former band, Toto, the concert featured appearances by many of the great artists Porcaro played for including Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Don Henley and Boz Skaggs, along with friends George Harrison and Eddie Van Halen. It was one hell of a show. ---
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One of my favorite concerts was with an artist who a lot of you have probably seen: Mark Knopfler (without the Dire Straits). A guy who is a big blues singer in Oregon is Curtis Salgado. He’s well known as the inspiration for Belushi’s Blues Brothers dance moves. I haven’t listed many jazz artists as not everyone is familiar with the names. We did see bassist Esperanza Spalding when she was not yet famous (she was a music major at Portland State University). Charlie Byrd at a free street concert in Virginia; Tuck & Patti in a small venue (Old Church in Portland), Ken Peplowski, Benny Green, Trombone Shorty, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Mimi Fox, Jane Monheit, Madeleine Peyroux. . .it’s a long list. ---
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> [@sciurophobic](#): > > If were listing specific concerts nobody else has seen then: Again. . .no. Just any artist live. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/150 "2024-07-29T15:38:20Z")
I’ve seen a few that others mentioned including Christine Lavin (several times), Arlo Guthrie, and the Kinks. Some that others might not have seen: - Medeski, Martin, and Woods - not my favorite style of music - Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick - Bill Staines - Toad the Wet Sprocket - Royal Crown Revue - Mission of Burma - Jonathan Edwards - Polyphonic Spree - they opened for David Bowie, I have no idea why - Molly Hatchet and the Outlaws on a double bill ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/151 "2024-07-29T15:39:58Z")
The New Barbarians in San Diego, May of 1979. Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Stanley Clarke, saw them front and center as it was a general admission show. Maybe 5000 at the Sports Arena, there was that many as a rumor was out that Mick Jagger was going to be there. He wasn’t. > [@sciurophobic](#): > > The Kinks at The Bayou in Georgetown. I have seen The Kinks 4 times, all at different venues. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/152 "2024-07-29T15:45:50Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I have seen The Kinks 4 times, all at different venues What was the smallest? ---
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> [@Chefguy](#): > > A guy who is a big blues singer in Oregon is Curtis Salgado. Heh, Salgado is a big blues singer wherever he is! ---
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> [@Telemark](#): > > Medeski, Martin, and Woods - not my favorite style of music Twice. I quite like 'em, myself. (Chris Wood doesn’t have an _s_ at the end of his last name.) I just thought of another. Robert Fripp, all by himself, at a record store. It wasn’t really so much a concert as a demonstration of [Frippertronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frippertronics), which is what he calls his technique for layering sounds on top of each other using two tape recorders with the tape running from one recorder to the other. It was a musical performance, though, sometime around the release of the album _Exposure_, if I remember correctly. ---
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Charlie Rich Midnight Star Agnostic Front ---
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> [@suranyi](#): > > I’ve seen dozens of concerts with artists nobody else here has seen, I’m sure. Many of them are superstars in other countries, but pretty much unknown in the English speaking world. Here’s a sample: > [@suranyi](#): > > Blackpink > Maisie Peters Blackpink are freaking huge these days everywhere. And Maisie Peters I know from her song for _Birds of Prey_. Haven’t seen either live. > [@suranyi](#): > > Babymetal My favorite thing about Babymetal is [that time Rob Zombie stood up for them against some of his more pissy fans](https://loudwire.com/rob-zombie-shuts-down-babymetal-haters-babymetal-offer-thanks/). > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Shirley Jones (walked out at half time) I’ve seen her perform live at some outdoor event in Reading, PA. Don’t ask me to remember when - probably late '70s. Others: Barry Manilow - Omaha, 1994-ish. A good showman, but not one of his better shows as it was more of a “greatest hits” tour than anything new. Olivia Rodrigo - Basically, I couldn’t get Taylor Swift tickets so we went to this instead, earlier this year. Remi Wolf opened and was terrible; Rodrigo was perfectly fine (and had a tremendous set of backing musicians and dancers). REM (10,000 Maniacs opening) - I wanna say 1987? Maniacs were pretty good, REM were deathly dull as a live band. I left when they started playing “Electric Blue”. I’ve also seen NRBQ and Tom Paxton but remember nothing of the first and only a couple of songs by the second (one of which was about the Exxon Valdez spill, which dates it). My classical list is much longer but one standout was seeing Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg performing together live (just the two of them) at a gig for a Buddhist charity. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Oh, and I’ve seen Jello Biafra live but that was a speaking tour thing on the college circuit. ---
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Some you may have heard of : - Jimmy Smith - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Manu Dibangu - Michael Brecker - Level 42 - The Blockheads (sadly sans Ian Dury) Some you may not : - Courtney Pine - John Martyn - James Taylor Quartet (not that JT) - Irakere ---
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> [@kitap](#): > > John Denver I saw JD twice with a large band, once with large band and orchestra, once with smaller band and once with just his guitar. No such thing as a bad John Denver concert. I saw **The Roches** 35 (OMG, I don’t believe it) years ago in Baltimore — just the three of them, their guitars and a big-ass keyboard and they brought the house down. Hey, **Bumbershoot** , welcome back, your dream was your ticket out. ---
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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I saw **The Roches** 35 (OMG, I don’t believe it) years ago in Baltimore — just the three of them, their guitars and a big-ass keyboard and they brought the house down. Okay, I am well jel. ---
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A couple I remember my parents taking me to when I was a small child because my mother wanted to go: Ed Ames, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. She was really big on Ed Ames, and for that reason, I have a special place in my heart for him to this day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899.md?page=9)