# If you could turn back time, what artist would you see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119 "2005-06-28T00:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/41 "2005-06-28T14:08:47Z")
Eva Cassidy, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/42 "2005-06-28T14:13:53Z")
I’d also like to go back to 1975 and see a performance of the British show “Hulla Baloo,” a musical set in a “loo” that featured “contributions by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.” It was so bad that neither of them mention it in their CV. Then I would buy any souvenir of it and put them on ebay today and make some cash. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/43 "2005-06-28T14:21:58Z")
If I could turn back time? Cher, obviously. 😉 (OK, actually CCR.) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/44 "2005-06-28T14:26:55Z")
Charlie Parker Miles Davis Chet Baker Stan Getz Dizzie Gilespie A host of other jazz greats Queen (with Freddie) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/45 "2005-06-28T14:46:19Z")
**Warren Zevon** ---
**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/46 "2005-06-28T15:15:14Z")
John Coltrane The Allman Brothers when Duane was still alive Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Brothers Thin Lizzy anytime in the mid to late 70’s Lords of the New Church KIX at any of their New Year’s Eve shows at Hammerjacks Girl Saturnus in 1996 At the Gates’ Curve ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/47 "2005-06-28T15:42:50Z")
Eva Cassidy Jeff Buckley Allman Bros. w/ Duane and Barry Robert Johnson comedians: Bill Hicks, Sam Kinnison, Richard Pryor, Mitch Hedberg (still can’t believe he’s dead already) And definitely Alice in Chains. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/48 "2005-06-28T16:07:01Z")
> [@buns3000](#): > > **New York Dolls** Might you happen to be near Jersey on August 12? If so, I’ll [see ya there](http://www.starlandballroom.com/events/#1336). > [@Rock-n-Rolga](#): > > KIX at any of their New Year’s Eve shows at Hammerjacks Well, you just completely stole my answer. For years I’ve been saying that were I to hit the lottery today, I’d pay whatever it took to get those guys to reunite for just one more show. I’ve seen them somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 times or so, and damn do I miss going to their shows. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/49 "2005-06-28T18:08:46Z")
I’d like to see my great-uncle Ted (who died before I was born) playing jazz clarinet with [The Red Nichols Band](http://www.redhotjazz.com/rno.html). I’ve also been told he sat in on sessions with the Dorsey Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/50 "2005-06-28T18:57:36Z")
> [@pesch](#): > > [Le Petomane, of course](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_394) _Bastard!_ Okay, since that one is taken, lemme see… I guess it would have pretty swell to have seen [Florence Foster Jenkin’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins) legendary Carnegie Hall show. Either that or to have seen the anonymous cave painter(s) at the Grotte de Lascaux. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/51 "2005-06-28T20:52:16Z")
> [@mamboman](#): > > I’d have liked have been at the premiere of Starvinsky’s “The Firebird”. There was apparently a ding-dong riot. I like a good riot, me. You’re confusing _The Firebird_ and _The Rite of Spring_ > [@](#): > > Or, does Brazil’s 1970 World Cup side count? 'Coz they were pretty nifty, too Of course, to travel back in time and watch great sporting events, you’d also need to wipe your memory first, as knowing how it turned out would kind of spoil things… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/52 "2005-06-28T21:31:00Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > …Of course, to travel back in time and watch great sporting events, you’d also need to wipe your memory first, as knowing how it turned out would kind of spoil things… Unless you’re betting on the game, but that’s another thread entirely 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/53 "2005-06-28T22:58:03Z")
I kinda meant someone you _could_ have seen, but didn’t for whatever reason. But this is good. Better, even. 🙂 You folks are stirring up memories, for sure. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119/54 "2005-06-29T01:29:25Z")
Fletcher Henderson’s band battling Jean Goldkette’s at Roseland Ballroom. Duke Ellington the night he opened in London. Benny Goodman on the “Let’s Dance” program. Joe Haymes’ orchestra at the Steel Pier. Prof. Theremin’s all-electronic ensemble. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-turn-back-time-what-artist-would-you-see/310119.md?page=2)