And did you see them before or after induction?
For me (* indicates after they were inducted; **indicates I’m unsure):
Ray Charles**
The Beach Boys
Wilson Pickett
Elton John*
Allman Brothers Band
Jefferson Airplane
The Mamas and the Papas**
Billy Joel*
Bruce Springsteen
Jackson Browne
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
And in the non-performer category, I met Jerry Wexler
Just three, AC/DC, Aerosmith and KISS. I’m not sure if I saw Aerosmith before or after their induction. The others were definitely before.
Steely Dan - before
Metallica - before
Rush - before
Billy Joel - after
George Clinton (Not sure if any other inducted members of P-Funk were at the show I was at) - after
Possible future inductees: Pearl Jam, NIN, Beck, Devo, Chicago, Yes, Moody Blues, Dave Matthews, Brian Setzer?
1 - The Eagles.
I’ve actually been to more operas than rock concerts. Not that I’m a snob or anything, just really loud music and crowds aren’t my thing. The Eagles concert was when I was 42.
Though I really wanted to go see U2 when they had their Joshua Tree tour.
Ye gods. Quite a few:
B.B. King
Beach Boys
Rolling Stones
Kinks
Eric Burdon (w/o the Animals)
Grateful Dead
Elton John
Allman Brothers
Neil Young
Jefferson Airplane
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Joni Mitchell
Fleetwood Mac
Santana
Bruce Springsteen
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page (w/o Zep)
Jeff Beck
Bonnie Raitt
James Taylor
Paul Simon
Jackson Browne
Heart
Randy Newman
Rush
Linda Ronstadt
Not all of those were as individual artist concerts. For example, I saw Newman, Browne and Ronstadt as part of a Steve Goodman tribute concert. Clapton, Page and Beck were all featured in the ARMS Benefit concerts. Although I later caught Ronstadt solo.
I’ve seen Neil Young, Santana, Bruce Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac both before and after induction.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (8 years after induction)
That is all.
Forgot to mention Pink Floyd.
Bob Dylan *
Rolling Stones
Kinks
The Who
Van Morrison*
Grateful Dead
Frank Zappa
David Bowie
Pink Floyd
Joni Mitchell*
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Genesis
Tom Waits
Donovan
Peter Gabriel
*after induction
Does Booker T. count if I saw him without the MGs?
Wow! I thought my list would be embarrassingly small, but it turns out I’ve seen more Hall Of Fame inductees that I thought.
The Kinks
The Who
Elton John
Neil Young
David Bowie
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Van Halen
John Mellencamp
Alice Cooper
Rush
Kiss
Kinks
Chuck Berry
BB King
Bobby Blue Bland
Bruce Springsteen
Lovin’ Spoonful (without John Sebastian)
Bonnie Raitt
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Police
Jackson Browne
Pretenders
R.E.M.
The Kinks - before HOF
David Bowie - After
Springsteen - After
Billy Joel - After
The Pretenders - Around that year
Blondie - After
KISS - Way, way before
Johnny Cash (as a member of The Highwaymen, but I went to the concert almost entirely to see Cash)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Saw both of them after induction.
Hmm. All before induction except as noted.
The Coasters (after, and I’m pretty sure there were no original members when I saw them, so not really)
Bob Dylan
Simon & Garfunkel
Grateful Dead
Neil Young (a few years after)
Frank Zappa
P-Funk (they were billed as the P-Funk All Stars, but it was the same band[s])
Santana
Tom Petty
Ramones
Talking Heads
Clash
REM
Neil Diamond (after, if 3 songs at a fireworks display at the US Capitol counts)
Peter Gabriel
Paul McCartney (in Wings)
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
The Who
The Doors
Van Morrison
Grateful Dead
Rod Stewart (in The Faces)
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Pink Floyd
Joni Mitchell
Fleetwood Mac (twice, with different lineups, but both in their post-Peter Green and pre-Buckingham-Nicks period)
John Sebastian, and Zal Yanovsky (but not when still in The Lovin’ Spoonful)
Talking Heads
Elvis Costello
Stewart Copeland (I think, when he was in Curved Air)
Glen Matlock (when he was in The Rich Kids)
Leonard Cohen
The Faces
Steve Marriott (when he was in Humble Pie)
Leon Russell (It says he is in the Hall of Fame as a sideman, but I saw him leading his own band.)
Ronnie Wood (in both The Faces and The Stones)
All before their induction.
BB King*
The Beach Boys
Bob Dylan & The Band (1974, the Before The Flood tour)
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Elton John**
The Allman Brothers
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Crosby, Stills & Nash (with Neil Young)
The Eagles** (most of them anyway, doing an acoustic set at Farm Aid)
Santana
Paul McCartney
Eric Clapton
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
John Mellencamp**
Iggy Pop & The Stooges**
Neil Diamond
Guns ‘N’ Roses**
As solo acts-
Ringo Starr
Roger McGuinn
John Fogerty
Ernie Isley
Robert Plant
*After induction
**At Farm Aid 1990
Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
The Who
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
The Animals
The Grateful Dead
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Joni Mitchell
Billy Joel
Paul McCartney
Bruce Springsteen
Eric Clapton
The Lovin’ Spoonful
Bonnie Raitt
James Taylor
Jackson Browne
R.E.M.
Some of you are including people who were never inducted individually, but as members of a band. I don’t think that’s appropriate.
Rush - before
Who - before (1982 their first farewell tour)
Before:
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Grateful Dead
Frank Zappa
David Bowie
Jackson Browne
Patti Smith
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Prince
Genesis
Dr. John
Tom Waits
Small Faces
Hall & Oates
After:
Beach Boys
Johnny Cash
(Eric Burdon’s) Animals
More than I thought there would be, and I’ve seen a few other people who were in Inducted groups - Jack Bruce, John Sebastian, the current Jefferson line-up…
Oh, and I have seen Hot Tuna, which included Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, who are Hall of Famers for being in Jefferson Airplane.