# What members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have you seen live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059 "2014-01-17T14:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/1 "2014-01-17T14:48:50Z")
And did you see them before or after induction? [List here (including 2014)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees) 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 ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/2 "2014-01-17T14:55:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/3 "2014-01-17T14:59:26Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/4 "2014-01-17T14:59:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/5 "2014-01-17T15:04:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/6 "2014-01-17T15:07:43Z")
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (8 years after induction) That is all. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/7 "2014-01-17T15:15:46Z")
Forgot to mention Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/8 "2014-01-17T15:26:53Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/9 "2014-01-17T15:29:16Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/10 "2014-01-17T15:29:33Z")
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. ---
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The Kinks - before HOF David Bowie - After Springsteen - After Billy Joel - After The Pretenders - Around that year Blondie - After KISS - Way, way before ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/12 "2014-01-17T15:43:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/13 "2014-01-17T15:51:41Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/14 "2014-01-17T15:54:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/15 "2014-01-17T15:56:38Z")
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 ---
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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. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/17 "2014-01-17T16:03:00Z")
Some of you are including people who were never inducted individually, but as members of a band. I don’t think that’s appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/18 "2014-01-17T16:05:12Z")
Rush - before Who - before (1982 their first farewell tour) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/19 "2014-01-17T16:05:49Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/20 "2014-01-17T16:07:57Z")
Oh, and I have seen Hot Tuna, which included Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, who are Hall of Famers for being in Jefferson Airplane. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059.md?page=2)