# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/121 "2014-01-24T04:21:41Z")
I was in the parking lot at Crosley Field one Sunday in 1966, waiting with my parents for my sister. i guess i kinda heard the music. I know I heard the screams. Can I claim the Beatles? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/122 "2014-01-24T20:10:28Z")
I’ve been to hundreds of shows over the decades, I really thought my list would be longer, but I tend to see many smaller/cheaper/alternative acts, and of course missed out on all those I was too young to see in their prime . I suspect that when the RRHOF catches up with the influential acts of the 1990s (like Sonic Youth, or The Pixies), I’ll see my list rapidly grow. Alice Cooper Heart The Ramones Nirvana Parlaiment Funkadelic (if you can count various George Clinton P-Funk spinoffs and incarnations) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/123 "2014-01-25T00:21:39Z")
Eric Clapton Neil Young Cream Jeff Beck Roger McGuinn Hall & Oates Randy Newman Allman Bros Herb Alpert Chet Atkins The Band David Bowie James Browne Jackson Brown Johnny Cash Ray Charles The Clash Floyd Cramer Donovan Bob Dylan Famous Flames Fleetwood Mac Four Tops Grateful Dead Al Green Buddy Guy Jimi Hendrix John Lee Hooker Jefferson Airplane Janis Joplin B. B. King The Kinks Led Zeppelin Jerry Lee Lewis Paul McCartney Van Morrison Roy Orbison Wilson Pickett Pink Floyd Bonnie Raitt Rolling Stones Santana Bob Seger Paul Simon Small Faces Rod Stewart James Taylor Traffic Tom Waits The Who Z Z Top Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/124 "2014-01-25T00:31:56Z")
Sorry, McGuinn’s not in the Hall of Fame but I saw the Byrds in '69. I didn’t list them. And I left off Joni Mitchell. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/125 "2014-01-26T10:22:14Z")
More than I might have imagined: Bob Dylan Alice Cooper Ike & Tina Santana Led Zep. - Anyone else who I might have missed in the drug-induced haze of the Seattle Pop Festival. Kinda lame, I’m sure, considering some of the lists that have been compiled. But wait: how many of you have had KISS watch you play? Or Jesse Colin Young? Of course, in regards to KISS, I had to be informed by the lead guitar player after the gig who those guys were who came in late to the Central Tavern in Seattle and hung out till about closing time. Jesse came into the club we were playing after his gig ended and watched us play country-rock tunes for an hour or so. I wish he had said “Can I sit in for a few tunes?” Probably wanted to kick back and relax, but I wish one of us had said "Jesse Colin Young is here tonight, folks. Should we ask him if he would give us the pleasure of a song? Man… coulda’ happened, but didn’t.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/126 "2014-01-26T14:50:36Z")
The Rolling Stones The Who Van Morrison Grateful Dead Elton John Roger Waters (solo doing DSOTM, so I’m counting him!!!) Fleetwood Mac Billy Joel James Taylor Queen Neil Diamond Heart Rush Linda Ronstadt Not as many as I would have thought but a respectable number!!! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/127 "2014-01-26T15:00:36Z")
I’m not much of a concert guy, but I’ve seen: Aerosmith, Van Halen, Metallica and KISS. I also saw Page/Plant when they toured a a couple decades ago, performing Led Zeppelin songs, but I know they aren’t technically Led Zeppelin. Almost saw Nirvana and the Beastie Boys, but I suppose almost doesn’t count in “What concerts have you seen?” threads. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/128 "2014-01-26T18:53:11Z")
All before induction, except for Tina: The Kinks The Who Tina Turner Billy Joel Bruce Springsteen The Police R.E.M. Metallica Genesis Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/129 "2014-01-26T20:41:35Z")
Billy Joel Ray Charles (on his last tour before he died) Aerosmith Metallica I honestly thought I’d seen more than that. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059/130 "2014-01-29T01:41:40Z")
Bo Diddley (unsure) Bob Dylan (before & after) The Rolling Stones (after) The Kinks (before & maybe after) The Who (before & after, I think – Townshend, Daltrey & Entwistle) John Lee Hooker (before) The Yardbirds (after – sans Clapton, Beck & Page, obviously) The Doors (well, actually “The Doors of the 21st Century” – Manzarek & Krieger) Grateful Dead (before, and “The Dead” after) Neil Young (after) David Bowie (before) Paul McCartney (after) The Ramones (before) Talking Heads (before) Elvis Costello & The Attractions (before) Patti Smith (before) Dr. John (unsure – it was very close to the time he got in) Donovan (before) Randy Newman (before) Peter Gabriel (before) Also I think I saw Buddy Guy once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059.md?page=6)