# Who have you seen live that is no longer with us? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968 "2018-08-02T10:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/41 "2018-08-02T14:39:56Z")
Johnny Cash at the Great America Theme Park in Gurnee of all places. Glen Campbell at the Taste of Chicago. Luciano Pavarotti before he got thrown out of the Lyric Opera. There are probably more dead opera singers, but I can’t think of any by name at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/42 "2018-08-02T14:39:56Z")
Jani Lane - singer of 80’s hair band Warrant. Michael Hutchence - singer from INXS. Adam Yauch (MCA) - Beastie Boys. Jam Master Jay - Run-DMC. Steve Clark - guitarist from Def Leppard. Derek Frigo - guitarist from Enuff Z-Nuff. Phife Dawg - A Tribe Called Quest Bernie Worrell & Junie Morrison - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Peter Steele - singer of Type O Negative ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/43 "2018-08-02T14:40:30Z")
Scott Weiland. It was a pretty crappy concert since it was promoted as “Purple to the Core” implying they’d play a lot of music from that era but around half was new non STP stuff and the only hit he played that was a favorite of mine out of the 8 or so he could have was Big Empty. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/44 "2018-08-02T15:00:42Z")
Clarence Clemons (solo) Jerry Garcia (with the Grateful Dead) George Carlin John Denver Glenn Frey (with the Eagles) John Entwistle (with The Who) Chris Squire (with Yes) Pete Seeger Ray Thomas (with the Moody Blues) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/45 "2018-08-02T15:06:03Z")
David Bowie Chris Squire (Yes) Hughie Thomasson (The Outlaws) Clarence Clemmons (E Street Band) Tommy Makem The Clancy Brothers Martin Fay and Sean Potts (The Chieftains) Walter Becker (Steeley Dan) I’m sure there are more, I’d have to think a while on what concerts I’ve seen over the years. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/46 "2018-08-02T15:08:40Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Oh man Son Seals. Back in college there was a group of us that would go see Son every time he came to town. One year when George Thorogood was doing his 50/50 tour (50 dates in 50 states in 50 days) Son Seals opened for him when George played a show on campus, then Son played another set at a local club later that night. And then there was the show where he wandered out into the audience while playing an extended blues solo, and sat down at our table while he played. Damn I miss Son Seals. ☹ He was a cool guy. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Seals had a hard life. He survived all but one of his fourteen siblings. In 1997 he was shot in the jaw by his wife, sustaining injuries which required reconstructive surgery. In 1999 part of his left leg was amputated as a result of complications from diabetes. He lost belongings in a fire that destroyed his home while he was away performing, and several of his prized guitars were stolen from his home. After his health began to decline, Seals toured with accompaniment by several different bands, including those of James Soleberg, Jimmy Vivino, and Big Jim Kohler,. He was a great guy, who had a hard life. He specifically wanted a hotel room with two single beds. He even had a specific distance he wanted the two beds to be from each other. When he went to bed, he slept in one bed and he laid his prosthetic leg down on the other bed. To quote David Bromberg (?) You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the blues. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/47 "2018-08-02T15:10:12Z")
Prince Dennis Edwards Bernie Worrell Ray Davies P-Nut Johnson Bob McCallister Almost forgot: Tom Petty ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/48 "2018-08-02T15:18:58Z")
John Denver, Mitch Hedberg, John Hartford and more bluegrass musicians than I’m willing to list. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/49 "2018-08-02T15:23:31Z")
Arthur Lee of Love Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth of Gong Mary Hansen of Stereolab. I saw Wilko Johnson on his fairwell tour when he was ‘terminally’ ill. But he didn’t die. I also saw all the great late 20th century Scottish pantomime dames on stage in the 70s and 80s - Fulton, Logan etc (Baxter’s still alive). ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/50 "2018-08-02T15:27:55Z")
Prince, Tito Puente, Al Jarreau, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Maurice White (of Earth, Wind & Fire), Charles Neville (of the Neville Brothers). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/51 "2018-08-02T15:27:59Z")
Oh yeah, Dave Brubeck. I saw The Dubliners in 1992/3. I think I might have seen Angus Grant of Shooglenifty playing with the rest of the band in the street once. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/52 "2018-08-02T15:30:16Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > The “P” in EL&P is very much alive. Oops! Sorry, Carl! > [@tim-n-va](#): > > John Denver, Mitch Hedberg, John Hartford and more bluegrass musicians than I’m willing to list. I saw Mitch just before he cashed it in. A mere shadow of his earlier self. ☹ I was at Senna’s first F1 race. Getting kinda beyond the question, though. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/53 "2018-08-02T15:43:17Z")
INXS (Michael Hutchence); I saw them as part of a festival at RFK Stadium back in the early '90s. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/54 "2018-08-02T15:49:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Oops! Sorry, Carl! \ Hey, **Gato** , if you wanna make a stink, Cozy Powell died in 1998, so you’re half-right. You owe me a Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/55 "2018-08-02T15:56:42Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > Tito Puente Have you been listening to him for years? And do you think he’s fabulous? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/56 "2018-08-02T16:16:24Z")
I saw Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis the same summer, same park. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/57 "2018-08-02T16:17:06Z")
Stephane Grappelli Johnny Cash Waylon Jennings Doc Watson and Merle Watson (saw them at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica) Bo Diddley (opening for Jerry Lee Lewis who, like Keith Richards, is still alive, surprising everyone) Ibrahim Ferrer (from Buena Vista Social Club); (would have been more enjoyable if the two women in front of us hadn’t sung every song along with him). ---
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Saw live, though not necessarily in performance: Mae West - Getting out of a chauffeured limo in Beverly Hills in the '70s. She was overdressed and must’ve been wearing at least ten pounds of make-up. Fred Astaire - Nearly ran him over. Katharine Hepburn - Ate some sandwiches she made and hung out with her for several hours. Robert Vaughn - At the peak of his fame in the late '60s. He was short. Robert Stack - I was leaving work and some dude opened the door. I thought it was for me, but it was actually for Mr. Stack who was coming in to film a segment of _Unsolved Mysteries_. Alan Napier - Alfred the butler on the _Batman_ TV series. Alan Hale, Jr. - In a restaurant back East somewhere. Julius Sumner Miller - In performance. [Julius Sumner Miller - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Sumner_Miller) ---
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> [@Biggirl](#): > > Ray Davies If you mean the lead singer of The Kinks, he is not dead. At least not as of the moment I am typing this. If you mean Ray Davies, the big band trumpeter, than carry on. ---
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Antonin Scalia. …what? He came to town for lectures on two occasions, so I saw him twice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968.md?page=4)