# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/121 "2018-08-03T12:17:40Z")
(Re: Allman Brothers Band) > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Then you must have also seen Butch Trucks? And Greg Allman? As for myself, the only one I can think of that’s notable is Jerry Garcia with The Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/122 "2018-08-03T12:25:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > George Carlin a dozen times. I would go to a Carlin concert any time, any where. > Steve Barton in Phantom of the Opera, both as Raoul and the Phantom. Damn fine actor. > Clarence Clemmons, and I got to hang out with the E Street Band after the concert. My mother was in the hospital with Steven Van Zandt’s mom. He came to the room all the time and I knew he was someone, but I couldn’t figure out who he was until Bruce Springsteen came in. My mom and Mrs. Van Zandt died on the same day. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/123 "2018-08-03T12:30:38Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Then you must have also seen Butch Trucks? Yes. I hadn’t realized he died. If we want to include actors, I’ve seen Maureen O’Hara, Howard da Silva, Gilda Radner, Hamilton Camp, Mary Frann, Jack Cassady, Richard Libertini, Linda Lavin, and Steve Allen on stage. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/124 "2018-08-03T14:22:07Z")
I saw John Ritter in _The Dinner Party_ on Broadway. It was a shock when he died a few years later…such a likeable actor. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/125 "2018-08-03T14:58:35Z")
In the fall of 1989 and spring of 1990, I attended the concerts of four musicians, and all four were dead within the couple of years that followed: Art Blakey (died Oct 1990) Miles Davis (died Sept 1991) John Cage (died Aug 1992) Frank Zappa (died Dec 1993) In that same period I also went to my only two Grateful Dead shows. Jerry Garcia, of course, died not long after these others – August 1995. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/126 "2018-08-03T15:01:07Z")
Leonard Cohen, about seven or eight years ago, in the most incredible concert I have ever been to. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/127 "2018-08-03T15:06:51Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Gram Parsons. Saw him two nights in a row, actually. > > Janis Joplin > Jimi Hendrix > B.B. King > Muddy Waters > Lou Reed (with the VU). > Sun Ra. > > And many more who don’t come to mind immediately… Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/128 "2018-08-03T15:09:45Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Nope. I already name checked him in post #23. Not sure how I missed that, especially since i was looking for it. That’ll teach me to read the Dope while at work (more reading, less skimming). ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/129 "2018-08-03T16:44:57Z")
I saw the Ramones (without Marky and Dee Dee). Joey and Johnny have passed on. Bobby Blue Bland, Albert King and BB King (all at the same show) Chris Squire Brad Delp Chester Bennington ---
**Author:** ![ohiomstr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/82dd89/32.png) [@ohiomstr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ohiomstr2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/130 "2018-08-03T17:05:27Z")
About a thousand years ago in Baltimore John Mayall and the blues breakers (w/Eiric Clapton) opening for Big Brother and the Nolding Company are (Janis Joplin) opening for The Doors Janis was called back for three encores Also Jimi Hendricks & and Joplin right before she died. Had a Magnum of Southern Comfort Those were the days ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/131 "2018-08-03T18:13:57Z")
A couple of members of Los Lobos have passed away, but they weren’t a really famous band. I did party with them after a show in Madison, WI in college. I have absolutely no idea how I scored that, but it was at Butch Vig’s club. (GS Vig’s) He was to become a famous producer (Nirvana’s Nevermind) but I didn’t know him from Adam. It was just me and my girlfriend and the band and the Vig brothers drinking beers on the back porch. Absolutely no idea how I ended up out there. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/132 "2018-08-03T18:35:24Z")
Butch Vig plays drums for Garbage (Stupid Girl, I’m Only Happy When It Rains) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/133 "2018-08-03T20:23:21Z")
> [@ohiomstr2](#): > > About a thousand years ago in Baltimore > > John Mayall and the blues breakers (w/Eiric Clapton) opening for > Big Brother and the Nolding Company are (Janis Joplin) opening for > The Doors > > Janis was called back for three encores > > Also > > Jimi Hendricks & and Joplin right before she died. Had a Magnum of Southern Comfort > > Those were the days Also in Baltimore, at the Civic Center: Terry Reid, 1st opening act B.B. King, 2nd opening act Rolling Stones, main act … for the princely sum of $7.50/ticket. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/134 "2018-08-03T20:28:28Z")
Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Cozy Powell. All 3 of the musicians from my first rock concert are dead, the suicide of Keith Emerson was a tragedy that hurt me. I can remember seeing Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson in concert as well. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/135 "2018-08-03T21:00:40Z")
Doc Watson Guy Clark Levon Helm Richie Havens Rob Wasserman and Vince Welnick Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks BB King Malcolm Young Allen Toussaint Merle Haggard ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/136 "2018-08-03T21:47:57Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Also in Baltimore, at the Civic Center: > > Terry Reid, 1st opening act > B.B. King, 2nd opening act > Rolling Stones, main act > > … for the princely sum of $7.50/ticket. Wow – was that the 1969 tour? If so, one of the Baltimore show’s songs (I can’t recall which) made it onto the LP _Get Yer Ya-yas Out!_. We recently had a thread on Dopers who attended performances released as live albums – maybe you already contributed to that thread. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/137 "2018-08-03T21:50:53Z")
_Now_ I remember another notable one: Sam Kinison. **Mrs. FtG** and I went to see him … on Valentines Day. Definitely set the mood. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/138 "2018-08-03T23:18:17Z")
Pete Seege Oscar Peterson Vic Vogel (locally famous big band leader) ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/139 "2018-08-03T23:37:34Z")
Chris Cornell, with Temple of the Dog. One of his last concerts…such a shame it was such a short reunion because it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen! Saw Tom Petty in 1994. Saw The Who with John Entwistle about a year before he left us. ---
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Kenobi 65 wrote: Tom Petty-Johnny Cash. Ah, yes. The Petty Cash tour. Seriously many that have been mention and one who, I think, hasn’t. John Belushi with “The Blues Brothers”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968.md?page=8)