# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![ohiomstr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/82dd89/32.png) [@ohiomstr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ohiomstr2)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/161 "2018-08-07T16:52:13Z")
> [@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. I believe it was the Baltimore Arena. Torn down to build the Convention Center when the Inner Harbor was developed. Best seats were next to and slightly behind the stage. Poor visuals but the accoustics were outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/162 "2018-08-07T17:12:53Z")
B.B. King–last time was at Wolf Trap in Virginia, maybe 1-2 years before he died. He sat in a chair for the concert and did more talking than playing. It was more like visiting him in his living room. Andres Segovia–In his later years, maybe two years before he died, so he was in his 90s. He shuffled across the stage with a cane, and I thought, man this is going to be awful. But they brought him his guitar and his playing was amazing. Terry Kath–with Chicago in Baltimore at the old Civic Center, before his untimely and careless death. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/163 "2018-08-07T18:30:07Z")
Robin Williams - saw him during the _Weapons of Self Destruction_ tour. My friend was producing the show for the local promoter and called me and a few other friends in to fill up the seats at Constitution Hall (it was the performance that was filmed for the HBO special). Danny Gatton - he was a local to the Maryland/DC area, and he routinely played at a place called “Tornado Alley” in Wheaton. I had a friend who worked there and he would get us in to see the bands (we were underage). Must have seen him a bunch of times, maybe a dozen? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/164 "2018-08-07T18:56:56Z")
Tom Petty, several times. Damn it, Tom. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/165 "2018-08-07T21:37:01Z")
I saw Motorhead (RIP **Lemmy** ) and Dio (RIP **Ronnie James Dio** ) opening for Iron Maiden in 2003, Yes (RIP **Chris Squire** ) in 2000 and 2004, Soundgarden (RIP **Chris Cornell** ) at Lollapalooza in 1992, Sanctuary (RIP **Warrell Dane** ) opening for Megadeth in 1988 and headlining in 1990 where “Into the Mirror Live” was recorded, Helloween (RIP **Ingo Schwichtenberg** ) with Armored Saint and Grim Reaper in 1987, Boston (RIP **Brad Delp** ) in 1987, Slayer (RIP **Jeff Hannenman** ) in 1988 and 1991, and Quiet Riot (RIP **Kevin DuBrow** ) in 1984. I also remember seeing ELP (RIP **Keith Emerson** and **Greg Lake** ) but my memory fails as to exactly when. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/166 "2018-08-14T02:31:09Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Leonard Cohen, about seven or eight years ago, in the most incredible concert I have ever been to. Same, but 2013 Radio City. George Carlin Jimi Hendrix Ray Thomas Tito Puente Chris Wood & Jim Capaldi of _Traffic_ Sammy Davis Jr. in _Golden Boy_ on Broadway Tony Randall & Y. A. Tittle on _What’s My Line_ Lesley Gore at her summer home in my role as a landscape designer ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/167 "2018-08-14T02:46:11Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > I’ve seen Kurt Cobain, Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, and Prince. A pretty fair collection, I think. I had tix to see Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols but they cancelled. I think Johnny was too f’ed up. > > [Have] I rarely go to concerts, but I’ve seen Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr, Ray Charles and Duke Ellington. Ray Charles was free, as a post-baseball game fan inducement. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/168 "2018-08-14T04:30:42Z")
Freddie Mercury. Pete Seeger. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/169 "2018-08-14T04:49:50Z")
Dolores O’Riordan, lead vocals of The Cranberries, on April 5, 1995 in Berkeley, CA. Got to meet them backstage. “Dreams” is one of my favorite pop songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/170 "2018-08-14T05:16:54Z")
Jimi Hendrix Janice Joplin Jim Morrison Stevie Ray Vaughn Keith Moon and John Entwhistle with The Who Jerry Garcia with The Grateful Dead George Harrison (Concert for Bangladesh) B.B. King Jack Bruce Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, Rick Danko with The Band John Cage ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/171 "2018-08-14T06:21:27Z")
Like many posters above this. Stevie Ray George Carlin and another that many above saw, but did not think of to add to their list Glen Frey ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/172 "2018-08-14T06:30:30Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughan Roy Buchanan Joe Cocker James Brown BB King Given how many older/oldies bands i saw in the 90s, it’s hard to believe I don’t have a.list of like fifty ppl. Oh, and Chris Squire, and whoever else was in Those lineups of Yes, who has passed. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/173 "2018-08-14T06:46:55Z")
Bowie (5 times, starting with the Diamond Dogs tour), Led Zeppelin (John Bonham’s death ended the band), Carlin ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/174 "2018-08-14T13:46:37Z")
The Ramones Nirvana (Cobain) Alice in Chains (Staley) Soundgarden (Cornell) Buck Owens ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/175 "2018-08-19T16:27:33Z")
I saw a lot of the artists listed but I was especially glad to be able to see Miles Davis before he died. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/176 "2018-08-19T16:41:27Z")
David Bowie Lou Reed (and Sterling Morrison) Johnny Cash Kurt Cobain Various Ramones Lux Interior Dolores O’Riordan (Cranberries) Trish Keenan (Broadcast, a tragic early death) ---
**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 19, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/177 "2018-08-19T22:40:40Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I saw a lot of the artists listed but I was especially glad to be able to see Miles Davis before he died. I wish I had seen him. At the time (the 70s) I didn’t like the music he was making, but I’ve grown to appreciate it over time. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/178 "2018-08-21T23:55:34Z")
My first concert ever had Joe Strummer (The Clash) and John Entwhistle (The Who) George Carlin Garry Shandling Benjamin Orr (The Cars) Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Ray Manzarek Country Dick Montana (The Beat Farmers) Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici (E Street Band) Linda McCartney (2 of Paul’s solo tours) David Bowie Joey Ramone Johnny Ramone (both with Ramones and as a special guest at a Pearl Jam show) Jim Rodford (The Kinks) Tito Puente ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/179 "2018-08-27T02:32:33Z")
Clarence Clemons (W/ Springsteen & E Street) Greg Allman Tommy McCook (W/ The Skatalites) BB King ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968/180 "2018-08-27T04:02:32Z")
Too many. Dave Brubeck Gerry Garcia Mama Cass (and Denny & John) Stephane Grappelli were among the favorites [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968.md?page=10)