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.
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)
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.
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.
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).
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.