Who do you wish you coulda seen?

[frangooch]

As I've mentioned from time to time, I'm an old guy. One of the few benefits of this is that it has allowed me to live during a time when I was able to see some true music giants--Ella, Sarah, and Duke, Little Richard, Chuck, Bo, Fats, and Jerry Lee, Oscar and Brubeck, Beatles/Stones/Who/Doors/Zeppelin/Tull/The Band, etc, Dylan and Bruce and Bob Marley, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins, Willie and Merle, Sinatra and Dino, Smokey and the The Temps, etc, etc. most of them in or near their primes. It's a good list, and I'm leaving out a lot. Still, I periodically think of those who are gone and who I missed and whom I would give anything to see. Here's my short list:

Louis Armstrong
Coltrane
Sam Cooke
Billie Holiday
Elvis
Marvin Gaye

Lots of jazz guys--Monk, Charlie P., Lester, etc. but then the list gets too long.

Who's on your list?

[sharon_loves_fats]

Professor Longhair

[NYMAMA]

so many but here is who comes to mind
Katie webster
Billy Holiday
Jimmy Hendrix
Sinatra
The Doors
Nina Simone
ect... ect... ect...

[jerseygirl67]

so many but here is who comes to mind
Katie webster
Billy Holiday
Jimmy Hendrix
Sinatra
The Doors
Nina Simone
ect... ect... ect...

Billy and Nina...oh yeah. And Jimbo....he would be the original lickable one! Sorry Tab lovers, but it is JIMBO!!!

[mightyradgumbo]

Coltrane for sure, Billie Holliday, Hendrix and Joplin, Led Zepplin at its greatest peak

[festivalgirl]

Billie Holiday
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Cash
Ella Fitzgerald
Nat King Cole

[zzupschuck]

Stevie Ray Vaughan would be numero uno...Otis Redding and Janis Joplin next...and I could go on and on...

[kapeman]

Nina Simone
Steve Goodman
are the ones that come quickly to mind
oh yeah- and the Rolling Stones- in the 60's

[funkkjunkie]

No, Jersey Girl, it was Robert Nesta Marley who was the lickable one and he's at the top of my wish I hadda list. ;)
followed by
Professor Longhair
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Beatles
Monkees(I loved them when I was 11)

[McGregor]

The Band

[Delta]

A bunch of those already mentioned, and add
Buddy Holly.

[Chas_P]

The Who

[ohio]

Lowell George

[Belle]

Saw so many great ones being old and all:D

But some I wish I coulda seen are

Jim Croce
T-Bone Walker
Elvis
Roy Orbison
Harry Chapin
Thelonious Monk
Marty Robbins
Muddy Waters
Little James Booker
Ernest "Big Boy" Myles
Patsy Cline
Same Cooke
Slim Harpo
Jimmy Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Mahalia Jackson

sure others will come to mind or you will post them

Great thread

[NYMAMA]

Stevie Ray Vaughan would be numero uno...Otis Redding and Janis Joplin next...and I could go on and on...

Oh yeah add dem to my list most deff!

[Mexi]

Stevie Ray Vaughan would be numero uno...Otis Redding and Janis Joplin next...and I could go on and on...

YES, YES & YES...good choices :)

[The Krewe of Chew]

Buddy Holly
Eddie Cochran
Elvis in his prime
Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera in Vegas
Howlin Wolf
Jimi Hendrix
Otis Redding
Louis Jordan
Robert Johnson
Big Joe Turner
The Beatles in Hamburg (when you could still hear them play)

[mymecca]

one's i would not even get the chance: louis a and louis j and lady day, bing crosby, jelly roll morton..beatles, bob marley, bob wills, patsy cline, buddy holly, jerry lee lewis in the day..ray charles...bo diddley as a matter of fact

so many i still don't know their names but can explore the recorded history...live is best, but that's a discreet window...music is forever ;0)

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

I know I'm missing several but.....

Hendrix
Duane Allman
Lightin Hopkins
Freddy King
Muddy Waters
Luther Allison
T-Bone Walker
Mississippi John Hurt
Danny Gatton

Saw Stevie Ray several times. We miss you Stevie.

[mymecca]

slim harpo, robert johnson, buddy bolen, gene krupa, artie shaw, charlie parker, miles davis...maddox bros and rose...on and on and on

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Roy Buchanan

[MormonMatthew]

Hey Now--- Several greats already mentioned, certainly Jimi Hendrix, Professor Longhair, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis. Also, to have caught the Talking Heads during the "Stop Making Sense" timeframe would have been wild..... Hope everyone is enjoying a sun-drenched, music-filled FUNKY summer!!! Matthew

[jonnygospeltent]

Buffalo Springfield.

[ohio]

Roy Buchanan
great one!

[rosetree]

Jackie Wilson
Frank Sinatra
The Supremes
Curtis Mayfield
Pink Floyd
Original Temptations
Beatles rooftop concert
....and almost all that have been mentioned!;) :D

[ohio]

Buffalo Springfield.
hell yeah!

[LisaRI]

Janis Joplin
Jimi hendrix
Led Zeppelin

[rosetree]

Buffalo Springfield.

For what it's worth....;) :D

[funkkjunkie]

Yall made me add to my list:
Marvin Gaye
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JAmjlC2RGBg&feature=related

Stevie Ray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaX7Y1GQl5w

I love youtube. I've got permagrin for the weekend. :)

I'm going to Leland, Mississippi for Hwy 61 Blues Fest tomorrow! Delta, see you Saturday! Staxsun, are you gonna make it down for the day?

[sophisticated sissy]

Have fun, KKitty! I haven't made it to that fest yet. Make sure you check in w/ a full report when you get home. Hasta, chica!

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Still alive but never have seen them. Not sure if they are still together.
Supertramp

[rosetree]

Still alive but never have seen them. Not sure if they are still together.
Supertramp

...on "indefinite hiatus"
The original line-up doesn't work together anymore. Hodgson and Davies don't talk....

[zzupschuck]

The YouTube post made me remember Jeff Healey...I would love to have seen him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBCJ68mC4c

[Mexi]

The YouTube post made me remember Jeff Healey...I would love to have seen him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBCJ68mC4c

Definitely...
I remember playing Angel Eyes over & over & over in the 80's:o

[Delta]

Yall made me add to my list:
Marvin Gaye
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JAmjlC2RGBg&feature=related

Stevie Ray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaX7Y1GQl5w

I love youtube. I've got permagrin for the weekend. :)

I'm going to Leland, Mississippi for Hwy 61 Blues Fest tomorrow! Delta, see you Saturday! Staxsun, are you gonna make it down for the day?

Off to Indianola tomorrow for B.B. King and then Honeyboy TWICE on Saturday. We'll be going from Honeyboy's stage to the other to see Eden Brent. Make sure to introduce yourself to us Funkk. We'll be in the crawfish and blues chairs.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

...on "indefinite hiatus"
The original line-up doesn't work together anymore. Hodgson and Davies don't talk....

Sad.......
They had to be one of my favorite rock bands.
I still get their song Cannonball playing in my head. I still have that record. Such a pain in the ass to play. Maybe I can find it on www. I might just have to order that cd.

[sophisticated sissy]

Canned Heat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm4MXwrXXgo

[Gards]

Tim Buckley
Howlin Wolf
John Lee Hooker
Rolling Stones with Mick Taylor
Rod Stewart and The Faces
The Who with full lineup
Bad Company
Harry Nilson

[saturn]

Many names, who I have seen on lists here, but in particular:

Miles Davis
Janis Joplin
Marvin Gaye
SRV

and Warren Zevon

[Staxsun]

Yall made me add to my list:
Marvin Gaye
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JAmjlC2RGBg&feature=related

Stevie Ray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaX7Y1GQl5w

I love youtube. I've got permagrin for the weekend. :)

I'm going to Leland, Mississippi for Hwy 61 Blues Fest tomorrow! Delta, see you Saturday! Staxsun, are you gonna make it down for the day?

Still don't know. E has to work, and to go I have to talk her out of her car and deal with a few other things. I'm going to see if I can come down and leave early.

[Staxsun]

Buddy Bolden
Howlin Wolf
Clifton Chenier
Leadbelly
Professor Longhair
Otis Redding
Bessie Smith
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Beatles
Clyde McPhatter
Sam Cooke
Bukka White
Rev. Gary Davis
Louis Armstrong
Danny Barker
Jackie Wilson

and many more.

[Rossvegas]

Hmmmm.

Professor Longhair
James Booker
the skinny Elvis
Gene Krupa
Buddy Rich
Early Zep
Jimi
Clapton (before he bacame a wanker)

[NYMAMA]

For what it's worth....;) :D
Tab does a cover of that now! That is the song that was playing the first time I partook of the canibus!

[innertube]

for most of the ones still around..i have been lucky enough to see them..there are still a few i want to see....going to see Tom Waits soon...

for the ones that are not around...i will see them one day...but no rush...

[tabasco]

I love this thread!
I hate this thread!

My top 3 in order I think...

The Ramones.... Probably my biggest regret is not seeing these guys, I used to go to a club in Brooklyn called L'amour they played there a lot! But those were my heavy metal/hard core days...Didn't want to be bothered by the old punk rockers...Now when ever I see a kid wearing a Ramones t-shirt it makes me cringe, knowing I had every opportunity to see them.:(

These 2 are a little before my time but would have loved to see:

Bob Marley &

Frank Zappa

Honorable mention goes to Randy Rhodes with Ozzy.

[Michelino]

Certainly
Frank Zappa, Janis,Jimi, and Elvis. John Lennon too.

But also
Wynonie Harris
Louis Jordan with the Tympany Five
The Rat Pack
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Artie Shaw
Jascha Heifetz

[sophisticated sissy]

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2006/02/hot_club.mov

[ohio]

Wynonie Harris

Remind me sometime and we'll talk about the old King Records from Cincy...

[Staxsun]

Remind me sometime and we'll talk about the old King Records from Cincy...

I'd love to join in on that discussion. It's a shame that Gusto mucked up lots of those masters.

[jerseygirl67]

I love this thread!
I hate this thread!

My top 3 in order I think...

The Ramones.... Probably my biggest regret is not seeing these guys, I used to go to a club in Brooklyn called L'amour they played there a lot! But those were my heavy metal/hard core days...Didn't want to be bothered by the old punk rockers...Now when ever I see a kid wearing a Ramones t-shirt it makes me cringe, knowing I had every opportunity to see them.:(

These 2 are a little before my time but would have loved to see:

Bob Marley &

Frank Zappa

OH...THE RAMONES>>>>YESSSS



Honorable mention goes to Randy Rhodes with Ozzy.

Just watched the 2003 documentary on them...I have their 4 cd compilation...So great!!!
And yes for Zappa also...

[steeleye]

I love this thread!
I hate this thread!

My top 3 in order I think...

The Ramones.... Probably my biggest regret is not seeing these guys, I used to go to a club in Brooklyn called L'amour they played there a lot! But those were my heavy metal/hard core days...Didn't want to be bothered by the old punk rockers...Now when ever I see a kid wearing a Ramones t-shirt it makes me cringe, knowing I had every opportunity to see them.:(

These 2 are a little before my time but would have loved to see:

Bob Marley &

Frank Zappa

Honorable mention goes to Randy Rhodes with Ozzy.


Great thread. One of my all time favorite shows...the Ramones with Patti Smith opening at a small theater in Wilkes-Barre. WTF. It never got better than that in my home town.

Here's my list:

Roy Buchanon
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison

[ohio]

I'd love to join in on that discussion. It's a shame that Gusto mucked up lots of those masters.
I'll save you a seat...we have to get my brother Chris involved, he is encyclopedic about much that was King.

You know James Brown came into town about 8 or 10 years ago, proclaimed he was gonna take the old studios and start a new company to record the younger generation of talent. After touring the old site though, we never heard from him again. The site is still there, and there has been a vague promise from Bootsy Collins that it will one day be a museum. In the meantime, Bootsy is opening a restaurant, partnering with the top local restaurateur. He produces and represents a small stable of artists, including Buckethead & Freekbass. The are featured along with the remaining JB's on a Brown tribute tour that he is also promoting.

[sophisticated sissy]

Sid Nathan was a freakin' genius!

[ohio]

Sid Nathan was a freakin' genius!
Yes he was! He provided basically the only recording opportunity for the various ethnic music forms in the upper midwest. Blues & Appalachian music primary among them.

[ohio]

Oh, I almost forgot- here's a site dedicated to King Records that I built for my brother like 15 years ago, one of my first sites...

http://tinyurl.com/5gnc75

[sophisticated sissy]

Nice, Bry! :)

[neverleft]

Beatles
Sex Pistols
Moby Grape

Would-of loved seeing these groups, back in the day.

[BigDag]

Johnny Adams.

Recently, while going through Swag's old cubes, I discovered that I did sit through a Johnny Adams set once. I must have been too young and stupid to have paid attention.

[jonnygospeltent]

Beatles
Sex Pistols
Moby Grape

Would-of loved seeing these groups, back in the day.

Cool Robbie. I'm a big Grape fan too.There are always rumors about a reunion,but the singer is homeless under a viaduct in San Diego.

[Corona]

As I've mentioned from time to time, I'm an old guy. One of the few benefits of this is that it has allowed me to live during a time when I was able to see some true music giants--Ella, Sarah, and Duke, Little Richard, Chuck, Bo, Fats, and Jerry Lee, Oscar and Brubeck, Beatles/Stones/Who/Doors/Zeppelin/Tull/The Band, etc, Dylan and Bruce and Bob Marley, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins, Willie and Merle, Sinatra and Dino, Smokey and the The Temps, etc, etc. most of them in or near their primes. It's a good list, and I'm leaving out a lot. Still, I periodically think of those who are gone and who I missed and whom I would give anything to see. Here's my short list:

Louis Armstrong
Coltrane
Sam Cooke
Billie Holiday
Elvis
Marvin Gaye

Lots of jazz guys--Monk, Charlie P., Lester, etc. but then the list gets too long.

Who's on your list?
Billie Holiday and Janis.....great thread!

[NeenAtlanta]

Most of mine have already been mentioned. But I really wish I could have been at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967:

Friday, June 16
The Association
The Paupers
Lou Rawls
Beverly
Johnny Rivers
The Animals
Simon and Garfunkel

Saturday, June 17
Canned Heat
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Country Joe and the Fish
Al Kooper
The Butterfield Blues Band
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Steve Miller Band
The Electric Flag
Moby Grape
Hugh Masekela
The Byrds
Laura Nyro
Jefferson Airplane
Booker T. & the M.G.s
Otis Redding

Sunday, June 18
Ravi Shankar
The Blues Project
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Group With No Name
Buffalo Springfield
Scott McKenzie
The Who
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Grateful Dead
The Mamas & the Papas

[swag]

Most of mine have already been mentioned. But I really wish I could have been at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1962:


Sunday, June 18
Ravi Shankar
The Blues Project
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Group With No Name
Buffalo Springfield
Scott McKenzie
The Who
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Grateful Dead
The Mamas & the Papas

Holy crap, talk about FOMS!

What do you do when the Who is on one side of the festival and the Grateful Dead on the other? Can you leave Buffalo Springfield to catch part of Big Brother and the Holding Company? Or do you just camp out all day to keep that good spot for Hendrix???

[frangooch]

I was there, Neen. Was riding a beat Honda 250 up Highway 1 from LA to get there, when it threw a rod around Cayucos. Left it near the side of the road and hitch hiked to the concert. Never saw that bike again. The best:

#1 Otis
#2 Janis
#3 Jimi
#4 The Who
#5 Canned Heat.

...although my memory is flawed, I'm sure, for a number of reasons ;-)

Did not see the Animals or Buffalo Springfield, which were major regrets. Unbelieveable weekend, though, even for a young frangooch.

[rosetree]

Most of mine have already been mentioned. But I really wish I could have been at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1962:

Friday, June 16
The Association
The Paupers
Lou Rawls
Beverly
Johnny Rivers
The Animals
Simon and Garfunkel

Saturday, June 17
Canned Heat
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Country Joe and the Fish
Al Kooper
The Butterfield Blues Band
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Steve Miller Band
The Electric Flag
Moby Grape
Hugh Masekela
The Byrds
Laura Nyro
Jefferson Airplane
Booker T. & the M.G.s
Otis Redding

Sunday, June 18
Ravi Shankar
The Blues Project
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Group With No Name
Buffalo Springfield
Scott McKenzie
The Who
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Grateful Dead
The Mamas & the Papas

Incredible line-up....I think it was 1967 ;) :D

[Belle]

Holy crap, talk about FOMS!

What do you do when the Who is on one side of the festival and the Grateful Dead on the other? Can you leave Buffalo Springfield to catch part of Big Brother and the Holding Company? Or do you just camp out all day to keep that good spot for Hendrix???


Seems to me that moving around from stage to stage would have been impossible. You pick you stage and camp out. With over 200 K what else could you do? You have to pick and enjoy. It would have been all good.

Many of the artists were unknown at the time so I might have gone for what I knew. But then again discovering new artists or old ones I have never seen are what brings me to JF.

What I liked was that all artists played for FREE except Shankar..the benefit was for MIPF

[NeenAtlanta]

Holy crap, talk about FOMS!

What do you do when the Who is on one side of the festival and the Grateful Dead on the other? Can you leave Buffalo Springfield to catch part of Big Brother and the Holding Company? Or do you just camp out all day to keep that good spot for Hendrix???

LOL Swag!!!!

[NeenAtlanta]

I was there, Neen. Was riding a beat Honda 250 up Highway 1 from LA to get there, when it threw a rod around Cayucos. Left it near the side of the road and hitch hiked to the concert. Never saw that bike again. The best:

#1 Otis
#2 Janis
#3 Jimi
#4 The Who
#5 Canned Heat.

...although my memory is flawed, I'm sure, for a number of reasons ;-)

Did not see the Animals or Buffalo Springfield, which were major regrets. Unbelieveable weekend, though, even for a young frangooch.

Oh man - that is so great that you were there. And a big high five for deciding to ditch the bike. The memory you got instead is worth so much more.

We listen to the boxed set from the festival all the time. Otis's set is by far my fav - I bet he just blew folks away. As did Janis. I love watching clips that show all of the amazed, stunned, delighted folks listening to both of them.

[NeenAtlanta]

Incredible line-up....I think it was 1967 ;) :D

Yes, it was - did I type '62? How did that happen?