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I was over at another forum, and someone made this thread and thought it was interesting/semi-morbid. Dovetails nicely with the theme of the lull in classic rock thread too. What performers have you seen live that have since passed on?

For me, all I can think of is Brad Delp, saw him three times. RIP

Three I can think of that have died very recently that I would have loved to see:

Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops
Dan Fogelberg
Richard Wright of Pink Floyd

Plus many others who died not so recently...

Brad Delp with RTZ
Dan Fogelberg
Warren Zevon
Carl Wilson with the Beach Boys
Darrell Dimebag Abbott with Pantera
Paul Hester with Crowded House

Hollywood wrote:Brad Delp with RTZ
Dan Fogelberg
Warren Zevon
Carl Wilson with the Beach Boys
Darrell Dimebag Abbott with Pantera
Paul Hester with Crowded House

Wow, I forgot Carl. I saw The Beach Boys w/ Chicago when I was like 8, and it was near the end for him. What a voice.

I would have liked to have seen Mike and the Mechanics when Paul Young was with them.

Gunbot wrote:I would have liked to have seen Mike and the Mechanics when Paul Young was with them.

Love that Archie Bunker AV, Gunbot! Way to pay tribute to the funniest character in the history of TV.


John from Boston

Not quite an answer to your question, because I didn't see him, but I wish I could have seen Johnny Cash. I only knew about him through my parents listening to him or on the radio. But his cover of the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt was the most powerful video I've ever seen. It was the saddest but most hauntingly beautiful video. Then I saw the movie about his life and it gave me such an appreciation of him and his music. So that's who I wish I could have seen that is now deceased.

Enigma869 wrote:

Gunbot wrote:I would have liked to have seen Mike and the Mechanics when Paul Young was with them.

Love that Archie Bunker AV, Gunbot! Way to pay tribute to the funniest character in the history of TV.


John from Boston

My dad was an Archie Bunker type. I remember a black guy named Eddie that would work with my dad on big Carpentry jobs. He would come to the house sometimes for lunch and my Dad would be like " Give Eddie those Chicken bones, colored people like to eat the whole thing" and Ediie would be like "We shaw duz, butz iz just atez three of them (and he would up 4 fingers) beforez we gotz herez", so not thankz but wez appreciatez greatly". Around the time I was 10, I finally understood what he he was doing to my dad after watching All in The Family and seeing how Mr. Jefferson's son, Lionel, would humor Archie in the same backhanded way. My parents eventually appeared to become a little more tolerant as the years went by but it was a long time coming.

Jana wrote:Not quite an answer to your question, because I didn't see him, but I wish I could have seen Johnny Cash. I only knew about him through my parents listening to him or on the radio. But his cover of the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt was the most powerful video I've ever seen. It was the saddest but most hauntingly beautiful video. Then I saw the movie about his life and it gave me such an appreciation of him and his music. So that's who I wish I could have seen that is now deceased.

Yep, very sad to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

Ehwmatt wrote:I was over at another forum, and someone made this thread and thought it was interesting/semi-morbid. Dovetails nicely with the theme of the lull in classic rock thread too. What performers have you seen live that have since passed on?

For me, all I can think of is Brad Delp, saw him three times. RIP

Three I can think of that have died very recently that I would have loved to see:

Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops
Dan Fogelberg
Richard Wright of Pink Floyd

Plus many others who died not so recently...

okay i need to read the whole title...

lights1961 wrote:Lennon
Elvis
Buddy Holly
Frank Sinatra

You saw Buddy Holly, live?? Damn, you're old That dude died 50 freakin' years ago.


John from Boston

Enigma869 wrote:

Gunbot wrote:I would have liked to have seen Mike and the Mechanics when Paul Young was with them.

Love that Archie Bunker AV, Gunbot! Way to pay tribute to the funniest character in the history of TV.


John from Boston

Hey John! We agree on something!!!!!!!!

Brad Delp of Boston is the only one I can think of.

Brad Delp with Boston
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Danny Joe Brown with Molly Hatchet
Jakson Spires with Blackfoot
Lonesome Dave with Foghat
Eric Carr with KISS

Brad Delp.

And I spoke with Scott Smith of Loverboy after one of their shows about a week before he drowned.

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:Lennon
Elvis
Buddy Holly
Frank Sinatra

You saw Buddy Holly, live?? Damn, you're old That dude died 50 freakin' years ago.


John from Boston

'damn misread the post again... oops.. I thought it was artist you wish you could see but havent.. DUH.. i will edit out the post..
brain dead as always.

lights1961 wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:Lennon
Elvis
Buddy Holly
Frank Sinatra

You saw Buddy Holly, live?? Damn, you're old That dude died 50 freakin' years ago.


John from Boston

'damn misread the post again... oops.. I thought it was artist you wish you could see but havent.. DUH.. i will edit out the post..
brain dead as always.

I am LMAO!!!

Michigan Girl wrote:

lights1961 wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:Lennon
Elvis
Buddy Holly
Frank Sinatra

You saw Buddy Holly, live?? Damn, you're old That dude died 50 freakin' years ago.


John from Boston

'damn misread the post again... oops.. I thought it was artist you wish you could see but havent.. DUH.. i will edit out the post..
brain dead as always.

I am LMAO!!!

embarressing moment number 305.. and thats just today. LMAO.

Jim Morrison of the Doors.
I was a kid, it was at the Wintergarden in San Francisco, and it was PACKED. We all sat on the floor and couldn't move which I didn't realize until I tried to stand and the entire lower half of my body went numband I fell on top of some guy next to me. Then I saw him again at a small theater in Berkeley. I ran up to the front of the stage where he was standing with his pelvis within 4 feel of my face. YEOW he was sexy!!!

Janis Joplin when she was with Big Brother and the Holding Company at a summer solstice in Golden Gate Park. It was free, and all the hippies were there for the great local and unknown bands like Jefferson Airplane. I was a kid, and sat on the grass, on dog shit.

MEMORIES..............

Has anyone on here mentioned the former American Idol "contestant" who committed suicide on Paula Abdul's property? She wasn't actually a contestant, but she auditioned.

Brad Delp.
Freddie Mercury.
Paul Young [Mike & the Mechanics]
Phil Lynott
Bon Scott

How about musicians you've seen after they have passed away...ala...Keith Richards.

Elvis Presley
George Harrison
Ricky Nelson
Dimebag

hoagiepete wrote:How about musicians you've seen after they have passed away...ala...Keith Richards.

Felix Pappalardi Bass for MOUNTAIN, produced CREAM's best album.

AlienC wrote:Felix Pappalardi Bass for MOUNTAIN, produced CREAM's best album.

I have a good friend who is a HUGE Mountain fan.

Also Ray Gillen from Badlands/Black Sabbath
John Panozzo from Styx

hoagiepete wrote:How about musicians you've seen after they have passed away...ala...Keith Richards.

Nikki Sixx

epresley wrote:Also Ray Gillen from Badlands/Black Sabbath
John Panozzo from Styx

Forgot about him. My sister is a major fan and we saw Styx on her Birthday during the Kilroy tour.

Bob Mayo of Peter Frampton

Steven Clark with Def Leppard-