Musicians you've seen live who have passed away...

[bluejeangirl76]

Hmm... Jerry Garcia (saw his last show ever) and John Entwistle (bassist for The Who) are the only two that come to mind.

[Matthew]

Cliff Burton with Metallica

Eric Carr with KISS

Steve Clark with Def Leppard

Stuart Adamson (of Big Country) with the Skids

Malcolm Owen with The Ruts

[Deb]

Cliff Burton with Metallica

Eric Carr with KISS

Steve Clark with Def Leppard

Stuart Adamson (of Big Country) with the Skids

Malcolm Owen with The Ruts

The Skids and The Ruts?! Sorry Matty, struck me funny.

[Journey/Survivor]

I forgot to name Steve Clark.

So it's Brad Delp, Scott Smith and Steve Clark.

[Matthew]

Cliff Burton with Metallica

Eric Carr with KISS

Steve Clark with Def Leppard

Stuart Adamson (of Big Country) with the Skids

Malcolm Owen with The Ruts

The Skids and The Ruts?! Sorry Matty, struck me funny.

Deb - they were two punk bands...big in Britain in the late 1970s...but they clearly didn't make it across the Atlantic!

[Arkansas]

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..............

Wow. I remember as a little kid on a family trip to 'the city' playing in Golden Gate Park and someone was playing for free. I think it was Santana, but do remember seeing Jefferson Airplane there too. It was some greek looking stage in the field with all the pruned/trimmed trees. It's a very vague memory.

Btw, I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan outdoors in Memphis, May 1989. Best guitar player I've ever seen.


later~

[Ratgirl]

Conway Twitty
Eddie Rabbitt

I was fairly young for both but I guess it's a parents civil duty to drag their kids to concerts.

[Triple S]

Doug Bennett (Doug & the Slugs)
Jeff Healey

Many times for both.

Also Luciano Pavarotti, Bob McBride (Lighthouse)

Wish I had seen Freddie and Hutch

[Hollywood]

I forgot Tim Kelly of Slaughter.

[squirt1]

Elvis in 1972 & Brad Delp. I think Vivian was with Def Lep when I saw them.

[JH'sTXfan]

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

OT: Susie, that's a good cover of Sweet Dreams you have on your Myspace page. I'm a big Annie Lennox fan... http://www.myspace.com/smoothduo

[Lula]

Frank Sinatra
Jeff Buckley
Freddie Mercury

[Don]

I forgot about seeing this little fucker, before he bit the dust.

[Angiekay]

Brad Delp
Steve Clark
Eric Carr
Scott Smith
Bob Mayo
John Panazzo
Ty Longley(Great White)
Robin Crosby of Ratt

[nikki]

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.

I was lucky enough to see Johnny Cash when he was touring with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson back in the mid 80's. I was a teenager who was into heavy metal and sort of got stuck going with my friend and her dad because she didn't want to go without a friend along for the ride. Needless to say, I did not want to be there....but the music was fantastic. I had heard most of Johnny's music growing up as my dad was a musician and would often play country and bluegrass because it reminded him of Greek music. Johnny performed Folsom Prison Blues, A Boy Named Sue, and Sunday Morning Coming Down with Kris, among other songs. These songs are really something to hear on their own, but seeing and hearing them live were REALLY amazing. Waylon Jennings was also an outstanding performer (and funny, too. He cracked jokes during the whole show.), so I was really fortunate to have seen them both at their best.

[7 Wishes]

Brad Delp.

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

I'm still devastated about that one. What a fantastic guy...so sad.

[stevew2]

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.

My dad is like Archie to, he cant help it.

[Journey/Survivor]

Brad Delp.

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

I'm still devastated about that one. What a fantastic guy...so sad.

Yeah, he was really good to talk to that night. I'd spoken to him a couple of times before that night, but that last time he seemed to me like he was in a really good mood.

[MartyMoffatt]

Jeff Healey
Freddie Mercury
Bon Scott
Randy Rhoads

All huge losses to music.

[SusieP]

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

OT: Susie, that's a good cover of Sweet Dreams you have on your Myspace page. I'm a big Annie Lennox fan... http://www.myspace.com/smoothduo

Many thanks.
xxx

[SusieP]

I forgot about seeing this little fucker, before he bit the dust.

Great signature you have there, my friend.
Respect to Harry Patch.

[Babyblue]

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

I got to see Elvis. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maui Tom]

Ronnie Van Zant
Steve Gaines
Leon Wilkeson
Toy and Tommy Caldwell
George McCorkle
Frank Sinatra
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Hughie Thomasson
Billy Jones
Dee Murray
Keith Knudsen
Benny Goodman
Tim Buckley
Bob Mayo

has to be plenty more...

[Indyjoe]

Steve Clark
Brad Delp
Kevin Dubrow
Darrell Abbott
Michael Hutchence
Robbin Crosby

[Deb]

Steve Clark
Brad Delp
Kevin Dubrow
Darrell Abbott
Michael Hutchence
Robbin Crosby

Lucky you.

[Indyjoe]

Steve Clark
Brad Delp
Kevin Dubrow
Darrell Abbott
Michael Hutchence
Robbin Crosby

Lucky you.

It was in 1982 and 1983 that I saw him. He was fantastic.

What a huge loss.

[separate_wayz]

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Cincinnati, Ohio, Riverbend Music Center, June 24, 1990 .... two months before he died.

[Jana]

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.

I was lucky enough to see Johnny Cash when he was touring with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson back in the mid 80's. I was a teenager who was into heavy metal and sort of got stuck going with my friend and her dad because she didn't want to go without a friend along for the ride. Needless to say, I did not want to be there....but the music was fantastic. I had heard most of Johnny's music growing up as my dad was a musician and would often play country and bluegrass because it reminded him of Greek music. Johnny performed Folsom Prison Blues, A Boy Named Sue, and Sunday Morning Coming Down with Kris, among other songs. These songs are really something to hear on their own, but seeing and hearing them live were REALLY amazing. Waylon Jennings was also an outstanding performer (and funny, too. He cracked jokes during the whole show.), so I was really fortunate to have seen them both at their best.

wow, Nikki, sounds like a great concert. I only buy a little country music, not really into it, just certain artists. Except I love the award shows. The music is great on those shows. But my parents loved it, and so I always heard him. But that video Rick posted on here of Johnny's cover of the song Hurt just blew me away. His daughters said when they showed them the video it made them so sad, because they knew he didn't have that long to live, and it showed how he felt. What was really sad was a few months after Hurt came out, his wife died. He died five months later.

I've seen Willie Nelson in Lake Tahoe. But Waylon Jennings I've seen on TV. I bet that was a great concert.

[sniper16]

kevin dubrow
elvis
sinatra
terry kath- chicago
ray gillen- badlands
robin crosby-ratt
steve clark- def lep
the gibb brothers
eric carr-kiss
freddy mercury
too many to mention-
guys from LS\rossington collins, styx,molly hatchet, foghat,outlaws,loverboy,
its not my fault
i didnt kill any of them