Who have you seen Perform in Person?

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I really miss the Latin Casino in the 1960s, not the gambling casino that is there today. I got to see many great performers in person like Johnny Mathis, Frankie Avalon, Connie Francis, Trini Lopez, Tony Bennett, The 4 Seasons, and Many Many more. There were a lot of after Prom parties there
 

The Chambers Brothers, The Eagles, Steve Winwood, The Alman Brothers, George Harrison w/Ravi Shankar, ELO, Alice Cooper, Hag Mo Nag, and Phil Collins w/Genesis. I was pretty young at those first 3 or 4 concerts, but I went with my older brother, and you didn't need an ID at those places.

I also went to an all-day outdoor concert at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, CA, and saw Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, and 3 or 4 others I don't remember. I was over drinking age then, and I drank quite a bit that day.
 
I don't do such things anymore but, Ricky Nelson at some saloon (Crazy Horse?) in Orange county, we saw the second show of three, herded in like cattle after the first and bum rushed out before the third. We also saw Rod Stewart but we were in the nose bleed section sitting on the damp grass. Neither were that enjoyable in my opinion, so, we don't do such things anymore. More power to those that do! Don...
 
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
The Corrs
Blondie
Al Stewart
The Empty Pockets
Bjorn Again
Revival
The Jacksons
Kitty Macfarlane
Suzi Quatro
David Essex
The Osmonds
Hot Chocolate
The Bootleg Beatles
Katie Melua
Squeeze
The Proclaimers
Chris Farlowe
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Hermans Hermits....they had their original drummer!
The new Amen Corner
 
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Grateful Dead (worked that show backstage)
Neil Young (worked that show backstage)

Richard Thompson
John McLaughlin
Santana (also, almost worked for him, deal fell through last minute)
Gary Puckett and Union Gap (reunion tour)
Richie Havens, Janis Ian, Roger McGuinn (reunion tour)

Weather Report

Paul Winter
Ron Carter
Sonny Rollins
Sun Ra
Lionel Hampton
Dave Holland
 
In the early 70's when I was attending college in VT,I went to visit my cousin who was at Univ of Vt,we saw Jim Croce in concert with John Sebastian as opening act. Sadly couple months later Jim was killed in plane crash
I also saw The Carpenters in 70's when they were really popular,Karen's voice was lovely she wasn't playing the drums.
In the 80's my dad& I went to see Frank Sinatra,{both fans}our seats were terrible,we couldn't see him but could certainly hear him
I saw Steve Martin on his'King Tut' tour, wearing the white suit with the arrow thru his head, funny guy
 
Lawrence said:
Back in the days when homosexuals were called fags or queer.
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Thanks for your service.

Old ideas about gay folks are just old ideas. They have no validity at all. Just like any racial prejudice is absurd. We are all people, period.

No, I'm not gay. I'm straight.
Nice gay man on these boards. Showed a lot of kindness to this NJ loser.
He doesn't need to see that comment.

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By the way, perhaps the greatest warrior in world history....Alexander the Great. He was gay.

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One of the greatest warriors of the 20th Century.... T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) - he was gay.

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Sacred Band of Thebes...some of the greatest warriors of the ancient world. They were gay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes

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The four people who are probably most responsible for winning WWII --- Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower and math genius Alan Turing, who broke the Nazi engima code. Turing was gay.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18419691

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Twelve LGBTQ War Heroes and their stories

https://www.museumfacts.co.uk/12-lgbtq-war-heroes-and-their-stories/

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I am 61, missed Vietnam by about 5 years. No military service.
----But, I did consult to help put on a concert for Vets. That was a project of one of Mariah Carey's back up singers. He was from town. He was gay.
I have PTSD. Not military related.
----Protected two different vets in the throes of PTSD episodes..kept them safe and out of jail, risked my safety to do it.
----Made donations to veterans hospital.

Other things for vets also...
 
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My list would be moderately long, the two most memorable shows were:

Dizzy Gillespie in a small bar in Georgetown, totally unplanned. Walked into the bar and found a $20 cover charge, a lot in the 80s. When I asked why I was told Dizzy would be performing. I'd have paid a lot more. Great show, great performer!

Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, together. Pete was getting old, at one point he apologized and laid down on the stage for a while to rest, but then got back up a few minutes later and kept on. After the show they stayed on stage for probably an hour talking to those of us who stayed behind. A show I won't forget.

Also saw Vin Bruce once, a Cajun singer, not so famous outside of Louisiana. I saw him in Ohio so made a point of sticking around to tell him I was from Louisiana, turned out he knew a couple of my cousins.
 

Who have you seen Perform in Person?​


I'm not really into going to concerts

But

Saw Eartha Kitt at the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall in Portland OR

What a performer!

I think she was around 80
Did the splits while singing and dancing

Passed away just a few months later

Had a chance to see Ray Charles, but didn't
One of my regrets

Took our teen daughter and her friends to see New Kids on the Block

Damn near went deaf

Teen girls can really scream
 

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