I was chatting with my nephew the other day about bands he's seen and bands I've seen. He said to me at one point, "What band DIDN'T you see in the '80s?"
So I thought I would make a list to try to remember all the bands I've seen over the years. The first concert I saw was Gordon Lightfoot in 1969 at the Orillia Community Centre.
So in no particular order, here's the list:
Gordon Lightfoot America Beach Boys Stampeders Jackson Hawke Supertramp Elvis Costello Rough Trade BB Gabor U2 Richard Thompson * The Church The Police David Grey Iggy Pop The Specials Nick Lowe Paul Carrack Squeeze The GoGos Red Hot Chili Peppers R.E.M. dBs Hoodoo Gurus Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet Jane Siberry * Manhattan Transfer k.d. lang and the Reclines * Blue Rodeo * Murray McLaughlin * Peter Gabriel Doug and the Slugs Ian Thomas Marc Jordan Bare Naked Ladies * Eric Clapton Mark Knopfler Dire Straits Neville Brothers The Alarm Amer Diab * Broken Social Scene Andrew Cash * The Skydiggers * Ashley MacIsaac * The Rankin Family * Leahy * Cowboy Junkies Oasis Payola$ Split Enz Gin Blossoms Marianne Faithful * Sarah MacLaughlin * Doobie Brothers Graham Parker Katrina & the Waves Teddy Thompson Buckwheat Zydeco Lyle Lovett Patti Smith Robyn Hitchcock Suzanne Vega Warren Zevon Great Big Sea * | John Hiatt Tracey Chapman Men at Work Mental as Anything XTC Ultravox DOA Juluka Big Country Simple Minds The Pretenders The Band (no Robbie Robertson) Joni Mitchell * Bob Dylan Steve Earle Billy Bragg Replacements Paul Westerberg Kirsty MacColl Lone Justice Quartette * Maria McKee Rickie Lee Jones Neil Young Bruce Springsteen Culture Club Corey Hart INXS (80s style) Elton John Melissa Etheridge The Bears Steely Dan Ella Fitzgerald Oscar Peterson * Dizzy Gillespie Oliver Jones * Stevie Ray Vaughan Screaming Trees Jewel 10,000 Maniacs Bruce Cockburn * Dream Syndicate Indigo Girls Don Dixon Marti Jones Joan Armatrading Cyndi Lauper Hall & Oates The Hooters Lucinda Williams Connie Kaldor * Diana Krall * Shania Twain * Leonard Cohen * Pete Townsend * Robbie Robertson * Jackson Browne Laura Smith * Linda Thompson Marshall Crenshaw Kate and Anna McGarrigal * Murray Head Ron Sexsmith * Tommy Keene Luba The Waterboys |
I'm sure I've missed a couple. Oh, and the ones with the asterisks? I've either recorded them or touched them. Or both. Cool, eh?
Thanks and good luck.