Concerts Just for Fun

Just for fun, and for future record for when my memory starts to falter, I'm going to list all the concerts I've ever seen. I don't know most of the dates but I have ballpark ideas.

David Bowie

Madison Square Garden, May 8, 1978 - 12th row, 1st orchestra. the ticket was purple and was priced and $12.50 I think. I had the stub for years. I taped it onto a David Bowie poster and had it on my wall. I had it until I was 18. I brought it to the rehearsal room in East Orange New Jersey rented by the band the Breathing Method. I guess I left it there and it ended up under the floor riser because I rented this same room six or so years later and found the poster under the floor! I subsequently lost it again for good this time.

Giants Stadium, August 2 & 3, 1987.
Meadowlands September 28, 1995
50th Birthday Madison Square Garden  Jan 9, 1997
Roseland Ballroom, June 19, 2000
Beacon Theater October 20, 2002
Irving Plaza, October 2000
Madison Square Garden, December 13, 2003 (A Reality Tour)

Ringo Starr

Ringo's All Starr Band (Seventh All-Starr Band) PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, August 9, 2001

Ringo Starr – drums, vocals

Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople) – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Howard Jones – keyboards, vocals

Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson) – bass, acoustic guitar, vocals

Sheila E. – drums, vocals

Mark Rivera – saxophone, percussion, guitar, bass, harmonica, flute, vocals

Ian Hunter

Tradewinds October 26, 2001, Tradewinds, Sea Bright NJ
Maxwell's NJ October 5, 2004

I went with Lou. We got there so early we were the first ones in the room so of course we setup right in front of the stage and never left. I had to pee so bad! After the gig was over I chatted with the bassist as he left the stage (Graham Maby). He gave me his copy of the set list.

The Bowery Ballroom, New York NY June 2, 2004
BB King's NY 2004
The City Winery NY September 9, 2011
El Rey, Los Angeles, CA February 2, 2013

Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA September 12, 2017

this was the last show I saw in Los Angeles before we moved to Indiana. I went with Anthony Robinson who was the keyboard player I was jamming with. 

The Roxy Theater, 9009 West Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA  January 10, 2015

Mott The Hoople

I bought a ticket for the first reunion in England but I couldn't afford to go as it was 2009 and I just graduated college and was trying to change careers and it was a shitty year for all of that. 

Mon, Apr 1, 2019 @ 7:30 PM  Miller High Life Theatre – 500 West Kilbourn Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53203

Mick Ronson 

The Mick Ronson Band - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, Feb 13, 1988

Electric Light Orchestra

Madison Square Garden,  September 14th or 15th, 1978
Meadowlands October 8, 1981
Jeff Lynn's ELO  - Madison Square Garden, August 22, 2018

Bob Dylan

Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ November 16, 2006

Set list (November 16, 2006):

Cat's in the Well

Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)

Rollin' and Tumblin'

(Hambone Willie Newbern cover)

Positively 4th Street

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

When the Deal Goes Down

Things Have Changed

Simple Twist of Fate

Highway 61 Revisited

Spirit on the Water

Tangled Up in Blue

Nettie Moore

Summer Days

Encore:

Thunder on the Mountain

Like a Rolling Stone

All Along the Watchtower

United Palace Theater United Palace Theatre, New York, NY, November 17, 2009

Set list (November 17, 2009):

Cat's in the Well

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

John Brown

Summer Days

Po' Boy

Cold Irons Bound

If You Ever Go to Houston

Highway 61 Revisited

Ain't Talkin'

Thunder on the Mountain

Ballad of a Thin Man

Like a Rolling Stone

Jolene

All Along the Watchtower

Asbury Park Convention Center, NJ, August 14 2011

Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine, CA August 3, 2013


Grateful Dead

Giants Stadium, Rutherford, NJ, June 14 & 15 1992
Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY Sep 18, 1991
Madison Square Garden 199?

Van Halen

Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY, March 30, 1984

Continental Arena, Rutherford, NJ, November 3, 2007 NJ

Various Tibet House Benefit Concert Feb 13, 2012
Carnegie Hall, NY

Laurie Anderson

Antony

James Blake

Das Racist

Tim Fain

Philip Glass

Stephin Merritt

Rahzel

Lou Reed

Dechen Shak-Dagsay

Alice Cooper

Starland Ballroom 2005? NJ

December 2, 2011 House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ 2011

Steely Dan Sept 20, 2011 Beacon Theater, NYC, NY, Lower Balcony, Row E Seat 10 with Jimmy Ahearn, and we got pretty drunk. I bought a t-shirt. They did a full album (The Royal Scam) and they also played Aja which was real nice. 

Setlist

    Dizzy's Bidness (The Miles High Big Band only)

 

    The Royal Scam
 

    Kid Charlemagne
    The Caves of Altamira
    Don't Take Me Alive
    Sign in Stranger
    The Fez
    Green Earrings
    Haitian Divorce
    Everything You Did
    The Royal Scam

    Aja
    Two Against Nature (with Chris Potter)
    Hey Nineteen
    (Monologue by Walter Becker)
    Time Out of Mind
    Show Biz Kids
    Bodhisattva
    Godwhacker
    Papa Don't Take No Mess (James Brown cover) 

    (Band Intros by Walter Becker)
    Dirty Work
    (The Embassy Brats sing)
    Peg
    My Old School
    Reelin' in the Years
    Encore:
    Pretzel Logic
    The Untouchables (The Miles High Big Band only)

Note: The Royal Scam Night, joined by special guest Chris Potter

James Brown Frohoefer Jazz Festival 1999? NY
Pearl Jam/Soundgarden Lolapolooza 1991 NJ

Rush PNC 2010 NJ

Kiss Madison Square Garden, NY 2003?

The Rolling Stones Madison Square Garden, NY 2001?

AC/DC Wed. 2 Dec. 1981 : New York, NY USA (Madison Square Garden)

The Kinks Meadowlands NJ 1983?

The Cars Brendan Byrne Arena, March 15, 1982

Nine Inch Nails Meadowlands NJ 1995
Metallica Giants Stadium NJ 1991
Steve Miller Giants Stadium NJ June 15, 1992
Cinderella 
Garden State Arts Center NJ June 27, 1991
Madison Square Garden, NY 1987?
Joe Jackson Radio City Music Hall, July 1986. My friend, drummer John Rickerhauser won the tickets by calling into a radio show (I think) Oh and I only just remembered this in June 2021.

Wilco Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine, CA August 3, 2013
My Smoking Jacket Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine, CA August 3, 2013

Leon Russell Asbury Park Convention Center, NJ, August 14 2011

(opened for Dylan)

David Lee Roth
Garden State Arts Center, June 27, 1991
Madison Square Garden or Meadowlands
Bruce Springsteen Giants Stadium

The Police Giant's Stadium, August 5, 2007

Genesis Giant's Stadium, September 27, 2007

Squeeze Madison Square Garden or Meadowlands

Ozzy Osbourne Jan 22, 1984 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

Motley Crue (opened for Ozzy) Jan 22, 1984 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

Iron Maiden Madison Square Garden, July 30, 2003

Yngwie J Malmsteen L'Amour East 1985?
Talas 1985?

Aerosmith Meadowlands April 12, 1986

Went with Ed Stokes, John Silas and maybe Scott McKeon (not sure about Scott). Silas got smashed, We had to hold his head while he puked. Later that month I stole his girlfriend (Sue Isaacs)

Plant & Page Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK June 4, 1998
Sarah McLachlan 2006 Meadowlands zzzzzzzzzz

The Foo Fighters November, 13, 2000 Roseland Ballroom, NYC, NY. Was very sick with a cold. Went with Dawn.

Dion Palace uptown in Harlem
The Raconteurs IZOD
Dr John Irving Plaza
Me'Shell NDege'Ocello Twice at Irving Plaza, once at another ballroom and once in some people's backyards in Brooklyn
Jeff Beck Starland Ballroom, September 11, 2006

Glenn Matlock The City Winery September 9, 2011

Sonic Youth McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NY August 30, 2008. Went on a match.com date with a "corporate lawyer". This was the same "dating block" when I met Laura Cardona. 

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts The Pacific Amphiteatre, July 25,2013

Queen
November 16th or 17th, 1978 - Madison Square Garden, New York the Jazz tour with all those women in g-strings on bikes!

With Adam Lampert L.A. Forum July 3rd, 2014

Peter Frampton Terrace Theater - Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, CA March 14, 2012

Jewel
Saban Theater, Beverly Hills CA June 5, 2013
Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Nov. 14, 2015

Garfunkel & Oats
Largo, Los Angeles, CA March 23, 2013

Largo, Los Angeles, CA June 29, 2013

Avalon, Hollywood, CA Oct. 16, 2014



Kate Micucci
Largo, November 7, 2014

Blue Oyster Cult
Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA Sat, Jan 25, 2014

The B-52's & The Psychedelic Furs 

Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA Sep. 13, 2015

Bigger Name Jazz & Blues
John Scofield
Sweet Basil's a few times
The Blue Note

Wynton Marsalis at the Village Vanguard when they were recording the live album Live At The Village Vanguard. I don't even know what year it was or anything about the show other than the big recording truck outside and the mass of cables running down the stairs you have to go down to get into the Vanguard.

Larry Coryell The Blue Note
Jackie McLean the Vanguard, the Blue Note... Visiones... a few times each. One time, I think it was when seeing Jackie at the Vanguard I was in the pizza place upstairs from there and Ron Carter came in and ordered pizza too. I didn't bother him.

Jimmy Heath Union Square can't remember the club
Art Farmer Fat Tuesday's maybe, can't remember
Hubert Sumlin Tramps Cafe (probably 1994) with Bernard Purdie (drums), Wilbur Bascomb (bass), and Danny Dreher (guitar)

Roy Hargrove NJ Pac I think summer 2005 or 2006

TAUK Madison Theater, Covington, KY February 6, 2020, $18

Not Concerts

Doug Loves Movies

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APR 25TH 2015, SATURDAY 4:30 pm