| Before I actually forget - I found this list from years ago of acts I have opened for, or have seen live. They say my boomer generation saw all the good bands. I don't know that that matters. but when I look at this list it is quite amazing. Just lucky, I guess. Bands I opened for while playing in various open acts and sundry tours: 1. Young Rascals (Hartford and Westport 1966) 2. The Wildweeds (Bushnell Auditorium Hartford) 4. Iggy and the Stooges (The Jail in Providence 1969) 5. Jay Giels Band 6. Manfred Mann 7. The Chambers Brothers 8. Buddy Miles 9. Bruce Springsteen (in a high school auditorium in R.I. 1972!) 10. The Youngbloods (Central Park) 11. BB King (Montreaux Jazz fest) 12. Frankie Valle 13. The Guess Who 14. Edgar Winter (Cheektowaga NY) 15. Buddy Miles 16. Guess Who 17. The Turtles (City Hall Plaza) 18. Herman's Hermits 19. NRBQ (at Max's Kansas City) 20. Go Gos (Los Angeles) 21. Mahavishnu Orchestra (Bushnell Auditorium Hartford) 22. Split Enz (tour) 23. The Undertones (tour) 24. Ramones 25. Irma Thomas (touring with LaVern Baker) 26. Jimmy Buffet (touring with Tom Rush) 27. Peter Paul and Mary 28. Joe Jackson 29. The Wailers (for a week at a Paul's Mall in Boston) 30. Little Feat (for a week at a Paul's Mall in Boston) 31. Bonnie Raitt 32. The Cars (Wang Center) 33. The Kinks (Providence Civic Center) 34. Squeeze (Chicago) 35. Hall and Oates (Orpheum) Early Concerts in the audience for: 1. The Beatles (in the audience at the premier) 2. Dave Brubeck 1964 3. Bob Dylan (at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival) 4. The Yardbirds (1967 w/ Jeff Beck AND Jimmy Page AND they used my high school bands PA system!) 5. James Brown (1967 at the Apollo Theater with my all white High School band) 6. Jefferson Airplane (at the Café a GoGo) 7. The Mothers of Invention (at their Garrick Theater in the Village) 8. Jeff Back Group (with Rod Stewart Fillmore East) 9. Janis Joplin (with Big Brother and the Holding Company) 10. Mississippi Jon Hurt (1965 Newport) 11. Butterfield Blues Band (1965 Newport) 12. Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee (1966 Newport) 13. Taj Mahal (1966 Newport) 14. The Blues Magoos (played my Senior Prom!) 15. Blood Sweat and Tears (played my Junior Prom!) 16. Grateful Dead (1968) 17. Cream (Fillmore East) 18. Miles Davis with Kieth Jarrett (Jazz Workshop) 19. Buddy Rich 20. Gene Krupa (at the Metropol in Time Square) 21. The Tubes (at the Whisky a GoGo on Sunset) 22. Jimi Hendrix (Hartford) 23. Sly and the Family Stone (in the cafeteria of the high school!) 24. Soul Survivors (Filmore NYC) 25. The Remains 26. Stray Cats 27. Orleans (Larry Hoppen and I had a college band) 28. Talking Heads 29. Elvis Costello 30. Prince 31. Genesis 32. Chuck Berry 33. The Police 34. The B-52s 35. Patty Smith 36. Rolling Stones |
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