Concert History

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