Concerts you have attended

Session 5

Ambassador of Strings & Wings
Country flag
Not meant to be a competition.


The Guess Who
Buddy Holly ( Impersonator ) Elvis ( Impersonator )
Loretta Lynne
Aldo Nova
Hall&Oates
Triumph
Randy Bachman
Serena Ryder
Chuck Berry
Four Seasons
Bobby V
Bo Didley
Bee Gees ( Tribute Band )
Burton Cummings
Colin James
Roy Orbison
 
No particular order.

Jesus Christ Superstar - 2
Gatlin Bros. Reba McEntire opened for them.
REO Speedwagon - several times
Cheap Trick
ELP - twice
Yes - twice
Jethro Tull
CSN
Neil Young - twice
Heart
Black Crowes
Moody Blues
Damn Yankees
Rare Earth
Straight No Chaser
The Pitch - University of Illinois band my youngest played bass for his senior spring semester.
Doc Severinsen
Mannheim Steamroller - Twice
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra - two oldest grandkids play in it.
 
No particular order:
ZZ Top
Triumph
Styx
Santana
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Metallica
Eagles
Rodney Crowell
Willie Nelson
Genesis
Violent Femmes
Van Halen
The Notorius Cherry Bombs
BOC
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
GnR
B.B. King
Joe Satriani
E.G. Kight
Billy Joel
Elton John
Sisters Morales
Delbert McClinton
Buddy Guy
Chester Thompson
Rush
Elvis Costello
Cheap Trick
Sure there are some I'm forgetting.

And lots of H Town and regional acts. Some of which were kind enough to let me join them on stage.
Thank you to:
Los Tipos
Ironhorse
 
Not in this order...

Metallica - 4 times
Testament
Motley Crew
Megadeath
The Ramones
The Cult
Dwight Yoakam
Alice in Chains
Eric Johnson
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 5 times
BTO
NIN
GnR
Cinderella
Violent Femmes
Cheap Trick

That's all I can think of right now, I'm sure there are a few more.

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Jimmy Buffet
Queensryche
Molly Hatchet
 
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No order just times seen but here we go

Iron Maiden (4x)
Killswitch Engage (3x)
AC/DC (2x)
Ted Nugent (2x)
Ozzy Osbourne (2x)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2x)
In Flames (2x)
Black Label Society(2x)
Shadows Fall (2x)
Trivium (2x)
Behemoth (2x)
3 Inches of Blood (2x)
Hatebreed (2x)
Rob Zombie (2x)
In This Moment (2x)
Lamb of God (2x)
The Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath
ZZ Top
TOOL
Queensryche
KISS
Halford
Slayer
Mastodon
Cannibal Corpse
Slipknot
Marshall Tucker Band
Slash's Snake Pit
The Answer
Skid Row
Quiet Riot
Slaughter
Night Ranger
Stone Sour
Cohered And Cambria
The Haunted
Bury Your Dead
Gizmachi
It Dies Today
Arch Enemy
Soilwork
God Forbid
The Black Dahlia Murder
Parkway Drive
Between the Buried and Me
Faceless
Every Time I Die
The Dillinger Escape Plan
As I Lay Dying
A Dozen Furies
Mudvayne
DAATH
All That Remains
Job for a Cowboy
Whitechapel
Mushroom head
Nile
Devildriver
The Showdown
Chthonic
Lordi
Black Tide
Static-X
Job for a Cowboy
Chimaira
Norma Jean
Atreyu
Five Finger Death Punch
Steel Beans

Bands I saw and wished I didn't:
Lauren Harris (but they did have Richie Faulkner)
AWOL Nation
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Dave Matthews (2x as of just a few minutes ago lol)
 
No order just times seen but here we go

Iron Maiden (4x)
Killswitch Engage (3x)
AC/DC (2x)
Ted Nugent (2x)
Ozzy Osbourne (2x)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2x)
In Flames (2x)
Black Label Society(2x)
Shadows Fall (2x)
Trivium (2x)
Behemoth (2x)
3 Inches of Blood (2x)
Hatebreed (2x)
Rob Zombie (2x)
In This Moment (2x)
Lamb of God (2x)
The Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath
ZZ Top
TOOL
Queensryche
KISS
Halford
Slayer
Mastodon
Cannibal Corpse
Slipknot
Marshall Tucker Band
Slash's Snake Pit
The Answer
Skid Row
Quiet Riot
Slaughter
Night Ranger
Stone Sour
Cohered And Cambria
The Haunted
Bury Your Dead
Gizmachi
It Dies Today
Arch Enemy
Soilwork
God Forbid
The Black Dahlia Murder
Parkway Drive
Between the Buried and Me
Faceless
Every Time I Die
The Dillinger Escape Plan
As I Lay Dying
A Dozen Furies
Mudvayne
DAATH
All That Remains
Job for a Cowboy
Whitechapel
Mushroom head
Nile
Devildriver
The Showdown
Chthonic
Lordi
Black Tide
Static-X
Job for a Cowboy
Chimaira
Norma Jean
Atreyu
Five Finger Death Punch
Steel Beans

Bands I saw and wished I didn't:
Lauren Harris (but they did have Richie Faulkner)
AWOL Nation
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Dave Matthews (2x as of just a few minutes ago lol)
How was Night Ranger?
 
The list is massive but my standouts

Queensryche Operation Mindcrime- 1988.they .acted out the Album

Queensryche Operation Mindcrime 1 & 2 in 2006 acted out both albums back to back,,what job & performance.

And of course any time Steely Dan gigs it.
 
There are some annual festivals, I can lost those bands separately as we see them every few years.

Triumph x6 starting 1979
Cheap Trick x 4? 5?
ZZ Top x 3
Aerosmith x 2
KISS x3
Van Halen x 3?
Rik Emmett x 3?
Journey
Night Ranger
Boston
Judas Priest x2 or 3
Bon Jovi x 2 or 3
Halestorm x 3
Accept
Scorpions
D Lee Roth
Satriani x 2
Kim Mitchell x 2 or 3
Lee Aaron
Kick Axe
Helix x 2 or 3
April Wine x 2 or 3
Trooper x 2 or 3
Elton - took my mom!
Sir Paul McCartney - took my mom!


Colin James
Buddy Guy
BB King
Guess Who
Burton Cummings x 2 or 3
Jeff Healy Band x 2 or 3
Amanda Marshall x 3
Clapton

US Festival 1983
Motley
Quiet Riot
Ozzy
Priest
Triumph
Scorps
VH


Then the annual local 3 day summer classic rock festivals. This is outside of those listed above.
Mostly great classic Canadian rock
Harlequin
Prism
Rik Emmett
Headpins
Loverboy
Trooper
Lee Aaron
Kim Mitchell
Streetheart
Honeymoon Suite
April Wine
Toronto
Helix
Nick Gilder

Many others as well in those festivals.
 
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I don't want to pollute this thread up n make it too large so just some sample pics from some of these shows.
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