This ongoing project will grow for as long as I continue to see live music.

Each letter can be seen at the link below if you want to delve into the earlier posts. I will update each ‘letter’ in each substack article to keep them up to date.

https://www.outsidemyinside.com/s/a-z-of-bands

At this point, I have seen over 1400 artists and bands live. These are the ones that I can recall easily. Through the years of festivals and opening acts, some have been dissolved in my memory.
Gone like sugar in coffee.

I can taste the sweetness still.

Approximately 3, 171 performances and that is a very rough guess. Many of the performers I have seen multiple times.

Call me obsessive.

I don’t regret any of it.

Well, maybe one night at the Academy Of Music in New York City when the walls were melting and the floor was lava, but that came with the territory in the early ’70s.

Xavier Rudd

Yeah Yeah Yeah's

YES- I loved this band’s early records, but never got to see them until 1974 at Madison Square Garden. This was The Tales From Topographic Ocean Tour. I do believe I fell asleep during the middle part of the show. They could have played most of Close To The Edge and the new TFTO album and I believe John Martyn opened, not that I recall any of his set. Rick Wakeman was drinking steadily. I think we were too.

Yo La Tengo-17 February 2010 The Basement Sydney. My mate Michael Ward had been fighting cancer for some time. He loved his music and I met him through other friends at a Steely Dan gig. I met him after the cancer had started ravaging his body.
He loved Yo La Tengo but his ability to get out and about was complicated by his treatments and energy levels. Really, he could not go to a gig and stand for it.
I got in touch with the tour manager for Yo Lo Tengo and explained the situation and they graciously got us an excellent table at The Basement.

Michael was not doing well but for the time we were at the gig he was able to find some enjoyment. Michael left us on 1-1-11.

If you do not know the story of how the band got their name, here it is:
They chose the name Yo La Tengo, Spanish for "I have it". The name came from a baseball anecdote from the 1962 season when New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield.

When Ashburn went for a catch, he would yell, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into Chacón, a Venezuelan who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" instead.

In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words "Yo la tengo!" as a way to avoid outfield collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the hell is a yellow tango?"

Ira Kaplan the lead singer/guitarist from YLT is a HUGE New York Mets fan. Just to tease them I wore my loudest New York Yankee shirt to the gig. He said to me, “I think we have to take that table back!”

Yo-Yo Ma

Yothu Yindi-The first time I saw YY was on the 24th of January 1988 at The Building Bridges Concert at Bondi on the 24th of January. This co-mingling of balanda and indigenous musicians grew much stronger from this point onwards. Also playing that day were Crowded House, Archie Roace, Coloured Stone, Midnight Oil Kev Carmody, and others.

2 days later we marched in the streets of Sydney at then the largest ever demonstration for Indigenous Rights.

The struggle continues as does Yothu Yindi.

You Am I

Zarsoff Bros

Ziggy Marley

ZZ Top-La Grange. What a top song.

The alphabetical recall of musicians I have experienced continues.

As I write this one of these “W” bands, War On Drugs, I will commune with again tonight. Outdoors at The Sidney Meyer Music Bowl and they will fill that precinct with their cinematic rock and roll. I am excited.

Waco Brothers- This band morphed from Jon Langford and The Mekons. From punk to cowpunk, Langford and company are still creating.

Waifs-I was suffering from the tail end of Covid on the 27th of March 2022. The Waifs were playing at a festival called Summersalt along the St. Kilda foreshore. The sun was out and I needed some Vitamin D. I checked out the scene, but knew I had no energy to hang out in the sun for hours.
I hung around long enough to sit outside on the grass and listen to some of their folk/rocking songs.

Walkmen

Wallflowers-Back in my IT days, I was in San Francisco for a Sales Conference. The company I worked for rented out an outdoor space on the Embarcadero. Tacos, free drinks and a set by The Wallflowers. My kind of corporate treat.
This was the first time I heard Stuart Mathis play lead guitar. Whoa! From that point on I saw him several times with Lucinda Williams.

Some guy named Dylan is the lead singer of this band.

Wally Ingram

Walter Trout

Walter Wolfman Washington- The Wolfman left the building in 2022. He was from N’awlins and that was the only place I saw him.

Wanda Jackson-If you don’t know Wanda, you don’t know Elvis. Wanda has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is now 86. She was still performing up until a few years ago. Losing her husband/manager, Wendell, in 2017 was a sad moment. They had been together for 55 years.

War

War On Drugs-Never disappointed by them live. Cinematic music and some great long car-driving tunes.

Warumpi Band

Warren Haynes-One of my favourite slide guitarists and a jam band king with Govt Mule and The Allman Brothers.

May 3rd, 2003 I was in New Orleans for The Jazz Festival and Govt Mule were doing a concert at The Saenger Theatre. Govt Mule bassist Allen Woody died in 2000. The band had started a Deep End PRoject where they had been touring with some of the best bass players in the business. This evening was to be the culmination of this project.

Sold Out. But my motto is: THERE IS ALWAYS A TICKET.

Found one 20 minutes before the gig, I think it was 20 bucks, and I went to get scanned in and the ticket had already been used. My heart sank.

Prowling the streets looking for small pockets of people that might be coming to the gig. I heard the music start up inside.

A taxi pulled up nearby and 3 people got out. Walked over to them and said, “You have any spare tickets for the Mule show?”

Sure enough, one of them had a ticket for me.

Bela Fleck, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Porter Jr, Rob Wasserman, Karl Denson, Sonny Landreth, Jason Newsted and Dave Schools were just some of the guest artists.

For nearly 6 hours we were treated to one of the best concerts I have ever attended.
On such a high at 4AM, I found a bit of a street party going on where people were drinking, smoking and holding balloons.
Found the purveyor of the NO2 balloons, inhaled deeply, and floated home to bed.
Only in NOLA.

Warren Zevon- Was lucky enough to see him in 1975 at The Calderone Concert Hall. This was a few years before The Excitable Boy Album. Caught him a few more times in the late 70’s and early 1980’s and then I moved to Australia.
October 24th, 1992 he played The Bridge Hotel in Rozelle and I don’t even think it was sold out.
I miss Warren.

Washington

Waterboys-I saw the crescent….what did you see?

Watermelon Slim

Watty Thompson-Just saw Watty and The Total Fire Band this past October 2023. Soulful, gritty, and full of life. One of the most positive sets of music I have experienced this decade. He can go from bush ballads to scrunching things up like Neil Young.

Waylon Jennings- The Lone Star NYC. We were drinking bourbon.

Wayne Hancock

Wayne Toups and Zydecajun

Weddings,Parties, Anything

Weeping Willows

Wes Pudsey And The Sonic Aces

Western Distributors

Wet Willie

White Stripes

Whitlams

Who-The Who Are You Tour was the first tour after Keith Moon died. Kenny Jones was on drums now and they still blew me away at Madison Square Garden on September 17, 1979. 32 songs. Pete cutting his hand and having to leave for several songs and sharing the moment with my very dear friend Sparky Andersen.

Whose Muddy Shoes

William Alexander

Wilco-I missed their first tour down under in 2003. They returned in 2007 and played a show at The Enmore Theatre where they made me cry they were so perfect.

I have not missed a tour since then and have seen them several times back in New York City.

Just recently in 2022 I caught them in Connecticut. Always a great gig.

March 2024 they are playing 3 nights in a row at The Forum in Melbourne. I will be at all 3 of those shows. When they do a residency they play 3 nights with no repeats. You get a good 65 different songs. Immersive time.

Wild Apache Mardi Gras Indians

Wild Magnolias

Wild Tchoupitoulas

William Crighton- If you have not heard of him, please do investigate. He is an excellent songwriter from New South Wales, Australia…and a good human being.

Willie Dixon-The Father of Modern Chicago Blues. Enough said.

Willie Nelson-Iconic human being and songwriter. Top shelf stoner. I would love to someday burn one with Willie on his bus but time is tight!

Willie Nile

Willie Tee

Willie Watson

Willy Deville

Willy Mason

Wilson Pickers

Wilson Pickett

Wilson/Diesel-Chris Wilson and Diesel combined forces for one record. And some shows. I was at the one below in 2013.

Wishbone Ash- Crossed paths with The Ash a couple of times back in the 70’s when I loved the sound of their 1972 album Argus.
Fast forward 20 years my friend Eddie was working for IRS Records and his boss was Miles Copeland. Miles had bought Marouatte Castle in Southwestern France. Miles said Eddie could stay there and it so happened that my partner and I were in France at the same time.
Eddie invited us down and the place was fabulous but still being renovated. Overseeing the operations was this guy named Steve who we got to know pretty well.

He was telling me one night about being a drummer in a band and we were sharing stories. I asked him what his last name was and he told me it was Upton. Steve Upton was the drummer for Wishbone Ash.

We had a marvelous time cooking market fresh meals each night and drinking beautiful wine.

After about a week we got a call saying that we had to leave in 2 days because Sting was coming to stay. There was plenty of room but I guess they did not need us hanging around!

Wolf and Cub

Wolf Mail

Wolfmother

Word

Wynton Marsalis

“In the “U” and “V” listings there are very few so they have been consolidated into this short post.

“X” “Y” and “Z” will be the same!

U.P. Wilson-Born in Louisiana and raised in Texas, U.P. was always UP for a boogie and he was a bit of a showman.

U2-Was never a huge U2 fan until I saw them live and saw what they could do in a stadium.

I was working for Air New Zealand and it was November 1993. I got a call from our ticket office in Melbourne from a stressed-out colleague. He said the ticket office was very busy and some tour manager from some band had come in and wanted to change flights and re-book other folks. He said they were coming to Sydney tomorrow and asked if I could look after it.
Sure….I told him to fax the details to me and I would take care of it. Below is a fax machine.

Before he hung up I asked him what was the name of the band.

“Some band called U2, I never heard of them”, he whined.

I hung up the phone and the next day I called up this guy who was looking after their travel and he said why don’t you come over to the Quay Apartments where they were staying in Sydney to work out the details.

I was working on Pitt Street at the time and I strolled over there and we worked out the details.

I had noticed the band was hanging around, no Bono, but Edge, Larry and Adam Clayton were chatting with Paul McGuiness. I was gathering up my stuff to go back to work and they offered me a Heineken.
We sat around chatting about New York and music and things and they offered me another beer but I had to get back to my day job.

I was standing up to leave and they said, “Are you going to the concert?”

“Well, I have not gotten tickets yet but probably will as I live not far from the Sydney Football Stadium”, I replied.

They laughed and asked me which night would I like to go to and of course I said, “BOTH!”

They lined me up with 4 excellent tickets to the shows on the 26th and 27th of November and passes to the after-party at the Stadium on the 27th.

Adam Clayton missed his first gig with U2 on the 26th of November due to an alcoholic blackout. He had been partying a bit hard with Naomi Campbell rumour has it. Their guitar tech filled in for him…..

On the 27th of November, the Zoo TV Concert was broadcast around the world as a pay-per-view event and eventually released as a DVD.

Both nights were excellent and the after-party was great but U2 never showed up while I was there, but we did have a ball.

My nephew, Jeff, was enamored with a very large U2 poster for the tour in Australia. He was just a teen and I was like take it down before somebody else does. He eventually worked up the nerve to remove it and he brought it back to Canberra.

Years later, because I thought it would be a beautiful piece of rock history, I asked him where it was.

“I threw it out”, he said. 3 decades have gone by now and I can’t recall the graphics exactly nor can I find one online. It should have been framed.

Ouch.

U2 was also the last gig I saw with my mate Steve “Tizza” Taylor. He had never seen U2 before and he loved the night. We had us some fun and I recall tears in his eyes as they did a tribute to Michael Hutchence.
It was one of those fabulous evenings all around.

UB40-And they are still on the road…..the road goes on forever. I think they are playing in St. Kilda in January 2024. I will not be there.

Uncle Lucius

Utah Phillips-Old school folk artist and storyteller, they don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

Valerie June

Van Dyke Parks

Vapors-One hit wonders and as I researched this piece I saw that they re-formed in 2016 after 34 years of silence. I am not interested in finding out what they are up to. Saw them at Danceteria in NYC.

Vasco Era

Vassar Clements- Bluegrass, swing, whatever….he could play it. He taught himself to play at the age of 7 way back in 1935.

Vetiver

Victor Wooten

Vika Bull

Vintage Trouble

Violent Femmes

As per usual, if the artist is in BOLD, I saw them numerous times.

One of my “V” regrets is never seeing Van Morrison live….sigh.

“Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground”-TH

Tab Benoit-Only caught Tab once somewhere in Missouri. Recall walking in as it commenced and dancing like an idiot. We could not stay for the end for some reason and we left as he covered a Chuck Berry tune….dancing out the door.

Taj Mahal-So many times, so many festivals.

Talking Heads-From the late ’70s until 1984 I probably saw the Talking Heads close to 10 times. The Remain In Light show in Central Park with the B-52’s took place in August 1979. We were on the rocks outside the skating rink as we had no tickets. There were thousands of us outside dancing up a dust storm.

Radio City Music Hall in 1980 and the other shows in the 80’s at Forest Hills leading up to the last Forest Hills Show in the summer of 1983.
1984 found me at The Narara Festival, poster below, while I was on holiday here in Australia.

My friend Jenni had gotten us backstage passes via a friend in the industry. The passes were simply white cloth labels with names printed on them. These were passes for people who could not make the gig. When we fronted up to “Will Call” they gave us our passes and said they could not change the names as they had no ability to do that.
For the next two days, we wandered around the backstage area eating and drinking with the bands.

We were labeled as Rick and Bitsy Brewster.

Other musicians would be sitting with me or walking past wondering who the hell I was because I was obviously not Rick!
Great conversation starter.

Also recall trying to find weed for some people, eating lunch at a table with Chrissie Hynde and Jim Kerr and other Pretenders, trying to catch a glimpse of The Talking Heads in the VIP area….and generally having a ball on holiday in Australia.

Historically, (hysterically maybe), this is where the ‘imposter syndrome’ got its name.

Tall Shaun and The Resolution

Tame Impala

Tami Nielson

Tasman Keith

Tash Sultana

Tay Oskee

Taya Chani

T-Bone Burnett

Ted Hawkins

Teddy Morgan-Teddy Morgan and The Sevilles….what a find at Bluesfest at Byron one year. Think I saw him at Narooma also, but that is hazy. Teddy has settled into life in Nashville where he produces music.

Teddy Thompson

Tedeschi Trucks Band- If you know me, you know I rave about this band incessantly. 2022 found me on my “Catch Me While You Are Alive” visit to America.
During that journey, I caught them 4x, including 2 nights at Red Rocks. Los Lobos supported them each evening.

My good mate Nello and I were on a bit of a mission to see them as much as we could while we both crisscrossed the continent. Those shows in Colorado are amongst the best concerts I have seen in my life.
The TTB will be in Australia in March 2024. Do not hesitate. The shows will sell out.

If you go and are disappointed, there is something wrong with you.

I mean that. Come talk to me afterwards and I will help you out.

Teenage Fanclub-One of my favourite Scottish Bands after Big Country.

Ok, my favourite Scottish Band really, Big Country did not float my boat.

Television

Ten Years After-Alvin Lee burst into my consciousness from Woodstock and records around the homestead. Caught them when I was a youngster and then a bit later saw Alvin Lee and Company at The Academy Of Music in 1975. Wondering now if I ever saw Ten Years Later which Alvin put together….well…later.

Terrance Simien

Terry Adams

Terry Allen

Terry Reid

Teskey Brothers- These fellows are still kicking goals and I do believe their best is yet to come.

Tex, Don, And Charlie

Tex Perkins-Someone told me not to call him Greg when I interviewed him and I had no intention of doing that. So, that was not the reason he hung up on me.
The reason he hung up on me was he was having a bad hair day and was not being a kind human being.
Such is rock and roll.

Texas

Thandi Phoenix

The The

Thelma Plum

This Town Needs Guns

Thompson Twins

Three Kings

Three Wise Men (Borich, Manning and Eastick)

Tim Buckley

Tim Easton

Tim Finn

Tim Rogers-Mr. Rogers has been floating around my neighbourhoods for decades. YOU AM I have witnessed many times, I have seen Tim do his psychoanalytical, musical, Liquid Nights in Bohemian Heights, sharing the stage with the aforementioned Tex Perkins and accompanied Alejandro Escovedo on one of his tours of Australia.

Timothy B. Schmit- Get a haircut. Or I think he did by now. Oh no, he still has his hair…and it’s hardly grey!

Ahh, no, I was thinking of Michael Bolton. And yeah, no, never saw him perform.

Tina Turner- I can’t believe she’s gone. What a powerhouse. What a woman.

Tito Puente-Salsa, Cuban, call it what you may, Tito was the boss.

T-Model Ford

Tom Morello

Tom Paxton

Tom Petty (and The Heartbreakers)-Never got to see them enough! I miss Tom so much. I always anticipated his next release more than other artists. I loved me some Tom!

2 nights in a row on the True Confessions Tour in 1986 at the now-defunct Sydney Ent Cent were marvellous. They were the backing band for some guy named Dylan.

The Black Crowes played a 90-minute set before Petty and his band killed it at The Greek in Berkeley California. I had been in San Francisco for a 5-day work sales conference but I came down with the worst flu as the flight took off from Sydney.

The year was 2005.

Yeah, I caught our CEO John Chambers speaking, went out to one meal, and then retired to my hotel room until the last night. I saw Tom was playing and I decided I could recover anytime. I needed to go to the show. I found a ticket, got some margaritas into my bloodstream and made it through the lengthy August summer night.

Fast forward to 2017 and I found myself in the USA for a wedding and my 60th birthday. Tom and the Heartbreakers were playing at Forest Hills on the 27th of July.

My birthday.

What a great night and the last time I would commune with Tom.

I miss him.

Tom Robinson Band

Tom Tom Club

Tommy Castro

Tompall Glaser

Toni Childs

Tony Joe White

Tony Rice

Tony Trischka

Toots and The Maytalls-54-46 was my number
Right now, someone else has that number

Tower Of Power

Tracey Mcneil and The Good Stuff

Traveller

Triffids

Trombone Shorty And Orleans Avenue-Who’s got the funk? He’s got the funk.

Troy Wahl

Turin Brakes

Turtles-So happy together.

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

TV On The Radio

Twisted Sister

Tyler Childers

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Note: Artists in BOLD I have seen multiple times.

Stevie Wonder was floating around AM radio when I was a kid.
The Steve Miller Band was in my brother’s collection before he was a Pop Rock artist pumping out the big hits.
Stevie Winwood…..don’t ever miss him if you get the chance.

Stevie Nicks, well, not so much but she had been on stage in front of me a few times. I recall one evening she was very coked out as she attempted to sing with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Lights were on, but not sure what home she was in.

And of course, SRV!

Just a reminder the artists in BOLD I have seem more then once.

Sade

Saints-Chris Bailey was an amazing front man and he never let me down. Reminds me of my early days in Australia at various venues across Sydney that no longer exist today.

Sally King

Sally Timms

Sam Bush

Sam Fender

Samantha Fish

Sam Lehman

San Sebastian

Sandi And The Sunsets

Santana-Only saw Carlos 3x and not in the 70’s or 80’s. Caught the band in a hockey arena when I worked for Ciso and the company hired them to play at the event. Free booze and food and a full concert by Carlos and Company. One of the other times was a double bill with Steve Miller and that was a fabulous night of music at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. That review can be read below.

https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/steve-miller-band-santana/

Sarah Blasko
Sara Carroll

Sarah Mclachlan

Saul Brody

Savoy Brown- I saw them support Deep Purple and other bands back when I was a teen. They seemed to be on many a bill.

Scrap Metal

Scott Henderson

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

Screaming Tribesmen

Sean Kelly And The Absent Friends

Sean Mcmahon and The Owls

Seasick Steve

Sebastian Bach

Seldom Scene

Selecter

Selwyn Burns

Sha Na Na- Only one time and I have no idea why they were on the Festival of Hope Bill, but there they did their doo-wop thing in costume. Stoners loved it.

Shakey Graves

Shane O Mara-In many guises through my years here in this country. Looking forward to seeing him soon with The Silversound and then I can add them to this list.

Sharon Carpenter

Sharon Jones-What a voice. What a presence. RIP

Shemekia Copeland

Sheryl Crow-You knows all she wants to do is have some fun.

Shins

Shirelles

Shirley Strachan

Shovels And Rope

Siegall Schwall Band

Sigur Ros

Silversound

Simon And Garfunkel

Simone Felice

Simple Minds

Simply Red

Sinead O’Connor

Sixto Rodriguez

Slade

Sleepy Jackson

Sleepy LaBeef
Slim Dusty's Travelling Band

Sly And The Family Stone

Smith And Wesson Jury

Smokey Robinson-What showcase was this? What festival? I know I saw him but it left no impression. It was not a miracle.

Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King

Snooks Eaglin

Snowdroppers

Snarky Puppy

SnarskiCircusLindyBand

Solomon Burke

Son Seals Band

Sonny Landreth- The first time I caught him was at a small street market/festival in Salt Lake City. I was impressed! Then at The Deepest End Concert with Govt Mule in New Orleans. He also showed up at an early morning concert with the North Mississippi Allstars in N’awlins. That gig started around 1:30am…..until the sun came up.

Sorong Samarai

Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes

Specials-The first time I saw them was either Hurrah’s in NYC or somewhere in Staten Island in 1980. The venue was packed and people were pushing and shoving and people were going to get hurt up near the front of the stage.

I joined in with security and tried to move people back, but we had our backs to the crowd and they were a tad aggressive. Looked at the 2 guys near me and I said let’s turn around and face the crowd, we did that and people were kinder and things settled a bit.
Once the band hit the stage I was getting smashed against the stage and I climbed up and sat next to the drummer for the entire set. Each time I thought about getting up to dance I was given a dirty look from Terry or someone advising me to just stay put. Was a memorable night wherever it was.

Spencer P Jones

Spiderbait

Split Enz-Lucky enough to be working for Air New Zealand when we hired them to play The State Theatre for a party one night.
Was unlucky enough to see them in June 2006 at The Sydney Entertainment Centre. 5 songs into what was going to be a 26-song evening, I felt a rumbling in my stomach.

The chicken enchiladas I had at Cafe Pacifico gave me food poisoning and the rest is too horrid to go into.

Spoon

Spooner Oldham

Spurs For Jesus

Spyro Gyra

Squeeze-Many nights with this band. Seeing them do a sort of acoustic gig in London where everyone sang along to every song was mindblowing even if was going through existential hell. It took my mind off it for a couple of hours.

2 nights at The Palladium in NYC and one in Passaic at The Capitol. Had tickets for a 4th gig but gave them to my cousin Janice as I was puffed!

St. Paul and The Broken Bones

St. Vincent

Steel Pulse

Steely Dan- The first time I saw them was at Avery Fisher Music Hall (Aril 3 ,1974) warming up the crowd for an early tour of ELO. Sound issues put me off Steely Dan for a while but years later I got to see them down here in Australia and they were excellent live. ELO were mindblowing….before all the synths!

Stephane Grappelli

Stephen Cummings

Stephen Stills-One evening I saw him sit at the piano, I think he was wearing a white suit, but I recall looking at his eyes and thinking to myself that he must be really, really, REALLY Stoned.

Steve Boyds Rum Reverie

Steve Cropper

Steve Earle- Sometimes I feel like he is family I have seen him so many times. Had a good interview with him once with him in Greenwich Village and me in Sydney. We talked about NYC for a bit.

Steve Forbert

Steve Goodman-Gone much, much too young.

Steve Lane and The Autocrats

Steve Marriott

Steve Martin- He was the supporting comedian for a show with Loudon Wainwright III and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the 70s at Stony Brook University gymnasium.

Steve Miller-Westbury Music Fair before The Joker was released. he played for a very long time.

Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys

Steve Winwood-Do yourself a favour and make sure you see him. He is amazing.

Stevie Nicks-With Fleetwood Mac and with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty.

Stevie Ray Vaughan -I saw him at some showcase gig in NYC where he played with a couple of bigger blues acts and he did the entire Jimi Hendrix thing and lit his guitar on fire. Everyone was talking about him.
From then on never missed him and got to catch him close to 10 times.
Truly a genius.

Stevie Wonder-Radio City Music Hall I got to stand onstage and sing with him and also saw him support The Rolling Stones in 1972 in the 8th row and Madison Square Garden. Mic Drop. The only other time I got to see him live was when I went to see Saturday Night Live one evening and Stevie did a couple of songs and skits.

Sticky Fingers

Sting

Straight Eights

Strange Tennants

Stranglers

Stu Cook

Stray Cats-The boys from Massapequa, Long Island were always a blast.

Strokes

Subdudes

Sufjan Stevens

Suga Cane Mamas

Sugar Blue- Sitting in a hotel room with Don Mclean, Frank Wakefield and Sugar drinking and smoking weed. Now that was fun. I am not sure if Mr. American Pie was toking or not, he was not in a good mood.

Sugarland

Suicide Swans

Summer Dean

Sunnyboys

Sun Ra

Supergrass

Susan Tedeschi

Suzannah Espie

Suzanne Vega

Suzy Bogguss

Swamp Thing

Sweet Honey In The Rock

Sweet Jelly Rolls

Sweet Talk

Swimming Bell

Sylvain Sylvain

Ladies and Gentlemen…..The Letter “R” for your reading and listening pleasure.

If they are in BOLD they have been witnessed at least 2x.

Radiators (Aussie Band)-When I lived in Manly I wandered into the Old Manly Hotel when they were playing. I don’t think I stayed very long.

Radiators (New Orleans Band)

Radio Birdman

Rag And Bone Man

Raised By Eagles

Ralph Mctell-Somewhere, but not in the Streets Of London

Ramblin Jack Elliot-As the legend goes, Elliott's nickname originated with the folk singer Odetta's mother. “I knocked, and the door opened a crack, and I heard her say, 'Odetta, Ramblin' Jack is here,'” Elliott said. “I adopted it right away.”
The Jewish cowboy from Brooklyn is still with us at 92.

Ramones-1, 2, 3 the band from Forest Hills, New York. They are all gone now, but they will live forever.

Ratcat

Raul Malo

Raun Mckinnon

Ravi Shankar-A festival somewhere…..

Ray Beadle Band

Ray Charles-Only got to see Ray once and that was in Melbourne in 2003 a year before he died. Not at the top of his game, but good to bask in the legend that was Mr. Charles.

Ray Lamontagne-Ray has a lovely voice. When I saw him with John Stirrat (Wilco) on bass, in 2018, I enjoyed the gig for about the first 45 minutes. Unfortunately, the songwriting is not ‘stellar’ and I was kind of bored for the rest of the gig. Samey.

Ray Parker Jr (Raydio)

Real Life

Rebecca Barnard

Rebirth Brass Band

Red Clay Ramblers

Red Rivers-Whatever happened to the country/rockabilly guitarist from Australia Red Rivers? Caught him a number of times in small pubs in Sydney, but it has been a long time now. Think he is somewhere in Victoria running a recording studio, last I heard.

Redd Volkaert

Reels

Regurgitator

REM-Back in 2005 they played the Sydney Entertainment Centre with Bright Eyes. With my date at the time and Michael, as he is pictured in this page, launched into “I Took Your Name” from the Monster Album.
Stipe is prowling the stage and the crowd is digging it.

We are in the first row and Michael falls to his knees in front of us and sings directly into our faces. We all make eye contact with him and hold that stare. I think he expected us to look away so he kept on singing to us. He realised we were not going to flinch and smiled and we smiled back laughing.

1985 at the same venue it was REM, Grant Lee Buffalo and Died Pretty. My son Zac was about to be born but he ended up coming a week later. Thanks Zac!

Re-mains

Renaissance

Renee Geyer-RIP Renee. She had her own stool at The Basement in Sydney. I sat next to her and shared a drink one night. I recall it, I think she may have been on Planet Claire!

Renee Sweetman

Revelators

Reverend Horton Heat

Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band

Rhiannon Giddens

Rich Robinson

Richard Clapton

Richard Pleasance

Richard Thompson

Richie Havens

Richmond Fontaine

Rick Danko

Rick Derringer

Rick Estrin and The Nightcats

Rick James

Rickie Lee Jones

Ringo Starr

Rising Star Fife and Drum Band

Rob Snarksi

Rob Wasserman

Robben Ford

Robbie Robertson

Robert Cray

Robert Ellis

Robert Forster

Robert Gordon

Robert Lockwood Jr

Robert Palmer

Robert Parker

Robert Randolph - In 2003 Robert Randolph played to a paltry crowd at The Basement where he and his Family Band succeeded in taking the room apart piece by piece. Randolph made many lifelong fans after the blistering set he delivered that Easter Monday. After his second song he said, “I know y’all had a big long weekend. But we came here to party!” One of the most amazing pedal steel performances I have ever witnessed.

Robin Trower

Robin Williamson

Robyn Hitchcock

Roches

Rockin Dopsie and The Twisters

Rockpile-Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. They defined English pub rock and roll. One night at The Ritz in New York City my good friend Tony had trained down from Albany. He had been drinking and smoking weed and had had a huge day. By the time we met up and Rockpile had hit the stage, he was slumped on a stool asleep against the table.

I had checked on him a couple of times but he was out.
At the end of the gig I woke him up and he said, “Are they starting soon?”

Rod Piazza

Rod Stewart And The Faces-One time only. Not the original line-up, but was still damn fine. Madison Square Garden during their final tour.

The show featured lead singer Rod Stewart, keyboardist Ian McLagan, guitarist Ron Wood, drummer Kenney Jones, and bassist Tetsu Yamauch. Yamauch replaced founding bassist Ronnie Lane, who had left the band in the summer of 1973.

Roddy Frame

Rodriguez

Roger Glover

Roger Knox

Roger Mcguinn- Saw Roger at The Bottom Line in New York City and he had a guitar that lit up in all sorts of colours when he played “ 8 Miles High”. He also played quite a bit of 12-string. Right on, Roger.

Roger Waters- Something About a Wall.

Roky Erickson

Rolling Stones-1972. 15 years old. 8th row. Madison Square Garden. BLEW MY MIND.

Stevie Wonder was the support act. Read that again and imagine him doing songs from his new album “Talking Book”.

And of course the infamous tale of how I met my now ex-wife Julie on eBay when The Stones were playing The Enmore and she was trying to buy a ticket. (February 18, 2003)

I was surprised that people were going to pay over 1200 dollars for a ticket to see them in such a small venue.

Will write that tale in full someday!

Whoa.

Ron Peno

Ron Sexsmith

Ron Wood

Ronnie Lane

Roomful Of Blues

Roosevelt Sykes

Rory Block

Rory Gallagher- I saw him a few times at The Academy Of Music warming up for groups like Slade, Foghat, and others. He should have been top-billing. I can close my eyes and see him standing there in his flannel shirt just wailing.

Rose City Band-Cosmic Country Fabulousness

Rose Tattoo

Rosie Flores

Ross Wilson

Roxy Music- Finally saw them in 2022 in Los Angeles at The Forum. Fabulous gig.

Roy Buchanan- If you don’t know Roy, you don’t know great guitarists.

Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings

Royal Southern Brotherhood

Ruby Boots

Rufus Wainwright-February 14th 2005 at The Basement in Sydney. I think he might still be playing…..it was a very long gig.

Rumour

Russell Morris

Ruthie Foster-Ruthie has pipes. Check her out.

Ry Cooder-My love for Ry and his music and his slide and his politics is huge.

Ryan Adams- Ryan's first gig in Sydney in 2002 with his band The Sweetheart Revolution was on a hot summer night. The Metro was electrified with anticipation due to the hype around this 28-year-old rocker.
He did not let us down with his songs, his banter and a band that included my 2 favourite instruments, the pedal steel guitar and the Hammond Organ.

The Rolling Stones may no longer play “Brown Sugar” but Ryan did a cover in his very long set. He also bought a couple of cases of beer for the people up front. It was a very warm January night.

From that point on I never missed Ryan Adams when he came to town. Solo at The Sydney Opera House or a number of nights at The Enmore with his fabulous band The Cardinals. They took me to some psychedelic heights.

Or that night he had all the spotlights down at The Enmore and played under dark purple lights? No one past row 5 could see him but it sounded beautiful.

The last time I saw him at The Hordern he was in a grumpy state but still delivered. I walked out of that gig thinking he would never come back to Australia.

Some questionable and abusive behaviour buried Adams from that point onwards.
He is back and trying to find himself and his footing and apologising for whatever mistakes he made.

Ryan has been doing some shows with a re-vamped Cardinals this year:
Brad Pemberton

Chris Stills

Daniel Clarke

Don Was

He has advised the LAST Cardinal shows will be in October in the USA and that will be it. He will be retiring those songs. Check out one of them below in the clip.

Ryan Bingham

QED-Some Aussie band….

Queen Ida And Her Zydeco Band-As far as I know she came to Australia once and I saw her somewhere at some venue near the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. I cannot recall the name of the room, but I do recall dancing up a storm. Must have been around 1990.

Before I go on….just a reminder…you can look at all my writings on substack not only via email but on www.outsidemyinside.com. There are reviews and other articles on there that have not been sent to your Inbox. Have a look if ya like!

Quicksilver Messenger Service- June 29th 1973-It was another Central Park gig as part of the Schaefer Music Festival. Malo was the support band. Having been a Quicksilver fan when I was a younger teen, I was very keen to see them live.

Below is the line-up that I got to see.

• Greg Elmore – drums

• Gary Duncan – guitar, vocals

• Dino Valenti – guitar, vocals

• Harold Aceves – drums

• Chuck Steaks – keyboards

• Roger Stanton – bass

  The line-up below is the one that had really caught my attention from 1969-1971.

• John Cipollina – guitar

• Greg Elmore – drums

• David Freiberg – bass, vocals

• Nicky Hopkins – keyboards

• Gary Duncan – guitar, vocals

• Dino Valenti – guitar, vocal

  John Cippolina is known as one of the ‘fathers’ of the San Francisco sound.

  In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Cipollina 32nd on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

  Damn shame I never got to hear him play live.

P is for Patti Smith.

P is for Paul Kelly.

P is for Phosphorescent.

P is for Paul Busch. He has yet to release a record.

Please, do not hold your breath.

66 is the number and the number of rings around my soul this year.
As per normal artists in BOLD I have seen more than once.

Enjoy the list and the music and maybe a tale or 2.

Pablo Cruise

Paddock Bombs

Paladins

Papa John Creach-John Henry Creach played violin with The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. He was a joy to listen to and watch on stage.

Parliament- Who got the funk?

Party Boys

Party Girls

Pat Capocci

Pat Metheny

Pat Powell

Patrick Wilson

Patterson Hood

Patti Labelle

Patti Smith-Where would we be without Patti Smith? The planet would be a much darker place. She is a force of love, strength, innocence and beauty. Her music has been with me for a very long time.

St.Patrick’s Day 1979 was a memorable day that commenced with the NYC parade with friends who I can no longer share the memory with. Many beers, some orange sunshine, and we pranced and danced along 5th Avenue.
As the morning moved to afternoon, we boarded a train to Stony Brook where some of my friends went to college.
We had tickets for the show below and with a posse of people and a gutful of 714’s and other libations, we saw the show (setlist below).

What a gig. What a good group of friends and comrades.

What a night that went on and on until the sun came up.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/patti-smith-group/1979/state-university-of-new-york-at-stony-brook-stony-brook-ny-3b965cb4.html

Patty Griffin

Paul Brady

Paul Butterfield-Loved the Butterfield Blues Band, unfortunately, I never saw them. Saw him with various folks a few times in New York at The Bottom Line and The Lone Star. He was not doing that well and his addiction to heroin was showing.

Paul Carrack-How Long Has This Been Going On? Saw him as part of Nick Lowe’s Cowboy outfit and with Squeeze.

Paul Kantner-Jefferson Airplane kingpin.

Paul Kelly-My love affair with Paul Kelly began in 1984 when I discovered an album in a stack when I was here on my first visit to what was to become my new home. After moving to Manly in 1984, I commenced learning about the Sydney Live Music Scene. It was pretty good back then.

The residency at The Hopetoun Hotel in 1986 with The Coloured Girls made me a fan for life. The Coloured Girls were a very special band.

BAND MEMBERS: Paul Kelly (vocals, guitar), Steve Connelly (guitar, vocals), Michael Barclay (drums, vocals), Peter Bull (keyboards, vocals), John Schofield (bass, vocals), Di Spence (saxophone)

Since then, I cannot count how many times I have seen PK and have never been disappointed.

Paul McCartney-That Beatle Dude.

Paul Rodgers

Paul Siebel

Paul Simon-We were on a subway on our way there and I had a bottle of beer in my pocket. This dude was leaning hard into me where I was sitting and was getting in my face for no apparent reason.

I met eyes with him and stared him down as the grip on my bottle was in attack mode if needed. One of the very few times I came across or was involved with ‘danger’ in NYC.

Meanwhile, 500,000 people had arrived at Central Park before us and we looked toward the Great Lawn and decided to head for drier pastures. Rain had been around all day and we were not prepared for sitting on the very wet lawn and there was no way we were going to see a damn thing!

The Graceland Tour was amazing though!

Paul Weller

Paul Williamson Hammond Combo

Peace Frog

Peaches

Pearl Jam-Never a huge Pearl Jam fan, I caught them once in Sydney in 2006. The fans were rabid and hyped. Mexican waves filled the arena and Eddie and the band did not disappoint with a set list that had 18 songs and 12 songs over 2 encores.

Penny And The Mystics

Pernice Brothers

Persuasions

Pete Cornelius

Pete Fountain

Pete Murray

Pete Seeger-Somewhere in my photo archives I have a pic of Pete at The Clearwater Festival in Croton, New York. The legend was just wandering around in the crowd back in the ’70s. My girlfriend and I were selling Ice Cream.

Peter Buck

Peter Frampton-Peter and his band Frampton’s Camel played numerous times at The Academy Of Music. I saw him supporting bands like Foghat and Rory Gallagher. I was in attendance at the State University of Plattsburgh when part of his huge-selling live album, Frampton Comes Alive!, was recorded.
Still up there as one of the biggest-selling live albums in the history of rock and roll.

Can’t say I listen to it.

Peter Gabriel

Peter Green

Peter Rowan-Peter is a cosmic cowboy and I love him and his spirit. He has played with Bill Monroe, David Grisman , Jerry Garcia and many others.

Long may Pedro run!

Peter Tosh-Saw him one time at The Ritz in NYC in 1981. I think it was him. The room smelled fabulous but it was as thick as pea soup.

Peter Yarrow-Of Paul and Mary fame.

Phenomenal Handclap Band

Phil Alvin-Phil and Dave Alvin were the brothers who started The Blasters. Phil was in hospital in January of this year with an undisclosed health issue. He is still under care so we send him all our best.

Phil Collins-He was still standing and still playing drums when I saw him. Spinal injuries forced him to retire in 2022. Supposedly, he can still sing.

Phil Guy

Phil Lesh and Friends-Best triple bill in years when I saw Phil with his band which included Jackie Greene. Also on the bill were G-Love and Special Sauce and The John Butler Trio. Labor Day weekend in America and who thought the sun would burn so badly on a breezy, sunny day along the San Francisco Bay?
I was baked by the sun and we were flying high with some high-voltage batteries.

The next day I was pretty sure I was the closest to sun poisoning that I have ever been. Spent the day in the hotel drowning my head in aloe vera gel. It was unfortunate because Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks were playing in Sausalito that day.

Why did I not wear a hat? Well, I was leaving the hotel down near the Bay and I said to my friend Jannie, “Oh, it won’t be too hot out there!”

Below is the entire Phil and Friends set if you are into this sort of thing!

Phil Parra Band

Phil Wiggins

Phoebe Snow-Supporting Jackson Browne at The Calderone Concert Hall, March 19th, 1975. She was kind of boring so my friend Bill and I wandered out to smoke a joint and he had some powder I thought was cocaine but he told me it was what we called horse tranquiliser. For a good portion of that amazing gig, I was levitating above the stage. Amazing set and evening for this 17-year-old.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jackson-browne/1975/calderone-concert-hall-hempstead-ny-5bd5a724.html

Phosphorescent-Never heard of them in 2011 at The Harvest Festival. They were playing at one of the smaller stages and I was up at the rail waiting for them to come on. They came onto the stage and I thought these dudes look interesting. From the first chord, they had me. My partner in crime at the show had wandered off for a pee and I called her and said, “Get back here as soon as you can.”

There were some good acts at this festival (see list) but Phosphorescent was exuberant, electric, unknown, and unbelievably good.

Matthew Houck (Phosphorescent) is married to Jo Schornikow who is an Australian. 2014 I was leaning on the upstairs bar at The Metro in Sydney before War On Drugs hit the stage. I turned to my left and Jo and Matthew were leaning with me. We chatted for a bit. That’s all. I still wonder why they don’t come to Australia more often. Do you hear me guys?

Pinetop Perkins

Pink sort of circus in a big arena. I was the +1

Pink Stones

Piper Butcher

Pixies

PJ Harvey

Placebo

Pleasures

Pogues-Hordern Pavilion-January 25th, 1990. Irish Bedlam at its best.
Reprise 2012 at the same venue, Shane was shakey, but still a fabulous evening of Irish rock and roll. Guinness filled the air.

Pointer Sisters

Pokey Lafarge-Manning Bar, April 11th, 2015. Wee-haw.

Police

Pony Face

Poppa Chubby

Portishead

Powderfinger

Presets

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Pretenders-Happily on board with this band from the get-go. Saw the original line-up in August 1980 in Central Park. It might have been their first gig in the Big Apple. From then on, anytime they were nearby I would go see them live. Even with the passing of Pete and James, they continued on and still are on the road today.

At the Narara Festival in Australia in 1984 I sat with the band and had lunch backstage.

I’d rather be here than just about anywhere else in the world.”
Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders – Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley

Below is my shot from the Bimbadgen Gig. I was dancing with my wife at the time and some tall, gay cowboy and we were going off. Chrissie looked out at us and pointed to us and said, “You are dancing like it’s 1972!”

Prince-Lucky enough to be in the presence of royalty 2x. Stunning. Missed.

Proclaimers-500 Miles. Free tickets. Meh.

Psycho Zydeco-Had them play at a double birthday party with my dear friend Catherine. We partied till midnight in Wolloomooloo and finished off at sunrise in Annandale. What a way to see 50 in with our friends and family that could make it.

Psychedelic Furs

Pugsley Buzzard

Pulp

Punch Brothers

Pure Prairie League

Ooooooooooooo…..Susannah…..ooooooooo….not may “O” sightings.Oooooo Jackie Blue…..ooooooo Ooooo ooooo….(bands in BOLD I have seen multiple times)

Ocean Colour Scene

Odetta

Old Crow Medicine Show

Oregon

Orleans-Remember “Dance With Me”? The No Nukes Concerts and MUSE (Musicians United For Safe Energy) and “Still The One”. John Hall was a founding member of Orleans, MUSE, and a politician. His politics came from a good space.
The No Nukes Rally at Battery Park in NYC in the shade of the World Trade Centre was on the 23rd of September 1979.

There were about 300,000 of us down there that day.

Community, Love, Connection, Action, and on that day some good old-fashioned joy.

Sunshine within, sunshine on our tongues, not a cloud in the sky. Was one of the most joyful days of my spins around this planet.

Osborne Brothers

Oscar Brand- A mainstay at the Nassau Community College Folk Festivals.

Oteil Burbridge

Otis Taylor-A man of many political words and songs and strings. A legend you should know.

Outlaws-They had their 15 minutes of fame with a few ‘hits. They formed in 1967 and are still together today and their peak was in the 70’s when the South Was Gonna Do It Again, according to Charlie Daniels.

I have no idea what they sound like today but they have had about 55 members of the band since 1967. I believe one original member is still active.

Owen Mcbride

Ozark Mtn Daredevils-November 30, 1974 at The Academy of Music. Saturday Night Late Show.

New Rider Of The Purple Sage/Commander Cody and this new band.
I recall the Ozark set as the LSD had not kicked in yet. The rest of the night will be written about at some other point in time as one of my ‘experiences’.

The show finished at sunrise.

Also saw them a year later with Brewer and Shipley at The Bottom Line with my sister, Ginger.

Ozomatli

This is a short list. As per usual, artists in BOLD, I have seen multiple times. Seems to be quite a few of them on this list.

Nahko Bear

Nanci Griffith

Nat Meyers

Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats-Last time I saw them with St. Paul and The Broken Bones this year, I was non-plussed. Paul Janeway and his band knocked them out of the park.

National

Neal Casal-What a fabulous guitarist Neal was. Never saw him solo, but he played in The Cardinals who backed up Ryan Adams. Some of those shows were transcendent.

He also was in The Chris Robinson Brotherhood and was always a thrill to hear him play.
May he rest in peace and he will always be with us when we listen to his songs and guitar wizardry.

Neil Finn

Neil Young-Whether it be The Buffalo Springfield or CSNY or Crazy Horse or The International Harvesters, etc. Neil is my co-pilot. I probably listen to Neil as much as I listen to The Grateful Dead.

Neko Case

Neneh Cherry

Neville Brothers

New Birth Brass Band

New Lost City Ramblers

New Order

Ngaiire

Nick Barker

Nick Cave-His recorded work is not listened to much, but I will almost always go to see him live. If you get the chance, GO!

Nick Lowe-Lucky enough to see Nick with his Cowboy Outfit, Rockpile, Los Straightjackets, and on tour with Elvis Costello. Nick is cool.

Nicky Bomba

Nicky Hopkins

Nikki Hill

Nikki Lane

Nils Lofgren

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Saw them once at State University of New York-Stony Brook in the gymnasium. The first act was this comedian with a white suit and a banjo and balloons, it was Steve Martin.
When Steve finished, Loudon Wainwright III played a lengthy set.

The NGDB was amazing and played for hours.

No Fixed Address

Noel Gallagher

Norman Blake

North Mississippi Allstars-The best little jam band to come out of Mississippi.

Norton Buffalo

NRBQ-In their prime, NRBQ was known as the best bar band on the East Coast of America. It was always a blast and too much fun, something I have never had.

New Riders Of The Purple Sage-Cosmic Cowboys from the West Coast. Buddy Cage on pedal steel was a phenom and this was another act I saw finish shows at The Academy Of Music in NYC as the sun came up.

New York Dolls-I got a personality crisis….

M.Ward

Maceo Parker

Machinations

Machine Gun Fellatio

Macy Gray

Madness

Magic Slim and The Teardrops

Magpie Diaries

Mahlathini and the Mahatolla Queens of South Africa

Mal Eastick

Malo

Mama Kin Spender

Manassas-This was with Stephen Stills at The Festival of Hope 1972.

Mandy Nicholson

Manhattan Transfer

Marc Ford

Marc Ribot

Marcia Ball

Marcia Hines

Marcus King

Mardi Gras Indians

Margo Price

Maria Muldaur

Marji Curran

Mark Almond Band

Mark Knopfler

Mark Olson

Mark Seymour and The Undertow

Mark Snarski

Marlon Williams

Marshall Chapman

Marshall Crenshaw

Marshall Tucker Band

Martha Wainwright

Martin Mull

Martin Plaza

Marty Stuart

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mason Rack Band

Matt Walker

Matthew E White

Mavericks

Mavis Staples

Mavis's

Max Merrit and The Meteors

McCoy Tyner

Mcgarrigles

Mckendree Spring

Medeski Martin and Wood

Melanie

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melissa Carper

Mem Shannon

Men At Work

Mental As Anything

Mercury Rev-In Belgium….amazing show…..

Merl Saunders

Merle Haggard

Meters

Mezcaltones

Mia Dyson

Michael Carpenter and The Banks Brothers

Michael Franks -He had popsicle toes….

Michael Franti

Michael Nesmith

Michelle Shocked

Mick Jagger

Mick Taylor

Midnight Chicken

Midnight Oil

Mike Gordon

Milk Carton Kids

Minor Gold

Mitch Woods Boogie Woogie Blowout

Mixed Relations

Mondo Rock

Moor Mother

Moving Stills

Margo Cilker

Muddy Waters

Mumford And Sons

My Morning Jacket

“L” is for Love. Here we go continuing with the A-Z List (another “L” word) for your reading and listening pleasure.

As I started looking at this list of “L” artists, I was blown away by some of the talent.

I am a lucky man.

(As per usual artists in BOLD I have seen more than once…..some numerous times)

La Bomba

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes

Lachy Doley Group-If you don’t live in Australia you may not know who this dude is. Check out this clip and you may want to find out more.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo- I Recall being in Africa in 1986, 1 month after Paul Simon’s controversial Graceland album was released. Still using vinyl back then, I went and collected as many of this group’s albums as I could carry.

Lady Lyon

Laidback Country Picker

Lairs

Lanie Lane

Larry Coryell

Laura Marling-Caught her in a church in Paddington, NSW.

Laurie Anderson-1983 and BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) showcase Laurie performing United States Part 1-IV. 8 hours of art over 2 nights. It was a marathon, but worth it.

Leah Senior

Lee Allen-From Dave Bartholomew’s band, with Little Richard, Professor Longhair, and many others, Allen was, as they say, part of the ‘wallpaper’ at Cosimo’s recording studio in New Orleans. Dr. John, T-Bone Walker, and Big Joe Turner also knew his tone and style were needed for their recordings.

As time marched on he recorded with younger rock and roll bands, such as The Stray Cats. He eventually became a member of the Blasters and that is where I saw him play at The Ritz in NYC in 1983. I had no idea who The Blasters were when I stumbled into The Ritz on this wintry Spring evening on my own. My friends were too tired to go out and all i told them for years was they missed it.

The Alvin Brothers, Steve Berlin and Lee Allen on saxophones, Gene Taylor on keyboard, it was a night of rock and roll the way it should be played.

Here is Lee doing his thing with Balta Bordy & The Bad Boys.

Lee Michaels-Do You Know What I Mean?

“Been forty days since I don't know when
I just saw her with my best friend
Do you know what I mean?
Lord, do you know what I mean?”

Lee played the Hammond Organ. He was usually joined by Frosty on drums who inspired Bonz from Led Zeppelin with his barehanded skin beating.

Hammond and Drums. What a duo.

Saw him a number of times and always thought he would be a big star. It never happened for him and Lee has run The Killer Shrimp Restaurant in Marina Del Rey, California since 1988.

Stop in for a cocktail, you know what I mean?

One killer bill was Rory Gallagher warming up for Lee Michaels. Whew.

Lee Rocker

Lee Scratch Perry

Lemon Squeezing Daddies

Lemonheads-Evan Dando and I had a couple of weeks of communication trying to set up an interview.

https://www.outsidemyinside.com/s/music-reviews-from-the-past

Those articles can be read at the link above. Worth a look and a laugh.

Lene Lovich-I think it was Danceteria in NYC.

Lenny Kravitz-I touched his arm as he strolled through Acer Arena being a rock star. My hand has been washed.

Leo Kottke

Leo Rondeau

Leon Redbone

Leon Russell-The Master Of Space and Time was his nickname.

This video is definitely worth every minute of your time. You are most welcome.

Leonard Cohen-The Sydney Opera House 2013 was my only time with Leonard. I left it late as loved his songs but was never drawn to a live show. I picked a good one with over 2 dozen songs and a 3-hour performance.

3 years later he was gone but I thank him for this remarkable evening.

Les Claypool

Les Dudek

Les Karski and the Nervous Investors

Les Paul

Leslie West and Mountain- Mississippi Queen!

Lester Flatt

Levon Helm-With The Band and solo one night at The Lone Star Cafe in NYC. The Lone Star was a smoky, sweatbox after that show. Remember when you went to gigs in clubs and you would come home just smelling of cigarettes?

Liam Finn

Lightnin Malcolm

Lil Band O Gold-2 nights in a row in 2012. The gig at The Factory in Marrickville was off the charts and the second performance at The Basement was pretty damn good too.

My review of that Lil Band O Gold gig can be found in the archives on this page.

Lil Ed And The Blues Imperials

Li’l Queenie and the Percolators

Lime Cordiale

Linda Ronstadt-July 19, 1974 as part of the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park, NYC, with Martin Mull and his Amazing Furniture in support.
She blew me away with her pipes and her energy. We all miss her voice.

Linda Bull

Lindi Ortega

Link Wray

Lionel Hampton

Lior

Lisa Hunt

Lisa Miller-I love Lisa Miller.

Lissie

Little Birdy

Little Buster and The Soul Brothers-If you were a blues fan on Long Island, you probably saw Little Buster, although he did not see you.

Little Charlie and The Nightcats-California Blues is done the right way. Charles Baty was a fabulous guitarist and Rick Estrin on harp and suits was the man.

Little Feat-This band is one of my favourite bands of all time. Hitchhiked from Oswego to Loudonville on 27 September 1978 with my gal Diane.
With the song “Willin’” in our heads, we got picked up in an 18-wheeler.

The truck driver could take us almost all the way to our destination. We got cozy in the cabin and I was humming me and Bobbie Mcgee as we drove down the Thruway.

A bit past Syracuse, and not too far into our journey, I noticed the truck veering slowly to the left and then the drive corrected. This happened a couple of times and I asked if he was OK.
He said, “Hand me that roll of paper towels.” From within the inside of the roll of towels, the gear jockey shook out a vial of little white pills and swallowed a handful.

“Give me weed, whites, and wine, and show me a sign….”

This concert is in my top 10 of all time.

So glad I got to see them with Lowell once.

Little Heroes

Little Richard

Little Steven

Living Colour

Living End

Lloyd Cole

Lloyd Spiegel

Lo Carmen

Lonnie Brooks

Lonnie Mack

Looking Glass

Lonnie Holley

Los Lobos-The Wolf has survived and in 2022 got to catch them on the road with Tedeschi Trucks Band at 4 separate gigs. As good as they have ever been. Same as it ever was.

Los Straitjackets

Lost Ragas

Lou Ann Barton

Lou Reed-Saw him a few times and always enjoyable. He and Laurie Anderson were curating music for The Vivid Festival (2010) in Sydney one year. I said to her as we headed off to the city for a day out with the kids, “Maybe we will see Lou and Laurie wandering around?”

She said, “I would not know Lou Reed if I tripped over him".”

We parked the car near The Rocks and took a shortcut through a Hotel. Walking towards us in a bright yellow rain jacket, looking like he was ready for a strong Nor’easter, was one very famous rock star.

Julie was behind me so I turned and gave her the sign to check this dude out. She caught up with me and said, “That was Lou Reed!”.

I guess she did not need to trip over him.

Loudon Wainwright III

Louis King

Louis Tillet

Lousiana Red

Lowell George

Lucie Thorne

Lucinda Williams-From taking my sister to see Lu and The Jayhawks for her 50th at Lupo’s on Rhode Island to quite a number of shows here in Australia. Lu packs a punch and always has some of the best guitarists in her band.
Looking forward to reading her memoirs, or better yet, listening to her Lousiana drawl read it to me.

Check out my write-up of an interview I did with Lucinda in 2015. You can find it on the home page of my Substack website under Music Reviews From The Past.

Lucky Luke And His Shooting Stars

Lucky Oceans-Original member of Asleep At The Wheel, ace on the pedal steel, and a damn fine human being. He gave me a great bagel recipe too!

Lucky Dube

Lucky Peterson

Luka Bloom

Luke Winslow King

Lukas Nelson and POTR-Sounds like his Dad but I am not over the moon with his recorded releases to this day. He has time.

Lumineers

Lurrie Bell

Luther Dickinson-Luther is a self-confessed guitar ‘ho’. He has played with so many people and the North Mississippi Allstars are the band he and his brother Cody operate.

My first visit with him live was at The Adelaide Guitar Festival in 2007.

Many times after and in 2022 we caught up in Mississippi at The Hill Country Picnic.

Luther is one of my favourite slide players. There is a list if you need to know.

Lyle Dennis Express

Lyle Lovett-Went to this gig with my friend Eddie in 1994. Think he lined up the tickets for me, as he has worked in the Industry for decades, and we had fabulous seats. It was Lyle and a large mostly acoustic and string-influenced evening. This music was not in Eddie’s wheelhouse but he stayed awake and is still my friend.

We had a similar thing happen to us with the North Mississippi Allstars in New Orleans. It was a 1 AM gig and I could tell he was not interested and exhausted from a day of eating, drinking and music.

I love you Eddie Mcgill!

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sad but true, I only saw them after the plane crash. It was in Australia and it was dreadful, especially when they unfurled the Confederate Flag on stage.

As Ronnie Van Zant said……nothing as free as a bird….see clip.

Continuing with this alphabetical project we delve into the musical artists and bands I saw that commence with the letter “K”.

Kaiit Bellamia Waup

Kaki King

Karl Denson

Kasey Chambers-Was lucky enough to be at Kasey’s first solo performance at The Byron Bay Blues Festival in 1999. With 2 young kids in tow, I recall leaning on the stage with my daughter really enjoying this new talent. I had seen her with a family the day before with The Dead Ringer Band.

Fast forward to February 2020 and a ferry ride to Taronga Zoo with my daughter, visiting from California, and we caught her concert again. Little did we know the pandemic would then separate us for over 2 years.

Kate Miller-Heideke

Katie Webster

KC and The Sunshine Band

KD Lang-Had a wonderful face-to-face interview with her in Sydney. We sat cross-legged, barefoot, on a couch in some room in a hotel in Sydney. We had a fabulous chat.

Keb Mo

Keith Richards-Long may he run, he’s got an amazing half-life! When he married Patti Hansen, she called the apartment where I resided in Brooklyn. She was on her honeymoon with Keith in Mexico and was looking for a model mate who had gone out with my friend Tom.
Tom answered the phone and told Patti that he had no idea where her friend was.

I came home later that day and he told me the story.

My question is, “Did you ask to speak to the groom to congratulate him?”

He did not. Fail!

Keith Urban-I got dragged along to this gig at the opening of the International Convention Centre in Sydney in 2016. Keith can play guitar but this was such a mainstream pile of cow dung I found myself wandering outside for a drink and a smoke a number of times. He even covered a Bob Markey song….come on, man.

Kelly Jo Phelps

Ken Stringfellow

Kenny Neal

Kenny Rankin

Kenny Rogers

Kenny Wayne Shepard

Kentucky Headhunters

Kermit Ruffins

Kevin Bennet

Kevin Borich

Kev Carmody

Kevin Devine

Khruangbin-Caught them down in Adelaide last year at Harvest Rock. Fabulous set and one of the few where it was not pissing down with rain.

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kids In The Kitchen

Kid Hank

Kieran Kane

Kill Devil Hills

Kim Salmon with or without The Surrealists

Kim Volkman and The Whiskey Priests

Kim Wilson

King Curly

King Gizzard

King Khan and The BBQ Show

King Stingray-These lads from Arnhem Land are on Fire. With ancestral roots from Yothu Yindi, they are creating a legacy of their own with a second record on the horizon.

King Sunny Ade

King Tide-One of my favourite live bands from Sydney with some good mates of mine making the music. They don’t play too often these days, but when they do, go have a boogie and listen to the reggae stylings of The Tide. And this band is the band of the letter “K” that I have seen the most.

Kings Of Leon

Kingsley James

Kinks

Kinky Friedman

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis

Kool And The Gang-They played down at Bondi on the day of the City To Surf. It was the day I ran it in 60 minutes. 14 kilometers (8.6 miles). Basketball and running were my exercise and so far the knees have not given out, but my left one is starting to act up!

Koko Taylor-Got to see her once in Brooklyn at Prospect Park with Johnny Copeland on the bill. Summertime Blues heaven!

Koteka Wenda

Kris Kristofferson-My ex-wife had an intimate moment with Kris when she was of just legal age. Many years later we saw Kris in Sydney and I got tickets in the first row, front, and centre, just to see if he recalled her after a number of decades.

He did not mention it nor give her a secret smile.

Kristina Olsen

Kronos Quartet

KT Tunstall

Kurt Vile-I love Kurt and his cute smile and that he toured with John Prine.

Kylie Audist

There are a whole bunch in this category and more that will pop up over time that is for sure.

If you are keeping score we are CLOSE TO 700 total from A-J with 16 letters to go!
The number will increase until I can no longer get to live gigs….so enjoy the ride, I sure am.
These lists could be so much bigger if I named each artist in each band I saw, but hell, I don’t have that much time in my life.

And as per normal, artists in BOLD I have seen at least 2x.

J Geils Band -Did you know that Peter Wolf and David Lynch were roommates at one point in Boston? That is until David told Peter he did not dig Dylan.

Jack Bruce

Jack Casady-SO many times with the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna!q

Jack DeJohnette

Jack Johnson

Jack White

Jackie Greene

Jackie Marshall

Jackson Browne- From the Calderone Concert Hall to The Ritz to The Beacon to The State Theatre in Sydney, Jackson and I have spent many hours in the same room.

Jake Shimabukuro-One of my favourite musical moments was with Jake and Devon Allmann and Bluesfest jamming on some reggae.

Jakob Dylan

James Blood Ulmer

James Booker

James Brown

James Burton-Seen a few times but he was on fire when he was in The Confederates as Elvis Costello’s backing band.

James Chance and The Contortions

James Cotton

James Ellis

James Freud

James Gang-This was one of the earliest gigs I attended as a teen. I was such a keen fan.

James Hunter

James Taylor

James Thomson

Jamey Foxton

Jamiroquai

Jan Hammer-This was at Central Park and he was with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Janis Ian-Carnegie Hall. I won tickets and it was 1975.

Jarvis Cocker

Jason and The Scorchers

Jason Isbell-I really love his writing but he has never totally WOW’ed me in concert.

Jason Newsted

Jason Walker

Jay Farrar

Jay Ungar

Jayhawks-One of my favourite concerts supporting Lucinda Williams in Rhode Island and I took my sister, Ginger, for her 50th birthday. We stayed in some dirtbag motel and we had a great evening.

JB Hutto-Hudson River Revival Festival in the late 70’s, he blew the top off.

JD and The Hungermen

JD Mcpherson

JD Souther

Jeff Beck

Jeff Buckley-The Phonecian Club. BRILLIANT.

Jeff Healey

Jeff Lang-Now that I am in Melbourne, I run into Jeff at gigs. I try to see him as often as I can. One of my favourite slide players.

Jeff Tweedy-Jeffrey!

Jefferson Airplane-I recall going into Central Park to see them play and as I was running down some steps to the Great Lawn they launched into “Somebody To Love’ on a beautiful summer sunshine day. My friends and I bought a nickel bag of reefer and we did not know how to roll joints yet so we emptied out Marlboro’s and funneled the weed in.

Jefferson Starship-1975 Great Lawn Central Park with 100,000 folks was quite an afternoon. Everyone was in very high spirits.

Jen Mize

Jenny Don’t And The Spurs

Jenny Lewis

Jenny Morris

Jenny Marie Lang

Jerry Douglas-Last time I saw Jerry he came out at Red Rocks in 2022 and jammed with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Too much slide is never enough.

Jerry Garcia-I love and miss Jerry. I listen to him weekly.

Jerry Jeff Walker-One of the acts I saw at The Lone Star Saloon in NYC.

Jerry Lee Lewis-Another Lone Star gig and my memory was that it was not all that good and Jerry had had a few pops!

Jess Hitchcock

Jesse Colin Young-Jesse was in the Youngbloods and their song “Get Together” was a hippie anthem. I recall watching him with 300,000 people in the shadow of the World Trade Centre for the free No Nukes Concert. Springsteen was playing at the ticketed shows but they made it VERY CLEAR he would not be at the free show….otherwise there would have been 600,000 people there.

Jesse Harris

Jess Parker

Jess Robiero

Jesse Redwing

Jesse Welles

Jesse Winchester

Jet-Saw them support the Rolling Stones at The Enmore in Sydney with 1300 other people.

Jethro Tull

Jim Conway

Jim James

Jim Jones Revue

Jim Kweskin

Jim Lauderdale

Jim Post

Jim White

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Jimmie Vaughan-Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan at The Sydney Opera House. It was not sold out, but it was bloody good. If you ever saw Stevie live, you know what I mean.

Jimmy Barnes-JIMMY!

Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Herring

Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Page-Only caught Jimmy when he came out and played an encore of “Rock Me Baby” with Bad Company in 1974. Whoa!

Jimmy Smith-New Orleans Jazz Festival in the Jazz Tent. I can close my eyes and be at that set in a flash.

Jimmy Thackeray and The Drivers

Jimmy Webb

JJ Grey and Mofro

Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons

Joan Armatrading-Seen Joan a number of times, the last time she was as boring as watching paint dry was when she supported Boz Scaggs at a winery gig here in Australia. As a matter of fact, Boz was not much better, as he was on a tour doing jazz standards. Fuck that.

Joan As Policewoman

Joan Baez

Joanne Shaw Taylor-One night she arrived at her gig at The Basement in Sydney on the back of a motorcycle. She took off her helmet and her long hair fell over her shoulders. She headed into the gig and the motorcyclist who had brought her there took off his helmet and it was my good mate Tizza. What a laugh.

Joe Bonamassa

Joe Camilleri

Joe Cocker

Joe Ely

Joe Henry

Joe Jackson-Countless times seeing him in NYC. Never a bad show.

Joe King Carrasco

Jo-El Sonnier

Joe Louis Walker

Joe Pernice

Joe Pug

Joe Strummer

Joe Walsh

Joey Leigh Wagtail

John Butler

John Cragie

John Doe

John Farnham

John Fogerty

John Grant

John Hammond

John Hartford

John Hiatt

John Lee Hooker

John Lennon

John Martyn

John Mayall

John Medeski

John Mellencamp

John Mooney and Bluesiana

John Popper

John Prine-Avery Fisher Music Hall in New York City in 1973. I had won tickets from WBAU a Long Island College Radio Station. I could find no one to go with me so I went off on my own. The seats were a few rows back, dead centre.
Prine did 23 songs and he had me as a fan for life by the time he finished “Sam Stone” 5 songs in.

John Sebastian-IF you never heard his record Tarzana Kid, check it out.

Johnny Thunders

Johnny’s

Johnette Napolitano

Johnnie Johnson

Johnny Copeland-Onlu caught Johnny once at a bandshell in Prospect Park in Brooklyn He was supported by Koko Taylor and what a night of blues that was.

Johnny Diesel and The Injectors

Johnny Greens Blues Cowboys-Honky Tonk Aussie Style. Danced for hours with these guys and also drove to Newcastle once to see them on New Years Eve.

Johnny Guitar Watson

Johnny Paycheck-Johnny was on a bill with a number of other country artists at Roosevelt Raceway. Nothing like drinking in the sun all day, betting on horses and then singing “Take This Job And Shove It.”

Johnny Winter -Many times supporting many acts at The Academy of Music in NYC. He should have been the main act on some of those nights he was soooooo good.

Johnnos Blues Bands-Some crazy ass dude from Cairns who I saw at The Narooma Blues Festival. Not sure what he was on or if he had hit his head, but he was wearing a native American Indian head dress.

Johnston City

Jolie Holland

Jon Cleary

Jon Langford

Jon English and The Foster Brothers

Jon Rauhouse

Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion

Jonathan Edwards-Beer and psychedelics in the sun at SUNY Oswego with my gal at the time, Diane. And a cast of others…..

JONATHAN RICHMAN and THE MODERN LOVERS 
Jonathan Wilson-In a wine bar in Redfern when he was touring with Roger Waters with my good mate Paulie T!

Jonny Fritz

Jonny Lang

Jools Holland

Jordie Lane

Jorma Kaukonen-Met Jorma when he came to The Adelaide Guitar Festival. Such a laid-back and mellow dude, life has treated him well. He does great things at his Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio, musically that is.

Jose Feliciano

Joseph Arthur

Joshua Hedley

Josh Ritter

Joyce Preacher

Joy Division-You know, love will tear us apart.

Julia Stone -I like her brother more.

Juliana Hatfield

Junior Brown-The man who invented the Guit-Steel. What a freak!

Junior Walker

Junior Wells

Justin Timberlake-Sometimes you marry someone and you get dragged along to gigs you would never choose to go. I know I am just as bad on the other side. All in all, it was an entertaining pop-show for about an hour or so. Then, I got bored.

Justin Townes Earle-I miss Justin. He was an excellent performer and writer.

Only 23 artists within this category of “I”.

And what an assortment it is.

Ian Dury was quite a gig at The Bottom Line in NYC around 1978. This was one of my favourite clubs back in the day.

Ian Ball

Ian Dury

Ian Hunter

Ice Cream Hands

Icehouse- I was at Frankie’s Pizza in Sydney one evening and went outside to have a smoke. Was talking to these youngsters about their vapes and I handed them a joint. One of them was neighbours with Iva Davies, the lead singer of Icehouse and was mates with his son. We chat for a bit and he says I look like Iva.

I took the joint back from him.

How I miss Frankie’s Fun Room!

Iguanas-Only ever seen them in their hometown of N’awlins. Never heard of them, well fix that, will ya.

Ike (and Tina) Turner

Illya Szwec’s Groove Depot 

Imelda May

Immigrant Union

India Arie

Indigo Girls

Inner Circle

INXS-Lucky enough to see them at their peak and one very special show at The Manly Hotel in 1985. I pulled into the drive-thru bottle-o and heard some loud reggae coming out of the venue in the afternoon.

I asked the attendant who was playing and he said it’s the crew for the band tonight. The crew? I asked him what band was playing that evening and he said, “I can’t tell you.” We continued chatting and he said just so you know it’s a secret show and INXS is playing and it will be announced on the radio soon.

It was a hot, sweaty night and too much fun.

Iris Dement

Irma Thomas-Lincoln Centre at some free thing and down in Louisiana.

Irish Mythen

Irish Rovers-The Unicorn Song. Yeah, it reminds me of a good friend I only see in my dreams now. Saw them at a folk festival back in the day.

Irreversible Entanglements

Iron and Wine-AKA Sam Beam at The Manning Bar in Sydney 2008. I have no other memory of this show whether it was good, bad or whatever.

Isobel Paipadjerook

It's A Beautiful Day- They were supporting the band Renaissance at The Academy Of Music in New York. I am not sure who I went with, why I went, or what was going on. Sometimes we went to The Academy to hang out in the lounge and get up to mischief.

Ivan Neville

See you when I get to the “J” artists. That is going to be one long list, I can tell you now.

Hot “Fucking” Tuna as we called them rates up there as a band I saw many times back in my Long Island Days. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady’s side project from the Jefferson Airplane has been ongoing for 54 years now.

This gig at the Commack Arena went for 29 songs that included 2 encores. It was close to 6 hours long. You are talking loud rocking blues from a trio that probably helped my hearing loss along. What? Huh?

Hot Tuna is retiring as an electric unit this year and I would love to catch one more gig.

When I was in college I knew a dude who was running a spotlight at a Tuna concert. During the show the road manager or crew came up to where he was working and held out a baggie with some white powder. “Here, you might want to do a bunch of this as they are going to play for some time.”

They started as an acoustic duo and they will go out that way. Jack is 79 and Jorma is 82.

The Hippos are probably the band I saw the most on this list. Australian Blues unit that would do 3 sets a night at The Crows Nest Hotel back in the late 80’s. I lived a block away and would always say I would go for a set but would be there at closing time. Some very memorable hangovers during that residency.

Steve Marriot and Humble Pie were amazing. Saw them once only after Peter Frampton left the band and they blew the roof off Madison Square Garden. It was May 29, 1973. Just about 50 years ago and I was 15 at the time. Tickets were 6.50.

And Hound Dog Taylor I was lucky enough to catch before he died at the age of 60 in 1975.

Enjoy the music and go out and support live music whenever you can.
I could have been a rich man if I went to fewer concerts, but I don’t think I would be as happy.

Haircut 100

Halfway

Hall and Oates

Hamish Anderson

Handsome Family

Hana and Jesse Lee’s Bad Habits

Hannah Aldridge

Happening Thang

Happy Traum

Harlem Blues and Jazz Band

Harry Chapin

Harry Manx

Hayley Mary

Heartache State

Heartbrokers

Hello Morning

Henry Butler

Henry Wagons

Herbie Mann

Hippos

Hold Steady

Holy Fuck

Holly Near

Holmes Brothers

Hoodoo Gurus

Hope Sandoval

Horse Drawn Cadillac

Hot Chip

Hot Tuna

Hothouse Flowers

Hound Dog Taylor

Huey Lewis

Hubert Sumlin

Humble Pie

Hunters and Collectors

Hurray For The Riff Raff

Hypnotic Brass

My apologies to many of the individuals and smaller acts I have seen at festivals through the years. Research will continue and I will be as accurate as my memory and with the time I have left!

We are now up the the 7th letter of the Alphabet and G is for Gomez and The Grateful Dead. I don’t think there are many artists in the “G” category that I love more than these 2 bands.
Quite possibly 2 of my favourite bands of all time.

That’s another list that really does not need compiling.

Gomez. If you have never taken a deep dive into their music, I think you should.
You will be surprised at the variety of tunes they can serve up.

The Grateful Dead. Simply, I have a Dead Tattoo on my arm. I gave my Hard Drive of music to my mate Nello and he called it Terrabyte Station. This is a sort of in-Dead joke as they have an album entitled Terrapin Station.

They truly were able to bring ALL styles and genres of American music to the stage. American Beauty and Workingman’s Dead are the studio albums to start with and if you dig them then you have to move to listening to some of their live concerts.

That is where the alchemy occurred. With over 2000 live shows and who knows how many songs, the live catalog is endless. I am sure there is a database on the internet somewhere that will tell us that. Deadheads are obsessive. I am part of that tribe.

Let’s get into the other artists that make up the “G’” List. IF they are BOLD I saw them more than once.

G Love

Gabe Dixon

Garland Jeffreys

Gary Burton

Gary Clark Jr

Gary Moore

Gary US Bonds

General Public

George Benson

George Clinton

George Harrison

George Michael

George Porter Jr

George Rigatos

George Smilovici

George Thorogood

Georgia Satellites

Georgia Mooney

Georgia State Line

Geraint Watkins

Gil Scott-Heron

Gillian Welch

Gin Club

Gin Wigmore

Glenn Frey

Glenn Rae Virus and Her Playboys

Go Betweens

Go Go s

Goanna

Golden Earring

Gomez

Gorillaz

Gotye

Govt Mule

Grace Cummings

Grace Jones

Grace Potter and The Nocturnals

Grace Turner

Graham Central Station

Graham Nash

Graham Parker

Grand Pricks

Grant Lee Buffalo

Grant Lee Phillips

Grant Mclennan

Grateful Dead

Greg Kihn Band

Gregg Allman

Greta Ziller

Grin

Grinderman

Grinspoon

Grizzly Bear

Groove Armada

Grover Washington Junior

Guns N Roses

Guy Clark

Guy Davis

Govt Mule-May 3, 2003 ranks up there as one of the best nights of music I ever attended. The gig started at 1000PM and finished just before 4 AM. Read the liner notes. One of my dear N’awilns Memories at The Saenger Theatre.

http://albumlinernotes.com/The_Deepest_End.html#:~:text=The%20Deepest%20End&text=There%20are%20many%20nights%20that,Saenger%20Theatre%20in%20New%20Orleans.

That’s all I can come up….but if I dig anymore up as time goes on these little posts will be updated.

For a rough count the A-F artists have brought the tally to over 400.

Enjoy The Playlist found below! Ooh La La!

Faces

Fallon Cush

Family Jordan

Fantastic Negrito

Fanny Lumsden

Fat Freddys Drop

Feargal Sharkey

Feist

Felice Brothers

Felicity Urquhart

Fenn Wilson

Fine Young Cannibals

Fiona Boyes

Firefall

Fishbone

Flaming Lips

Flatlanders

Fleet Foxes

Fleetwood Mac

Flickering Stars

Flogging Molly

Flood

Floyd Vincent

Flying Burrito Brothers

Focus

Foggy Notion

Foghat

Folk Bitch Trio

Frampton's Camel

Fran Liddle

Frank Black

Frank Turner

Frank Wakefield

Fred Eaglesmith

Fred Leone

Fred Wesley

Frente

Freya Josephine Hollick

Fuller-Kaz Band

Funkadelic

Funky Kings

Funky Meters

As I was writing that sentence it took me back to my days of watching Sesame Street.

Sesame Street burst onto our TV’s when I was just discovering the wonders of getting stoned. My friends and I spent many an hour watching this while we smoked some Mexican or Colombian hooch when we cut class or after school as we wound down from another grueling day of education.

Simply, between the animation and the jokes only adults would get and those damn freaky Muppets, we howled with red-eyed laughter.

So without further ado, we will dedicate this post to Elmo, which of course starts with “E”. And the number for today is 42. 42 artists that I can recall from the decades of live gigs. As always I will be adding to this post as time goes on because I am sure another “E” artist will re-appear in my cranium or on a stage somewhere. We need the Count to help me out!

Artists in bold I have seen multiple times…..because I am a glutton for music.

Eagles

Earl King

Earl Scruggs

Earth Wind And Fire

Eastern

Ebo Taylor

Ed Kuepper

Eddie Bo

Eddie Boyd

Eddie Money

Eddie Palmieri

Edgar Winter

Edie Brickell

Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros

Eight Ball Aitken

Eileen Jewel

El Vez

Elephants Memory

Eli Paperboy Reed

Eliza Jane

Elizabeth Cook

Elizabeth Cotton

Ella Hooper

Ellen Mcilwaine

ELO

Elton John

Elvin Bishop

Elvis Costello

Emerson Lake And Palmer

Emily Lubitz

Emily Wurramurra

Emma Donovan

Emmylou Harris (Spyboy and Red Hot Band)

Empire Of The Sun

Endless Boogie

English Beat

Eric Bibb

Eric Burdon

Eric Church

Eric Claptonm

Eric Gales

Eric Sardinas and Big Motor

Ernest Ranglin

Ernie K Doe

Erykah Badu

Eugene Bridges

Eurythmics

Evan Dando

Everley Brothers

Eurogliders

Expression

Ezra Lee

The “E” artist that I have seen the most is Elvis Costello. Over 40 odd years, I have seen him a couple of dozen times. From 1978 until now I had not missed at least one show on each tour. When he did a tour with Squeeze I went to 3 shows in a row in NYC.

1991 he is booked to play at the Sydney Entertainment Centre with the Rude 5. I only counted 3 and they were:
Jerry Scheff - bass

Larry Knechtel - keyboards, electric guitar

Pete Thomas - drums

Marc Ribot had been part of the Rude 5 but he did not make it down under. On this night even his amazing guitar work would have been lost in the cavernous Ent Cent.

Besides the sound being shithouse, it certainly seemed like Mr. Costello had enough of touring for 1991 as this was his third to last gig. You could hardly see the band and the gig lurched along from beauty to me even thinking about walking out.

His previous visit to Australia in 1987 with The Confederates rates up there as one of his best without The Attractions. That band included:
James Burton - lead guitar (JAMES FUCKING BURTON!)

Jerry Scheff - bass

Jim Keltner - drums

Austin de Lone - keyboards

Nick Lowe - guitar, vocals (billed as a special guest, not an "official" member of the group)

Elvis had to cancel his 2023 visit that was due to happen over Easter. This was the first time I was going to miss him and only because of reviews and feedback from others who had seen him recently.
He has rescheduled these shows to 2024. I will probably go ONE MORE TIME!

My daughter Freya’s middle name is Alison.

Yeah, I am an Elvis tragic.

Sitting around on Easter Sunday finishing this list and the playlist below. Some of these acts I saw at Easter time when I attended Bluesfest or the sideshows. Easter time is always filled with music.

Tomorrow we go to see Nathaniel Rateliff and St Paul and The Broken Bones.

Other venues include a crafts fair in the streets of Salt Lake City, The Nassau Coliseum, The Academy Of Music, Madison Square Garden, The Sydney Entertainment Centre, New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Enmore Theatre, Roosevelt Raceway and bars and venues that are part of the mist of my memories.

Deep Purple was the loudest gig I ever attended. I recall sitting in the nose bleed seats and I could feel the bass and amplification in my chest. Once Smoke On The Water was complete I left the building and the memory stayed with my ringing ears for days.

Backstage with Don Mclean at the Nassau Community Folk Festival with him complaining about his flu and later on him drinking beer with mandolin maniac Frank Wakefield back at the after party. Sugar Blue was trying to get these two disparate musicians to jam but that was not on the cards.

Swallowing disco biscuits while dancing to the band of the same name in New Orleans, Dire Straits rocking out Radio City in 1985, and Dave Edmunds with Rockpile quite a number of times.

The marathon that was Dwight Yoakam at The Capitol in Sydney the day before Halloween(2006). People in masks and everyone buzzing and Dwight played over 35 songs and the show was close to 3 hours. No one expected a Grateful Yoakam styled gig.

Dave Brewer and David Lindley are two of my favourite Daves. Check them out if you have not already.

So D is for drums, deafness and dancing! Enjoy.

97 D Artists as of right now. Bands In Bold I have witnessed multiple times.

D. Rogers

Daddy Cool

Dallas Crane

Dallas Frasca

Dale Watson

Damon Albarn

Damien Dempsey

Dan Brodie

Dan Fogelberg

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

Dan Kelly

Daniel Lanois

Dan Penn

Dan Sultan

Daniel Champagne

Dappled Cities

Darlene Love

Darren Jack

Dashville Progress Society

Dave Alvin

Dave Brewer

Dave Dobbyn

Dave Brubeck

Dave Edmunds

Dave Favour And The Roadside Ashes

Dave Graney

Dave Hole

Dave Mason (australian)

Dave Mason

Dave Matthews

Dave Rawlings Machine

Dave Van Ronk

Dave Wright And The Midnight Ramblers

David Amram

David Blue

David Bowie

David Bromberg

David Bridie

David Byrne

David Crosby

David Grisman

David Hidalgo

David Johansen

David Lindley

Dave Stewart

David Schools

Dave Tice

Davy Craddock and The Spectacles

Davey Knowles and Backdoor Slam

Dawes

Dead

Dead Ringer Band

Deadly Nightshade

Deadnecks

Death In Vegas

Debbie Davies

Deborah Conway

Deborah Harry

Declan O’Rourke

Deckchairs Overboard

Deep Purple

Deer Tick

Def FX

Def Leppard

Del McCoury Band

Delbert McClinton

Del Fuegos

Delines

Deline Briscoe

Derek Trucks Band

Deslondes

Detonators

Devandra Banhart

Devo

Devon Allmann

Dexys Midnight Runners

Diablos

Diamnond Dogs

Diana Ah Naid

Dick Dale

Dicky Betts

Died Pretty

Diesel

DIG

Dion

Dingo

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Dire Sraits

Disco Biscuits

Divynyls

Dixie Chicks

Dixie Dregs

Do Re Mi

Doc and Merle Watson

Doc Spann

Dog Trumpet

Don Henley

Don Mclean

Don Walker

Donavon Frankenreiter

Donna The Buffalo

Doobie Brothers

Dope Lemon

Doug Kershaw

Doyle Bramhall

Dr. Hook

Dr John

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Dr. Lou Bennet

Dragon

Drive By Truckers

Drones

Dropbears

Dumstaphunk

Duwayne Burnside

Dwight Yoakam

Dynamic Hepnotics

Dutch Tilders

Dyson Stringer and Cloher