"B" Bands/Musos I Recall Seeing
Total Recall....Doubtful 126 as of Now
Started with “A” Bands back in May 2022….finally getting to the second letter of the Alphabet. The list will continue to grow as my music-seeking days are far from over.
Names in BOLD I have seen multiple times.
BB King- Quite a few times including his last stop in Australia and another tour with U2.
B-52s-Supporting the Talking Heads in Central Park at Dr. Pepper Music Festival 1979 and Roseland Ballroom where everyone DID THE ROCK LOBSTER!
Babe Rainbow
Baby Animals
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Back Door Slam
Backsliders
Bad Company-One of many concerts I saw at The Wollman Skating Rink at Central Park in 1974. I had a small tape recorder with me and was very close to the stage, so the souvenier of this gig was with me for some time.
During the encore of “Rock Me Baby’, they were joined by Jimmy Page.
Bad Manners
The Badloves
Badly Drawn Boy
Bamboos
The Band-Bob Dylan and The Band 31 January 1974 Madison Square Garden. This was my only chance to see The Band before they broke up.
Band Of Horses
Bangles
Barb Waters
Bar-Kays
Barry Morgan
Bart Willoughby
Baylor Brothers
Beach Boys
Beady Eye
Beasts Of Bourbon
Beausoleil
Beck-Harvest Festival in Parramatta. Beck apologized for his last gig in Sydney a year or so before and said he was going to make up for it this evening. He sure did that.
Ben Ely
Bela Fleck And The Flecktones and Without
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Ben Kweller
Ben Leece
Ben Mastwyk
Ben Ottewell-Sitting at Ben’s feet in the front row at The Vanguard in Sydney. Was a bit too close as I had just interviewed him earlier in the day. Was stunning to hear his otherwordly voice up so close.
Ben Waters
Benji and The Saltwater Sound System
Bernard Allison
Bernard Fanning
Beth Hart
Betty Lavette
Bic Runga
Big Audio Dynamite-Selina’s Coogee Bay Hotel, NSW, Australia…..I was up all night and walked back to the city and had to work in the morning. Got to the office and fell asleep on my boss’s couch until the sun came up. Great gig and a lot of dancing.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bill Morganfield
Big Chief Bo Dollis
Big Joe Turner-Saw Big Joe a number of times at Tramps in NYC, a small club downtown. One evening between sets, with Big Joe on crutches, he was stumbling ahead of me to take a leak. I walked in behind him and he had a shot and a beer and dealt with the crutches.
His hands were full and he needed them to take care of business. I helped him out.
With his drinks that is!
Big Jay McNeely
Big Jack Johnson
Big Joe Louis
Big Joe Williams
Big Mama and The Hanged Men
Big Sandy And The Fly-Rite Boys-Downtown LA Bar with CW Stoneking and his Primitive Orchestra. Too much fun.
Bill Callahan-Do yourself a favour, never miss him.
Bill Chambers
Bill Frissel
Bill Kirchen-The master of the Telecaster, many times on his own, I had him play at a party my now ex-wife Julie and I had at the now defunct Rodeo bar in NYC. Many people to this day still say that was THE PARTY. It went from 3PM to 3 AM….
Billy Bragg
Billy Cobham
Billy Gibbons-I have seen ZZ Top, but this night with Billy was woeful. You can read at the link below.
https://tearstainedeye.com/2018/01/09/billy-gibbons-up-close-and-not-so-personable/
Billy Joel-His early days and shows on Long Island and New York were pretty damn good.
Billy Ocean- Don’t ask, I think he was supporting someone. I hope so.
Billy Preston
Billy Thorpe
Birdz
Bitter Darlings
Blackberries
Black Crowes-Memorable night at The Greek at UC Berkeley as they supported Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Petty played for over 2 hours as I ran a high fever, but I was not missing this gig. I was in town for a work conference where I spent most of said conference in the hotel room sick.
Black Francis
Black Joe Lewis
Black Lace
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Sorrows-I love Joe.
Black Uhuru-At the Ritz in NYC and a couple of other gigs, amazing live act.
Blasters- It was a cold winter’s night in 1981 I believe and The Blasters were playing at The Ritz in NYC. I was wandering the streets alone looking for some music and I decided to check out this band.
With Lee Allen and Steve Berlin on saxophones, the Alvin Brothers up front, and the rest of the outfit, I became a fan for life.
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Blondie
Blue King Brown
Blue Oyster Cult
Blues Preachers
Blues Traveller
Bo Diddley-Saw him as part of The Festival Of Hope at Roosevelt Raceway in 1972.
Bo Dollis
Bob Brozman
Bob Dylan-So many times and the majority of those shows were very good. I recall Patti Smith warming up the Sydney Entertainment Centre for Bob. She played a song and said to the crowd, “Are you people in a coma out there?”
And I took my daughter Freya to see Bob at The State Theatre in Sydney in 2014. We had 3rd-row seats and Bob and the band were on fire. I asked her 1/2 way through the show if she was enjoying it. “Loving it! But I have no idea what he is singing!”.
4 years later in 2018, I was able to get two tickets to see Bob at the intimate Enmore Theatre. I asked my son George, who is a guitarist if he wanted to go. “I just want to make sure this is a gig you are interested in seeing?” He said, “It’s Bob Dylan!” Correct answer!
Bob Margolin
Bob Seger
Bob Weir
Bobbie Bare
Bobby Blue Bland
BoDeans
Bomba
Bon Iver
Bondi Cigars
Bones Mackinnon
Bone Rattlers
Bonnie Prince Billy
Bonnie Raitt
Booker T
Bootsy Collins
Boozoo Chavis
Boz Scaggs
Branford Marsalis
Break
Breeders
Brewer and Shipley
Brewster Brothers
Brian Cadd
Brian Setzer
Brian Wilson-One time at the Sydney Festival I had to walk away because it was hard to watch him on the big screen. Lights on, not sure who was home.
Bridie King-Boogie Woogie Piano
Bright Eyes-Conor Oberst is his real name this is one of his bands.
Broderick Smith
Brothers Comatose
Brownie Mcghee And Sonny Terry
Brownsville Station
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Springsteen- BRUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCE!
Bud Rokesky
Buddy Miller-Buddy writes and sings some of the best country songs ever recorded.
Buddy Guy
Buddy Rich
Buckwheat Zydeco
Bures Band
Burning Spear
Bushwhackers
Buster Poindexter-The shows at Tramps in New York City brought in many people. I missed the night Keith Richards came into play back in the early 80’s. Hot, hot, hot!
Byron Berline and Sundance
I am sure I have forgotten someone….if so, well, that’s getting on isn’t it!