Rockin’ The Casbah

I was chatting with Chris online the other day and I mentioned that I had seen Queen in concert. As we talked more I realized that growing up in the Bay Area in the 1970s and 80s had afforded me the unusual opportunity to see an obscene amount of artists in concert. Also I have continued to attend concerts as I’ve gotten older. I decided to make a list of every artist I had seen in person. This list has topped out at 208 bands/artists including some comedians I’ve seen in clubs. Keep in mind that the vast majority of these concerts were music festivals and I don’t actually remember all of different artists, I just know I was there. Some of them I don’t remember because I was about 12 when I began going to Day on the Green concerts at the Oakland Coliseum, and I just didn’t know or didn’t care about some of the bands, and some I don’t remember because they weren’t all that great, and some I don’t remember due to “chemical enhancement”, but MOST of them I can remember at least bits and pieces of the show, if not all of it. I know for sure I’m missing a few concerts for which I just can’t remember names, but I can picture the show. Oh well. They’ll come to me someday.  I didn’t include musicals, operas, etc.

So, for your perusement and amusement, here’s the list in alphabetical order: