Too late to see 'em....they're dead

[Rollin]

In my 40 years of life, I'd never heard of Warren Zevon. I've become a massive fan of his music for about a year and now really regret missing out on seeing him live before he died.

[uriel]

Johnny Cash
Jerry Reed
Jeff Buckley
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin

...seems to be a theme here.

[andy400]

uriel said:

Johnny Cash
Jerry Reed
Jeff Buckley
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin

...seems to be a theme here.

Bugger! I didn't even know Jerry Reed had died....

Adding Marc Bolan, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robert Palmer to the list....

[Ferg]

Phil Lynott
Lee Brilleaux
Malcolm Owen
Bon Scott
Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny Ramone

[Percy Flage]

Bach.

Mozart.

Debussey.

Beethoven.

Brahms.

Liszt.

The list is endless.

[andy400]

Percy Flage said:

Bach.

Mozart.

Debussey.

Beethoven.

Brahms.

Liszt.

The list is endless.

Hmmm.... I may be wrong, but I think on the whole they generally left the live performances up to the orchestras, and you can hear their music just as live today as you could then.

[havoc]

Kurt Cobain
Layne Staley

[henrycrun]

and this week Motown master - Uriel Jones http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture...

[GetCarter]

andy400 said:

Percy Flage said:

Bach.

Hmmm.... I may be wrong, but I think on the whole they generally left the live performances up to the orchestras, and you can hear their music just as live today as you could then.

No no no no no. They were there, and often listening to it themselves for the first time, along with the congregation/audience/croud/toffs/rabble. Sometimes they played, sometimes they conducted. Completely different set of instruments and musicians - a totally different sound (even the 'early' orchestras that play today admit that) TBH, to be at a first night gig of anything Bach wrote would be the dogs.

IMHO

[andy400]

GetCarter said:

andy400 said:

Percy Flage said:

Bach.

Hmmm.... I may be wrong, but I think on the whole they generally left the live performances up to the orchestras, and you can hear their music just as live today as you could then.

No no no no no. They were there, and often listening to it themselves for the first time, along with the congregation/audience/croud/toffs/rabble. Sometimes they played, sometimes they conducted. Completely different set of instruments and musicians - a totally different sound (even the 'early' orchestras that play today admit that) TBH, to be at a first night gig of anything Bach wrote would be the dogs.

IMHO

No no no no no no no no no yes.

'Sometimes' perhaps, first performance only for very select punters, not often.

But hey, I wasn't there so WTFDIK?

[qube_TA]

Rollin said:

In my 40 years of life, I'd never heard of Warren Zevon. I've become a massive fan of his music for about a year and now really regret missing out on seeing him live before he died.

I was watching the show 'Californication' which brought me to the attention of his music, never heard of him before, quality stuff.

[V8mate]

uriel said:

Johnny Cash
Jerry Reed
Jeff Buckley
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin

...seems to be a theme here.

Jim Morrison for me.

Uh oh!

[elster]

andy400 said:

GetCarter said:

andy400 said:

Percy Flage said:

Bach.

Hmmm.... I may be wrong, but I think on the whole they generally left the live performances up to the orchestras, and you can hear their music just as live today as you could then.

No no no no no. They were there, and often listening to it themselves for the first time, along with the congregation/audience/croud/toffs/rabble. Sometimes they played, sometimes they conducted. Completely different set of instruments and musicians - a totally different sound (even the 'early' orchestras that play today admit that) TBH, to be at a first night gig of anything Bach wrote would be the dogs.

IMHO

No no no no no no no no no yes.

'Sometimes' perhaps, first performance only for very select punters, not often.

But hey, I wasn't there so WTFDIK?

Depends on the composer. A lot of them did individual gigs much like corporate events here who would look for sponsorship writing their next piece. Also usually they were damn good musicians before even beginning to write.

Such as Haydn, JS Bach, Mozart and Liszt.

I would also say I would like to see a few others:

Queen
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye

[Amused2death]

Richard Wright
Syd Barrett

[whirligig]

Jeff Healey - sadly

[onomatopoeia]

Sandy Denny

[unrepentant]

Keith Moon
Brian Jones
John Lennon........

[mrmaggit]

whirligig said:

Jeff Healey - sadly

Saw him at Rock City, Nottingham, on the "See the Light" tour, enjoyed it immensely.

My regrets at not seeing would be Paul Kossoff, Bon Scott and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[dpbird90]

The original lineup of The Who (with Entwistle & Moon)

[suthol]

dpbird90 said:

The original lineup of The Who (with Entwistle & Moon)

Saw the following in their original form.
The Who
The Stones
Led Zep
The Beatles
Pink Floyd ( just after Dave Gilmour joined but no Syd )

Didn't make the time to see Rory Gallagher or Roy Buchanan when they were in Oz.