List of bands/performers I've seen live

List of bands/performers I've seen live (in alphabetical order):

I saw my first "rock concert" in the mid 1960s - the 3rd tier British Invasion band Freddie and the Dreamers, known in the states for their one hit "I'm Telling You Now." Here they are doing the freddie - what a goofy dance that one was. My family and I saw them at an outdoor show in the pre-gambling Atlantic City.

(I may have also seen Paul Revere and the Raiders, around the same time, but my memory is hazy on this one.)

Here is a (mostly complete) list (with dates, opening bands and venue, where these are recalled, and also, drawing upon various net searches, the band playlists).

Aerosmith (Golden Earring - MSG November 24, 1978) Here appears to be some vintage live Aerosmith from 1978.

Bad Brains - Boston (early 1990s)
Marcia Ball - Lowell Folk Festival 1985
Marcia Ball - Lowell Folk Festival 1986
Beck (Belle and Sebastian, Raveonettes, Polyphonic Spree, Gang Gang Dance
Whirlwind Heat - Coney Island, NY October 2, 2005)
Pete Best Band - Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ . Pete Best was the Beatles original drummer, and after many years out of the public spotlight, he's now performing songs done by the early Beatles, back when they were playing the clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg. If you close your eyes and listen, it feels like you've stepped back in time and gone to the Cavern club. Anyway, I got a chance after his set to meet him and to get an autograph; I can now say that I met a Beatle.
Black Sabbath (Van Halen Aug 27, 1978, NYC - Madison Square Garden. black sabbath set list Symptom of the Universe, War Pigs, Never Say Die, Dirty Women, Rock & Roll Doctor,
Guitar Solo, Electric Funeral, Embryo / Children of the Grave, Paranoid, Snowblind, Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (instrumental), Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots, Hand of Doom, N.I.B. ,Gypsy, Shock Wave, Swinging the Chain )
Blondie
Bongos (Chesterfield Kings)
Eric Burden and the Animals
Butthole Surfers (Redd Kross, Das Damen, Ritz, NYC, 1987). Here are the butthole surfers doing the song "hey" in 1985; and here is a short video for redd kross showing what they looked and sounded like in the mid 80s.

I couldn't find any videoclips of Das Damen but here is what they looked like; they were pretty decent band

Buzzcocks - Boston (early 1990s)
Buzzcocks - Irving Plaza 2006

Celibate Rifles (Dumptruck) (CBGB, July 1986; note, this was the Celibate Rifles only on their only U.S. tour, and it was at this show that the band recorded the tracks for the live release "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" about which CD Universe.Com says it is "considered by those in the know to be one of the best live albums of all time. 13 tracks including the definitive version of Radio Birdman's supercharged Aussie punk anthem, 'Burn My Eye'.") Here are the celibate rifles still rocking out. Even though this is from around 20 years after I got to see them, they still have the raw high energy, which is good to see.

Cheetah Chrome, Bad Brains, etc. (free in Central Park, early 1980s)
Chicken Legs (ex. Little Feat)
The Chieftains

Eric Clapton (Elton John)
The Clash (Steel Pulse, Boston 9/19/1979 setlist City of the DeadI'm So Bored with the USAComplete ControlLondon CallingWhite Man In Hamm PalaisKoka KolaI Fought the LawSafe European HomeJail Guitar DoorsThe Guns Of BrixtonEnglish Civil WarClash City RockersStay FreeClampdownPolice and ThievesCapital RadioWrong 'Em BoyoJanie JonesGaragelandArmagideon TimeCareer OpportunitiesWhite RiotJimmy JazzWhats My Name) . And here they are , from the British show Top of the Pops, from early 1978
The Clash (Kurtis Blow, Gregory Isaacs NYC, 1982/3?)
The Clean (The Minders - Maxwells, Hoboken, September 2001)

Das Damen
Ray Davies (Irving Plaza NYC 2005) (here he is from this show doing Oklahoma USA)

Miles Davis - summer, 1983. Here's the later Miles with musicians. The DBs
Carmaig de Forest
Carmaig de Forest (Barbès - Park Slope, Brooklyn) . Here is his wonderful song George Bush Lies

Del Byzantines
Del Fuegos (New Hampshire)
the Du-Tels (i.e., Peter Stampfel and Gary Lucas )

Feelies (Ritz, NYC, 1987-90) Here they are live in New York doing "deep fascination" and here's another early classic

Fleshtones (Peppermint Lounge - NYC) Here's a really rocking performance from French TV.
Steve Forbert - Ship Bottom, NJ (free outdoor show, with the audience sitting in beach chairs)
Peter Frampton - 1977
Freddy and the Dreamers (Atlantic City, mid 1960s)
Robert Fripp (free show, Central Park, summer 1990?)

Gamelan Orchestra (Madison, WI)
The Gang of Four - summer, 1983
Dizzy Gillespie
Indigo Girls
Green
Guided By Voices (w. Ambulance)
The Gun Club (here doing Brother and Sister)

Guns and Roses/Faith No More/Metallica (early 1990s Giants Stadium)

Hermans Hermits
Hot Tuna

King Crimson (summer, 1983) (here is the version of the band I saw live- Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford and Adrian Belew.)

Kiss (Madison Square Garden, 1978)
Kronos Quartet (Madison, WI 1988)

Lach
Live Skull (Here's a music video). I saw this Sonic Youth-esque band at CBGBs some time in the 1980s.

Los Lobos
Nick Lowe (free show, Boston, summer, 1995)
The Lunachicks (here's a video for this highly underrated band). I saw them at an outdoor show in Hoboken in around 1990 or 91.

Lyres (Maxwells - Hoboken) Here they are live doing "I want to help you Anne." I'm not sure when this was filmed, but they sound like they did when I saw them.

Meat Puppets (with a live clip of the song "swimming ground")

The Membranes (Madison, WI, 1989/90). An obsecure, barely remembered but highly original band. Here is their All Music Guide page.
Paul McCartney
Roscoe Mitchell
Morphine

The New Barbarians
New York Dolls
New York Dolls - Hoboken street fair Fall 2006

The O'Jays
Old Skull
Outlaws (Mama's Finest, The Stanky Brown Group)

Pere Ubu - Hoboken, 1990/91(?)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Boston, 1980)
Iggy Pop (Boston, 1980)
Pop Will Eat Itself

Queen (Piper December 1 or 2, 1977, MSG)

Ramones (Tuff Darts, Runaways - March 25, 1978 Capital Theater, Passaic NJ)
Ramones (Syl Sylvain)
(Here is the classic Ramones lineup (Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Marky) doing blitzkreig bop from what appears to be the late 70s or early 80s; here's the Runaways live from around the same era.)
Todd Rundgren (Hall and Oates)

Pete Seeger (Washington, DC)
Pete Seeger (NYC)
Pete Seeger (Beacon NY)
Pete Seeger (local activist Connie Hogarth’s living room, at a fundraiser for John Hall's congressional campaign; Pete sang this anti-war anthem and those of us there sang along.)

(Here, also, is Pete,June Carter, and Johnny Cash from a TV program from the early 1960s)

Scrawl
Shriekback (live Nemesis)

Soft Boys (reunion tour, Maxwells, Hoboken, October 2002)

Sonic Youth (NYC club, 1987)
Sonic Youth (Central Park, 2003; here's a brief clip; and here's the legendary Richard Kern directed Death Valley 69 video)
Soundgarden (Madison, WI, 1989/90) (some live music from them)
The Spanic Boys
Bruce Springsteen (Madison Sq. Garden, 1980, the "River" tour)
Peter Stampfel Until I find something else to post, this will have to do - some flash animation for the silly, but very catchy, Fugs/Holy Modal Rounders tune boobs a lot.

Sugar - Boston (and here is a great clip of Bob Mould and Lou Barlow doing a Sugar song.)

Matthew Sweet - Boston, 1993
Matthew Sweet - NH 1995

Here's Matthew Sweet live on MTV.

Talking Heads - NYC, Radio City, 1980 (with live performance)
Television (reunion tour, 1993, Boston) Here's a live performance from one of the reunion shows.

Tin Huey
Derek Trucks Band
Richard Thompson - Here he is doing one of my favorite of his songs 1952VincentBlackLightning which he did when we saw him

The Tubes - Central Park
The Turtles

U2 (March 9, 1981 - the Ritz, NYC: setlist The Ocean, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Touch, An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Another Time, Another Place, The Cry, The Electric Co., Things To Make And Do, Stories For Boys, Twilight, I Will Follow encores: Out Of Control, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, The Ocean)
U2 (The Alarm) outdoor show July 1, 1983- NYC)

Dave Van Ronk (Socialist Scholars Conference, NYC, early 80s) I wish this clip were a bit longer, but it gives a fine taste of this legendary folk singer.
Tom Verlaine (Ritz, NYC)
Tom Verlaine (Ritz, NYC)
Here is Verlaine doing a wonderful version of the Television song "Glory"

Doc Watson (with John Herald) Here's some Doc Watson live

The Who (Madison Square Garden, 1979)
Johnny Winter

Yo La Tengo (Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 6/7/2002)
Yo La Tengo (Northsix, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, December 16, 2003, Onion Holiday Party, with David Cross, the Walkmen, Dev Attack, Tyondai Braxton)
Yo La Tengo (Maxwells, 12/12/2004 w. the Coctails, 12/30/2005 w. Volcano Suns, 12/28/2005 w. The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen)
Yo La Tengo (Beacon Theater, NYC 2004)
Yo La Tengo (Battery Park, w. Steven Malkmus and the Jicks ) July 4, 2005
Yo La Tengo (NYC)
Yo La Tengo (March 29, 2005: Tonic Benefit, Tonic NYC)
Yo La Tengo ( THE JOSHUA WHITE AND GARY PANTER LIGHT SHOW. )

a really nice live clip of Yo La Tengo doing "little eyes"

Also, various music festivals and multi-artist performances, including:
-Lowell Folk Festival
-New Orleans Festival (NJ)
-Williamson Street Block Party, Madison, WI
-Halloween, Madison, WI
-Central Square Block Party, Cambridge, MA
-Hoboken Alt. Rock Festival
-Central Park Rock Against Racism
-Caribbean Day/Labor Day Festival – Brooklyn, NY
-Copley Square Summer Fest
-The American Songbook – music of Arthur Schwartz, Lincoln Center
-Anti-Folk/Howlfest – Lower East Side
-TibetHouse benefit - w. David Byrne, Keb Mo, Yo La Tengo, Phillip Glass, Bright Eyes, Angelique Kidjo (2/25/04)
-also, miscellaneous British bands at the Marquee Club, London, UK 1994