grindy

Judas Priest
Peter Brötzmann Full Blast Trio with Mars Williams, Peter Evans & Keiji Haino
Cosa Brava
Fred Frith
Extra Life
Felix Kubin
Mono Für Alle
Sol12
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
The Thing & Otomo Yoshihide
Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark
Eugene Chadbourne & Paul Lovens
Toot
Speak Easy
Simon Nabatov & Ensemble Futurrrr
Rket
Isabelle Duthoit, Luc Ex & Johannes Bauer
Doppelmoppel
Deep Purple
Dream Theater
Gutbucket
Mary Halvorson Trio
Christian Zehnder
Mats Gustafsson, Peter Evans & Agusti Fernandez
Peter Brötzmann & Fred Lonberg-Holm

Also countless local punk and metal bands and lots of russian bands.

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Frownland

You bastard. I would kill to see Brötzmann live but he's rarely in America. Though I got the chance to see Han Bennink, which was pretty sweet.

Also forgot to add Jandek to my list.

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grindy

Got lucky that way.
Going to see him again in two weeks, with Paal Nilssen-Love and Steve Swell.

Would have loved to see Bennink. He played with Aki Takase in my town and I managed to miss that.

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Dylstew

Okay here we go:


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Big list isn't?

rockinlazys

Fleetwood Mac
Heart
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Bob Dylan
Doobie Bros.
Rolling Stones
Diana Ross
KRS-1
Digital Underground
Neil Young
Aerosmith
Jessi Colter
Tompall Glaser
James Brown
Black Sabbath
Eagles
Elton John
Ringo's Allstar Band
Paul McCartney
REM
David Bowie
Lou Reed
Alice Cooper
Kiss
Isley Bros.
P- Funk
Monkees
Phillis Hyman
Rufus
B.B King
John Fogerty
Chuck Berry
Merle Haggard
David Crosby
Stills Band
Crosby & Nash
CSN
CSN&Y
Bruce Springsteen
Neville Bros.
The Who
Billy Idol
Nils Lofgren
Tracy Chapman
U2
Blondie
Television
Zombies
Arthur Lee
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Moody Blues
Van Morrison
Ramones
Micky Newberry
Staple Singers
Boz Scaggs
Jennifer Warrens
Ray Charles
Count Basie
Chris Isaaks
Frank Sinatra
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Eric Clapton
Zero
Genesis
Thin Lizzy
UFO
Stevie Wonder
Styx
Foghat
Graham Parker
Ry Cooder
David Lindley
Cooder/ Lindley
Emmylou Harris
JJ Cale
Tom Paxton
Hot Rize
Doc Watson
Kate Wolfe
J.J Walker
Nashville Bluegrass Band
Peter Rowen
Rowen Bros.
Seldom Scene
David Grisman
Whitesnake
The Byrds
Iggy Pop
Joe Ely
Was Not Was
N.R.B.Q
Dire Straights
Mink DeVille
Nick Lowe
Tonio K
Ten Years After
The Jack Bruce Band
ELP
New Grass Revival
Bela Fleck
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Santana
Tower Of Power
Kansas
Donovan
Yes
Todd Rundgren
Utopia
Hot Tuna
Jorma
Country Joe & The Fish
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Starship
Animal Mind
Thunder & Lightning
The Dinosaurs
Ramsey Lewis
Dave Brubeck
Stan Getz
Oscar Peterson
Sunny Rollins
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Cracker
Rev. Horton Heat
El Rayo X
Dr. Hook
Peter Tosh
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
Fabulous Thunder Birds
Dave Mason
Steve Winwood
Steve Miller Band
The Nighthawks
U.K
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
Rodger Waters
Van Halen
Blue Oyster Cult
Robin Trower
Rory Gallagher
The Pretenders
The Alarm
The Bo Deans
The Pogues
April Wine
Head East
Little River Band
Orleans
Jo Jo Gunne
Jay Ferguson
John Hall
Joe Lewis Walker
Dean Martin
Cold Blood
Albert King
Etta James
Sammy Davis Jr.
Climax Blues Band
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia Band
Bob Weir Band
Kingfish
Robert Hunter
John Haitt
The Sweet
Angel
David Bromberg
Richard Thompson
Thompson,Frith,Kaiser & French
Mose Allison
Cowboy Junkies
Georgie Flame
Elvis Costello
Marshall Tucker Band
Charlie Daniels Band
Outlaws
The Allman Bros.
Pure Prairie League
Arlo Guthrie
Wet Willie
Nazareth
Commander Cody & The Lost planet Airman
N.R.P.S.
Elvin Bishop
Rick Danko
Levon Helm
Rick & Levon
The Band
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Laurie Anderson
Nickolette Larson
Joan Armatrading
The Leaders
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy
Aurther Blyth
Jackson Browne
Little Feat
AC/DC
Bruce Cockburn
Bo Didley
Phoebe Snow
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock & The Head Hunters
Chick Corea
Wayne Shorter
Al Green
John Lee Hooker
Firefall
Bob James
Midnight Oil
John Hartford
Bonnie Raitt
Vasser Clemens
The Nylons
The Bobs
Rush
REO Speedwagon
Pablo Cruise
Jean Luc Ponty
Jonathan Richmond
Bob Seger
Patti Smith
Tangerine Dream
Leon Russell
Edgar Winter
Johnny Winter
James Taylor
Pete Seeger
Peter Frampton
Rod Stewart
Dion
Journey
The Cars
JEFF BECK
Black Crowes
Ozark Mnt. Daredevils
Black Oak Arkansas
Dr. John
Johnny Cash
Kris Kristofferson
George Jones
Poncho Sanchez
Tito Puente
Celia Cruz
Savoy Ducet Band
Kronos Quartet
Amad Jamal
Don Cherry
Gill Scott Heron
Peter Paul & Mary
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
The Palominoes
X
Flipper
The Avengers
The Knitters
Sammy Hagar
Lucinda Williams
Placido Domingo
Mimi Ferrina
Charles Brown
Bob Marley
Jimmy Cliff
Rita Marley
Third World
Steel Pulse
Pat's Blue Riddim Band
Rainbow
Swamp Dogg
Wilco
Billy Bragg
Nancy Griffith
Dan Hicks
Johnny Paycheck
Bad Religion
Tim Weisberg
The Blacks
Bill Kirchen
Booker T & The MG's
King Sunny Ade
Robyn Hitchcock
James
De La Soul
Kinky Friedman
Frank Zappa
Texas Tornadoes
Tom Waits
Lenard Cohen
The Kinks
Ron Carter Octet
Hoyt Axton
Little Village
Sonic Youth
The Animals
Romeo Void... Must end brain is mush and sorry for misspellings. I did this off the top (or middle) of my very used brain. Shine On !

Josef K

Nick Cave
Neutral Milk Hotel
Elvis Costello
Bruce Springsteen
Spoon
Warpaint
Hamilton Leithauser
Circulatory System

Probably a couple others? I dunno. Hopefully JAMC and also Metz and Lightning Bolt in April.

JennyOndioline

Quality over quantity. Have you heard the new Lightning Bolt single? **** is going to be bonkers live.

Josef K

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure it's an all-ages show too. Should be great if I can get tickets.

Drjohnrock

Here's my list. Like the OP, I'm leaving out local bands. If i've seen a band/solo artist more than once I indicate that (X2, X3, etc.). I put notable (non-local) opening acts in parens after the headliner.

In non-chronological order:

Graham Nash/David Crosby (David Blue)
Kenny Rankin
Styx (Sugarloaf)
Jethro Tull (Hammersmith)
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan x3 (Over The Rhine; Kenny Wayne Shepard)
Starcastle (Thom Bishop)
Ted Nugent (Foreigner, Michael Stanley Band)
Heart (The Silencers)
Stan Kenton
The Kingston Trio
Petra (first real "Christian rock" band, touring their first album)
The Band (Roger McGuinn)
Roger McGuinn x3 (as headliner)
Elvis Costello x2 (Squeeze; Talk Talk)
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart
The Damned x3 (Chivalrous Dogs)
Sonic Youth
Mission Of Burma
Black Flag
Love Tractor
Big Black
The Fall x6 (Magnapop)
Great Plains (Scrawl)
Scrawl (as headliner) x5 (Ass Ponys)
Wussy X2 (Scrawl; The Paranoid Style)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Great Plains)
Half Japanese
Half Japanese with Moe Tucker x2 (American Music Club)
Jad Fair
Mark Eitzel x3 (Jill Sobule, Rebecca Gates; Tim Easton)
firehose (Screaming Trees)
Lou Reed (The Feelies)
Rapeman
The Gun Club
The Pixies (My Dad Is Dead)
Love and Rockets (The Pixies)
The Psychedelic Furs (Our Daughter's Wedding)
The Breeders (Luscious Jackson)
Guided By Voices (The Amps)
J. Geils Band (Southside Johnny and the Ashbury Jukes)
Jackson Browne (Karla Bonoff)
Karla Bonoff (as headliner)
The New Barbarians (2/5ths of The Rolling Stones)
Greg Kihn
Gordon Lightfoot x2
The Replacements
The Outnumbered
Johnny Dowd (as headliner) X6 (The Scooters, Jim Roll)
Pere Ubu (Johnny Dowd)
Los Straitjackets (The Fleshtones)
Jan and Dean
Mark Russell
Webb Wilder (as headliner) X4 (Mic Harrison and the High Score)
Randy Newman
Uncle Earl (Sierra Hull and Highway 111; The Dixie Beeliners)
Sierra Hull (as headliner) X2
Jorma Kaukonen
John Sebastian
Jimmy Webb
Todd Rundgren and Utopia
Hall and Oates (Todd Rundgren)
The Guess Who (with Cummings and Bachman) (Joe Cocker)
John Fogerty (as headliner)
Peter Paul and Mary
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Spirit
Joe Ely x2 (Lucette)
Toots and the Maytals
Yellowman
Richie Havens
Gang Green
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (Strapping Fieldhands, Salabon Glitz)
Trans Am
Reverend Horton Heat x2 (Nashville Pussy, Backyard Tire Fire; The Creepshow)
Dead Milkmen
Live Skull
Sam Bush
Jonathan Edwards
Loudon Wainwright III x8 (Raechel Evans; Natalya Zuckerman)
Judy Collins X2
John Denver (my girlfriend bought tickets)
The Buzzcocks
Randy Newman
Al Stewart X2 (Dave Nachmanoff; The Empty Pockets)
Riders In The Sky (as headliner)
Okkervil River
Jane Siberry
Todd Snider (Mary Gauthier)
Steve Katz (ex-Blues Project, Blood Sweat & Tears, American Flyer)
Southern Culture on the Skids
Babe The Blue Ox
X_____X (Obnox)
Leon Redbone
Ralph Stanley
Lilly Hiatt (John's daughter) (Aaron Lee Tasjan)
Scott Miller x2 (Old Salt Union)
The Mountain Goats
We The Kings (a fave of my daughter)x2 (This Century, Crash The Party; AJR, She Is We, Brothers James)
Supersuckers X2(Skinny Jim and the Number 9 Blacktops; Drivin' And Cryin')*
Daniel Johnston
Hasil Adkins
Twenty One Pilots (Brand New, Shaky Graves, Manchester Orchestra, Reverend Peyton and his Big Damn Band)
Sebadoh (Qui)
Rubblebucket
Shonen Knife (CJ Ramone)
Jon Langford and Skull Orchard (Chuck and Lisa from Wussy)
Bad Luck Jonathan
Bob Log III
Buckwheat Zydeco
Rebirth Brass Band X3
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Duke Ellington Band (after Duke's death)
Wanda Jackson x3 (Lustre Kings; Frontier Ruckus, Jonny Fritz and the In-Laws)
Steely Dan (Sam Yahel trio)
Greg Abate (jazz sax player)
Lucinda Williams (Patty Griffin)
The Stranglers
Edwyn Collins
Bruce Cockburn
Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds X2 (Corners, Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel)
Mayer Hawthorne
The Temptations (The Shirelles, The Vogues, The Coasters, Tommy Roe, Len Barry)
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche (Ric Hordinski)
Barleyjuice
The Honeymoon Killers
The Beach Boys (free show after a Cincinnati Reds game)
The Cynics
The Bears
Jonathan Richman X2
Sachal Vasandani (jazz vocalist)
Tom Rush
Camera Obscura
Crystal Bowersox X2
Olivia Jean X2 (Philip Paul)
The Dickies (as headliner) (The Queers)
Muddy Waters
Dizzy Gillespie (with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
Al Hirt
Don McLean
The Necros
Grand Ole Opry: Mark Willis (Del McCoury Band, Bill Anderson, Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys, Riders In The Sky, Kate Arminger, John Conlee, Craig Campbell)
Buckle Up Festival 2014, day 2: Willie Nelson (Old Crow Medicine Show, Alison Kraus & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Drive-By Truckers, Emmylou Harris)
Graham Parker X2
Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express
Calvin Johnson
The Joy Formidable
John Lodge
Brian Wilson (The Zombies)
Straight No Chaser
William Matheny
Jason Ringenburg (of Jason and The Scorchers)
Kinky Friedman X2
Song Of The Mountains TV taping: Jim Lauderdale (Sherman Holmes; Judy Marshall; Webb Wilder)
Flamin' Groovies
The Electric Six (VOLK)
Flor De Toloache (female mariachi band)
Magic Beans
Social Punk Invasion Tour: TSOL (The Dickies. Total Chaos)
Dan Bern
The Nude Party (Fonteyn)
Leo Kottke
Chastity Belt
2023 Outlaw Music Festival Willie Nelson (John Fogerty, Gov't Mule, Kathleen Edwards, Particle Kid, Myron Elkins)

Clefsong51

Good question....now let me see....The Temptations- The Spinners- The Artistics- The Beachboys- The Coasters- The Marvelettes- The Soul Children- Gladys Knight& The Pips- The O'Jays- The Moments- The Whispers- The Four Tops- Jr. Walker & The Allstars- The Contours- The Five Stairsteps- The Chi-lites- The Dells- SOS Band- Frankie Karl And The Dreams- The Sylvers- The Diplomats- The Manhattans- The Stylistics- The Dells- Tavares- Ollie & The Nightingales- The Shirelles- The Independents- you said [Bands] so maybe I shouldn't include..... Gene Chandler- Walter Jackson- Jerry Butler- Eddie Kendricks- Wilson Pickett- Roy Hamilton- Jimmy Ruffin- Theora Kilgore- Ruby Andrews- Melba Moore- David Ruffin...... oh I almost forgot- The Intruders- Blue Magic- Cliff Nobles & Co.- Stacy Lattisaw- Cameo- The Persuaders.