Glad to hear it. Like to make someone chuckle, chortle or guffaw at least once a day. A giggle or two is also worthwhile.
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I'm trying to figure out which band I've seen the most in my life. I never really liked rock concerts so almost every "big" act I ever saw, it was a one time deal. The only band I can remember seeing multiple times was the Blood Oranges (as has been discussed here before.)
I did see Duran Duran in the '80s. I never saw The Police.
Probably Jimmy Buffett for me. Four times, but I only paid for tickets once. The others ended up free. Two of them were box seats at Walnut Creek. Once, Buffett got hold of the t-shirt cannon and I was hit in the . . . umm . . . upper chest area with a t-shirt. Really tacky one, too.
Grateful Dead, by a wide margin.
Bands I’ve seen (I think there was a separate thread on this):
The Who (multiple)
The Rolling Stones (multiple)
Pink Floyd (multiple — no Roger Waters)
B.B. King (multiple)
James Brown (multiple)
Grateful Dead (many multiple) (and post-Jerry spin-offs including with John Mayer)
Jerry Garcia (acoustic and electric on Broadway)
Jorma/Hot Tuna (multiple)
John Prine (multiple)
Little Feat (multiple but not with Lowell George)
Todd Snider (multiple)
Jonathan Richman (multiple)
Michael Hedges (multiple)
Allman Bros. (multiple)
Dylan (multiple)
R.E.M. (multiple)
Phish (multiple, small clubs)
Robert Earl Keene (multiple)
Lyle Lovett (multiple)
Santana (multiple)
John Hammond (multiple)
Camper Van Beethoven (multiple)
Col. Bruce Hampton and ARU (many multiple)
Johnny Lee Hooker
The Clash
Elvis Costello
Living Colour
Neville Bros.
John Hiatt
Roy Bookbinder
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Al Dimeola
Shadowfax
Blue Öyster Cult (@Radio City Music Hall of all places)
Steely Dan
Rick Danko
Drive-By Truckers
David Byrne (Broadway)
Avett Brothers
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Old Crow Medicine Show
Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Arlo Guthrie
Gaelic Storm
The Tams
Willie Nelson
Leo Kottke
Eric Clapton
Joan Jett
Marshall Tucker Band
Barrence Whitfield and the Savages
Marshall Crenshaw
Psychedelic Furs
Billy Idol
Cindi Lauper and the Bangles
Blues Travelers
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Matt Guitar Murphy
Taj Mahal
Delbert McClinton
Traffic
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Springsteen (Acoustic)
CSN
Pat Benatar
Styx
Def Leppard and Billy Squier
Village People
Adam Ant
The Police
Yes
Moody Blues
Dr. John
Albert King
Ben E. King
Bobby Blue Bland
Ray Charles
John Mayall
U2 with Public Enemy as opener
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets
Black Crowes
Dash Rip Rock
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
Widespread Panic (small party on Emory’s campus — less than 50 people I am sure)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (young teenager)
Butch Trucks (young teenager)
Elizabeth Cook
Flaming Lips
The Jody Grind (multiple — if you know, you know)
Junior Brown (multiple)
Keller Williams
Marcus King (the next big thing)
Eddie Arnold
Sha-Na-Na
Robert Hunter
Steel Pulse
Tower of Power
Warren Zevon
I’m sure I’m forgetting a lot.
…hell of a list though. I’m impressed and jealous.
Shakespeare Plays I've Seen On Stage (not film):
Romeo & Juliet (multiple)
12th Night (multiple)
As You Like It (multiple)
Hamlet (multiple)
Macbeth (multiple)
King Lear
Cymbelline
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V
A Midsummer Night's Dream (multiple)
Julius Caesar (multiple)
Antony & Cleopatra
Troilus and Cressida
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
Richard III
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest (multiple)
Love's Labors Lost (multiple)
Much Ado About Nothing (multiple)
Measure for Measure (multiple)
I have acted in Pericles and Othello without having seen other productions of them on stage. I will defer to the LTE to decide if they count.
I do not claim that the designation of multiple is comprehensive. I listed multiple if I could immediately remember having seen it more than once.
It's Tuesday eve. Blech.
We should really rethink this 7 day week thing and drop Tuesday. It can be the Golden Globes of days of the week.