Maybe I'm getting old. But I find myself making these lists. Trying to retain memories before they fully slip away. If you're tagged it's because more than likely you were in attendance at one or more of these concerts.For the sake of this exercise I've focused national/international acts seen two times or more. I don't want to forget the local bands that I saw over and over again. In Cedar Falls
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Bands Seen >=2x
REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent, Scorpions, Rainbow, 707
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Working a concert sounds a lot more glamorous than it really is. Especially if you're selling Coke. Especially after your audience is sufficiently inebriated and hot. A Colorado Summer Music Festival with 707, Rainbow, Scorpions, Ted Nuget and REO Speedwagon (the headliner) was the first and only concert I ever sold concessions at. The event was held at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado i
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Captain and Tennille [Cattle Congress, McElroy Auditorium, 1977)
We all have a first concert. I wish I could say mine was something glamorous like Paul McCartney or ABBA or Queen, but alas the first concern was the man in the cap with racks of keyboards and his singing bride: Captain and Tennille. They played all the radio hits "Muskrat Love" and "Love will Keep Us Together" while we sat in our uncomfortable wooden slabs that line the benches of McElroy Audi...
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50 Concerts | 50 Venues
The bulk of my live music intake occurred between 1986 and 1993. In that short time I was privileged to catch a number of great acts across a wide range of musical spectrums—punk, jazz, rock, folk and so on. For this list I've selected 50 bands as they appeared at 50 different venues in 10 different cities and 6 different states. The cutting room floor is littered with bands that deserve mention:
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Musical Canvas of Tom Ze
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Thank you David Byrne for the introduction to Tom Ze via Luak Bop's Brazil Classics series. Ze offers a trip for the ears. Music heavy laden with textures and aural illuminations. Tom's music requires all your attention at once. Guitars, metallic percussion, voices (singing and sound effects), and found sounds all come together as part of the palette for Ze's brilliant musical canvas. Music you c
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