Though we have lots of projects to do around the house, the hours do stretch out as we attempt to survive the Great Pandemic of 2020.
Here's a fun little time-killer: what bands have you seen in your lifetime?
My list turned out to be quite a bit more extensive than I anticipated. Especially the jazz section.
Bands I have seen
Blues/Funk
Albert Collins
Albert King
Alberta Hunter
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Big Mama Thornton
Charmaine Neville
Blind Boys of Alabama
Bo Diddley
Buddy Guy
The Chambers Brothers
Denise LaSalle
Etta James
Fairfield Four
James Brown
James Cotton Blues Band
Joe Lewis Walker
Johnny Otis
Mike Bloomfield
Muddy Waters
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Robert Cray
Taj Mahal
Rock
Alice Cooper
The Animals
The Bevis Frond
Blue Cheer
The Byrds
Cadillac Tramps
Canned Heat
Chuck Berry
Country Joe and the Fish
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Doors
Dr. John the Night Tripper
Drywall
Dweezil Zappa
The Electric Flag
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Lizards
The Grass Roots
Grateful Dead
Illinois Speed Press
Iron Butterfly
Jefferson Airplane
The Kinks
Los Lobos
Merry Go Round
Mickey Hart
Nashville Pussy
Oingo Boingo
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Reverend Horton Heat
Rolling Stones
Santana
Sha-Na-Na
Sister Double Happiness
Sleater-Kinney
Sonny and Cher
Steppenwolf
Things To Come
Tiny Tim
Velvet Underground
Punk
Butthole Surfers
The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Dropkick Murphys
Fear
Gogol Bordello
Hatebreed
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Molotov
The Ramones
Rancid
Social Distortion
Tiger Lillies
Violent Femmes
X
Reggae/Ska
Alpha Blondy
Bob Marley
The Selecter
Country/Folk/Cajun
Alison Krauss
Bill Monroe
Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys
Buck Owens
Buddy and Julie Miller
Chris Smither
Clive Carroll
David Grisman
Doc Watson
Emmylou Harris
Gillian Welch
Hot Club of Cow Town
Johnny Cash
Junior Brown
Mamou
Merle Haggard
Osbourne Brothers
Ralph Stanley
Willie Nelson
Jazz
Afro Blues Quintet
Alice Coltrane
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Coleman
Astrud Gilberto
Avery Sharpe
The Bad Plus
Bill Frisell
Bill Laswell
Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet
Bitches Brew
Bola Sete
Broun Fellinis
Buddy Rich
The Budos Band
Cab Calloway
Cal Tjader Quintet
Cecil Taylor
Charles Lloyd
Compostela
Courtney Pine
Craig Taborn
Dave Brubeck
David Murray
David S. Ware
Duke Ellington
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Fred Ho and the Monkey Orchestra
Gli Evans Orchestra
Hiromi
Industrial Jazz Group
James “Blood” Ulmer
Jan Garbarek
The Jazz Crusaders
Jenny Scheinman
Joe Zawinul
John Handy
John McLaughlin
Jon Hendricks
Joshua Redman
Keith Jarrett
Lizz Wright
Matmos
Matthew Shipp
McCoy Tyner
Michael Brecker
Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe
Miles Davis
Modern Jazz Quartet
Music Revelation Ensemble
Ornette Coleman
Peter Apfelbaum
Peter Brotzmann
Pharoah Sanders
Odean Pope
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
Salvation Air Force
School Days
Sonny Simmons
Sonny Simmons
Trilok Gurtu
Vandermark Five
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Vi Reed
Wadada Leo Smith
Wayne Shorter
I know there are others that I have forgotten, but that's pretty close.
What does your list look like?
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