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What musicians were you lucky enough to see in concert before they passed away

Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:15 pm
Posted by STigers
Gulf Coast
Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:15 pm
I was lucky enough to be at the perfect age to see the early and best Lollapaloozas.
I’ve seen
Chris Cornell ‘92
Layne Staley “93
Adam Yauch “94

Other musicians I’ve seen
Shannon Hoon
Dolores O'Riordan
The Ramones

30 years ago yesterday lollapalooza’93 kicked off in Vancouver

Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5046 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:19 pm to
Dimebag
Scott Weiland
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58422 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:39 pm to
Willie Nelson
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
12351 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:39 pm to
Mikey houser and Todd nance on drums. First panic show. It was amazing. Watching the old shows on YouTube don’t do it justice.
Posted by tigermeat
Member since Jan 2005
3295 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:42 pm to
Eddie Van Halen
Neil Peart
Malcom Young
Ric Ocasek
Posted by tigahlovah
virginia beach, va
Member since Oct 2009
4140 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:45 pm to
Do you mean just before they passed away?

As an 8yo tigah, I saw Elvis at the Assembly center two months before he died.

I saw the best musician to ever pick up an instrument (Prince) in 1988 and 2001, way before he died.
Posted by midnight1961
Member since Jan 2007
1661 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:48 pm to
Tom Petty - Oak Mountain Amphitheater
The Ramones - 5 Points South Music Hall
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
9110 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:57 pm to
Dimebag
Prince
Chris Cornell
Dio
Posted by Shotgun Willie
Member since Apr 2016
4160 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 12:59 pm to
Johnny Cash at HOB NO
BB King several times. Even got to interview him
Guy Clark
RL Burnside
Met Junior Kinbrough at his Juke Joint
Jerry Lee Lewis at Fryer Festival in Mississippi. Pulled into the rodeo arena in his long white caddie. Got out jammed and finished got back in the car and drove off.
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 4:18 pm
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73463 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 1:06 pm to
Janie Lane
Chris Cornell
Posted by Julz5198
Member since Mar 2023
575 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 2:03 pm to
Prince
Posted by redneck hippie
Oklahoma
Member since Dec 2008
6271 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 2:28 pm to
Jerry Garcia
Michael Hutchence
James Brown
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20763 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 2:40 pm to
Stevie Ray Vaughan

I was a huge fan at the time of his death. A coworker came in my office (when the news of the crash hit the radio the next morning ) and told me, and I was gutted. Glad I got to see him a few years earlier.
Posted by lsudirtbag
Prairieville
Member since Oct 2021
504 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 3:06 pm to
Eddie Van Halen
Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul
Taylor Hawkins
Scott Weiland
Charlie Watts
Ronnie James Dio
I could go on and on but also members of Bon Jovi/Ratt/Def Leppard/Wasp/KISS/Slipknot/Drowning Pool/Loverboy/Firehouse/AC-DC/ZZ Top/Cinderella.

I have been to a few concerts.
Posted by TheFlyingDrogbas
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2010
316 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 3:25 pm to
Linkin Park.

Saw them 2 days after I turned 18 in the summer right of 2007 before I started college with 3 of my best friends. Still one of the best shows I've ever been to. Chester was incredible live and I would do a lot to be able to see him/them again.
Posted by OntarioTiger
Canada
Member since Nov 2007
2234 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 3:27 pm to
Bowie
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
16227 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 6:29 pm to

Sat at a table next to Andy Gibb for a couple of hours one night.in August, 1984 at a nightclub in Acapulco. Nice guy.

As far as concerts - too many to count . Here are a few that come to mind.

Freddie Mercury and Queen
Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire when everyone was still living.
Same with a lot of the Mowtown acts such as the Temptations and the Four Tops.

The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Buffett at Jazz Fest.

Stood on the first row next to the stage in the summer of 1981 to see Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 on the group's last tour before Michael went solo. Michael was an incredible performer.

ETA
My wife is chiming in here. She got to see Elvis in his prime in concert in Mobile.
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 6:43 pm
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
27107 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 6:42 pm to
John Bonham
Keith Moon
Lynyrd Skynyrd

and

Rob Pilatus

Posted by BumKnee
Member since Oct 2021
210 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:38 pm to
Oddly saw these two right before they died…
-Scott Weiland
-Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon)
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
9446 posts
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:16 pm to
Bob Dylan

Hasn’t passed yet
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 10:18 pm
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