re: Your big regret(s) in not seeing music artist(s) live in concert

Adam lambert leading Queen.

Pink Floyd

John Prine in Austin. October or November before he died.

Chris Cornell. Austin again.

Violent Femmes. I saw the sign advertising the show at The Varsity, but had not heard of them yet. Within 2 weeks I was playing them every Day.

X. I should have tried harder.

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Mine: Tom Petty

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I saw his last show at the Hollywood Bowl

The Beatles
The Band
Elvis
Johnny Cash

Everyone else worth a damn, I've seen.

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The Dead but by the time I was old enough, Jerry was on his last leg. Died when I was 14.

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only time I saw them was at the UNO show in 1988. I had multiple chances to see them again after that and I didn’t do it. Massive regret

Matter of fact (except for tom petty) I’ve seen pretty much all of my favorites that were playing while I was alive, I only wish I’d have seen them more often. Now that I’m retired I plan to stop making that mistake

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it's the missed opportunity stories that are interesting.

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Second to the made opportunity stories, of course.

Dear god, 1993 Def Leppard at UNO. Case in point.

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Pink Floyd, New Orleans, 1994

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Same. It was the night of my college graduation. I had loved them all through high school but never got into The Division Bell. My girlfriend wanted us to drive down and get tickets at the box office as my graduation gift to myself. I decided I wanted to go to a party, which turned out very lame. We sat around and listened to CCR’s Chronicle on a shitty living room stereo.

Everytime I hear that album I have regret.

Also - DLR era Van Halen 1984 tour. I got into them really heavy I think right after they came to Baton Rouge. I didn’t make the mistake missing them when they toured for 5150, but I hardly knew the songs and they only played 4 classic era songs.