Mike Ventrella
Duke
...was just thinking about this the other day -- trying to remember all the bands and performers I have seen over the years. I saw a lot more when I was younger (of course), but that's also partially due to the fact that you could see a concert in those days for $25 instead of $100 or more. I'm not counting small bands who never released a record or anything -- I played in enough of those bands and saw plenty others who opened for us and who we opened for...
Let's see if I can remember them all:
Blondie
The Boomtown Rats
The Clash
Elvis Costello (x3)
Crack the Sky (x2, soon to be x3)
Devo
Donovan
The Doobie Brothers
Peter Frampton
Mark Hudson
Neil Innes
Joe Jackson
Jethro Tull
Kid Creole and the Coconuts (x3)
The Monkees (with just Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz)
O Positive (anyone remember them? We opened for them once)
Robert Palmer
Parliament/Funkadelic
Billy Preston
The Pretenders
The Ramones (x2)
Rockpile (featuring Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Sparks
Split Enz
Squeeze
The Sugarcubes (with Bjork)
They Might be Giants
The Tubes
Yes
My favorite? Either Elvis Costello with Squeeze opening, or Crack the Sky when they invited Heidi and I backstage and I got to jam with them!
Let's see if I can remember them all:
Blondie
The Boomtown Rats
The Clash
Elvis Costello (x3)
Crack the Sky (x2, soon to be x3)
Devo
Donovan
The Doobie Brothers
Peter Frampton
Mark Hudson
Neil Innes
Joe Jackson
Jethro Tull
Kid Creole and the Coconuts (x3)
The Monkees (with just Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz)
O Positive (anyone remember them? We opened for them once)
Robert Palmer
Parliament/Funkadelic
Billy Preston
The Pretenders
The Ramones (x2)
Rockpile (featuring Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Sparks
Split Enz
Squeeze
The Sugarcubes (with Bjork)
They Might be Giants
The Tubes
Yes
My favorite? Either Elvis Costello with Squeeze opening, or Crack the Sky when they invited Heidi and I backstage and I got to jam with them!