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    Which artist/band would you most like to see live but have not had the chance because they don't tour, or don't tour anywhere near your location? Remember, we don't have access to a Wayback Machine, so this question is about existing artists/bands, not ones we didn't get to see because of our ages. For me the answer is, without question, Tom Waits.
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    Well, in this neck of the woods, it could include almost anyone. Only the hugest tours come up here, or guys playing the casino circuit. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to see Joe Bonamassa next month. I'd like to see some of the older blues players while they are still with us, viz, B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, etc. The more metallic side of me is REALLY hoping that next year's Iron Maiden tour comes up this way.
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    Dead or alive? Dead - Jimi Hendrix. Alive - Eric Clapton...I keep missing his shows in the neighboring states from me. CO or AZ next year and I'm there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tone2thebone
    Dead or alive? Dead - Jimi Hendrix. Alive - Eric Clapton...I keep missing his shows in the neighboring states from me. CO or AZ next year and I'm there.
    I was thinking alive, otherwise there would be a large number of Jimi responses I think. Truth be told, if we were talking dead artists, and could only pick one, I think I'd probably pick Django because at least I have a wide array of live Jimi on DVD to watch, but very little video of Django exists, and most of it is not the greatest quality.
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    Jason & the Scorchers

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    Concrete Blonde

    Praxis

    I've never seen:

    Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, or Buckethead, but they come through CO fairly often. It seems as though I'm always busy, ill, out of cash, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tunghaichuan
    Jason & the Scorchers

    Webb Wilder

    Concrete Blonde

    Praxis

    I've never seen:

    Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, or Buckethead, but they come through CO fairly often. It seems as though I'm always busy, ill, out of cash, etc.

    tung
    Great call on Praxis. I'd love for them to come to Tampa, FL but nobody I really want to see ever does. We usually have to make a six-hour trek to Atlanta to see a lot of bands as very few play in Florida. Not to mention many of the venues in Tampa are horrible as far as sound goes. They finally got around to building an amphitheatre here, but due to the proximity to residential communities, they had to install a sound-dampening wall at the top of one side of the amphitheatre and now it just creates a very noticeable echo which pretty much eats up bass tone.
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    Jimi Hendrix!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert
    Jimi Hendrix!
    well me too, but what if you didn't have a time machine? what currently living artist/band would you like to see that you have never seen?
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    Well, I'll go ahead and say Neil Young, esp. a set with his D-45. He is coming to Boise a day before my B-day, but it is sold out and scalper tickets are $250-400 each based on a quick google search.

    I'd also love to see the Bremerton band, MxPx live. They have a lot of great energy and it would be really fun.

    I think Knopfler would be up there too if I am thinking guitar hero.
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    Scott Henderson Trio - that would make my day.
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    Peter Gabriel
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    Kamelot
    Pain of Salvation
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    Jellyfish
    The Falming Lips

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    I'd say

    Marc Ribot

    Lucinda Williams (with Doug Pettibone)
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    The Clash

    The Who (a second time - they were my first concert)

    Hendrix

    Iron Butterfly

    Cream

    The Beatles (had tickets for Cleveland Stadium concert in the 60's and didn't go )

    I would also like to see Marilyn Manson for the stage show. Smashing Pumpkins , NIN, ..., Chili Peppers

    Ok, I guess I abused this question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tot_Ou_tard
    I'd say

    Marc Ribot

    Lucinda Williams (with Doug Pettibone)
    +1 for you Tot. If you ever get a chance to see Marc play somewhere, take my advice and get there as early as you can and find yourself a spot as close to Marc as you can get. His intensity when he plays is something best experienced from close range. When I saw him at Tonic in NYC, I literally stood no more than five feet away from him for the duration of the show. The man twists and contorts himself as if he is trying to get inside his guitar, and the grunting noiss he makes when he really gets into his playing is something you have to be right there to hear. Wherever you are if you get to see him, you will see a phenomenal musician who puts everything he has into each piece he plays. Good luck getting a chance to see him, it's well worth it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by just strum
    The Clash

    The Who (a second time - they were my first concert)

    Hendrix

    Iron Butterfly

    Cream

    The Beatles (had tickets for Cleveland Stadium concert in the 60's and didn't go )

    I would also like to see Marilyn Manson for the stage show. Smashing Pumpkins , NIN, ..., Chili Peppers

    Ok, I guess I abused this question.
    You did abuse it, but you mentioned The Clash first, so no points deducted!
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    rush or that last tour of the who, I could have gone to the show in london but:

    1) school,
    2) my parents won't let me go anywhere out of the city.

    I would also really like to see the local band Black Kreek play, I heard they had an awesome stage presence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pie_man_25
    rush or that last tour of the who, I could have gone to the show in london but:

    1) school,
    2) my parents won't let me go anywhere out of the city.

    I would also really like to see the local band Black Kreek play, I heard they had an awesome stage presence.
    I was lucky enough to see The Who back in 1991, the same year I saw The Stones. That was a good year for live music for me!
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    Dead: Jimi Hendrix
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