My (Almost) Complete History of Concerts Attended

I know I've seen more shows then this. I have the actual ticket stubs for many concerts on this list, but some were lost so only God knows what I'm forgetting.
Speaking of God, I've only listed a few of the Christian rock bands I've seen in this collection. I can't find any ticket stubs for musicians like, Larry Norman, Daniel Amos, and Randy Stonehill, and BUNCHES of shows that I think were as good as anyone else I've seen...
Then there was this one chap I saw countless times in local bars and clubs.
He went by the name of Ronald Koal.
Undoubtedly one of THE BEST performers I've ever seen. Like having Iggy, Bowie, and Mick mashed into one person on the stage at the same time... and the guy couldn't get a record contract! Sadly his life ended badly about 18 years ago. :-(
Read all about it! http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=446158005&blogId=470974326

Dates showing '1/1/Year' are listed in this manner because the year is most likely correct, but I could not determine the actual date...

Also, I had the venue and the City the show took place in, but removed them beacuse my spreadsheet 'pasted' poorly into the blog's format.
After 'fiddling' around with it, it's still mooshed up, but readable, sorry.

Date Performer Opening Act(s)
10/9/2006 Paul McCartney None
1/1/2003 Bruce Cockburn None
3/21/2000 The Pat Metheny Trio None
2/10/1999 Bob Dylan None
9/2/1998 INXS Ziggy Marley
5/28/1988 Pink Floyd None
3/13/1988 Bruce Springsteen None
6/28/1997 Santana Rusted Root
6/15/1995 R.E.M. Luscious Jackson
3/7/1995 The Pat Metheny Group None
6/15/1994 The Moody Blues None
7/9/1994 Santana RobertCray
8/25/1993 Neil Young Dinorsaur Jr.
10/11/1992 Larry Carlton The Rippingtons
7/30/1992 The Boston Pops None
5/23/1992 Tony Bennett None
5/6/1992 Paul McCartney None
4/15/1992 The Pat Metheny Group None
3/26/1992 U2 None
1/11/1992 Doc Seversen None
9/28/1991 Diane Schurr None
8/31/1991 Sting None
3/11/1991 INXS None
11/1/1990 The Allman Bros Band None
10/23/1990 Iggy Pop None
8/28/1990 Santana ?
8/13/1990 The Moody Blues None
6/19/1990 David Bowie None
4/14/1990 Kitaro None
1/1/1990 The Call None
10/31/1989 Stevie Ray Vaughan Jeff Beck
9/22/1989 The Pat Metheny Group None
9/14/1989 The Rolling Stones Living Colour
9/10/1989 Tom Petty & the H.B.s The Georgia Satellites
8/16/1989 Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, & Howe None
8/6/1989 Bob Dylan Steve Earle
7/20/1989 Paul McCartney None
6/28/1989 David Sanborn None
5/13/1989 The Who None
4/6/1989 R.E.M. The Indigo Girls
2/12/1989 Paul McCartney None
10/23/1988 The Moody Blues None
7/23/1988 Robin Trower None
6/21/1988 Bob Dylan The Alarm
1/29/1988 Yes None
10/20/1986 Neil Young None
8/21/1985 Neil Young David Allen Coe
4/19/1985 Kerry Livegran and A.D. None
3/25/1985 U2 None
12/30/1984 Steve Taylor None
8/25/1984 Yes None
11/2/1983 Amy Grant Michael W. Smith
7/28/1983 Neil Young None
6/4/1983 Modern English None
1/1/1983 Men at Work None
10/1/1982 The Degarmo & Key Band None
9/14/1982 Kansas None
4/25/1982 Daniel Amos None
9/18/1981 Phil Keaggy Sweet Comfort Band
7/9/1981 Amy Grant DeGarmo & Key Band
5/20/1980 Bob Dylan None
1/1/1978 Dickie Betts and Great Southern Mcguffey Lane
7/19/1977 Emerson, Lake, & Palmer None
7/16/1977 Yes Donovan Leitch
6/25/1977 Pink Floyd None
4/28/1977 Led Zeppelin None
1/1/1977 Dickie Betts and Great Southern None
1/1/1977 Roy Buchannan None
1/1/1977 Paul Young None
11/7/1976 Ted Nugent Montrose
9/1/1976 Robin Trower None
8/15/1976 The Beach Boys (Billy Joel cancelled)
5/27/1976 WINGS None
5/10/1976 WINGS None
3/12/1976 The Electric Light Orch. Roxy Music
2/13/1976 The Stills-Young Band Poco
2/1/1976 Deep Purple Nazareth, (Peter Frampton cancelled)
12/9/1975 The Who Toots and the Maytals
8/2/1975 The Rolling Stones Chaka Khan
7/4/1975 Eric Clapton Santana
6/14/1975 The Rolling Stones The Tower of Power, J Geils Band
3/27/1975 Robin Trower None
3/9/1975 Joe Walsh None
3/3/1975 John Entwistles' OX The Muff Brothers
10/26/1974 Todd Rundgren None
10/3/1975 Rick Wakeman None
8/21/1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Jesse Colin Young, The Band, Santana
7/4/1974 Eric Clapton Ross
4/19/1974 The Beach Boys Steely Dan
4/13/1974 The Electric Light Orch. None
3/17/1974 The Bee Gees None
1/1/1974 Dave Mason None
9/21/1973 John Sebastion Howdy Moon
2/18/1973 The Beach Boys The Doobie Brothers, Muledeer ... and Moondog Medicine Show
10/21/1972 Cat Stevens None

A God of Love... and Fury

It had been almost 20 years since I'd last heard this song, but last night I found it on YouTube.

Being a 'right-wing religious nut' (I'm not worthy of God, but He loves me anyway) this piece still makes the hair on my arms stand on end.
The 'end-times' as told in the book of The Revelation of Saint John is pretty awesome reading, couple that with faith and it is almost frightening. Not frightening for the believer, but because of the magnitude of the events and the outcome for many.
President Barack Obama rode the phrase "Change you can believe in." all the way to the White House... The Beatles sang; "You say you want a revolution, well you know, we all wanna change the world..."

If you are a believer, you know a change is coming.
Just when, no one with breath knows... but it is coming none-the-less.

If your not a believer, you'll probably view this piece as a myth, or just plain silly, and that's okay. It's still a pretty good example of mid-80's album oriented rock, so give it a listen.
But I would ask you to look for the God of love. After all, what's the worst that could happen?... nothing at all, or you just might find something you'd never imagined possible.

The Fury (1985)
~ A.D.



I was fortunate enough to see A.D (interesting lineage) in a high school auditorium back in '85. They opened with this song and it blew everyone away.

...next entry will be lighter, I promise. ;-)