GangstaFam said:

probably - i saw the reality tour w/ mom twice, and i saw purple rain and musicology w/ mom once each.

Anx said:

Reality, Jam of the Year and Musicology for me.

Mom was not allowed to attend concerts when she lived in Evansville, In. When she moved out to San Francisco after she graduated high school, it was on. She went to few of these shows when I was a young thang. Dad babysat those nights.

Ike & Tina Turner
Phyllis Hyman
The Whispers
The Temptations & Four Tops (Circle Star Theater)
Lou Rawls
Aretha Franklin
James Brown
Tower of Power - 1971
Jennifer Holliday
Luther Vandross (first time with a friend)


As for dad, she knows he went to alot of them, especially since he grew up across the street from The Cow Palace. I need to ask my uncle.

Winterland (need to research this one) lineup included:
Jimi Hendrix and Sly & the Family Stone
The Beatles (he told me the story about working at The Cow Palace)
The Temptations
The Four Tops

I went with mom around '86 or '87 to see Luther Vandross. There have been a few concerts within the past few years like Stone Soul Picnic and various other multi-act shows feat. The Isley Brothers, Teena Marie, Rick James, The Dells, The Whispers, S.O.S. Band, Chaka Khan, The Gap Band, War, The Brothers Johnson, Bobby Womack and many others

The whole family went to see Earth Wind & Fire.

Mom couldn't answer most and least favorite. She has to think about it. I caught her as she was heading back to church for BTU.
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GangstaFam said:

Janet too.

Anx said:

JEALOUS! I didn't know you saw P in the Purple Rain era.

Before he got saved. My Pentecostal father and some of his army buddies went to this club in California and checked out Ray Charles(Before he became famous). He said Ray brought the house down.

My mom saw:
The Jackson 5ive
James Brown
O'Jays
Whispers
Miracles
Four Tops
Sheila E
The Manhattans
The Dramatics
Ohio Players
Al Green
Marvin Gaye
Diana Ross
Stevie Wonder
The Isley Brothers
Main Ingredient
Rick James
Sly and The Family Stone
Commodores

She was also great friends with Morris Day's sister and met him a couple of times

in response to the OP im assuming concerts they've seen individualy as well

to my knowledge:

The Jackson 5
Earth,Wind,and Fire
The Police
Madonna
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
Al Green in central park (my first concert;i was 2)
Mariah Carey
Prince-Musicology Tour
India.Arie
Babyface
Kem
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CinisterCee said:

Ah yes, my dad took me and my brother to see Prince during the Purple Rain tour also. Afterward my dad kept going on and on about Sheila E.

Moonbeam said:

Oh yes. I only regret that I didn't drag dad's ass to Toronto for the Bjork show.

sextonseven said:

Can you blame him? She played for George Duke! I bet your dad knew something about that.

The Stones, played for half an hour Mick fell over drunk and they walked off stage

Areosmith
Earth Wind and Fire
Alice Cooper
Iron Butterfly
Sly and the Family Stone
Billy Joel
Elton John
Led Zepplin
Bette Midler, The Reason I'm gay, my mom saw Bette when she was preggers with me

my mom took me to see my first concert Janet Jackson

DirtyChris said:

That sounds like Chaka.

What are play-parents?

HamsterHuey said:

they are my big cousins
but their only daughter (my cousin)
is more of a sister to me
so they are my "surrgoate parents"
I guess you could say

ThePunisher said:

Can I ask how old is your father. If he saw Ray Charles before he became famous, that is a long, long time ago.

And for those parents who went to see the J5, how old were they when they went to see them? Because I can't really imagine peeps in their 20s and 30s going to see the J5 when they first started out.

DirtyChris said:

HamsterHuey said:

out of the entire thread we both pick the exact same quote!

how spooky is that. lol.

Not my parents but my uncle saw these artists
in Stockholm 1967-68

Jimi Hendrix (the concertarranger pulled out the plugged when
they would'nt stop playing on time)

Otis Redding
Sam & Dave
Diana Ross & the supremes
James Brown
Wilson Pickett
Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin (this show from 68 was broadcasted on swedish television
a few years ago)

These are what I remember him talking about,
but all these came to Stockholm during 67-68.
I wish I'd been around then
/peace Manki

My parents went to an Isley Brothers/Richard Pryor concert in the early 70s.The two acts appeared on the same bill.

My Mum saw The Beatles.

sextonseven said:

Same thing with me.... I gave my mother my ticketmaster purchased tickets and i used the NPGMC tickets

fairouz, elvis, beatles, supremes, james brown, jackson 5,,, pretty much everyone seriously

I remember my late father mentioning a few gigs he attended in the North West of England in the late 50's/early 60's:

Little Richard (a pre-fame Beatles supported on a few dates of this tour but my dad didn't recall seeing them)
Jerry Lee Lewis (My first ever gig was a Jerry Lee concert which my dad took me to, circa 1976)
Sammy Davis Jr (Palace Theatre, Manchester)
Ray Charles
Howlin' Wolf (small club gig)
Miles Davis (as part of a Jazz & Blues festival at Belle Vue, Manchester. Other artists unknown)

My mother has seen a few live concerts, including:
The Stylistics
Dr Hook
Demis Roussos
Paul McCartney

I suppose it's why I have such broad musical tastes. We always had music playing in the house when I was growing up. From my dad I got into Rock & Roll, Blues and Jazz. From my mum I took pop and soul. Mix all that up with getting into music in 1979 during the punk/new wave/2 Tone era and you get quite an eclectic mix
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reading this thread reminds me how young i am and how old everyone else is and how lucky u guys were! i've yet to c a concert.

My mom isn't a music head, and thus has seen nothing!

My dad on the other hand loves music, but doesn't like concert crowds

He did see Boney James and Kem last summer though

Editing mistake! Pls ignore me
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My stepdad saw Cream, but was too drunk to remember the opening act...Zappa

My mom has seen :

Tina Turner
Til Tuesday
Monkees
Hall and Oates
Dylan (2x)
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
EWF
Some crappy Christian Bands
Bob Seger
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Who (Tommy reunioin tour)
Clapton

My mom took me to see BB King when I was 12...she knew what she was exposing me too. I make it a point to see him when he comes through town every year.

While my mom didn't take me to or go to, tons of concerts, she exposed me to music from the time I could speak and listened to everything from folk, country, funk all the way to Sabbath.

thanks mom, I'll love you forever

I feel so proud of my Grandfather playing with the King Curtis band. During their tour in 1965, he got to open for The Beatles and the relatively unknown Rolling Stones.

I don't really know about my father, but I can tell you the concerts that my Mother's been to see:

The Jackson 5 (she said she touched Jermaine's hand. )
Billy Squier and Def Leppard (she said Def kicked Billy's ass that night)
The Police
RATT, I think.
She claimed that she saw "all them Punk and New Wave acts downtown like Blondie and The Ramones and stuff."
David Bowie with Squeeze (the Glass Spider tour)
Prince (4 times I believe)
Living Colour
Tina Turner
10,000 Maniacs
George Clinton and P-Funk
Jamiroquai (she's nuts about Jay K. )
She also went to see that Funk festival that Sinbad used to host out in the Carribean (Aruba, I believe). I forgot who performed though.


I've joined my mom on a few concerts too:

Al Green
Gil Scott-Heron
The Time/The Gap Band
War
Ohio Players
Mandrill
this all-star show with, like, Luther Vandross and stuff. I forgot who else played. This was about 15 years ago.
Oh yes, and lest we forget the Prince taping on Good Morning America last year. (My first Prince show, her 4th).
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My mom has seen:

Bob Marley and the Wailers
Dennis Brown
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross
The Temptations
The Dells
Curtis Mayfield (she and my uncle were at the concert in Brooklyn where he had that terrible accident that left him paralyzed).

and the Prince/Tamar show in Miami.