The GNR thread made me think...

[The Peeper]

Yeah but JVZ isn't bad and Rickey Medlocke is a bad *** guitarists so even said, they're worth seeing.

In other words they're just a cover band

 

[The Peeper]

Now they have the nerve to call themselves Skynyrd w/ no surviving members alive even.

Pat, they are just a cover band with the little brother of the lead singer and a bunch of canibalizing record company executives trying to capitalize on the name. Baby brother was 17 when the plane crash happened and is the only thread holding on now

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Garth Brooks when he played The Hump in the early 90's

Wonder if Garth got to partake in his "hobby," while in Starkvegas?

 

[Taz_Man]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

 

[patdog]

Wonder if Garth got to partake in his "hobby," while in Starkvegas?

Alleged hobby.

 

[Walkthedawg]

Pat, they are just a cover band with the little brother of the lead singer and a bunch of canibalizing record company executives trying to capitalize on the name. Baby brother was 17 when the plane crash happened and is the only thread holding on now

Pretty much. Ronnie was the songwriting engine of the band. The story is he wrote the song Sweet Home Alabama while sitting and fishing on a river in Jacksonville while the band was in a nearby building finalizing the music. He never wrote down the lyrics of his songs as he memorized them all as he went over them.

No telling how many more absolute classics was missed out on because not enough fuel was put in the airplane.

 

[elvis76]

My list of Great Bands/Acts seen is long but the one I wanted to see but missed was
the Rolling Stones, would have been about 73 (cue the "boomer haters") in High School
and had tickets with a friend to see them in Baton Rouge. I got seriously sick the day before
and still in bad shape the day of and no way would I have survived the drive to/from Jackson.
My friend had no trouble finding someone to take my place.

 

[preacher_dawg]

Poor Old Lu, Prayer Chain, Sixpence None the Richer, I would love to see U2 before they call it quits, Black Eyed Sceva. I would have loved to see Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin, but that was before my time.

 

[Villagedawg]

What is a band or artist that you regret not seeing or not seeing in their prime. My two regrets are not seeing GNR in their prime, saw them a year or so ago, and not seeing Prince at all.

GNR and Van Halen. I did see the Van Hagar version in 88.

 

[dawgman42]

Rush

 

[dickiedawg]

I had a chance to see Garth Brooks when he played The Hump in the early 90's for free, but declined the ticket because "I didn't like country music".

Had a chance to see Metallica & Aerosmith in the mid-90's but didn't feel like making the drive from Starkville to New Orleans.

Garth may not be in his prime anymore but he still puts on a heck of a show. Sticks to the hits.