A to Z Live

Yo La Tengo

My expanded A to Z list of shows after a day of thinking about it. Pardon the long list but I've been going out to see live music well over 50 years and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot. I've never written this all down. It was fun. Also no reunion shows. Here goes...

A -  Aerosmith,  Alice Cooper, Allman Brothers Band,  Alt-J, Dave Alvin, Amboy Dukes, American Dream, Eric Anderson, The Animals, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Asleep At The Wheel, The Association, Atlas Sound, Average White Band, The Avett Brothers

B - The B-52’s, The Band, Gato Barbieri, The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, The Bee Gees, Pat Benatar, George Benson, Chuck Berry,  Besnard Lakes, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Andrew Bird, Mary Black, Black 47, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Norman Blake, Bobby Blue Bland, The Blasters, Blood Sweat & Tears, Blue Cheer, Blue Rodeo, The Blues Project, Blues Travelers, Booker T. & The MGs, Charles Bradley, Oscar Brand, Anthony Braxton, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, David Bromberg, Greg Brown, James Brown, Jackson Browne, Roy Buchanan, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buffalo Springfield, Built To Spill, Sandy Bull, Solomon Burke, Burning Spear, Gary Burton, Butterfield Blues Band, The Byrds

C - Cactus, Calexico, Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Peter Case, Rosanne Cash, The Chambers Brothers, Chubby Checkers, The Chesterfield Kings, Chicago, The Chocolate Watch Band, Lou Christie, Eric Clapton, Bruce Cockburn, Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, The Contours, Ry Cooder, Chick Corea, Elvis Costello, Country Joe & The Fish, Cowboy Junkies, Robert Cray, Crazy Horse, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Marshall Crenshaw, Jim Croce, Crosby Stills Nash & Young,          

D - Ken Denson's Tiny Universe, The Dears, The Doors, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Ja DIIV, Doobie Brothers, Dr. John, The Detroit Cobras, Bo Diddley, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Disco Biscuits, The Divine Comedy, Drive-By Truckers, The Delfonics, The Dells, John Denver, Ani DiFranco, Sandy Denny, Deer Tick, Dropkick Murphys, The Dovells, The Downchild Blues Band, Dream Syndicate

E - The English Beat, Earth Wind & Fire, Exuma, Steve Earle, Dave Edmunds, Joe Ely, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Enemies, Electric Prunes, Alejandro Escovedo

F - Flaming Lips, The Four Tops, Fairport Convention, Feist, Aretha Franklin, Bela Fleck, Freakwater, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Fitz & The Tantrums, Ben Folds, The Four Seasons, Frijid Pink, Tav Falco & Panther Burns, Foghat, The Fugs

G - Marvin Gaye, Galactic, Gang of Four, The Gin Blossoms, Gomez, The Grass Roots, Grateful Dead, JJ Grey & MOFRO, Dexter Gordon, Nanci Griffith, The Godfathers, Arlo Guthrie, The Guess Who, Steve Goodman, Gov't Mule, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Al Green, Buddy Guy, Gong, Gentle Giant, The Golden Palominos, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Grapes of Wrath, Great Big Sea, Patty Griffin, Rory Gallagher, The Gun Club 

H - The Hollies, Hall & Oates, Sarah Harmer, John Hiatt, John Hartford, Woody Herman & His Thundering Herd, Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, Will Hoge, Dave Holland, The Hopping Penguins, Hothouse Flowers, Tim Hardin, Hot Tuna, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Hawkwind, Humble Pie, Rufus Harley

I - Janis Ian, Ian & Sylvia, Iggy & The Stooges, The Incredible String Band, Indigo Girls, The Intruders, Iron Butterfly, Chris Isaak, Jason Isbell, The Isley Brothers

J - J. Geils Band, Jade Warrior, Tommy James & The Shondells, Bert Jansch, Jefferson Airplane, Jesus and Mary Chain, Joan Jett, John Brown's Body, Johnny’s Dance Band, Janis Joplin, The Jumpers, Fela Kuti

K - The Kinks, B.B. King, Kraftwerk, Albert King, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Allison Krauss, King Sunny Ade, Al Kooper, Kool & The Gang, Kris Kristofferson, Leo Kottke, The Kit Kats

L - Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Gordon Lightfoot, Little Feat, Little Richard, Living Colour, Shorty Long, Oscar Lopez, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Lothar and the Hand People, G. Love & Special Sauce, Nick Lowe, Lowest Of The Low

M -  Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Mamas & The Papas, Aimee Mann, Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Martha & The Vandallas, The Marvelettes, Hugh Masekela, John Mayall, John McLaughlin & Shakti, Don McLean, Medeski Martin & Wood, Mercury Rev, Tift Merritt, Lee Michaels, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Buddy Miles, Buddy Miller, Joni Mitchell, Moby Grape, Bill Monroe, Wes Montgomery, The Moody Blues, Mott The Hoople, Mother Earth, Moxy Fruvous, Shawn Mullins

N - Graham Nash, The National, Nazz, Neutral Milk Hotel, Willie Nile, North Mississippi Allstars

O - Phil Ochs, Odetta, Ohio Players, The O'Jays, Old 97's, Oregon, The Orlons, Beth Orton, Joan Osborne 

 
P - Psychedelic Furs, Wilson Pickett, Grace Potter & The Nocturnes, Peter Paul & Mary, Pacific Gas & Electric, Savoy Brown, Tom Paxton, John Prine, Utah Philips, The Persuasions, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Pure Prairie League, Procol Harum, Flora Purim, Pink Floyd, The Philosopher Kings

Q - Quicksilver Messenger Service

R - R.E.M., Sonny Rollins, The Ronettes, The Ramones, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Randolph Family Band, Dewey Redman, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Reverend Horton Heat, Leon Russell, The Rascals, Bonnie Raitt, Redbone, The Roches, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Romantics, Roomful of Blues, Leon Redbone, Todd Rundgren, Tom Rush

S - The Sattalites, The Saw Doctors, Sun Ra, Santana, Martin Sexton, Steppenwolf, The Shangra-Las, The Stray Cats, Son Volt, The Spin Doctors, The Spirit of the West, Bruce Springsteen, Spyro Gyra, The Shocking Blue, Simon & Garfunkel, Al Stewart, Rod Stewart, Archie Shepp, The Supremes, Steeleye Span, Sonny Stitt, Steel Pulse, Squeeze, Sir Douglas Quintet, Sly & The Family Stone, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Sloan, Chris Smither, The Smithereens, Sweet Stavin Chain, Todd Snider, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Matthew Sweet, String Driven Thing, The Strawbs, The Staple Singers, The Soul Survivors, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Leo Sayer, Terrence Simien & The Zydeco Experience, The Seeds, Steve Miller Band, Seatrain, Spooky Tooth, SVT

T - Talking Heads, Ten Years After, Them Jazzbeards, Ike & Tina Turner, Thompson Twins, Taj Mahal, The Temptations, Three Dog Night, Tom Rush, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Richard Thompson, The Troggs, Traffic, Tower of Power, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Throwing Muses

U - U2, UB40, Uncle Earl, James Blood Ulmer, Ultimate Spinach

V - The Velvet Underground, Jimmie Vaughn, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Suzanne Vega, Dave Van Ronk, Violent Femmes, The Ventures, Townes Van Zandt, Kurt Vile, Vanilla Fudge, Vetiver

W - Wilco, John Waite, Tom Waits, The Wallflowers, Jimmy Witherspoon, Randy Weston, Johnny Winter, Stevie Wonder, Lucinda Williams, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grover Washington Jr, The Wood Brothers, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Widespread Panic, Wendy & Bonnie, Weather Report, Muddy Waters, Mary Wells, Wild Strawberries, Doc Watson

X - X, X-Ray Spex 

Y - Yo La Tengo, Yonder Mountain String Band, Neil Young, The Youngbloods, Young Marble Giants

Z - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, ZZ Top, Zola Jesus

10,000 Maniacs, 54-40