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

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

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

D - The Doors, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, DIIV, Doobie Brothers, Dr. John, The Detroit Cobras, Bo Diddley, Drive-By Truckers, The Delfonics, The Dells, John Denver, Ani DiFranco, Sandy Denny, Deer Tick, The Dovells

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

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

G - Marvin Gaye, Gang of Four, Grateful Dead, Dexter Gordon, Nanci Griffith, The Godfathers, Arlo Guthrie, The Guess Who, Steve Goodman, 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, John Hiatt, John Hartford, Woody Herman & His Thundering Herd, Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, Dave Holland, Tim Hardin, Hot Tuna, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Hawkwind, Humble Pie

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

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

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

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

M - Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Mamas & The Papas, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Martha & The Vandallas, The Marvelettes, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, Mercury Rev, Don McLean, Buddy Miles, Hugh Masekela, Moby Grape, Lee Michaels, Mott The Hoople, Mother Earth, John McLaughlin & Shakti, Buddy Miller, Wes Montgomery, John Mayall, Bill Monroe

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

O - Phil Ochs, Odetta, The Orlons, Beth Orton, Ohio Players, The O'Jays, Oregon

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

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, Roomful of Blues, Leon Redbone

S - Sun Ra, Santana, Steppenwolf, The Shangra-Las, The Stray Cats, Bruce Springsteen, The Shocking Blue, Simon & Garfunkel, Al Stewart, Archie Shepp, The Supremes, Steeleye Span, Sonny Stitt, Steel Pulse, Squeeze, Sir Douglas Quintet, Sly & The Family Stone, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Chris Smither, Sweet Stavin Chain, Todd Snider, 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

T - Talking Heads, Ten Years After, 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

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

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

W - Wilco, Tom Waits, 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, Neil Young, The Youngbloods, Young Marble Giants

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

10,000 Maniacs, 54-40