This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.
I've been fortunate enough to witness live performances by a lot of great rockin' pop acts. Today's exercise in imaginary playlists doesn't list any of those great acts; instead, we have a program of artists I didn't see, but whom one or another of my friends did.
To retain some focus here, I'm only counting acts I believe were witnessed in live concert by someone I've known--or at least met--in person. If I added the scope to include online friends and e-buddies, we'd be here all week. The concert attendees include family members, pals, former pals, coworkers, casual acquaintances, and working musicians who may have played on the same bill with the artist in question.
The latter category includes the Flashcubes, whom I've seen dozens of times, including slots on bills with the Runaways, the Ramones, Joe Jackson, 999, Artful Dodger, David Johansen, and the Fast. The 'Cubes also played with a bunch of acts I never got to see: the Police, U2, the Jam, Fotomaker, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Pat Benatar, the Star Spangles, and more. I'm gonna presume that when the 'Cubes weren't on stage themselves, they likely had a chance to see these other acts play.
And yeah, I know two people (my friend Pete and my brother-in-law Tony) who saw the Beatles. My friend Dawn saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience open for the Monkees. My lovely wife Brenda's first concert was Yes, and she also saw Cyndi Lauper (but left the show after Cyndi's set, skipping out on Stevie Ray Vaughan). A high school friend saw Suzi Quatro open for Alice Cooper. My sister Denise saw Led Zeppelin and the Beau Brummels (on separate bills). My friend Dave saw Blue Öyster Cult, and Dave's forthcoming novel will include his real-life reminiscence of that show's anticlimactic encore. My boss saw the Yardbirds and Fairport Convention. My friend Greg saw the Sex Pistols' final show in '78 (with the Avengers opening), and my friend Fritz caught the original Pistols quartet's reunion tour. TIRnRR's intrepid co-host Dana saw Styx, Rockpile, the Cure, the New Pornographers, and about a zillion other worthies. I'm a single degree of separation from tons of fine shows.
There were a few more acts I almost included. I'm pretty sure I know folks who saw Slade, the New York Dolls, Mott the Hoople, Elvis Presley, and the Knack. C'mon, Robbie Rist must have seen the Knack! I'm sure my friend Lois saw King Elvis I, and probably Devo, too. Plus she was at Woodstock. And I betcha Flashcubes guitarist Paul Armstrong saw Slade, the Dolls, and Mott. But I didn't want to overthink this, nor did I really want to contact anyone to confirm or deny their own Virtual Ticket Stub Gallery. So I stuck with what I felt were certainties.
I was tempted to list the Clash (whom I did see, but in the crappy Cut The Crap line-up without Mick Jones) and Badfinger (which was really Joey Molland with latter-day bandmates). And I almost omitted Blondie, since I saw Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (billed under their names rather than as Blondie). But we shouldn't split hairs here, so I'm going by the billing. I saw the Clash and Badfinger; I didn't see Blondie.
But some of my friends did.
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Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Acts I Never Saw Live (but my friends did)
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