What concerts you seen?

Over my many years I've seen the following artists, and like keeping  my old Grove card, I still have all the ticket stubs.

AC/DC, ALICE COOPER, BREAD, BOB DYLAN, BILLY IDOL, BB KING, BOOMTOWN RATS, BLUES BAND, BRUCE HORNSBY, BRYAN ADAMS, BONNIE RAITT, CROSBY STILLS AND NASH, CANNED HEAT, DIRE STRAITS, DR FEELGOOD, DOOBIE BROTHERS, DONOVAN, DEF LEPPARD, ELTON JOHN, ERIC CLAPTON, FRANKIE MILLER, FLEETWOOD MAC, GERRY RAFFERTY, GEORGIA SATELLITES, HORSLIPS, HUMAN LEAGUE, IGGY POP, JONATHAN RICHMAN, JEFF HEALEY, JUDAS PRIEST, JAMES TAYLOR, JASON AND THE SCORCHERS, JOHN FOGERTY, KINKS, NEIL YOUNG, NILS LOFGREN, PIRATES, PRETENDERS, ROLLING STONES, ROXY MUSIC, ROGER MC GUINN, ROGER GILMOUR, RORY GALLAGHER, STATUS QUO, SINEAD O'CONNOR, STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES, STEVE MILLER, TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, THE TROGGS, THE SWEET, U2, WARREN ZEVON, WATERBOYS, WISHBONE ASH, ZZ TOP    

Some of these I went to see a few times.

Keep on rockin in the free world.

Wow Pat and Ann, those are amazing lists.

Off the top of my head

David Byrne, Bic Runga, Page and Plant, Lenny Kravitz, Ziggy Marley, The Pale, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, Alannis Morrisette, REM, Jethro Tull, John Spillane, Aha (stick it in, they'll never notice and anyway you were 12, but we'd go to see them again wouldn't we, my precious..), The Walls, ACDC, Cake, The Stunning, Katell Keineg, US3, Mitcheners, Divine Comedy, David Gray, and thats all I can think of right now.

ok somewhere I wrote that The Rolling Stones was my first gig - but no somewhere in this aging mind I remembered: 1st gig was Slane 81 Sweet Savage, Rose Tattoo, The Bureau, Hazel O Connor, U2 & Thin Lizzy - brill and how could I forget -

Just off memory - Simply Red, Simple Minds, Joan Armatrading, Santana, J Jiles Band, Whaco Jacko - oh yeah, Elton John, Bowie, Rod Stewart, Leo Sayer, The Cranberrys, Procal Harem, The Horslips (think I was a nipper when I seen them), Howard Jones, Waterboys, Iggy Pop.. that's all for now folks..

Ok I have a question! Pat maybe you can answer but anyone who can shed some light is fine:

The Band - do you remember them, can you tell me a little bit about them if so - good or bad.

I remember a few songs that my band of brothers played:

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Rag Mama Rag (I think was the name)

Anyone?

"Well you see, we elder lemons both have good taste in de music, hence de similarities."

Ann! Are you saying Biker Pat has good taste in music? Well many moons ago, I was over in his gaff in Celtic Park and he showed me his record collection. I nearly threw up. He had every bleedin' Top of the Pops compilation, plus every K-Tel plus "Now thats what I call Music" 1 thru 30. Oh and the creme de la creme........ "Oops upside your Head" by the Gap Band. I stopped hangin' out with him after that.

The Gig Thing,

First biggie,as I've said somewhere else was Horslips in about'78 at the Stadium ( is that the one you're talking 'bout Eejit ?)

I've seen Lizzy a couple of times,Clapton,Page and Plant,Rory Gallagher,Dylan,Stones at the Point last year,never been to Slane,not mad about the festival thing,David Byrne a few times,Motorhead,Echo and the Bunnymen,Tom Robinson Band,In Tua Nua,Robert Plant solo,Stranglers,Pretenders,Paul McCartney,Springsteen,Simple Minds,Human League,Stereophonics,Manic Street Preachers, a revamped Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Point couple of years ago( quite enjoyable,Ronnie Van Zant's brother was the singer ) Deep Purple with Gillan but without Blackmore were on the same bill and were not very good, Franz Ferdinand,Scissors Sisters,Waterboys,Rodrigo and Gabriela,U2 about fifty times and finally, would you believe The Ramones.

Top five, Stones at the Point , had great seats. Waterboys one New Years Eve in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire,David Byrne either at the Ambassador or the Olympia, U2 Christmas '83 in The SFX and U2 RDS Feb,'81 and The Ramones at the now defunct TV Club in Harcourt St. in about '81 or '82.....................One,Two,Three,Four.

Loved The Ramones,wish I'd seen AC/DC though.

Rolo.

And... "The Bay City Rollers" I remember skipping up the road B A Y -B A Y - B A Y C I T Y  With an R O L L E R S - Bay city Rollers are the best.... Woody was my man - Bye Bye Baby .Ann can't believe you went to see them, I remember them well playing in Dublin and everyone walking around with tarten stripes down their pants and on the bottom of the big hems.

I was in love with Eric Faulkner ...the eyes did it I'm afraid. I went to see them when they played in the National Ballroom when they played in Dublin.....met them all and Alan Longmuir (who I must admit when I met them in real life was the most handsome!!!!) invited me to a party in the Royal Dublin Hotel where they were staying. Never went but had a great time chatting with him......have my little autograph message that he gave to me still in my memory box at home in Artane!Did'nt go basically because I did not want to give the illusion of being a bloody 'groupie' and here I am here trying my best to aspire to becoming one!!!!!