Which artist or band have you seen the most in concert?

Can't remember.

 

Slade.

 

Um. Grateful Dead 250 times, JGB 150 times. Should have gone to less school and seen more shows.

 

It's hard to pick favorites. My list of McCoy shows with dates, locations, and band members is below. If I have to pick certain shows:
1) December 90 at Yoshi's. First time I saw McCoy. Went with my brother. Sitting about 5 feet from McCoy. I had a few cd's, but this was overwhelming. My brother had studied piano for 10 years, did not know who McCoy was, and was blow away.
2) the shows with Bobby Hutcherson. They played so well together and they both have good compositions.
3) 12/9/92 - first time seeing Billy Harper
4) 1/11/96 - first time seeing Michael Brecker. Jeff Kashiwa from Rippingtons sat at our table, he was friendly and there as a fan of Michael Brecker.
5) 1/18/15 - Tribute show to McCoy at SF Jazz. McCoy has slowed down a bit, but when he sits at the piano, the magic is there. This show was also sadly the last time I saw Geri Allen.


McCoy Tyner Dec-90 * Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 5/1/1991 Kimball's East Emeryville, CA McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 2/19/1992 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 2/21/1992 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 8/27/1992 Kimball's East Emeryville, CA McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 8/30/1992 Kimball's East Emeryville, CA McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 12/8/1992 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Sonny Fortune, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 6/16/1993 Kimball's East Emeryville, CA McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott, John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson, Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Billy Harper, Joe Ford, John Clark, Virgil Jones, Jerry Gonzalez, Howard Johnson

McCoy Tyner 5/5/1994 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Billy Harper, Sonny Fortune, Eddie Henderson, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 5/7/1994 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Billy Harper, Sonny Fortune, Eddie Henderson, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 1/22/1995 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Steve Turre, Paquito D'Rivera, Adam Cruz, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 1/11/1996 * Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Michael Brecker, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 1/23/1997 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Claudio Roditi, Avery Sharpe, David Sanchez, Steve Turre, etc.

McCoy Tyner 1/30/1997 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Gary Bartz, Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott

McCoy Tyner 3/22/1997 Masonic Auditorium San Francisco, CA McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner 1/15/1998 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brian Blade

McCoy Tyner 1/24/1998 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Steve Turre, David Sanchez, Claudio Roditi, Andy Gonzales, Giovanni Hidalgo, etc.

McCoy Tyner 1/30/1999 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Higgins, Joe Lovano, Charnett Moffett

McCoy Tyner 2/7/1999 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Gary Bartz, Steve Turre, Claudio Roditi, Dave Valentin, Andy Gonzalez

McCoy Tyner 9/21/2001 Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA McCoy Tyner, Branford Marsalis, George Mraz, Al Foster

McCoy Tyner 1/27/2002 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Kenny Garrett, George Mraz, Al Foster

McCoy Tyner 1/23/2003 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Cecil McBee, Jack DeJohnette

McCoy Tyner 1/29/2003 Yoshi's Oakland, CA McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash

McCoy Tyner 9/16/2006 Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA Eric Harland, Charnett Moffett, Bobby Hutcherson, Roy Hargrove

McCoy Tyner 1/18/2015 SF Jazz San Francisco, CA McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Geri Allen, Gerald Cannon, Francisco Mela

 

Wilco
SteelyDan

 

Envy!

Envy x 2!

Very cool, both of you! (And anyone else here whop saw our beloved Mats multiple times!)

 

Grateful Dead -- 8-10 times from 1978 till mid-80's

Neil Young -- 5-6 times

Jethro Tull -- 5-6 times

Kinks -- 4-5 times

The 'Oo -- 3 times

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45+ since 1999. In 8 european countries and 4 american states

13 solo acoustic
4 session band
Everything else with the E street band

 

A tie between the Stones and The Clash.

 

Nits 10 Times
U2 8 times

 

Very nice list I enjoyed going through it (as I listened to “Echoes of a Friend” ) I would to hear him with Billy Harper !
I haven’t heard him in a few years , but have great memories of some amazing concerts in Montreal , with Ravi Coltrane and another with Bobby Hutcherson ....they really should do a tribute series with him

 

Rush five times:

Presto tour
Counterparts tour
Test for Echo tour
Time Machine tour
R40 tour

Very sad that they seem to be done.

 

Rush - 23 times
PJ Harvey - 21 times
Radiohead - 18 times

 

The Cult. I've been to a lot of shows but have seen this band 13-14 times since 1986.

 

Grateful dead, probably 35-40 times.

Richard Thompson, 25-30.

Buddy Miller, at least a dozen.

Chris Thile, 15.

Captain Beefheart and the magic band, about 12.

Lyle Lovett, 12.

Steve Earle, 12-15.

Patty Griffith, 10.

I'm sure there are many others I've seen 10-20 times but I can think of them at the moment.

 

Australian soul singer Renee Geyer 14 times between 1991 and last July.
Cyndi Lauper 4 times once in 1989, twice in 2004, once in 2008 and once last year.
Pat Benatar, Alison Moyet and PJ Harvey twice.
The rest have all been once-offs so far but I am hoping that will change as I am now living in a place where concerts are easily accessible again. I recently returned from 15 years in the desert so my choices were limited and expensive to travel to.

 

Wife And I have seen Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at least 40 times and Mudcrutch 4 times.

 

Did you lose interest after '79?

 

Bob Dylan and Leah Seawright. About a dozen times each.

 

Yes 7
Marillion 7

 

The Who - 3
Prince - 2
Allman Brothers - 3
Bonnie Raitt - 2
James Taylor - 2
Eric Clapton - 2
Bob Dylan - 3

 

Probably Indigo Girls (what can I say - I love a pep rally!).
Or Tower of Power, I dunno...

I can't match up to the number of times some of you have, but, me and my wife have had a lotta resons to see a lotta shows.

 

Regarding the Dead -
A lot of us did.
That's right around when I got off the bus.
For me the magic was gone ... it just wasn't the same anymore.

 

Sonny Rollins and Bill Frisell maybe 6-7 times each, sun ra and the Art Ensemble maybe 4-5 times each. A couples of locals dozens of times. All of them had moments of magic, oftimes more than just moments, as did some who I only saw once.

 

Grateful Dead (45-ish)

Neil Young (9) a distant 2nd, close behind tied for 3rd are Jethro Tull & Richard Thompson (7) (RT sure to take sole possession ere long), and Rush (6) just behind them. Quite a few in the 3-5 range.