My Concert List

Seeing the over 100 concerts on my nephew Aaron's website got me thinking about just what concerts I had attended over the years. The list is incomplete, as I was not a meticulous record keeper (and usually was enjoying some level of intoxication at the event itself), but thanks to the internet I have managed somehow to put this list together.

1. George Thorogood, Iowa State Fair, August 1985, attended with Mitchell Coglon and Tom Paulsen
2. The Psychedelic Furs / The Call, Minneapolis, August 1987, attended with Jim Anderson, Guy Tensen and some wierd chick acquaintance of Jim's
3. David Bowie, Minneapolis, October 1, 1987, attended with Jim Anderson, Guy Tensen, Scott Strack and Scott Bruns
4. George Thorogood / Brian Setzer, ISU Hilton Coliseum, July 1988, attended with Don Portwine, Jeanette Doonan and her roommate
5. Minnesota Orchestra, Bruckner’s 4th, October 1988, attended with Kevin Johnson and other students in Arch 301
6. The Who, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO, August 5, 1989, attended with Loren Christensen and Kyle Horn
   
7. R.E.M., ISU Hilton Coliseum, October 1, 1989, attended with Guy Tensen (free tickets for the third row - thanks Brian and Rita!)
8. The Rolling Stones, ISU Cyclone Stadium, October 7, 1989, attended with Jim Anderson and Ivy Hansen, Tony Bochicchio and Whitney, Kevin Brocker, Loren Christensen, Scott Petersen and Guy Tensen
9. Scruffy the Cat, ISU M-Shop, October 28, 1989, attended with Jim Anderson, Tony Bochicchio, Kevin Brocker, Loren Christensen, Tim Pinkston and Guy Tensen
10. The Beat Farmers, People’s, Ames 1990, attended with Kevin Brocker ("Don't douse Dick!")
11. The Meat Puppets, ISU Maintenance Shop, January 21, 1990, attended with Tim Pinkston
    
12. Scruffy the Cat / Full Fathom Five, ISU Maintenance Shop, March 31, 1990, attended with Guy Tensen
    
13. Eric Clapton, ISU Hilton Coliseum, April 20, 1990, attended with John Jordan
14. Paul McCartney, ISU Cyclone Stadium, July 18, 1990, attended with a bunch of Army folks (got in for free working the ROTC concession stand).
15. The Smithereens, ISU C.Y. Stephens, October 25, 1990, attended with Kevin Brocker, Ann Hruby, Tim Pinkston and Guy Tensen
16. Yitzhak Perlman, ISU C.Y. Stephens, 1991, attended with Trisha Stotler
17. The Beat Farmers, People’s, Ames, 1991, attended with Guy Tensen
18. Bob Dylan, ISU C.Y. Stephens, November 2, 1991, attended with Lance Miller
19. L7, Hairy Mary’s, Des Moines, July 3, 1992, attended with Kevin Brocker and Lance Miller
20. Laibach, Chicago, Caberet Metro, July 18, 1992, attended with Jim Anderson
21. Farm Aid VI, ISU Cyclone Stadium, April 24, 1993, attended with Jon Nielsen and friends
22. Paul Westerberg, Richmond, VA, Flood Zone, August 1, 1993, attended with Rob and Kathy Brasington
23. Richard Thompson, Frankfurt, Germany, Nachtleben, June 5, 1994, attended with Annett Scholz
24. The Rolling Stones, ISU Cyclone Stadium, October 1, 1994, attended with Loren Christensen
25. Johnny Cash, Bayreuth, Germany, September 25, 1995, attended with Jim Murray
26. B.B. King, Tuzla, Hungary, July 26, 1996, attended with a bunch of Army folks
27. David Copperfield, Richmond, VA, January, 1997, attended with Katja Reich
28. The Rolling Stones, Zeppelinfeld, Nürnberg, July 16, 1998, attended with Katja Reich
    
29. Stomp, Frankfurt, Alte Oper, August 2003, attended with Katja Meyer
30. Laibach, München, Backstage, December 14, 2006, attended with Jon Nielsen
31. Richard Thompson, Nürnberger Bardentreffen, July 29, 2007
32. Tool, Frankfurt, August 28, 2007, attended with Jocelyn Riehl
    

There may be others that I haven't remembered as of yet, so I'll post them as they come back to me.

As is obvious, my concert going peaked out during my college days, which is too bad. I need to get back into the music scene.

As far as regrets go, here are some shows that I could have attended and wish that I would have:

Van Halen, 1984 tour, Omaha
Soul Asylum, ISU Maintenance Shop, March 1, 1987
Fleetwood Mac, Ames, Iowa, 1988
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ames, Iowa, 1991
U2, Ames, Iowa, September 11, 1992
Liz Phair / Alanis Morrisette, Richmond, VA 1997