Patchouli Mama: Concerts

I'm not much into the "self portrait" thing that some folks are doing on their blogs these days. But I did do a little introspection over the past few weeks or so, and I've come up with a list of concerts I've been to over the years. I challenged my brother, Kyle, to tell me which ones he'd been to, and he was disappointed to come up way shorter than I did. (Seems natural to me, considering how many years I've got on him!) He said he figured he was probably forgetting some... well, duh! I wouldn't be surprised if I was forgetting a couple as well. Check out my list, and you'll see why I could forget some. I doubt if my list is the longest ever--there are many people out there who've been to more than me. What I find amusing is the dichotomy there--from Nitzer Ebb (sort of dark, industrial/techno with electric drums) to Carmen (hard-core born-again Christian artist--I was "lucky" enough to witness someone speaking in tongues at that concert, they were so moved by it... Yikes!). Anyway, if anyone out there wants to list theirs, please let me know so I can check it out! (Oh, and by the way, I had originally NOT put numbers by the concerts and I had originally listed each artist/band separately, but my brother didn't think that was fair, as it made it look like more concerts! Tee! hee! I still have about 30 on him!)

These are not necessarily in chronological order... I'm doing my best to list them as I saw them, but it's a little fuzzy anymore! They're listed with the Headliner first, followed by the opening band(s)... if there's no opening band(s) listed, there either weren't any or I can't remember who opened for the Headliner.
1) RATT, Poison- Omaha

2) The Beastie Boys, Fishbone - Lincoln

3) Iron Maiden - Omaha

4) Great White - Omaha

5 & 6) AC/DC (twice) - Omaha

7) Motley Crue - Omaha

8) Bon Jovi - Omaha

9) The Rolling Stones, Living Color - Ames, IA

10 & 11) R.E.M. (twice) - Lincoln, Omaha

12) George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers, Brian Setzer - Omaha

13) Dee Lite - Omaha

14) The Smithereens - Omaha

15) Modern English - Omaha

16) Acapella - Omaha

17) Carmen - Omaha

18) Hat Trick, Zwarte - Omaha

19 & 20) Nine Inch Nails (twice) - Omaha

21 & 22) Cheap Trick (twice) - Kearney, NE and Lincoln

23) The B-52's, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Kansas City, MO

24 & 25) Indigo Girls (twice) - Valparaiso, IN, and Lincoln

26) David Bowie - Denver

27) Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb - Denver

28) Depeche Mode - Chicago

29) U2 - Ames, IA

30) New Order - Chicago

31) Duran Duran, Terrance Trent D'Arby - Chicago

32) Sting - Denver

33) Prince - Chicago

34) Grateful Dead, Sting (this is hilarious--NOBODY went into the arena until Sting was about 3/4 of the way through his performance!!! What a riot!) - Chicago

35) INXS - Chicago

36) The Millions - Lincoln

37) Melissa Etheridge, Matthew Sweet - Ames, IA

38) Matthew Sweet, The Millions, Lie Awake - Omaha

39) Allman Brothers Band, Rusted Root - Lincoln

40) Pink Floyd - Kansas City, MO

41) The Eagles - Kansas City, MO

42) Huey Lewis and the News - Kansas City, MO

43) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Omaha

44) White Zombie - Omaha

45) Son Seals - Lincoln

46) Steely Dan - Kansas City, MO