Though I did see and hear a lot of those listed here (Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, The Who with Keith Moon, Janis Joplin, Jeff Beck with Ron Wood and Rod Stewart, Johnny Cash, Albert King, Big Joe Turner with The Blasters, Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles in The Electric Flag---fantastic!, plenty of others), I was born too late to see Elvis with Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana (Billy Swan told me that in 1955 he saw them perform on the back of a flatbed truck in Tennessee) and The Rock ’n’ Roll Trio (Johnny Burnette and his brother Dorsey with guitarist Paul Burlinson. On tape at least the greatest of the Rockabilly bands.).
I feel very fortunate in having experienced NRBQ live, twice. When David Sanborn had them on his TV show, he introduced them as the best Rock ’n’ Roll band in the world. I thought that was The Stones claim ;-) . Saw them, they sucked. Also fortunate in having seen Dave Edmunds numerous times (he plays guitar like Keith Richards wishes he could)---solo and in his group with Nick Lowe Rockpile, Ry Cooder (as a member of Little Village. OMG ;-) and David Lindley.
And though I’ve seen The Band and Dylan, only separately, not together (I know two guys who saw Dylan with The Hawks in ’65 at The San Jose Civic Auditorium. Damn ;-) . I would love to have seen and heard Danny Gatton live, but he never made it out to the west coast (and is now dead). I’m holding out hope of seeing Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, imo the current best band in the world.
