which true "icons" have you seen?

[scootron]

Okay, this is going a bit off track. :scowl:
Think "knighted by the queen"... Kennedy Center honoree... Congressional Medal of Honor... had entire towns renamed after him/her... the subject of a PBS "American Masters" profile... discussed in children's schoolbooks throughout the land... a household name to everyone from your average, run-of-the-mill teenager to your 89-year-old aunt... you get the idea...

Narrowing it down that way, probably Brubeck, B.B., Hooker, and Clapton.

 

[BassyBill]

Jaco
Joe Zawinul
John McLaughlin
Jack Bruce
Billy Cobham
Stanley Clarke
Chick Corea
Buddy Rich
The Who (Daltrey, Townsend, Entwistle - not Moon )

Don't know whether these would all be classed as "icons of the 20th Century" - more like "all time musical greats" I suppose.

Somebody mentioned seeing Yes - I've seen the band, but I also recently saw Steve Howe jamming with a Yes tribute band!

Allan Holdsworth
Percy Jones/Brand X

Me too. And Bruford, when Jeff Berlin was the bassist in the band (Gradually Going Tornado tour, double header with Brand X).

 

[BassyBill]

Okay, this is going a bit off track. :scowl:

Yes, perhaps. But threads will wander wherever they will - starting a thread doesn't mean you have much control over where it ends up going.

I think all this is pretty interesting, as it happens. I don't think most folks are listing EVERYONE they've ever seen, just people they think of as especially musically noteworthy. I left out quite a lot of folks who were well worth seeing but not in the same league for me as the others I mentioned.

 

[DanGouge]

Prince
U2
The Rolling Stones

 

[von buck]

A Kansas tribute band.
Does this count?

 

[projectMalamute]

So by iconic we mean mega-mega-mega-famous? 99% of the time that translates directly to douchebag in my experience. I saw Paul Simon one time. He was alright I guess. The five or so Brazilian dudes playing percussion(plus Steve Gadd) were the most interesting thing.

Shows I've seen by people far more iconic in any circles I care about: the Jesus Lizard, Peter Brotzmann, the Melvins, Cheap Trick, Mike Watt.

 

[JacoLesFlea]

Roy Clark
Doc Severinson
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page/Robert Plant
The Who w/ Kenny Jones
Herbie Hancock
Arturo Sandoval
Black Sabbath w/ Ronnie James Dio
Chuck Berry not in concert but at the Minneapolis airport back in 1983
MC Hammer
AC DC
Britney Spears
Chris Botti
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Gwen Steffani/Black Eyed Peas
Motley Crue
Gary Moore
Dio
Accept
Yngie Malmsteen
Triumph
Night Ranger
Van Halen
Rush

 

[artistanbul]

stanley clarke
hancock
metallica (back when they were good)
satriani
al di meola
paco de lucia
poncho sanchez
zakir hussein
james brown
roger waters
michael jackson

there are more.
What I would really would like to have would be Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.. Too late for that though.

 

[4bpauly]

some may be a stretch...

Michael Jackson
Pearl Jam
Dave Matthews Band

 

[theroan]

Meshuggah

 

[lunarpollen]

It seems weird to me that I seem to be the first one in the thread so far to say Les Paul. He's the only real icon I think I've seen, and I believe he is the epitome of "icon." I saw the Les Paul Trio play at Fat Tuesday's in NYC several years ago and they were amazing.

I've also seen the Pretty Things a handful of times in the late 1990's.

I saw the Who in NYC back then too for their Quadrophenia spectacular with special guests

 

[Elrend]

Does Wayne Shorter with Brian Blade count?
Jan Garbarek

And thats all the greats I've seen

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

I've seen all the big bands of the 70s - like Yes, Genesis, Led Zep etc.

But what sticks in my mind is seeing Jeff Buckley at Elvis Costello's 'Meltdown' event at the Royal Festival Hall.

So there were lots of diverse artists at this event, but his voice stood up against the best and was quite 'other worldly' in the high parts/notes - also during the parts of the show when he wasn't singing - he came and sat next to us and watched with rapt concentration.

Apart from his genuine interest in others - he had real "presence", even though he was just sitting there - you could feel it ...almost physically.

It's a shame he's no longer with us...

 

[bobba66]

I had Timothy Leary tickets but I got stoned and forgot to go.