Steve Earle and The Dukes opened for Bob Dylan.
@winoguy17 , Steve Earle is one of my favorites; I would have loved to see that. What year was that?
The best opening act you've ever seen & heard?
I have two:
In 1983 I went to see The Plimsouls (Peter Case’s pre-solo career band) at The Garage, a tiny little "club" on Ventura Blvd. The room had filled up (elbow-to-elbow tight), and the opening act started their set. My woman and I both looked at each other, our mouths agape. It was Los Lobos, and they were great! Their debut album How Will The Wolf Survive? had yet to be released, but I sure picked it up when it was.
I went to see John Hiatt at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. during his Perfectly Good Guitar tour, entering the room just as the opening act was starting her final song. The ads for the show listed her name, which was unfamiliar to me. As the song started and progressed, I was stunned; the song she and her band were performing was a great one, and I knew I had missed a quality set of music. It was Sheryl Crow, whose debut album had not yet been released. Damn it!
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@tony1954 , and Linda Ronstadt is another one of my favorites! I remember seeing a documentary about her (I think it was on CNN) and I kind of remember that the documentary talking about that tour (Young & Ronstadt) and saying that she did such a great job as an opener that Young had her alternate with him on who would open and who would headline. If I remember correctly, he could get some extra rest this way. |
Not and opening act, but... I saw Bonnie Raitt playing unannounced/unadvertised @ the Airliner Bar (Iowa City, IA) on Friday March 29, 1974 with no cover charge. Was walking down the street, heard the music and then saw her on a little pool table sized stage through the window. She was a backup musician for Muddy Waters who played Iowa City's Hancher Auditorium the following evening (Saturday).
DeKay |
J. Geils Band opened for Humble Pie - 1972 James Gang (Tommy Bolin version) opened for Beck - Bogart & Appice - 1973 New York Dolls opened for Mott the Hoople - 1973 ("Halloween on acid") Mannfred Mann's Earth Band opened for Blue Oyster Cult - 1974 China Crisis opened for Simple Minds - 1984 The Silencers opened for X and Warren Zevon - 1987 Richard Thompson opened for Bonnie Raitt - 1989 House of Freaks opened for Concrete Blonde - 1989 Pylon opened for R.E.M. - 1989 Hunters & Collectors opened for Midnight Oil - 1990 Wendy MaHarry opened for The Blue Nile - 1990 The Go-Betweens opened for Lloyd Cole - 1991 Sam Phillips opened for Bruce Cockburn - 1991 Dada opened for Sting - 1993 Ivy opened for Lloyd Cole - 1995 Mark Eitzel opened for Everything But the Girl - 1995 |
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