In addition to playing music, I have always enjoyed going to concerts. I just love the excitement before a concert and the shared excitement of a crowd during a concert. Here are the artists I have seen live so far, chronologically ordered by the first time I saw them. Some you do or might know, others you should know, imho.
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Puhdys – early 90s in Eisenach, Germany
Canned Heat: some time in the mid-90s in Merkers, Germany
the Kelly Family: twice in the mid-90s in Eisenach
Alexander Blume & Band: 1995 in Eisenach, 2019 in Eschwege, Germany, 2019 in Ruhla, Germany
Jeannie Carroll: 1995 in Eisenach
Geile Götter: many times between 1996 and 2006; we used to play as their support act in and around Eisenach.
Love Parade: 1997 in Berlin, Germany
Joe Cocker: 1997 in Erfurt, Germany, 2005 in Sankt Wendel, Germany
Barbara Dennerlein: 1999 in Mühlhausen, Germany
Marius Müller-Westernhagen: 1999 in Frankfurt, Germany
Choro di Praha & Praha Symphonic Orchestra: 2001 and 2006 in Bamberg, Germany
Mark Knopfler: 2001 in Munich, Germany, 2010 and 2011 in Dublin, Ireland, 2015 in Bad Kissingen, Germany, 2019, Leipzig, Germany
Banana Fishbones: 2002 and 2007 in Bamberg, Germany
Herbert Grönemeyer: 2003 in Munich
Simon Phillips: 2003 at the Frankfurt Music Fair
Andy Timmons: 2003 at the Frankfurt Music Fair
Orange Blue: 2003 at the Frankfurt Music Fair
Axel Zwingenberger: 2003 at the Frankfurt Music Fair
Dixie Chicks: 2003 in Munich
Absolute Beginner: 2004 in Nuremberg, Germany
Die Toten Hosen: 2004 in Würzburg, Germany
Harlem Gospel Choir: 2004 in Galway, Ireland
Why Didn’t they Ask Evans: 2006 in Trier, Germany
Christy Moore: 2007 in Galway, 2014 in Tullamore, Ireland
Texas Lightning: 2007 in Bamberg
David Lyttle: 2007 in Galway
Stars: 2008 in Galway, Ireland
Sharon Shannon: 2009 in Galway
Eleanor McEvoy: 2010 in Galway
Bob Dylan: 2011 in Dublin
Codaline: 2015 in Dublin
The Dubliners: 2015 in Dublin
Heidi Talbot: 2017 in Newbridge, Ireland
Wartburg College Choir from Iowa (the best choir I have ever heard, like ever!: 2017 in Galway
Norah Jones: 2017 at Stuttgart Jazz Open, Germany
Jamie Cullum: 2017 at Stuttgart Jazz Open
Nico Wieditz aka Starlights: 2019 in Waldkappel, Germany
…and the festival I sadly missed created my favourite Youtube live-music video:
Just listen to that crowd!