Question of the Week: What band or artist have you seen in concert the most?

Local Spins’ Question of the Week (Aug. 1, 2024)

What band or artist have you seen in concert the most?

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THE READER RESPONSES:

Amy Austin – I think it would be Railroad Earth. I’ve seen them 5 times since the first time I saw them at Bell’s in 2011.

Steve Sly – I have lost exact count, but bands that I have seen around 20 times would include Blue Oyster Cult, Kansas, Queensryche, Foghat & Yes.

Barbara Potyraj-Robinson – Neil Young

Martin E. Hannah – John Mayer

David Ellyatt – It is hard to say, as I have been to so many shows since my first one in 1984. But in 2019, I started a spreadsheet of all the concerts I have attended and since then, The Accidentals are leading the pack as I have seen them 8 times.

Rene Nicholas – Believe it or not, Donny Osmond! The Osmonds were the first concert I ever went to, at age 11 in 1971. When Donny became a solo act later in life, I saw him 5 times, so a total of 6. The Who (Roger Daltrey) is a close second with seeing The Who 4 times and Roger solo once, for a total of five times. Ask me again in a few years and my answer will be Greta Van Fleet.

John J R Robinson – Either Bela Fleck (in various bands/duos) or Donna The Buffalo.

Isaac Powrie – Umphrey’s McGee and Greensky Bluegrass

Valerie Meinecke – Springsteen

Elle Lutz – Jackson Browne and Jason Isbell, there’s a theme here. I like great American songwriters.

Tom Crandle – Sloppy Seconds and Mustard Plug. 30 plus times each.

Janna Bouma Hasselbring – Todd Rundgren

Mike Metchikoff – Jimmy Buffett by far…probably 18-24 times from 1978 through 2018.

Danny Alex – Grateful Dead, but Greensky Bluegrass is catch up rather quickly

Richard B. Kelley – For me, it’s The Rolling Stones: 41 times since 1975. Every tour.

Mickey Benes – Styx

Anthony Anderson – Umphrey’s McGee 290 times followed by Phish 49 times. My 50th Phish show is Aug 6th at Van Andel!

John Sinkevics – For me, it’s no contest: Elton John and by a wide margin. (20-plus times.) Of course, this doesn’t count numerous and beloved local/regional acts who I’ve seen literally countless times (Billy Strings, The Crane Wives, The Accidentals, The War and Treaty, May Erlewine, Greensky Bluegrass, Legal Immigrants, The Concussions, etc). And for national acts I’ve seen multiple times but can’t exactly remember how many (but a lot): Steve Earle, Alejandro Escovedo, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, The Eagles, Joan Osborne, and gee, I forget.

Andrew Moody – Dang, I can barely afford ELTON ROHN VIP tix

Jimmi Koelzer – Tull

Mark DeWitt – Rush, seven times.

Denny Gramza – Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan

Steve Middendorp – The Black Crowes- 6 or 7 times, plus other Robinson side projects CRB 3 times, Magpie Salute 2 times.

Michael J Vizard – I wonder what Aris would say. I just looked at his list: Genesis 17 times and The Tubes 9 times.

Adam Kenyon – Ben Folds 11 times.

John Matthes – Peter Gabriel x 6

Kevin Riley – I’d say probably the Avett Brothers. Probably have seen them 6 times.

Brian VanOchten – The Verve Pipe (lost count after a while). Runners-up: Bryan Adams and Van Halen.

Rick Powell – Peter Gabriel …pretty much every tour since he went solo after Genesis.

Shazzer McBroddle – King Crimson, Kraftwerk and California Guitar Trio

Scott VanderSchel – The Verve Pipe. Too many to count.

Kelly Scott Kelly – Thanks to our friend, Troy Garcia I’d have to say Bruce Springsteen.

Randy Cleves – Rush. Lost count, but pushing 20.

Lani Jordan – Springsteen — headed for concert #13 in Philly August 24. Second is Rosanne Cash with 9.

Sarah Fairbanks Keen – Pearl Jam by a wide margin. Shows #21 and 22 coming up at the end of the month. Give or take a couple.

Brandino Proch – I don’t know what my Desmond Jones or Mustard Plug counts are – probably pushing 20 each – but Phish is at 26 and will be at 31 by the end of the week!

Jamee Valdez-Welch – Sometimes your local favs move away, but you always travel around the country or Mexico to see them= Greensky Bluegrass #144 times. Phish soon to be 75 times. Umphrey’s McGee #53.

Kelly Latimer – The Avett Brothers. 16 times since 2018. 1 more show this year. Next closest? Kenny Chesney or Tim McGraw. Guessing maybe 7-8 times.

James R. Murphy Jr. – Bruce Springsteen. Then, the Kinks.

Bob Schader – Genesis!

Tricia Boot – In the last 10 years, I’ve seen Trombone Shorty seven times (including once in NOLA). But reading these other responses is making think I need to step up my game in terms of traveling to see my favorites!

Brian Haik – The Allman Brothers Band! Seen them 22 times all across the country. Twice with Dickey Betts, 20 times with Derek & Warren.

Don Bidell – Santana…over 70x since 1977

Ben Wade – Clutch – the show at 20 Monroe next month will be my 10th or 11th time.

Michael J Vizard – Captain Geech and The Shrimp Shack Shooters…7 times…

Daniel P Hudelson – The Guess Who, maybe 10 times back in the day, and four more during the 2000-2001 reunion tours, plus several solo Burton and a Cummings Bachman show.

Myrna Jacobs – Kenny Rogers. And band. My brother-in-law played bass with him for 40 years.

Mike Metchikoff – Jimmy Buffett by far…probably 18-24 times from 1978 through 2018.

Rick Wilson – The Who five times

Lee Chase – Little Feat – 8 or 9 shows, and several Michigan bands (e.g. MC5, SRC, Alice Cooper, Frost etc.) that I saw play countless times.

Charles Honey – The Kinks/Ray Davies, 7X. Best was Ray solo at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, backed by the 88s. Also Schoolboys in Disgrace concert in Detroit circa 1976. First time at Ford Auditorium in Detroit, with Captain Beefheard the opener! Leo Kottke a close second, maybe 6 times starting at MSU Erickson Kiva, State Theater in Kazoo a couple times, Meijer Gardens and St. Cecilia twice.

Austin Whipple – Ween: 4 times, all in Chicago.

Vanessa Clark – Greensky Bluegrass and Tool

Bev Fischer – Elton John, Bob Seger and Michael Bubble.

Jeremy Ensley – Beach House, and I’d buy a ticket immediately if they came around again.

Andrew Ogrodzinski – The Grateful Dead with Jerry 50×. After Jerry dozens. Lost count.

Eric Langejans – Doc Watson. I would guess that I have seen him play 80-90 times

Mario León – Bonnie Raitt countless times. Followed by Joan Armatrading and Patti Smith, both over 10 times.

William Hahs – The Who

Steve Aman – Joe Jackson and Blue Oyster Cult

Kim Bouma Powell – Bruno Mars: Four times in four different cities.

AJ Dunning – Cheap Trick.

Daniel W Dawe – Donna the Buffalo, over 100 times.

Kurt Ehinger – Pat Metheny 31 times

David Garland – Rush 26x

Ted Bergin – The Grateful Dead. 65 shows (I stopped when Jerry passed).

Roger Pam Kintner – The Allman Brother’s Band-24 times. Gov’t Mule-23 times.

Mehgan Bechtel -I’ve seen Phish over a 100x, which isn’t really that unusual for their fan base. So excited for the upcoming hometown shows.

Carol Watkins – Nathan Walton and The Remedy

Taylor Watson – In the 40-50 range for Umphreys McGee

Chelsea Perry – Papadosio

Mike Ensing – Bruce Springsteen with or without the E Street Band – 61; 65 counting Movies at the theater (No Nukes, Live in Dublin, Springsteen & I,. Western Stars). First show – Wings Stadium 8/7/78 – 7th row center; Latest – Wrigley Field 8/9/23 – right field seats.

Paul Wyatt – Two way tie: Dylan and Up With People, twice each.

Jerry Ford – Prince, Jimmy Buffett and Bruce Springsteen. All 11 times. There’s a wierd mix for you. Lol.

Darlene Cooper – Bob Dylan, saw J Geils a lot.

Ned Rouse – Todd Rundgren

Tom Herold – Elton John.. over 30 times

Brian Hoekstra – Matthew Sweet, Built To Spill, Flaming Lips, Green Day, Nada Surf, Superdrag, Lemonheads

Phill Kulas – Moto for sure

Mike Dodge – John McLaughlin and Ani DiFranco. Same amount.

Kevin Murphy – Electric Six. Probably 15 times.

Melodee Van Bogelen Horsford – Pink Floyd ( in some incarnation) and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Eric Sky Walker – Counting Crows. Somehow they still manage to make every show unique.

Chad Stanton – Well, Y’all already know my answer anyway, but Poco of course! Part of our fun as fans was that we got to know them all quite personally, and even got Christmas cards from them. I helped them get their last 3 gigs in Michigan. After that, would be The Moody Blues, twice with a full Orchestra! And then Emmylou Harris. But as for Local, May Erlewine, and The Willeys.

Scott Stefanski – Phish- 14, Rush- 12, Porcupine Tree- 6

Evan Woots – Umphrey’s McGee 100+

Mark Bates – Phish; I’ll see them 10 times this month alone so I’ll be in 40s somewhere.

Barbara Hass – Greensky Bluegrass

William Johnson – Ben Folds 6 times.

Isaac Powrie – Umphrey’s McGee and Greensky Bluegrass around 35-40 times.

Steve Lubbinge – Butthole Surfers

Tom VanHammen – Bonnie Raitt

Clayton Boothe – I don’t see national acts often…and usually only once. But I have seen Elton John twice — both times in Grand Rapids. (Maybe even three times…believe I saw the Two Faces tour once in Dallas in the 80s with Billy Joel.) The Who twice, also both in Grand Rapids, nearly 10 years between shows. Jackson Browne twice, once outdoors at Meadowbrook in suburban Detroit and once solo acoustic in GR. The folks I’ve seen five or eight or ten times each or more are only my Michigan local faves including Ralston Bowles Songwriter, Drew Nelson, Lynn Thompson, John Merchant (Ludington based) and the defunct Sweet Japonic.

Meegan Holland – James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt (three times each)

Jeff Martin – Neil Young 5 times & once w/ CSN&Y. (the 1993 show was him backed by Booker T & the MG’s).

Wendi Watts Lewis – Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers and coming in a close second place is Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts.

Ann Fisher – John Prine

Brandon Ward – I’ve seen Yes 15 times. (Plus 3 Jon Anderson shows)

Michael Feddema – Desmond Jones, no doubt about it 🤘

Lin Otherlyn – Moody Blues

Dave Adams – Either Steely Dan or Journey.

Stuart Poltrock – RUSH In the 80s. It’s the classical music of the future

Rich Emerson -Probably The Gasoline Gypsies, followed by The Accidentals, Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps, Hannah Rose Graves. Love them all!!!

James Gerard Collins – Seth Bernard and Wookiefoot. No idea how many times.

Karen Dunnam – Garrison Keillor, either solo or with the A Prairie Home Companion show, six times in 40 years. Randy Rainbow, four times. Canadian Brass, five times

Justin Stover – Pedro the Lion

Les Older – I’ve seen Neil Young 44 times!!

Kevin Viilo – Steely Dan. James Taylor. I cry every time I see James.

Lar Fitzgerald – Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was like 4 concerts in one. I sat right behind Bob Seger (Pine Knob) and didn’t realize it until security nabbed him and he appeared on stage for encores “Knockin on Heavens Door.” The Stones in Silverdome in ‘76, it was like watching heavenly deities come to life, or something as rare as dinosaurs!

Don Small – Neil Diamond..35 times.

Sam Swart – Saw Elton in Vegas. It was, unfortunately, the cringiest show I’ve ever seen. Completely pointless stock footage displayed on the screens, not a lot of energy from Elton, himself. $2k not well spent

Michael Packer – Toss up for me: either Peter Gabriel or Dave Brubeck

Tom Slendebroek – REO 5 times.

Jess William Mac AnTòisich – Dinosaur jr

Terry R Altman – Grateful Dead

Tom Henry – Springsteen. About a dozen or more times.

Brad Hastings – Greensky Bluegrass followed very closely by Umphrey’s McGee

Thomas Leonard Saxe – Steely Dan, over a dozen, and Todd Rundgren, about an equal amount.

Mary Ellen Murphy – Steely Dan.

Timmy Linscott – i’m still alive eddie vedder GIF

Jennifer Alexander – Dr. Dog

Shelly Anderson – I’ve seen James Taylor 8 times.

Michael Hempstead – RUSH – seven times.

Catherine Haik – The Black Crows

Eric Albertson – The Rolling Stones. 5x. I’d trade three of those for one Warren Zevon.

Dustin Hausserman – Local H, 12 times

Matt Drolett – Foo Fighters- 10 times

JR Scott Weaver – Bill Staines who appeared at the Grand River Folk Arts for something like 30 consecutive years and I saw him each time.

Jack Kooreman – Bruce Springsteen (I’m from NJ and been a fan since high school)

Marty Lighthizer – Dr. John, followed by the Neville Brothers

AnnandLee Burns Baxter – Blackberry Smoke 5 times

Jen Helsel – Hyryder

Dan Lynn – I saw The Grateful Dead 💀 somewhere around 100 times when I lived in California! Next might be The Neville Brothers, Del McCoury, or BMFS.
Stu McCallister – Tragically Hip

Steve Dater – Elton John, Billy Joel, Bob Seger

Carol-Lee Weber- Al Dimeola – 15 Times. He was my favorite before Tom went to work for Edward VH.

Mitch Wood – McCartney x3

Brad Vander Ark – KISS 58 times, not on purpose

Holly Sillman Martin – Billy Strings and Gregg Allman. On a Smaller scale, Way Down Wanderers, Roosevelt Diggs, Serita’s Black Rose, May Erlewine, Mark Lavengood.

Scott Garrison – Elvis Costello (in various incarnations), either 6 or 7 times…

Jeff Frazier – Slyski Stonovich. Ivan Kay. X two

Nic Stubbs – Probably King Crimson…

Jim Talen – JT

Lisa Oldham – I saw Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band 26 times! Elton John 3!

Peggy Noble Idema – As you might imagine, Red Hot Chili Peppers – many, many times over the last 40+ years.

Sally Kikkert – Saw the Moody Blues 8 times, Justin Hayward’s single tour once. J Giels Band 4 times. No one else more than twice. Saw Elton, at Hill Aud. In late 70’s.

Sally Kikkert – Locally in town, “That Beatles Thing”. When I lived in Ann Arbor, The Urbations, Andy Boller, Steve Nardella, and George Bedard and the Kingpins.

Todd Chance – U2

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