Concert Trek - Epilogue

Just a few odds and ends and afterthoughts on all the concerts I’ve ever attended.  Thanks for indulging me if you read any or all 21 Episodes of this little journey on the blog.  It was a lot of fun for me digging up some great memories and sharing them…

Tale Of The Tape
Yours truly has attended 106 concerts featuring approx. 141 different musical acts in 31 different venues in seven different states since June, 1979.

ACT SEEN MOST FREQUENTLY IN CONCERT
1) Kiss (15)
2) Ted Nugent (9) [Three times as headliner, six as an opening act]
3) [tie] Van Halen/Z.Z. Top (7)
4) The Who (5)
5) Pat Benatar (4) [Three times as headliner, once as opening act]
[Six others tied at 3 each]

VENUE MOST FREQUENTLY FREQUENTED AT CONCERTS
1) Kemper Arena (26)
2) Sandstone Amphitheater (21)
3) Municipal Auditorium (8)
4) Arrowhead Stadium (7)
5) Uptown Theater (5)
6) [Tie] Starlight Theater/Liberty Memorial Mall (4)
7) Guitars & Cadillacs—Olathe (aka, Roadhouse Ruby’s) (3)
[Five others tied at 2 each]

Misc. Rankings and Musings, etc.

BEST CONCERT
1) Elton John—Starlight Theater, 1982
2) Van Halen—Kemper Arena, 1982
3) Paul McCartney—Arrowhead Stadium, 1993
4) The Who—Reunion Arena (Dallas), 2000
5) Kiss—Alltel Arena (North Little Rock), 2000
6) Z.Z. Top—Kemper Arena, 1981
7) Styx—Kemper Arena, 1981
8) Rolling Stones—Faurot Field (Columbia, MO), 1994
9) Dave Edmunds—Uptown Theater, 1982
10) Van Halen—Kemper Arena, 1981

WORST CONCERT
1) Jackson Browne—Sandstone Amphitheater, 1993
2) Black Oak Arkansas—Land Of Oz (Kansas City, KS), 1995
3) Jethro Tull/Emerson Lake & Palmer—Sandstone Amphitheater, 1996
4) Rush—Kemper Arena, 1981
5) Styx—Kemper Arena, 1983

BEST OPENING ACT
1) Bryan Adams—Kemper Arena, 1983 [for Journey]
2) Quiet Riot—Kemper Arena, 1983 [for Z.Z. Top]
3) Twisted Sister—Kemper Arena, 1984 [for Iron Maiden]
4) Loverboy—Kemper Arena, 1981 [for Z.Z. Top]
5) A Flock Of Seagulls—Municipal Auditorium, 1982 [for The Go-Go’s]
6) Motley Crue—Municipal Auditorium, 1984 [for Ozzy Osbourne]
7) John Hiatt—Sandstone Amphitheater, 1993 [for Jackson Browne]
8) Night Ranger—Starlight Theater, 2001 [for Pat Benatar]
9) .38 Special—Arrowhead Stadium, 1981 [for Foreigner]
10) White Lion—Kansas Expocentre (Topeka), 1987 [for Kiss]

WORST OPENING ACT
1) After The Fire—Kemper Arena, 1982 [for Van Halen]
2) Blind Melon—Faurot Field (Columbia, MO), 1994 [for the Rolling Stones]
3) Mitch Ryder—Olathe Town Square, 2001 [for Mark Lindsay]
4) Ugly Kid Joe—Sandstone Amphitheater, 1992 [for Ozzy Osbourne]
5) Alice In Chains—Sandstone Amphitheater, 1991 [for Van Halen]
6) New American Shame—Roadhouse Ruby’s, 1999 [for Motorhead]
7) Jeff Black—Guitars & Cadillacs, 1996 [for John Hiatt]
8) Pat Benatar—Sandstone Amphitheater, 1997 [for Styx]
9) John Cougar (Mellencamp)—Arrowhead Stadium, 1982 [for R.E.O. Speedwagon]
10 The Pretenders—Kemper Arena, 1980 [for The Who]

BEST CONCERT THAT COST ME NOTHING TO ATTEND
1) Paul McCartney—Arrowhead Stadium, 1993 [Thanks, Nadine!]
2) The Who—Arrowhead Stadium, 1989 [Thanks, dear sister!]
3) Pat Benatar/Night Ranger—Starlight Theater, 2001 [Thanks, Rose!]
4) Quarterflash—Lyric Theater, 1981 [Thanks, KY-102!]
5) Mark Lindsay/Gary Lewis/Mitch Ryder—Olathe Town Square, 2001
[Thanks, whoever!]

BEST CONCERT VENUE
1) Starlight Theater
2) Municipal Auditorium
3) Reunion Arena (Dallas)
4) [Tie] Uptown Theater/Liberty Hall (Lawrence, KS)
5) Memorial Hall (Kansas City, KS)

WORST CONCERT VENUE
1) Beaumont Club
2) Grand Emporium
3) Sandstone Amphitheater
4) The Lone Star
5) Riverport Amphitheater (St. Louis)

HEADLINERS I GOT TO MEET AFTERWARDSJohn Entwistle (1998)
Mark Lindsay (2001)
Jerry Reed (1983)
Ray Stevens (1988)

TOP ACTS I STILL HAVE YET TO SEE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO (If I could afford tickets)
Bruce Springsteen
U2
Billy Joel
Aerosmith
Neil Diamond

ACTS I REGRET NEVER GETTING TO SEE IN CONCERT (In no particular order)
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd (pre-plane crash)
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Girlschool
Black Sabbath (w/Ozzy, and maybe w/Dio, too)
Ozzy Osbourne (w/Randy Rhoads on guitar)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Black Oak Arkansas (In their prime)
Z.Z. Top (On their 1976 "World Wide Texas Tour")
Missing Persons
Alice Cooper (In his prime)
The Who (w/Keith Moon on drums)
Kiss (in 1977, at the height of their popularity)