The Most Iconic Performers I’ve Ever Seen Live

I’m getting old enough where I realize I might lose track of some of the great musicians I’ve seen in my day. So I’m starting a list:

1. Prince

2. Elvin Jones

3. Earth, Wind & Fire

4. Beyonce

5. B.B. King

6. Ray Brown

7. D’Angelo

8. Erykah Badu

9. The Roots

10. The Isley Brothers

11. Herbie Hancock (w/ Dave Holland & others)

12. Etta James

13. Kendrick Lamar

14. Outkast

15. A Tribe Called Quest

16. De La Soul

17. Levon Helm

18. Pinetop Perkins

19. Mos Def (Yasiin Bey)

20. Kanye West

21. Pearl Jam

22. Christian McBride

23. James Cotton

24. Ahmad Jamal

25. Ice Cube

26. Lauryn Hill

27. Caetono Veloso

28. INXS

29. Sleater-Kinney

30. Bruce Springsteen

31. Wu-Tang Clan

32. Soundgarden

33. Method Man and Redman

I’ve seen a lot of other shows, some of them incredibly amazing, but I think this is relatively complete for the super iconic ones.