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Radio Free Current: The bucket list edition

Erykah Badu performs at the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in 2016.
Erykah Badu performs at the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in 2016.Nate Ryan/MPR

by Sean McPherson

October 22, 2021

Welcome to Saturday, friends. It’s time for Radio Free Current and we’re thinking about bucket list bands. The Rolling Stones are coming through town Sunday night. I know a fair amount of friends who have auctioned off parts of their home and risked their child’s college education to make sure they snagged tickets to see one of the world’s greatest rock bands.

That got me thinking: Who is on your bucket list? Which artists do you want to be sure to catch the minute you see they are coming through town? Which artists would you drive all the way to Chicago to see if that was the closest they were coming? 

Maybe you’ve already caught a bunch of your bucket list bands. I’m lucky to have seen so many of my biggest heroes live: Pearl Jam, Wu-Tang (twice!), Erykah Badu, Ahmad Jamal, Elvin Jones, B.B. King, OutKast and more. If you’ve crossed a lot of bands off of your bucket list, let us know about the show and we’ll rock down memory lane together.

Give me your bucket list bands in the comment section below!