Greatest Concert/s EVER!

[Krunchy]

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I've seen a few decent concerts in the past, not all of them great and certainly not as many as I would have liked to see, but some of them stand out for one reason or another.
Was wondering what are some of the most memorable concerts you've ever seen. I'm particularly curious about some of you lucky ones who saw the great bands at their prime...Hendrix, Stones, Who, Zep, Zappa, Beatles, Doors, Ten Years After, CCR, you get the picture. I doesnt have to be all Rock either.

The Kinks- Definitely one of my favorite concerts ever, when they were touring One for the Road, every song was great and the whole concert was a blast.

The Pretenders at Jones Beach 83-84? Chrissy Hinde was so great plus I had the incredible luck of sneaking up to the front row with my high school sweetheart.
Beautiful night, the band was tight and Chrissy was gorgeous.

Adrian Belew 90-91, at the Bottom Line NYC, that was a blast, tiny venue, 3' away from him, amazing what he was doing with that guitar.

Lee Ritenour, Avery fisher hall -Stolen Moments tour, so clean so tight, those guys sounded incredible.

Larry Carlton, Avery Fisher Hall, the first three rows were empty so I upgraded without any incident and watched the Man up close, what can I say its Larry, he's great.

Saw the Who a few times but they were so huge and it was always some sort of stadium show that the concerts always felt very impersonal hence they rank very low in my book unfortunately, as I am a big fan of theirs. Though I did see Pete at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, decent seats, he was great and I could not have picked out a better solo song list.
Missed the Who with Keith Moon of course, Zep with Bonham and AC/DC with Bon Scott (anybody see them with dear old Bon?).

Saw AC/DC at the Garden- Loudest concert ever! (did not help we were right next to the speakers) my ears were ringing so bad going down the escalator to catch the trains that I couldnt hear anything my friends were saying, just this ringing. Not a great show, just very loud.

Saw a lot of Grateful Dead shows not all of them great, but they sure were fun.

I have not gone to any concerts in quite a while, I wont do large venues so that limits some of my options to a large extent. Though I would consider going to see Pink Floyd doing their updated version of The Wall, with David Gilmour, it would probably be in a good size venue :hmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNRSChj6w4c

All right guys, thats a good start, lets hear about some of your concert experiences. :dancin: :rockon1: :rockon2: :banana:

[SEAWOLF97]

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1967 Beach Boys, The Association - Santa Barbara
1968 Joni Mitchell - Big Sur
1968 saw the Chambers Bros , The Doors - Santa Barbara
1969 Ravi Shankar - Bay Area
1969 CCR, The Animals , Canned Heat - Bay Area
1972 Taj Mahal - UCSD
1980 Talking Heads , The Outlaws - Portland
1986 Beach Boys, America - Portland
2009 CCR (revisited) - Lincoln City Casino

I know there are more , but thats it for now.:dont-know:

2007 Had tix for B.B. King..too sick to go , my son enjoyed it tho
2008 ? Little Feat ...almost walked out.

passed up Page & Plant..couldn't afford $35 ticket.

they were all good..can't pick a BEST

[hjames]

1970 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD - The Who (Who's Next tour)
1972 - Merriweather - ELP (Pictures at an exhibition tour)
1972 - Merriweather - Steven Stills - Manassas
1972 - Balt Civic Center - Moody Blues (Every Good Boy Deserves favour tour)
1973 - RFK Stadium, DC - Grateful Dead & the Allman Brothers gig together
1973 - Georgetown U - Little Feat, Bonnie Rait, Paul Butterfield's Better Days
1973 - Georgetown U - Jeff Beck (BBA Tour)
1973 - Mechanic Theatre- Baltimore - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Birds of Fire tour)
1973 - DAR Constitution Hall - DC - Blues Project Reunion Tour
1973 - Omni Theatre - Atlanta - The Moody Blues (7th Sojourn Tour)
1974 - Columbia, SC - Joni Mitchell (Miles of Isles tour)
1974 - Capital Center (Largo MD) - Traffic (When the Eagle Flies tour)
1974 - Capital Centre - Jefferson Starship
1975 - Lisner Auditorium, DC - Weather Report
1977 - Balt Civic Center - Genesis (Second Out era - no Gabriel)
1978 - Capital Center - David Bowie
1980 - Georgetown U - XTC
1981 - Painter's Mill Balt MD - King Crimson
1982 - Merriweather - King Crimson
1988 - Dc - Silly Wizard (Last US Tour)
1996 - Merriweather - King Crimson (double Trio)

Grateful Dead about a half dozen times, some quite good.
Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry about a half dozen time in each persona -
Sirens, Manifesto, the endless Avalon Tour, 2000 Reunion, etc.

Somewhere in there I also saw Pete Gabriel's first solo tour, UK's first Tour,
Tangerine Dream's 1976 tour (super loud super clean sound!!!).
and far too many others to mention!!


2002 - 9:30 Club in DC - David Sylvian

[Ducatista47]

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, at The Kinetic Playground, Chicago, 1969. Actually, it was New Year's Eve 1968, and they were having a great night. They were in town to tour, and record at Chess Records (Called variously Blues Jam In Chicago, Blues Jam at Chess, Fleetwood Mac In Chicago). This was the five man outfit - Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie. It was a big club in an old Jai alai fronton with a nice wooden floor where you could sit down on the floor or stand, very informal. I was by the stage, front and center. It was better than any concert has ever had the right to be. I still get weak in the knees at the thought of the experience.

Years later I caught the beginning of the Buckingham-Nicks era band playing on a park band shell stage in Peoria, very small time. They were OK, but a pale shadow of the Green band. Jeff Beck with Jan Hamer opened and they were one of the other great concerts I have been to.

The Kinetic Playground again, The Velvet Underground. If you were not there you will not understand. The time? Nico was gone and Cale was still there.

If you like old school, Krunchy, Buffalo Springfield in a small club in Arlington Heights was mind boggling. I was standing against the stage.

Muddy Waters in Mother Blues, a small club in Chicago about 1968. I mean what can I say; words fail.

Roy Buchanan in a small blues club in Peoria.

Stevie Ray Vaughn with Double Trouble in both a big hall in Chicago and a club in Peoria. Lordy.

Same big hall, different night, Roxy Music with Brian Eno, and Steve Miller.

Joni Mitchel opening, followed by CSN and CSNY at the perfect sounding Auditorium Theater in Chicago. The night Before Woodstock.

Again Chicago in the late sixties. Aragon Ballroom, Pink Floyd. First tour with David Gilmour. Stood by the stage. Eat your heart out. :D

Same ballroom, same era. Savoy Brown.

Classical, the Chicago Symphony String Quartet at a tiny campus hall in the round with perfect acoustics. It was a free concert! The only time I saw four musicians with three Stradivari between them. Maybe four, perhaps the cello was one too. This concert is still my benchmark for live sound quality and musicianship. The Chicago Symphony was at the top of their game and this was the first and second chair violinists and the first chair viola and cellists. I was five feet away.

Also acoustic, John Renbourn and Steffan Grossman at the Quiet Knight in Chicago.

John Renbourn solo at a tiny theater in Champaign-Urbana about 1990.

Peter Gabriel Shock The Monkey era tour, Bone Auditorium, Bloomington-Normal. The best bunch of musicians I heard for ten years.

Almost forgot, Blind Faith in Chicago. Had great seats too.

Late sixties, The Mothers Of Invention at Ravinia Park, the pavillion. Again, if you were not there, no way can you get it; forget what you think it would have been like. You may not know Ravinia Park, but it was like The Mothers crashing a classical gig at Carnegie Hall. And gaining the respect of all who did not flee in cultural terror.

I saw the Stones on a good night in Chicago, in a good hall, late sixties. Chuck Berry opened. Even so, it does not compare in any shape or form to any of the above concerts. And I like the Stones. To hell with the superstar acts.

After a lifetime of this, I conclude that the only thing better than catching your favorite musicians is catching them in a small club or amphitheater.

Did anyone get to see Fairport Convention or Fotheringay? Or Pentangle?

[lgvenable]

three concerts that I remember really well

Steve Miller at the Cotton Bowl Dallas 1978
The Eagles Farewell 1 and 2 2002? and 2004

OK "The Eagles" anywhere/anytime they are exceptional.

On Steve Miller: the story that goes with that "Fly Like An Eagle" concert: my old college running bud/chem lab partner had gone to see Steve Miller in the Cotton Bowl. After it was all over, we went drinking to the old "Mother Blues" in Dallas. Since it was already late (11:30 PM) when we got there; and got the worst seats in the place...by the stage;).

Low and behold, in comes Steve Miller and Kinky Friedman. They ended up playing until 5:30 AM, the club quit selling booze at 2:00 AM as per the law; but the place stayed open until the wee hours; as the crowd swelled once the word got out. The worst seats there right, until Steve showed up; and played for 4 hours 4 feet in front of us. It was a once in a lifetime event. Nothing like that has ever happened to me since, but it was memorable. Like so may of us, I was a bit of a vampire in the days of my so-called "mis-spent youth"; but hey we had a blast:blink:.

[JeffW]

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AC/DC with Bon Scott (anybody see them with dear old Bon?).



Yep, saw them with Bon and Brian... both in Amarillo of all places.

Saw Van Halen at the same place, right after they hit. People were throwing all sorts of things onto the stage, and one of those things was a joint about a foot long and a couple inches in diameter...think Big Bamboo.

David Lee Roth waves his arms, shutting the band down. Reaches down, picks up that joint and takes a drag, exclaims "I guess everything really IS bigger in Texas!". Throws the joint back into the crowd and the band fires back up as the place goes apeshit.

Back when I subscribed to Rolling Stone, they had a concert review of Junior Brown. Said it was a bad ass show (he'd played the Garden in NYC IIRC), not to be missed. So I'm reading the daily wipe, and it says that Junior Brown is coming to town. This is a town of about 15K people, but has a lot of bars and he was playing the biggest. $10 cover.

I call my buddy Nine Fingers the Butcher and ask if he's got $10, we're going to see Junior Brown. He's never heard of the guy. We get to the bar and there's literally 10 people there, it's like a Wednesday night. But Junior and his band set up and start playing, sort of a little too country for my tastes at first. Then he gets going and starts jamming, he can really play. Nobody is dancing, they're all right up at the stage gawking at the damnedest thing any of us had ever seen.

By the end of the night word had spread and the was maybe 75 people there, but Junior Brown played and played like he was back at the Garden, even a couple of encores and then stuck around the sign stuff and shoot the bull. He put on a performance, even though he didn't clear dime one and knew it.

I'm a far site from a country fan, and don't particularly care for any of the Junior Brown tunes that got any airplay/videos. But live, it was a different story. He plays a lot of Dick Dale style surf rock, Surf Medley is even a track on some of his recordings. But that's nothing compared to him jamming it out live.

Nine Fingers was equally pumped, he even got a pic of himself jamming air guitar with a bottle of Bud right under Junior's GuitSteel. And he's not a country fan, either. Good jamming, high level musicianship can transcend genres.

[BMWCCA]

Best Ever . . . for me:

Grateful Dead, in the quadrangle at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April 1969.
Dark Star under the evening sky, outdoors, at age 16. Unbelievable! Even if you weren't tripping when you got there, you were by the end. I'll never forget it. Impressed me so much I started my college career there two-years later.

Jethro Tull as the opener for Iron Butterfly at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis around that same time (1969). I've been an Ian Anderson fan-boy ever since. I went to see The Butterfly and left a changed man.

Joe Cocker opened for The Who at Kiel Auditorium in June, 1969. I'd never even heard of Cocker before this. He was a lunatic! We had backstage passes courtesy of Jimmy Page as Led Zeppelin was supposed to be the headliner but didn't show. The Who played an unbelievably long set with incredible energy and I didn't even really like their "music". But being on the stage (yeah, really) while they destroyed their equipment was quite an experience. I even scooped up the "horn" of Pete's red SG as a souvenir. Don't know what Mom did with it when I went off to college. :dont-know:

The Band from Big Pink at the Mississippi River Festival in Carbondale, IL, July 1969. Again, outside in the summer helps. But this was the concert where Bob Dylan made his return to the stage as a surprise guest, with his "new" voice. Very weird. The Band was fantastic. It was supposedly Dylan's first appearance on stage since his motorcycle accident.

Lyle Lovett and his large band (21 piece) at the Pavilion in Charlottesville, VA, last year, 2010, where they did just about the entire Joshua Judges Ruth album. Leland Sklar on bass, outdoors again; they sounded perfect! What a trip!

Woodstock (the original) in 1969 (that seems to have been a great year for music) but I don't remember hearing any music except some group I recall was named Clouds, or something like that. I guess that shouldn't count!

[richluvsound]

I would have loved to have been at Woodstock when Carlos made his debut ... oh, of course with , Jimmy as back up ... .

1986 ... David Bowie , a true legend in any book . The album he was pushing wasn't much cop ! However, when he started to play Heroes , hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my eyes filled with tears . Not just me either . 70,000 of us singing the chorus -hard to beat that ,even if I bring the Glastonbury gigs into the mix . Yep .... Bowie in his home town .... PURE TRIBAL ! Life changing. This is my spiritual home , my culture , my clan warts an all. But, I still love the friends I have made here !

Rich

[Krunchy]

Wow!!!
I am green with envy, I knew some of you guys would have seen some of the best acts to ever produce a sound :D My friends and I always joked that we were born about 10 years too late, by the time we started going to concerts everything had changed & the big arenas were the norm. I guess there is nothing particularly wrong with an arena (in theory) but it cant compete with the smaller venues.

You guys are killing me, Who shows (especially you BMWCCA & you too Heather), Bon, Stevie, Tangerine, Heads, Muddy!!! :applaud: :D :) :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Lousy Music Lovers!:D
Thanks for sharing guys, it really brings a smile to my face.
There can really be Magic at a concert sometimes & if you are lucky enough to be there for it you will have really experienced something trancendental.

[Krunchy]

The Kinetic Playground again, The Velvet Underground. If you were not there you will not understand. The time? Nico was gone and Cale was still there.

If you like old school, Krunchy, Buffalo Springfield in a small club in Arlington Heights was mind boggling. I was standing against the stage.

Muddy Waters in Mother Blues, a small club in Chicago about 1968. I mean what can I say; words fail.

Roy Buchanan in a small blues club in Peoria.

Stevie Ray Vaughn with Double Trouble in both a big hall in Chicago and a club in Peoria. Lordy.

Same big hall, different night, Roxy Music with Brian Eno, and Steve Miller.

Joni Mitchel opening, followed by CSN and CSNY at the perfect sounding Auditorium Theater in Chicago. The night Before Woodstock.

Again Chicago in the late sixties. Aragon Ballroom, Pink Floyd. First tour with David Gilmour. Stood by the stage. Eat your heart out. :D

Same ballroom, same era. Savoy Brown.

Classical, the Chicago Symphony String Quartet at a tiny campus hall in the round with perfect acoustics. It was a free concert! The only time I saw four musicians with three Stradivari between them. Maybe four, perhaps the cello was one too. This concert is still my benchmark for live sound quality and musicianship. The Chicago Symphony was at the top of their game and this was the first and second chair violinists and the first chair viola and cellists. I was five feet away.

Late sixties, The Mothers Of Invention at Ravinia Park, the pavillion. Again, if you were not there, no way can you get it; forget what you think it would have been like. You may not know Ravinia Park, but it was like The Mothers crashing a classical gig at Carnegie Hall. And gaining the respect of all who did not flee in cultural terror.

I saw the Stones on a good night in Chicago, in a good hall, late sixties. Chuck Berry opened. Even so, it does not compare in any shape or form to any of the above concerts. And I like the Stones. To hell with the superstar acts.

After a lifetime of this, I conclude that the only thing better than catching your favorite musicians is catching them in a small club or amphitheater.

Did anyone get to see Fairport Convention or Fotheringay? Or Pentangle?

You said it Sir! Thats one hell of a Roster :applaud:

[Krunchy]

1970 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD - The Who (Who's Next tour)
1972 - Merriweather - ELP (Pictures at an exhibition tour)
1972 - Merriweather - Steven Stills - Manassas
1972 - Balt Civic Center - Moody Blues (Every Good Boy Deserves favour tour)
1973 - RFK Stadium, DC - Grateful Dead & the Allman Brothers gig together
1973 - Georgetown U - Little Feat, Bonnie Rait, Paul Butterfield's Better Days
1973 - Georgetown U - Jeff Beck (BBA Tour)
1973 - Mechanic Theatre- Baltimore - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Birds of Fire tour)
1973 - DAR Constitution Hall - DC - Blues Project Reunion Tour
1973 - Omni Theatre - Atlanta - The Moody Blues (7th Sojourn Tour)
1974 - Columbia, SC - Joni Mitchell (Miles of Isles tour)
1974 - Capital Center (Largo MD) - Traffic (When the Eagle Flies tour)
1974 - Capital Centre - Jefferson Starship
1975 - Lisner Auditorium, DC - Weather Report
1977 - Balt Civic Center - Genesis (Second Out era - no Gabriel)
1978 - Capital Center - David Bowie
1980 - Georgetown U - XTC
1981 - Painter's Mill Balt MD - King Crimson
1982 - Merriweather - King Crimson
1988 - Dc - Silly Wizard (Last US Tour)
1996 - Merriweather - King Crimson (double Trio)

Somewhere in there I saw Pete Gabriel's first solo tour, UK's first Tour, Tangerine Dream's 1976 tour (super loud super clean sound!!!)
and far too many others to mention!!


2002 - 9:30 Club in DC - David Sylvian

Thats a very enviable list Heather, all at the right time to boot:applaud:

[Krunchy]

Yep, saw them with Bon and Brian... both in Amarillo of all places.

Saw Van Halen at the same place, right after they hit. People were throwing all sorts of things onto the stage, and one of those things was a joint about a foot long and a couple inches in diameter...think Big Bamboo.

David Lee Roth waves his arms, shutting the band down. Reaches down, picks up that joint and takes a drag, exclaims "I guess everything really IS bigger in Texas!". Throws the joint back into the crowd and the band fires back up as the place goes apeshit. Good jamming, high level musicianship can transcend genres.

Agreed!

I had a chace to see Van Halen with David Lee Roth during their Women & Children tour but for some reason we did not go to it, I still regret that, I did not follow them after David left the band. He was quite the wild man, must have been a great show you caught.

[macaroonie]

Dr John in some student hall in Edinburgh about '73. He played a big white 335 most of the time. Very swamp / voodoo tunes from that era. Great stuff

Muddy Waters and all his boys in a tiny club in Glasgow prob '74 , the backing band played two hours of stellar blues while Muddy was down the street in a bar called Oceans Eleven. I assume he was thirsty , anyway once he came on the place was in uproar. Just wonderful. Saw most of the backing band in a speakeasy in Chicago about 20 years after that.

Little Feat at a football park in Glasgow seconding to the Who , my vote went to Little Feat

Soft Machine outdoors in the south of France. Hard to beat that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOolooapCjk

Zappa several times , some extraordinary some mundane

Miles Davis Twice one good one amazing

Captain Beefheart in the Kelvin Hall Arena prob 1971. Absolutely astonishing.

Also I've seen the remains of that era band on three occasions in Scotland ,

MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion * vocals * harmonica
GARY LUCAS * guitar
DENNY WALLEY feeler's reedo / walla walla * guitar
MICHAEL TRAYLOR * drums * percussion

Tiny venues , they brought the house down 8<))

[svollmer]

1977 - Led Zeppelin, the "Presence" tour at the Capitol Centre in Largo, MD (suburb of DC). Obviously, before the MTV days. I had been playing drums for about 2 or 3 years and listened to a lot of music, but got to see very few drumers (I was 12). My Dad got me tickets to this concert w/o me asking and made my older brother take me. It was my first concert. When I saw Bonham playing the drums, it was life-changing. I remember thinking, "Oh, so THAT'S how you hit the drums." I've hit them hard ever since.

Unfortunately, Robert Plant's son died a little while after that concert and the rest of the tour was cancelled. Still have the ticked and an UNWORN tee shirt from the show.

1978 - AC/DC Opening for KISS. Yes, I went to see KISS; remember, I was a kid! :o: Anyway this band I'd never heard of before (AC/DC with Bon Scott) opened for KISS and kicked the shit out of them. Never listened to KISS again and bought "High Voltage" and "Let There be Rock" the next day from Korvette's departent store.

There's been a buch of other really good concerts since then, many of which I don't remember ;). But those two really changed my drumming and the type of music I wanted to play as a drummer.

[Krunchy]

Dr John in some student hall in Edinburgh about '73. He played a big white 335 most of the time. Very swamp / voodoo tunes from that era. Great stuff

Muddy Waters and all his boys in a tiny club in Glasgow prob '74 , the backing band played two hours of stellar blues while Muddy was down the street in a bar called Oceans Eleven. I assume he was thirsty , anyway once he came on the place was in uproar. Just wonderful. Saw most of the backing band in a speakeasy in Chicago about 20 years after that. He was probably Smoking, in a tiny place in '74, lucky you.

Little Feat at a football park in Glasgow seconding to the Who , my vote went to Little Feat. Yeah I can see that happening, with the Who I guess they really had to be On.

Soft Machine outdoors in the south of France. Hard to beat that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOolooapCjk

Zappa several times , some extraordinary some mundane

Miles Davis Twice one good one amazing

Captain Beefheart in the Kelvin Hall Arena prob 1971. Absolutely astonishing.

Also I've seen the remains of that era band on three occasions in Scotland ,

MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion * vocals * harmonica
GARY LUCAS * guitar
DENNY WALLEY feeler's reedo / walla walla * guitar
MICHAEL TRAYLOR * drums * percussion

Tiny venues , they brought the house down 8<))

Zappa, Davis & Who - Even with the same artist, some nights are just going to be better than others, multiple shows are always a good idea.
Though thats easier said than done, big name artists these days command a fairly steep price even for crappy seats ?! :(



1977 - Led Zeppelin, the "Presence" tour at the Capitol Centre in Largo, MD (suburb of DC). Obviously, before the MTV days. I had been playing drums for about 2 or 3 years and listened to a lot of music, but got to see very few drumers (I was 12). My Dad got me tickets to this concert w/o me asking and made my older brother take me. :D It was my first concert. When I saw Bonham playing the drums, it was life-changing. I remember thinking, "Oh, so THAT'S how you hit the drums." I've hit them hard ever since.

1978 - AC/DC Opening for KISS. Yes, I went to see KISS; remember, I was a kid! :o: Anyway this band I'd never heard of before (AC/DC with Bon Scott) opened for KISS and kicked the shit out of them. Never listened to KISS again :rotfl:and bought "High Voltage" and "Let There be Rock" the next day from Korvette's departent store.

There's been a buch of other really good concerts since then, many of which I don't remember ;). But those two really changed my drumming and the type of music I wanted to play as a drummer.
Ahh Good Old Korvettes, I still remember that place, great stories Man, thanks for sharing.
Psst, dont tell anyone but I too went to see kiss, alone in NYC, I was in 5th grade, they were all the rage back then as you welll know ;) Dont remember any opening band, but I do remember a "funny" smell in the air, that seemed to be all around me. :blink:

[richluvsound]

Saw Jethro at the Edmonton Arena .... I seem to remember bits of it .... the rest of the show was INDICA ... Roxy Music was brilliant ... all rather anglo ,but great shows nonetheless !

Rich

[Guy in WNY]

1969? 68? The Allman Brothers Band – Buffalo Memorial Aud. Third row, center section seat 6. He REALLY did play a red guitar!
1969 or 70 The Grateful Dead – w/Buffalo Philharmonic. Feedback and Dark Star to open.
I now understood what I would eventually know was the difference between the stage sound and FOH sound.
1971 The Grateful Dead in Rochester or Syracuse. We skipped school that day, hitch hiked to the bus station in downtown Buffalo, bought bus tickets, then got to the show so early we got our tickets and then a bottle of wine. Good times!
These others I don’t know the years, but mostly before I was 25, so that would be before 1980:
The Stones (2x)
Van Halen (2x)
Police
J.Giles Band (2 or 3 time - they rocked!)
Stanley Clarke
Areosmith – Probably the loudest concert of my life, on the 4th of July IIRC. Was deaf for a while after that one!
Kansas
Jethro Tull
Peter Frampton
Blue Oyster Cult
Yes, KISS! One of the best stage shows I’d ever seen up to that time. Gene stepped on a platform that lifted him over the crowd so he could spew blood on everybody! Awesome!
More Dead shows…
Just in the last few years:
Disturbed
Styx
Forigner
Kiss
Gwen Stefani
This year so far:
Jeff Beck
I have tickets for:
Steely Dan in July
Chick Corea in August

Lately, we’ve been getting great shows in for the free summer concerts here in Western New York. These I've seen:
Little Feat
Peter Frampton
So many others….I just can't remember them all. Funny how that works out.:blink:

[Robh3606]

No Steely Dan fans?? Going to see Steely Dan for at least on night at the Beacon might do a second.

Have been to a couple of FZ Halloween shows at the Felt Forum and was at Dweezils recent Haloween shows at the Beacon and the Blender.

Seen ELP a few times from Trilogy to Black Moon.

King Crimsom since the third version of the band from Larks Tongue in Aspic through Thrak and Power to Believe.

Yes in various forms from Fragile to Magnification. Lots of really good shows from them.

MoodyBlues from Chidrens Childrens Childrens to The Present

Pink Floyd from Dark Side to The Wall and the Rogers tours of The Dark Side and The Wall last year.

Metalica was a blast

Peter Gabriel a bunch of times he is always good

Lots of other bands and solos really hard to pick a best. They are all fun and if I am lucky a bunch more.

Rob:)

[Guy in WNY]

Thanks Rob!:applaud:
Mettalica in Buffalo just a couple of years ago and ELP back in the day (Brain Salad Surgery).
The stage Metallica uses is fantastic! Articulated light boxes overhead like huge coffins and lasers up the wahzoo! Great show. Very Loud. In the HSBC Arena.

[Oldmics]

I gotta pitch in as a guy in the "biz" and having been involved in and seen countless shows.

My absolute favorite was stumbling into a really small club here in Balto.Md while on a nite out on the town back in the early 80s and seeing LIONEL HAMPTON for free.

No amplification-just a small quartet of incredable players.

Truely my most favorite show :)

Oldmics

[Krunchy]

My absolute favorite was stumbling into a really small club here in Balto.Md while on a nite out on the town back in the early 80s and seeing LIONEL HAMPTON for free.

No amplification-just a small quartet of incredable players.

Truely my most favorite show :)

Oldmics

Yep! those small clubs are where its at, must have been a lot of fun, plus it was a freebie!:)

Guy in WNY- Nice roster Dude! I've heard from a few people that the J Giles Band was always a great show, I would have liked to have seen them. I must also admit that seeing Kiss when I was so young was also very impressive, first concert I ever went to actually :D for better or for worse. By the time I discovered the Who 78-79 when Who are You came out I was already too late as Keith Passed away soon afterwards.
What year did you see Stanley Clarke?.

Hi Robh! - You've caught some really nice shows, did you ever see SD before their self imposed hiatus? Peter Gabriel always puts on a grea show as well from what I've heard.
Early Yes concerts must have been pretty incredible!?
Not familiar with Metalica but I have heard they put on a good show as well.
Thanks for moving the thread, I have a feeling it was you ;)

ADDENDUM: Would also like to list concerts "I wish I could have seen".

Early Floyd (anybody catch Syd Barrett?)
Muddy Waters for sure
Cab Callaway (missed that one by a couple of years I'd say)
Janes Addiction in all its glory
The Go Betweens
Dire Straits - when they were hungry
The Clash (early) (actually saw them opening up for the who at Shea stadium in 82, they were great, the who was ok
The Smiths
Talking Heads (@ CBs)
Lou Reed
...just for starters :)

[JeffW]

Concerts I'm gonna miss?

Rush is playing in Vegas tomorrow night. Had a buddy begging me to go out there with him. Concert tickets, plane tickets, rooms...all covered. Just couldn't get away right this minute.

[Krunchy]

Concerts I'm gonna miss?

Rush is playing in Vegas tomorrow night. Had a buddy begging me to go out there with him. Concert tickets, plane tickets, rooms...all covered. Just couldn't get away right this minute.

Thats rough! I wont rub it in but I can totally relate.

[BMWCCA]

No Steely Dan fans?? Going to see Steely Dan for at least on night at the Beacon might do a second.

They never toured back when I was young but I did see them about three-years ago at the Nissan Pavilion in Northern Virginia. Michael McDonald was the opener. Mike's sound crew sucked and had me worried but The Dan's sound was excellent, as expected. Nice long show with some of the best female backup singers. Not the Greatest Concert EVER! but damn good and my only Steely Dan experience.

I did get to crew for the Dukes of September concert in Richmond, VA, last year at the Innsbruck Pavilion (outdoors again!). The Dukes are Donald Fagen, Boz Scaggs, and Michael McDonald. I even got to help set-up Fagen's Steinway, and watch a two-hour warm-up/rehearsal with Fagen directing the show and going over the arrangement with the back-up singers and teaching Boz some chords. It was a good concert but a GREAT experience.

Al this makes me remember what really was my favorite concert. When I was a kid in St. Louis my Grandmother had tickets to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Sunday concert series. Usually pops oriented with guest artists. One Sunday back when I was about maybe thirteen or fourteen, the guest soloist was B. B. King. He started out by himself, just like on Indianola Mississippi Seed, with just him and Lucille and just after he hit the phrase "nobody loves me like my mother" the entire string section hit that two-note melody. I was just floored. It was so beautiful. This was probably around 1966 and B.B. was in his prime.

I heard B.B. again in England at the Royal Albert Hall around 1971 while visiting my high-school girlfriend for Thanksgiving my first year of college. I remember Duster Bennett as the opener. A fine concert but nowhere near as memorable as that time with my grandmother.


Just announce that Bruce Cockburn will play in my home town in September in a small venue. I have high hopes it can be added to this list then.

[Ducatista47]

I wish I could have seen Son House. John Coltrane. The Pretenders with James Honeyman Scott. Dexter Gordon in the 1960s. Neil Young's Tonight's The Night "tour". Dr John. Concrete Blonde. SO many more.

But I am so grateful to have seen what I have seen. Hopefully, we can all take advantage of the remaining appearances of the mostly forgotten or at least out of the limelight talents who are still out there sometimes. Like Chris Hillman, Leslie West, Wayne Shorter, Dave Mason, Bonnie Raitt, and a hundred others.

Another concert that I should mention. A really nice Ian & Sylvia appearance opening for the Beach Boys at Bradley University Field House about 1966 or '68. I spoke about the experience at length before in another thread. Meeting them afterward was a highlight of my life. Believe it or not, no other fans cared to seek them out. For heaven's sake, see the musicians you know are really good while you still can. Let them know they are appreciated and loved. If they are accessible, tell them how much their music has meant to you, has helped you, has brought you joy and comfort. If they can't speak with you, write them a note or send them a letter.

[laurie]

Some of my favourite concerts / gigs? It's a longish list :)

Jack DeJohnette Parallel Realities tour with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland - Royal Festival Hall 1990
Airto Morreira and Flora Purim (4th World) - Ronnie Scotts 1991
Zawinul Syndicate - Jazz Cafe 1991
James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Cafe 1991
Bob Berg & Mike Stern (with Dennis Chambers) - Town and Country Club 1991 (now called the Forum)
Barbara Dennerlein - Jazz Cafe 1991
Jackie McLean - Jazz Cafe 1991
Tony Williams quintet - Jazz Cafe 1991
John Scofield - Canary Wharf 1992, that was a free concert as part of celebrating the opening of Canary Wharf, and it was free!! Not surprisingly the place was packed ;)
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Shaw Theatre 1992
Yellowjackets - Town and Country Club 1992
Alan Holdsworth with Chad Wackerman - University London student union 1992
Billy Cobham - Jazz Cafe - 1993
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Jazz Cafe 1994
Steve Williamson - Jazz Cafe 1996
Geri Allen - Barbican 1997
Randy Brecker - Jazz Cafe 1999
Yellowjackets with Peter Erskine - Jazz Cafe 1999
Billy Cobham - Jazz Cafe 1999
McCoy Tyner - Jazz Cafe 1999
Mark King - Jazz Cafe 1999
Tania Maria - Jazz Cafe 2000
Herbie Hancock - Shepherds Bush Empire 2000
Soulive - Jazz Cafe 2001
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Borderline 2001
Marcus Miller - Perugia jazz festival 2002
Herbie Hancock with Bobby Hutcherson - Barbican 2004
Charles Lloyd with John Abercrombie - Barbican 2004
Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield with Larry Goldings - Queen Elizabeth Hall 2004 - celebrating the music of Tony Williams
Roy Ayers, The Beat - Croydon Music Festival 2005
Azymuth - Jazz Cafe 2005
Larry Corryel, Lenny White and Victor Bailey - Jazz Cafe 2006
Jean Luc Ponty - Jazz Cafe 2007
Stanley Clarke Band - Jazz Cafe 2008
The Lightning Seeds - Croydon Music festival 2010
Scott Henderson trio - Ronnie Scotts 2011

[Guy in WNY]

Getting old sucks! Too many senior moments!
Stanly Clarke was at the UB or Buff State campus, a small hall, and that was about 1970 or 1971.
I've got tickets to Chick Corea-Return to Forever IV, w/Lenny White, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others in August, with Zappa Plays Zappa as the opener act, at the Center for Arts? I think that's what it's called.
Balcony, 2nd row, stage left.
For the Jeff Beck show there we were balcony, front row. Great seats!
Becks bassist just stole the show, after him anyway. She rocks out! Must have fingers like hammerheads!

[SEAWOLF97]

.
1968 saw the Chambers Bros , The Doors - Santa Barbara
1969 CCR, The Animals , Canned Heat - Bay Area


Wow, NOBODY else in this thread has seen THE DOORS or CCR ??


three concerts that I remember really well

Steve Miller at the Cotton Bowl Dallas 1978
The Eagles Farewell 1 and 2 2002? and 2004

OK "The Eagles" anywhere/anytime they are exceptional..

I think SM is going to be here this summer (if we get a summer) ...thinking of catching that one...he's a fav

Watched the 2 DVD of the Eagles Farewell concert from Melbourne....absolutely fantastic...its filmed and sounds as good (if not better) than the "Hell Freezes Over" DVD


No Steely Dan fans?? .

Rob:)

I'm a big fan, tho have never seen them LIVE ...always wondered if their live sound matches their superbly constructed studio sound very well ? As I recall (since the movie is difficult to obtain) ..the film "FM" had them live and was a little disappointing ?

[Robh3606]

Wow, NOBODY else in this thread has seen THE DOORS

Only the new DOORS without Jim so it doesn't count.


I'm a big fan, tho have never seen them LIVE ...always wondered if their live sound matches their superbly constructed studio sound very well ? As I recall (since the movie is difficult to obtain) ..the film "FM" had them live and was a little disappointing ?

They are quite good at least the shows I have seen. They have a really good live Two Against Nature DVD

Rob:)

[JeffW]

I'm a big fan, tho have never seen them LIVE ...always wondered if their live sound matches their superbly constructed studio sound very well ? As I recall (since the movie is difficult to obtain) ..the film "FM" had them live and was a little disappointing ?

I have quite a few Steely Dan albums and a couple of CDs. One of the CDs is a "greatest hits" compilation and it has the song "FM" from that movie. It doesn't sound like a live recording, but I can't remember the movie enough to comment on how it was played there.

I would love to see Steely Dan in concert, probably won't happen.

[SEAWOLF97]

They are quite good at least the shows I have seen. They have a really good live Two Against Nature DVD

Rob:)

that is the ONLY SD album that I dont care for ...different strokes, I guess...:dont-know:


I have quite a few Steely Dan albums and a couple of CDs. One of the CDs is a "greatest hits" compilation and it has the song "FM" from that movie. It doesn't sound like a live recording, but I can't remember the movie enough to comment on how it was played there.


I found this on amazons comments " There are two versions of the song "F.M." The one on this disc ends with a guitar solo, whereas the version on Steely Dan Gold and Citizen Steely Dan ends with a sax solo. Both are great. "

recall reading somewhere that "FM" was not on any SD album, until the Gold hits one was released , tho it was on the "FM" movie soundtrack ...and on that there is a short reprise version too.

Disc: 1 FM - Steely Dan
Disc: 2 FM - Reprise - Steely Dan

LATER: just went clik/clik with the rodent and now have FM, the movie ;) , will take a view and answer some of the questions...but I can already see that SD was NOT performing, .so the song WAS NOT live.

[Ducatista47]

Getting old sucks! Too many senior moments!

For the Jeff Beck show there we were balcony, front row. Great seats!
Becks bassist just stole the show, after him anyway. She rocks out! Must have fingers like hammerheads!
Tell me about it. My life is becoming a string of Senior Moments - I think!

The bassist is Tal Wilkenfeld. I have her Australian CD, Transformations. Not surprisingly, she loves Fusion Jazz. And she's damn good at it. I had to order it from an import CD site, so I doubled up with Orianthi's self recorded Violet Journey. Which sounds nothing like the pop music crud she has to do to eat in the USA.

[JeffW]

I found this on amazons comments " There are two versions of the song "F.M." The one on this disc ends with a guitar solo, whereas the version on Steely Dan Gold and Citizen Steely Dan ends with a sax solo. Both are great. "

recall reading somewhere that "FM" was not on any SD album, until the Gold hits one was released , tho it was on the "FM" movie soundtrack ...and on that there is a short reprise version too.



I have "Decade of Steely Dan", it came after the "Gold" album.

[Krunchy]

I wish I could have seen Son House. John Coltrane. The Pretenders with James Honeyman Scott. Dexter Gordon in the 1960s. Neil Young's Tonight's The Night "tour"

But I am so grateful to have seen what I have seen.

Son House would have been something! Speaking of Neil I would have also liked to have seen his Rust Never Sleeps tour, the DVD will have to suffice:(
Stevie Ray seemed like he always put on a hell of a show, I am truly sorry I did not get to see him.


Wow, NOBODY else in this thread has seen THE DOORS or CCR ??
Yeah I'm kind of surprised by that as well :blink:, I would have thought more people would have chimed in.
Same with Hendrix.



I would have loved to have been at Woodstock when Carlos made his debut ... oh, of course with , Jimmy as back up ... . :D

1986 ... David Bowie , a true legend in any book . The album he was pushing wasn't much cop ! However, when he started to play Heroes , hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my eyes filled with tears . Not just me either . 70,000 of us singing the chorus -hard to beat that ,even if I bring the Glastonbury gigs into the mix . Yep .... Bowie in his home town .... PURE TRIBAL ! Life changing. This is my spiritual home , my culture , my clan warts an all. But, I still love the friends I have made here !

Rich

You are quite fortunate to have had the experience my friend, can only imagine.
Saw Carlos at Jones Beach a while back ('91) with phish opening up for them, I like carlos fine but the show does not stand out in my mind for some reason :dont-know:
I've tried to like "fish" but I just cant do it....oh well.



CRAZIEST SHOW EVER!?....PORNO FOR PYROS in '93
Some farily small venue in NYC (Roseland, thats it!) open seating, in the mosh pit, body surfers overhead (did not partake). Holy crap that guy can put on a show. It was like an X-Rated Vaudville, midgets, fire breathers , topless chicks with water soaking/sprabying strap-ons (for fire safety, what with that firebreather and all, they certainly lived up to their Name :D) .....Whoa, wild wild stuff, on top of which the band was just amazing.
Perry is just incredible when he's on the stage, the guitar player Pete DiSteffano was so good, first time I've seen someone use a Bow since Jimmy Page but in a very unique way, certainly not trying to immitate. Saw Janes Addiction with Flea on Bass at some small place as well but I'm sure it was not as good as when they were in their hayday.....who ever is?

Oddly enough I just found this on the tube
Porno For Pyros Orgasm ......viewer discretion.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scJuNQtYlZE

[Robh3606]

Hello Fred

Are you going to Return to Forever and Zappa Plays Zappa?? It's a win win double bill at the Beacon. Can't wait to see them.



that is the ONLY SD album that I don't care for ...different strokes, I guess...:dont-know:


Hello Seawolf

Do you like Everything Must Go?? There are only a few songs off Two Against Nature most of the DVD is earlier stuff. You should at least check it out to look at the song list. It's a really good recording of a great show.


Rob:)

[Krunchy]

Hello Fred

Are you going to Return to Forever and Zappa Plays Zappa?? It's a win win double bill at the Beacon. Can't wait to see them.

Hi Rob, I wasnt planning on it, but then again I've been out of the Concert scene for a while now.
Interesting line up to be sure, I like the Beacon a lot actually, one of the best places to see a show AFAIC. While looking up their events calendar I see Steely Dan will be performing there in September, that would be an ideal place to see them.
Thanks for the heads up :)

[SEAWOLF97]

Hello Seawolf
Do you like Everything Must Go?? There are only a few songs off Two Against Nature most of the DVD is earlier stuff. You should at least check it out to look at the song list. It's a really good recording of a great show.
Rob:)

Everything Must Go?? YES

Two Against Nature ?? did NOT care for the CD ..are you saying that the DVD is
NOT the same tracks as the CD of the same name ??

[Robh3606]

Here's the track list

1. Program Start
2. Green Earrings
3. Cousin Dupree
4. Bad Sneakers
5. Janie Runaway
6. Josie
7. FM
8. Gaslighting Abbie
9. Black Friday
10. Babylon Sisters
11. Kid Charlemagne
12. Jack of Speed
13. Peg
14. What a Shame About Me
15. Pretzel Logic; End Credits

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1282107

Rob:)

[BMWCCA]

I happen to think "Two Against Nature" is a great Steely Dan CD. It's such a great recording, too. If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!

If you really want a good Steely Dan "hits" CD, I'd suggest "Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan story 1972-80". It's a good re-master of 33 originals on two discs and includes:

Disc 1

"Do It Again (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_It_Again_%28Steely_Dan_song%29)," from Can't Buy a Thrill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Buy_a_Thrill) - 5:56
"Dirty Work," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 3:08
"Reelin' In the Years (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelin%27_In_the_Years)," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 4:37
"Only a Fool Would Say That," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 2:57
"Change of the Guard," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 3:39
"Bodhisattva," from Countdown to Ecstasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_to_Ecstasy) - 5:18
"The Boston Rag," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:40
"Show Biz Kids," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:26
"My Old School," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:46
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number)," from Pretzel Logic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel_Logic) - 4:32
"Night by Night," from Pretzel Logic - 3:40
"Pretzel Logic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel_Logic_%28song%29)," from Pretzel Logic - 4:32
"Any Major Dude Will Tell You," from Pretzel Logic - 3:08
"Black Friday," from Katy Lied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Lied) - 3:41
"Bad Sneakers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Sneakers)," from Katy Lied - 3:21
"Doctor Wu," from Katy Lied - 3:55
"Any World That I'm Welcome To," from Katy Lied - 3:55
"Chain Lightning," from Katy Lied - 2:59

Disc 2

"Kid Charlemagne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Charlemagne)," from "The Royal Scam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Scam)" - 4:38
"Don't Take Me Alive," from "The Royal Scam" - 4:16
"Haitian Divorce," from "The Royal Scam" - 5:51
"The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Griffin_%28musician%29)), from "The Royal Scam" - 4:02
"Here at the Western World," from Greatest Hits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_%28Steely_Dan_album%29) - 4:01
"Black Cow," from Aja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aja_%28album%29) - 5:10
"Aja," from Aja - 8:00
"Deacon Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon_Blues)," from Aja - 7:36
"Peg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_%28song%29)," from Aja - 4:00
"Josie," from Aja - 4:35
"FM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_%28No_Static_at_All%29)," from FM (soundtrack) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_%28soundtrack%29) - 5:06
"Babylon Sisters," from Gaucho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucho_%28album%29) - 5:49
"Hey Nineteen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Nineteen)," from Gaucho - 5:07
"Time Out of Mind (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time_Out_of_Mind_%28song%29&action=edit&redlink=1)," from Gaucho - 4:12
"Third World Man," from Gaucho - 5:13

[Ducatista47]

I happen to think "Two Against Nature" is a great Steely Dan CD. It's such a great recording, too. If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!

If I needed to sell someone on my approach to two channel sound, I suppose I would use the two discs Avalon by Roxy Music and Muddy Waters - Folk Singer. Personally, I am more sent by great Jazz instrumentals, but most people want vocals. So I would spin these two. The two channel production on Avalon is the most accomplished I have heard, and on Folk Singer Muddy is in the room, right in front of you. It seems like you can feel his breath, and there are few vocalists who could not learn from the performance.

I hope I am not being influenced by having seen both in their prime, live. If I wanted to take a safer route that did not lean on liking what the artist was accomplishing, I'd spin up Regina Spektor's Begin To Hope. Its close miked, almost percussive presentation knocks listeners back into their seats, muttering "Wow."

[Cactus Bob]

Very nice list laurie! :)



Here's a list of my some of favorite concerts in no particular order:


King Crimson, Kinetic Playground Chicago 1973 (Think Lark's Tongues) My first real concert
King Crimson, Auditorium Theatre, 1974, Starless & Bible Black - Robin Trower Back up
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1973, McLaughlin, Hammer, Cobham, Laird & Goodman
The Billy Cobham George Duke Band, Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago 1976 with Alphonso Johnson & Scofield
Jack Dejohnettes Directions, Amazing Grace, Evanston, IL 1975 with Abercrombie & Holland
Mavishnu Orchestra, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1974? with Jean Luc Ponty, Narrada +
Wishbone Ash, Camel, Aragon Ballroom 1974
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Chicago Amplitheatre 1973
Hawkwind, Space Ritual Tour, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago - I've never been the same since lol!
Jan Hammer Group, Ratso's, Chicago, 1975 with Saunders, Smith, Kindler. Performed the entire First Seven Days.
Jeff Beck with The Jan Hammer Group, Comisky Park, Chicago '76
Pink Floyd, Milwaukee County Stadium, 1973, DSOTM
King Crimson, Park West, Chicago 1981. Belew, Levin, Bruford, Dicipline
John McLaughlin & Shakti, Ivanhoe Theatre, 1975
Jean Luc Ponty, Ivanhoe Theatre, 1975
Return to Forever - Weather Report (double bill) Arie Crown Theatre Chicago, 1976
John McLaughlin & The One Truth Band, Park West Theatre, Chicago with Shankar, Goldberg, Stevens, Sunship
Robert Fripp, Soundscapes, Park West Chicago 1997
Al Di Meola, Arie Crown Theatre, 1980 with Jan Hammer, Steve Gadd (Jan Hammer Group as back up)
Bill Bruford/Tony Levin, Upper Extremities Park West Chicago 1998, with David Torn & Chris Botti,
John McLaughlin & The Fourth Dimension, Fox Theatre, Tucson 2010

and way more!







Some of my favourite concerts / gigs? It's a longish list :)

Jack DeJohnette Parallel Realities tour with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland - Royal Festival Hall 1990
Airto Morreira and Flora Purim (4th World) - Ronnie Scotts 1991
Zawinul Syndicate - Jazz Cafe 1991
James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Cafe 1991
Bob Berg & Mike Stern (with Dennis Chambers) - Town and Country Club 1991 (now called the Forum)
Barbara Dennerlein - Jazz Cafe 1991
Jackie McLean - Jazz Cafe 1991
Tony Williams quintet - Jazz Cafe 1991
John Scofield - Canary Wharf 1992, that was a free concert as part of celebrating the opening of Canary Wharf, and it was free!! Not surprisingly the place was packed ;)
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Shaw Theatre 1992
Yellowjackets - Town and Country Club 1992
Alan Holdsworth with Chad Wackerman - University London student union 1992
Billy Cobham - Jazz Cafe - 1993
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Jazz Cafe 1994
Steve Williamson - Jazz Cafe 1996
Geri Allen - Barbican 1997
Randy Brecker - Jazz Cafe 1999
Yellowjackets with Peter Erskine - Jazz Cafe 1999
Billy Cobham - Jazz Cafe 1999
McCoy Tyner - Jazz Cafe 1999
Mark King - Jazz Cafe 1999
Tania Maria - Jazz Cafe 2000
Herbie Hancock - Shepherds Bush Empire 2000
Soulive - Jazz Cafe 2001
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Borderline 2001
Marcus Miller - Perugia jazz festival 2002
Herbie Hancock with Bobby Hutcherson - Barbican 2004
Charles Lloyd with John Abercrombie - Barbican 2004
Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield with Larry Goldings - Queen Elizabeth Hall 2004 - celebrating the music of Tony Williams
Roy Ayers, The Beat - Croydon Music Festival 2005
Azymuth - Jazz Cafe 2005
Larry Corryel, Lenny White and Victor Bailey - Jazz Cafe 2006
Jean Luc Ponty - Jazz Cafe 2007
Stanley Clarke Band - Jazz Cafe 2008
The Lightning Seeds - Croydon Music festival 2010
Scott Henderson trio - Ronnie Scotts 2011

[SEAWOLF97]

If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!

well, to demo my system ..I use.....

vinyl:
JBL Sessions LP's = Hoyt Axton - Joy to the World
After Eight = Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
The Planets - Holst

I tried using "The Apocalypse Now Sessions" - Mickey Hart , but the stylus wont track
at demo levels (feedback) ..there is usable signal to 10hz

CD:
"V for Vendetta" soundtrack
"Love" - Beatles
"I want my MTV" - Dire Straits
"Ray sings - Basie swings" best remaster that I've ever heard ...any track for a demo

dupree was OK...nothing to write home (or forum) about.

[hjames]

I dunno, if you aren't demoing with the 20th anniversary SACD of Brothers in Arms,
you're missing out on peak sound. The old disc is flat next to that.

http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Arms-20th-Anniversary-Straits/dp/B0009A21R6/

[Robh3606]

The SACD of Avalon is really nice to demo with as well.

Rob:)

[hjames]

The SACD of Avalon is really nice to demo with as well.

Rob:)

Agreed, but apparently the price went crazy a few years after I bought my copy ... its something like $100 used and stupid-expensive new.

But gosh, listening to the sound swirl around you during "India", for instance, is amazing ...

[Robh3606]

If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!



I agree I use that as a demo disk as well and I like the music which makes it really enjoyable.

Rob:)

[Krunchy]

I dunno, if you aren't demoing with the 20th anniversary SACD of Brothers in Arms,
you're missing out on peak sound. The old disc is flat next to that.

http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Arms-20th-Anniversary-Straits/dp/B0009A21R6/

I can totally see how that would be the exact scenario. I've heard a few SACDs and they do sound amazing, the implications are pretty scary though, does one update a vast collection of cd's, especially for us loonies, knowing that one's favorite albums are available in SACD format can be quite detrimental.
A bit of a catch 22.......but man those CDs do sound great, not cheap though, for me its best not to think about it too much :D

[laurie]

A gig I can add to the long list I made last year, saw George Duke with his band last November 2011 at the Jazz Cafe. Absolutely fantastic!! He did amazing fusion, Brazilian, some Zappa type stuff and George Clinton type stuff, what an amazingly versatile musician with a great sense of humour.

[SEAWOLF97]

As a senior in HS (1967) , there was an opportunity to hop a ride up to Monterey
for the "International Pop Festival", 3 day ticket for $7 as I recall.

Dad wudn't let me miss school

couple of name groups there ..;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival



2.1 Jefferson Airplane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#Jefferson_Airplane)
2.2 The Who (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#The_Who)
2.3 The Jimi Hendrix Experience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#The_Jimi_Hendrix_Experience)
2.4 Janis Joplin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#Janis_Joplin)
2.5 Otis Redding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#Otis_Redding)
2.6 Ravi Shankar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#Ravi_Shankar)
2.7 The Mamas & the Papas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#The_Mamas_.26_the_Papas)


Cancellations and no-shows


Several acts were also notable for their non-appearance.
The Beach Boys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys), who had been involved in the conception of the event[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#cite_note-pc47-9) and at one point scheduled to headline and close the show, failed to perform. Their failure to perform was caused by a number of serious issues plaguing the group. Firstly Carl Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilson) was in feud with officials for his refusal to be drafted into service for the Vietnam War. The group's new and radical album Smile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile) had recently been aborted with band leader Brian Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson) in a depressed state and unwilling to perform live with the group (he hadn't performed live with the group since late 1964). The group also felt that since Smile had not been released that the older material they had available to perform would not be favorable with the audience. Their failure to perform permanently damaged their reputation and popularity in the US, which would their replacement album Smiley Smile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Smile) chart lower than any other of their previous album releases.
The Beatles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) were rumored to appear because of the involvement of their press officer Derek Taylor, but they declined, since their music had become too complex to be performed live. Instead, at the instigation of Paul McCartney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney), the festival booked The Who (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who) and the Jimi Hendrix Experience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_Experience).
The Kinks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks) were invited but could not get a work visa to enter the US due to a dispute with the American Federation of Musicians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_Musicians).
Donovan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan) was refused a visa to enter the United States because of a 1966 drug bust.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#cite_note-pc47-9)
Captain Beefheart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart) & The Magic Band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Band) was also invited to appear but, according to the liner notes for the CD reissue of their album Safe As Milk, the band turned the offer down at the insistence of guitarist Ry Cooder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder), who felt the group was not ready.
According to Eric Clapton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton), Cream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_(band)) did not perform because the band's manager wanted to make a bigger splash for their American debut.
Dionne Warwick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_Warwick) and the Impressions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impressions) were advertised on some of the early posters for the event, but Warwick dropped out due to a conflict in booking that weekend: she was booked at the Fairmont Hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairmont_San_Francisco) and it was thought that if she canceled that appearance it would negatively affect her career.
Though the logo for the band Kaleidoscope (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope_(US_band)) is seen in the film, they did not perform at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Although The Rolling Stones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones) did not play, guitarist and founder Brian Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jones) attended and appeared onstage to introduce Hendrix.
Though it was long rumored that Love (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(band)) had declined an invitation to Woodstock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock), Mojo Magazine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo_Magazine) later confirmed that it was Monterey they had rejected.
The promoters also invited several Motown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown) artists to perform and even were going to give the label's artists their own slot. However, Berry Gordy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy) refused to let any of his acts appear, even though Smokey Robinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Robinson) was on the board of directors.
The Doors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors) did not appear because the coordinators forgot to invite them. John Densmore, the band's drummer, in his book, "Riders on the Storm", expressed his belief that they were not invited because their music didn't express the ideals of the time, Peace and Love.

[Krunchy]

Too bad you didnt get to see the show Tom, if all those names would have shown up it would have potentially rivaled woodstock, though in those few years difference (67-69) a lot of those bands really evolved into something totally different from what they were in 67. In particular the Who, Stones & Kinks (these come to mind right away though I know there are others), to this day I dont really care for their early offerings, hadnt come into their own afaic.

[froze]

I can't even remember all the concerts I've been to, maybe that's because of the condition I was in at the time...anywho, different concerts have different personalities, to say one is better then another? I don't know, but the worse concert was Helen Reddy, she played for 20 minutes then left! Even the local newspaper told her she was never going to be invited back. The most fun concert was The Beach Boys, it was just a fun time, all the band members were there too, even though their voices had gotten old and they couldn't hit the high notes - no one cared. The best rock concert was Boston. The most audience party time concert was the Rolling Stones. The strangest due to being just myself and a friend was a War concert...strange because we were the only white people! The best guitar concert was Santana. Best Blues concert was BB King. The best Jazz concert was a toss up between Sade and Boney James. The best R & B was Curtis Mayfield.


Please note, I'm not saying those were the best concerts ever, just the best I've ever went to. There were some concerts I wish I could have gone to that I'm sure may have exceled a few of the ones I listed.