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What band was the best? And approximately what year was it?
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What band was the best? And approximately what year was it?
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Pink Floyd 1975
May 3, 2003. Gov’t Mule. New Orleans. Show started around 10 or 10:30 pm. Walked out of the Saenger Theater sometime after 4 am. So many special guests….a jam session for the ages. Was recorded for The Deepest End CD/DVD.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deepest_End,_Live_in_Concer
Dammit, missed a lwtter in the link 🙄
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deepest_End,_Live_in_Concert
Best – Either Led Zeppelin 1976/7 or Metallica 1992. Worst – Aerosmith 1977.
Toronto 5-ish years ago.
Journey opened, Def Leppard Killed it.
Severely HOT night, The ACC was Colder Than hell, The Beer was Colder & The Audio was CLEAR, LOUD, & On Point.
My daughter Bought the tickets & took me.
WE HAD A BLAST!
Mason Proffit, June 1971 right after I graduated from HS.
Not to repeat myself, but Outlaws, Cow Palace. I’m thinking 1978. I’ve attended a shit load of concert at Oakland Stadium. Days on the Green they were called back then. Zero acoustics. The Cow-palace, even though it was build for rodeos seems to have pretty good acoustics. Mr. Pinko?
Best sound – ELP @ Madison Sq Garden with 70 pc orchestra ( each instrument mic’d)
Best performance -Queen @ MSG. Freddie wearing a Rangers jersey after they won the Cup singing We are the Champions, place went nuclear!
Best overall -YES @ MSG Tales Topographic tour.
Best musician – Rick Wakeman @ small theatre in Charlotte NC
As a bonus, you can name all the people you have seen. Whenever I think I thought of them all, there is always someone I remember I saw. (Some of these events I had free tickets and I said, “What the hell”… and went.)
Alice Cooper
Bloodrock
Golden Earring
The Who
Black Sabbath
Billy Squier
Judas Priest
Ted Nugent
Aerosmith
Angel
Heart
Twisted Sister
Joan Jett
The Kinks
Foreigner
Huey Lewis
Loverboy
ELP
The Police
Blondie
Billy Idol
Spinal Tap
Tears For Fears
Marshall Crenshaw
Pete Yorn
Frehley’s Comet
Christopher Cross
The Tubes
Jefferson Starship
Dream Theater
Deep Purple
The Good Rats
Jose Feliciano
Tony Orlando
Mink Deville
Neil Diamond
Spin Doctors
The Association
The Rolling Stones
Living Color
The Hoodoo Gurus
Mitch Easter
Keith Emerson
Zebra
Diana Ross
Barry Manilow
I like clubs more than arenas. And I’d have to say the best sounding live band was The Good Rats.
Tom Waits and Leon Redbone in Boulder Co 1978…..or BB King, Big Momma Thornton, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee in Denver 1981’ish…..Johnny Winter at the Oriental Theatre in Denver a couple of years before he died….
Oh yeah, in’72 I went to a two day concert at the Empire Speedway in Leicester NY. The headliners were Deep Purple, Nazareth, Buddy Guy, Ginger Baker, Elf, and Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch era). It rained most of the second day, but I was young and the music was good.
GEEZ FUR, SHOWING OFF NOW??
I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GOING TO AN AMERICA CONCERT
I WAS UP CLOSE AT A PRETENDERS CONCERT, AND I THOUGHT CHRISSIE HYNDE GAVE ME THE EYE, BUT IT PROBABLY WAS AT THE GIRL NEXT TO ME
We saw Fleetwood Mac at the Cow Palace too. Great show. Wife, girl friend at the time, loved it. I kept thinking this would be a lot better if Peter Green were still on board.
Also, John Prine and Jerry Jeff Walker at EWU (Eastern Wash. University) Cheney, Wash. Spring 1980 at their stadium. But nothing could beat seeing live in person the Scottish band, The Tannahill Weavers at the Viking Tavern in downtown Spokane Spring 1984. The Viking could hold maybe 500 people and we were packed in there like sardines, balls to the walls listening to some of the best Scot’s/Irish bagpipe and fiddle music ever as loud as can be with even a didgeridoo thrown in playing a very low bassline. It was fantastic.
Wild Bill,
I’m admittedly Jealous. I was 2 in ’72.
Cheers! esp Ginger Baker.
Back in the seventies and festival seating was the norm, they were all great! Of course the big names were all assigned seats and I saw Led Zeppelin, the Stones, Pink Floyd. But the best times I had was moving my way right to the center of the stage, front row. Savoy Brown, Rory Gallagher, J Geils Band, Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green days), there were so many good times! The non headliners were always such hard workers and poured it out. BB King in nightclubs are among my most memorable nights, Buddy Guy too. The 70’s and 80’s are the most fun I’ve had listening to live music!
Most Jimmy Buffett concerts are a blast.
Been to dozens.
I remember a Tampa concert where we spent the day with all the Parrotheads in the parking lot drinking, eating, throwing footballs, playing cornhole and loving life.
His shows always start on time and everyone in the audience is supremely lit and we all know the words to every song.
Some venues are better than others.
Cincinnati Riverfront, The Woodlands Texas, etc are excellent outdoor spots.
In Vegas he does indoor shows at the MGM Garden, not as good but we did have better seats than the David Hasselhoff family so that was good…
Jethro Tull,76 or there about.
^^^^Dang, you saw the Dirty Mac?
CTA also known as CHICAGO Early 70’s
I’ve only been to three… B.B. King twice, and CSN. The first time I saw King was in the early 90s, and he was great, the second time was in the early 2000s and it was pretty bad. With CSN we walked out after the third tune.
The Dobbie Brothers,Loggins and Messina. Rare Earth.
Each group played an over 2 hour set, tickets were $7.50
Mid 70’s all of them were at the top of their game.
What a show. Most shows were $5.00 for 2 bands
10 Years After 1973, Deep Purple.
To many to list.
Up until the 80’s none cost over 10 bucks for 2 good bands.
We had catch a rising star in Portland in the Late 70’s early 80’s for 92 cents a show, saw The Cars,E.Costello,The Ramones,Cheap Trick.
What a time to see bands play.
Long gone days. Now a show sets you back 100 to 200 bucks.
Most bizarre was Frank Zappa at Louisville Gardens in the Fall, 1979-80?
He had a clothesline on stage for all the female garments.
Joe’s Garage had just come out I think?
Great double album BTW…
^^^Tannahill Weavers
worked in a few folk venues and mixed for them once, in maybe ’86.
best concert- New Year’s Eve, at the Filmore East, in 1969, I think it was. Love, with Arthur Lee opened, then the Allman Brothers came on and the Grateful Dead closed. What a night that was.
Last year I walked by a “Psychobilly”concert and it was over the top but kinda fun.
Yup, one time was Savoy Brown, the old Fleetwood Mac, and Deep Purple. That was when Deep Purple was riding high with their “Machinehead” album that had “Smoke on the Water”. Savoy Brown and Fleetwood Mac just kicked ass! People were bored and walking out for Deep Purple, us included.
A Day on The Green, The British are Coming. I did attend this. Don’t remember much about it, but I was there.
https://www.djtees.com/blogs/djtees-blog/day-on-the-green-oakland-coliseum-california-3rd-august-1975
The first and best concert I took my 2 older kids to see was Riders In The Sky during the Spokane Falls Comm. College folk festival in the Summer of 1988. Ranger Doug even called some of the kids up on the stage with them including my 6-year-old son Thomas and asked him a question of what he wanted to be when he grew up and Thomas said 7. He got an autographed bandana from them and a Riders In The Sky deputy badge which they also signed, and he still has those in his collection of childhood memorabilia. I also took my dad in his 70’s years later to see Riders In The Sky at the Met (the Bing Crosby theater) in downtown Spokane, he had a blast listening to old time cowboy music.
The one I think back on most often is Kitty Wells, Jean Shepherd, Johnny Wright, Bobby Wright
I’m not a big Blue Oyster Cult fan, but about ’79 we got free tickets to see them, floor seats, my buddy’s dad was a record promoter. It was an incredible laser show that was banned soon after by the FDA for causing spot blindness.
Also Ted Nugent, they got so hyped up at his shows they rolled buses at the Greyhound station across the street. Mostly peaceful.
Good times
Honorable mention to Lonesome Dave and Foghat, aka the hardest working band of the 70s.
As an oldster, which I am, we were front and center for a couple Billy Joel concerts. He had some first class musicians and the show was great. I know most of you don’t like him, and now that I know more of his politics I like him less, but he did a great show!
Wild Bill, Foghat has their roots with Savoy Brown. I’m telling ya, Hellbound Train album by Savoy Brown was a good album. They made a lot of good music!
I got the best twofer of all time in 1966, Charlottesville VA:
— Junior Walker and the All Stars
— The Four Tops
Close second, also 1966, at The Mosque theater in Richmond VA:
— The Supremes
Dang. Gotta add a close third: c. 1990 at the small and intimate venue in Snow Hill MD, another twofer:
— Leo Kottke
— Tah Mahal
…sorry, gotta add a No. 4, 1969, Alexandria (VA) Roller Rink:
— Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin
— Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart
OK, I’ll get my coat…
Dang, I think Uncle Als cheating.
There’s no way Uncle Al is that old! Is he?
joe6pak, you need to take it easy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yeHfJwDb6E
US Festival 1982.
RL Burnside in Portland was one that I was quite impressed by. Jerry MIller of Moby Grape lives right up the street and plays around here. He has impressed me fairly often.
I kept a lot of ticket stubs, and made notes on calendars, so I’ve managed t0 keep a good list. BTW, setlist.fm is a great site for organizing this stuff.
Alabama
American Breed
Association
B.J. Thomas
Beach Boys
Box Tops
Brian Wilson
Buckinghams
Carole King
Charlie Daniels Band
Chubby Checker
Classics IV
Cowsills
Cryan’ Shames
Don McLean
Doobie Brothers
Doors
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Faces
Flo & Eddie
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone
Hollies
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix Experience
John Prine
Judy Collins
Kelsea Ballerini
Kraftwerk
Melanie
Mountain
New Colony Six
P.D.Q. Bach
Pat Paulsen
Pogues
Roberta Flack
Rolling Stones
Sha Na Na
Shadows of Knight
Spanky & Our Gang
Staple Singers
Sugarland
T. Rex
Tangerine Dream
Three Dog Night
Tommy James & the Shondells
Turtles
Victor Borge
Vogues
Who
If you’ve seen some of Uncle Al’s responses to the perpetual “Ruin It” thread you just KNOW he must be the oldest of farts!
I saw Marshal Tucker in a freaken parking lot in Tahoe. I’d love to hear them in a controlled environment.
I saw Boz Skaggs 5-6 years ago and he’s another oldster that has taken good care of himself. He also had some really good musicians playing with him. His encore is still one of my favorites, “Loan Me A Dime”. I can’t believe I was listening to that 50+ years ago.
Joe6
I’ve gotta chance to see him on a couple weeks here locally. The wife and I both love him. For two different types of music. For me, it’s loan me a dime, for her, it’s all that pop shit. LOL. I wonder which one will show up?
Jethro Tull, c1971, Englewood Forum, on the floor, about 3 rows back from the stage. My ears are still ringing.
Brad, you know what? He will play both. When my wife and I went he played music I’d never heard before but she knew it and loved it. Much of what I knew she didn’t know. But he closed with Loan Me A Dime and they did it well. I like the hell out of him!
2002: Madison Square Garden: Paul McCartney: Driving USA Tour…
We had excellent seats for starters and it was Paul McCartney playing Beatle songs with a superb capable band. Naturally some McCartney tunes were played promoting his new album.
I’m a lifelong Beatles fan and never seen them in concert. This concert was Paul performing a show of all Beatles tunes. He told a story about George giving him a ukulele then played Something on ukulele. They played them all, Beatles tunes, and good; no Beatlemania imitation it was Paul.
In my biased opinion, of course but because it was Beatles songs, from a Beatle, this was my best concert.
King Crimson. Amsterdam 1997.
No words to explain the experience.
Amsterdam? Is that in Jersey?
Genesis, LA Forum 1986
Queen Richfield Coliseum (torn down many years ago) July 1982). I believe this was their last concert in the area before Freddie became really ill
Tina Turner in 1985 also at Richfield Coliseum
@ Tony R my ears are still ringing from Jethro Tull in ’77 Charlotte, NC. We were also in the 3rd row. I ended up with water in my ear from swimming, a closed up ear drum and a painful infection.
Also saw ELP at the Garden 1977,saw them again at the Moby Gym in Ft. Collins 1978, sans orchestra.
The Who, Quadrophenia Radio City Music Hall 1989
John Entwistle, Steven Talkhouse in Amagansett 1999
Ramones at the Rainbow Music Hall Denver, 1981.
Thanks for the tinnitus one and all!
I’d have to say one of the times I saw the Beat Farmers at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. Country Dick Montana would walk on top of the long tables and sing. One time he thought I was having too much fun and he poured a full beer on me. My second baptism I reckon 🙂
Upon further review, every Spring Break concert I attended, all of them free of charge, be it Daytona, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Panama City or South Padre Island Texas has to be top of my list.
The Fixx, Eddie Money, INXS, Journey, Night Ranger, The Tubes, REO, Sammy Hagar, Cinderella, Skid Row, Tesla, Loverboy, 38 Special etc.
Bands, booze bikinis & youth… ’nuff said
My friend Arthur Smith owned Avalanche Concert Lighting and I could get all access tickets to any show in Seattle/Tacoma. Sometimes I only went to part of a show, sometimes the whole show. Arthur had a stroke and died, we used to party pretty hard. I was a lot younger than Arthur. I remember Peter Frampton put on a hell of a show. It doesn’t look like anyone mentioned him above.
I was more into going to clubs and dancing. I would frequently leave a concert hall or arena show early and go to a club. I liked to drink, dance and was known as a scrapper when I was young.
I used to hang out in SF quite a bit. Mabuhay Gardens (the Fab Mab) was where I hung out when there, it’s where I caught a lot of punk bands.
Robert Cray used to frequently play at The Back Forty in Lakewood WA on Sunday for a dollar cover charge. He was always good.
I have a terrible memory when it comes to concerts. Embarrassingly, I didn’t see as many bands as I should have in the 80’s. Ah well.
First concert: John Denver at the Ohio State Fair. I was like 12 or so.
Went to an all day concert featuring a bunch of bands near Tacoma in the early 90’s and saw No Doubt before they hit it big. They stood out and were the best out of the all the bands that appeared.
Most fun: Great Big Sea at the Showbox in Seattle. Saw them every time they were in town.
Best “big” arena: John Mellencamp on his Lonesome Jubilee tour at the Seattle Center. It’s still my favorite album of his…but yeah…the guy and his politicking. 🤦♀️
Wow. This one is tough. I’ve seen so many good shows it’s hard to keep track. My first big venue concert was the Police back in 85, I think. Joan Jett opened. It was great, especially since I was a junior in high school and had two gorgeous senior girls hanging off me when I walked into the venue.
King Crimson was probably the most mind blowing show I’ve seen, followed by Dave Brubeck. One of the biggest talent surprises was Junior Brown. Damn, that guy plays a mean guitar! Black Flag wins for the loudest show I’ve seen. Other fun mentions are the Clash, U2, REO Speedwagon, Husker Du, Southern Rock Allstars, Meat Puppets, Marshal Tucker Band, Butthole Surfers, Circle Jerks, and so many more. I love live music, even if it isn’t a genre I’m into. I like being entertained.
Led Zeppelin, their final tour, 1980, Frankfurt Germany. Tickets were $120, as an E1 in the Army I was hesitant. Best money ever spent! What did I do with my $50 concert T-shirt???
BTO at the Coliseum in Denver around 1974. 7th row center, my date caught Randy Bachmann’s guitar after their 4th encore.
Too many close seconds to name but The Who, The Supremes and Frank Sinatra were really memorable.
Any Texas Jam attendees here? I went in 78.
Toss-up: Ted Nugent/Cars or Blues Brothers (79 I think)
Best concerts were Supertramp and Queen, in the late 70’s. Also attended the Police Picnic in the early eighties.
I’m 71 seen Bowie, Zep, D Purple, etc etc many great concerts.
Best concert I ever saw was this year May in Austin.
Band Maid
I thought great new rock was dead, not so. These ladies rock out with great songs and incredible talent.
Good morning! In response to comments above, I was born in 1949 so I was 17 years old for the concerts in ’66.
Is 74 old?
^^^ Not at all, Al. Sharp mind, omniscient, witty…you definitely come across as someone 25 years younger. Keep at it.
October 1976, Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band, just off release of Live album.
He ended up doing another unplanned show the next night because so many people were outside the arena that couldn’t get in. He was a big name in the local clubs before he got national recognition and had a fondness for our little town.
Later he participated many times in the Port Huron to Mackinaw Island sailboat races.
September 14, 1972; The Who opened by Golden Earring…. The Pretenders at W&M opened by iggy 1986ish.
FJB
I would love to go to concerts or outdoor events still, I’ve been to around 100 in my lifetime. Jethro Tull used to come to New Haven every October, last time I saw them was about 10 years ago in Virginia, a reunion trip.
Problem is my wife and I always seem to get the Drunks From Hell in front of us now, rowdy assholes that come late and block your view or otherwise annoy, and at outdoor events you show up early to set up a couple of chairs in a good spot and some late drunk asshole puts bigger ones right in front of you.
Not worth it anymore.
I saw Beethoven conduct his 5th Symphony at Vienna in 1808.
(After all, I did help him write it.)
Sure Brian, ahem, bullshit. Uncle Al, you’re only 4 years older than I am at 70. And 70 is not what it was when my grandparents were 70, 60 + years ago, they were old, old and all dead in their early 70’s. I saw Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in Oct. 1973 along with my parents at the old Spokane Coliseum AKA the Boone Street Barn and the pink nightmare since it looked like a large old quonset hut and airplane hangar. And Arlo Guthrie in San Diego later that month. I’m a young 70, my body might be getting old and creaky, but my mind is still young.
Mickey Mouse at Disneyland!
Stevie Ray
Mashall Tucker
Allman brothers
At some connecticut fairgrounds around 1984
Tiny Tim on the Johnny Carson Show!
joey just wants to tip toe thru the tulips so he can sniff them.
I’m cheating because these were all the best, for all different reasons…
Biggest name & venue: The Who at the Cap Centre, early 80’s. Sat 2nd row center.
Best up close & personal club shows: Robert Hunter, Brand X, Jorma Kaukonen.
Best parties: Grateful Dead, John Prine. Those guys always had fun so their audiences did too.
Weirdest: Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes.
Most recent: Pokey LaFarge.
I never saw them, but I loved Jorma Kaukonen and Hot Tunas’s music.
The greatest live band in the world is The Jesus Lizard. Saw them in 1993 & 2018.
Yes in 2002 was also,excellent.
The Beatles at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1965. I was a obsessed teenage fan then. It made it special even though the venue was not the best.
The Who/Omni/76
Edgar Winter
James Gang
Neil Diamond/Fox/80’s
Moody Blues/ Omni
Neil Young/fox/79?
Todd Rundgren
Allman Brothers/Macon
Johnny Cash
Roy Clark
Ferrante and Teicher
Bruce Cockburn
The 4 Seasons
ELP
Rolling Stones/Auburn
James Brown
The Ventures/KState/1965
toohard
I was at that concert, Joe Cocker and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Lake Compounce. They confiscated my bug spray and when we picked it up I asked why. They said because you can make big fireballs with it. I whipped out my Bic lighter and made a huge one and said “Thanks!” We walked away laughing.
Not much later he was killed. Sad. That was a hell of a show.
My Aunt worked for the county fairgrounds, so I could get in on her pass to many concerts.
She was a huge country music fan, so I had my sorry butt dragged to a few of those.
I did like Ronnie Millsap
The Oak Ridge Boys and The Judd’s.
My favorite concert was 38. Special and Outfield.
I think it was more the company I was with, than the concert.
Later, I hit the Dirty Dancing Concert Tour.
One concert I regret never getting to see, was Bob Seger..he has been my favorite musician for a long time.
I have however, lived long enough that now I hear the cover bands…and my kids saying “Mom, you’ve got to hear this new song!”
“Yes dear, I heard it 30 years ago when it was moving up the charts the first time”.
Guess I surprise the kids and hit a Tom Macdonald concert, should he ever tour.
Barney the Dina-sawyer live at the Fillmore ………….
Dripping Dick and the Bleeding Assholes … just last night!
I knew I’d forget some. I saw Les Paul and he shnotted on me. I had a seat right under him, literally. Was right next to his stomp pedals. He had a cold, and his nose was dripping right at me. Was grotesque.
Best concert attended, Queen-Philly 1978
Best time at a concert: Being back stage at MerleFest in 99 and getting to pick w/ Del McCroury, Doc Watson and a bunch of others.
The Beatles at Shea Stadium ’65 then again in ’66 . Most fun was sneaking into the dress rehearsal of The Rolling Stones at Ed Sullivan’s show with tickets to another show at another CBS studio. The tickets were the same color & by the time the doorman discovered our tickets were bogus we all ran up the stairs and blended in with the actual ticket holders. Still remember the “outlaw” who passed around the bogus tickets.
Toss-up
George Harrison 1974 (Capitol Center)
Harry Chapin 1976 (San Diego)
WORST: Aerosmith…EVERYTIME!
Top four were all “The Residents” in the following order:
Demons Dance Alone tour
Icky Flix tour
Cube E tour
13th Anniversary tour
After that:
Jethro Tull – Passion Play tour (early 70’s)
ELP – Welcome Back My Friends tour (early 70’s)
Simple Minds – Sons and Fascination tour (’81 or ’82)
Wall of Voodoo – Call of the West tour (about ’82, ’83)
And One / VNV Nation (about 15 years ago)
KMFDM (probably 25 years ago)
Legendary Pink Dots (’93ish)
Grand Funk Railroad (twice in the early 70’s…in the earlier one, Bloodrock was the show opener)
Stevie Ray
scratch Mashall Tucker it was the CDB
Allman brothers
At some connecticut fairgrounds around 1984
Sorry about that. Saturday morning brain fog.
Frantic Freddie and the Freeloaders
Neil Young. He sucked, but Linda Ronstadt opened for him with her band that would become the Eagles. She tore the place apart and made Young look like a brain dead stoner. Must have been ’70 or ’71, I think.
Speaking of… Randy Meisner just died.
I wouldn’t cross the street to piss on 90% of these if they were on fire. Most of it is just noise and the electric guitar was invented by the devil.
BFH: “As a bonus, you can name all the people you have seen. Whenever I think I thought of them all, there is always someone I remember I saw.” I’m the same, always forget a few! Here goes:
The Beatles
The Who
The Moody Blues
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
U2
Midnight Oil
Simply Red
Frank Sinatra
George Benson
Rod Stewart
Sting
Mark Knopfler
Eric Clapton
Tony Bennett
Tom Jones
Paul Young
Billy Ocean
Ray Charles
Neil Diamond
Kris Kristofferson
Rita Coolidge
Diana Ross
Dusty Springfield
kd lang
Rod Stewart
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Mike & The Mechanics
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
David Bowie
Tina Turner
Cyndi Lauper
Blind Boys of Alabama
The Monkees
O’Jays
Temptations
Roberta Flack
Cleo Laine
Jim Byrnes
Pavarotti
Steve Winwood
Can’t pick a “Best” but in terms of excitement, audience energy and exceeding expectations I would say a tie between Tina Turner, U2 and Peter Gabriel.
“I wouldn’t cross the street to piss on 90% of these if they were on fire. Most of it is just noise and the electric guitar was invented by the devil.”
Do you dance around holding rattlesnakes?
The Orange County Fair usually had an “oldies” night. One year they had BB King – he couldn’t walk so he sat in a chair and told stories and played music. It was great. We also saw the Turtles; a self-deprecating and funny act that turned out some great music. 3 Dog Night played one year; going in my recollection was that they had five or six hits, but they played for over an hour and one-half, you had heard everything they played and they still left out some of their hits.
Oddest experiences were, first, Todd Rundgren and Utopia. I was dragged to that concert – at the time Rundgren’s big hit was “Hello It’s Me” which I hated. It turned out that they were rockers, and they were actually their own opening act. I also saw Tony Orlando at a private show; he got his well-known hits out of the way first and then proceeded to just entertain the audience for the rest of the night.
Dec. 13, 1970 – American University, Washington D.C. The Allman Brothers Band (original lineup), second show
absolutely blew me away & have been a big ABB junkie ever since.
saw The Beatles at the Washington Coliseum back in Feb. 1964. The Coliseum was a boxing venue, so the stage sat down in the middle & they had Ringo sitting on a round, spinning stage platform. they would play 3 songs & then spin the platform 90° for 3 more songs, until they played 12 songs … hilarious for an 11 year old kid who just heard of the Beatles because of all the girls in school were talking about them. Dad scored the tix & Mom took me … didn’t hear very much from all the screaming.
but, I was the most popular kid in school the next day! … gave my ticket stubs to a girl who kissed me …. first lesson I learned about women …lol
other groups/acts I’ve seen: (not in any order, & probably missing more than a few …)
Grateful Dead
Doobie Brothers
Three Dog Night
Wet Willie
Leon Russell
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marshall Tucker
Led Zepplin (great show, Capital Center ’73)
Outlaws
Hootie & the Blowfish (field next to the local firehouse)
Counting Crows (front row, Adam was great & gracious)
John Hiatt (fantastic songman)
Emmy Lou Harris
Ted Nugent
Steely Dan
Poco
Pure Prairie League
Danny Gatton & Robert Gordon (Cellar Club)
Chicago (Baltimore Civic Center ’71 w/ Terry Kath)
Frank Zappa (same place)
The Fifth Dimension
… & many others
didn’t get to Woodstock, but was at Watkins Glen in ’73
We don’t got much kulture up heah in North Maine, but we did see Alice in Bangor Maine in 1972.
Seats were B1 and B2 on the floor up close.
Fkn awesome.
Clapton and Winwood @ the MGM Grand in Vegas was also awesome. Not a bad seat in thr house and laid back truly great music.
I’m not sure where to start…
sorry, my post is out there in the ether of the internet “awaiting moderation”
I’ve never been to any musical concerts worth mentioning, so let me tell you about the time I saw Sam Kinison on a Thursday night before he exploded onto the scene. And Im sitting in the first row in a small comedy club with about 50 people in the room. So take what you think the impact of his shrieking schtick was and multiply by ten. And my first reaction was, “This guy is DIFFERENT!”
And because he was an unkown, some people didnt know how to react. And so some dumbshit right behind me started heckling. And Kinison brutalizes him which pisses off his girlfriend. So Sam has to tear her a new one.. and now every chick in the club is pissed at him
Two days later, I go back in the club and there’s Sam sitting by himself. So, I go up to him and say, “Hey man, I was at your show Thursday, What a dilemma. You had to put that dumbshit behind me down hard which pisses off his wife and then you piss off every chick in the place which means none of the guys can laugh cause then they wont get laid.”
And then he says, “I remember you and your friend, you were the only two people who were laughing.” And I said “Well, you’re an absolute original. I’ve never heard anything like that before. Whats more, youre a hell of a lot better than that Joe Restivo (the headliner) hack.
Boy, did Sam like hearing that!!
I cant believe someone here knows Mason Profitt! What a great band. Also, i saw The Outlaws opened for Moody Blues at Chicago Stadium ,very weird matchup but all good,.
Uncle Al
“Is 74 old?” Age is just a number. Hell no. Go gets some TRT, start taking some Nitric Oxide, and you can compete with the youngsters. Life’s short. Might as well make the most of it you can.
Uncle Al has 74 years of wisdom & experience.
When a millennial turns 74 they will have a fraction of that wisdom and will have only experienced life through their G-D phones…
^^^^^
Good timing. I just got back from the gym. First of all, I leave my phone in my truck. That’s my time. One of these days, I’m going off.
Check out Madam Radar on YT. Their video “Hands” is incredible.
Joe Cocker and Leon Russell deserve some recognition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAr1srCa2dc
Chicago
Julio Iglesias ❤️
Gary Puckett
Tuesday, on a Saturday. Is it just me, or am I not seeing you comment much? I miss your comments.
I agree, where has Tuesday been?
❤️ Thank you, Brad. Never want to wear out my welcome.
Tuesday’s Gone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iExsbDuVqeE
In the 80’s Duran Duran concerts were the place to be if you were a straight male.
DAMN! The Tom Jones concerts were before my time but I bet they were similar…
Not only that, they had some damn good tunes.
Listen to all the influences in this banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z0e1Wm64M
“Thank you, Brad. Never want to wear out my welcome.”
Impossible,
The wife’s out of town. She no likey loud music. So I’m taking advantage of my 10K home theater sound system I put in this place while she’s gone. REM, Gin Blossom, Journey. Cops should be showing up any minute. LOL
Hey, Loco
https://myspecialdates.com/lnd30/block1?utm_unik=true&utm_mar=nik&utm_netw=myspec_ggl_nik&utm_campn=disc116&utm_camp=19968286757&utm_country=US&utm_geo=all_countries
McCartney, just for the sheer pleasure of hearing my youth in its entirety.
It was loud, joyful, tearful and magnificent.
When he opened with, “🎶 Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, tomorrow I’ll miss you…” it tore that stadium DOWN.
Every young boy wanted to be a Beatle.
Some of us are still trying.
Rumor has it the original lyrics were, close your eyes, spread your legs, and I will fertilize your eggs”
Much more romantic lol
Dave Mason.
Little Feat, just before Lowell George died.
Stevie Ray Vaughn,
just after he told Bowie to FO; @ Pirate’s Cove in Cleveland, close enough to touch him.
SRV had superhuman talent, God took him back.
Most laughs (and boobies) at a concert – Dr Dirty, John Valby.