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ProfessorGAC

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20. Only Had One Show With Seats That Good

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:45 PM

3 hrs ago

My wife & I saw Dire Straits at Chicago's Uptown Theater.
Strictly by luck (like you) we got 6th row dead center. With the orchestra pit and 5 rows were were 20' from Knopfler all night.
I've gotten backstage passes and seen shows from the wing, but it's not like being able to make eye contact while they're performing.

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I saw Bob Dylan... [View all] LuckyCharms 8 hrs ago OP

We saw him 2 years ago underpants 8 hrs ago #1

At one of his shows, 1999 I think...it was pretty bad. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #3

I saw him perform in Wilmington, Delaware in 2004 at a club called Kahunaville Walleye 8 hrs ago #2

I saw Bromberg open for Hot Tuna in 1975, and he amazed me. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #4

Well, that's pretty cool, I never saw Zappa Walleye 3 hrs ago #19

Saw him when he toured with tom petty unblock 7 hrs ago #5

I can't really explain how i feel about Dylan concerts... LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #6

This is how I feel about springsteen unblock 5 hrs ago #11

I know what you mean about Springsteen. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #12

Never got into the dead, but they certainly have had a loyal following. unblock 1 hr ago #21

Holy fuck, Lucky Niagara 7 hrs ago #7

Well, give your client's wife a hug for me... LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #9

I love Dylan, even when his voice is ultra-raspy. quaint 5 hrs ago #8

Wow! 4 times with the Dead? LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #10

"Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead are the only ones who play my music the way I intended it to be played." quaint 5 hrs ago #13

Quaint, no kidding... LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #14

Most of my stories are show camping based and only of interest to me. quaint 4 hrs ago #15

Thank you, thank you! LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #17

I remember coming out of a Dylan/Dead concert Stardust Mirror 4 hrs ago #16

LMAO!! LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #18

The last time I saw The Dead was at Winterland, red dog 1 28 min ago #22

Winterland! Do you remember the year, red dog 1? LuckyCharms 6 min ago #23

It was either 1977 or 1978 red dog 1 38 sec ago #24

Only Had One Show With Seats That Good ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #20