The greatest concert you've ever seen

[chelsea0011]

Paul Simon Graceland tour. WOW!

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Beatles in Chicago 1964.

Their first time in the Windy City.

No, I did not scream. Damn screaming made it difficult to hear the music. And I was just a young curmudgeon of 15 at the time.

[Berserker]

3. Led Zepplin

Hands down no group has ever come even close to their performance. No warm up group just 3 hours of Zepplin and nothing but Zepplin. Wow what class they had.

[chelsea0011]

13. They were great. I saw the '74 tour.

[jumptheshadow]

26. Beatles in Toronto

Was it 64 or 65? LOL. I won a contest and got to see them.

[skygazer]

2. Elvis of all people

I say "of all people" because I wasn't into Elvis at all. My sister was and had an extre ticket and it was truly the best show I've ever attended. The man was a showman, no doubt about it.

[alvis]

29. Which Elvis?

Costello, right?

:evilgrin:

[ForrestGump]

44. Beware of False Elvii

The same goes for those 'Alvis' types. :P

When did you see him?

[blue neen]

4. Eric Clapton (Derek & The Dominoes) and Santana

Pittsburgh, 1975.

[liberalnurse]

14. Yes, that was what I was going to say!

[blue neen]

18. You're kidding me! You were at The Civic Arena, too?

We had seats on the floor. The roof was open; it started to rain, and Clapton let loose with "Let It Rain!" Fantastic!

[liberalnurse]

55. Yes, I'm originally

from Mars, Pa. .....I cut my rock-n-roll teeth at ther Civic Arena...and Three Rivers....and a lot of local clubs.


Ever been to St. Anthony's in New Kensington?

[Tom Kitten]

48. Hey, I saw them on that tour!

In Mobile, Alabama, though...And yes it was great, Eric rocked! Sunshine of Your Love, Badge, Layla, nothing slowhand about that show! (well except when Yvonne Elliman sang "I Don't Know How to Love Him") :)...
Santana opened and late in the show Carlos came out and jammed with Eric...It was really interesting seeing the differences in style between the two...It was a great show!

[KeepItReal]

5. Prince at the Essence Festival this year....

He had Sheila E., Morris Day & the Time, Chaka Kahn and Wendy from the Revolution....

Man we kicked it in the Superdome that night. Well worth the money!!

[Political_Junkie]

8. Oh, that sounds awesome!

Would've love to have seen that.

[Political_Junkie]

6. Damn, that's a tough one.

So many good ones...

I guess I'd have to say Queensryche - Empire tour, when they performed Operation Mindcrime in it's entirety.

[peekaloo]

7. r.e.m/Radiohead

incredible show. At the end of the evening people were dancing on chairs and refusing to leave.

[Kid_A]

66. I hate you.

That tour came to Indianapolis when I was in 8th grade, but it was on a school night and my mom wouldn't let me go.

You stupid jerk.

[peekaloo]

101. I like your mom.

Now that you're in the 17th grade (did the math) does she let you out on school nights?

:P

[Screaming Lord Byron]

69. Saw that at Vancouver, Thunderbird Stadium.

Radiohead are an extraordinary live act.

[GOPisEvil]

88. Radiohead/Natalie Merchant/REM

Incredible show! :thumbsup:

[ok_cpu]

106. Gotta agree with Radiohead

They put about 20,000 people in a near trance with an incredible performance of 'Idioteque' first time I saw them.

[Duncan Grant]

9. Indigo Girls, twice, in Berkeley, at the Greek.

Greatest singer/songwriters since Joni Mitchell. :thumbsup:

[Onceuponalife]

34. me too

Yeah, I saw the Indigo Girls at the Greek Theater in Berkeley with Spearhead. I was right there, about third row. Where you at that one, 94114?

[Duncan Grant]

102. I missed that one.

'98 and '04 for me. Best shows ever though. ;)

Welcome to DU, Onceuponalife!! :hi: :toast:

[Onceuponalife]

120. thanks

I've actually been registered since May, I think. Just haven't had much time to post here. On another forum, I have almost 4,000 posts.

[KG]

10. i see so many show every year, it's hard to say...

just saw debra coleman and dave alvin the other night, there was some awesome music played that night...

[legin]

11. Gong. Shamal tour.

My second concert I ever went to.

About a half full Hammersmith Odean, but really good.

I think with time that 'You' is my favourite album now though.

[HEyHEY]

12. 54-40 at the Vogue theatre or "Hockey Night" at the Commodore

The 54-40 show was made into an album and the commodore one had the smugglers, the hanson brothers, and the spitfires - it was awesome.

[Lost147]

16. Weird Al Yankovic

I've been to a few other concerts but I've never had more fun than at a funny one.

[alvis]

30. He does put on a good show

I saw him in Red Bank, NJ a couple years ago on the Running with Scissors Tour. He was hilarious, and spot on too.

[bobthedrummer]

15. The Jimi Hendrix Experience with opening act The Soft Machine

in Milwaukee.
I could have partied with him after the show but I was tripping and missed it...:hurts:

[Bridget Burke]

57. They played the Houston Music Hall on that tour.

Which is the show I saw.

Psychedelia is cool & all, but Jimi blew me away with "Red House Blues".

[rfranklin]

17. Paul Simon solo at Carnegie Hall when I sat in the third row....

was pretty good. I saw him at Radio City with Black Lady Mombasa?

That was good.

Cream in 1968 at Madison Square Garden was good.

[chelsea0011]

21. Cream........I'm jealous.

[Maddy McCall]

19. SRV and Double Trouble

[EnfantTerrible]

54. I had tickets and back stage passes for his last show

and had to miss it... I told the guy who got them for me and worked with the band that I'd catch them next time around...

Needless to say I'll never stop regretting that decision.

RIP SRV

[Jokinomx]

114. I saw him in Park City the summer that he died....

The setting was awesome... at the base of a ski run... a warm summer night with some kicking weed... it was memorable... :-)

[Raster]

20. Dallas/Reunion Arena: Tina Turner, Private Dancer Tour; 1984

[Chovexani]

22. Janet Jackson

I don't remember the year, but it was when the Janet. album came out. My sister and her friends took me and we had a blast.

Recent flashing incidents aside, Ms. Jackson-if-you're-nasty puts on a DAMN good show.

[tuvor]

23. The Clash's Combat Rock Tour

at the Kinsmen Fieldhouse in Edmonton, 1982.

Know your rights. All three of them!

[Tikki]

39. Friday February 9th, 1979 Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA

THE CLASH

Pearl Harbour Tour supported by Bo Diddley & The Dils


The Tikkis

[tuvor]

40. Ooh, the Dils!

Don't know much about them, but coincidentally I was talking today to someone about how some Big & Rich song reminded me of Rank & File.

Wasn't Pearl Harbor the nom-de-punk of Joe Simonen's wife?

[Tikki]

42. Pearly Gates.....

Yes, I believe Paul was married to the lead singer (Pearly Gates) of Pearl Harbour and the Explosion for a short while.

[JimmyJazz]

62. The Who, The Clash and David Jo - Shea Stadium 1982

1. not to be killed
2. food/money
3. Free Speech (as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it!)

[warrens]

87. I was at that one too...

Could hardly hear Johansen, and the Clash weren't much louder. I hate stadium shows, but that one was pretty good.

[JimmyJazz]

98. I won't tell you where my seat was, then... I thought they all were

great! All my favorites, one after the other. It was heaven!

[tigereye]

73. I saw that tour in Pgh

it was weird... they had bouncers dressed in military garb.. was that the one? Or was that the Sandinista tour.

[JimmyJazz]

86. do you remember the year? and where is pgh - i have

a guess, but I'm not completely sure.

[warrens]

90. 81, IIRC

and yeah, probably Pittsburgh.

[JimmyJazz]

91. i thought so - combat rock was released in 1982 - they

started a tour, picked up some dates with the who, and finished the tour (and themselves) in early 1983.

[tigereye]

109. must have been 82 then , Pittsburgh sorry

[JimmyJazz]

113. No need to apologize - you saw a great show! I did, too. n/t

[The Sushi Bandit]

24. Big Brother, Iron Butterfly

A benifit for the "love book" in LA 1967?

Second place was "Blondie" in Las Vegas several years ago.

[EstimatedProphet]

103. I saw Iron Butterfly in '97

God did they suck! They TRASHED InAGoddaDaVida, completely ruined it.

[Pied Piper]

25. Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit, Tanglewood, July 1990

Their recordings are so lush, I thought they had to be over-produced. That is, until I heard them live. Sonic beauty! I was a student at Tanglewood that summer, and I became friends with the Head Usher, who snagged me some great seats.

I'm lucky enough to have heard almost every major symphony orchestra in the world (I work at a famous east coast venue which hosts several touring ensembles every season), but this is the one that still sticks out.

[No Mandate Here.]

27. Pink Floyd, Three Rivers Stadium 1976?

I was working security- on the sound mixing platform.

Also, David Bowie at the Syria Mosque...

Almost any outside Greateful Dead Concert, including Watkins Glen.

--- but the best of all is ---

Allman Brothers Band, October 1971. Duane's next to last concert. I was on stage taking photographs. They are magical.

[ET Awful]

28. Any one of many, many Dead shows :) n/t

[sugar magnolia]

105. Agreed!

Although my favorite was probably Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, June 1994 because it was 115 degrees out and we managed to be the only people to get in the stadium with a cooler full of ice, water & candy. They searched us 5 times on the way in & there was a "no ice cooler" rule, but we bribed the cops with mini Snickers. People were really tripping out that we made it in with it.

[Kat45]

31. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, 1979-80 "The RIver" tour

Boston Garden. I wasn't really a fan and wondered what all the fuss was about. People said 'you have to see him live." So I did, and I understood. He played for about 3-4 hours and was incredible.

[alvis]

32. Radiohead and Belly

May not have been the greatest, but definitely one of the coolest. I went because I liked Radiohead, my friend went because he liked Belly. We both ended up liking the other's band.

[tigereye]

74. makes me think of a great Throwing Muses show I saw

[OneBlueSky]

33. it's a tie . . .

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - opening show of the Born to Run tour in 1975 (I think) . . . is a classic, small town theater in upstate New York . . . it was the in the town where I'd recently graduated from college . . . we had had him twice for college-sponsored shows before anyone know about him, and he liked the theater so much he decided to kick off his tour there . . . despite the fact that it was during the summer and the town was virtually deserted, the word was starting to get out and he packed the place . . . they came from all over, and it was a hell of a show . . .

and

Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden - 1972 or 73 . . . opening act was Stevie Wonder, who had just started performing again after recovering from an accident . . . knowing only of Little Stevie Wonder at the time, he was a revelation . . . and then went on to record his quartet of seminal albums -- Music of My Mind; Talking Book; Innervisions; and Fulfillingness First Finale . . .

runners up:

- John Mayall at the Fillmore East - 1969 . . . this was the show that they recorded for the Turning Point album . . . opening act was the Preservation Hall Jazz Band . . . still have the ticket stub . . .

- Ramblin' Jack Elliott at the Newport Folk Festival - also 1969 . . . he was onstage, drunk and rantin' and ravin', at the exact moment that Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon . . . a guy had set up a little portable tv on the tailgate of his VW microbus, and I was looking first at Armstrong, then at Ramblin' Jack, trying to decide what to do . . . Ramblin' Jack won . . . figured I could catch the moon landing on replay . . . :)

[K rock]

35. Pearl Jam 1996, Buffalo, NY HSBC arena

[porkrind]

36. Scorpions.

Seen them several times, and always an amazing show.

[Onceuponalife]

37. Springsteen 1985 Oakland

This was a very moving experience. All the hits. A humongous screen in the background showing a giant Springsteen. The penultimate moment came when he did a gorgeous cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land". Not a dry eye in the house of 55,000.

[kodi]

51. '78, dec 14, winterland

2 weeks later, the Dead same venue. and in between, the best two weeks of my life.

[gardenista]

52. '76 (or '75) Constitution Hall in DC

So, so amazing!

I got to shake Clarence's hand!

[Bridget Burke]

58. Springsteen, March 1974, Houston, Texas....

His first show outside the Northeast--a hippie club called "Liberty Hall". I believe the record company was trying to see whether his act would impress a non-Yankee audience.

It did. The last night of the engagement, most of the (original E-Street) band let the stage, Bruce sat down & sang "The Fever".

[WindRavenX]

38. Coldplay, May 2003

Played nearly every damn song. It was fantastic!

[JSJ]

41. stones at the rubber bowl- stevie wonder opened nt

[Fleshdancer]

43. Simon and Garfunkel last June

Before that it was Indigo Girls.

[foxy]

45. Jon Bon Jovi

I was in the hospital for a kidney infection and had tickets to the Bon Jovi concert. I snuck out of the hospital with a leader IV on. The one that you leave on if there is more to go in. I left a note telling them where I was going to be, under the pillow.

I got there and ended up being let down in the front because most of the fans had left. I got most of the people that were still there to make some noise with me and beat on the seats with me.

We ended up bringing Bon Jovi out on at least 2 singles and the whole band on at least 2 songs. It was a blast until the ambulance came to get me for my medicines. NOT FAIR!

But we all had fun.

[drhilarius]

46. Tool.

[Merrick]

77. I second Tool

but couldn't decide between Berkeley in '02 where it was a small venue but they didn't play 3rd Eye or The Patient or the one in Long Beach where they did, but it was in an arena (although I was on the floor 50 feet away). Probably have to go with the latter since it also had the fact that it was three blocks from my apartment going for it too.

[kariatari]

47. U2/PJ Harvey, Phoenix, 4/28/01

Runner up: Radiohead, Alpine Valley, 8/25/03

[LibDemAlways]

49. Elton John at Dodger Stadium 1975

eom.

[miss_kitty]

50. 1970. Crosby Still and Nash

and they brought a new band member with them that night, a guy called 'Young'. it was $6.00. Actually, i've seen many great shows, but that was my first.

[EnfantTerrible]

53. Santana '84? '85?

Poplar Creek 3rd row

He had about a 13 piece band and Tito Puente on timbales... Albert King came out about half way through and sat in for 2 or 3... Neville Brothers opened

also seen great concerts by Bob Seeger, Willie Nelson, Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms), DMB with Taj Mahal...

Very jealous of all who saw Zep, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and that Clapton/Santana tour

Worst show:

It's a tie between the Cars and Loverboy/Dokken... don't ask why I went... free ticks and drugs... they didn't help.

:smoke:

[lojasmo]

56. Semisonic, the Flops, and (most of) trip shakespeare

At first avenue last winter.

For those of you who don't know:

Trip was a local minneapolis band comprised of

John munson
Matt and Dan Wilson'
Jake Schlicter
Elaine Harris

They split up in....1993

Semisonic is John, Dan, and Jake ("closing time" et al.)

The flops is a ficional band from an indie movie shot in the twin cities, It is comprised of John and Matt (and sometimes Jake) They started playing locally a few years ago.

Matt has a solo album too, which is awesome!

Anyway, they all got together at first ave for a show (except elaine)

What a fun night

[tcfrogs]

75. That's so cool!

I didn't know Trip got back together for a concert. I loved them back in college, saw them numerous times.

[lojasmo]

85. If you're still in the TC

The flops will be playing a short set at the oak street theatre on 10-10-04. The set will be followed by a screening of "The Final Word" an independent film featuring the flops in a dramatic role (it's how the band was formed)

Check out their website at The flops' website

[sniffa]

59. "souL assasins tour" - 1993

cypress hiLL, house of pain, and funkdoobiest.

my first time moshing and crowd surfing.

[Squeech]

60. Van der Graaf Generator

Beacon Theatre, New York, 1976, their only performance in the USA ever.

Or maybe it was Traffic and Fairport Convention at the Boston Tea Party in 1970. Sandy Denny had left Fairport, but they still had Richard Thompson, and Traffic was the three piece band that recorded John Barleycorn Must Die.

Or maybe it was King Crimson in Providence RI in 1974, the penultimate show for this version of Crimso, a performance Fripp thought so highly of that he released it in its entirety in the Great Deceiver box set.

Or maybe it was Richard Thompson at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre-- I forget what year, but he was touring behind Amnesia. He and drummer Kenny Aronoff had this great can-you-top-this drum and guitar duel, that ended up with the whole band crashing into "Shoot Out the Lights."

Or maybe it was Cul de Sac at Tonic in NYC in 2000 (plus or minus one), when I took that killer bass solo that made even Nick (Dr. Nerve) Didkovsky sit up and take notice.

[bif]

61. MC5 @Tartar Field & The 1st Detroit Pop Festival @ Olympia

And Tommy Flannagan and Jonatha Brooke. Hard to pick just one.

[warrens]

92. When I saw the Five

They were washed up. I was SO disappointed. They played the Berklee School of Music's hall, and the place was half full and they just SUCKED. I was a HUGE fan, and loved High Time. They were sloppy, Rob was FAT, and the only person who showed any energy at all was Wayne Kramer.

They managed to wake up during Sister Anne and Baby Wontcha.

It kills me to say anything negative about them, but they really, really did suck. This was the winter of 71/72, IIRC.

[Surf Cowboy]

63. Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, and the Other People

1990?

The Barrel House, Salem, VA.

Too cool.

[Beer Snob-50]

64. Any time I have seen Springsteen

a great performer! Close second...Jimmy Buffet at Fenway Park!!

[noonwitch]

65. Springsteen, 1984, at Joe Louis Arena

The first leg of the tour. He later did the Silverdome, but the joe has better acoustics.

[Kid_A]

67. Radiohead, Chicago, 8/1/01

Amazing outdoor show on a record hot day in Chicago. Thousands of people packed in like sardines. I've never been so physically miserable and so happy at the same time in my life.

[ArkDem]

68. Chopin in Paris, 1847.

[BigMcLargehuge]

70. Zappa, Jazz From Hell tour 1987 or 88

Providence Civic Center

Smaller than usual crowd for a place that held an easy 15k... Maybe 7500 people. Our seats were gone because they had a mud bog race the next day so they moved us to the floor, about 150 yards from the stage. Not great but not bad.

He came out and played Stinkfoot. Half way through the show he stopped, knelt down to a guy in the front row who was holding up a coat and said "You expect me to stop the show so I can sign your fucking jacket?" Then went right back and finished the opening song.

The crowd roared.

He sent the rock band off then and replaced them with a 40 piece big band. The crowd began to grumble. He turned his back on everyone and started conducting.

It was great, real avant garde stuff. People weren't filtering out, they were leaving in droves, after 45 minutes. About twenty minutes later, when there were only, maybe, 500 of us left, he turned around and said, "well, now that we got rid of them..." and brought his rock band back out and did another entire set of classics. I mean a whole 90 minute set. It was amazing, like seeing him in a club. We all moved up and were right in front of the stage in this cavernous empty arena.

It was just awesome.

[tigereye]

76. wow!

that would have been something to see. Lucky you.

[redqueen]

71. Peter Gabriel Secret World tour

San Jacinto... Digging in the Dirt... Come Talk to Me... Biko... performances of these were mindblowing... simply amazing...

The man is a genius.

[tigereye]

72. Queen Ida!

I have seen many many shows of all types of artists.

But that was THE best show I have ever seen. Danced til I thought I would die.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:mbeyxdabjolf~T1

[RetroLounge]

99. OMG, I saw her a few times too. Incredible show!

Danced my arse off...

[tigereye]

110. that was a really long time ago too

and I thought she was dead... I hadn't ever heard of her playing here after that.. .but it looked like she was still around.

exactly, it was the best dancing concert I have ever been to.

[liontamer]

78. Lilith fair

with sarah, indigo girls, emmylou harris,jewel(who tried to sing along tocloser to fine,but forgot the words)

[Spirochete]

79. Led Zeppelin

in Portland 1972

Second best was an Alice Cooper show in the same place in 1973

[Butterflies]

80. Crosby Stills and Nash in the early 1980s (1982?)

It was electric there that night (though there may have been some drugs involved.)

[Burma Jones]

81. Grateful Dead, Uptown Theatre, Jan-Feb 1978 - or Pink Floyd

the Wish You Were Here Tour, Cap Center, Landover, MD, June 1975

Or

The Ramones, Knox College, Galesburg IL, October 1979


Hmmmmmm, all in a four year period, in my late teens, maybe that's it.

[Irishladdie]

82. Pato Banton at the House of Blues

[kwolf68]

83. Toby Keith without a doubt

Just kidding. ;) I've never seen that brainless redneck.

Mine goes between The Clash in the early 80s (not sure what tour, i was young), Bad Religion during their Stranger Than Fiction Days, Slayer during their Seasons inthe Abyss Days and one obscure band called Scatterbrain, who did Titties and Beer by Zappa complete with Devils mask, which was way cool

[Dying Eagle]

84. Ozzfest 2003

Korn, Marilyn Manson, Disturbed and of course OZZY!!!!

GREAT CONCERT!!!

[warrens]

89. The Who in Boston on the Who's Next tour

It was in an opera hall called, I think, Opera Hall, and I got a third row center seat outside the show for $8.

The Velvet Underground in Revere Beach, one of their very last shows in early 1970. I was WAY underage, but they let me in anyway.

The first Clash concert I saw, in DC on their first tour. I never saw them do a bad show, but that one was SAVAGE.

It's hard to whittle them down, I saw so many great ones. And still do. But those three stand out.

[Gothic Sponge]

93. TMBG

I've seen them over 2 dozen times, but they did a really great show one night at Irving Plaza in NYC. Great vibe!

[lgreen]

94. The greatest one

most definitely had to be Parliament at New Orleans Jazzfest, May 1997. It was amazing- everyone was dancing!

[never cry wolf]

95. Santana, NIU 1972 or '73

Northern Illinois University, Chick Evans Field House, the Caravanserai tour. You could get high from the second hand smoke alone.

LOOOONNNGGGG concert, must have gone 3 hours and the band was TIGHT! After two encores most were brain frazzled and grateful and getting ready to leave when the house lights dimmed once again, a single cool blue spot shines on the stage revealing Carlos, dressed all in white with a white guitar and he commences to play Samba Pa Ti....

People were in tears. best. concert. ever.

The next year Zappa came to campus on his Apostrophe tour and kicked total ass, another long concert, another tight band. There was some controversy because someone stole the tapes and he had wanted to use them for a live album he was putting together. This was great too, but Samba Pa Ti in a blue spot is unmatchable...

Do I win a prize?

Actually, I already did, 30 some years ago!

Edited to add we didn't have to rely on the second hand smoke.

[Queen Jane]

96. Elliott Smith...

2-20-2000 at the Black Cat in Washington DC

may he rest in peace.

[RetroLounge]

97. Man, so many great ones I've seen

Pink Floyd, Soldier Field, Chicago, 1977, Animals Tour. 'nuff said.

Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Chicago Stadium, 1978 or so. Great night of blues!

Ozzy w/Randy Rhodes, and Def Lepard, Alpine Valley, WI, 1980. Blizzard of Ozz and Def's first US tour.

U2, UIC Pavilion, Chicago, early 80's. Unforgetable Fire tour. Mesmerizing.

Scorpions, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden at various times in the early 80's in the Chicago area.

Ministry, McGreevey's Pub, Glenview Illinois, two shows, underage, and over 21. Had a different date for both...Al spit on me from the stage while singing, I was so close. and DAMN loud, too.

Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Leo Kottke, Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, 1987.

NIN, 1990, Cabaret Metro Chciago. Unbelieveable...

Soul Asylum, Shank Hall, Milwaukee, 1990. Drunk and Punk!

Nirvana, Cabaret Metro, Chicago, twice in 1990. Once before Nevermind came out, on a Sunday night, with about 30 people in the place, and the next time, after Nevermind came out, in a sold out room. Both great shows!

In the last ten years? Hmmm. Brian Setzer, Jet, a few others..

RL

[catzies]

100. U2. Elevation Tour. Anaheim. Days after Joey Ramone died.

*goosebumps at the memory*

[EstimatedProphet]

104. Grateful Dead-Either Birmingham AL or StLouis MO, 95

StLouis was right after the Deer Creek fiasco, and the secong night was right after the storm came through and killed some of the camping kids, for those who remember. Emotions were high, even among the band. Samba in the Rain was stunning. I damn near cried during Stella Blue.
But then again, at the Birmingham show I saw God...:)

[RedEarth]

107. Jefferson Airplane....in San Francisco..1970

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

108. Crosby, Stills & Nash

At the Nashville Starwood Auditorium. Surrounded by fellow aging hippies, all stoned, all just having a great time in the summer evening air.

The best part is, the ticket was free-- a friend had an extra one, and thought to call me. Two hours later I was at the concert!

[mhr]

111. Santana, Deep Purple, ZZ Top - Austin, TX 1977

eom

[NNadir]

112. Frank Zappa, live at the Filmore East, 1971.

It was released as an album. (I don't know if it's still in print.) It featured Howard Kaylan and Mark Vollman of "The Turtles" singing "Happy Together." John Lennon and Yoko Ono also showed up to do a bit, but it didn't make it on to the album.

My opinion, Frank Zappa was a more interesting guitarist than any of the others in that time, including Hendrix.

[Jokinomx]

115. I responded to a new thread with The US Festival in San Bernadino

1982....

But.. the Stevie Ray Vauhn concert the summer he was killed... in Park City, Utah was out of this world...

and for those that venture off ... I couldn't pass up seeing Pavarotti when he performed at the University of Utah in the mid ninties...

Also... for pure music enjoyment... I was able to see Ray Charles at the Salt Lake Symphony Hall. He was awesome as well....

[ariesgem]

116. 1979 Funk Festival

At the Los Angeles Colosseum. Some of the acts included: Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubberband, Rick James, Cameo and the Barkays. The 2 things I remember clearly about that concert was of course the Mothership Connection landing and Rick James throwing a HUGE joint into the crowd. I was luvin it!:headbang:

[Dukkha]

117. Pink Floyd MLOR Tour 1987 Cleveland

and just one week before Roger Waters Radio KAOS Tour

Fantabulous!

runners up are Bauhaus and Dead Can Dance

[AgadorSparticus]

118. 10,000 Maniacs 1988. Not saying it is the greatest ever, but I sure

enjoyed the heck out of it.

[alpaca]

119. Several, hard to name one.

Devo, PDX 82 because it was my first concert.
Fishbone, PDX 87 because I shared a 40 with the lead singer.
First Lollapalooza, because it was the first.
Love and Rockets 95, because they STILL rocked, who would have guessed.
NIN, Seattle 97', because it was not grunge.
Zwan PDX 03 because of the small venue.
~cheers

[Spider Jerusalem]

121. U2, Zoo TV tour.

Public Enemy opened. Great show. Good one for my 1st concert, too. (I was 14).