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EP
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Osteoarthritis Shouldervile
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Sep 26, 2016 - 10:56am PT
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October 1968- Hendrix Bakerfild Civic Auditorium
In seven days during June 1972:
Mahavishnu Orchestra Friday night at the Whiskey A Go Go June 9th
Stevie Wonder next night opening for the Rolling Stones at the Forum June 10th
Grateful Dead at the Hollywood Bowl June 17th
1975 Golden Gate Park- Sons of Champlin, Diga Rhythm Band ith Garcia, Jefferson Starship-
80s to now:
Rory Gallager Golden Bear Huntington Beach
Dregs all over California
Pat Metheny group in LA, Santa Barbara, SF, Bakersfield
Most recently , Nels Cline, Ben Harper, Anders Osborne, Tedeschi Trucks at High Sierra
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Sep 26, 2016 - 11:03am PT
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Ho? Man?
That's an impossible thing to ask.....
But
I saw Miles Davis at Carnegie hall on New Years 79-80(?) it was the scariest
Show I ever saw people were passing blow down the rows in small open pieces of
Tin foil. I was there with three other high schoolers. two girls and Bob Witsenhausen.
And no other White people in the 1st 5 rows of the Ochrestra area. . . .i was only just 4'9 tall!
Then I was also a baby in diapers on tour in 1967-69.... My parents left me with the same babysitters, on and off, till 1975!
So as for Dead shows ? English Town was a well planned in advance home town gig. . .
Still big big big in many a head's eyes!
Ho
Wait, Hot Tuna, at Joe pops on long beach island? Or
At a tiny place Called The Stanhope house, in ( where else Stanhope Nj )
Then the best worst performance ~ Tom Waits & Leone Redbone together and separately
at a 1200 seat Thearter.
I can not leave out Leo Kottke, at Carnegie hall.
Are ya all seeing what I'm saying
Dylan and the dead I slept through
Jimmy Cliff to
The private J Garcia shows at Keene College, and backstage at the University of Vermont!
The Dead show in Lake Placid in 1983? Was special but my favorite?
I can never say!
Every for the last 5 years, during face lift weekend, I've gone to Wier Farm National Park to see the Dave Brubeck band (often a quartet )
Ryan Adams at Red Rocks or the Grateful Dead - there?
The is a very wealthy town near by, where Kieth Richards lives he has been known to drop by a certain Saloon in George Town Connecticut. That's always a trip, they lock us in!
Beat that ZBrown, love to the kiddies, ya all missed out
Garcia died in '95 and with out him it will never be quite the same
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JEleazarian
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Fresno CA
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Sep 26, 2016 - 11:08am PT
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In no particular order:
Vince Guaraldi, Zellerbach Hall (the smaller venue), Berkeley;
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy, Beethoven Symphonies 8 and 9, Hollywood Bowl;
Andre Watts, Fresno Philharmonic, Beethoven Emperor Concerto (I got to meet him back stage, which was a particular treat);
Santana, Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno (they were called the "Santana Blues Band" then, and were presented as a warm-up act. I don't remember the headliner, because Santana blew us all away);
Jimmie Smith, Concerts By The Sea.
While no one asked, the worst live music I've heard happens all the time. It's my piano and vocal practice!
John
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ydpl8s
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Santa Monica, California
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Sep 26, 2016 - 11:15am PT
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Well I'm old and have seen more concerts than I can remember, but the two venues that stick out to me (I grew up in Denver) were the Rainbow Music Hall and Red Rocks.
Rainbow - Juluka, Steve Morse (with Rod Morgenstern(sp?) on drums, Jean-luc-Ponty, and the Divinyls opening up for The Call, among many others.
Red Rocks - Ten Years After/Grank Funk, Mountain/Jethro Tull, The Pretenders, to name a few.
Honorable Mention, Black Oak Arkansas opening for Iron Butterfly at Mamouth Gardens.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Sep 26, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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Wow no mas , no mas! This place is sick cool!
David Bromberg & Jorma were also great a a tiny place in Liberty New York, called
The Pursuit Of Happiness.( where the guy who wrote "Spoonful" played to a half filled room.
And almost any show from punk to the Dead at the Capital Thearter in Passic NJ
The Siver Bullit Band With Bob Seager. . .was almost as loud as Hot tuna was
so loud I stuck tissue paper in my ears a trick from that crazy lost child hood, when they would sit me on stage left. . . .
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IiniZha6PQM
I'm all cramped up from trying to fend off time
Climbing two days in a row,
I'm sorry. For My Childish stoke but I've been moderated at the other place reduced to a certain number of posts then sat like a JV Player!
Mountain Reject what a joke!
the Wesleyan College Little Feat show of that year, same tour! (Still have the ticket stub)
And had tickets to see 'em for a fourth time, but Lowell George died.
the same thing the second time I was set to see theWho when Kieth Moon died.
All when tickets were under $ 20.V V V V V
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EdwardT
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Retired
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Sep 26, 2016 - 11:57am PT
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Best concert from my youth - Little Feat - Nashville, TN 1978
Looking it up, I found the entire show online. Very stoked. I recemmend it.
https://archive.org/details/lf1978-10-14.flacf
Best recent live concert - Robert Earl Keen
Damn, he puts on a good show.
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the Fet
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Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Sep 26, 2016 - 02:33pm PT
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Sorry no short list here, more like every band I can remember seeing...
I'm jealous of those a little older. I wasn't old enough for concerts until the '80s, so I missed some big bands in their hey days.
The concerts that really stand out for me was when I was the front row, or close to it. It also happens to be some of my favorite music.
Great music, right up front:
Page and Plant
Rush
The Dead
AC/DC
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Really good music but I wasn't up front:
Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd
Van Halen
Eagles
Honorable Mention:
Aerosmith
Journey
Boston
Steely Dan
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Who
Eric Clapton
Santana
U2
No doubt
Steve Miller Band
Collective Soul
Blues Traveler
Extreme
Doobie Brothers
Allman Brothers
Living Color
Yes
Crosby, Still, and Nash
Stevie Nicks
Kool and the Gang
Commodores
Spinal Tap
Motley Crue (not a big fan but the show was good)
Alice Cooper
ZZ Top
Heart
Steppenwolf
Jethro Tull
Rolling Stones
Live
Blue Oyster Cult
America
Dave Mason
Robin Trower
Little Feat
Bo Diddley
Really wish I saw:
The Beetles
Jimi Hendrix
Queen
Led Zeppelin (full group)
Elvis
Buddy Holly
STP
Still need to see:
Chuck Berry (if possible)
Elton John
Tom Petty
Ozzy
RHCP
Black Eyed Peas
LMFAO
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Flip Flop
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Earth Planet, Universe
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Sep 26, 2016 - 02:42pm PT
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The Three Tenors
Santana
Martin Sexton
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 26, 2016 - 02:43pm PT
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I left one out I think The Band 'first' concert at Winterland complete with onstage hypnotist and Bill Graham asking folks to slide their tushes (erroneously reported as pussies) back make more room.
The second & third nites was way mo bettah!
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phylp
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Upland, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2016 - 04:53pm PT
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How fun to see this old thread of mine resurrected.
So many nice posts of people's happy memories.
Phyl
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Fat Dad
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Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 26, 2016 - 05:24pm PT
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Fat Dad, Yuja's performance was really sublime Wouldn't doubt it for a minute. Some of the best performances I've had the pleasure to witness have been at the Bowl. It's easy to forget how deep the talent is that routinely plays there. I've seen Placido Domingo, Tito Puente, Yoyo Ma, Sarah Chang, Andre Watts, Joe Williams, Pete Fountain, Tony Bennett, Barbara Williams, etc., etc., etc.
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the Fet
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Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Sep 26, 2016 - 05:54pm PT
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My favorite venue is the Fillmore West. My girlfriend (now wife) took me to see Blues Traveler there before I had ever heard of them, just before they hit big. I was blown away, great show.
At the end of the show John Popper tossed about 4 harmonicas into the audience. He started walking off stage, was just about to head down the stairs, looked out at the audience, and I was there with a huge smile and my hands in the air. He stopped pulled one more harp out of his pocket and tossed it right to me.
I love the apples they have out and the free posters too.
My second favorite was the old outdoor venue at Cal Expo. I saw a number of great shows there in the 90s. For Page and Plant I showed up maybe 2 hours before the doors opened and expected there would be a big line already (It's half of Zeppelin for cripes sake), but there was only about 10 people ahead of me. I was able to be front and center. So awesome.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 26, 2016 - 07:10pm PT
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I did not recall the other acts. Sorry Sons and Aces.
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No matter how serious you are, the business of big-time rock can push you into some bizarre scenes. On April 17, 1969, at Winterland in San Francisco The Band was to play their first concert since Big Pink had transformed them into perfect heroes. Several thousand underground music lovers surfaced to greet them, spicing high-pitched expectations with a gush of dazzling costumes - perhaps the last such display of color before old fatigue jackets and combat boots drabbed down the hip wardrobe. The crowd wanted magic.
But - no Band. Eleven p.m., 11:30. ...They were in a motel room with a hypnotist. Robbie, ill with stomach cramps and a 103-degree fever, was too weak to get out of bed. Promoter Bill Graham wanted to postpone the show but Band manager Albert Grossman refused. Desperately, Graham called in a hypnotist who persuaded Robbie that with concentration he could master the balky body.
They went on at midnight. At the first chord, the audience that had waited so long rose like a great respectful beast and stayed on its feet, faces raised in adoration, for the first song. But the edge was off. The people soon sat down, and after 35 minutes, the set ended to disappointed yells. The heroes were human, and the crowd resented that. The next night, they got it together and left an audience shrieking, jumping, ecstatic. One of the great moments in the history of rock and roil,' critic Greil Marcus called it in the San Francisco Good Times.
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Todd Eastman
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Bellingham, WA
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Sep 26, 2016 - 08:12pm PT
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Muddy Waters in Towson, MD in 75 or 76 was the best. After the first set many left and and the fun began. That guy could deliver!
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 26, 2016 - 08:26pm PT
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Chuck Berry at the Roxy. On top of a nice day skiing.
The tunes mo bettah than the snow.
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tuolumne_tradster
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Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Sep 26, 2016 - 08:55pm PT
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The Band
The Allman Bros
Jorma Kaukonen unplugged
Dave Mason unplugged
Jeff Beck
Weather Report with Jaco Pastorius
Jerry Garcia with Merl Saunders
Jack DeJohnette
The Mermen
Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola, and John McLaughlin
Tower of Power
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Ksolem
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Monrovia, California
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Sep 26, 2016 - 09:55pm PT
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2004. Hollywood bowl.
Annie Lenox opened for Sting. She gave him an act he couldn't follow, and he didn't like it.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Sep 26, 2016 - 10:01pm PT
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The Radiators @ Tippatinas ....
Every show at the old Hard Rock in NYC.
And Jackson Brown it may have been the girl I was with ...
I'm so glad that it is impossible for so many of us to rember all the shows we went to.
There ya go! ~ T & Z comin' thru !
Thanx to all of you!
The mass weight of cool , the way it was when to gather like a herd of buffaloes to have some fun , dance and sway, put camp in' n traveling skills to a different sort of test was a large part of the generation.
Let's not Bash That Louise Ciccone. chick for ruining it, it wasn't her fault
no one said Madona. . . Her, overpriced trash tickets sold and no one ever looked back.
Look out, it is great thread!
Yes Phylp thnx
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nah000
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no/w/here
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Sep 26, 2016 - 10:19pm PT
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yeah, this thread is a bit of a when did that person come of age delineator...
here's the short list of the ones that left the deepest marks... touring crews who at the time had shows and ability to work a crowd that was tighter than tight:
numerous the smalls and snfu gigs in alberta... all good.
green day, before they hit it big, in a bar in edmonton...
soundgarden and nirvana both iirc in spokane...
infected mushroom: have never listened to any recorded music by them, but one of the greatest live shows i've ever had the fortune of having my arm twisted into going to.
and honorary mention due to the circumstances more than the show itself being that great [and no it wasn't bad either]: kiesza
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Mark Force
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Ashland, Oregon
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Sep 26, 2016 - 10:38pm PT
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There are such great lists here! I'll add one I didn't see on the lists -
King Crimson doing Larks Tongues in Aspic
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