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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 17, 2009 - 11:57pm PT
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Vladimir Ashkenazy in recital- mostly Scriabin
Claudio Arrau - Brahms' Second
Maurice Andre - Hayden, of course- the world's best trumpeter
Louis Armstrong - the personification of soul - my childhood hero (I was a trumpeter)
Rostropovich - Dvorak, of course
Andres Segovia
Paco de Lucia - many times
Jimi Hendrix in Seattle BITD
Santana playing on a semi-trailer on University Way 1968
A 1 day festival outside Seattle in '69 - I think it was $15:
Buffalo Springfield
Its a Beautiful Day
Ike and Tina Turner
Vanilla Fudge
Spirit
The Doors - Jim Morrison had such control of the crowd it
was almost scary
Led Zeppelin! A whole lotta luvvvv!
Herbie Hancock in his 'Watermelon Man' days in a really small club
Winton Marsalis (he was 18!) with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in a 70 seat club
Probably the most moving musical event I've witnessed:
A small group from Paris Opera performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons in La Sainte Chapelle - The world's most beautiful church
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:13am PT
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Reilly
Awesome list. . .
I saw M. Andre and Hedwig Bilgram (organ) in the National Cathedral in 73 (I think). The acoustics were so INCREDIBLE!!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:14am PT
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When I was a shuttle driver in Vail I once had Vladimir Ashkenazy in My van. He was chaperoning a Stradivarius violin which he put in back with the luggage (major protective case). Total Euro sophisticate, when I picked him up, predawn, he was running a Long coat & Scarf, Speaking Russian into a cell phone, after I finished loading his stuff he had switched to French. I don't know if it was the same connection. Good tipper, he was at home with the boarders on the bus, comfortable with his and their, thing.
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Robb
Social climber
It's like FoCo in NoCo Daddy-O!
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:16am PT
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Tubes at the Greek on the 4th of July '76.
Yes at Oakland in the round.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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You're probably not supposed to post twice on this but I just remembered a musical moment that was pretty remarkable at the Ahwahnee about four or five years ago. The San Francisco Opera Company gave a free recital in the Great Room with a piano accompaniment. It was snowing outside, both fireplaces were going and we were sitting there with a big glass of wine while two really lovely young women sang "Dome epais" from Lakme. It may have been the most beautiful thing I ever heard in my life.
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Rudder
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:20am PT
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FOO FIGHTERS!!!! :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:21am PT
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Steve,
There has never been a trumpeter even close to Andre in tonality and musicality. What did he do with the organ? That is a match made in heaven (pun intended).
Jaybro,
If I had Volodya Davidovich in my cab I would not have been responsible for my actions. I probably would have been a stuttering idiot but I would not have washed my hand forever.
Reilly
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pocoloco1
Social climber
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:28am PT
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Doc & Merle Watson
20 people showed up to the event. When a stagehand started to apologize for the slim turnout, Doc replied, I prefer 20 fans rather than 1,000 drunks. He said, you folks grab a chair and come on up. Doc and Merle ripped it up for the next three hours.
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:30am PT
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BB King, Lake Tahoe when I was 18,
Most wild show, Sun Ra & his Arkestra in Oakland around '84
Hot Rize' great every time i've seen 'em.
Lyle Lovette and his big band
for pure fun, Grateful Dead with Los Lobos at Laguna Seco, late 80's
David Lindley and El Rayo X, Santa Cruz (Catalyst)
which leads me to X, at the Crest Theater, Sac.
only short list.. lucky to have seen-tons more music.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:32am PT
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Phish
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Bella Fleck and the Flecktones
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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Reilly, Volodya = малодец!
Nita, Last time I saw X, in Reno, it was a loud, cacophnic time, I think they were playing, 'I must not think bad thoughts' and everyone was slamming heavy, when all of a sudden,
the Music slammed to a halt and Exene lit into some guy I couldn't see from the pit;
" We don't like the sht you're trying to do, with that woman!"
security swarmed in. I still couldn't see what was going on, but someone was escorted out.
Moments later the music started back, on what seemed to me to be the same note, in the same crescendo. I'm sure that ~74 Gin and tonices in no way affected my memory, in this
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 12:51am PT
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Today's list (subject to change. . . .):
Bob Dylan, Red Bluff Fairgrounds 1992
Grateful Dead, Oakland Auditorium, New Year's 80/81
David Bromberg, Strawberry, 1984?
David Grisman Quintet with Mark O'Connor, Humboldt State Univ. 1982
The Who, Oakland Coliseum, 1976
EDIT: Grateful Dead with Los Lobos, Laguna Seco, Late 80's - Nita, do you still have that photo that used to be on your refrigerator?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:00am PT
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Jesse, was the the Who's dead? concert, Oaklnad/bernouli/usbdrive, or whatever they call it now, coliseum October,'76?
I was there, in retrospect I wish I had been more into The Who back then, narrow minded dead head that I was...
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:09am PT
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Jaybro, That was the show. Like you, some of the people I was with wanted to leave after the Dead. Quite the show as I recall.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:11am PT
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Too funny! Jesse!
I'm still not clear why my head was so far up my ass back then. I was too Deadicated, clearly, but I had melted the grove off my Tommy LP from playing it too much, just a few years ealier.
ah, youth...
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Double D
climber
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:13am PT
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Grew up in the Bay and used to see free concerts in Golden Gate park on the polo field on more than one occasion….great bands, the Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis, Paul Butterfield and many others. I wuz very young and impressionable.
Santana on several occasions… unbelievable energy and always a blast.
Getting to watch Michael Hedges and also Tuck and Patti start their performing careers in a funky little movie theatre in Palo Alto was way inspiring. Tuck Andress is just plain old one of the best guitarist’s I’ve ever seen.
Saw Jack Dejohnette at Keystone SF way back and not only was he an incredible drummer, but to my utter surprise a very eloquent piano player as well.
My wife and I a couple of years ago were celebrating our anniversary in Santa Barbara for an evening and picked up a newspaper to see if anything was happening musically and literally stumbled upon Sir John Renbourn… what an unexpected treat in a very small venue!
As many times as I’ve seen Clapton, he never seizes to amaze me, especially when he just comes out solo and noodles around for 20 minutes.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:14am PT
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lots of bands... here are a few I remember...
1970, Judy Collins, Santa Monica ?
1971, Arlo Guthrie, Hollywood Bowl
1972, Leonard Cohen, Berkeley Community Theatre
numerous bands playing Friday's in Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley (e.g. Dr. Hook)
1974, Jefferson Airplane, Golden Gate Park
1976, Jefferson Airplane, Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley
1976, The Who, Winterland
1977, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, NYC
1978, The Beach Boys, Central Park, NYC
sometime in here, The Kinks, Meatloaf, Chicago
1982, Anti-Nuclear Rally, Central Park, NYC
1994, Buddy Guy, Northampton MA
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:19am PT
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Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the Trocodero, SF
Willie Nelson at the Filmore, that guy just plays and plays. He's also turned from good guitar player to one of the greats in his older years.
Primus Halloween at the Warfield. Played the entire Seas of Cheese for the second set. Tommy the Cat? Fish On? Jerry was a race car driver?
Holy Smokes it was off the hook, but so was I at that show, so it's hard to know for certain if this was indeed a great show, or perhaps my perception of the show was that it was great.
Can anyone confirm?
Tom
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shutupandclimb
climber
So. Cal..............d00d
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:20am PT
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Matisyahu at coachella
Chemical bros (anywhere) Is that live?
Stones tattoo you tour
Pink Floyd, Animals tour, division bell tour
Rage, Coachella year one (was that 2001?)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 18, 2009 - 01:26am PT
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Jaybro,
Ты ясно не забыл твои русскый язык, замечательно!
Всё хорошего,
Reilly
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