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Post by cgvt on May 8, 2018 13:29:57 GMT -5
For years, I always said that is was a Yes show at Cobo Hall in Detroit in the mid '70s. The show blew a young CGVT away, but a few years ago, my wife and I got fourth row seats in a small venue in Mobile to see Neil Young when was doing a solo benefit after the Gulf oil spill.
It was absolutely amazing. He walked out on the stage with his acoustic guitar, wearing his signature hat and torn jeans and sat on a chair about ten feet from us. He started out with Heart of Gold and Hey Hey My My. It sent chills up my spine. Played a couple of songs on the Piano and did After the Gold Rush on a big pipe organ-very cool. Played Cortez the Killer and a couple of other songs on a Les Paul and did Ohio on a white hollow body guitar-amazing, amazing sound. He finished with Old Man.
I have to admit I teared up more than a couple of times during the show. Ohio was so powerful live and Old Man...Wow!
All I can say is if you ever get a chance, you need to see him...
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Post by cgvt on May 8, 2018 13:51:58 GMT -5
BTW, the purpose of this thread was for people to post their best/favorite concert. Not just for me to crow about one I saw.
What was your best concert?
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Post by Dramatwist on May 8, 2018 14:01:22 GMT -5
...The Who, Quadrophenia Tour, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, when Keith Moon collapsed twice and they pulled a drummer out of the audience... Lynyrd Skynyrd opened, before the untimely deaths... so loud, my girlfriend passed out...
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Post by puffy on May 8, 2018 14:08:09 GMT -5
If you know of Cobo Hall you probably know Of Pine Knob.I saw Charlie Daniels there.Nothing country about it.Hard rock all the way.The air was thick with smoke.I had a rocking good time.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 8, 2018 14:18:58 GMT -5
My best concert was the magic numbers. They came to a wee place in Belfast and played through their first album from start to finish in the playlist order.
What made it even better was that the tickets were free.
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Post by jeffd on May 8, 2018 14:24:44 GMT -5
Two concerts in particular brought tears.
An outdoor classical music concert at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center). The Beethoven brought everyone to their feet and by the end we were all emotionally exhausted.
The other was at a folk festival, watching a very young Natalie MacMasters play Cape Breton fiddle, and dance, so exceptionally and engagingly that one had a real sense that the future of the music was not imperiled.
Well three - At the Edinburgh folk festival, watching the performance of Shaun Davey's The Brendan Voyage. It is a piece for orchestra and bagpipe. The single lonely but triumphant bagpipe sailing on a sea of violins. Oh my.
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Post by just ol ed on May 8, 2018 14:38:48 GMT -5
early/mid '70s, AustinCityLimits. CommanderCody opened for Asleep at the Wheel (in its' infancy then). was a saying back then, Wheel get 'em up dancing, Cody get 'em up dancing on the tables.
(at the time, I was on long furlough from the railroad due to a huge coal strike in Pa). I was a "roadie" for the Commander at the time.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by toshtego on May 8, 2018 14:47:40 GMT -5
Some memorable ones:
The Last Waltz, 1976.
Monterrey Pop Festival, 1967.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, Avalon Ballroom, 1968. Santana Blues Band was the opening act.
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Post by Dramatwist on May 8, 2018 14:58:32 GMT -5
Some memorable ones: The Last Waltz, 1976. Monterrey Pop Festival, 1967. Big Brother and the Holding Company, Avalon Ballroom, 1968. Santana Blues Band was the opening act. ...hey, I was there, too... |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:01:34 GMT -5
Some memorable ones: The Last Waltz, 1976. Monterrey Pop Festival, 1967. Big Brother and the Holding Company, Avalon Ballroom, 1968. Santana Blues Band was the opening act. I remember them when they were called SBB. Saw them in concert in Berkeley with Country Joe & the Fish. Opening act was The Sparrow (Steppenwolf). |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:03:34 GMT -5
I have seen Johnny Cash with June Carter and the Statlers
Meatloaf, warmed up by Eddie Money and Doucette
Bruce Springsteen - When he was a man
Billy Joel - around the time of his last relevant LP
Dionne Warwick
The winner is... Peter, Paul, and Mary around 1983.
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Post by Dramatwist on May 8, 2018 15:11:19 GMT -5
I have seen Johnny Cash with June Carter and the Statlers Meatloaf, warmed up by Eddie Money and Doucette Bruce Springsteen - When he was a man Billy Joel - around the time of his last relevant LP Dionne Warwick The winner is... Peter, Paul, and Mary around 1983. ...my first concert was Peter, Paul and Mary in the '60s... |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:13:50 GMT -5
Queen at Band Aid, Freddie got the crowd so wound up, we were putty in his hand!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:14:07 GMT -5
First concert was Belinda Carlisle and the Gogo's
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:24:10 GMT -5
First concert was Belinda Carlisle and the Gogo's Zooks! A youngster! |
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Post by jeffd on May 8, 2018 15:36:29 GMT -5
Queen at Band Aid, Freddie got the crowd so wound up, we were putty in his hand! That is a concert I would have loved to see. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:41:49 GMT -5
Doug Kershaw in about 1982 at the Iron Horse outside of Durango, Colorado. The man was amazing and all over the room. Up and down the isles and simply awesome.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 15:56:50 GMT -5
Doug Kershaw in about 1982 at the Iron Horse outside of Durango, Colorado. The man was amazing and all over the room. Up and down the isles and simply awesome. Got him on an old Playboy After Dark Vid. Totally amazing. On YouTube he does Orange Blossom Special and darned near every String? on his bow was frayed by the end. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 8, 2018 16:06:45 GMT -5
Queen at Band Aid, Freddie got the crowd so wound up, we were putty in his hand! I would have loved to see Queen! That's one never to forget. My first concert was smashing pumpkins in Dublin. It was in a pokey wee place but it was a great gig. |
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Post by peeps on May 8, 2018 16:11:08 GMT -5
early/mid '70s, AustinCityLimits. CommanderCody opened for Asleep at the Wheel (in its' infancy then). was a saying back then, Wheel get 'em up dancing, Cody get 'em up dancing on the tables. (at the time, I was on long furlough from the railroad due to a huge coal strike in Pa). I was a "roadie" for the Commander at the time. Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY Ed, I was at THAT show!! Best friend’s brother worked as a janitor in the UT Communications Building and often got us in on the free tickets he’d pick up at work. WHOLE different Austin than that of today. |
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Post by Dramatwist on May 8, 2018 16:12:17 GMT -5
...can I have another? Stevie Wonder at the Oakland, CA Coliseum, with Carlos Santana, when they told us John Lennon had been shot and had passed... 40 thousand people, and you could have heard a pin drop...
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Post by peeps on May 8, 2018 16:17:48 GMT -5
The best show is hard to pinpoint, but maybe.......Little Feat warming up for Van Morrison at Armadillo World Headquarters in November of ‘75. My first date with a long since love affair, ...a magical night for a moondance.
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Post by peeps on May 8, 2018 16:20:02 GMT -5
One of the more recent was 9-22-17, Tom Petty at the Hollywood Bowl, his second to last performance.
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Post by papipeguy on May 8, 2018 16:20:35 GMT -5
First concert was the Cream Farewell Concert in Madison Square in 1968. Other memorable concert were Billy Joel and Elton John at Giant's Stadium, Paul McCartney at Yankee Stadium, My late wife's dream come true, Elton John's Farewell Concert in Fort Myers, Florida.
Steely Dan several times and the best were the times we saw the Zombies over the past few years. If you ever get a chance to see them I would encourage it. Fond memories of all of them.
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Post by Dramatwist on May 8, 2018 16:35:34 GMT -5
First concert was the Cream Farewell Concert in Madison Square in 1968. Other memorable concert were Billy Joel and Elton John at Giant's Stadium, Paul McCartney at Yankee Stadium, My late wife's dream come true, Elton John's Farewell Concert in Fort Myers, Florida. Steely Dan several times and the best were the times we saw the Zombies over the past few years. If you ever get a chance to see them I would encourage it. Fond memories of all of them. ...gotta see the Zombies... |
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Post by Stanhill on May 8, 2018 16:48:44 GMT -5
The three best concerts I've been to, were The Band in 1971, Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1992 and The Highwaymen in 1996.  |
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Post by trailboss on May 8, 2018 17:09:37 GMT -5
I saw the Highwaymen at the Oakland Orpheum, it was a black tie affair, several people looked at me weird because I wore my Bailey Roper, Justin boots, Wrangler cowboy cut but no black tie.
Waylon said something about how none of them chose to wear a damn black tie.... I grinned at the wife who had been telling me I should have.
That was a great concert.
Steppenwolf at Keystone Palo Alto in the 80’s... I snuck a fifth of whiskey in and probably would have gotten booted out, but I handed the bottle to John Kay, the bouncers thought I was part of the band (roadie) and left me alone.. John took a swig and handed it back... chatted with him afterwards.
Keystone is long gone... small nightclub, Greg Kihn played there regularly.... goo times.
My brother in law’s band openened for David Allan Cole in his early days in the midwestern circuit.... wild women were in good supply, that was really fun.
For superband concert it was probably The Who, I saw them at their pinnacle...they really rocked the house, I think Ronnie Montrose opened.
Saw Kansas several times in Wichita... badass in their prime.
Hard to say any one was best...all great in different ways.
These days it is all about the venue, no football stadium concert for me.
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Post by isett2860 on May 8, 2018 17:59:51 GMT -5
This may not be the best I ever saw. But surely is one of the most memorable.
St Paul civic center. Wet Willy, War and the Guess Who.
August 9th 1974.
Wet Willy had just kicked it off and they stopped the show to turn on the
the PA system. As Richard Nixon addressed the nation to resign as president.
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Post by sablebrush52 on May 8, 2018 18:35:19 GMT -5
There are a number. Three that come to mind: The 1990 tribute concert honoring Roy Orbison at the Universal Amphitheater, when Bob Dylan showed up unannounced and joined in the concert. Vladimir Horowitz performing at Ambassador Auditorium in 1976. The Who performing Tommy at the Universal Amphitheater in 1989.
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Post by cgvt on May 8, 2018 19:39:35 GMT -5
Man, I am jealous of all of these concerts.
I missed so many great bands and acts. I did see Levon Helm a couple of months before he died. He could only manage to croak out one verse of The Weight. It was worth the price of admission. Leon Russell died two weeks before I was going to see him open for Tedeschi/Trucks.
And I agree with Charlie. Anymore it is about the venue. I want things to be as easy as possible. There is an old theater in Mobile that is about 15 minutes from my house. It holds about 2000 people and I can be at home in less than a half hour after a show. Every now and then a good act comes through town and I try to jump on tickets.
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