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Post by toshtego on May 11, 2018 5:16:38 GMT -5
When it comes to Neil Young, "Southern man don't need him around anyhow". Southern Man needs a lot more than Neil Young, but that is a discussion for another thread and forum. Agreed. Too political for this venue but an interesting topic. |
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Post by steveinny on May 11, 2018 9:35:03 GMT -5
Got to see the last great lineup of the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theater in NYC, late 90's during their annual March run. Greg Allman, Warren Haynes, Jaimo, Butch Trucks, Allen Woody & Dickey Betts. Things went sour with Dickey yet again shortly thereafter and split from the band/got fired, never to return.
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Post by Stanhill on May 11, 2018 9:38:21 GMT -5
This thread excites me no end and I might as well mention the rest of the concerts, I've been to. There aren't that many.
Mothers of Invention October 1967 - My first ever rock concert.
Steppenwolf 1968
Canned Heat 1968
Stefan Grossman 1972 - a club venue
Neil Young 1976
Willie Nelson 197?
+ several Danish bands along the way; most of them at
open-air concerts in the early seventies, where we all sat
on the grass, smoking illegal substances.
Unfortunately, I didn't get the tickets to go and see
Jefferson Airplane and The Doors, when they visited
Denmark during their joint European tour in 1968.
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Post by Darin on May 11, 2018 13:57:13 GMT -5
I've seen quite a few shows and it's tough to name a "best".
However, if pressed, I'd say Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1987 takes the cake.
Honorable mention:
Genesis
Traffic
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
Rush
Tool
Steppenwolf
BB King
Ray Charles
Carl Denson
George Thorogood
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 11, 2018 14:15:33 GMT -5
I guess if I had to pick one, it would be front row at Iron Maiden back in 2010. Cost an arm and a leg, but it turned out to be the last good weekend of my life. haha
Lots of good shows though. Danzig, ZZ Top, Metallica, GWAR, Tom Petty, The Sword, Smashing Pumpkins, Roky Erikson, Clutch, Slayer etc..
And I should mention, many times the most fun I had was at crappy local shows with two dozen people at the bar.
Worst Show- Iced Earth. Jon Schaffer spent the entire set whining and complaining. D-Bag!
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Post by flyinmanatee on May 11, 2018 22:33:54 GMT -5
Saw enough mid 70's on to adopt " the best show is the next show" mentality.
Having said that and strictly from a pure nothing-but-a-party standpoint, always the J. Geils Band.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 23:00:42 GMT -5
I drove for a stint on the Springsteen tour LA> Boston. Not impressed with him and how he acted offstage, ... was the only album of Springsteens that I ever bought, although I did like other songs that he did later. He always always seemed a bit arrogant in interviews, but man did he put on a performance. If memory serves, The River was his big "comeback" tour after taking a several year hiatus while he waited for a recording contract to expire. |
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Post by Dramatwist on May 11, 2018 23:23:11 GMT -5
Saw enough mid 70's on to adopt " the best show is the next show" mentality. Having said that and strictly from a pure nothing-but-a-party standpoint, always the J. Geils Band. ...won backstage passes to a J. Geils "Day on the Green" in the '70s... Thin Lizzy opened... |
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 11, 2018 23:26:43 GMT -5
Saw enough mid 70's on to adopt " the best show is the next show" mentality. Having said that and strictly from a pure nothing-but-a-party standpoint, always the J. Geils Band. ...won backstage passes to a J. Geils "Day on the Green" in the '70s... Thin Lizzy opened... I'd kill. Literraly- I'd be a contract killer to see Thin Lizzy. A couple years back they supposedly found a huge cache of unreleased stuff that Lynott just never felt was worthy of releasing. What I wouldn't give to spend a weekend digging through those tapes. |
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Post by peeps on May 11, 2018 23:33:14 GMT -5
Saw enough mid 70's on to adopt " the best show is the next show" mentality. Having said that and strictly from a pure nothing-but-a-party standpoint, always the J. Geils Band. J.Geils tore the house down in Austin, about ‘77. First I Look at the Purse!! Ike & Tina Turner at Gregory Gym UT Campus. I was 13 and 10’ from Tina & the Ikettes!! Those skirts were SHORT!!! Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen when they recorded Live At the Armadillo Headquarters album. George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett, and Robert Earl Keen for Harvey Relief in San Antonio - Sept ‘17 The first Willie’s 4th of July Picnic in ‘73. Frank Zappa when they had a bomb threat at the Armadillo. Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jimenez at the original Soap Creek Saloon in about ‘73. Bob Dylan’s ‘Night of the Hurricane’ at the Astrodome. Johnny Winter at the Austin Opry House - ‘79ish Went to visit Dony Wynn (drummer-Robert Palmer) and some guys at the Continental Club and Robert Plant decided to sing a few. Just this past fall seeing Ramblin Jack Elliot here in San Antonio. Slow night, just about 9 people were there!! |
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