Acousticat Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hanna Montana, Boy can she sing...…just kidding Sometime in the early 70's Jethro Tull - At the Chicago Civic Opera house. Tull was one of the few, who where invited to play at this landmark institution. Their sound system is totally incredibly. Pink Floyd-at the Chicago Auditorium, another rock them down & out concert. Eric Clapton-Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, 2007 I seen many concerts but, these are the ones that stand out the most. The other ones from sometime in 60's & 70's are still a little fuzzy for me to remember..Hmmm Must be old age! Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpiritRoom Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 March 26th - Michelle Branch 2.5 years later, I ended up meeting Michelle in the same city I first saw her in (Atlantic City, New Jersey) at a very random time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarfreak16 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Hanna Montana' date=' Boy can she sing...…just kidding Sometime in the early 70's [b']Jethro Tull[/b] - At the Chicago Civic Opera house. Tull was one of the few, who where invited to play at this landmark institution. Their sound system is totally incredibly. Pink Floyd-at the Chicago Auditorium, another rock them down & out concert. Eric Clayton-Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, 2007 I seen many concerts but, these are the ones that stand out the most. The other ones from sometime in 60's & 70's are still a little fuzzy for me to remember..Hmmm Must be old age! ;) Sal You mean Eric Clapton, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOESTONE Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 George Harrison at Madison Square Garden. Four times seeing McCartney, but probably Brian Wilson performing 10 rows in front of me the entire Pet Sounds Album. That was special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 George Harrison at Madison Square Garden. Four times seeing McCartney' date=' but probably Brian Wilson performing 10 rows in front of me the entire Pet Sounds Album. That was special![/quote'] Brian Wilson doing "Pet Sounds", way cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I've seen a few- had tickets to Dylan in '65 for instance- But the best concert is easy--- Hazel Dickens @ 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticat Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 You mean Eric Clapton' date=' right?[/quote'] Yes, How did you change that from Clapton to Clayton... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rar Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I've been thinking about this for awhile now, and narrowed it down to two. I've seen a lot of the greats playing great music -- Clapton (with Albert Lee backing him up!), the Stones, B.B. King, CSN, Neil Young, etc. -- and I've decided that the most memorable concerts were ones where the audience helped make it memorable. Memorable concert number one was seeing Chuck Berry in a college auditorium around 1972. The audience was really into the show and, after an hour or so, people were up on their chairs -- folding chairs! -- jumping up and down and waving their arms. So, the house and stage lights were turned out in an effort to calm things down. But we were having a good time, and Chuck was having a good time, and they hadn't cut the power to the PA. So Chuck just kept playing, and singing "Turn the house lights on!! ... Turn the house lights on!! ...", with the audience echoing "Turn the house lights on!! ... Turn the house lights on!! ..." Naturally, they didn't turn the house lights on, and eventually cut the power to the PA. Definitely a memorable end to a great show. Memorable concert number two was seeing Warren Zevon in the early '80s. We saw him approximately 2.3 zillion times, pretty much every show anywhere in the area over the years. But what made this show special was the venue. It was in a club called the Saddle Rack, which came complete with straw on the floor and a mechanical bull. Many of the patrons were in cowboy boots and cowboy hats, with other appropriate articles of clothing in between. The place was huge and, even with a couple hundred people sitting around the stage, there were probably just as many folks wandering around in the distance, drinking and playing pool and attempting to line dance to the music. Not the usual Warren Zevon concert crowd. Warren was touring without his band that time, and that led to the single most memorable moment. Before launching into "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", he asked the audience to help out by singing the background singers' part -- "Time, time, time/For another peaceful war/..." -- when he got to that bit. Well, he might have suspected this wasn't going to work, since no one had been singing along so far, which was pretty unusual at his shows. Plus, most of the audience just kind of looked confused when he was telling them about it. Sure enough, he got to the relevant spot, and I'm singing, and Anne's singing, and we're both looking around, and no one else is singing. No one. Well, Warren had learned his lesson: when he did "Werewolves", he omitted the bit where he thrust his mic at audience members to have them do the werewolf howls. I'm pretty sure that he would have gotten more blank looks than howls from them cowpokes. -- Bob R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannish Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 hard to pick but the latest was Bruce springsteen who I had never seen - seeing him influenced me to give every song, from a vocal standpoint, everything I have or don't do the tune. I been known to not give 100% vocally and seeing him was a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 watched fleetwood mac with lindsey playing as fine as always last weekend and Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood or playing Jobing.com on june 26th I have tickets in the front row just off the stage just above the floor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Definately fuzzy memories... Jimi Hendrix, the Sundowners(??) and the Monkees @ Forest Hills Tennis Stadium 1967 (???) Traffic at the Filmore East the night their equipment was "disappeared". (1969??-1970). I think openers were Hammer and Cat Stevens. The Who @ Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. Van Morrison @ Felt Forum. Infamous show.. He walked off the stage, and never came back, in the middle of a song (playing piano, can't remember the song but it was one of his that got loud and then very quiet) when some jerk yelled "he's sleeping" during a quiet part.... Concert for Bangladesh. Dylan/Band at Madison Sq. Garden. The Byrds, Dave Mason at New York Acadamy of Music (14th st. Famous for being an "alleged" porno theater during the day and concert hall at night). James Taylor (numerous times at PNC Arts center) Paul Simon at PNC also. The Band and Happy/Artie Traum at Monticello Raceway Labor Day concert early '70s. There was almost no-one there for the show.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Lawton Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 jethro tull - providence auditorium, providence, ri - spring, 1970 csny - providence auditorium, providence, ri - june, 1970 yes - boston garden - 1973/4 - close to the edge/topographic oceans ramones - umass/lowell auditorium - 1978 talking heads/roche sisters - paradise, boston - 1977/8 patti smith/ian dury - paradise, boston - 1977 u2 - ritz, nyc - st. pat's day, 1980 pretenders - great southern music hall, orlando, fla - 1980 los lobos - ritz, nyc - 1986 bruce springsteen - meadowlands - 1985 (born in the usa tour) eric clapton - worcester centrum - 1990s (from the cradle tour) jeff beck/santana - great woods, mass - 1990s john hiatt/little feat - great woods, mass - 1990s van morrison/bob dylan - boston garden - 1990s several tom petty/heartbreaker concerts - great woods, mass - 2000s black crows/oasis - great woods, mass - 2000s blink 181/green day - 2000s csny - boston garden, 2004 (i think?) richard thompson - boarding house park, lowell, mass - 2008 leonard cohen - citi center, boston, mass - 2009 some of those years are getting kinda fuzzy. it's funny how the early ones are the clearest for me to remember. anyone else found that to be the case? geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHunterRoss Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 So many shows, great for very different reasons. I'm probably forgetting many. Recent stand-outs include: Los Lobos - L.A. 2008 Pat Metheny Group - San Diego 2005, 2007 Dave Alvin et. al. - L.A. 2008 Richard Thompson - (every single show, ever) Honorable Mention: Pretenders - Anaheim 2008 X - Anaheim, 1997, 2000, 2008 Robin Trower - Capistrano 2007 David Lindley - Capistrano 2007 Early Days: Talking Heads - L.A. 1979, 1982 Elton John - L.A. 1976 **** Dale - Huntington Beach 1985 David Lindley - Everywhere 1980s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Lobos and Dave Alvin brings a smile. I caught Dave at Harpers Ferry Alston, MA in the 90's, with a pick-up harpist and steel player. He was galvinateing in the way Cash was: just stood there with his guitar and manifested those songs and sucked you in. Anybody than can turn a bar into his parlor has some mojo working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Worst for me was The Rolling Stones at Twickenham in 2005? Great show but despite some serious PA stacks the sound was truely appalling. Best was in the same year The Who at The Isle Of Wight Festival. Just completely brilliant from the first chords of I Can't Explain to the encore. The acoustic middle section had Pete and Rog both playing signature SJ200s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff5341 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 The best show I've ever seen was Bruce and the E Street Band at Chapel Hill NC in Sept 2003. Bruce always does a good show but that night was the day after Johnny Cash died and Bruce came out by himself with a flat top and did "I walk the line" as a tribute to John it was truly a magical perfromance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynsong Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Bob Marly &The Wailers ,Babylon bye bus tour at the SC civic 74, Grateful Dead & The Who , Day on the green 75 Oakland,ca, Santana at Winterland SF 74. Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Wayne Shorter,Al Dimeola,Lenny White The Return to Forever band At Berkeley Community Theatre 76. Of the few listed SANTANA in the early 70's reigns at the top , In a Silentway, long live Miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spot Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Recently,..... I'd have to say the Dereck Trucks band in Manchester ULU a small University venue a few months ago!!! :)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echostu Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Best show for me was Against Me! with Cursive, May 2007 at the Avalon in Boston. Outstanding show, great day in the city with friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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