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Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts

There are certainly more than a few geetar fanciers among us judging by all the threads on guitar bands and best guitarist. This thread is about the best rock shows you saw. Let's limit it to the rock shows. Not Blues or Jazz or solo performers. The concerts that raised the hairs on your neck or made you want to take up an instrument or raised your pulse through their sheer energy or just moved you through their performance on stage. The only ones that count are the ones you've seen. After making a list in my mind of the many rock concerts I attended, most from the late 1960's through early 80's, I have come up with mine. It was tough, I’ve seen well over 200 rock concerts over the years and it is really hard coming up with a top 5 but we have to limit this so here go mine. "Yes" - This group stands out as the 2nd best concert I ever saw with Steve Howe and Chris Wakeman. They opened for Emerson, Lake and Palmer and after their set I do feel that EL&P were disheartened and knew they couldn't match it; they didn't. Funny thing is like most, I was there to see EL&P. They were forced to have another concert the following night by popular demand. Virtuoso musicianship, “Poco” - This group could put on a show. I saw them 4 different times in the many various stages of their evolution. They never had the commercial recognition of some of the other great bands of their era but they sure made up for it in their live performances. No one stayed seated during a Poco concert. “Rod Stewart and Faces” - Ron Wood on guitar and Rod Stewart strutting all over the stage. Rod was probably the greatest natural Rock showman I ever saw, including Mick Jagger. His uninhibited manner and constant movement and soulful vocals brought the house down. The crowd wouldn't let him go after the 5th encore so he invited everyone ("especially the pretty young ladies") to his hotel to “party on”, and so they came; Led Zeppelin I had to include them because next to the Doors and of course Jimi Hendrix they were my favorites of that era and I never did get to see either of the other two. The acoustics were bad and they played so loud you couldn’t really hear the music. But they were great none the less and it was special to me. The best should be kept for last. "The Who" was acknowledged as the best concert band at the time. Getting tickets meant getting in line and waiting. I imagine at the time the only tougher ticket would be the “Beatles” and they weren’t even together then. They didn’t disappoint. The reaction of the audience was beyond anything I ever saw at a live concert before or since. The band was so cohesive and the energy they put out put them into a different realm. They just have to be on a very short list of the best live bands ever.

Tubegroover (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-20-00

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06-06-02 1. greatfull dead, about 1968 at a small place called the ar ... Jetter

07-07-02 1/pink floyd '87 cne toronto......easy.....i was a wide-eyed ... Dudeaudio

10-02-02 Like no money, tool (at madison square garden & again the vo ... Joshk

10-02-02 Doh! forgot radiohead in liberty state park...ok 3 doors dow ... Joshk

10-06-02 Clapton(anthology of the blues),jethro tull(passion play,hen ... Hi5harry

10-07-02 1. yardbirds, 1966 2. muddy waters, 1970 3. bb king/ rolling ... Shubertmaniac

10-07-02 Jeez shubertmanic, you saw the beach boys in 1964? i would h ... Tubegroover

10-21-02 Well it is a tough choice but here are some of my favs that ... Hcrawford

11-06-02 Stones sept 8, 2002 orpheum theater in boston without a doub ... Phil0618

11-10-02 Genesis and peter gabriel, one night reunion at milton keyne ... Rooze

11-11-02 1 the beatles 2 the stones 3 bruce spingsteen 4 john hiatt 5 ... Tbird

11-13-02 1. genesis '76 bushnell hartford, ct 2. zappa '76 music hall ... Davemon

11-22-02 Any and all dylan concerts Cpdunn99

12-06-02 Easy: there is only one. a small rock club back in the 198 ... milagmilag@

12-07-02 Yeah mike, i certainly enjoyed it and only wish i were there ... Tubegroover

12-07-02 The best one i went to, was jeff beck at the capitol theater ... Twl

12-09-02 In the last few months i've seem springsteen twice ,solo jac ... Hififarm

12-28-02 the original yard birds the band janis joplin and big brot ... Tunes4me

12-29-02 A tie: beachboys and crosby, stills, nash & young. Adamslaw

12-29-02 Rolling stones, moody blues, doors, eagles, and a tie: beach ... Adamslaw

12-29-02 Dates are approximate..but close. rankings are approximate.. ... Jcambron

01-02-03 1-yes, buffalo ,74 2-king crimson, toronto, 84, 3- pink floy ... Dmason

01-04-03 In no order: 1968 doors, jimi hendrix, soft machine, janis/b ... Ivanj

01-04-03 Ivan, wish i had a time machine, i couldn't be more jealous. Duanegoosen

01-08-03 Nothing hotter then the godfather himself james brown. 1956- ... Mhartt

01-14-03: Jbangelfish
Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, ELP, Rush
Don't know if I could put them in order but Tull might have been the best. All were in the mid to late 70's in IL or WI. The Emerson Lake and Palmer concert was with the 72 piece orchestra (the tour that bankrupted them) and was a helluva show. Rush was at a small venue (about 2000 people) and stole the show (Cheap Trick [my hometown boys] and REO Speedwagen also played. This concert was in my hometown of Rockford IL at the local armory. Heart was also in Rockford at the local speedway in 76. Rick Derringer, Foghat and Head East were also there. The Fleetwood Mac show was outdoor in WI, right after Rumours came out and was an unbelievable show, certainly one of the best I have ever seen or heard.
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01-29-03 this is a tough one to pick only five since i am in my 5 ... Spindrifter

01-29-03 Pink floyd - 6/26/73 ivor wynn stadium. hamilton, ontario g ... Slipknot1

01-30-03 18 paul mccartney doing the 91 92 anahiem stadium never wi ... Pinklush00

02-08-03 i posted on this thread earlier and only listed one. i th ... Spindrifter

02-08-03 Buddy guy and junior wells in 1969 played a gig at my colleg ... Ivanj

02-08-03 King krimson is performing 3/6 at town hall ny. laurie ander ... Marakanetz

03-21-03 In no particular order but some of the best were; yes in the ... Wvick

03-22-03 Both led zeppelin shows at knebworth in 1979 were phenomenal ... Tweakgeek

03-25-03 Talking heads, santa barbara county bowl '83 ish. the other ... Audiopeasant

04-14-03 One of the best shows i ever attended was pearl jam in las c ... Troutki

05-10-03 I wish i could have been around for some of the classic show ... Bianchi27

06-03-03 5. jack williams - lakeview tavern the lakeview tavern is a ... Zstokes

06-21-03 Being a veteran of 300+ concerts seeing just about every ban ... Tlopes

06-21-03 Rolling stones, dodger stadium, "bridges to babylon&quo ... Tvad

06-21-03 Hey tvad here is some things i remember from that show...not ... Tlopes

06-21-03 Tlopes, your memory of that show is frightening. i do disti ... Tvad

07-15-03 1)the who - 1974 quadraphenia tour (boston garden, ma) 2)gen ... Stevecham

07-15-03 Stevecham, you rock! and i'm frankly jealous of your concer ... Tvad

07-15-03 Sigur ros has two albums out now, both are available. they a ... Stevecham

09-05-03 rock shows only, so i'm leaving out some great folk stuff: ... Ruddy64

09-05-03 5) h.o.r.d.e. shoreline ampitheatre 1998 - morphine, blues ... R_burke

09-19-03 Here's the prespective of the fogey-world: no particular or ... Fathom7

09-19-03 I'm a gonna cheat- jeff airplane fillmore east 1969 woodstoc ... Swampwalker

09-22-03 Swampwalker -- there are those of us "old fogey purists ... Fathom7

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