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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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10-09-08 Black oak arkansas, ten years after, johnny winter , zz topp ... Polk432

10-11-08 Peter gabriel at forest hills tennis center; talking heads a ... Wendellkb

10-11-08 1. springsteen: at the milwaukee lakefront this summer playi ... Siddh

10-23-08 5-joe jackson august 1979 london very small venue before loo ... Montejay

02-12-09 1. george harrison front row with ravi shankar 2.) paul mcca ... Rafree1

02-15-09 Bob marley berkeley greek late 70s. peter gabriel same venue ... Valgolfs

05-04-09 1. rollings stones at the el mocambo in toronto, an ex-famou ... Sonicbeauty

05-04-09 Johnny winter in holland 3x bob marley in ahoy hallen rotter ... Vinylmeister

05-11-09 Pink floyd "animals" tour olympiahalle munich,germ ... Tpreaves

05-23-09 The who - original line-up, miami baseball stadium led zep - ... Magsterone

05-24-09 I have a second group of five that could be interchangeable: ... Magsterone

05-24-09 Deep purple – the machine head tour, chicago 1972 big head ... 2chnlben

08-01-09 In no particular order: emmylou harris - on the wrecking ba ... Marqueemoon

08-29-09 Woodstock,that's hard to beat greatest group of people tha ... Groundhog

09-13-09: Thermonicavenger
1. The Mars Volta Absolutely ROCKED the living S#!T out of the sleepy town of Adelaide. WOW! 2. PJ Harvey. A Rock Goddess with amazing stage charisma and her bands musical integrity stood way out from many others at The Big Day Out rock festival. 3. Saw Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals just before they got really big. Held the audience in the palm of his hand. 4 Joe Satriani toured Australia as a 3 piece in the 90's. He was amazing but so was his band especially the bass player whose name escapes me. 5. Saving the best till last. Ian Dury and the Blockheads at the Festival Theatre around 1979 or 80 was the first rock concert I ever saw with my own money and was perhaps the cause of my wicked, wicked ways
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09-18-09 Groundhog - just curious ... what to you mean? Rockadanny

09-20-09 5.) rock superbowl in orlando 1983. brian adams, sammy hagar ... Csmgolf

11-04-09 I really only have one fav rock concert to list. r.e.m. at ... Jiminlogansquare

11-04-09 Friday night march 12th 1971 - fillmore east i went to see ... Joe55ag

12-31-09 I have been to hundreds. but this will be easy- 1)steely dan ... Vernneal

01-13-10 I have gone to many on the last years, bon jovi and nightwis ... Chatta

01-13-10 Early years of johnny winter pink floyd "delicate sound ... Tom_hankins

01-23-10 1)emerson, lake & palmer - tarkus tour sept 1971 gaelic park ... Drumzncarz

02-14-10 Aerosmith at the hollywood florida sportatorium 1980, heart ... Vv32bl

03-04-10 80s (?) grateful dead - portland coliseum during fire on the ... Tubed1

03-28-10 Best ever genesis 12/13/1974 capital theater passaic nj. th ... Mlapenta

04-04-10 not necessarily in this order but these were the most fun ... Heinrichmilw

04-21-10 Favorite for the music of the scene? i've seem zz top 6 time ... Alpha_gt

04-21-10 Watkins glen in upstate new york, (the dead, the allman bros ... Corazon

04-24-10 Van morrison. st patrick's day 1982 in london. dropped ... Newbrook

04-29-10 1). pink floyd, "the wall" tour, feb. 1980, nassau ... Afc

07-10-10 I'm a huge gn'r fan, so it shows. may 2006 - the return of ... Fusion10

07-15-10 Funny grouping, yet, much has to do with the live sound qual ... Soundsbeyondspecs

08-14-10 The band while sitting at a table 20 feet away from them at ... Soundbit

08-18-10 3 n.e. ohio pink floyd shows, they're the best,animals tour ... Petepappp

08-24-10 I'm rating my picks w/ regards to showmanship and fun. not r ... Tjnif

08-27-10 Pink floyd about 12 years ago? cheap trick every year! jimmy ... Srwooten

11-14-10 Rolling stones (detroit 1965), hendrix (ann arbor 1966), yar ... Rel2

11-15-10 I'm 34, so i missed most of my favorites. i'm pretty enviou ... Kbarkamian

11-21-10 Best shows for me were: radiohead in 2006 right after kid a ... Mcondon

11-23-10 Pearl jam key arena seattle september 21, 2009 first night ... Samuelg

11-27-10 1. the who, 2. roger waters, 3. allman brothers band, 4. rol ... Ssayeed

12-02-10 Rush in 1992, tucson, arizona. what a phenomenal concert. ... Jkross22

12-02-10 Crosby, stills, nash & young. first half all acoustic, solos ... Rja

12-05-10 1. bob marley in lawrence ks in 1979 2. jethro tull in st lo ... Hotmailjbc

12-14-10 March 31, 1970 phila. spectrum - led zeppelin april 1977(?) ... Larry_s

12-14-10 Missing zeppelin is going to haunt me to my grave. never eve ... Afc

01-13-11 1.kansas - leftoverture tour 2.yes - masterworks tour 3.jeff ... Drumhead4

02-03-11 1/the stones 1975 maple leaf gardens (tour of the americas) ... Gkella

03-23-11 1-santana- fox theater aug 1990. carlos was in lotus form. 2 ... Dayglow

03-24-11 Rory gallagher robin trower..black sabbath with ozzie circa ... Zugisland

04-12-11 Cal jam i, in '74 or '75 at what was the ontario motor speed ... Magfan

04-18-11 Based on fun, memories and not sound only! 1. monsters of r ... Pmshow

05-18-11 1972 winterland humble pie/mahavishnu orchestra 1971 winterl ... Rlw3

05-19-11 1- jackson browne, eagles and linda ronstadt, cow palace, 19 ... Br3098

05-20-11 Between 1978 and 1980: boston, styxx, van-halen, journey, an ... Tom6897

05-31-11 A problem arises in that picking one ahead of the other....i ... Jack_bruce

05-31-11 Janis joplin and big brother at the filmore west- i was wo ... Agaffer

06-09-11 No particular order. can't really say any were better than o ... Edrogers911

06-20-11 In no particular order... pink floyd @ rice stadium, 1994 - ... Ballywho

06-20-11 I don't want to break the "5" rule, but i simply m ... Ballywho

06-25-11 I hate to do it, but i must add a ninth...and how could've h ... Ballywho

06-27-11 Well, %$#@... cheap trick @ stubbs (austin), 2004 - i remem ... Ballywho

06-30-11 Prince afterconcert in small venue (paradiso, amsterdam, 90s ... Edorr

11-27-11 1- jethro tull, nov 12 1992 syracuse ny 2- iron maiden, 1 ... Krossman

01-19-12 In order- tom petty van halen pearl jam grateful dead red ho ... Tbromgard

03-01-12 Eagles-1975 kansas-1978 jackson browne-1989,1994,1996 rush-2 ... Dalecrommie

05-26-12 Woodstock! Sumflow

09-13-12 I saw the yardbirds yesterday evening at rams head tavern in ... Mapman

09-17-12 Have to throw this one in. saw return to forever and zappa ... Mlapenta

09-17-12 I have to echo mlapenta's review. saw the same lineup at acl ... Lenny_zwik

01-11-13 In no particular order neil young rust never sleeps tour pr ... Mswobo

01-16-13 This past year 2012.... 1.joe jackson, 2. the band of heath ... Frankie52

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