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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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12-20-00 1. pink floyd-dark side of rhe moon tour 2. jethro tull-thic ... Rec

12-20-00 Frank zappa was the best i've seen (8 times), the tragically ... Jeffloistarca

12-20-00 I've got the answer, post twice! steely dan, roger waters, v ... Jeffloistarca

12-20-00 Great thread, will. 1. lynyrd skynyrd. four months before th ... Danvetc

12-20-00 The who in an open air theater in florida performing quaudro ... Dekay

12-20-00 Hendrix detroit, hendrix london, hendrix manchester, tim buc ... Kitch29

12-21-00 I saw pearl jam a couple of years ago at a relatively small ... Perfectimage

12-21-00 1. led zeppelin madison sq garden in 1974 2. sly and the ... Joe_b

12-21-00 Kings x, tool, alice in chains (1st tour, in a club) actuall ... No_money

12-21-00 Hard to keep down to 5 and i will have surely forgotten some ... Bencampbell@

12-21-00 Yeah joe_b i saw loggins and messina 2 times 1st time in phi ... Tubegroover

12-21-00 Steve stills w/his manassas band, bob marley & the wailers, ... Sedond

12-21-00 Oh jeez, i forgot about lowell george & little feat - *that* ... Sedond

12-21-00 Joe and tubefgooever: loggins and messina also opened for l ... Dekay

12-21-00 In no particular order: george harrison's concert for bangla ... Ralphp_nj

12-21-00 What a long, strange trip...here are some shows that may jog ... P_perkins@

12-21-00 The who 1970 3+ hours including all of tommy pink floyd ato ... Awest

12-21-00 This post brings back lots of memories. hard to put in a &q ... Steelhead

12-21-00 Queen 1977 maple leaf gardens,u2 1984 mlg,rod stewart 1982 m ... Leafs

12-21-00 The rolling stones. i'm 48 yrs.old . i've seen most of the o ... Mendota98

12-21-00 Here follows a list of fav rock concerts of more modern time ... Centurymantra

12-22-00 Kiss/cheap trick in 75,peter frampton/j. geils band in 76, e ... Rgd

12-22-00 1) stones: '69 sympathy for the devil tour @ madison sq. gar ... Chazmo

12-25-00 Here is the top 5 i have attended: 1. john fogerty at the ... Johnsp11

12-26-00 I have no all time favorite concerts but here are 5 i rememb ... David99

12-26-00 - milton keynes uk - 1982 i think....one night only....never ... Carlh@

01-01-01 Bowie 1972 santa monica.bowie 1976 la forum. bowie 1985 new ... Zane

01-01-01 Peter gabriel gong gentle giant Snook2

01-01-01 5. blue oyster cult (late '70s; state fair grounds, beaumont ... Fpeel

01-18-01 Jackson browne running on empty tour springsteen - dallas r ... Rbischoff

01-26-01 1. peter gabriel, with and without genesis. 2.tragically hip ... Mes

01-26-01 Grateful dead, msg 9-21-90. what a killer darkstar! jerry ga ... Ramstl

01-26-01: John_l

Neil Young, Civic Auditorium, Portland Oregon, 1989

Beautiful acoustic set. Played Silver and Gold. Live

'Natural Beauty' showed up on the album 'Harvest Moon'

Bugs Henderson, Cascade Tavern, Vancouver WA, 2000.

Filthy tavern blood and guts blues guitar at it's best.

Mr. Eddie B. Campbell, Hot House, Chicago IL 1999.

My favorite guitar performance of all time. Maxi priest

from the temple of tone.

Liquid Soul, Chicago IL, 1999.

Amazing Jazz/rap/rock fusion group. Creative.

Allman Brothers, outdoor ampi, Vail Colorado, 1995.

Didn't have to buy your own pot to get high at

that one...

Page and Plant, Denver, 1996

My date asked me "who is led zeppelin", (swear to god)

Plant rocks, Tommy Lee on drums, and Page has gotten

even better !

Evie's Edge, Colorado Springs, 1997 (?)

Deb Ast played guitar like Jimmy Page. Scary part

was that the music was original. Great vocals too.

Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man tour, Royal Oak MI, 1992

That voice !

Pat Metheny, Civic Aud, Des Moines IA, 2000.

Jazz guitar for folks like me!

Charles Lloyd, Alladin, Portland Oregon, 2000.

He's right up there with coltrane and co. My favorite

horn player. John abercombe was great too !

Village Vanguard, NYC, thursday before xmas, 1999

Thursday night jazz group. Have no idea what their

name was. Drummer talked to himself the whole set.

Guess I'd better stop now !
John_l (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-27-01 Park west in chicago, armitage & clark st, small venue (1-2, ... Megasam

01-27-01 Queen in 1978 in germany... gooood one, john cougar, zz top, ... Joysjane

02-01-01 I'll have to add another one. just got back from the billy j ... Joysjane

02-01-01 I used to volunteer for rock medicine so i caught lots of sh ... Rosstaman

02-01-01 Oops- that should be buddy guy and junior wells at the bitte ... Rosstaman

02-01-01 This concert was my first dead show and included bob dylan. ... Nordostman

02-01-01 Nordostman, this show is widely available as a soundboard. y ... Ramstl

02-01-01 Ramstl~i don't have a cdr of that show but would love one. i ... Nordostman

02-01-01 Nordost, i have this one too. e-mail me for more info Ramstl

02-02-01 I have to go with pink floyd-the wall los angeles 1981 only ... Bcp7

02-02-01 in no particular order the shows that stand out for me were ... Jeffclark

02-02-01 Ok i posted 2 so i got 3 more to go :^) keeping with my them ... Nordostman

02-02-01 Nordost, thanks for lobbying for the dead! Ramstl

02-02-01 "and if you go no one will follow, if i knew the way i ... Tubegroover

02-05-01 If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine and my tunes ... Nordostman

02-06-01 Great posts and now i feel really old! as disco began to do ... Jerie

02-06-01 Dekay: santana 1972 concert was in the diamond head crater a ... Jerie

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