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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.

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12-20-00

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02-20-01 1977 pink floyd - aminals tour at the spectrum in philly. oh ... A.duggan@

03-24-01 1. kiss, destroyer tour, 1976, madison square garden, no th ... Slawney

03-29-01 Did anyone on here attend the concert at timber ridge ski ar ... Brianmgrarcom

05-11-01 Here are some shows that bring me back to my "glory yea ... Mateored@

05-11-01 It,s amazing how everybody can remember exact dates.iam only ... Evo845

05-11-01 1. bruce springsteen & the e street band -- dallas, 1975. 2 ... Mcrheist

05-12-01 Great thread! although i feel a bit like jim on taxi, here ... Inscrutable

05-15-01 Saw metallica's last concert at long beach arena, they aren' ... Mejames

05-20-01 Stones - steel wheels, clapton - journeyman, stephen stills, ... Pops

10-18-01 Greatful dead- allmans 1973 rfk bruce springsteen 1975,78.80 ... audiocaptain@

10-18-01 Jimi hendrix- l.a. forum, 1970 jimi hendrix- l.a. forum, 196 ... Sek

10-23-01 Hi everyone. i'm into underground and progressive rock. i ha ... Marakanetz

10-23-01 Let me add to the nostalgia trippers out there and see if an ... Quinntheeskimo

10-24-01 Ministry - hardest, tightest ever. and that godd*mned top h ... Trappist

10-24-01 1) king crimson fall 81 ann arbor mich 2) amnesty int tour 8 ... Audiotomb

11-06-01 Ok....i maybe alot younger than most of you....i wasn't even ... Knucklenutz

11-10-01 Early 70s, oh what a great time to be a kid! my first concer ... Blkadr

11-14-01 Ok here goes emerson, lake and palmer with yes at east town ... Buzzard

11-19-01 Never got to see zeppelin, hendrix, the who, doors etc, but ... Ellery911

11-24-01 Allman brothers, pink floyd ('94), ac-dc, oingo boingo, rush ... Sketcha

12-08-01 1. pink floyd "darkside of the moon" tour (quad co ... Kromag

12-13-01 Not ready to name my top 5 yet, but both august 2001 radiohe ... Lsossen

12-17-01 I've been in beacon theatre on thursday watching and listeni ... Marakanetz

12-31-01 1) king crimson, town hall, new york city, discipline tour 1 ... Papertiger

01-01-02 -zappa greek theatre berkeley (did lots of bongo fury and r ... Duanegoosen

01-06-02 Roger waters alman brothers rod stewart and the faces emerso ... Bozo

01-09-02 Humble pie 1972, rod stewart1974,willie nelson 1975 &yes he ... Makersmark

01-10-02 Always glad to hear from prog rock fans! Marakanetz

01-13-02 I've been to 16 u2 elevation concerts this year, all around ... Dave4u

01-24-02 1. pat metheny at park west utah, 1981 2. u2 zoo tv at anahe ... Jlambrick

01-26-02 Ers, jethro tull, aqualung/thick as a brick days, hendrix, b ... Bornie

02-01-02 Stones- bridges to babylon tour at soldier field in chicago, ... Vdub

02-07-02 Steely dan, beau dommage, eagles, queen (with thin lissy), b ... Peleon

02-08-02 Allman brothers at the warehouse 1972 in new orleans, i miss ... Tweekerman

02-08-02 1)jason and the scorchers, charlotte, nc, 1984 2)richard t ... Waltersalas

02-10-02 Leon russell, poco, neil young, quicksilver messenger servic ... Lugnut

02-12-02: Kana813
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Sly & the Family Stone- Pittsburgh,PA

Billy Joel- 52th St. Tour- Kansas City,MO

Van Morrison- Capital Theather, Passaic, NJ

Bonnie Raitt- Garden State Center
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02-17-02 1). 1974 - genesis w peter gabriel - the lamb tour .genesis ... shudson653@

02-28-02 Little feat-suny buffalo gym 1978 joe jackson-syracuse war m ... Jeffmazen

03-01-02 1. springsteen '78 2. springsteen '99 3. springsteen '76 4. ... Ttrulis

03-10-02 1. bob marley and the wailers (reggae, not rock, but close e ... Muzikat

03-12-02 Steve miller, doobie brothers, joni mitchell (with jaco past ... Bobgates

03-16-02 1,gratefuldead,2.ac/dc/travers,3.msg,4.tull,5.outlaws/pure p ... Wimi2

03-19-02 I guess i'm dating myself but as a kid seeing hendrix a coup ... Goose

03-27-02 Stevie wonder in a 800 seat venue. i have never been to a s ... Schroedersmcj

03-30-02 This is tough. seen too many to limit it to five but: pink ... 4yanx

03-31-02 1. i"ve seen the stones 21 times, but the babylon show ... Phil0618

05-14-02 Pink floyd at kent state in 1973? i'd never heard "dark ... Hbarrel

06-05-02 For that matter, almost any ramones show (especially aragon ... Tweakgeek

06-06-02 1. captain beefheart at bottom line--he blew out the microph ... artprint@

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