is this the greatest live band of all time?

You were very close. Only one letter off. 🤗

My brother ran into them accidentally at the airport a long time ago back in the early 70s and said they were tiny. I ran into Johnny Winter and his band 1969 at the airport and he was tiny too.

You're an interesting  guy, guitarsam.

The Who.
Auditorium Theater, July 4, 1970.
"Live at Leeds" - intermission - then "Tommy" - all of it.Keith Moon waving his hotel towel so the ladies knew where to find him.John Entwistle standing stoically stage right while making himself heard.Pete Townshend windmilling and playing like an articulate madman.
Roger Daltrey voice and tossing out bottles of wine and beer into the front rows from the band's on-stage galvanized cooler at the end of the show.It was close to midnight before it was all over. Pretty amazing.

Seen Hendrix, Stones, Floyd, Ike & Tina, Blind Faith, Zappa and many more. All good, just different.

But then, any good night at a neighborhood Chicago blues bar in the 70's with just about any of the locals could keep pace for energy and engagement.

All a matter of taste and timing. Sometimes you get a great night and sometimes a good night.