Live music you have attended that left impact....perhaps better than you expected.


I have seen great symphonies, Chicago, Moscow, Boston and others including some smaller cities performers that were quite good, Madison, Wi, Milwaukee and some other Midwest cities.  Actually did a bike trail with the first chair Cello player from the Chicago Symphony and his girlfriend from the singers and they stayed at my home and I made a very good meal for them....with a excellent Bordeaux...and this made for a great memory. 

As far as Jazz and Pop, the list is long and I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to see these.
James Taylor
Jackson Browne (several times) the best was "Running on Empty" tour. 
Little River Band 
Heart
Chicago
B.S.and T. 
Nancy Wilson
Woody Allen, Jazz bar in NYC
Harold Land (just great)
Julia Fordham (a few times)
Gene Pitney (I was amazed at how good he was and how much he sounded just like his recordings)
Hall & Oats
Peter whatever his name was, Switched On Bach
Joni Mitchell 
Diana Krall, a few times, and once with Elvis.
Wynton Marsalis
and more than are coming to mind...
 
I wish I could have seen, Chet Baker, Paul Desmond, Ella, Dinah Washington, Blue Mitchell, Art Farmer, Clifford Brown, early Rosie Clooney, and many more that were so great in the 40s through the early 70s.

And I am a bit sorry to say, I have seen more than I have listed and cannot instantly recall them....but all part of being an old fart, my sons call it O.F.S., Old Fart Syndrome.

It would be good to hear from members about your live music experiences. 


jusam
Thank you for your posts.  All of you have seen people I would like to have seen.  Sweet Basil's and The Blue Note in NYC were simply great evenings with great music and friends.

Perhaps the oddest musical experience I ever had was when I was in the Air Force and went to the "club" art a remote base in the middle of nowhere and a group showed up with a pretty blond and brunette that turned out to be ABBA....don't know what they were calling themselves at the time.  Also I was on vacation and one evening at a nice "yacht club/bar/supper club" this young grey haired guy started doing a comedy routine,...it was Steve Martin in his early days.  Oddly later I was at MOMA in NYC and in a room with a huge Jackson Pollock I was backing up to get a better look and backed into someone....turned out to be Steve Martin.  
So many interesting experiences in my life have very much been unplanned surprises, like when racing at Road America and having contact with Paul Newman.  




Went to hear Jose Feliciano with a friend several years ago at a small venue.  I really wasn't too interested, but we ended knowing the door man, got great seats, and proceeded to be blown away by how good Jose and his band were.  Jose is blind, and so was his piano player. To say the band was "tight" is an understatement.   He can play a lot more than Feliz Navidad!  They even played some Hendrix.  One of the best shows I've ever attended.
I’ve seen a bunch of superb live musical performances in my day. The ones, though, that were truly transcendent and altered my taste were (Speak memory!) are...

Springsteen at the Inglewood Forum.
The Berlin Phil with Von Karajan at (where?) the Ambassador Auditorium.
Television at the Whiskey.
Bizet’s Carmen at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


Took my daughter to see Harry Styles (pre COVID) was floored the guy is fantastic and has a great band.

We flew down to Dallas (see my son and daughter-in-law) and went to Harry Styles show there. Jenny Lewis opened for him and was wonderful.
Great performer just to many screaming girls lol.
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