Alicia De Larrocha. I know, none of you have heard of her. She was ranked the #4 pianist in a list of The Top 100 Pianists of the 20th Century. I have all her albums, won a ticket from a radio call-in, 2nd Row Center seats at Jones Hall. Sat next to the Maestro afterwards at my friend's tapas restaurant downtown with my date. The rest of the concert was a couple goofballs named Beethoven and Wagner. As far as Pop or Rock, it was a Paul Simon Graceland Tour concert at a small venue. Fabulous.
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@jimijam - That was the Hawkwind/Man 1999 Party Tour with DJ Andy Dunkley? I went to that show in Berkeley. During Man's performance, they stopped for a bit and had Tim Leary, from prison, address us all on the P.A. When Man resumed, Deke Leonard went to the mic and said "He's helped me through a lot of trips...". |
Steely Dan at Red Rocks. Keith Carlock on drums. It was drizzling rain and they were squeegee'n the stage. Then the fog slowly engulfed the entire venue giving it the appearance that it was floating in a cloud. Carlock's drumming was just amazing, didn't even know who he was but been a fan ever since. Herbie Hancock at Mission Ball room a few years back. AC/DC at little old Knoxville Civic Coliseum in 1977. Not great musicianship of course, I but I was only about 18 years old and I had never seen that kinda of energy coming off a concert stage and have not since. Place only holds about 10K people but the entire place was electrified. |
June, 1990 - Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta - Outdoor venue. Stevie Ray Vaughn BB King Joe Cocker I was 24. It was a perfect early summer night. Each band performed their own respective sets over a couple hours. At the end, everyone joined for a jam on stage. Imagine Stevie Ray Vaughn trading guitar licks with BB King, while a wildly contorted Joe Cocker inserted powerful, gravel-toned vocals throughout! It was fantastic! Sadly, SRV was killed in a helicopter crash just 2 months later. |
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