Best concert you've attended


Mine is The Doobie Brothers, at the Civic Center in Amarillo Texas, in 1976. I was 16 years old.

The weed smoked all around us was good  too.

 

tomcarr

Come on, you have to at least let us have two. 

Harry Chapin,  January 20, 1981 at the MSU Auditorium, East Lansing, MI.  Amazing performer, he broke 3 guitar strings during the show. 

Jane Siberry, December 11, 1999, at Cafe Largo, Los Angeles, I'll never forget her alternate version of the 12 days of Christmas that was hilarious and beautiful.  

The Tragically Hip, 1993?.. headliners on a festival weekend. Summer time, a large open grassy field just outside Vancouver BC with snow covers mountain peaks on each side. Magical setting. The band had everyone in the palm of their hands. AWAESOME... Oh ya, and Midnight Oil opened for them..

I was going to list all the performers I've seen that were already mentioned by other respondents here but that list got too long ... I'll just go with the original premise:

Best concert I've attended was my favorite group's farewell concert - The Last Waltz

@petaluman -I got thisclose to tickets for the Last Waltz. Saw the movie, bought the DVD, bought the record, the CD and the 2-CD remaster. Glorious. The band is my favorite, also. Big Pink and Brown album get regular play in my household.

Tangential FWIW-Years later, after Richard Manual's passing, Levon's book, seeing Rick Danko right before his demise, I went back and watched the DVD, again. The rancor, fear and sorrow evident was/still is heartbreaking.

 

Warren Zevon one man show in 1992 (I think) at Tipitina's in New Orleans. A late announced appearance, so only about 100 people showed up. We all stood around the stage watching him sing at the piano and chatted with him at the bar between sets. And, of course, everybody howled their lungs out during "Werewolves of London."