Elvis, yes, that Elvis. Nassau Coliseum 1975. He was magnificent.
We snuck down from our lousy, up high seats and saw Him close up for about 15 minutes before we got chased.
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I’ve been at this since 1975, so there were many many good ones, but in more recent memory- The Brothers at MSG last year. It was 3 Plus hours of Derek and Warren finding excellence and excitement from those guitars. Chuck Leavell was in- I can’t remember a more draining and, truly, amazing night of rock and soul.
I can go into the B-52’s at the Ritz in 1982, I can’t tell you if it was the cocaine and or the sinsemilla and the Jack, but that band was on fire that night and it’s still memorable. The ’80s were fking wonderful in retrospect.
Ozzy at The Ritz as well. Sloppy but crazy good. At least for me.
And last month at the fantastic Capitol Theater in Port Chester, one of my favorite places to see anything, I was once again captivated by Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings playing their favorite Grateful Dead tunes- and I’ll say better than anything I’ve ever heard from The Dead themselves, but I was never much of a Dead fan. I could have done another 2 hours from them. See Gillian Welch if you ever get the chance. Her and David never disappoint.
