Best concert you've attended

My more memorable experiences have been later in life at smaller venues, most have great sound.

John Moreland 

Calexico

Neko Case 

Tift Merritt 

Lucinda Williams 

Aimee Mann

Richard Thompson 

Rosanne Cash/John Leventhal

....years ago I saw Shawn Colvin and Robin Trower, at separate shows but at the same local club.

SRV @ Fitzgerald’s, 1980-1982

John Lee Hooker @ Rockefeller’s, early 80’s

Alan Haynes @ Corky’s, 1982

Ronnie Laine benefit concerts in Dallas (Clapton, Page, Cocker, Beck, Rogers), c. 1983

I’ve been to concerts by the Stones, Who, Bowie, Clapton, Grateful Dead, etc., all in their heydays , but hearing fantastic musicians up close in a (smoky, back then) club is usually far more fun, with better sound,  than any stadium show could be. 

Dire Straits - September 1985, SDSU Open Air Theatre, Brothers in Arms Tour

Prince- Purple Rain Tour (1984) here in Toronto with Sheila E opening- unforgettable...