Best concert you've attended

So many great performances that I feel the need to break them into categories:

Best Start to Finish "Glad to be Here" Performance: Graham Nash.  The Pageant, St. Louis (2021?)

The Group I Missed because I was Skinny Dipping in a Lake Nearby and Was Distracted:  Led Zeppelin, Texas International Music Festival 1969

The Group That Didn't Suck (and I thought they would): The Sweet, Moondance Jam, Walker Minnesota, 2018

Most Under-appreciated Performance:  Quicksilver Messenger Service (They opened for Three Dog Night).  Kansas City, MO (1970ish)

The Performer that Got the Sound "Right" Every Time:  Joan Jett

I Can't Believe The Guy is THIS Old and Worth THIS Much Money and Still Works His -ss Off!! Paul McCartney.  St. Louis (2020?)

Glad I Got to See Them Before Key Members Started Dying Off: Poco, Wildwood Lodge, Steeleville, MO (2015?)

Best New Unknown" (to me) Band that Blew Me Away:  Santana, Text International Music Festival, 1969

Best Making Sure the Crowd is Having as Much Fun as I Am Performer:  Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits), Abbey Road on the River Festival, Jeffersonville, IN, -- Last Weekend!!

Other great performers/performances that didn't fit into a particular category:

- The Who

- Janis Joplin

- BB King

- ZZ Top

_Grand Funk (Railroad)

- Kansas

- America

- Little River Band

 

I have a couple of categories, the first touched my soul.  1971, Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, The Allman Brothers Band, with Duane Allman killing it shortly before being killed in a wreck with a truck in Macon.  I have been a huge fan aince that night.

Best bargain, Knebworh Park, England.  Van Morrison, John McLaughlin with Vassar Clements and John Luc Ponty, The Doobie Brothers and at 9:00 The Allman Brothers came oit saying we have never been to London before, we are going to play every song we know.  231/2 hours later they said we have one last love song and the the bass line for Whipping Post kicked off.

1969 Greenlake , Seattle, WA Led Lep with Three Dog Night Opening , I was 16 !

Leonard Cohen's comeback concert at the London O2 in 2008. I've been to some good ones over the past 57 years, but nothing else comes close. A magical evening.

Stones Steel Wheels tour 1989 St. Louis

Rolling Stones 1975 and 1978 both in Chicago

Bowie Serious Moonlight Tour 1983 Chicago

Led Zep 1975 Chicago

Pretenders touring first album 1980 Park West

Blondie/ Rockpile Park West 1979

Springsteen River Tour 1980

Rush  1977 and 1978 at the  Aragon Ballroom 

Clash 1982 Aragon Ballroom

ZZ Top 1975 Chicago

Elvis Costello Park West 1979

Dire Straits Park West Chicago 1979 touring the first album

Cheap Trick, Rush and Heart 1977  Chicago at the Auditorium

Uncle Ted, to many times to count. The first time was at IIT Chicago in the 2nd row in 1975

U2 1981 Chicago Park West

The Knack at the Uptown Chicago 1979, great show.

The Blues Brothers 1980 Popular Creek

Wreckers at Joe's on Weed Street  Chicago 2007 5 feet from the stage

Muddy Waters playing at the grand opening of the new Westmont  Illinois Highschool sitting in the first row with his family.

Peter Frampton 1976 Aragon Ballroom Chicago

George Thorogood Halloween night at the Aragon Ballroom 1982

Warren Zevon  1983 Park West

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 2006 Chicago 

Aerosmith/Jeff Beck 1976 Chicago Comiskey park

Rory Gallagher 1979 Park West Chicago

Floyd 1977 Chicago

Grateful Dead Uptown Chicago 1980

Eagles, Steve Miller and others at Summer Jam Chicago 1978

Todd Rundgren on New Years eve at the Auditorium Chicago early 80's 3rd row

I had forth row seats to see the Who 1979, but Keith Moon died so I sold tickets [big mistake]

The list goes on forever, and this is why I can't hear **##** out of my left ear.