What is your favorite "live" music performance of all time?

[Lottoguy]

Since were all in quarantine I thought it would be fun to see what is your favorite LIVE performance by a music artist. Find it on YouTube, copy then just paste it right here on this forum. Here is mine.

Elvis singing American Trilogy in Hawaii. The year is 1973.

American Trilogy (High Quality) - YouTube (https://youtu.be/8gyvTV5OJ5E)

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Santana
Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock

Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 "Woodstock" Live Video HQ - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZceAQSJvc)

[tophcfa]

When I was a little kid growing up in Northampton, MA I went for a bike ride into town one summer evening. There was a free outdoor concert being played at Pulaski Park by some new band that no one knew. They put on a great show, turns out it was Aerosmith.

[Lottoguy]

Great choice! I loved Santana too.

[eweissenbach]

A tie between The Eagles at Sprint Center in Kansas City about five years ago before Glenn Fry passed and Elton John in 2001 at MGM Grand in Vegas. Maybe the most enjoyable was a 1964 Peter Paul and Mary concert at Brewer Field House at Missouri University, Columbia because I had front row seat. Also, come to think about it, had front row center seats at Kansas City Music Hall for “Jersey Boys”. When it comes to live performances the nearer the stage the better the experience in my book.

[Inexes@aol.com]

Uriah Heep, Wonderworld Tour, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. August 14, 1974
When they played Wonderworld, the arena opened the dome to a spectacular sky full of stars...... still get tears in my eyes remembering it. Of course, this experience was enhanced by the thick cloud inside the Arena before they opened the dome, lol.

Uriah Heep Concert Setlist at Civic Arena, Pittsburgh on August 14, 1974 | setlist.fm (https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/uriah-heep/1974/civic-arena-pittsburgh-pa-6bdb3ace.html)

Uriah Heep - Wonderworld - YouTube (https://youtu.be/XEU_QrBrB9M)

[2newyorkers]

Elton John, 1974 Nassau Coliseum. There was a horrendous thunder storm and all the power went out in the building. He just kept playing the piano and singing. Everyone had their lighters lit and he had everyone sing along to his songs. Fantastic showman.

[manaboutown]

Back in the late 1960s I used to attend Julliard String Quartet concerts at the Library of Congress. Tickets were I think 25 cents each. The trick was getting them over the phone at 8:00 am just when the box office opened as they were all gone within a few minutes. The players were faculty members. At least one violin was a Stradivarius. Incredible musicians on some of the finest string instruments in the world. Acoustics were pretty good too.

[John_W]

Uriah Heep, Wonderworld Tour, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. August 14, 1974
When they played Wonderworld, the arena opened the dome to a spectacular sky full of stars...... still get tears in my eyes remembering it.


I saw the Uriah Heep Wonderworld Show with Manfred Mann's Earth Band at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida August 8, 1975. Unfortunately the roof didn't open, but David Byron was fantastic as the opening spotlight shined only on him and he did the acapella intro to "Stealin". He was one of my favorite singers and Ken Hensley played a mean Hammond. Mick Box is still carrying on the name touring every year.

It's hard to pick just one show, Journey and the Babys at the Mississippi Coast Colosseum in Biloxi, April 18, 1980 Departure Tour. That was great because we had two great singers, Steve Perry and John Waite, and Journey couldn't be any bigger at the time.

After I couldn't get tickets to see Georgia Carlin, a few of us went to the Electric Zoo club out by St. Pete/Clearwater Airport. It was the Allman Bros September 6, 1969. Had no idea who they were, we paid $3.50 to get in. There was band with a guy with a red guitar and long blonde hair going wild on the guitar, they had two drummers and the singer was this guy sitting down playing the keyboards. I never forgot that show, at the very end, the singer said, we're the Allman Bros and our first album comes out in two months, we hope you buy it.

I've always told people the best live theatrical type show I've ever seen, even better than Pink Floyd, was Jethro Tull on the Thick as a Brick tour, Savannah, Georgia June 11, 1972. It was more than music, it was a sight to be seen. Ian Anderson was fantastic, they had people dressed as giant rabbits hopping on stage. Huge telephones ringing, if you read the Thick as Brick newspaper that came with the album jacket, then it all that.

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I'll add one more because I hear these guys on the radio all the time. Def Leppard on the Pyromania Tour, July 1, 1983 Savannah, Georgia. This was their first headlining tour, I owned a record store and Pyromania was my biggest selling cassette ever, going through 100 a day and the Union Jack T-Shirts were just as hot. The band didn't disappoint, fantastic show, Gary Moore and Krokus opened. I think I couldn't hear afterwards for 3 days.

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[Fredman]

Nat king cole at the civic arena in pittsburgh on the first date with my new girl friend who later became my wife. I believe it was around 1962 or 63.

[asianthree]

MJ at his best row 11 center

[BS Beef]

Cage the Elephant opened for The Black Keys. Never imagined this would end up being my all time favorite concert.
Black Keyes
Black Keys - Lonely boy [LIVE Eurockéennes 2014] - YouTube (https://youtu.be/T17gWIYjIEo)
Cage the Elephant
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams | Lollapalooza Brasil 2017 - YouTube (https://youtu.be/HOpJY1VChiE)

[rockandroller]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival) (https://youtu.be/cJunCsrhJjg)

What I remember of it. :icon_wink: :icon_wink:

[John_W]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival) (https://youtu.be/cJunCsrhJjg)

What I remember of it. :icon_wink: :icon_wink:

I'm a little disappointed you didn't include Grand Funk, their live album was recorded in '69 there.

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[DianeM]

Okay I’ll be the dork. My all time favorite live music experience was going to Broadway to see Camelot. I was 12 and the perfect first play for a girl on the cusp of teen years

[Mikeod]

Okay I’ll be the dork. My all time favorite live music experience was going to Broadway to see Camelot. I was 12 and the perfect first play for a girl on the cusp of teen years
LOL, I don’t consider that dorky. Wonderful music. Here’s mine.

Many years ago, the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park had evening concerts on a swath of land within the park. You could hear some of the animals while you sat on the grass listening to the music. My wife and I attended a concert by Don McLean. Everything was normal until he started singing Starry Nights (Vincent). The crowd fell silent listening to the haunting lyrics and melody. Then we noticed that all the animal sounds stopped as well. It was wonderful, but eerie. We were in the middle of a valley, surrounded by animals free to roam in large enclosures. Sent shivers. It has to be 40 years ago and we’ve never forgotten it.

[tophcfa]

John W, I totally agree with both Jethro Tull and Grand Funk Railroad as some of the best. I saw Tull in Worcester, MA back in the 70's, never got to see Mark Farner and Grand Funk, but have always been a huge fan. Other honorable mentions for me, have seen the WHO, Santana, George Thorogood, Jonathan Edwards, Chicago, and The Almond Brothers many times. Another one of my favorites was seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd live at the Springfield Civic Center about a week before their plane went down. Very Sad :_ ( Stay safe everyone!

[DianeM]

LOL, I don’t consider that dorky. Wonderful music. Here’s mine.

Many years ago, the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park had evening concerts on a swath of land within the park. You could hear some of the animals while you sat on the grass listening to the music. My wife and I attended a concert by Don McLean. Everything was normal until he started singing Starry Nights (Vincent). The crowd fell silent listening to the haunting lyrics and melody. Then we noticed that all the animal sounds stopped as well. It was wonderful, but eerie. We were in the middle of a valley, surrounded by animals free to roam in large enclosures. Sent shivers. It has to be 40 years ago and we’ve never forgotten it.

Thank you

What a beautiful memory. I loved Starry Night.

[Buckeyephan]

The Beatles at Cleveland Public Hall in September 1964. Also Hugh Jackman in Boy from Oz on Broadway and Simon and Garfunkel in concert with their special guests, the Everly Brothers. Wonderful memories.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I don't have a singular favorite live performance. I have singular favorite moments in each of the live performances. I remember John Denver's enormous bed in the middle of the stage when he sang Grandma's Feather Bed at the New Haven Coliseum in I believe 1975. I remember certain moments in each of the Yes shows I've been to, starting in 1977, every single year until 1980, and then every year from 1984 until Jon Anderson had to leave due to illness in I believe 2005-ish (I still have the ticket somewhere, can't remember what year it was). I remember being impressed by Rick Wakeman's son when he performed for Yes one year at Oakdale Theatre.

I remember SO vividly when Ian Anderson rose up out of the stage, which was set to resemble a ship, at the start of his Broadsword and the Beast tour in Massachusetts.

I remember the wineskin that the brother of someone in the Grateful Dead passed me, because he happened to be sitting next to me that night, and then going back stage to meet the band. That was in New Haven too.

When it comes to music and sound, I have a very vivid, 3D memory of things I enjoy. So they're all my favorites.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

My second concert ever and it remains my fave to this day: The Doors at Boston Arena, April 10, 1970. Thank God for Youtube.

And that's saying something as I also saw Jethro Tull many times in the early and mid-70s including the Aqualung, Thick as a Brick and Passion Play shows, Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Black Sabbath's first American tour, Pink Floyd's quad Dark Side of the Moon show, Dylan's '74 tour with the Band, Queen's first American tour, Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour, etc.

Like some of you guys, I was also a big Uriah Heep fan and saw their Wonderwall show as well as the Demons and Wizards and Sweet Freedom tours. Also saw them way back when they were still unknown in the states when they opened for Three Dog Night in 1970. My favorite Heep album is Salisbury.

Regrettably never saw the Beatles. My parents thought I was too young to go to a concert at that time. But they let me go one year after the Beatles' last tour to see the Monkees at Boston Garden in 1967!

The Doors Boston Arena 1970 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp8pxXY8GLc&list=RDhp8pxXY8GLc&index=1)

[queasy27]

Neil Young during his '70-'72 acoustic tour for After the Gold Rush. Just him on stage singing and telling stories in a 3K seat theater. He made it feel intimate and personal.

[Inexes@aol.com]

I saw the Uriah Heep Wonderworld Show with Manfred Mann's Earth Band at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida August 8, 1975. Unfortunately the roof didn't open, but David Byron was fantastic as the opening spotlight shined only on him and he did the acapella intro to "Stealin". He was one of my favorite singers and Ken Hensley played a mean Hammond. Mick Box is still carrying on the name touring every year.

It's hard to pick just one show, Journey and the Babys at the Mississippi Coast Colosseum in Biloxi, April 18, 1980 Departure Tour. That was great because we had two great singers, Steve Perry and John Waite, and Journey couldn't be any bigger at the time.

After I couldn't get tickets to see Georgia Carlin, a few of us went to the Electric Zoo club out by St. Pete/Clearwater Airport. It was the Allman Bros September 6, 1969. Had no idea who they were, we paid $3.50 to get in. There was band with a guy with a red guitar and long blonde hair going wild on the guitar, they had two drummers and the singer was this guy sitting down playing the keyboards. I never forgot that show, at the very end, the singer said, we're the Allman Bros and our first album comes out in two months, we hope you buy it.

I've always told people the best live theatrical type show I've ever seen, even better than Pink Floyd, was Jethro Tull on the Thick as a Brick tour, Savannah, Georgia June 11, 1972. It was more than music, it was a sight to be seen. Ian Anderson was fantastic, they had people dressed as giant rabbits hopping on stage. Huge telephones ringing, if you read the Thick as Brick newspaper that came with the album jacket, then it all that.

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I'll add one more because I hear these guys on the radio all the time. Def Leppard on the Pyromania Tour, July 1, 1983 Savannah, Georgia. This was their first headlining tour, I owned a record store and Pyromania was my biggest selling cassette ever, going through 100 a day and the Union Jack T-Shirts were just as hot. The band didn't disappoint, fantastic show, Gary Moore and Krokus opened. I think I couldn't hear afterwards for 3 days.

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Pretty impressive...... what I wouldn't give to have seen Pink Floyd...... wow.

[Inexes@aol.com]

This thread is great. So glad someone started it. It is sure stirring up some memories. I am a product of the Elvis era, never saw him live. My father wouldn't even let me listen to his music, lol. Saw Louis Armstrong as a teenager. Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, David Bowie, Santana, just on and on. Have also seen the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Pavarotti. Just too many to mention because my taste runs everything from acid rock to opera. Oh, have to mention Tom Jones in his heyday. Oh, and Van Cliburn live. Swan Lake Ballet. What a life it has been..... Thanks for all the memories, OP.

[JimJohnson]

Blues from the Mississippi bottoms.

[admiral72]

One Friday night, an all-star team of classic rock veterans — the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, the Who and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd on the same storied bill at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.

[DanBrew]

Allman Bros at Alpine Valley ski resort in 1979 on the Enlightened Rogues tour. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils opened up for them. Also sat a few feet from Carlos Santana and watched him play in awe. For pure technicality, I finally got to see Return to Forever at the Fox in St. Louis after seeing Al Demiola at the Sheldon a few years prior.

[DanBrew]

If you get an opportunity, go see the Australian Pink Floyd act. They played at David Gilmour's 50th birthday party in 1995 and he said they were technically better musicians than any of the original Floyd. I think he was being humble. I never got to see the original, but did see the Aussies and they are phenominal. To experience a bit of Floyd's early genius, give this a view. Careful with that Ax, Eugene from Ummagumma. Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe Eugene - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpGdG27K9o)

[La lamy]

At 55 years of age I know I'm on the young side and maybe Foo Fighters is not a well known band to some of you, but my fave concert was when they did a tour of small clubs around 2004 where we got to experience them in a local bar. Dave came right up to the bar to get himself a beer during the concert. Even touched him as he went back to the stage. The best concert of my life.

[Singerlady]

Another dork...The Three Tenors at The United Center (Chicago) and Peter, Paul and Mary at Ravinia (Chicago).

[mike519]

The Balcony Scene from West Side Story as presented at Proms 2012 London

The Broadway Sound: West Side Story (Balcony Scene) - BBC Proms 2012 - YouTube (https://youtu.be/j3d1wrj4riQ)

[davem4616]

Okay I’ll be the dork. My all time favorite live music experience was going to Broadway to see Camelot. I was 12 and the perfect first play for a girl on the cusp of teen years


certainly a great play to see and experience on Broadway as your 1st ....:coolsmiley::coolsmiley::coolsmiley:

I still recall how amazed I was seeing my first B-way show....Hello Dolly with Carol Channing back in '65

ya gotta have arts!!!

[drgoofy]

Ike and Tina Turner and The Ikettes. Isaac Hayes when he threw off his chains. Guess I enjoyed a different genre.

[villageuser]

Alice Cooper hands down. Alice Cooper - Poison (Official Video) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4j1LtCdww)

My husband says Bonnie Raitt. Bonnie Raitt - Runaway (Live 1977) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPzcZNgVfpA)

[kcrazorbackfan]

Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.

Last 4th of July, my grandson who plays lead guitar in 2 bands in Arkansas, was asked to play the Star Spangled Banner like Hendrix did; took him about 30 minutes practice to get it right, but he nailed it.

[ttjaa5@comcast.net]

Went to several concerts, but best of all was in Charleston WV. Got front row seats and ended up with a scarf. Been an Elvis fan since I was 5.

[John_W]

John W, I totally agree with both Jethro Tull and Grand Funk Railroad as some of the best. I saw Tull in Worcester, MA back in the 70's, never got to see Mark Farner and Grand Funk, but have always been a huge fan. Other honorable mentions for me, have seen the WHO, Santana, George Thorogood, Jonathan Edwards, Chicago, and The Almond Brothers many times. Another one of my favorites was seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd live at the Springfield Civic Center about a week before their plane went down. Very Sad :_ ( Stay safe everyone!

I did finally get to see Mark, Don & Mel, not the so called Grand Funk that's touring now without Mark Farner. Last time they were together in 1998 in Columbia, Maryland, and they were just as good as early 70's. I was a fan of their first 5 albums that Terry Knight produced.

I did see Jethro Tull a second time, ELP opened the show in 1995, I wasn't impressed with either act that time. Seems Ian Anderson slowed down quite a bit, no theatrics, Emerson Lake & Palmer was a bit boring.

I wish I had seen Lynyrd Skynyrd, one of my favorites, the original. I have seen Blackfoot with Rik Medlock and Molly Hatchet with Danny Joe Brown and Atlanta Rhythm Section, I got some of my southern rock fix.

https://www.youtube.com/Grand Funk 1974 Live at the LA Forum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdVb_8iK63Q)

[Twiganne]

We’re you at Woodstock? A few years before my time. I was born in 1960. Didn’t matter I have always lived my life as a flower child. Real bummer I didn’t get to go. I wonder how many people here would admit they went to Woodstock lol

[sharonl7340]

i didn't see this show but I have seen Heart several times--always one of my favorites. Gretchen Wilson & Alice in Chains - Barracuda - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqQkECIn738&list=RDBqQkECIn738&start_radio=1)

[Chi-Town]

Maybe not my favorite but The Rolling Stones playing Sympathy For The Devil at the Altamont Speedway has to be the most insane. Having the Hells Angels providing security at a free concert with 300,000 people attending sets a crazy stage.

ROLLING STONES - Sympathy For The Devil (Live 1969) HD - YouTube (https://youtu.be/lj6y6tohW_0)

[mroberts268]

I saw many Frank Zappa concerts including several at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. A few were the Mother's Day Anniversary Concerts including sitting front row center for the 10th Anniversary Mother's of Invention concert in 1974 with Frank, George Duke, Jean Luc Ponty, Ruth Underwood, Napolean Murphy Brock, the Fowler brothers and others. I still have the card they gave all of us with the inscription: "There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome than being a Mother" (a quote from Richard Milhouse Nixon) (Thanks a lot Dick!)"

[BevSparks]

The Who doing this song live in Orlando! "We won't get fooled again" Love the words..never goes out of style..
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q)

[Cranford61]

Listening to LeAnn Rimes belt out “Commitment” at the end of a concert in Denver in 2005. What a set of lungs!
Also loved The original Beach Boys concerts in the 80’s

[John_W]

I saw many Frank Zappa concerts including several at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. A few were the Mother's Day Anniversary Concerts including sitting front row center for the 10th Anniversary Mother's of Invention concert in 1974 with Frank, George Duke, Jean Luc Ponty, Ruth Underwood, Napolean Murphy Brock, the Fowler brothers and others. I still have the card they gave all of us with the inscription: "There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome than being a Mother" (a quote from Richard Milhouse Nixon) (Thanks a lot Dick!)"

I saw Frank Zappa in Atlanta about 1984 on the Them or Us Tour. He was different, however with only purple lights it was hard to see what was going on. He's a Baltimore guy, so I always wanted to see him. I use to keep this poster on the back of my bathroom door back in the 70's, when someone went in, I would always hear a laugh a few seconds later.

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/332696661306_/Phi-Zappa-Krappa-Frank-Zappa-Toilet-Poster-1st.jpg

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I saw many Frank Zappa concerts including several at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. A few were the Mother's Day Anniversary Concerts including sitting front row center for the 10th Anniversary Mother's of Invention concert in 1974 with Frank, George Duke, Jean Luc Ponty, Ruth Underwood, Napolean Murphy Brock, the Fowler brothers and others. I still have the card they gave all of us with the inscription: "There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome than being a Mother" (a quote from Richard Milhouse Nixon) (Thanks a lot Dick!)"

Zappa is one of the ones I truly regret never having experienced live. ELP is another.

[fdpaq0580]

Favorite? Too many great ones to chose from, both big and small venues. Like someone mentioned earlier Ike and Tina Turner revue was one of the best. By the way, am I the only old fart that remembers The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and "Fire" ?

[roscoguy]

Not as far back as many here, but my favorite is probably Eric Clapton / Nothing But The Blues Tour - 1994. Fabulous show! Standing in line to get tickets, many people were "sure" that he would still play some of his old rock stuff. He didn't.

One other I'll probably never forget was seeing Alice Cooper at a free show in the basement of an arena, below an auto show. That was somewhere in the early 70's.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Not as far back as many here, but my favorite is probably Eric Clapton / Nothing But The Blues Tour - 1994. Fabulous show! Standing in line to get tickets, many people were "sure" that he would still play some of his old rock stuff. He didn't.

One other I'll probably never forget was seeing Alice Cooper at a free show in the basement of an arena, below an auto show. That was somewhere in the early 70's.

I also saw him on that tour and it's my second favorite live performance of all time. The first has to be August 18, 1966, The Beatles at Suffolk Downs Racetrack, East Boston, MA.

[bumpygreens]

I went to so many good concerts I couldn't pick a favorite. Maybe Genesis because I saw them four times. One of the most memorable concerts was John Williams and the Boston Pops Fourth of July concert on the Esplanade in Boston. About 15 years ago I went to see The Association at the Ohio State Fair. The Buckinghams were on first, and they stole the show. For sheer artistry with an instrument, Peter Frampton is exceptional. The most surprising performance happened in a Mexican restaurant at a shopping mall in Las Vegas. There was a Mariachi band going table to table playing all the usual tunes. No big deal. Then they did a killer performance of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" and blew everyone away.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Favorite? Too many great ones to chose from, both big and small venues. Like someone mentioned earlier Ike and Tina Turner revue was one of the best. By the way, am I the only old fart that remembers The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and "Fire" ?

That was on a jukebox in a bar I frequented in a faraway land long ago. Also on the box was Suspicious Minds and Spinning Wheel. Those are the songs I remember.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

The most memorable concert moment was at the Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. A first-time promoter managed to book KISS. Not realizing that a huge number of KISS fans were kids who attended with parents, he booked Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics to open. The lights went down for the opening and then the follow-spot lit up Wendy whose entire outfit consisted of three pieces of electrical tape.

[DianeM]

Another dork...The Three Tenors at The United Center (Chicago) and Peter, Paul and Mary at Ravinia (Chicago).

You’re not a dork. We like what we like.

[Scorpyo]

When I was around 8 or 9 my brother used to take me to Doo Wop concerts at the Apollo and the Brooklyn Fox Theater. I still remember and listen to Frankie Lymon, Little Anthony, The Students, etc. Those were voices.

[DianeM]

certainly a great play to see and experience on Broadway as your 1st ....:coolsmiley::coolsmiley::coolsmiley:

I still recall how amazed I was seeing my first B-way show....Hello Dolly with Carol Channing back in '65

ya gotta have arts!!!

I was fortunate to see with original cast. My best memory is Lancelot in white chain mail (sp) with a red dragon on his chest leading an actual white horse onto the stage. You’re so right about arts. Sadly lacking it seems.

Carol Channing played Dolly to perfection. I never saw her but knew her talent.

[fheller45]

Count Basie orchestra and the Mills Brothers, Dayton, OH, 1962.

[John_W]

...By the way, am I the only old fart that remembers The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and "Fire" ?

No, first time I saw Arthur Brown was on the Tom Jones Show in '68, watched that show every week. He's still touring in 2019 at age 77. !968 was the year of my first real concert, saw Vanilla Fudge in St. Petersburg right after they were on Ed Sullivan .

youtube Crazy World of Arthur Brown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcMb363Rp-I)

[sail33or]

Private performance by Air Supply at dinner/wine party in the Robert Mondavi Vineyards.

I am sure the free flowing Cabernet had a huge influence.

Other notables:

Chicago (Beaumont, Texas)
Original Beach Boys (Houston, Texas)
Original Moody Blues (Houston, Texas)

[2BNTV]

I hope "Beginnings" band comes thru next year as they didn't this year. The lead singer sounds exactly like Peter Cetera from Chicago.

"Man of La Mancha" on Broadway many years ago. The understudy took over and he had a great voice. A guy named Ed Wright!

[russellskov]

Saw Run DMC, Kid Rock & Aerosmith together & at the end of the concert they all did "Walk This Way" together (best concert moment), best concert: BRUNO MARS

[Inexes@aol.com]

Ike and Tina Turner and The Ikettes. Isaac Hayes when he threw off his chains. Guess I enjoyed a different genre.

After I posted I remembered all the R & B groups I saw and forgot to mention, The Platters, The Temps, Dion Warwick, Aretha, Patti LaBelle..... the list goes on, lol

[LiverpoolWalrus]

By the way, am I the only old fart that remembers The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and "Fire" ?

Definitely not. Loved his song "Fire" back in the '60s. You might know Carl Palmer was in his band back then. The two reunited with Yes and John Lodge of the Moody Blues last year which I was lucky enough to see.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

I went to so many good concerts I couldn't pick a favorite. Maybe Genesis because I saw them four times.

Bumpy, what version of Genesis were you into - with Peter Gabriel, without him but with Steve Hackett, or the And Then There Were Three lineup?

They're one of my favorite bands of all time after the Beatles, Stones, Dylan and the Cure. I saw them countless times but never with Gabriel until he reunited with Hackett, Collins, Banks and Rutherford on their one off reunion at Milton Keynes in 1982, which sorta changed my life.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

The first has to be August 18, 1966, The Beatles at Suffolk Downs Racetrack, East Boston, MA.

Rub it in. I was living in Saugus at the time and I begged my parents to let me go see them but they refused saying I was too young to go to a concert and they weren't about to take me.

[roscoguy]

Another biggie would have to be when Aerosmith, The Outlaws, Ted Nugent & Foghat toured together in 1976(?). Odd that I don't remember that much of the show... :icon_wink:

[mail@kliewerhome.com]

Tina Turner! Liveliest performance ever!

Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Live) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTfYnRQgKgY)

[CatskillBill]

If your a Floyd fan check out Brit Floyd.
I've seen them 5 times and the next show (maybe) is June 1st at the Dr Phillips Center in Orlando.

Brit Floyd "Live at Red Rocks" - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_yibRal4mI&t=2972s)

2015-11-12 Brit Floyd Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam Complete concert - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k54o0fNpcng)


If you get an opportunity, go see the Australian Pink Floyd act. They played at David Gilmour's 50th birthday party in 1995 and he said they were technically better musicians than any of the original Floyd. I think he was being humble. I never got to see the original, but did see the Aussies and they are phenominal. To experience a bit of Floyd's early genius, give this a view. Careful with that Ax, Eugene from Ummagumma. Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe Eugene - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpGdG27K9o)

[sail33or]

I had a friend in Texas that had ZZ TOP as their Prom Band. (It was like 1970)

[PugMom]

Okay I’ll be the dork. My all time favorite live music experience was going to Broadway to see Camelot. I was 12 and the perfect first play for a girl on the cusp of teen years

you aren't a dork! lol. musical taste spans all who appreciate it. on 1 hand, best live show was diana ross @ radio city in late 70's, then julie andrews herself in victor/victoria, marquis theater, nyc. on the other hand, now, it's a tie: black sabbath with dio, & blue oyster cult tour, early 80's, allman bros @ new haven, mid 80's, then guns & roses use your illusions tour, but then i remember the bowie lets dance tour & the dead @ saratoga springs, july4th celebration, mid-80's. just cant choose one i guess:icon_wink:

[PugMom]

i didn't see this show but I have seen Heart several times--always one of my favorites. Gretchen Wilson & Alice in Chains - Barracuda - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqQkECIn738&list=RDBqQkECIn738&start_radio=1)

1st time i ever saw them was @ the Yale Bowl in new haven. they opened it up for concerts back then. the headliner was little river band, then heart & the eagles. great times

[PugMom]

That was on a jukebox in a bar I frequented in a faraway land long ago. Also on the box was Suspicious Minds and Spinning Wheel. Those are the songs I remember.

those are all really good songs! :bigbow:

[DianeM]

you aren't a dork! lol. musical taste spans all who appreciate it. on 1 hand, best live show was diana ross @ radio city in late 70's, then julie andrews herself in victor/victoria, marquis theater, nyc. on the other hand, now, it's a tie: black sabbath with dio, & blue oyster cult tour, early 80's, allman bros @ new haven, mid 80's, then guns & roses use your illusions tour, but then i remember the bowie lets dance tour & the dead @ saratoga springs, july4th celebration, mid-80's. just cant choose one i guess:icon_wink:

I’ve never been into any rock type bands. I’ve read many of these posts and admit I’ve never heard of half of them. You lost me after mentioning Julie Andrews. Lol. We’re all different. Loved Diana Ross and The Supremes.

[Troy8432]

It’s obscure and possibly weird, but my first and best was Pablo Cruise at Spragins Hall on the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1982

[Decadeofdave]

Nelson Ledges 1975. ELO, Peter Frampton

[John_W]

It’s obscure and possibly weird, but my first and best was Pablo Cruise at Spragins Hall on the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1982

Nothing wrong with Pablo Cruise. I was living in Atlanta when they put out the song Atlanta June, really pretty song, and they're great musicians and they still tour with all but one original member. They are a band some can make fun of, sort of like Air Supply, even they can really sing. I like a lot stuff.

https://i.etsystatic.com/16661396/r/il/7160f4/1683260309/il_794xN.1683260309_nc2d.jpg

[John_W]

I’ve never been into any rock type bands. I’ve read many of these posts and admit I’ve never heard of half of them. You lost me after mentioning Julie Andrews. Lol. We’re all different. Loved Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Maybe that speaks to why your posts are sort of out of tune, out of focus, nothing wrong with that, but you're definitely different. Try turning on a classic rock station, locally 95.5 WIND Ocala. Honestly my life would of been totally differently without music, rock music to be exact. Most people my age, our age, were watching Ed Sullivan in February 1963 and watched the Beatles. That was the turning point for me. Then again, I thought the movie Armadeus in '83 was fantastic, Mozart was great, it's all great if you listen loud. Trying going to the square when they reopen and the Hooligans are playing.

[NavyVet]

I was too young for Woodstock. In the '70's in high school, I went on a field trip to a NY Philharmonic concert and was blown away. It cemented my decision to become a music major. In the 80's I was into hard rock and mostly jazz, but hardly ever got to go to a live concert. As a musician, it took a lot to impress me; I preferred intricate rhythms and progressions, instrumental over vocals, was always analyzing what I listened to. Listened to a lot of Weather Report, Matrix, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, the Who and enjoyed a wide variety from Renaissance to Stravinski, Melanie to Black Sabbath, bagpipe music to Balinese Gamelan orchestras. LOL
My favorite live performances were Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and Chuck Mangione. I also got to sit 3 feet in front of Sonny Stit in a intimate little club/bar in Orlando. He even talked to us between tunes.
In the 90's I saw Tower of Power, BB King, Blast! and Riverdance. All were awesome shows.
Probably performed thousands of gigs throughout the 80's, even worked with a couple of celebrities on stage, like Richard Simmons and Barbara Mandrell. To this day I still have a really eclectic taste, always looking for the unusual, off the beaten path; from soothing New Age to Celtic and even the occasional heavy metal. (Favorite artists: David Arkenstone, Andreas Vollenweider, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Faun, Mannheim Steamroller, Two Steps From Hell.) :-)

[John_W]

...My favorite live performances were Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and Chuck Mangione. I also got to sit 3 feet in front of Sonny Stit in a intimate little club/bar in Orlando. He even talked to us between tunes.
In the 90's I saw Tower of Power, BB King, Blast! and Riverdance. All were awesome shows.
Probably performed thousands of gigs throughout the 80's, even worked with a couple of celebrities on stage, like Richard Simmons and Barbara Mandrell. To this day I still have a really eclectic taste, always looking for the unusual, off the beaten path; from soothing New Age to Celtic and even the occasional heavy metal. (Favorite artists: David Arkenstone, Andreas Vollenweider, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Faun, Mannheim Steamroller, Two Steps From Hell.) :-)

In my record store in the 80's we played the usual rock that was current Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, U2, REM, Pink Floyd and whatever else was current. Sometimes I would put on Pat Metheny on the store speakers whenever I felt the time was right. Before I did, I always made sure we had at least 2 or 3 copies in stock, because people would come over and say, who is that, and they all sell?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81YghP+3s-L._SS500_.jpg.

[txfan]

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Jungleland (Live in New York City) - YouTube (https://youtu.be/lW1RAYYs8RI)

[tfa4755]

Jethro Tull Chicago stadium 1972. I ha 5th row seats!

[sharonl7340]

LOVED Ken Hensley and Uriah Heep!

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Most people my age, our age, were watching Ed Sullivan in February 1963 and watched the Beatles.

For the record, the Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan was February 9, 1964. I'm glad to be able to say I saw it, and you're right, it changed the lives of many of us.

[alwann]

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD., summer of 1969. Front row seats for Led Zeppelin & The Who. I was virtually deaf for two days afterward.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I just remembered...Johnny Cash made a surprise appearance at the Club 407 at RAF Chicksands in 1968. None of us realized we were seeing an icon in the making. Alcohol was 25 cents a shot. Last call was around midnight but the club closed at 2 am, hence a typical last call order was up to a dozen drinks per patron....but I remember the event nonetheless.

[Ken24]

While in the Air Force in West Germany went to the Rock am Ring, Nürburgring for David Bowie, the Glass Spider Tour. The two day concert was great it rained on us and the muddy ground was terrible but what a great time. Two days of music with the Eurythmics closing the first night and David closing the second.

[John_W]

For the record, the Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan was February 9, 1964. I'm glad to be able to say I saw it, and you're right, it changed the lives of many of us.

You're right, Kennedy was Killed Nov '63, and the Beatles were the picker upper the country needed. I remember watching all 3 appearances, I was in the 8th grade and really never paid attention to music until then. We had a station in St. Pete, WFSO AM that played nothing but the Beatles non-stop for a week. A really great station for a dozen years, but fell to the wayside as FM took over in the mid 70's. I mostly bought 45's like a lot of kids, but the first LP I bought was Sgt Pepper, the second was Spirit S/T debut and third was Grand Funk On Time.

youtube Spirit Mechanical World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M072im1HRws)

[queasy27]

It’s obscure and possibly weird, but my first and best was Pablo Cruise at Spragins Hall on the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1982

Lifeline is one of my favorite albums to rock out to. I can't sing a lick, so only when I'm alone. :icon_wink:

Now that you brought it up, I just asked Alexa to play: "(I Think) It's Finally Over" is on max volume.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

You're right, Kennedy was Killed Nov '63, and the Beatles were the picker upper the country needed. I remember watching all 3 appearances, I was in the 8th grade and really never paid attention to music until then. We had a station in St. Pete, WFSO AM that played nothing but the Beatles non-stop for a week. A really great station for a dozen years, but fell to the wayside as FM took over in the mid 70's. I mostly bought 45's like a lot of kids, but the first LP I bought was Sgt Pepper, the second was Spirit S/T debut and third was Grand Funk On Time.

youtube Spirit Mechanical World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M072im1HRws)

Yeah! Thanks for the shout out to Spirit! Such a fantastic but grossly underrated band. Not a bad song on any of their first four albums. How many bands can you say that about? They were like Traffic. Could never figure out why those two bands didn't get the acclaim they deserved.

Here's proof that Led Zeppelin loved Spirit, too, but never gave them credit:

Spirit - Taurus - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFHLO_2_THg)

[rockandroller]

OMG, I forgot about this

Tower of Power - What Is Hip? (Social Distancing Style) (https://youtu.be/jB3CqKjJfPI)

Huge smile. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Navy Vet.

[rockandroller]

And, added some Tower of Power here

https://thevillagerockers.com/songs-submitted/

Love'n it.

It is SO DOWN!

[John_W]

...Here's proof that Led Zeppelin loved Spirit, too, but never gave them credit:

Spirit - Taurus - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFHLO_2_THg)

That's the heirs of Randy California (Randy Wolf) suing over that song. I don't see enough there, and apparently Randy didn't either, why didn't he sue when was alive. He's been dead 20 years and they'll still trying to make money off of 2 minutes of instrumental music he did 50 years.

[Yung Dum]

Hands down. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Seen them 5 times. 5 best concerts I've ever seen.

[l2ridehd]

I have been blessed to see several that I thought were great. I saw Neil Diamond at Griffith park the night he did the "Hot August Night" debut. I am sure the actually album was recorded in a studio but was released that night at the live show.

I saw the Everley Brothers when they were passed there prime and they were the opening act for an Alabama concert. They stole the show they were so good. The piano player was playing laying on the floor reaching over his head backward, then from laying on top of the piano and reaching down facing the ceiling. Not sure how that was possible but he did it.

Others that were great, Chris Issac Griffith Park, Reba MaCentire the night her band left the concert and she stayed behind because her baby was ill and their plane crashed into a mountain leaving San Diago.

[John_W]

I have been blessed to see several that I thought were great. I saw Neil Diamond at Griffith park the night he did the "Hot August Night" debut. I am sure the actually album was recorded in a studio but was released that night at the live show.


I wish I was there.

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show (Live-1976) (HD) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQfa0wbmbu0&list=PLvie9ybEKIp_O_aGxVnhdLORUnKXLW-pG&index=91&t=0s)

Neil Diamond live, 1976, "Holly Holy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvQzjGBXJ_c&list=PLvie9ybEKIp_O_aGxVnhdLORUnKXLW-pG&index=92&t=0s)

Neil Diamond live in 1976, "I Am. . . I Said" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGfbM23InFc&list=PLvie9ybEKIp_O_aGxVnhdLORUnKXLW-pG&index=93&t=0s)

[PugMom]

forgot to mention Moody Blues with the symphony @ tanglewood, in Mass.:icon_wink:

[LiverpoolWalrus]

I may be old but...https://tinyurl.com/yayl4wwp

[Funkman]

Warren Zevon, Grand Funk Railroad, Springsteen and the boys back at the old Garden, Frampton at the Cape Cod Coliseum, Diana Ross on Boston Commons, Cars at the Rat are some that still stick out, far too many to remember. Really wish I had learned to save my ticket stubs

[Funkman]

forgot to mention Moody Blues with the symphony @ tanglewood, in Mass.:icon_wink:
That was the first show I ever saw out there, wish it was closer to Boston, love it!

[JerryLBell]

I was at the second show at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan for Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour. I was on the floor about 20 rows off the stage and it was incredible. The loudest music (or perhaps the loudest sound) I have ever heard combined with the best light show I've ever watched combined with truly great music, including the first live performance of the complete Dark Side of the Moon they'd done since 1975. They eventually released a DVD of performances from that tour called "Pulse". Recently, they released a box set ("The Later Years") that includes a Blu-ray of a "restored and re-edited" version of the concert. There's a link below for the YouTube copy of it, but you really, really want to watch and listen to it on a decent surround-sound system capable of pretty high volume.

Pink Floyd Pulse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokGXqEsCXk)

[Inexes@aol.com]

I was at the second show at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan for Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour. I was on the floor about 20 rows off the stage and it was incredible. The loudest music (or perhaps the loudest sound) I have ever heard combined with the best light show I've ever watched combined with truly great music, including the first live performance of the complete Dark Side of the Moon they'd done since 1975. They eventually released a DVD of performances from that tour called "Pulse". Recently, they released a box set ("The Later Years") that includes a Blu-ray of a "restored and re-edited" version of the concert. There's a link below for the YouTube copy of it, but you really, really want to watch and listen to it on a decent surround-sound system capable of pretty high volume.

Pink Floyd Pulse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokGXqEsCXk)

My insane passion for Pink Floyd at maximum decibel levels is most likely the reason I now have hearing aides. I remember everybody telling me I was ruining my hearing, lol.......