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Charo? :o Really? :dontknow:

Lil Dancer, I would so loved to have seen Jim Morrison. He is timeless! :bigthumbsup:

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FRANCIS LANGFORD


next to you know who ...she's the greatest.....

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And how could I forget my very first rock concert? Little did I know I was actually part of history in the making at the time -- the Monterey Pop Festival. Janis, Jimi, Morrison, the guy who did Purple People Eater, Otis Redding backed by Booker T & the MGs, Lou Rawls and so many others. I think nothing could ever surpass it. It was a very eclectic group that played that weekend -- from pop to rock to the introduction of acid rock. I still get chills remembering Janis belting out Ball & Chain while swigging on Southern Comfort. To have this black guy play the guitar upside down and then smash it to smithereens -- what an introduction to Jimi! And from Jimi to the Who. Definitely one of my most special memories.

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One of the best venues for live shows is the Hollywood Bowl, especially if you can get box seats.

Saw Elsa Fitzgerald there, who was outstanding, she was blind by that time and the night before she had fallen off the stage. Also Ray Charles was wonderful, too. The best was Tito Puente, we were dancing the mambo in the aisles. Absolutely spectacular.

Saw Frank Sinatra in the Uris theater in NY, also Bette Midler, many times and in the 60's, saw The Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium when they flew in a helicopter to the middle of the stadium. The screaming was deafening.

Great memories.

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Never saw the Beatles. I would have loved to. Saw Sinatra countless times and private parties too. ;)

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Thanksgiving weekend 1969 Iron Butterfly, Chambers Brothers, Pacific Gas and Electric, Sweetwater, Country Joe and the Fish, Johnny Winter, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Spirit, the Byrds, Rotary Connection, Grand Funk Railroad, Jefferson Airplane, King Crimson, Steppenwolf, Byrds, Canned Heat and the Rolling Stones.

Or, Jimi Hendrix at Miami Jai Alai Fronton, Sept 21, 1969. Tickets were $5.00

#1 Woodstock
#2 Strawberry Fields, Canada (one yr. later)
#3 Bruce Springsteen 1971 Salem State College (Mass)
#4 Rolling Stones Montreal

Seen a little more of Jim Morrison than I wanted to see at Dinner Key in Miami.

Roy Orbison for one and Placido Domingo at the Met for another.

Roy Orbison for first place, and Neil Diamond for second place.

#1 - infinity. WOODSTOCK!!!!!!!!

Frank Sinatra at MSG. Uncle BlueJay bought tickets for the entire family.
Many a celebrity sightings. Got Joe Frazier's autograph. Didn't have the nerve to tap Joe Louis on the shoulder for him to turn around. Man, he was a big dude, as his shoulders were very wide. Female cousin lunged for Robert Redford, as he was being escourted to his seat. Nothing beats having your whole family togeher. Great music too!!!! IMHO


Neil Sadaka at the Big E in MA. Neil wrote and sung, a lot of great songs. He put on a great show!!!

Paul Anka at the Nanuet mall in N.Y. Very gracious performer, and funny too.

Toronto All-Stars playing Big Band music at the Savannah Center. Heart warming to see 20'ish performers singing tunes from the 40's, keeping this kind of music alive.

BB King in a small room in a Reno casino.
 

I saw BB King at a downtown Reno casino in a room that probably only seated 100 people if that. We were out in front. This was with my older brother and his 1st wife or maybe she was his girlfriend at the time, Susan M. She was/is the daughter of a US ambassador and spoke a lot of languages and was rather fun. They both really got into seeing BB King.

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And, I believe the price of this very personal concert was two drinks bought from the bar. And, I just got Coca-Colas.

Cher and Bette Midler, both fantastic
Rod Stewart numerous times and yes, He is still sexy!
Was surprised by Jerry Lewis. What a show he put on. He sang, play instruments and told jokes ( no swearing) he was fabulous
Phanton of the Opera on Broadway, I can still feel the goose bumps on the back of my neck!

Luciano Pavarotti in the Hartford Civic Center - a perfect performance, just such a thrill.

John Mellencamp at the Hartford Civic Center.
Lionel Ritchie/Whitney Houston when he opened for Whitney Houston, before drugs took away Whitney's beautiful voice and then her life.
ZZ Top when they were touring and performing their Eliminator and Afterburner albums. The stage started as the hotrod grill from the Eliminator album and then slowly morphed into a spaceship when they started playing songs from the Afterburner album.

Recently -- Jimmy Buffet (2 times so far) at COMCAST Center on Foxboro Mass. Great songs, we all know the words, great pre-concert parking lot festivities. Jimmy plays for a 2 hour set, takes a 15 minute break and then comes back for another 2-3 hour set.

Forgot I saw, Tony Bennett at Ceasar's Palace, back in 68.

Tony was great, as usual!!!

1) Sir Paul - Toronto 10/2005
2) Elvis - Rochester 7/1976
3) John Sebastian -Buffalo 5/1971

Mick Jaggar & the Rolling Stones, Sammy Davis, Jr were the best... Frank Sinatra was over the hill and forgot all his songs right in the middle of them. Also liked Cher & Diane Warwick when they was younger (they put on good shows).

The one that did me the most good was Bob Hope, Long Binh, 1967.


I've seen so much live music that it is hard to pick a winner, but I'll take a shot. Bob Marley in Germany in 1976.

"Moody Blues," Boston Garden 1971.

If I had to give one answer it would be seeing Steeley Dan on August 20, 1993 at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA. This was their return to touring after a 19 year absense and my first time seeing them. I took my best friend who had never been to a concert before so this was meaningful for many reasons. We sat about ten rows back, dead center, sang every word and cried. It was a moving and amazing night that we still talk about.
I was fortunate to have spent 37 years working in the radio/tv industry which afforded me many opportunities to see many artists. Honorable mention to Springsteen, Aerosmith, Bette Midler, Van Halen, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Alanis Morrisette and Meatloaf. Thanks for asking this question and making it possible to go down my musical memory lane.

The ballet "Romeo and Juliet" with music by Prokofief performed by the Royal Ballet at N.Y. Lincoln Center.

All of these concerts were different but equal:

Neil Diamond when he recorded "Hot August Night" at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles early 1970's (what an amazing venue!)

Paul McCartney with Wings over America at The Cow Palace in San Francisco 1976

Pink Floyd "The Wall"at Oakland Coliseum late 70s

Without a doubt the 2 Beatles concerts in Chicago, had great seats for both I think one ticket was $15 the next year it was $20 LOL Neil Diamond about 18 years ago in Chicago also was awesome. Went to many "Teen Concerts" in the Chicago area and saw many groups as they were just becoming hits. Fun times. Tom Jones, The Spinners and Johnny Mathis wee others that appeared in "In The Round" theaters where just about all seats wee great. Miss that type of venue :( Met Dick Clark outside one of the teen concerts and got his autograph, very gracious man he really loved young people.

That uncannily kind of reminds me of a Ventures concert I went to with a friend who had never been to a concert before. We didn't cry, weren't about ten rows back, or dead center, but we sang every word of their songs with them.

Ricky Nelson playing in an auto show in the Oakland Coliseum in late 70's and nobody seemed to realize who it was or bothered to stop and listen.


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No one recognized him, he didn't look the same.

Bruce Springsteen
Jazz Fest - New Orleans, La.

Janice Joplin - Amherst Mass

Ditto. I was there also. The Stones in the 70's were the best and the 78 show at soldiers Field rocked. Still luv em andstill listen to em working out.

I was at the Stones '78 show in Soldiers Field too - at least I think I was. Couple years later saw them in Candlestick.

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Eagles Hell freezes over 2 3rd row 15' from Joe Walsh!

Charley Daniels- warm up band was a group that was ready to break Kansas

Stones at Knebworth a cozy lil venue 500,000 . 3rd group was Lynyrd Skynrd ( they tore the place up).

Paul McCartney (and his marshall amps).

EPIC !!!! :BigApplause:

Eagles Hell Freezes Over at Shoreline in Mtn View, CA - in center lower section about 2 rows in front of boxes (daughter of a co-worker worked for Bill Graham, promoter). My wife sent out our 10 YO son up to get an autograph from Stephen King and he came back 10 minutes later and said the man signing autographs said he was Stephen Wozniak: no autograph.

Paul McCartney at Berkeley Memorial Stadium a few months later. Last song, "Hey Jude" (my wife's name is Judy aka Jude) lasted about 30 minutes.

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#1 - Pink Floyd, 1973 Jacksonville, Fl (Dark Side of The Moon Tour .... that say's it all)
#2 - Roger Waters. 2010 Atlanta (The Wall tour ... amazing production!!)
#3 - The Grateful Dead, 1974 The Cow Palace, Daly City, Ca (1st concert using the famous "Wall of Sound")
#4 - SRV, 1988 Antones (the old original one), Austin Tx (private show & I was in the right place, at the right time, hanging with the right people)
#5 - The Who, 1976 The Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fl (stadium was about 1/2 full because high ticket prices (for 1976), the band was mad and transformed that anger into an amazing show ... and Keith Moon was still alive!)

Jimi Hendrix 1968 Atlanta Municipal Auditorium

That must have been a great show!

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