Correction: Thanks to LndLocked's post for reminding me that the Cow Palace was in Daly City, NOT San Francisco. I was a misplaced San Diego guy living in San Jose at the time, what did I know about the Bay Area? LOL I remember my future wife to be was at school at UCLA at the time and was so upset that she couldn't go see Paul also.

Daly City is adjacent to SF - a few blocks east is Candlestick in SF.

But Daly City folk can't use SF resident only amenities.



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Besides Woodstock, jimmy Hendrix cafe wha in the village
Led zeppelin first time in the states opening for iron butterfly Fillmore east
Janice at Fillmore
Leon Russell concert for Bangladesh
Jeff beck group with rod Stewart- vocals and Ronnie wood bass

True that .... without a street sign you would never know you went from SF to Daly City.

The Rolling Stones from the 13th row at the Fox Theater in Atlanta
The Moody Blues from the 10th row at the Macon, GA Coliseum
Paul McCartney at The Plains of Abraham outdoor concert in Quebec City

The Temptations and the Four Tops together at the Westbury Music Fair on Long Island. Jay and The Americans and The Young Rascals at (I Think) the Lido Beach Club on Long Island. The Ronettes at the Moulin Rouge in the Catskills.

As long as you were just driving through Colma, all was good. DC snd South City weren't part of SF but few really knew where one ended and the other began.

(For those who don't know, Colma is known for having nothing but cemeteries.)

What was the greatest live entertainment show you ever saw?
 

Sat very near the stage at a Billy Joel/Elton John concert in St. Louis. Incredible.

KISS in St. Paul. Pretty average as artists go, but what a show. Especially in that era. AC/DC opening for Cheap Trick before they were big in the U.S. Yeah, the demographic of TV is starting to change. Sorry.

A local promoter didn't realize that KISS had a teenie bopper following and booked Wendy Williams and the Plasmatics as an opening act for them in Biloxi, Mississippi. Lots of kids came with their moms. Wendy came out wearing two pieces of electricians' tape and the world's skimpiest G-string. I was fortunate to be a stage hand for that show.

Whoa, forgot all about Westbury, saw so many shows there going way back to when it was a tent. I saw Peter Allen there just before he passed away, he was obviously not well and when he sang "Once before I go" it took on new meaning.

I remember seeing Jackie Wilson perform at Community Gardens in Queens Village, NY, about 50 years ago. He was a showman.

The greatest, most entertaining show I ever saw was at the Colonie Coliseum in Latham NY back in the 70's. I saw numerous shows there but the one that stood out was when Ben Vareen appeared. I never before saw a more energic, multi-talented singer, dancer and all around performer and haven't since. Ben Vereen - IMDb

Loved Jackie Wilson's Lonely teardrops - YouTube. Hope you'll "say you will" too!

WAIT!!!!!! how could I possible have forgotten this one!

Little Feat, 1978 Orlando Jai alai Fronton ( it was the Waiting for Columbus Tour, complete with the full Tower of Power horn section!! ..... truly one of my all time fav concert experiences / memory's)

In October 1969 a group of us went to the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg to see George Carlin, the show was sold out. We headed up Pinellas County about ten miles to a club by the airport called the Electric Zoo. We paid a $3 door charge and walked in to see a band with two drummers, a guy on keys singing, and a fellow with long blonde hair playing a red guitar. We watched them for about 3 hours until the club closed, although I was only 19 and hadn't seen too many live acts, I was totally blown away. When they finished, the singer said, "we're the Allman Brothers, and our debut album comes out next month, I hope you buy it."

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Another show comes to mind, it was at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland in 1997. The group Boston, which had only made 3 albums over 20 years, came out with a greatest hits with a couple of new songs. They very rarely toured, this time they had both singers. The original Brad Delp, now deceased, and Fran Cosmo, the vocalist on their third album. Their leader and guitarist Tom Scholtz is such a perfectionist, which is why they release so few albums, he was the same way when they toured. The music sounded like you were listening to a loud stereo version of their records. Every note and vocal was perfect, there was no opening act, just Boston performing for over two hours of pure rock.

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Barbra Streisand, 2006, Boston TD Gardens. She was relaxed and easy going with none of the stage fright she has suffered from over the years. Il Divo opened for her. A great night.

1. Elvis in Honolulu 1973
2. Sonny and Cher in Hyannis, Mass. 1970
3. Lionel Hampton at VFW Club in Okinawa 1969
4. Tony Bennett at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater circa 2003

Anyone go to the rock festival at the Garden State racetrack? This was in New Jersey 1969 just before Woodstock? They announced the Woodstock date and most of the performers went there as well. Hendrix, Joplin, The Byrds,...can't remember them all. Hey,......it was the 60's!

I was in the Navy stationed in Philly.

I saw the Beatles live in 1966 so that's pretty much impossible to top. But, after that, I saw Paul McCartney in 2002 from the eleventh row. That was the best I've seen in recent history. Clapton in 2001 from the 20th row was probably second after that. Although Clapton's "A Night of Nothing but the Blues" in 1995 was maybe better. There have been so many, it's hard to say, but The Beatles in '66 and Paul in 2002 were definitely the top two.

I was in a band back in the sixties that opened for a number of big name acts so I got to see a lot of them from the wings which was pretty cool.

We saw the same show in Atlanta. They are still one of my top 5 bands. A great group of musicians!
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Wasn't the greatest show I ever saw, but it is the 1st show I remember seeing... It was Atlantic City Steel Pier.. Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars ( something like that).. . The Supremes were one of the acts.. We somehow got right in front of stage. I was with my Mom , since I was only 10 or so.. and my Mom kept saying.. look at them.. look at them .. LOOK AT THEM.. OMG.. they had to sew those dresses on.. how did they get in them. etc etc. it is a great funny memory but I remember that at the time I was embarrassed.. Mom got Dick Clark's autograph on the program..
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Earth, Wind & Fire at Madison Square Garden.

Michael Jackson! And no one else that I have seen has ever been close!!!

I will say that Elton John, Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, The Doobie Bros (with Michael McDonald), and Donna Summer were very good 2nds.

Elvis by far the best !
 

My husband and I saw Elvis in 1974 or 75 in Las Vegas, by far the most exciting show I've ever seen. As a die-hard Elvis fan it was like being 16 again. We sat 2 seats from the stage and the young women crawled over everyone to get near the stage. I did get handed a "scarf" that he hands out to many. He started to hand it to one young lady and looked at her and said "no honey, you got one at the first show." Lucky for me.

Years ago the San Diego Zoo held night concerts at the Wild Animal Park. They were held on a grassy amphitheater and you could hear the animals and birds from time to time.

We saw Don McClean one night. Everything was normal during the concert; soft conversation, nature sounds, glasses clinking. Then he started singing Starry Starry Night, and there was not a single extraneous sound. Not even the animals made a sound. It was so dark and quiet it was spooky.

It was not the greatest live performance I've ever seen, but I still get chills thinking about it.

Being in the audience at the PBS taping of DooWop 50 at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh in 1998!

Woodstock the first one what I remember any way.

I remember a benefit concert held at the old Olympia Stadium in Detroit (where the Red Wings and Gordie Howe used to play). It was called 4 in the round and featured Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, James Taylor and Harry Chapin. I was also at a conference in LA in the mid 80's where Sam Kinison and Glen Frey were the lead entertainment in the hotel ballroom.. After a couple of song, Frey brought a couple of his buddies on stage to join him....Don Henley. Timothy B Schmidt and Joe Walsh, they proceeded to play 2 hours of Eagles songs.

The Amnesty Int'l Concert at the Omni in Atlanta June 1986 was the most famous I've attended. It was performed in six cities, the last show was at Giants Stadium in New Jersey and was broadcast live on MTV. The Police had to regroup since they had broken up. Each artist performed 6 songs, the lineup I saw was The Police, U2, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Lou Reed, The Neville Bros and Joan Baez.

Even though that was a great lineup, I've seen U2, Peter Gabriel and Bryan Adams in their own full length concert and they were much better performances. Still to this day, the best show I've seen was in 1972 in Savannah, Georgia. It was Jethro Tull performing their spoof of concept albums with their own "Thick as a Brick". That tour came right after Aqualung, and the songs and the wild antics, costumes, all made for a fantastic show. I know it was at the height of their fame having seen them again in 1995 with ELP and was not nearly as grand. Ian Anderson, the frontman for JT was one heck of a performer in his day. The concept show required people dressed as rabbits hopping across the stage, large telephones ringing during the song, and many other wacky side-bits. This photo is from that tour.

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I agree the Rolling Stones were fantastic. I was fortunate enough to see them twice, once in Detroit and in Cincinnati. It tickled me watching Mick Jagger dance but he sure did try.

Those were the good ole days with so many great bands!

Now for the worst band, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young. Boring.