Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
 

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!)"

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

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

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.

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

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" ?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Doo Wop
 

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.

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.

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

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

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)

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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:

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

Tina Turner! Liveliest performance ever!

Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Live) - YouTube

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

2015-11-12 Brit Floyd Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam Complete concert - YouTube

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

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:

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

those are all really good songs! :bigbow:

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.

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

Nelson Ledges 1975. ELO, Peter Frampton

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.

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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.

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.) :-)

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?

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Jungleland (Live in New York City) - YouTube

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

LOVED Ken Hensley and Uriah Heep!