I can't believe that no one has said this yet...WOODSTOCK! Will always remember driving there in a VW bus with Dean, Gwynn, Forrest, John and Sally. Spent the entire 3 days there...wet, cold and deliriously happy.:coolsmiley:

Early 60s...at my high school outside of Detroit...Stevie Wonder..he was about the same age as I was...I think Fingertips was one of his first songs. I remember he performed on the gym floor and we really didn't know who he was...Since then one of the best concerts was Elton John and Billy Joel at MGM in Vegas..another great concert was Marc Antony and of course...Jimmy Buffett.

About that time I saw the Jackson 5 at a County Fair near Crete, Illinois - Michael was about 7.

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Favorite Concert Experience Not What You Think
 

I saw a few great concerts, but my Favorite Concert Experience in retrospect was the time my wonderful father took me (at 13) to see my beloved Herman’s Hermits and pretended to be an usher so he could get in to keep an eye on me. Sort of worked- he wound up seating people in that tiny boardwalk theatre in Asbury Park. Every time I looked, there he was. Hard to take at the time, but a cherished expression of love to my adult’s mind now. Still makes me smile to think about it.

The Doors in Honolulu in the late 60's. Also 3 Dog Night about the same time and place.

Easy. The Kingston Trio, fall of 1959 in the gym at Duke University. I don't think they even had a recording contract yet.

One of the few big folk groups I did not see. I have a couple of DVDs of theirs.

I saw the Beach Boys perform in the 1960s in my college auditorium when they were just starting out. (Foothill College, Palo Alto, California). Priceless!

My best concert experience was Frank Sinatra at Radio City in 1990. His voice might have not been what it once was, but the entire experience sent chills through me.

Now, my contribution to "Before they were Stars"... Billy Joel played my high school gym when he was in the Hassles. Also on the bill was The Smubbs.

Any of the Neil Diamond Concerts would qualify as my favorite. All his concerts were well done and so entertaining! Recently, I attended a tribute concert, Diamond Rocks, at the Savannah Center which was great!

Over the years I've been to a lot of great concerts, from my first, Steppenwolf in 1969 to what I'm hoping will be another great one coming up, Gregg Allman on Nov. 10th.

But by far the best & most likely to never be surpassed, Pink Floyd at Legion Field, B'ham, AL. May 1st, 1994. It was the most lavish laser light show matched with incredible sound quality that I've ever experienced. I think we paid $75 for our tickets then, and I would gladly pay ten times that to do it again. A concert I'll never forget.

1969 Palm Beach Pop Festival (AKA Woodstock South) Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Sweetwater, PG&E, Steppenwolf, King Crimson, Chambers Bros, Sly & the Family Stone, Spirit, GFRR, and a fantastic jam by Janis Joplin/Johnny Winters/Vanilla Fudge

Not in order of preference...

Early 70's, Montreal Forum, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust show. :pepper2:
Muddy Waters in a bar in Montreal
Savoy Brown, in a bar in Woodstock, NY
John Denver at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY
Santana, but I can't remember where.

Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with weird and gilly
and the spiders from mars.

My best by far was Roy Orbison at the Bayside Amphitheater opening. Free concert and we got there early enough to get seats in second row center. 10,000 others showed up for an incredible show. He died about a year later.
High on my list would be Del Shannon (from about 8 feet away), Brenda Lee, The Searchers, ELO and Peter Noone (first seen in Ft. Lauderdale 20+ years ago).
Dozens more (Judy Collins, Gene Pitney... even Burl Ives), but these were standouts.