Dave Clark Five because it was the first concert I ever went to....

Janis Joplin 1969 in Syracuse....she was everything they said about her

believe it or not, John Denver in 1970 in a college gym...just before he became big...put on a great show

My favorite concert experience was many years ago. The San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park in Escondido held concerts under the stars in the summer. We went to a Don McLean concert which was very enjoyable. There were hundreds of people sitting on blankets on the hillside overlooking the stage. There was the constant murmur of talking interspersed with laughter and glasses clinking. As a finale, he started singing Starry, Starry Night (Vincent). The place went completely quiet, not a sound but his voice. It still sends chills up my spine when I think about it even now. It was so eerie. Whe he was done the place exploded with applause. Whew!

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Cat Stevens in Madison Square Garden stands out.

Vanilla Fudge, as others have said, it was my first concert, 1968 St. Petersburg, Florida. Also because I had just seen them on Ed Sullivan.

A year later, the Allman Brothers at a bar in St. Petersburg called the 'Electric Zoo'. Me and a couple of friends had gone to the Bayfront Center to see George Carlin, but he was sold out. So we headed to the EZ and paid the $3 cover and as soon as we walked in I knew this was different. They had two drummers, the keyboardist was the singer and a guy with long blonde hair with a read guitar stood in the center of the stage and had everyone amazed. When they finished, Greg said our debut album is coming out next month, we hope you buy it.

Some other favorites were 1988 Atlanta - 'Pink Floyd', 1986 Jacksonvville - 'U2, 1993 Landover, MD - 'Peter Gabriel', 1985 Savannah - 'REM', 1981 Gulfport, MS - 'Journey', 1984 Savannah 'Def Leppard', 1995 Columbia, MD - 'Boston', 1998 Columbia, MD 'Grand Funk Railroad' (last time Mark, Don & Mel toured together) 1972 Savannah - 'Jethro Tull' aside from Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues, JT was the most theatrical show I had seen. The album jacket was an 8 page newspaper about stories such as rabbits in the garden, during the show people dressed as rabbits would hop across the stage and large telephones would ring and he would stop the show to answer. Very unique show for 1972.

The PBS taping of DooWop50 at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh in 1998.This was a two night taping.Subsequent tapings were DooWop51,Rock,Rhythm,and Doowop,and Red,White,and Rock.All were great events.

The Boss. 67 Salem State College
The Stones. 68? Montreal
Woodstock. 69 Another planet
Strawberry Fields. 70 Canada

Bucket List...Garth Brooks

I bought that 1998 Show on DVD at Best Buy in 2003 and we have watched it many many times, I have about 250 concerts on DVD. The Flamingos are my favorite doo whop band and they keep advertising this Saturday the Florida Lottery will be at the Paddock Square live broadcast and the Flamingos will be playing at 7pm. If it's them, we will definitely be there.

I've checked the Flamingos website and they don't list any tour. It appears there are two original members left and one tours in the US and the other one lives in the UK and tours in Europe. They don't provide any information with the advertisment and the Florida Lottery Logo is a Flamingo Bird, so it's somewhat confusing what they are really talking about. You would think they would be promoting a show like that in a better way.

My favorite concert
 

...early 70's...Boston Garden...Bob Dylan and The Band...solid music for 3+ hours straight...no breaks just music...seats overlooking piano at stage left where Dylan played "Ballad for a thin man"...awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reminds me that I saw Don McLean in 1969 in a college gym with the afternoon session. Just Don and his guitar and banjo. That evening we saw Jay and the Americans (the REAL Jay, Jay Black).
Also, my first concert was the Blues Project.

I also saw Roy Orbison in a very small theater, he was amazing!

I saw Tony Bennett only a couple of hours after landing in Las Vegas for his 7 PM show at Ceasar's Palace back in 68, He's still around today and still amazing. It was impossible to do that in NY.

I saw Paul Anka at Theater In The Round in Nanuet NY. He went all out to sing extra songs and put on a great show.

Paul Anka's joke as he is the father of four girls:

I know when I have been on too long of a road trip when I come home and the toilet seat is up. LOL

Neil Sedaka at The Big E in Mass. I really enjoyed his show as he sang all of his hits and all the songs he wrote for others. Dynamite performance. Favorite is the slow version of, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do".

BTW - Paul Anka wrote a lot of songs for others too. My favorite is "My Way" by Frank Sinatra.

In the mid-70's I was backpacking through Europe and agreed to meet my grandfather in London (he was returning from Israel). Normally, I stayed in cheapo-cheapo lodging in Europe; but that wouldn't fly with Papa in tow (plus a good bathtub would give me a place to wash out the socks) so we went to some big money American hotel....and I think at the Hilton there was this English guy busking on the street. He was really fine and I forced Papa to listen to a few songs. The hotel had no rooms due to a CBS record convention and it turned out the busker was Elvis Costello. A good free show on the streets of London plus clean socks by the next morning.

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I've enjoyed reading this thread and my mind reels with the memories of having seen many of the performers mentioned, some early, some late in their careers. Most were great concerts.

I started with an immediate idea of the best one and no matter Who I compared them to, there was no one Who was better.

The Who, 1969, in the acoustically perfect Kleinhans concert symphony hall in Buffalo. The original group sang all their hits in the most energetic presentation I'd ever seen, without a break. The sound (not oppressively loud) was so beautiful, the crowd was simply stunned. We thought the show was over, but then Pete Townshend shouted "Stay, we want to do something new in this great place."
They came back and did the entire opera 'Tommy', without a single pause. Again, the crowd was completely enthralled. There were no wild distracting displays during the opera, but I can't recall a more enthusiastic, longer standing ovation at any other concert.

Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour with Rita Coolidge at Music Hall in Cleveland. Joe threw up on stage in the middle of a song, stepped back, and started singing again.

Elvis presley 4-9-1972 hampton coliseum, hampton, va.