Let's Talk BBQ
General => General Discussion & Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: smokeasaurus on August 19, 2014, 09:14:53 PM
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I wanted to say the Stones at the Coliseum on the Steel Wheels tour in 1989 but the hands down winner was seeing John Fogerty at the Greek Theatre (1997) on his Blue Moon Swamp tour when he finally did Creedence songs again (not counting the Concert for Vets in 1987), to hear the opening cords of Born on the Bayou live still gives me goose bumps.
Here is Mr Fogerty performing a Creedence song for the very first time since the band broke up in 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moyYn8MdccA
Now how about all of you?
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the Stones and Rod Stewart at Spartan stadium in '70. I took party favors. ;)
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The best ones I can't remember.
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Those all sound great. Mine was the Diamond Head Festival of Life - with BTO, Cheech & Chong, America, Melissa Manchester, Jesse Colin Young, Seals & Crofts and a bunch more I don't remember. Runner up was Elton John and Billy Joel in Milwaukee.
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I am not sure I can pick ONE...But, some that come to mind are indelible: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Rush, Triumph, B.B. King, (Willie Nelson in the 1970's was great). And - Harry Connick Jr. and Allison Krause w/Union Station are some of the most musically intricate performances.
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Those all sound great. Mine was the Diamond Head Festival of Life - with BTO, Cheech & Chong, America, Melissa Manchester, Jesse Colin Young, Seals & Crofts and a bunch more I don't remember.
what year was this. I think I was there.
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Those all sound great. Mine was the Diamond Head Festival of Life - with BTO, Cheech & Chong, America, Melissa Manchester, Jesse Colin Young, Seals & Crofts and a bunch more I don't remember.
what year was this. I think I was there.
I think it was 1976 - some of those dates tend to blur a bit.... I still have the poster but no date on it. I think it was something to do with the bicentennial.
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My first concert was Madonna. I will go to throw corner I deserve
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My first concert was Madonna. I will go to throw corner I deserve
Did you mean "go throw up in the corner"? ;D
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Neil Diamond 3 times,and Bowie,were pretty darn good.
Sorry I missed seeing Tina Turner.
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One of my favorite shows happens to be when I saw Brooks and Dunn in Las Vegas. They had a awesome tribute to our military!
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Those all sound great. Mine was the Diamond Head Festival of Life - with BTO, Cheech & Chong, America, Melissa Manchester, Jesse Colin Young, Seals & Croft
what year was this. I think I was there.
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I was there in Diamond Head Carter w/ ya. if you were at this concert you have secrets. you not that innocent doc. it was one of the best concerts ever. remember the big pile of sleeping bags? there was a lot of stuff going on at that concert. thousands of ppl 1/2 naked. great music and fun at that one.
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When I went to work in '72, I was on the mobile production team that did the TV show "The Midnight Special". You remember the one with Wolfman Jack. He was the host that everybody remembers. Our production crew went to a lot of concerts and venues until the early 80's. We put every concert on video tape for playback every Friday night after "The Johnny Carson Show". What I liked about it was the fact that we got to see every act twice because they performed the exact same set during a second concert usually the next night. That was so we could edit between sets to get a cleaner "take" on each song. We recorded acts like The Beach Boys, Elton John, The Jacksons, The Bee Gees, Genisis, REO Speedwagon, ABBA, and KISS to name a few that I can remember. I bet we recorded over 500 of the most famous acts. Now to my favorite concert...easy choice....Dolly Parton. While I was watching her, I didn't even realize she was singing.
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If you don't have pictures you can't prove I was ever anywhere and if you do have pictures, they've been photoshopped. That's my story, it's a good story, and I'm sticking to it.
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When I went to work in '72, I was on the mobile production team that did the TV show "The Midnight Special".
[/quoteYup,watched it a lot.
And In Concert,simulcast on FM,very cool.Had a 4 channel stereo (or what that NEW thing,Surround sound, is finally accepted) add in some err.......meditation ::)......lots of fun.
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That is a rough one. Maybe Iron Maiden on the Seventh Son tour with Queensrÿche as the opening band. ...or The Ramones with Jane's Addiction (before making it big) as the opener at a very small venue that took SRO to another level.
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Queensryche opened for metallica. They topped metallica big time. Best sounding concert I have ever heard.
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Queensryche opened for metallica. They topped metallica big time. Best sounding concert I have ever heard.
Was that right after Operation: Mindcrime was released? I think I saw them on that tour. Maybe it was right before Operation was put out. Funny... I do not like Tate's voice on the studio stuff, but he is fantastic live.
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My best concerts were the Jamboree in the Hills outside of Wheeling WV and St. Clairsville Ohio. I saw everyone in '84, '85, '86 & '87. All country music. Best show, and I was so surprised was Glen Cambell. You should hear Lee Greenwood open concert with "God Bless the USA" in person, me and 75,000 of my closest friends had the cringies hearing and singing to this. Pam
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Paul McCartney on his last tour has to be one of the best I have seen, Rush, Black Sabbath and the Ramones up close in a smaller club venue top my list.
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My favorite concert is a tough call, but there's no question my favorite venue was PB Scott's in Blowing Rock, NC. A small club built in a geodesic dome with an awesome sound system that attracted great bands. It was closed in the mid 80's due to ABC laws...but while it was open it rocked.
While in college at Appalachian State, I saw BB King, Emmy Lou Harris, Arlo Guthrie, Greg Allman, Molly Hatchet, the Dixie Dregs, The Spongetones, Delbert McClinton, Doc Watson, and Mike Cross as well as many less known bands I've forgotten. If pushed to name a favorite, I'd say BB King. I can still see his piano player literally rocking an old stand-up piano while BB made Lucille sing.
That was a special place for a lot of people. Dang I miss it!
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My favorite concert is a tough call, but there's no question my favorite venue was PB Scott's in Blowing Rock, NC. A small club built in a geodesic dome with an awesome sound system that attracted great bands. It was closed in the mid 80's due to ABC laws...but while it was open it rocked.
While in college at Appalachian State, I saw BB King, Emmy Lou Harris, Arlo Guthrie, Greg Allman, Molly Hatchet, the Dixie Dregs, The Spongetones, Delbert McClinton, Doc Watson, and Mike Cross as well as many less known bands I've forgotten. If pushed to name a favorite, I'd say BB King. I can still see his piano player literally rocking an old stand-up piano while BB made Lucille sing.
That was a special place for a lot of people. Dang I miss it!
Funny thing you should mention BB King. I mentioned a Ramones show earlier. I saw that show within a couple of months of seeing BB King at the same venue ('87 for King and '88 for Ramones I think), the Syria Mosque Ballroom in Pittsburgh. It was amazing how the place transformed. The Ramones show was a violent SRO pile of sweat, while the BB King show was table seating with a big rib pit set up in the middle of the floor. :D The more I think about it, that BB King show is definitely in my favorites list.
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I have seen a lot of concerts/shows thru the years from Stones to Genesis to Marshall Tucker to Jeff Beck.....
But without a doubt the act that can work a crowd like no other, (you Texas boys should know this) is Joe Ely!
Have seen him many, many times and it's ALWAYS a top-shelf show!
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We saw Linda Ronstadt back in 1982. She was doing 7 nights at the Universal Amphitheatre. We caught show -2-. Joe Ely opened and we liked him so much we went back for -2- more of the concerts.
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I have seen a lot of concerts/shows thru the years from Stones to Genesis to Marshall Tucker to Jeff Beck.....
But without a doubt the act that can work a crowd like no other, (you Texas boys should know this) is Joe Ely!
Have seen him many, many times and it's ALWAYS a top-shelf show!
I am a huge Robert Earl Keen fan, and Joe's version of Road Goes on Forever is very good.
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I have been to a lot of rock concerts when I was younger, Ozzy Osbourne, Journeys, Metallica (I think, but would go today if given the opportunity) and others I don’t really remember. As I got older I’ve seen Elton John, Jimmy Buffett which both put on great shows. Sheryl Crow, Crosby Stills Nash and as my daughter was getting in to concerts I would tag along, disturbed, 3Doors down, flyleaf, system of a down, korn, etc… and of all of the shows I’ve seen I would have to say that it is a close tie with Disturbed and 3Doors Down.
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I have seen a lot of concerts/shows thru the years from Stones to Genesis to Marshall Tucker to Jeff Beck.....
But without a doubt the act that can work a crowd like no other, (you Texas boys should know this) is Joe Ely!
Have seen him many, many times and it's ALWAYS a top-shelf show!
I am a huge Robert Earl Keen fan, and Joe's version of Road Goes on Forever is very good.
SB, Joe's version is the best. Thru the years got to be friends with his late guitar player Jesse Taylor. We'd hook up for a few beers whenever they were in the Chicagoland area.
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I have seen a lot of concerts/shows thru the years from Stones to Genesis to Marshall Tucker to Jeff Beck.....
But without a doubt the act that can work a crowd like no other, (you Texas boys should know this) is Joe Ely!
Have seen him many, many times and it's ALWAYS a top-shelf show!
I am a huge Robert Earl Keen fan, and Joe's version of Road Goes on Forever is very good.
We might have to agree to disagree if you are saying it is better than REK's. ;D
SB, Joe's version is the best. Thru the years got to be friends with his late guitar player Jesse Taylor. We'd hook up for a few beers whenever they were in the Chicagoland area.
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SB I respectfully agree to disagree but in saying that....that's a helluva song!
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Seen lots of concerts, but my most memorable one was my first Neil Young. He had a country girl opening act that everyone sat quietly for, but as soon as he came out, 24,000 lighters lit up at once and the smell just drifted across the Air Canada Centre.
Thought I was at a Willie Nelson bash.
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Seen lots of concerts, but my most memorable one was my first Neil Young.
X2,he is a great one.CSN&Y,also good group.
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Seen lots of concerts, but my most memorable one was my first Neil Young. He had a country girl opening act that everyone sat quietly for, but as soon as he came out, 24,000 lighters lit up at once and the smell just drifted across the Air Canada Centre.
Thought I was at a Willie Nelson bash.
Fred was that Nicolette Larson?
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I have been to a lot of rock concerts when I was younger, Ozzy Osbourne, Journeys, Metallica (I think, but would go today if given the opportunity) and others I don’t really remember. As I got older I’ve seen Elton John, Jimmy Buffett which both put on great shows. Sheryl Crow, Crosby Stills Nash and as my daughter was getting in to concerts I would tag along, disturbed, 3Doors down, flyleaf, system of a down, korn, etc… and of all of the shows I’ve seen I would have to say that it is a close tie with Disturbed and 3Doors Down.
RAD I have seen Korn several times. They are great in concert. They did an awesome show in Bakersfield years back that I went to that included Pennywise. I even saw them when I was just out of high school back in 1993 and there was a local battle of the bands show out in Lancaster California. They came out from Bakersfield and won the thing. They were a brand new band but we knew back then when we saw them they would make it big.
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Seen lots of concerts, but my most memorable one was my first Neil Young. He had a country girl opening act that everyone sat quietly for, but as soon as he came out, 24,000 lighters lit up at once and the smell just drifted across the Air Canada Centre.
Thought I was at a Willie Nelson bash.
Fred was that Nicolette Larson?
Ahhhh Nicolette Larson - great voice!
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This thread is starting to show the age gap among some of us. Jus Sayin' - neil young and Korn in the same feed. Hummm.
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This thread is starting to show the age gap among some of us. Jus Sayin' - neil young and Korn in the same feed. Hummm.
lol ;D ;D ;D
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God only knows how many concerts I've been to or which was the favorite but two of the most memorable moments were ...
● 1965 in Lexington, VA when the then relatively unknown Dionne Warwick opened for (much more famous at the time) Mary Wells. Mary might as well stayed home.
● Rita Coolidge opening for Kris Kristofferson at the Las Vegas Hilton about four or five years after they split up. When she came back out and they combined for Jackson ("We got married in a fever...") the place went nuts.
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Aerosmith "Toys in the Attic" tour; Jethro Tull; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Yes (when Wakeman was still with them on keyboards, I sill love his version of Starship Trooper. In a keyboard throw down I would have to take Wakeman over Keith Emerson though), and the one time that Peter Gabriel came back to Atlanta in the 90's (after a bad reception with Genesis in the 70's made him say never again). ELP was the first date I took my future wife on in 1976.
Hard to pick a favorite though. Have not been to one in a while. Life sort of gets in the way sometimes.
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No it wasn't Nicollete Larson. I don't remember her name but pure country and played a violin or fiddle. It's at the tip of my tongue, but I think because of what all those lighters lit up it has affected my memory.
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Scarlet Rivera?
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Nope...not her. Had a really high shrilly voice when she sang. It was Neil's Greendale concert. 2003
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Finally the fog lifted. It was Allison Krauss without Union Station.
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This thread is starting to show the age gap among some of us. Jus Sayin' - neil young and Korn in the same feed. Hummm.
Sounds like some of my playlists... :)
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The longest concert I've ever been to - and it it happens to also be the best:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8206/8248460372_39e8244378_z.jpg)
BD
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I got to thinking about all the great Country Concerts I attented.
Hands down, Marlboro Country Music tour in 1987 at the Fabulous Forum:
Alabama
Merle Haggard
The Judds
Restless Heart
K. T. Oslin
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It seems appropriate to post this here. Just saying'.
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Art
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Hard to pick just one....the craziest was WOODSTOCK.
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It seems appropriate to post this here. Just saying'.
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Art
LOL . . . . Thanks, Art!
BD
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The longest concert I've ever been to - and it it happens to also be the best:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8206/8248460372_39e8244378_z.jpg)
BD
You know, seeing the Allman Brothers on that poster just made me think.....
I had the pleasure of seeing Lynard Skynard at a local venue when they still played small venues. It was part of what became the "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd" tour in August of 1973.
Oh lordy, how I ever survived my youth is a mystery to me for sure....
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I'd go to any concert listed here....with PLEASURE!
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It seems appropriate to post this here. Just saying'.
(http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a429/acwiesemann/WorldsSmartestMan20_zpsa32700f8.jpg) (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/acwiesemann/media/WorldsSmartestMan20_zpsa32700f8.jpg.html)
Art
LOL . . . . Thanks, Art!
I caught Led Zeppelin at the Forum in 77 just days before Plants son died. My ears are still ringing.............
BD
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Hard to pick just one....the craziest was WOODSTOCK.
How OLD are you ::)
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It was in 1969 and I was 26 years old......a lot of water has run under the bridge since then. :D
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I still go to concerts !
Seen the Beachboys, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Hall & Oates , Elton John, the Boss!, Sarah McLachlan, and a lot of smaller groups in the Last two years & Santana was the best of all 8)
The sound systems are better than in the past!
I'm actually sober enough to remember the event, not so much 40 years ago
Also go with good friends & family!
Hoping my best concerts are in the future ::)
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I was able to see Jimmy Buffett at a local bar in Key West in the late 70's playing for the locals. This obviously was not a concert, but I remember the good music. Also, that I was sitting at a table with a local prosecuting attorney, and I could smell and see the smoke from cannabis in the bar, and no one was concerned. Looking back, I only wish that I would have had the video technology that we now have.
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... Hoping my best concerts are in the future...
Even without the excellent music I'd go just to meet those women (and the handsome and distinguished gentleman with the beard). The rest of those guys in the photo - probably not.
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July 16 2014 Dallas Texas
Alice Cooper
Motley Crue
Final Tour
Vip tickets to a meet and great with Motley Crue, Stage tour, signed lithograph. 5th row center stage seats.
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My favorite has to be Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson!!! All my heroes at once! I can't remember what year it was. :) Don
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My favorite has to be Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson!!! All my heroes at once! I can't remember what year it was. :) Don
I think they were called the "Highwaymen" ??
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My favorite has to be Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson!!! All my heroes at once! I can't remember what year it was. :) Don
I think they were called the "Highwaymen" ??
Thanks. I just spit my coffee out.
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We arrived at one of the best Bluegrass concerts in the Midwest just a few hours ago. It runs for four days and is always a great event. This Kendallville Indiana concert has many different groups, band scramble, workshops for most bluegrass instruments, rv garage sale, jamming all over the place, and is known as "The Midwest's biggest parking lot picking' festivals".
It is held in a large fairgrounds with campsites including electricity for over 450 vehicles and the total cost for the four days for two people is $80.00 and that includes camping. They also provide a taxi service for old folks like us both to and from the stage. Good food, good music, and good people sure makes this event a great long weekend.
Dave
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Dave,that sounds great!