Top 5 concerts ever attended

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 4 Sep 2001 4:32 am

The Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard thing in Anaheim about 20 years ago or so. Merle was on first and tore the place up. He did Bob Will stuff and sounded like a swing band. His instrumentation changed almost from song to song and was totally briliant. Willie followed and the whole thing died! It was Willie playing those low string note with the harmonica whining in the background on every song. They all sounded like the same song after a while, just a little change in tempo. A lot of people left during this act. I quit listening to Willie for years but got revitalized after his concert here about 4 years ago! Willie did an outstanding show and when it was over he went to his bus for about 15 minutes and then came out to an autograph line which must have been 4 blocks long. He stayed and signed every last persons request. I got a new respect for him that day. Another cocert was in Virginia Beach which featured: Chet Atkins, Albert Lee, Lee Ritenour, and Leo Kottke. I liked them all but I thought Leo Kottke was in over his head. I like him but not in this kind of show. They had an ensemble jam at the end with everyone playing his stuff. The stuff that Leo played sounded like rhythm tracks and needed someone to play a lead line over it. The biggest ovations came for Albert Lee. Even on Lee Ritenour's tunes he was doing a complex jazz tune and I think he was trying to put Albert down or something. He called an Albert to take a ride and Albert rode it like a championship bull rider. He took over and made it his own.

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Have a good 'un! JH U-12

kyle reid · Post by **kyle reid** » 4 Sep 2001 9:32 am

Ernie! Who needs to get out, when you have great taste?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 4 Sep 2001 10:27 am

I watch that video every night(mornin')as I'm going to sleep; so that's how I find the time to watch it> managing your time is very important and I don't want a day go by that I can't see the greatest concert in my mind.........Lloyd Green and Tommy White.

Ricky

John Gretzinger · Post by **John Gretzinger** » 4 Sep 2001 10:49 am

For the most part, this year has been a stellar year for concerts for me...

Eric Clapton - Reptile Tour - the man is so relaxed and at peace with himself. Billy Preston on B-3.

B.B. King - 80 something and as good as ever.

Brian Setzer - 5th Annual Tiki Bash at the Greek Theater - Always a great show - does not look like he is working hard at all.

Buddy Emmons with the Everly Brothers - OK, last year, but my first time seeing him play.

Cream Farewell Tour - LA Sports Arena - sometime in the 60's - I had nose-bleed seats and the air smelled different in the arena for some reason. I remember part of the show.

James Taylor - Always good

Jimmy Smith at the Lighthouse - must have been around '67 or early '68.

Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys - lots of times in Austin.

Steamed Heat - Local Austin jazz group - enjoying them on E 6th street one night when Chicago dropped in and jammed with them (friends of the trombone player).

OK, so that's more than 5

jdg

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Doug Garrick · Post by **Doug Garrick** » 4 Sep 2001 12:46 pm

1. Alison Krause & Union Station /w Jerry Douglas outdoors at Red Butte Garde, Salt Lake
2. Alison Krause & Union Station /w Jerry Douglas indoors at the Capitol Theater, Salt Lake
3. George Strait 1985 Denver
4 Frank Zappa 1974 Pittsburgh
5 NRPS at Paradise Ranch, Delmont Pa mid '70s[This message was edited by Doug Garrick on 04 September 2001 at 02:27 PM.]

Bob Shilling · Post by **Bob Shilling** » 4 Sep 2001 2:05 pm

Whoa! Flashbacks dude.

1. Tex Ritter. Saw him at the E Club at Kanehoe when I was in the 4th Marines('61-'63.) He prolly wasn't at his greatest then, but I was thrilled to see him up close and personal anyway.

2. Stones. Fort Collins, CO. '69

3. Jimi. Denver, CO. '69

4. Moody Blues. Denver, '72? Yeah, I'll admit it. A "guilty pleasure."

5. Any "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Coliseum in the late 70's.

Looks like I haven't been out much lately, but actually, in the last 20 years it's been mostly small venue stuff like that Tex Ritter gig, and I'm not remembering it all that much. Oh yeah -- John MacLaughlin at the Great American Music Hall in SF recently, with another power trio. Great stuff.

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Bob Shilling, Berkeley, CA--MSA S10, "Classic"

David Weaver · Post by **David Weaver** » 4 Sep 2001 2:23 pm

1. About 1977 Willy Nelson at Red Rocks in Denver. Firefall, a rock band, did the warm-up and went on and on and on and on with a hot lick guitar solo.

Willie came out..did one of his songs to great applause, then picked up an off the shelf Fender and blew away whatever it was that Firefall was trying to do. Crowd went nuts!

2. 78 Don Williams and Waylon at McNichols in Denver.

3. John Denver at Red Rocks any number of times. Something about John Denver and Red Rocks. I miss him.

4. Waylon and Willie at Red Rocks in 77.

5. In 1970 a few of us went for a Thursday night drink at a local joint that was called "Marvelous Marv's" in Denver. Some girl with a guitar was on stage that had one hit and was making an attempt at a comeback. Linda Rondstadt or something like that. That was fun to think back on.

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 4 Sep 2001 3:46 pm

Taj Mahal 1970 Detroit
Stones Palm Beach 1970 ?
Jimi Hendrix 1970 Miami Beach / the Scene NYC
Ry Cooder 199? Paris
Sting Toulouse 1999

Michael Holland · Post by **Michael Holland** » 4 Sep 2001 3:47 pm

The Allman Brothers band at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, July, 1971. This was the Fillmore East Tour and the album came out about a month prior to the show. Duane left us just a few months later.
Yes - Close to The Edge tour, also at Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, 1972. Opening acts were Mountain and Hydra.
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow tour at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta with Jan Hammer, 1973. The night I learned what a whammy bar is for.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers, also at the Fox, 1974.
Eric Clapton's return tour following '461 Ocean Boulevard' at the OMNI, 1974. Joining him for an encore of "Little Queenie" were Pete Townshend and Keith Moon.
The Who - Quadrophenia Tour at the OMNI, 1974.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 5 Sep 2001 8:34 am

Performances that have changed my musical thinking....

1) 1957 - LONNIE DONEGAN at the Finsbury Park Empire in North London - indescribable dynamics with minimal stage amplification and one vocal mic(!) - arguably the most important and influential British artist of the rock'n'roll era....

2) 1962 - The EVERLY BROTHERS with Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison and Joe B. Maudlin. They topped the bill over a bunch of lacklustre UK rockers, and I'll never forget the music lesson I had that night....

3) 1969 - BUCK OWENS & THE BUCKAROOS at the London Palladium.... the night I became a country music fan. With Don Rich and Jay Dee Maness - I swapped my arch-top Gibson for a Telecaster the very next day!

4) 1975 - EMMYLOU HARRIS and the HOT BAND at the New Victoria Theater in London. It was a Saturday night, and you couldn't book a guitar player that night for love or money - it was James Burton's first UK appearance....

5) 1992 - JAMES TAYLOR at the Appollo, Hammersmith... with the great Don Grolnick on piano and songs from the "New Moonshine" album, every nuance of that night stayed with me for months! I've seen JT numerous times, but this was particularly special - what a musician he is!

6) 1985 - the present day.... BUDDY EMMONS!
From his '85 and '88(when I got to play with him!!!) visits to the UK, and several Everly Brothers shows, he's never failed to send me home inspired and itching to get back to my steel! That's what a concert SHOULD do to you.....

7) 2001 - ISGC Tommy, Lloyd, Herby, Doug, Tom, Russ and Jimmie, Weldon, John - all remarkable, but it was the first time I ever saw BUDDY CHARLETON. He's amazing, and 'Over The Rainbow' brought tears to my eyes.

OK, that's seven - I couldn't help it!

Roger Rettig

Steve Stallings · Post by **Steve Stallings** » 5 Sep 2001 2:33 pm

1.Paul Revere and the Raiders
circa 64 Portland
2.Jimi Hendrix on the same bill as the Monkees...!!! Seattle Teen Fair circa 65
3.The Doors... Lakehills skate arena
Bellvue Wa. circa 65
4. Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Seattle civic center winter 69
5. Greatfull Dead..
Seattle Civic center 70?
6. Poco
Brown University NY 71
7.Jackson Browne
running on empty tour 77

Ok...now my favorite concerts that I actually played at:

Jeanie Seeley 1981
Aberdeen Maryland

Tracy Lawrence 1997
Silver Wings Ballroom
Brenham, Tx

Jerry Jeff Walker
Silver Wings 97

Willie Nelson
Fort Bend County Fair 98

Ray Price
Brenham...private 98

Ray Price
waller county fairgrounds 99

Steve Wariner
waller county fairgrounds 00

uhhm...1,2,3,,,,14 oops.

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Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 6 Sep 2001 7:13 pm

1969 @Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, Ca.: Led Zeppelin/Jethro Tull/Fraternity of Man (Jethro Tull best, Fraternity of Man better, Zeppelin OK)
1970 @UCSB Stadium, Santa Barbara, Ca.:
CSN&Y ("Y" was best!)
1973 @Winterland Areana, S.F., Ca.: Livingston Taylor (ZZZZZ)/Poco (Best)/ Dave Mason (Excellent)
1980 @County Bowl, Santa Barbara, Ca.: Al Dimeola (played scales)ZZZZ/Santana (On Fire)
1992 @Mid-State Fair, Paso Robles, Ca.: Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band (A+++)
Also: (1993?)Live taping of "Neil Young Unplugged" CD & Video, @Universal Studios, L.A. Awesome...you had to be there!

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 7 Sep 2001 5:17 pm

All the late 60's to mid 70's Fillmore West concerts, especially the Dead, Airplane, Quicksilver, NRPS and the list goes on and on. I used to go almost every week at least 2 of the 4 nights.

At the Fillmore, Woody Herman and his Big Band on the same bill as The Who.

Probably 5 years ago at the Oakland Coliseum, Vince Gill and Patty Loveless. The stage settings were phenomenal, as good as the great music that eminated from that stage.

Bobby Lee, I was also at that George Strait / Haggard show in Oakland. I thought this was the worse I have ever seen the Hag (I've probably seen him a dozen times). I really thought he was massively drunk or about to OD on drugs. What a pity.

A few years ago at the San Jose Arena, an evenng with Elton John. He is probably one of the BEST entertainers I have ever seen (went because my wife likes him a lot). John Jorgenson (of Desert Rose Band fame) playing guitar.

I could go on and on.

Hey, I just discovered that the INSERT (overwrite) keys works here. Took me 15 minutes to write that last sentence.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 7 Sep 2001 6:48 pm

Woody Herman and his Big Band on the same bill as The Who

Now that's got to be the wackiest double-bill I ever heard of. How did the audience take it? Were there two distinct crowds in the room? Wierd!

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 8 Sep 2001 5:26 pm

Jim, Herman's band went over as well as the who. All the crowd at the Fillmore needed was drugs and loud music. Didn't much matter what type of music.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 9 Sep 2001 6:53 am

Niel Diamond (once backstage) several times,Tony Bennett in Springfield Mass 1993.Buddy Emmons and Albert Lee with the Everlys at the BIG "E".And Pure Prarie League in NYC. These were the only times I took time off to attend any concerts other than The ISGC and various Steel shows.

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Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 10 Sep 2001 12:58 am

Jimi Hendrix Baltimore 1970

Julliard String Quartet The Library of Congress. 1972

Ramones San Francisco 1978

Pandit Pran Nath with Lamonte Young playing tambura at a private concert for Shiek Mustafa Affendi in NYC 1981.

Henry Threadgill NYC 1994

I have always gone to as many concerts as possible. These are 5 of them that I walked out a different person than I walked in.

Bob
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Pat Burns · Post by **Pat Burns** » 10 Sep 2001 4:08 pm

....sorry, Bob, I just did a double-take on that...thought you said those were 5 that you walked out with a different person than you walked in....

Bob Hayes · Post by **Bob Hayes** » 10 Sep 2001 8:25 pm

Bob ..this is hard..as the music,sound,lighting,and venue has changed over the years. How can you compare a great George Jones playing outside on a Hot day out side in a farmers field near a river or stream in Berry(?) Virginia in 1971 (?) (shortly after his break up with Tammy) and a multi $$$..high tech.air conditioned arena.with ever changing costumes of a Shania Twain and her show stopping multi costume outstanding band (1999)? Wynn Stewart (with the Hag as his backup base player and singing bartenderin the realativley small and smokey Nashville Nevada Club in Vegas (circa 1962-63). The Everly's with Annett Funichelo at a base ball park (Schenectedy,NY
Summer 1957 (my first outside concert), a Very very Relaxed Conway Twitty at a Fair Grounds (Gaithersburg, Md)..out side , hot day, small stage with the Twitty Birds..with John Hughey, Porkchop..and company..and Harold is sing and "yes..playing lead" through My Amp! Or Glen Cambell dressed in Elvis like sequined jump suit..singing and pickin' his butt off..Again in Gaithersburge, Md but in an air conditioned Theater in the Round..(late '60s) and Wayne Newton...dress almost as Glen..different show but same place....Again in Gathersburg..The Great Ray Price (with orchestra),,and the ever fantastic "late great"Faron Young"..Late 80's Bocephus at Geenville(S.C>) Memorial Auditorium, George Straight ..same place..Judds and Restless Heart, Same place,, Tanya Tucker/Travis Trit..Spartenburg(S.C>)...oopps that's more than five!!!!! sorry....
I forgot Me Me Mel Tillis, the Fabulus Dottie West in Salt Lake City...Shelly West and David Frizel in Bountiful,Utah
I can't forget..Tommy Overstreet with our own Smiley Roberts at the Big Dipper..Beltsville,Md..and a few Military NCO Clubs in Deuchland '70s..Barbara Fairchild, Hank Thompson @ Pirmasens, Germany
I can't help it guys ( and Gals) they were all top concerts to me.
Good night..The Mrs..say's it's time to go nighty nite!!!!
Grouchyvet...looks like Denver Won...the Titans didn't do as good!!

Bob Hayes · Post by **Bob Hayes** » 10 Sep 2001 8:43 pm

I've got to add..Ricky!!..I was sitting just under the camera the night Teresa and company taped Loydd and Tommy...eat your heart out...Hal,John,and Weldon are preety good close up also ..as is Herby,Tommy,Johnny&Joan, Buddy C. etc etc..
I forgot Buck and the Roos, Judy Lynn and some others in Vegas..
This is deffinattly GOOG NIGHT...

Bob you need to get a SPELL CHECK on here for us guys that CAN"T!!!!