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Best Live Concert You Ever Saw

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  • ALH_4
    ALH_4 Member Posts: 1,790
    You old farts...

    I now realize I may be too young to post on The Wall. ;-)

    Best I ever saw:

    2005 Metallica w/Godsmack @ Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Both bands put on a great show.

    Runner up:

    1997 Black Sabbath Ozzfest '97 at Metrodome. Up to that point, I never thought I would get to see Black Sabbath perform, though Bill Ward was absent.
  • CJA
    CJA Member Posts: 2
    The Small Club Vibe

    The small club vibe is so true. The best show I ever saw was a bluesman out of Houma, LA named Tab Benoit. I saw him at a club so small it had no dressing rooms. I'm sure the 400 people there broke every fire code in the city. He had to get ready on his tour bus and walk in the front door of the club to get on stage. This show was rocking so hard no one wanted it to end. After his encore, the crowd is chanting, "Tab, Tab, Tab", and he says, "Y'all want another one?" I'm convinced this was compeltely unplanned because he plays about six different guitars during his show. After he asks the question and the crowd goes nuts, he has to search through five guitar cases that have already been packed up to find the one he wants and then proceeds to play two or three more before walking out the front door and getting on his bus to leave.
  • Jim Erhardt_3
    Jim Erhardt_3 Member Posts: 80


    Back in my youth, the Frank Zappa concerts at Madison Square Garden were always great, as were some Yes and Moody Blues concerts. But believe it not, the best one I have ever attended was just a few years ago.

    In Patchogue, on the Isle of Long, there is an old movie theater that was converted to a performing arts center. My wife and I saw tickets go on sale for Electric Light orchastra at the center so we snapped-up a set.

    Oh my, ELO at full volume in such a tiny theater was an amzing experience! We were only a few rows back so the group was no more than 50 feet away. And the previous week we saw Steely Dan at the Jones Beach Theater, who weren't too shabby either.

    The last concert we saw was Donna Summer - the old gal can still belt 'em out!
  • tommyoil
    tommyoil Member Posts: 612
    Tab

    Been following Tab Benoit for a while. He gets ALOT of airplay on sirius blues channel #74. My receiver alerts me when hes on the air. Would like to catch his show one time.
  • Diciocco
    Diciocco Member Posts: 27
    Hum...

    Def Leppard,The Scorpions,Ted Nugent @ The Philadelphia
    Spectrum 1980
    Yes in the round @ The Philadelphia Spectrum 1980
    Van Halen @ The Philadelphia spectrum 1981
    AC/DC @ The Philadelphia Spectrum 1981
    The Round up @ JFK Stadium 1981
    Twisted Sister/Ronnie James Dio @ The Philadelphia
    Spectrum 1985
    Badlands @ Hammerjacks Baltimore Md. 1991
    Corrosion of Conformity w/Henry Rollins @ The Fast Lane
    Asbury Park N.J.1991
    Monster Magnet @ The Fast Lane Asbury Park N.J.1993
    White Zombie @ The Stone Pony 1993
    Woodstock 1994
    UFO @ The Birch Hill 1995
    Strength @ Blondie's Greensburg P.A. 1995
    Dee Sniders SMF's @ The Birch Hill 1997
    Type o Negative @ The Stone Pony 1997
    Ozzfest @ The Meadowlands 1997
    Overkill @ The Birch Hill 2002
    Speed Kill Hate @ The New England Metalfest Worchester
    M.A. 1993
    Gov't Mule @ The Starland Ballroom 2005

    Any Clutch Show.
  • hb_3
    hb_3 Member Posts: 8
    Old you say?

    Even with my considerable mileage, I can still bang heads with any 20-30 year old!

    If it's too loud, you're too old :-)

    hb
  • Metro Man
    Metro Man Member Posts: 220
    Best....

    Best concert had to be Jethro Tull in Pittsgurgh @ the IgooI think 1980... He just put on an awesome show... very high energy and anlike alot of bands sounded great live.

    VERY close second was Bob Dylan at red rocks (denver) with the new kid.. Tom Petty.

    Had seats 5 rows back dead center at eye level. They both sang several songs together mid afternoon, sunny.. very cool.



    Metro Man
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Coincidentally we have SD tickets...

    we have SD tickets for the end of June. ;)
  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    My favorite....

    1979,Cape Cod Colosseum(do they still play there?)Al Dimeola backing up Santana.

    Dimeola played as the crowd was walking in, and they were amazed at what they missed. While the roadies were breaking down the stage...he sat on a stool and played by himself for about 20 minutes.

    I was completely blown away...having watched him play with a band for about 40 minutes without a break.

    Like J.B. any Buffet show from Labor Day Weekend in New England, and my first show....Alice Cooper doing the "Welcome to My Nightmare" tour...1976. Concert trains were the way to get to Boston Garden back then.Bare bones party train cars were pretty impressionable for a 14 year old back in the day. Chris
  • Josh M.
    Josh M. Member Posts: 359


    Saw em for the first time last year. It was a great show!! I didn't expect the story line. It was cool..
  • CJA
    CJA Member Posts: 2
    Tab Benoit

    He's got a website out there somewhere, and I'd suggest you see him if at all possible. His shows absolutely rock. Get there early. You'll probobly catch him sitting at the bar knocking back a few and he'll be glad to chat and maybe take a request or two (my fav is his cover of "Drowing on Dry Land"). You won't be sorry.
  • nick z.
    nick z. Member Posts: 157
    Most memorial

    Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynett. Cause there both gone now.
    Best, Moody Blues with a live Orchestra.
  • Bill W@Honeywell
    Bill W@Honeywell Member Posts: 164
    Fire up the \"Wayback\"machine Mr. Peabody...

    Judy Collins at any of the concerts I've seen her at, 10+ years ago at Waterloo Village, NJ she totally stunned the crowd with her version of "Send in the Clowns". Just her and a piano. When the song ended, the crowd was dead silent for at least 90 seconds, then exploded into a standing ovation that went on "forever". She did "Memories" as her encore. Beyond belief.

    The Moody Blues anywhere. Harry Chapin, with and without the band. Diana Krall...WOW! The Lovin' Spoonful; before he fried his brain, John Sebastian was incredible. Dylan anywhere, anytime. Michael Franks, Pat Mehtheny, Chuck Loeb, Bob James. Jimmy Buffett is always great. Gordon Lightfoot at Expo Montreal in 67. John Fogerty, with & without Creedence. The Kingston Trio,Peter, Paul & Mary, The Brothers 4 for "sanitized" folkie stuff, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, Phil Ochs for down & dirty folkies. The Jim Kweskin Jug Band. Enough! Anyone seen my Geritol?
  • Bick Bickerson
    Bick Bickerson Member Posts: 12
    Another- On Your Feet or On Your Knees

    Blue Oyster Cult, 4th of July, late 70's Rich Stadium, Buffalo. Laser Show, first couple of rows. Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom never sounded better. J.Geils opened then Johnny Winter and the BOC. Long Live Rock
  • Paul Fredricks_3
    Paul Fredricks_3 Member Posts: 1,557
    Hey Bill

    Here's a story for you. A friend of mine lives on a small lake in CT. One evening he and his wife take the canoe out for a paddle and hear singing. They paddle over to a house on the lake for a listen. It's Judy Collins practicing with her piano player. Free Concert!!!
  • Mark Hunt_4
    Mark Hunt_4 Member Posts: 68
    Ditto

    Took the entire family last year.

    TSO is a new family tradition.

    Mark H
  • Plumdog_2
    Plumdog_2 Member Posts: 873
    I got that beat

    "This one time"....I saw Elvin Bishop at a free concert in Marin County, Calif when he was with Paul Butterfield Blues Band; also playing was Quiksilver Messenger and Charley Musselwhite. This was about 1969 or 70.
  • hvacfreak
    hvacfreak Member Posts: 439
    best live

    Well , I saw some of the best that my time had to offer...

    Rush...Moving Pictures - blown away

    Queensryche ( Empire ) Y. Malmsteen opening - amazing

    Blue Murder ( John Sykes ) - Tony Franklin on bass ...very cool...and Hammerjacks was my favorite place to go.

    Dream Theater ( Into Infinity , Scenes from a memory ) - John Petrucci is amazing

    Mr. Big ( Gilbert / Sheehan ) - insanity

    I wish I could go back in time and see Kansas and ELP...I'll bet they sounded awesome. -M
  • Bill W@Honeywell
    Bill W@Honeywell Member Posts: 164
    Great story!

    Lucky for your friends. I saw her last at the State Theater in New Brunswick, NJ. She had just lost her son, and her grief showed. One of the greatest singers ever. I think she is semi-retired now, but she may show up at local folk festivals, or small theaters. "Suite:Judy Blue Eyes", by Crosby, Stills & Nash was supposedly about her. Judy Collins, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez all are Greenwich Village 1960's folkie survivors, great listening anytime.
  • tommyoil
    tommyoil Member Posts: 612
    Roy Buchanans version

    Of Drowning on Dry Land has been a staple in my music diet for years. Would love to hear Tabs version.
  • Charlie Masone
    Charlie Masone Member Posts: 66


    Bill

    A few years ago John Sebastian did a free concert here in Port Jefferson NY. I sat in the first row, inches away (this was very small, no stage) during the concert John sat next to my son and sang him a lullaby, it was an incredible night. John is very approachable, we spoke. He may be burnt out but in that intimate setting he was great.
  • Unknown
    Unknown


    my mother in law loves tab to death.

    i'm with you on the small club vibe. best concert ever has been any one of the something like 13 times I've seen Clutch live in small clubs. great shows, everyone loves 'em.
  • Unknown
    Unknown


    clutch fan!!!!

    high five!!!!
  • Bob R
    Bob R Member Posts: 24


    Son Volt, Jewel (before she was well known) and John Hiatt at the Riveria Theatre in Chicago. Don't remember the year.
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