Best Opening Act You Sat Through .......

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  1. Not AJB

    Not AJB Shark Repellent Bat Spray!

    Location:
    Atlanta, GA
    Stray Cats opening for Elvis Costello, 1984
     
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  2. EdColeman

    EdColeman Forum Resident

    Location:
    Whidbey, WA.USA
    Saw that very same show, couldn't believe how good they were ( and I'm a Zappa fan!) Glad to know there were other converts that night!
     
  3. Jvalvano

    Jvalvano Senior Member

    Location:
    NH
    Def Leppard opening for AC/DC '80
    Starz opening for Rush '79
     
  4. Guy Smiley

    Guy Smiley America’s Favorite Game Show Host

    Location:
    Sesame Street
    Just over a year ago... Seeing the great Amy Helm (Levon’s daughter) opening for Tedeschi Trucks Band. She was fantastic! I wish she could’ve played longer. She had just three pieces backing her, and it was all she needed. Absolutely making her daddy proud, wherever he may be.

    Along with a bunch of strong originals, she acknowledged her roots with a killer “When I Paint My Maaterpiece,” but the real standout of the night was another Dylan compositon: A bluesy reinterpretation of “Meet Me in the Morning.” Just stunning. I hope she records it at some point. It’ll easily be one of my favorite Dylan covers ever if she does.

    Here’s a version with a lot more backing, but still great:



    After her performance, before TTB came on, she signed CD’s out in the lobby of the theatre. Very friendly, and I was glad I picked up her CD Didn’t It Rain. Here’s the title song:

    AMY HELM - "Didn't it Rain" (Live at Telluride Blues & Brews 2014) #JAMINTHEVAN - YouTube
     
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  5. Guy Smiley

    Guy Smiley America’s Favorite Game Show Host

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    Sesame Street
    I forgot about that! Yeah, I saw them on the Steel Wheels tour. Living Colour was great! I didn’t keep up with them much after Vivid, but I have read good things about them in more recnent years. I should catch up with them.
     
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  6. varyat

    varyat Forum Resident

    Location:
    wheaton,IL,USA
    UFO, Lights Out Tour, opened for Cheap Trick at the Int. Amphitheater in Chicago. I went to see UFO- I think I was in 8th grade? My first real concert....Schenker :edthumbs::yikes:!!
     
  7. Clucking

    Clucking Elixir of Life

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    Phoenix, AZ
    Joe Cocker, opening for .... maybe Stevie Nicks? Really I just went to see Joe Cocker.
     
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  8. GLUDFSSR

    GLUDFSSR Senior Member

    Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
    Talk Talk opening for Berlin Greek Theatre
    Guns N Roses opening for a Rolling Stones LA Coliseum
    Pearl Jam opening for Rolling Stones Oakland Coliseum
    Oasis opening for U2 Oakland Coliseum
    Chris Issak opening for Tina Turner Greek Theatre
     
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  9. searing75

    searing75 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Western NY
    Rusted Root opening for The Allman Bros.
     
  10. lemonade kid

    lemonade kid Forever Changing

    Danny O'Keefe opening for Bruce Springsteen in 1973...two years before Born To Run (1973: The Wild, Innocent & E Street Shuffle, my favorite Springsteen).
    Danny was amazing, just his guitar, and so was Springsteen: doing 3+ hours concerts then too!

    Danny's "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues"
     
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  11. Moshe

    Moshe "Silent in four languages."

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    U.S.
    Roy Orbison
     
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  12. MemoInPR

    MemoInPR Señor Memo

    Guns N' Roses opening for Aerosmith, 1988 at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA.
     
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  13. bad_penny

    bad_penny Forum Resident

    Location:
    Brooklyn
    Opal opening for The Jesus and Mary Chain at The Fillmore 1987
    Jane's Addiction opening for Love & Rockets at San Jose State 1987
    Billy Bragg opening for Echo and the Bunnymen at Berkeley Community Theater 1984
    Merle Haggard opening for Bob Dylan at Beacon Theater 2005
    Caspar Brotzmann Massaker opening for The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at CBGB 1993
     
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  14. Gavinyl

    Gavinyl Remembering Member

    Bob Mould for The Pixies...
     
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  15. kunstwork

    kunstwork Forum Resident

    Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
    The Records opening for the Cars in Central Park, NYC, August 1979.
     
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  16. Gavinyl

    Gavinyl Remembering Member

    Wow.....
     
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  17. vinyldreams

    vinyldreams Forum Resident

    Location:
    Main St.
    Yngwie opening for Iron Maiden, BOC for Rush, Nugent for Kiss
     
  18. JerolW

    JerolW Senior Member

    Jimi Hendrix opening for Jefferson Airplane.

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    jerol
     
  19. 131east23

    131east23 Person of Interest

    Location:
    gone
    Big Audio Dynamite and Pretenders opening for U2 on the European leg of the Joshua Tree Tour, Basel, Switzerland 1987.
     
  20. Mr. LP Collector

    Mr. LP Collector Forum Resident

    Thanksgiving eve 1983, in Denver at McNichols Arena I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn warm up for the Moody Blues. Moodies were fine and Stevie Ray? Awesome.
     
  21. Marc Perman

    Marc Perman Forum Resident

    Location:
    Los Angeles
    Echo & The Bunnymen opened for New Order in 1987 at one of the pier concerts in NYC. That was a good one.
     
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  22. Saint Johnny

    Saint Johnny Forum Resident

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    Asbury Park
    Not sure what you mean.
    I do remember setting on the tour bus with Andrew one night, as he complained that Dogs got better groupies/female fans than he did.
    I loved Andrew, he was such a great funny character. I was heartbroken when he died.
    (wow, I'd completely forgotten about that episode until your question sparked the ole memory):wave:
     
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  23. Seagull

    Seagull Seabird flavour member

    Location:
    Dorset,England
    Same for me, except I didn't sit through it I was in the Mosh Pit within touching distance of Ian Curtis (I have long arms :)).
    That was a memorable week in my life. I was in my second year at University. In the one week I saw The Undertones, Joy Division and Buzzcocks, I celebrated the last day of my teens then my twentieth birthday (all on different days).

    More recent ...

    The Pineapple Thief supporting Blackfield (though I already had several TPT albums)

    Daniel Cavanagh supporting No-Man. Through this I discovered Anathema.

    Not really a support act, but the opening act at a festival...

    The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. They came on stage early and had a fifteen minute 'soundcheck' for which they got a standing ovation. No act bettered them that day.
     
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  24. andy749

    andy749 Senior Member

    Deep Purple opening for Faces '71
    Golden Earring opening for Robin Trower '75
    J. Geils Band opening for Joe Cocker '76ish
    Nazareth opening for Ted Nugent '76ish
    Peter Frampton opening for Edgar Winter Group w/Rick Derringer '74
     
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  25. Halfwit

    Halfwit Forum Resident

    Location:
    Dublin
    Olivia Tremor Control opening for Gorky's Zygotic Mynci in Cardiff 20 years ago. They came back on and played with Gorky's on the encore.
     

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