What Were the Three Best Concerts You Ever Saw?

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Silk Road Ensemble with Yo Yo Ma
Grateful Dead
Jackson Browne

 

Was the '73 Zappa show part of the "Roxy & Elsewhere" recordings?

 

Also, Jethro Tull...

 

Only gonna list one - haven't been to a whole lot of live shows - maybe 10-15 total:

Simple Minds - Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1986 (The Call opened)

My first concert and still my favorite - wasn't expecting much as I wasn't really into SM (had swapped an extra hockey ticket for it), but they put on a fun, high energy show - particularly the female backup singer - whenever she came in it kicked each song up a notch.

 

Gang of Four, Songs of the Free tour 1982, Irvine Auditorium Philadelphia
Live Aid, JFK Stadium, Philadelpha
Concert for 9/11, MSG
Peter Gabriel, So tour, Philadelphia Spectrum

 

9/3/77 Grateful Dead & NRPS & Marshall Tucker Band Englishtown, NJ
9/23/78 Neil Young & Crazy Horse Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
10/5/74 Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Albright College Reading, PA

 

The Who at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1969 (the best ever). I thought the walls were going to collapse.
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Allman Brothers in Virginia Beach (1970 or 1971)
James Taylor in Williamsburg Va. in 1971

 

Bruce Springsteen - Seattle, December 20, 1978 (Still my favorite concert of all time. He actually played Seattle earlier in the year too, but the Darkness tour kept getting better as it went along.)

Paul McCartney - Seattle, June 10, 1976 (Even though it was in the cavernous King Dome, it was still an awesome show.)

Alejandro Escovedo - Seattle, 1996 (The first of more than 40 shows I've seen by Al.)

 

Manfred Mann - Katschhof June 2004 (i saw cameras on stage, so a film should exist)
Deep Purple - Cologne Tanzbrunnen 2008
Demons Eye - Tatort Open Air 2009

 

10cc - bloody tourists tour - cleveland music hall - front row center balcony - middle of winter.

CSNY - CSNY2K tour - gund arena cleveland - over 3 hours of fantastic rock and roll with a 30 minute "down river the river"

david crosby - front row theater cleveland - sat in row 2 ( about 6 feet away from the rotating stage) - crosby was heading toward his nadir, but he put on a hell of a show, his acappela "samurii" while standing in the center of the stage with a pin spot on him was stunningly memorable.

 

This first one takes the cake. While the Stones were performing , The guys were throwing money onto the stage & the girls their bras. Incredible

1. Rolling Stones , Philly Spectrum 1972

2. Paul McCartney & Wings , Philly Spectrum 1976

3. The Who , Philly Spectrum 1976

 

I was at that Genesis concert, Thanksgiving night '74. The album had only been out a week or so. The Yes/ELP concert on my list was also at the Eastown Theater.

 

The Kinks-Syracuse 1980 (parts of this show ended up on "One More Fpor The Raod")
King Crimson-The Savoy NYC 1981
Paul McCartney-Citi Field, NYC 2009

 

The Rolling Stones 1972
Bob Dylan and the Band 1974
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1978

 

Neil Young - Vienna, 2008, Chrome Dreams II tour
Bruce Springsteen - Vienna, 2009, Working on a dream tour
Paul McCartney - Bologna, 2011, On the run tour

 

1) Brian Wilson - The Roxy '02
2) Jeff Beck - House Of Blues LA '06
3) Buddy Guy, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Steve Cropper, Joe Louis Walker - Legends '97

 

1.The Rolling Stones at Indianapolis Convention Center 1972.
Opening act ~ Stevie Wonder. Awesome....I was in about the 8th row. Unbelievably great sounding show.
2. Paul McCartney and Wings at Riverfront Coliseum 1976...The didn't bother taking tickets at the entrances,
people just run over the top of the turnstiles. First 3-4 minutes of the show, McCartney stood and did Elvis poses for all the
flash bulbs..
3. Ravi Shankar at Taft Theater Cincinnati 1972..That's right, Ravi Shankar.
His sitar sound filled the whole place without amplifiers or P.A.
Unbelievable...
Honorable mention : Pink Floyd at UC Field house 1973
Derek and the Dominoes at Music Hall 1970.
The Who at Riverfront Coliseum 1976

 

Jack White at Cain's Ballroom 2012. Best. Concert. Ever.
JD McPherson
Sam Bush Band

 

Led Zeppelin -- Ft. Worth -- August 22, 1970

Alice Cooper -- Killer Tour 1972

Led Zeppelin -- Dallas -- March 4, 1975

 

The Who Who's Next Tour, Rochester, NY
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kleinhan's Music Hall, Buffalo, 1972(?)
J Geils Band, Kleinhan's, Buffalo 1972(?)

Honorable mention: The Rainmakers, Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, mid-eighties

 

There's others that aren't coming to mind right now, but here's a couple:
BB King at the Front Row Theater c1987
Whiskeytown Betbati's in Portland September 1997
Dictators at the Beachland Ballroom April 26, 2002
Flaming Lips at Tower City Ampitheater August 2002

 

Three is tough... in no particular order:
Roger Waters - Philly: Spectrum - Radio KAOS
-First concert I walked into the arena and there was silence, no music coming from the PA.
-D.J. asking for "callers", Paul Carrack playing a number.
-Quadrophonic sound
-'Nuking' the audience. Great show!!!

Prince - Philly Spectrum - Lovesexy
-Didn't want to go, left as a Prince fan!

Peter Gabriel - Denver McNichols Arena - Us
-Two stages
-Tony Levin and Paula Cole, Manu Cache, PG... WOW!
-Theatrical concert with incredible musicianship

Honorable mentions to:
Rush - Hold Your Fire tour
Zappa - Broadway the Hard Way tour
Alice Cooper - Killers
The Cure - Mixed Up tour (another show where I became a fan)
Journey - Escape (snuck out of my house to see this show in Albuquerque)

 

Canned Heat / Blood Sweat & Tears - Columbus, Ohio 1968
Frank Zappa Columbus 1973
Eric Clapton Columbus 2004

 

Yeah..this IS a hard one to narrow down to 3...

Genesis - Mama tour Dec 8, 1983 in Cincinnati, OH
Styx - Kilroy Was Here Tour - June 23, 1983 Cincinnati, OH
Spock's Beard - Sept 1st 2001 Atlanta, GA (Last full concert with Neal Morse)

Honorable Mentions - Porcupine Tree - April 20, 2010 in Dallas, TX,
The Police - Feb 14th, 1984 Cincinnati, OH (A concert that I helped to get the tour date added to the schedule!)