Hendrix woodstock and all BOG shows any joy division show any Smiths 1986 show Coltrane Village vanguard any Miltons playhouse show after hours in 1940, specially with Charlie Christian Any can show in 74 Last Talk Talk Show
Only the "Woodstock" of Time Travel gigs: Don't forget to pack my AK-47, and a spray-bottle of COVID. Also, some Gummy Bears for a snack (although not Haribo, those are dangerous...!)
You can imagine what it would have been like to be there. But to imagine a scenario where you go back in time is absolutely impossible.
Beatles in Hamburg. The Monterey Pop Festival (1967). One of Ken Kesey's "Acid Test" multi-media shows, with the Grateful Dead supplying the music. The Doors as the Whiskey, with Jim in at least semi-sober shape. Howlin' Wolf in a Chicago dive. The Rat Pack in Vegas -- on an evening where both Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford either were out of town with other commitments, or had the flu... leaving us with the trio of Dino, Frank and Sammy. Charlie Parker in Paris. Jimi at the London club gig that made the Beatles' jaws drop and made Clapton consider to stop playing guitar. ... and I would like to re-attend three shows I saw: "Thick as a Brick" tour show -- Best Concert I've ever seen "Who's Next" tour show -- 2nd Best Concert I've ever seen DiVinyls "Desperate" tour show in the band's hard-rockin' days... -- in the same location where I was -- about 12 feet from Chrissy
I'd go back and settle in for a weekend at Newport Jazz in 1958, where I'd see Mahalia Jackson Miles Davis Duke Ellington Chuck Berry Ray Charles Benny Goodman Thelonious Monk Louis Armstrong Max Roach Anita O'Day Dave Brubeck... and many others. Apart from being an astonishing collection of giants, just to put Ellington, Davis, Berry, Armstrong and Charles in the same place makes this essentially a summit meeting of the most important musicians in the history of popular music up to that date. I can't think of any other musical gathering that delivered that much undisputable genius and significance in one shot.
I've been lucky; blessed really at the number of monumental concerts I've been at... many historic. But a few I wished I'd seen are: Dylan at Gerde's Folk City on April 11, 1961, at The Finjan Club on July 2, 1962, and on July 25th 1965 at Newport. The Beatles at The Cavern. Billie Holiday at a Cotton Club gig. The John Hammond Sr. produced Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall. A performance of Louis Armstrong's Hot 5s and Hot 7s. The Carnegie Hall premier of Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue. The premier of Stravinsky's Rites of Spring on May 29th 1913. Robert Johnson pre and post the revelatory transformation so I could see the work of The devil for myself. Where's Mr. Peabody & Sherman's WABAC machine when we really need it?
Nice wishlist all the way through... particularly The Rat Pack in Vegas and a Ken Kesey Acid test trip.
A number of Right Ons! on you wishlist... particular Bessie Smith, Sam Cooke and the Don Giovanni Premiere.
Buddy Holly and The Crickets with The Big Bopper and Dion and The Belmonts on February 2, 1959. The Winter Dance Party... Dancing from 8-12pm.
Pink Floyd at Shepton Mallet, 2am in the morning with Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd at the Rainbow - watching in almost total darkness except for the light coming up from under Rick Wright's organ Wembley - Dark Side of the Moon tour - where I was in the middle, perfect for quadraphonic
Top five: Prince - First Avenue'83 (making of the Rain) Prince - a SOTT-tour gig Springsteen - Passaic 78 Judas Priest - Stained Class tour Black Sabbath - Sabotage tour Iron Maiden - Killers / Beast on the Road tour Yes that's six, I'll negotiate when the time machine's ready.
Velvet Underground, End of Cole Avenue, Dallas, October 14-19, 1969--any of those shows Roxy Music, Wembley Empire Pool, October 18, 1975 Steely Dan, Rainbow Theatre, London, May 20, 1974
Loving people's picks here. As someone born in 1987 more than 90% of what I listen to was created, recorded and performed long before I was born, so naturally the hypothetical time machine scenario has entered my thought process often. I wrote out a list of about 70 shows that would really be ones I would be excited to travel back too and whittled it down into one long post detailing 25 shows I would travel back for and reasons why, but as you can imagine it is lengthy and I know that kind of thing isn't everyones cup of tea, especially those who are scrolling on phones, so before I post it would any one, especially the OP have an objection with such a long winded post clogging up the thread?
A tribute band did a re-enactment of the show at the venue on its 50th anniversary. I got to see that one. Fun, but not quite the same I'm sure.
Tons! The Residents at Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley in 1976 being a short lister. Third Ear Band, Nick Drake in '69-'70 Beefheart, Amon Duul II early -mid '70s Psy-Free Charlie Patton, Blind Blake, Robert Johnson
This was my answer for the last thread on this subject (though I didn't have the date!) Especially the moment at the end where the players turn the maestro around so he can see the standing ovation.
pink floyd - quebec july 6 1977 (last show of the tour 3 encores best pigs performance and the spit incident) led zeppelin april 24 1969 (best performance of 1 of my favourite zeppelin songs "as long as i have you" everyone young and raw and full of energy. one of my favourite bootlegs. the doors - dec 11 1970 dallas jim morrison performs la woman and riders on the storm.