Cypress Sun Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 I had a conversation with a old friend today and we started talking about the best and worst live concerts/musical performances that we've witnessed. For me, the top three worst were; Aerosmith (3 times 1977, 78, 79). Steve Tyler was so wasted he fell off the stage in one concert. Golden Earring (1978). Opened for Ted Nugent. Drummer was drunk. Band opened, drummer stood up on his stool, wobbled around and fell on his drum set. Had to set it back up and then sucked after that. Ted was great. Leon Russel (2001?). Just didn't care, get this over so I can leave seemed like the attitude He was not the top bill but his performance still sticks out to me today. Special mention for the worst - Led Zepplin (1977). They played a couple of songs pretty poorly, it rained, they hauled ass after saying that they would continue. Turned into a semi riot. The best top three were; Little Feat (1977 and 1999). First was an open air stadium, yet still were great. Next time was in Ruth Eckerd Hall, a venue built for music and acoustics. Awesome concerts, both of them. Gordon Lightfoot (1998?). In Ruth Eckerd. His voice was still good, he played all of his hits and responded to the crowd positively. Tampa Jam (1978). Many different musicians all performed great. Atlanta Rhythm Section, Blackfoot, Alvin Lee and others. Even though my girlfriend (at the time) discovered she liked my friend more than me...it was still a great concert. ARS and Blackfoot were fantastic. Special mention for the best - Robbie Krieger (1999?). Wasn't with the Doors, obviously, but was excellent in the small, bar type venue that he played. Signed autographs, answered questions and was very personable after the performance. Special, special mention - David Clayton Thomas. After his performance, we sat down and downed more than a few beers, talked about days gone by and had a great time for about two hours. What were your best....and worst concerts or performances that you've had the pleasure or displeasure to witness? 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 Steely Dan 1990 the best😎 Avril Lavigne , I took my granddaughter and her 3 girlfriends The worst 🙄 2 Quote
Yul Lose Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 The best : Garth Brooks and The Judds at Miramar Naval Air Station. George Strait, Denver Stockshow, I believe. Faith Hill at California Center For The Arts. Don Williams Christmas at the Center For The Arts The worst: Hank Williams Jr. at the San Diego Sports Arena at the end of his career, painfully loud to listen to and couldn’t sing anymore, he mumbled. Neil Diamond at the Sports Arena again and he couldn’t sing anymore either. 2 Quote
Chantry Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 Rolling Stones, Hartford Civic Center 28 or 29 March, 1999. A casual fan before the concert, I went primarily because i thought they were getting old and didn't have many tours left in them. Oops! Seeing the Rolling Stones live is an event more than just a concert and I can't quite explain why. Buddy Guy, who I saw multiple times, most recently this past summer. even at 87 he can still put on a show. Little Charlie, now Rick Estrin, and the Nightcats. The play West Coast jump blues and are probably the best small venue act I've seen. Joanne Shaw Taylor, definitely worth going to see. She tours frequently and usually plays venues of 500-1500 people. And regardless of the venue size, bring some foam earplugs. 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) Best: There are several that were good enough that I can’t say one was best. Volunteer Jam #1 at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville 1974. This venue is tiny as rock venues go. The show was fantastic with artists from all over the Rock spectrum. Any one of several concerts by the Allman Brothers Band when they came to Nashville. It was homecoming for the brothers themselves, having both been born here, and for years they had their grandmother in attendance. It’s been said that they always pulled out all the stops when they played in Nashville. The show they did right after Dwayne was killed was particularly memorable as Eric Clapton made a cameo appearance. The Rolling Stones, 1972. Aretha Franklin was scheduled to be the opening act, but she became ill after couldn’t make it, so Stevie Wonder opened instead. He absolutely rocked the house and then The Stones tore the place down! I had front row, center seats for that one! Worst: The first one was still pretty great! Black Sabbath had three shows scheduled for venues in Tennessee. They had Black Oak Arkansas for the opening act. In Memphis for the first show, Black Sabbath was booed off the stage after a couple of numbers. Black Oak came back to the stage and finished the night! In Nashville and Knoxville, Sabbath refused to play and Black Oak played double sets. They were terrific! Hank Jr. Both times I saw him, he was drunk before he hit the stage and staggered and stumbled through half a dozen songs before wobbling off the stage! He kept drinking the whole time he was on and got worse as he went! David Allen Coe!! Always pitiful, but in this particular case, we were opening for him at a small venue in Clarksville, TN. We did our show and got a great response from the early crowd. We were packing up as he took the stage and the crowd was rowdy. He began his first number and several people got up and began dancing in front of the stage. He stopped the show and told the crowd that “Nobody dances while I’m singin’!” He went back to playing and the audience booed him off the stage!! The venue owner grabbed us and begged us to go back on because folks were demanding their money back and chanting for us to come back! We did! They danced all night! The guy that owned the place paid us double what we made for our opener and we played there several more times as an opening act and once as the feature! Joe Cocker and Chaka Kahn at Ft. Campbell, KY on the parade grounds of the military base. It was a festival show with several acts. A couple of the openers were less than enjoyable and some of the crowd got stupid. Chaka Kahn was ridiculously slow to get to the stage and a minor riot broke out with some of those idiots charging the stage. The MPs put a halt to that crap in short order, but the crowd was unruly and sour for the rest of her performance. Then it rained a little! The stupids left when the rain started, but it only lasted for a few minutes. Joe Cocker came on and the small crowd that was left was treated to a really great show! Edited December 17, 2024 by Blackwater 53393 4 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 Worst: Neil Diamond. The music would have been great but the audience was out of control and all I could see was the fat broad in front of me...and mostly just her butt because she was standing up jumping around the entire time. Saw him a year later and it was much better. Great crown control and a much smaller venue. Best: The USMC band from H and I, with the British Black Watch band at Disneyland in 1977 (?) My wife and I had tickets at "center stage" about 10 rows back. We saw everything and it was an amazing two hour+ performance. My pulse finally got down to normal about a week later. It took my nerves to settle a few days later Second Best: The Everly Brothers before anyone knew who they were. It was at Lagoon, an amusement park in north Salt Lake City, maybe 1963 or 1964. Two of my frat brothers and I took our dates down and got center row seats half way up the stands. They had a local band and at intermission they fired the drummer. (He thought he was the center of the show and didn't pay attention when they tried o get him under control.) One of the brothers came out on stage and asked if there was a drummer in the audience. A kid stood up and told them his girlfriend was great drummer. They offered her $50.00 to complete the show and when they were done they came out on stage and had the young lady join them. She was complemented and asked if she would consider going on the road when the got the show on the road. She thnked them and told them she was only 16 and her parents wouldn't allow that. They gave her a number to reach them when she was ready. She walked off the stage without touching the ground and I have no idea what happened after that. The Everly Brothers were true gentlemen and are still one of my favorite performers. 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 Saw/heard Neil Diamond at the original Ryman Auditorium years ago! Absolutely outstanding! No opening act and he interacted with the audience all night! 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 On two different occasions we saw The Beachboys and Paul Simon at the Hartford Civic center in Connecticut. Ended up in the nose bleed section both times and the performers looked like ants down there and the sound was just a mishmash of echoes. Never paid to hear anyone since. Last outdoor concert was in Milwaukee for I think Harleys 100th birthday. They had of all people, Elton John! Big build up for the mystery band for weeks before the event. Radio contests etc. Most expected the Eagles or possibly the Stones, certainly not a gayrod that never rode a bike or wrote a motorcycle song. It's impressive to hear over 150,000 bikers booing. Don't know what the hell Harley was thinking. I guess if ya like Elton,it was a good concert. For us, not so much! 2 1 Quote
Stump Water Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 Best this century: Billy Strings in Winston-Salem last year. Doc Watson's 100th Anniversary Celebration concert. Best Last Century: Hootie and the Blowfish & Edwin McCain at the amphitheater in Nashville. Hootie was the feature & Edwin opened. Hootie was good, but Edwin was awesome. After we bought Edwin's album, but it was a disappointment as it had a completely different sound. It grew on me though. Honorable Mention: Pat Travers in a bar in Tampa when on spring break. Worst this century: ZZ Top at the amphitheater by the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Two openers, one of which was Brooks & Dunn. B&D was good. After they finished it was almost an hour before ZZ Top took the stage at 10 o'clock. I was so damn loud you couldn't even tell what song they were doing. Local ordinance fines the venue some ridiculous amount for every minute they play after 11 o'clock, so at 11 ZZ was done... thank goodness. And ZZ Top is one of my top 10 bands, especially the "before Eliminator" period. Worst last century: Black Sabbath at the Charlotte coliseum. Again, so loud it was painful. Molly Hatchet opened and was good (I've seen Molly 9 times - in bars, as the opening act and the feature in large venues - always good). 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) Best: Rolling Stones, Dec. 17, 1981 Hampton Colliseum in Hampton Roads, VA. This was their “Farewell Tour”… Yeah, Right! Journey, Summer of ‘82, Hampton Colliseum Saga, 1982, Hampton Colliseum. They were the warmup band for Pat Benatar (see below). Those guys rocked the house big time! Out of all the bands I have seen at many concerts and venues I would have to say their show was the absolute best, IMNSHO. Elvis Costello, Spring of ‘89 at a bar near Uniontown, PA. It was weird because I was driving by and saw his name on a sign atop this nice sized bar. So, I pulled in, bought a ticket and had a great time. I was actually on my way to Eastern PA so I could get back to go to work on Monday. I called in sick. Dire Straits, Summer of ‘85, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Fantastic outdoor venue. Sting’s portion of Money for Nothing was played by tape. Kinda glad because I didn’t want that a**-clown to try and dominate the show. Never cared for that douche. Great show! My seat was in a crappy spot. I convinced a security guy to let me stand up nearer to the stage about 50’ away near an exit door so I didn’t block anyone’s view. Billy Vera and The Beaters, we saw him numerous times from ‘84 to ‘88 in California and every show was excellent. Worst or pretty crappy: Pat Benatar 1982 Hampton Colliseum. We left at the start of her 3rd song. As we reached our truck my wife and I looked back and hundreds of people were also leaving. Men At Work 1982 The Scope Arena, Norfolk VA. I am sure the band did great. The arena wasn’t built for concerts. The echo of the drums and bass killed the music for anyone in the seats higher than the floor seats. It was awful. Tommy Tutone, summer ‘85 or ‘86 at the 321 Club, Santa Monica, CA. The word sucks just doesn’t begin to describe the suckiness of that sucky musician and his sucky attitude. He couldn’t even play his one and only hit. EDIT: I forgot one. The Animals, Summer ‘86, Pantagious Theatre, Los Angeles. The only song worth a darn was the first song “House of the Rising Sun” and I think towards the end of the song is when the drugs interacted with the alcohol and it was downhill from there. Edited December 15, 2024 by Pat Riot 1 Quote
Gracos Kid Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) Worst: Went to a Waylon Jennings and Emily Lou Harris concert years ago and the dope smoke got so thick I could neither see nor breathe. Gave out every LEO business card I had to those closest to me, asking to put it out, realizing I couldn't (and would have been foolish to) arrest anyone...... Charlie Rich was so drunk he came on stage 2 hours late while everyone waited......then came out wearing a t-shirt looking like a bum..... Best: Kenny Rogers concert in Macon, Ga., and actually caught one of his souvenir autographed tamborines that he sailed across the crowd. Also Barbara Mandrell, Don Williams, Tom T Hall and the Statler Bros. Edited December 15, 2024 by Gracos Kid Add info 2 Quote
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted December 15, 2024 Posted December 15, 2024 A couple great ones for me were Al Green just when he was getting big 2 nights in a row at Disneyland. The other Humble Pie not long after they're Smokin album. Saw Tom Petty a few times always great. Some popular but not huge were, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Blasters, Los Lobos, The Beat Farmers. Biggest show was the Greatful Dead, Santana, Outlaws and Eddie Money. David Lyndley and Elrayo X were fantastic. He's known for playing with Jackson Brown. I like Van Morrison but his was a bad show. Saw Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks a couple of times. He was drunk the last time. Sourdough Slim who a lot of SASS shooters have seen played regularly with the Eighth Avenue String Band in Chico before he was solo. Saw them many times. 2 Quote
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 Best: Chicago with Earth Wind and Fire in roughly 2010. Three and a half hours of great memories and auditory ecstasy! Worst: Chicago in Maryville, TN around 2014. They headlined a local music festival and decided to play a bunch of jazz and “original” music. I’m sorry, but you are Chicago and I want to hear your hits I grew up with! The worst moment was this…. Some guy won a charity auction to sing with Chicago. His time came, he got up on stage, and it was like bad karaoke with a live music track. They all got booed. Second worst show: Hank Williams Jr at the Atlanta NRA convention about ten years ago. I like his music, but he wouldn’t stop talking about himself, his politics, his family, his patriotism, his love of country, how the country loves him, how much money he makes from the country who loves him, ad nauseum. And he always referred to himself in the third person. What a narcissistic butthead. Haven’t listened to his music since then. 2 Quote
Old Man Graybeard Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 I live very close to the Surf Ballroom at Clear Lake ,Iowa. If you are not familiar with the Surf...look it up. The Day the Music Died. It was the last place Buddy Holly...the Big Bopper and Richie Valens played. They get some big names for a decent price just because of the history there. Unfortunately...I saw my worst there. David Allen Coe was there. He came out and did just a bit of some of his hits...then sat down and went into his blues routine. I like his hits...but will never go to another of his concerts. Some of the best were at the Spencer Fairgrounds in the 70's. They would have big names there during the summer. I saw FRB...Blaco Oak Arkansas and a couple others back then 1 Quote
Silent Bob, SASS #23113 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 Best: The Eagles, 1979 Long Run Tour, just the band members on stage, great show. Pink Floyd, 1995. No opening band, they played for 3 hours with a short intermission. The worst, but still good, the Eagles in July 2016. We were almost center stage, 13 rows out. Glenn Frey's son took over his spot and they added Vince Gill. Still a good show, I just didn't like all of the extra musicians on stage ( additional drummers, back up singers, a horn section ). 2 Quote
Dantankerous Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 (edited) The worst one was recently and only because it was way too damn loud. I had to leave the building. It was a concert I got dragged to and didn't care much for anyway. In fact, I care so much I can't even remember who it was. The best? 1988 Doc Serverinsen and the Tonight Show Band. Followed closely by every concert I've seen done by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer and the Cherry Poppin Daddies. Edited December 16, 2024 by Dantankerous 2 Quote
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 I forgot to mention. When we brought my mom up to live with us I took her to a few concerts while she was still able to get out and about. Johnny Mathis Christmas show was great. Also Tony Bennet. We had a great time. I mentioned David Lyndley. He could play anything with strings. My wife and I took my daughter and mom to see him at the local women's club. Great show and we got to talk to him afterwards. 3 generations. Mom has since passed away. Glad we got out and had some fun. 3 Quote
bgavin Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 This would be August of 1967 in San Francisco. The Byrds were the headliner act. The drummer was SO stoned he fell off his throne and was laying on his side still thinking he was playing his drums. 1 1 Quote
Jasper Agate Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 Worst- Because of the acoustics at the Oakland Coliseum- Greatful Dead and the Who mid 70's??? Oakland, CA Best- Tedeschi / Trucks band with Los Lobos 2023 Grand Sierra Resort Reno, NV Honorable Mention - The Lyle Lovett series when they played acoustical with one other musician setting across from each other - with John Hiatt, Vince Gill, and I'll be damned if I could remember who else he played with. All in smaller venues in Reno, NV 2 1 Quote
Calamity Kris Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 I'm gonna catch flack for this but Frankie Valli. We saw him perform for a charity event we attended when we lived in SoCal. He spent 90% of his performance with his back to the audience, swaying around in his Rat Pack leather jacket. Best Performance: Pink Floyd at the Rose Bowl on their Division Bell tour. 4 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 4 hours ago, Jasper Agate said: Worst- Because of the acoustics at the Oakland Coliseum- Greatful Dead and the Who mid 70's??? Oakland, CA Best- Tedeschi / Trucks band with Los Lobos 2023 Grand Sierra Resort Reno, NV Honorable Mention - The Lyle Lovett series when they played acoustical with one other musician setting across from each other - with John Hiatt, Vince Gill, and I'll be damned if I could remember who else he played with. All in smaller venues in Reno, NV Tedeschi-Trucks is one of my favorite bands that’s been born this century!! 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 2 hours ago, Calamity Kris said: I'm gonna catch flack for this but Frankie Valli. We saw him perform for a charity event we attended when we lived in SoCal. He spent 90% of his performance with his back to the audience, swaying around in his Rat Pack leather jacket. Best Performance: Pink Floyd at the Rose Bowl on their Division Bell tour. I was at an outdoor jazz concert and the headliner was Miles Davis. He came on last after about 4-5 acts. He played the entire set with his back to the audience. Great musician but terrible performer. He just didn’t care about the audience. He later said he plays to “ his musicians “ not the audience. Never liked him personally after that! 1 1 Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 Like other have said Hank Williams Jr was the worst by a long shot. He was supposed to play at the Missouri State fair. In either 81 or 82. His band was pretty good but jr showed up an hour late so drunk he couldn't stand up. Been several best performers. Waylon Jennings and Alabama were the two best shows I saw in High School. Both shows were around 79 to 82. Recently the local Municipal Auditorium has had some wonderful talent over the last few years. Gene Watson, Rick McEwen (Kenny Rogers tribute), Jim Curry (John Denver Tribute), The Texas Playboys, The Oak Ridge Boys: Farewell Tour. One really memorable show was Jason Floyd Coleman. He is the grandson of the late Floyd Cramer. Floyd Cramer was the genius behind the "Slip-Note" style of piano playing. A style you have heard thousands of times without realizing it. Jason explains it in this video 3 Quote
Michigan Slim Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 After reading all the bands above, I'm not going to add mine. Nobody would know them. Except KISS. KISS sucked badly. 1 3 Quote
watab kid Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 my ex-wife and i went to a KC and the sunshine band concert - they didnt show , so the warm up band did the whole thing - they were fantastic - mason profit 2 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 17, 2024 Author Posted December 17, 2024 A couple of more great performances I was able to experience Randy Newman at, of all places, The Cincinnati Zoo in 1986 or 87. We were visiting my ex's sister/nephew and decided to visit the zoo with her nephew while her sister was at work. Someone at the zoo said Randy Newman was going to be at a pavilion in the zoo giving a free concert. Her nephew had never heard of Randy Newman before and I wanted to see him so we went to the pavilion just as he was coming up to his piano on stage. There were only about 5 people there so we sat right up front. At that time he only had one real hit, Short People and that was the only song of his that I knew the words to. He impressed me so much that I bought several of his albums after the concert and more throughout the years. Pink Floyd at Tampa Stadium (the old one) in 1976 or 77. The Animals (album) tour. Usually a terrible place for a concert but I had a good seat and the music was very good and crystal clear. The visual effects were pretty awesome. REO Speedwagon in 2010 or 11 at Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays MLB) enclosed stadium, or at least it used to be before the last hurricane. The Rays used to have concerts after the game about 3 or 4 times a year. My gal won tickets with "special" seating for both the game and the concert. Seats for the game were so-so but the seat for the concert were center, 2 rows back from the stage. They didn't play too loud, played all of their hits and were interactive with the audience directly in front of them. I really think that one's musical experience depends somewhat on the venue of the performance. Enclosed and/or open bowl type sports arenas are usually terrible places for a concert for some reason. Back in the day, they were about the only place that could hold a large audience. There is two places in my area now that are designed with music in mind. Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater and Tampa Ampitheater (now has some sponsor's name) in Tampa. I've seen several bands play way too loud for the venue also, especially in Ruth Eckerd Hall which completely ruins the experience. 1 Quote
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 I saw Los Lobos at an unusual venue. They were getting bigger nationally and were the music act the following weekend on Saturday Night Live. They played at a place called the Ping Pong Palace. It was a place where you rented ping pong tables by the hour. Each table had dividers around them giving a smaller or larger area to play in. The larger area cost more to rent. Occasionally on the weekend they'd have local bands play. But that one time was Los Lobos. They are fabulous musicians. Great show. 3 Quote
Jasper Agate Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 1 hour ago, Smokin Gator SASS #29736 said: I saw Los Lobos at an unusual venue. They were getting bigger nationally and were the music act the following weekend on Saturday Night Live. They played at a place called the Ping Pong Palace. It was a place where you rented ping pong tables by the hour. Each table had dividers around them giving a smaller or larger area to play in. The larger area cost more to rent. Occasionally on the weekend they'd have local bands play. But that one time was Los Lobos. They are fabulous musicians. Great show. Gator, The first time I saw them was at a little place called the Belly Up down real close to San Diego. It was a quonset hut left from WW2 that held less than 100 people. I was shooting a long range gong match at the range in Pala. My shooting partner who lived down there had a girl friend and she kind of surprised me with a ticket to join them. The opening group was a thirty piece mariachi band and they were great. Los Lobos was awesome as well!! Jasper Quote
Calamity Kris Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 Uno reminded me of a couple of outstanding concerts we attended. Unfortunately, we saw both of these artists shortly before they passed. Ray Charles at the Hollywood bowl. Absolutely wonderful show. B.B. King at the Pacific Ampitheater. His connection with the audience was unbelievable. 2 Quote
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 Kings Island is an amusement park in southwest Ohio. In the 70s and 80s they’d hold “Grad Nights” for local high school seniors. Part of the entertainment included in the ticket were free concerts in a 500 seat amphitheater inside the park. The bands were secondary to the rides and the venue was never full, but my buddies and I heard this group of unknown pop/rockers that played FIVE encores. The crowd wouldn’t let them leave the stage! That was my introduction to Huey Lewis and the News. Been loving them ever since. 2 Quote
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 (edited) 12 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Floyd Cramer was the genius behind the "Slip-Note" style of piano playing. A style you have heard thousands of times without realizing it. If I had a dime for every time my mom played Floyd Cramer on the hi-fi…. Mr Cramer, Boots Randolph, and Chet Atkins were my parents’ big three. They’d drop the needle, get googly eyed at each other, and go to bed early. Edited December 17, 2024 by Charlie Harley, #14153 2 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 17, 2024 Author Posted December 17, 2024 4 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: Kings Island is an amusement park in southwest Ohio. In the 70s and 80s they’d hold “Grad Nights” for local high school seniors. Part of the entertainment included in the ticket were free concerts in a 500 seat amphitheater inside the park. The bands were secondary to the rides and the venue was never full, but my buddies and I heard this group of unknown pop/rockers that played FIVE encores. The crowd wouldn’t let them leave the stage! That was my introduction to Huey Lewis and the News. Been loving them ever since. Huey Lewis and the News is one band that I regret never seeing although the opportunities were there. It is very sad that Huey can't perform due to the disease that made him painfully deaf. Sports is one of the best albums, all of sides A and B, that was ever made. 1 1 Quote
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 (edited) Best, in no particular order: Arlo Guthrie, Martina McBride, and Turnpike Troubadours. Worst, opening act for one of the Turnpike Troubadours shows. John Michael Montgomery acted like he really didn’t want to be there. Edited December 17, 2024 by Pulp, SASS#28319 Quote
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 7 hours ago, Calamity Kris said: Uno reminded me of a couple of outstanding concerts we attended. Unfortunately, we saw both of these artists shortly before they passed. Ray Charles at the Hollywood bowl. Absolutely wonderful show. B.B. King at the Pacific Ampitheater. His connection with the audience was unbelievable. I saw Ray in West Berlin in 1970. Still remember it. Quote
Dapper Dave Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 (edited) I have been to very few concerts in my life, but the worst was the Moody Blues 45th anniversary tour. Cheap effects and the guitarist kept motioning to the crowd to applaud louder, like he deserved better. On the other hand, when the drummer got up to sing Knights in White Satin, he said, "When I started this, my hair was brown, my teeth were white and this, *making the 'V' peace sign*, stood for peace. Now my teeth are brown, my hair is white and this stands for Viagra, but it's still sex, drugs and rock and roll!" Best was just a few weeks ago - Trans Siberian Orchestra. I was stunned. Most of my pictures came out terrible. These are the best. The effects were wild and all over the place, the music was incredible, and after 2.5 hours I wanted more. Edited December 18, 2024 by Dapper Dave 2 Quote
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