Lost opportunity, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band in 1978, don't remember the date or venue. I mailed away for tickets but had to give them away. . .
Coolest shows for being close to performers, Bob Weir, Bobby and the Midnights in a tiny club. So small I had to change seats with my buddy because I was too tall and kept getting in the way of the guitar when he turned on stage. Greg Allman showed up at a firehouse for our local blues club. He wanted to jam with the band we hired for that night. They wheeled his organ in and the whole place went nuts. There were maybe 60 of us. What a night. Then there was Hot Tuna on a booze cruise in Boston Harbor. Sat cross legged on the floor about 10 feet from Jack Cassidy, that was the best night.
I've seen Frank Zappa several times, best was a local college gym, they just jammed for a couple hours. BB King at least 14 times. Almost 100 Grateful Dead shows over the years. David Bowie, The Who, Pink Floyd Animals tour, The Band. Was into punk for bit too so the NY/NJ scene for that was lively to say the least. Big band stuff too. Glenn Miller Band's most recent incarnation, Count Basie and orchestra.
I love live music. . . I'll stop here!
I still like to go to shows but the you know what has kept me in the last year or so. . .
Coolest shows for being close to performers, Bob Weir, Bobby and the Midnights in a tiny club. So small I had to change seats with my buddy because I was too tall and kept getting in the way of the guitar when he turned on stage. Greg Allman showed up at a firehouse for our local blues club. He wanted to jam with the band we hired for that night. They wheeled his organ in and the whole place went nuts. There were maybe 60 of us. What a night. Then there was Hot Tuna on a booze cruise in Boston Harbor. Sat cross legged on the floor about 10 feet from Jack Cassidy, that was the best night.
I've seen Frank Zappa several times, best was a local college gym, they just jammed for a couple hours. BB King at least 14 times. Almost 100 Grateful Dead shows over the years. David Bowie, The Who, Pink Floyd Animals tour, The Band. Was into punk for bit too so the NY/NJ scene for that was lively to say the least. Big band stuff too. Glenn Miller Band's most recent incarnation, Count Basie and orchestra.
I love live music. . . I'll stop here!
I still like to go to shows but the you know what has kept me in the last year or so. . .
Great gigs were the „Golden Sommernight Festivals" in the 70ties and 80ies. I remember (at least part of) a terrific day at the Loreley in 1977 with a line up of Country Joe McDonald, Stanley Clarke (standing in for the Small Faces), Uriah Heep, The Doobies, Ted Nugent and Aerosmith. I will never lose the picture of „Skunk" Baxter playing the whole Doobie set sitting on a bar stool in the back ...
1. Uriah Heep (my first concert- April 8, 1973 at Dane County Coliseum)
2. America (15 times) very professional performers
3. B.B. King
4. Santana (without Gregg Rollie)
5. Steven Stills
6. Don McLean
7. Pink Floyd (twice)
8. The Tubes
9. Frank Zappa (absolutely awful)
10. Ringo Starr and the All Star Band (twice)
11. The Rolling Stones
12. Queen
13. Kansas
14. Supertramp (three times)
15. Credence Clearwater Revisited
16. John Fogerty
17. John (Cougar) Mellencamp
18. Lou Reed
19. Def Leppard (twice)
20. Harry Chapin
21. Johnny Lang (three times)
22. John Entwhistle and Ox
23. The Eagles
24. Aerosmith
25. The Bee Gees (before they went disco)
26. The Moody Blues
27. The Allman Brothers Band
28. Greg Allman
29. Pure Prairie League
30. Ozark Mountain Daredevils
31. Elvin Bishop
32. Ten Years After
33. Fleetwood Mac (three times)
34. Jethro Tull
35. Muddy Waters
36. Genesis
37. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (with a 60 piece orchestra – fantastic)
38. Climax Blues Band
39. Journey (twice)
40. Bachman Turner Overdrive (hard driving Rock’n’Roll)
41. Gary Wright
42. Blue Oyster Cult (twice-the original heavy metal band)
43. Chaka Khan
44. Peter Frampton (yes- with the Talkbox)
45. Dave Mason (has the best cover of All Along the Watchtower)
46. Gregg Rollie band (founding member of Santana and Journey)
47. Lynyrd Skynyrd (twice-nine months before the plane crash and 20+ years after)
48. Steve Miller Band
49. Bobby Vee (The Night Has a Thousand Eyes)
50. Tommy Roe (Dizzy, Shelia, et all)
51. Black Oak Arkansas
52. Head East
53. Johnny Rivers (this guy is awesome!)
54. Montgomery Rush (anyone know who this is?)
55. Doug Kershaw (fiddler with two missing front teeth)
56. Lone Star (what ever happened to them?)
57. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (Bluegrass genre originator-great performance)
58. Carl Perkins (& sons) He wrote many early Beatles hits; exemplary concert performance
59. Kris Kristofferson
60. The Association (wretched; I walked away from this one at Summerfest)
61. Ted Nugent (waaaaaaaaaaay back, in his long hair days before he went political)
62. The Doobie Brothers (they were good before Michael McDonald hijacked the band)
63. Charlie Daniels (twice)
64. REO Speedwagon (twice)
65. Paul Revere and the Raiders (without Mark Lindsey)
66. Edgar and Johnny Winter (together)
67. Manfred Mann (very good concert)
68. The Band (yes, that Band)
69. The Jan Hammer Band
70. Rick Derringer
71. Nils Lofgren (at Summerfest, I think) and May 11, 2019
72. Weird Al Yankovic (at least four times)
73. Huey Lewis and the News
74. Charlie Parr
I wish that I would have seen America at Summerfest Milwaukee in the Summer of 1977, several months after Dan Peek left the group.
2. America (15 times) very professional performers
3. B.B. King
4. Santana (without Gregg Rollie)
5. Steven Stills
6. Don McLean
7. Pink Floyd (twice)
8. The Tubes
9. Frank Zappa (absolutely awful)
10. Ringo Starr and the All Star Band (twice)
11. The Rolling Stones
12. Queen
13. Kansas
14. Supertramp (three times)
15. Credence Clearwater Revisited
16. John Fogerty
17. John (Cougar) Mellencamp
18. Lou Reed
19. Def Leppard (twice)
20. Harry Chapin
21. Johnny Lang (three times)
22. John Entwhistle and Ox
23. The Eagles
24. Aerosmith
25. The Bee Gees (before they went disco)
26. The Moody Blues
27. The Allman Brothers Band
28. Greg Allman
29. Pure Prairie League
30. Ozark Mountain Daredevils
31. Elvin Bishop
32. Ten Years After
33. Fleetwood Mac (three times)
34. Jethro Tull
35. Muddy Waters
36. Genesis
37. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (with a 60 piece orchestra – fantastic)
38. Climax Blues Band
39. Journey (twice)
40. Bachman Turner Overdrive (hard driving Rock’n’Roll)
41. Gary Wright
42. Blue Oyster Cult (twice-the original heavy metal band)
43. Chaka Khan
44. Peter Frampton (yes- with the Talkbox)
45. Dave Mason (has the best cover of All Along the Watchtower)
46. Gregg Rollie band (founding member of Santana and Journey)
47. Lynyrd Skynyrd (twice-nine months before the plane crash and 20+ years after)
48. Steve Miller Band
49. Bobby Vee (The Night Has a Thousand Eyes)
50. Tommy Roe (Dizzy, Shelia, et all)
51. Black Oak Arkansas
52. Head East
53. Johnny Rivers (this guy is awesome!)
54. Montgomery Rush (anyone know who this is?)
55. Doug Kershaw (fiddler with two missing front teeth)
56. Lone Star (what ever happened to them?)
57. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (Bluegrass genre originator-great performance)
58. Carl Perkins (& sons) He wrote many early Beatles hits; exemplary concert performance
59. Kris Kristofferson
60. The Association (wretched; I walked away from this one at Summerfest)
61. Ted Nugent (waaaaaaaaaaay back, in his long hair days before he went political)
62. The Doobie Brothers (they were good before Michael McDonald hijacked the band)
63. Charlie Daniels (twice)
64. REO Speedwagon (twice)
65. Paul Revere and the Raiders (without Mark Lindsey)
66. Edgar and Johnny Winter (together)
67. Manfred Mann (very good concert)
68. The Band (yes, that Band)
69. The Jan Hammer Band
70. Rick Derringer
71. Nils Lofgren (at Summerfest, I think) and May 11, 2019
72. Weird Al Yankovic (at least four times)
73. Huey Lewis and the News
74. Charlie Parr
I wish that I would have seen America at Summerfest Milwaukee in the Summer of 1977, several months after Dan Peek left the group.
The ones I can remember:
Chilliwack - 1972 at high school
Deep Purple + ELO - 1975 in Vancouver
Paul McCartney & Wings - 1975 in Seattle with free tickets from a radio station contest
Maria Muldur - 1975 in Vancouver
Willie Dixon & The Chicago Allstars - 1975 in Vancouver
Jessie Colin Young - 1976 in Vancouver
Jeff Beck Group - 1976 in Vancouver at college
Ike and Tina Turner - 1976 in Vancouver at college
Charles Mingus - 1976 in Vancouver
Warren Haynes - 2016 in NJ
Buddy Guy - 2016 in NJ
Jeff Beck - 2016 in NJ
ZZ Top - 2016 in NJ
Foghat - 2016 in NJ
Southside Johnny - 2016 in NJ
Missed Led Zeppelin - 1975 in Vancouver - Boycotted over high ticket prices of $10 instead of the usual $5
Chilliwack - 1972 at high school
Deep Purple + ELO - 1975 in Vancouver
Paul McCartney & Wings - 1975 in Seattle with free tickets from a radio station contest
Maria Muldur - 1975 in Vancouver
Willie Dixon & The Chicago Allstars - 1975 in Vancouver
Jessie Colin Young - 1976 in Vancouver
Jeff Beck Group - 1976 in Vancouver at college
Ike and Tina Turner - 1976 in Vancouver at college
Charles Mingus - 1976 in Vancouver
Warren Haynes - 2016 in NJ
Buddy Guy - 2016 in NJ
Jeff Beck - 2016 in NJ
ZZ Top - 2016 in NJ
Foghat - 2016 in NJ
Southside Johnny - 2016 in NJ
Missed Led Zeppelin - 1975 in Vancouver - Boycotted over high ticket prices of $10 instead of the usual $5
Pearl Jam Hard Rock Calling-Hyde Park Righteous copacetic gig with Under pressure cover along with the slide guita of Ben Harper band
Black Star, Anathema, et Al (ex Carcass) - CUSU £4 on the door excellent!
Nick Oliveri, Mondogenerator, Mark Lanegan, Matt Cameron, 3 bands only 6 people...Bar academy Birmingham sides. Most beaudacious.
Roxette, NIA, at their height. Best SQ I have ever heard.
Bryan May, not long after Freddies Death, NIA.
Absolute trash sound.
Reef, glow tour, Leicester SU, excellent.
Megadeth Wilfrun, dire, absolute rubbish sound. The support act got amazing sound, for the Wolfrun, heaven knows how Megadeth got it so bad.
Black Star, Anathema, et Al (ex Carcass) - CUSU £4 on the door excellent!
Nick Oliveri, Mondogenerator, Mark Lanegan, Matt Cameron, 3 bands only 6 people...Bar academy Birmingham sides. Most beaudacious.
Roxette, NIA, at their height. Best SQ I have ever heard.
Bryan May, not long after Freddies Death, NIA.
Absolute trash sound.
Reef, glow tour, Leicester SU, excellent.
Megadeth Wilfrun, dire, absolute rubbish sound. The support act got amazing sound, for the Wolfrun, heaven knows how Megadeth got it so bad.