Concerts you've been to...

[lspencer534]

I didn't want to hijack Jeff79's thread about Van Halen on Kimmel, so I'm starting my own. I'm older than a lot of you, so my concert-going is going to seem dated, but I had fun. Some of the people I've seen in person:

Iron Butterfly
Janis Joplin
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez together (A long and boring concert)
Chicago
Jefferson Airplane
Neil Diamond (for the recording of his Album "Hot August Nights in L.A.)
Elvis Presley
Shirley Jones
The Monkees
Herman's Hermits
Santana
Canned Heat
Grateful Dead
Sly & the Family Stone
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Jimi Hendrix
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Byrds

I still have the tickets for almost all of these.

Yours?

[LATB]

Very nice list Lawrence.

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

I didn't want to hijack Jeff79's thread about Van Halen on Kimmel, so I'm starting my own. I'm older than a lot of you, so my concert-going is going to seem dated, but I had fun. Some of the people I've seen in person:


Neil Diamond (for the recording of his Album "Hot August Nights in L.A.)

Seriously? You went to that concert where that album was recorded?
That is a great album....
Hot August Night.

He's actually playing in Buffalo tonight.

Oh, and it wasn't my thread, so you should have hijacked it.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Not in chronological order
Zappa
Humble Pie
Black Sabbath
Eagles
Elton John
Al Stewart
Renaissance
Neil Diamond
Moody Blues
Uriah Heep

At least those are the ones I remember. Last one was at least 30 years ago

[Jeff '79]

I can't remember

[StaticCling]

Donovan with my parents, when I was little. Don't remember much, they probably don't either. Well, my mom is dead, so I am sure she is enjoying other things right now...

Primus '92 (Les Claypool rules)
Nirvana '93
Uriah Heep/Nazareth/Blue Oyster Cult (great show)
Couple of Lollapalooza's. It was what kids in the 90's did.
Rush, Vapor Trails (Awesome)
Queensryche (Awesome, outside of the political drivel)

Last one was Weezer. My friend plays in Avril's band and knows those fellas, VIP tickets, it was an AWESOME show.

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by Jeff '79

Seriously? You went to that concert where that album was recorded?
That is a great album....
Hot August Night.

He's actually playing in Buffalo tonight.

It was in 1977 as I recall at the Greek Theater in L.A. When the concert began, a row of violinists in tuxes marched in and took their seats in the orchestra. Then the curtain opened to a band with two drummers, and Neil Diamond walked out. There is no live footage to my knowledge (except bootleg), but skip to 4:56 in this video to get the impact and volume of it:

I Am I Said/Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond - YouTube

[StaticCling]

Originally Posted by 99 pewtercoupe

Not in chronological order
Zappa
Humble Pie
Moody Blues

WOW. Lucky. Humble Pie with Steve Marriot?

[Bill]

I saw the Indigo Girls in Houston and Elton John in St. Louis (under the Arch).






Edit: I also saw Yanni at McFarland Auditorium in Dallas.






also saw Rush, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Moody Blues, David Bowie, Crosby Stills & Nash, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Dio, Yes, and others I'm probably forgetting about.

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

It was in 1977 as I recall at the Greek Theater in L.A. When the concert began, a row of violinists in tuxes marched in and took their seats in the orchestra. Then the curtain opened to a band with two drummers, and Neil Diamond walked out. There is no live footage to my knowledge (except bootleg), but skip to 4:56 in this video to get the impact and volume of it:

I Am I Said/Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond - YouTube

My father rocked out to that as soon as it was released. It's a classic...
Yep, the louder, the better.

It was in his cassette deck the other day when I borrowed his Suburban.
Ya, I had it cranked....

[Black94lt1]

Wow, too many to remember (we go to about 10/year) but here's a start:

AC/DC
Whitesnake
Tim McGraw/Faith Hill
Martina McBribe
Jason Aldean
Thompson Square
Jimmy Buffett
Kid Rock
Bob Seger
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Little Big Town

[8Up]

Again, in no particular order:
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
The Beach Boys
Kiss
Billy Joel
Jose Faleciano


Pretty impressive, I know.

Oh yeah. I forgot. A Pink Floyd concert I went to. Imagine that. It was the Division Bell tour.

[Grey Ghost]

Not in order, but -

Elvis
Stones
Pink Floyd
Waylon
Hank Jr.
Bob Seegar
Carl Perkins
Merle Haggard
Chubby Checker
Jerry Lee Lewis
Georgia Satellites
Don Williams
Beach Boys - '80s version
Alan Jackson
Travis Tritt
George Jones
David Alan Coe
The Crickets - original Buddy Holly band members.
Jason and the Scorchers

Maybe a few others I'm drawing a blank on.

[LATB]

My list:

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Ted Neugent
The Who
Yes
Allman Brothers
Rossington Collins Band
Little Feat
Robin Trower
AC/DC
Robert Palmer
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Marshall Tucker Band
Pink Floyd
Eric Clapton
Crack The Sky
Outlaws
Stevie Nicks
The Guess Who
Pat Travers
Van Halen
Charlie Daniels
Santana
King Crimson
Genesis
Asia
Loverboy
Ronnie James Dio
Jimmy Buffett
Jim Morris
Rolling Stones
Frank Zappa
Al Dimeolia
Peter White
Mindy Abair
Rick Braun
The New Barbarians
Kiss
Journey
Blonde
Pretenders
The Police
Devo
Pat Travers
J Giles
38 special
James Gang
Night Train
Blackfoot

And a few I forgot.
Many I saw more than once.
I have most of the ticket stubs.

[MrPeabody]

I was at Winterland when one side of Frampton Comes Alive was recorded. It was the side with Do You Feel Like We Do.

The Concert that most influenced my appreciation of music was Dave Brubeck at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford campus. Open air grassy slope that seats about 10,000. That show opened up the world of Jazz to me. I also saw Count Basie in the early 80s, around the same time as Brubeck. Sammy Davis Jr was singing with the Basie band. That was at Caeser's Palace at Lake Tahoe.

Concerts I had a chance to go to but chose not to (for some stupid reason I can't remember) - The Beatles at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in '64, The night Cream recorded Wheels of Fire at The Filmore, also in SF. I also passed on going to Altamont to see the Stones. I'm okay with missing that one.

I had a ticket to see The Monkees in San Jose, but one of them got ill and the show was cancelled. I don't have the ticket because I wanted my three bucks back. The opening act scheduled for that show, believe it or not was Jimi Hendrix.

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

I was at Winterland when one side of Frampton Comes Alive was recorded. It was the side with Do You Feel Like We Do.

The Concert that most influenced my appreciation of music was Dave Brubeck at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford campus. Open air grassy slope that seats about 10,000. That show opened up the world of Jazz to me. I also saw Count Basie in the early 80s, around the same time as Brubeck. Sammy Davis Jr was singing with the Basie band. That was at Caeser's Palace at Lake Tahoe.

Concerts I had a chance to go to but chose not to (for some stupid reason I can't remember) - The Beatles at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in '64, The night Cream recorded Wheels of Fire at The Filmore, also in SF. I also passed on going to Altamont to see the Stones. I'm okay with missing that one.

I had a ticket to see The Monkees in San Jose, but one of them got ill and the show was cancelled. I don't have the ticket because I wanted my three bucks back. The opening act scheduled for that show, believe it or not was Jimi Hendrix.

Dayum!

[nhlgopens]

Loverboy
Hooters
Kingdom Come
Scorpions
Def Leppard (x4)
Tesla
Journey
Joe Satriani (x2)
Dream Theater
Stryper
Phil Keaggy
Skillet
Styx
Triumph
Asia
The Outfield
Jefferson Airplane
Aerosmith
Great White

[Jeff '79]

Rush
Sabbath
Ozzy
The Who
The Stones
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Malmsteen
Dream Theater
Tool
Dio
ZZ Top
Triumph
Kim Mitchell
VH
The Black Crows
Metallica
Godsmack
Bon Jovi
Motley Crue
G&R
Def Leopard
Aerosmith
Kiss
The Clash
Journey
Forigner
Tom Petty
Steve Winwood
Fleetwood Mac
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
The Tubes
Rod Stewart
Sammy Hagar
Supertramp
Blue Oyster Cult
Boston
The Outlaws
Foghat
Molly Hatchet
Nazareth
April Wine
Ted Nugent
Steely Dan
38 Special
Eddie Money
Robin Trower
SRV
The Dead
The Cult
Tragically Hip
Styx
Reo
Autograph
David Lee Roth
Korn
Bad Company
Lady GaGa
Stone Temple Pilots
The Flaming Lips
The Buthole Surfers
Joan Jett

[LATB]

Nice list Jeff

[markids77]

The Dead
Elton John solo
David Bromberg solo
The Stones
The Boston Pops (a lot)
Muddy Waters
John Coltrane
Papa John Creech
BB King
Travis Tritt
Huey Lewis and the News (GF at the time was a fan)
SRV!!!!!!