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Most would have been way before my time, but lets keep it to the 20th century(or 21st).
1959- At the top of my chart would have to be Ornette Coleman playing at the Five Spot for the first time. Everyone in jazz showed up to watch. It would be amazing to share the room with the likes of Charles Mingus and John Coltrane.
1949- One of the two dates Miles Davis played with his Birth of the Cool nonet.
1961- John Coltrane at the Village Vanguard, and maybe one of his later shows, 1964-1966
The Dead, Englishtown, NJ, 9/3/77
At the peak of their powers.
Oh, if Id have to pick a dead show it would have to be 5/8/77 Barton Hall. Would have been one hell of a day-late birthday present.
You'd pick it because of your birthday or because of the show?
Englishtown was the high-water mark, in my opinion, but there were plenty of good shows.
This will show my age.
I used to go to the Fillmore from Jersey every other week for a long time in high school. Saw a lot of good stuff, half of which has been erased from the hard drive. One day a freind asked me if I wanted to see this southern rock band by the name of the Allman Bros., who just came out with a strange first album that was hard to listen to on acid. (I was a huge Hendrix fan). I skipped to the next week, when I think the speedy Santana band was playing. Missed one of the most famous concerts in history.
I'd pick it because its the one show(besides some NRPS/Dead shows from 1970 that I love) that I constantly come back to. It was one of my first Dead bootlegs, and its always been my favorite. Just would of added to the coolness having it close to my birthday.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
You'd pick it because of your birthday or because of the show?
Englishtown was the high-water mark, in my opinion, but there were plenty of good shows.
Another show I'd have to say is Hendrix's appearance at the Washington Hilton, March 10th 1968.
Richie Havens set at Woodstock would be up there too. Ive seen him many times over the years and he is the one performer that never ceases to amaze me. I got to talk to him after a show at the old Birchmere and it was one of the highpoints of my childhood.
In 1991 I missed out on seeing Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Also missed out on Lallapalooza that year.
The first Lolapalozza (sp?). I went to my cottage instead.
Sublime Play Nice in the Pit (Last Show) Petaluma, CA May 24th, 1996
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Blind Melon. Any fucking show.
Woodstock 1994: Henry Rollins rocks out during the hardest rainfall of the weekend. Something about seeing Hank in a torrential downpour added to the experience.Quote:
Originally posted by noodles
Blind Melon. Any fucking show.
Blind Melon came on next. The rain let up as they began playing "No Rain" (aka the Bee Girl song)
I missed seeing Johnny Cash in Telluride, one of the last dozen or so times he played for an audience. Shitty circumstances, and my friends all told me how amazing it was.
I've had tickets to Jimmy Buffet twice, I have never actually see him play.
One of the times we broke down on the way in the middle of the reservation and ended spending two days in Tuba City. If you have ever passed by you know what a treat this can be.
Second time, it was rained out in Phoenix by like monsoon type rains which preceeded to flood most of the over and underpasses, making for a very lost and shitty evening.
I also really always wanted to see the Police play live, love the live album I do have and just think it would have been a great show, lots of energy.
Caddy, you arent missing much at a Buffet show. Save your 40 bucks and just spend it on corona.
At this point I just want to go to prove I can actually arrive at the venue.
Remembered another one, not sure if you would really want to be in the audience.
Johnny Cash live from Folsom Prison.
I would also have liked to catch Morphine, March 7, 1994 at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit. Great live album. Lead singer died of a heart attack on stage five years later in Italy.
New album, The Night is acompelation of work finished by the band, need to pick that one up.
I'm blaring Zappa now, and I would definately put one of his shows at the top of my list. Buster I'm sure you've been to one of his shows, how was it?
Dinosaur Jr/My Bloody Valentine - Orlando 1993(?)
figured i'd see my bloody valentine when it was a bit more "convenient" for me. they broke up after the tour.
I saw Zappa about 25 times. The man rooled like no other. I saw him play in Milwaukee when I was 14 and again when I was 15. I had never heard, and still haven't heard, anyone play rock guitar like he did. Best wailing rock guitar ever, it just clicked for me, the maestro of the wah-wah. Oddly, there's only snippets on his albums that hint at how good he was. But his bands were so tight and well orchestrated and funny. I think it was 1971 when he was touting with the Florescent Leach and Eddie (the guys from the Turtles) that was really hysterical, dancing around with goofy masks on and singing about tits, plus blistering guitar, fantastic sax and keyboard work from Ian Underwood and really complex rhthyms and melodies.Quote:
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I'm blaring Zappa now, and I would definately put one of his shows at the top of my list. Buster I'm sure you've been to one of his shows, how was it?
So those two shows convinced me that bands like Led Zep, Black Sabbath, etc were kids stuff. FZ was funny, smart, a searing rock guitar player and had swiss watch musical talent marching bands. I went to shows in Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago andtime I could same a ride or hitchhike.
I saw the shows he played around Roxy and Elsewhere, including the one the album was made from. Ruth Underwood on vibes was mesmerizing. Another one I remembered was the show he played in Seattle that's on one of the "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore" albums where they had a big plastic penis that squirted juice out over the audience. Maybe he was taking lessons from Gwar. There was another one in Portland in the mid-70s when I almost got thrown out of the Paramount (now the Arlene Schnitzer Performance Hall) for making paper airplanes. Zappa came out and wagged his finger at me and bailed me out from the bouncer goons. I gave him a bunch of carrots.
I cried when FZ died, wore a black armband, the whole schtick. Sappy, yeah, but he helped me make a place for myself amid the sloppy imprecision of the twirly types in that time. So much more than just the music, but his music is still the best.
My mom would let me see Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Zappa, but Hendrix and Cream were no-nos. So I would have loved to see Hendrix or Cream play.
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damn that woulda been fine
Miles Davis anytime
Johnny Cash @ the opry ( the last one they let him do)
Marley - anywhere
Sublime - anywhere
Paul Westerburg (former Replacements lead) - Vogue '92
Are you gay?Quote:
Originally posted by noodles
Blind Melon. Any fucking show.
CCR in central park with my dad 30? years ago.
Dispatch. They have 1 more concert this summer but i can't and don't want to go over to the east coast.
are you asking me out?Quote:
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Are you gay?
Would've loved to see Jimi & Zep.
Rush on the CoS tour in TO!
Original Mahavishnu Orchestra w/Cobham & Hammer.
Floyd on the WYWH tour!
Scorps w/Uli!
Thin Lizzy w/Gary Moore
Cantdog's first three are excellent choices--his Hendrix one I'm not familiar with.
But I woulda loved to have seen Hendrix, even at one of his rougher shows (and I know there were many, comparatively speaking). Mind blowing guitar, could make it sound like 40 different instruments without using a single effect, and a musical mind on par with Miles. I'm not sure there will ever be another guitarist who can match what he did. The concert I've heard that I would most liked to have seen would probably be one of the Winterland or LA Forum shows. There's a NYC festival concert I've heard about that would have been very interesting to see, also.
Miles at the Plugged Nickel woulda been cool...so many to think about. The Philharmonic Hall concert (Miles) was one of the last with the Kind of Blue set list, and the guys in the band hated one another that night, which somehow made them play inspired music.
One of Thelonius's Five Spot shows?
I was supposed to see Miles play the summer he died, but he didn't stick around long enough for the show I would've gone to.
I had tickets to see Jaco Pastorius and an "all-star" band back in the mid-eighties. I made the show-he didn't. Apparently he was so drunk they wouldn't let him on his plane from NYC. A guy from a local semi-national act filled in for him. Tried to get a refund-no deal.
This will sound lame in comparison, but if we go with shows that "I coulda gone to, but didn't for some lame reason," the one that comes to mind is Oasis in Montreal in the early 90s. I'd just picked up Definitely, Maybe on a whim and was quite impressed, but for some reason, when they came to town to play in a tiny club in front of 500 or so patrons, I opted out. Still regret, if only for the "I saw them before they were big" bragging rights it would have granted me.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and if we go with any show in the last century, well, I'd have to think about it, but Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival comes to mind),
d.
Is it lame because you couldnt go, or lame because it was oasis? I'd go with the latter. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by gincognito
This will sound lame in comparison, but if we go with shows that "I coulda gone to, but didn't for some lame reason," the one that comes to mind is Oasis in Montreal in the early 90s. I'd just picked up Definitely, Maybe on a whim and was quite impressed, but for some reason, when they came to town to play in a tiny club in front of 500 or so patrons, I opted out. Still regret, if only for the "I saw them before they were big" bragging rights it would have granted me.
I wish I could have been at Radiohead's 1997 Glastonburry (is that how you spell it?) show. Everything that I have ever read or heard about this show says that it was unbelievable.
I had a chance (free tickets) to see Radiohead play the Gorge at George in mid June, 2001. I didn't go because it would have meant 26 hours of driving over a 3 day weekend. I kick myself almost daily for being such a pussy....
To be honest, I meant it both ways. Despite me no longer being ashamed of enjoying Oasis's music (first two albums first and foremost) I hesitated to bring them into a mix that included Hendix, Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaugh etc.Quote:
Originally posted by CantDog
Is it lame because you couldnt go, or lame because it was oasis? I'd go with the latter. ;)
Sick and ashamed and happy (and adeptly diffusing the dis),
d.
Marley, Hendrix, and Zepplin are the first three off the top of my head that I wish I coulda seen
I missed Led Zepplin at Tampa stadium in '77. Concert turned into a riot when, after leaving the crowd sitting in pouring rain for hours, the band decided to cancel. That was the last concert at Tampa stadium for many years. The friends I was supposed to go with got pretty banged up trying to get out. Would've made a great concert war story, anyhow.
I did get to see Page and Plant at Red Rocks a few years ago. Very cool show.
Yeah I saw Page and Plant with the Walking Into Clarksdale tour. It was pretty damn good, I wish they'd do some more work, I'd love to see them again.