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Memorable Concerts
What are some memorable concerts that folks here have attended?
One for me was Bruce Springsteen at the Masonic Temple in Detroit in 1979. I was in high school, and it was shortly after Darkness on the Edge of Town was released. Bruce electrified everyone, and we all went home exhausted and exhilerated.
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I've been lucky enough to see some good ones, but the best will always be Elvis in the 60s. He was slim, all in black leather, and really connected with the audience. If I think of him now, it's of that beautiful, kind of crooked smile and seeing him enjoying himself so much.
For pure crowd excitement, the outdoor Neal Diamond concert in CA when they were recording the Hot August Night album would be hard to beat.
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I saw many great ones at Capitol Centre in MD when I lived in the DC area.
The best of the best was a Rolling Stones concert....I forget the year but I still have the ticket somewhere, probably a collector's item now....the price, IIRC, was something like $7.50, LOLOLOL! Anyway, I got an especially great seat because I happened to know somebody, who knew somebody who knew somebody...you know how that goes. Anyway, I was like in the 7th row. It was awesome. My ears were blocked for the whole next day, all muffled. That is the only concert I went to where that happened.
I've seen Elton John a few times, Fleetwood Mac a few times, Jackson Browne, Sonny & Cher (yeh that was in the dark ages), and a ton of others I forget right now. Fleetwood Mac was my favorite as I was a HUGE fan of theirs, especially Stevie Nicks. Beautiful gypsy woman....there's never been anyone quite like her.
I saw the Beach Boys at a 4th of July concert at the mall in Washington, DC....that was fabulous!
Ah, memories.
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SS, I would love to see the Rolling Stones, even now. I love their energy and music both.
Not a concert, but I will never forget seeing 'The Ike and Tina Turner Review' in Vegas, it must have been the early 70s. Talk about energy and great music, the audience got tired just watching! I have never seen a performer like Tina, before or since.
I was always a Fleetwood Mac fan too, also the Eagles but never saw either one live. I don't know if you like country music, but I used to go to Pittsburgh once a year to see George Jones. His songs are so sad they make you feel better  Cheaper and much more fun than going to a psychiatrist. 
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Stevie Nicks.
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| hisss wrote: | SS, I would love to see the Rolling Stones, even now. I love their energy and music both.
Not a concert, but I will never forget seeing 'The Ike and Tina Turner Review' in Vegas, it must have been the early 70s. Talk about energy and great music, the audience got tired just watching! I have never seen a performer like Tina, before or since.
I was always a Fleetwood Mac fan too, also the Eagles but never saw either one live. I don't know if you like country music, but I used to go to Pittsburgh once a year to see George Jones. His songs are so sad they make you feel better Cheaper and much more fun than going to a psychiatrist. |
Hisss, we are a lot of like. I LOVE the Stones. That was a concert I will never forget. Oh and Tina Turner.....I so agree.
I LOVE country music also! My tastes are a bit eclectic!
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Great picture of Stevie!
I like most music in general, the CD in my car to get me ready for work is Pavrotti. On the other end of the spectrum, the last time my son was here he introduced me to 'Kid Rock' and what can I say 
If you put me on a deserted island I would insist on music and a cat. 
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This is a little O/T, well maybe not because it relates to country music.....but did anyone see "Walk the Line" about Johnny Cash? My son and I just rented this from Netflix and watched it a couple of weeks ago. OMG I BAWLED LIKE A BABY IN THE END!!!
See I remember Johnny Cash REAL well "back in the day". For some reason I never realized he and June weren't just always married. But I saw both of them so much years and years later......and their love for each other was SO unique and memorable in the "celebrity" world. I remember seeing them both on LKL, and then him alone after her death. What a love story they had! What a wonderful movie that was.......I have been on some websites since then about their life together, and especially tributes to June Carter Cash. I don't think we will ever see two people like them again, not in long, long, long time. VERY special, those two.
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| SavannahStar wrote: | This is a little O/T, well maybe not because it relates to country music.....but did anyone see "Walk the Line" about Johnny Cash? My son and I just rented this from Netflix and watched it a couple of weeks ago. OMG I BAWLED LIKE A BABY IN THE END!!!
See I remember Johnny Cash REAL well "back in the day". For some reason I never realized he and June weren't just always married. But I saw both of them so much years and years later......and their love for each other was SO unique and memorable in the "celebrity" world. I remember seeing them both on LKL, and then him alone after her death. What a love story they had! What a wonderful movie that was.......I have been on some websites since then about their life together, and especially tributes to June Carter Cash. I don't think we will ever see two people like them again, not in long, long, long time. VERY special, those two. |
SS, one of our local stations here televised live the funeral of June Carter Cash. I stopped everything I was doing and watched it...i mean, I was "there." It was one of the most powerful memorials I have ever seen. I think the high point of the music for me was the duet sung by Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow.
June's obituary here in the local paper had a line I would steal for mine. It said...in lieu of donations, please send flowers. She loved flowers.
Seeing Johnny Cash there saying goodbye to his beloved wife...oh gosh, that just dissolved me. He was simply a broken man. I remember thinking that day...it will not be long before Johnny joins June. And it wasn't.
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| MJTenn wrote: | | SavannahStar wrote: | This is a little O/T, well maybe not because it relates to country music.....but did anyone see "Walk the Line" about Johnny Cash? My son and I just rented this from Netflix and watched it a couple of weeks ago. OMG I BAWLED LIKE A BABY IN THE END!!!
See I remember Johnny Cash REAL well "back in the day". For some reason I never realized he and June weren't just always married. But I saw both of them so much years and years later......and their love for each other was SO unique and memorable in the "celebrity" world. I remember seeing them both on LKL, and then him alone after her death. What a love story they had! What a wonderful movie that was.......I have been on some websites since then about their life together, and especially tributes to June Carter Cash. I don't think we will ever see two people like them again, not in long, long, long time. VERY special, those two. |
SS, one of our local stations here televised live the funeral of June Carter Cash. I stopped everything I was doing and watched it...i mean, I was "there." It was one of the most powerful memorials I have ever seen. I think the high point of the music for me was the duet sung by Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow.
June's obituary here in the local paper had a line I would steal for mine. It said...in lieu of donations, please send flowers. She loved flowers.
Seeing Johnny Cash there saying goodbye to his beloved wife...oh gosh, that just dissolved me. He was simply a broken man. I remember thinking that day...it will not be long before Johnny joins June. And it wasn't. |
Oh gosh MJ, just reading your post gives me goosebumps.
You are SO SO SO lucky to have seen her funeral!!!!!! Great anecdote about the flowers! Yes, she did love flowers!
I am still so in tears thinking of that movie.....and I can HEAR them singing "Jackson" in my mind.......... 
I just get so touched over their love story. It's one of a kind.
Check out this site, MJ: http://www.johnnycash.com/june/tribute.html
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| hisss wrote: | I've been lucky enough to see some good ones, but the best will always be Elvis in the 60s. He was slim, all in black leather, and really connected with the audience. If I think of him now, it's of that beautiful, kind of crooked smile and seeing him enjoying himself so much.
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Wow hiss, seeing Elvis must have been unforgettable. My mom and I have shared some great conversations on the phone about Taylor Hicks (who she spotted and loved early on, in American Idol). When AI did Elvis night, my mom and I talked about that and for the first time I kind of started exploring his music. Now, I've rented from netflix three dvd's called Elvis' Greatest Performances, and some others. He was so remarkable. I'm going to rent the Elvis in Hawaii, to get a full performance.
Also, I recently bought Hot August Night (remastered on cd) since it was one of my favorites growing up. I think it was you who mentioned it to me a while back. What a remarkable performance. It must have been incredible seeing it live.
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| SavannahStar wrote: | I saw many great ones at Capitol Centre in MD when I lived in the DC area.
The best of the best was a Rolling Stones concert....I forget the year but I still have the ticket somewhere, probably a collector's item now....the price, IIRC, was something like $7.50, LOLOLOL! Anyway, I got an especially great seat because I happened to know somebody, who knew somebody who knew somebody...you know how that goes. Anyway, I was like in the 7th row. It was awesome. My ears were blocked for the whole next day, all muffled. That is the only concert I went to where that happened.
I've seen Elton John a few times, Fleetwood Mac a few times, Jackson Browne, Sonny & Cher (yeh that was in the dark ages), and a ton of others I forget right now. Fleetwood Mac was my favorite as I was a HUGE fan of theirs, especially Stevie Nicks. Beautiful gypsy woman....there's never been anyone quite like her.
I saw the Beach Boys at a 4th of July concert at the mall in Washington, DC....that was fabulous!
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Wow, wow wow, Savannah Star. The Rolling Stones at the Capital Center. My family lived in Maryland in the early and mid-70's, and I saw them at the Cap Center in '75, when I was fourteen. Unbelievable. The tickets went on sale during a school day so I called my mom and she went and stood in line at the Cap Center for three hours in the cold and rain. She caught a cold and to this day I remind her on Mothers Day that it was one of the coolest things she ever did for me. We had the worst seats in the house. My friend Larry and I were so into the Stones and it was just electrifying. Our parents swapped driving, one set took us there and another set picked us up. The opening act was a gospel group called The Mighty Clouds of Joy. The concert started with a tape of Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland. The rest of the concert is kind of a blur but I just remember that it was an amazing show. I do remember that during the song Starfucker a huge inflatable penis came out of the stage. Oh, and Billie Preston (RIP) was with the Stones playing organ, and he had a humongous 'fro. And, Keith is like the greatest rhythm guitarist, the licks just kept coming. And, Mick was electrifying prancing around and getting the audience into it. Whew, what an amazing concert.
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Wow, wow wow, Savannah Star. The Rolling Stones at the Capital Center. My family lived in Maryland in the early and mid-70's, and I saw them at the Cap Center in '75, when I was fourteen. Unbelievable. The tickets went on sale during a school day so I called my mom and she went and stood in line at the Cap Center for three hours in the cold and rain. She caught a cold and to this day I remind her on Mothers Day that it was one of the coolest things she ever did for me. We had the worst seats in the house. My friend Larry and I were so into the Stones and it was just electrifying. Our parents swapped driving, one set took us there and another set picked us up. The opening act was a gospel group called The Mighty Clouds of Joy. The concert started with a tape of Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland. The rest of the concert is kind of a blur but I just remember that it was an amazing show. I do remember that during the song Starfucker a huge inflatable penis came out of the stage. Oh, and Billie Preston (RIP) was with the Stones playing organ, and he had a humongous 'fro. And, Keith is like the greatest rhythm guitarist, the licks just kept coming. And, Mick was electrifying prancing around and getting the audience into it. Whew, what an amazing concert. |
Pax, I would not be surprised at ALL to find out we were at the same concert (I was older than 14 though...shhhhhhhh!!!  ). I will have to look for that ticket!!! I'll let you know! I remember the last few times I happened to look at it I laughed my ass off, thinking especially how expensive concert tickets are now!
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I've saved all my concert tickets. I'll have to dig that one up and let you know exact date. Yes, prices are quite different now. One of these days I'll get a scanner and show you the ticket (lol, I've been saying that for two years now).
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I think my ticket is with a bunch of stuff I have stored at work, so I'll check when I go back on Wednesday. IIRC, the ticket is gold-colored, with black and red writing on it.
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I'll check too, SS.
I've got them all stored in a box, but now am heading out to a minor leaugue baseball game in Albuquerque.
Hope you have a great day.
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| SavannahStar wrote: | I think my ticket is with a bunch of stuff I have stored at work, so I'll check when I go back on Wednesday. IIRC, the ticket is gold-colored, with black and red writing on it.
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I have an old scrapbook someplace that I kept sticking tickets and things into. I think some of the prices now are a shame, I imagine it keeps some people from going. We still have a lot of free things here, twice a year is the Bluegrass Festival, there are camping spots and it's a good time weekend. It's not that far to Nashville, either, and it's fun to go there.
We also have the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, it's a great place to visit and stir up memories.
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Let's see. My favorite concerts of all time...
You mean other than 43 Grateful Dead shows? Okay, in no particular order, the Mothers Of Invention at Smith College (an all women's school) in 1972; Jethro Tull at Boston Garden also in 1972; the Kinks in Rochester, NY in (or about) 1978; Pink Floyd (without Roger Waters) at Legion Field in Birmingham circa 1992; Gil Scott-Heron with opening act Max Romeo and the Upsetters at Cornell University's Bailey Hall in 1977 or 1978; Weather Report at a 300 seat jazz club in Ithaca, NY circa 1977 or 1978; Mahavishnu Orchestra at Ithaca College in 1974; Sun Ra and his Intergallactic Arkestra at City Stages in Birmingham, AL circa 1989; Stevie Ray Vaughn opening for Jeff Beck at (approx. 5,000 seat) Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL circa 1991; the Neville Brothers every time I've ever seen them (which is now up to about a dozen performances) but with a special nod to New Year's Eve 1987-1988 at the Oakland Colliseum when they were the opening act for the Grateful Dead.
Oh, did I mention the Grateful Dead? My favorite Dead shows (in no particular order): March 31, 1973, Rochester, NY with opening act the New Riders of the Purple Sage - my first Dead show ever; May 8, 1977, Barton Hall, Cornell University - maybe the most magic show I ever attended; November 6, 1977, Binghamton, NY - maybe the best single performance I ever saw from Jerry Garcia; April something, 1983, Binghamton, NY - Deadhead history was made that night; and, last but not least least, July something, 1973, Watkins Glen, NY - more people came to Watkins Glen than Woodstock (crowd estimated at 600,000). The Dead opened the show at noon on a Saturday. Exactly four hours later, they were done. After a change of equipment, the Band took the stage and played for probably less than an hour when they were chased from the stage by a thunderstorm. After the rain was over, the band came back and BOOGIED!!! They flat out stole the show. After the Band's set was done, the Allman Brothers (post Duane, post Berry) came out and played a brilliant 3 hour set. Sometime after midnight, various members of all three bands came back out on stage and jammed till 3:30 a.m. It was an unforgetable day and night!
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Charlierat, thanks for sharing all those memorable moments.
Around 1989, I was at a benefit for the homeless at the Beacon Theater in New York City. Stevie Ray Vaughn was playing Little Wing (as you know, the beautiful Jimi Hendrix song). I asked my friend, where is the other guitarist? I thought Eric Clapton or someone else was playing backstage, and would soon join this guy, as it sounded like two guitars. My friend said, "um, I think it's just him" and it was. I'll never forget it.
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I saw Stevie Ray three times and was blown away all three times. The show with Jeff Beck was particularly memorable (because Jeff Beck was there). On this tour, he and Beck alternated between opening act and headliner. On the evening I saw them, it was Beck's turn to be the closer. And, of course, after Beck's set, Stevie Ray joined him on stage for a jamming encore ("I'm going down. Going down, down, down, down, down.")
I also remember an amazing episode of Austin City Limits when Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughn performed together. At one point, Stevie Ray sat down with a double neck acoustic guitar and started to play. Jimmy came up behind him and started to play the other neck. Then they swapped hands. Jimmy was picking the set of strings that Stevie Ray was fingering and Stevie Ray was picking away at the strings that Jimmy was fingering! It was unreal!
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"Got my head out the window, and both feet on the .... ground." I love that song. Who the heck sings on the original version of that song? Stevie Winwood? Don't think it's Rod Stewart. I think it's on Beckola. Man, you know what album I love ..... Wired. Damn. So smooth.
I've gotta see that Austin City Limits. Bet it's out on dvd.
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charlierat, you've had some wonderful experiences=great memories!
Hardly anyone ever mentions the Neville Bros. but I saw Aaron with Linda Rondstadt live in LA years ago. His voice is one of the few that makes me feel like I am full of tears.
Loved Grateful Dead but never got to see them. As a tribute, I have Cherry Garcia in my freezer right now.
I think the only bad concert I ever went to was when my SIL and I took our 13 year olds to a KISS concert in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. Not that the concert was bad, but the crowd got out of control and several of the smaller kids got hurt.
I always liked Queen when Freddy was alive and saw them 3 times. I think I would go now to see almost anyone, they always give it their best when they're live.
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If you haven't seen them live, give you ears, eyes and soul a treat and get the DVD!
Eagles Farewell l Live from Melbourne (2005)
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Yes, Eagles live are great. I wonder if there are any dvd's of them live back in their glory years?
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Savannah Star, I found my ticket.
Rolling Stones July 1, 1975, Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, Section 224, Row K, Seat 7. Among the worst seats in the house, among the best concerts I've ever seen.
Also found tickets for December 10, 1989 at the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit and October 30, 1997 in Albuquerque. Also saw them in Tampa with my sister around 1990 but didn't save that ticket.
In 1976 I wrote an article for my high school newspaper, a review of the album Black and Blue. The headline for the article is "Stones Still Rolling After All These Years." Ha ha, here it is 30 years later and they are still rolling.
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