I have seen some great ones...but Stevie Ray Vaughn, anytime I saw him was the best.....however seeing him play with Jeff Beck on his last tour was the most jaw dropping show I have ever seen and as I say...seen the best guitar slingers there are...hands down that was the best!:btu:

John Lee Hooker

I have seen hunderd's of concerts and the Ones that stand out are
Yes "79"
Almond Bros and Bonny Rate "80"
Rolling Stones "81"
The Tubes "81
Roxy music "82"
Honey Drippers "83"
Lalapalosea, Pearl Jam, Ice Cube, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ministry, Red Hot Chili Peppers "93"
Peter Gabriel "95"
Plant and Page "97"

KISS with Ted Nugent was incredible!

Just about the whole front row of girls were topless, PRICELESS!

Ozzy with Aerosmith, ya had to be there! Steve Tyler must have had 40 pairs of panties thrown at him.

Ahh, bring back all the "old" bands!

dead- foxboro 89 or 90'

Ann and Nancy Wilson.....Heart

5 times

WOOOOOOO BAAAAAARACOOOOOOOODA :D

Metallica

Big & Rich

dead- foxboro 89 or 90'

I was there, Was it 4th of july at Foxboro? with Dylan

Too many to remember,
But probably 1985 Live Aid

I forgot I saw Neil Young in 1990 and he was the Balls the best show ever he started rockn' and didn't stop for 3 hours

but one of my favorites was a jethro Tull concert...

everyone was getting real anxious and we're like, where the F__K is the band....???
little did we know...that the set up people had exchanged places with the band in those white technician coats...and suddenly they were doing stuff on stage to slowly get our attention.... and when they finally did....they whip off their tech clothes and the lights go out....and its just black.....and then they Hammered us bigtime...

but my favorite one was...when a group of us (25 people) go to see the rolling stones concert in the early seventies ok...but nobody knew that over 500 tickets had been counterfitted so 500 people with real tickets showed up wicked mad and started a riot outside because they were not allowed in.

as the concert starts a friend in our group had this spike horn deer antler pipe for smokin...and had gone down to the floor to see some chick....and this dude trys to steal it from him so he jabs him with it..and a fight breaks out bigtime...ok...well 50 cops rush in
then 500 people rush in starting the chant... "no no no...let him go" so a hundred cops rush in..and 1000 fans rush in... soon the whole place is screaming bloody murder LET HIM GO ,,,LET him GO...so loud it seemed as if the roof would cave in.... and finally the police decided to let him go...........
or all hell would have broke loose.... so everyones cheering...right

next on the big 50 x 50 screen comes an episode of "Dragnet" with joe friday and bill gannon...but as that big hammer came down striking the anvil it was perfect sweet poetic justice for the little guy....

anyways because of the riot outside....cars burning and lots of riot police on horses ect... the Stones had to play for an additional
45 minutes to keep everyone inside so they wouldnt add to the
mayhem outside the sports arena... so that made the concert seem to last forever.....:hihi:

I was there, Was it 4th of july at Foxboro? with Dylan


eedie brikail (SP?) opened up. i forget the dates.

great show. the front row was getting crushed so they had everyone take 2 steps back, one step forward and steps back... good times.

.......can't remember, but it was probably back in the '70's. too many distractions then :uhuh: :uhoh: used to go see the dead, the allman bros, the band, the marshall tucker band, new riders,JGB, frank zappa, commander cody........

Another good one...The Little River Band

smokin

eedie brikail (SP?) opened up. i forget the dates.

great show. the front row was getting crushed so they had everyone take 2 steps back, one step forward and steps back... good times.
i was there!........i think :buds:

Jimmy Page solo at the Worcester Centrum around 1988

1984.Aerosmith reunites with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford for the "Back in the Saddle" tour with Ted Nugent after his last great album Little Miss Dangerous.This was at the dumpy Providence Civic Center to boot.

................memories and youth.

ac/dc ;hells bells tour
'76 Foxboro boz scaggs,fleetwood mac then the eagles
Black Uhuru at The Channel
Echo and the Bunnymen at Cameron indoor stadium

Sunday hard core at the channel was priceless, Black Flag

Jethro Tull at the Garden..Maybe around 1980 or so...Didnt need to bring anything in to smoke..All you needed to do is breath...:buds: Boy was it foggy in there...Next best is any of the Elton John concerts I have been too..Probally 7 or 8...3rd best was James Taylor at the Brockton High School in the early 80's..Probally only about 100 people there

Lollapalloza 94"

Flaming lips, George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars, A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys and Smashing pumpkins.

I know a lot of guys here probably dont like rap but that is an amazing line up.

Also saw Phish play at the tweeter center in 1999 on-core was "tuesdays gone with the wind", pretty dam cool:usd:

The most fun was at the 10 Phish shows I saw. 2000 New Years Eve in Florida, Platisburg New York, lemon wheel, to name a few. The best best Bell Aflec at Berkley in Boston was good. I saw Rat Dog with Bobby Weir at the Springfield Sypathy Hall. Great show. Little Red Rooster was the encore. Greatful Dead at High Gate Vermont with Bob Dylin...OK not great. Three Almond Brothers Shows at Tweeter. Kid Rock at Tweeter. Memory is still kind of sketchy. I am missing a lot. Oh yeah George Clinton at Stone Hill Colledge. Only about 200 people there. Realy cool.

Yes opened for Jethro Tull at the Hampton Beach Casino
1969 I think:gf:
It was the last concert held there for many years :eek:

Bernzy

The Kinks - Boston Garden '80 (I think)

The Ramones - The Metro '80 (Again, I Think...all a haze back then)

Black Sabbath/ Blue Oyster Cult - Boston garden '80 (Do I need to repeat it :D)

Ozzy Osbourne w/ Randy Rhoades - The Orpheum '80

The Police, The Fixx, Oingo Boingo, Madness, The Thompson Twins - Oakland Coliseum '83

David Bowie, The Tubes, Transformer - Oakland Coliseum '83, the week after the previous one listed

Jefferson Airplane Reunion - Great Woods '88

Pink Floyd - 94 or 93 at Foxboro
Pink Floyd - 91 o so Foxboro
Perter Gabriel - Worcester Centrum in the early 90s - a few rows from the stage on crutches from a torn ACL :lossinit:

Monsters of Rock, Karlsruhe something Halle, September, 1984

AC/DC
Van Halen
Ozzy
Dokken
Scorpions
Accept
Dio
Motley Crue

:musc:

Don't remember it all :buds:

Believe it or not, The Hooters in 91 or so at Roger Williams was a pretty good show...

J Geils, Blue Oyster Cult, and Montross all one night till 3am.

Kinks was pretty awesome too.

So many I know I'll forget too many!... But stand-outs:

-- David Gilmour solo, 69th St. Pier, NYC, circa 1983

-- Roger Waters solo, with Eric Clapton guest Guitarist, Meadowlands, NJ, 1985?

-- Kinks, Roseland Ballroom, NYC (dance hall-- no seats!), w/ newcomer Cyndi Lauper opening, Winter 1985?

-- Rick Wakeman, solo w/ his band Post- Yes, Ritz Club in NYC, 1984

-- Pretenders, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 1986

-- Jeff Beck and Santana, Jones Beach, NY Summer '90?

-- Rush-- every time, every place!!... Virtuosos all, esp. live!

John R... Respectfully, but you never saw Pink Floyd! There is NO such thing as Pink Floyd without Roger Waters!! (And, no: sorry, I cannot believe that the Hooters were an all- time great concert! :yak4:

Dad Fisherman: I'm very jealous that you saw Ozzy with Randy Rhoads still alive!! To me Randy was every bit as great at that young age, as is/ was Clapton/ Beck/ Santana. The very best "Heavy" Guitarist since Jimi H.!-- too bad "only the great die young!!" :bc:

a few years ago a group of us went to a rainforest benifit concert- sting elton john billy joel and james taylor headlined and a bunch of guests showed up.... joe cocker.....country joe.....aritha franklin......madona...... and more that i cant remember...... they all did a bunch of there own stuff and then they did the beatle's sergeant pepers album start to finish...... gotta say it was awsome

Warren Zevon at URI.
The show was held in a theater that held about 1000 people - not in Keany Gym. Sentimental Hygiene Tour, 1988

Pearl Jam- Augusta Civic Center, Augusta,ME fall'97- Really small venue,general admission, its pretty much just as big as a basketball court w/ stadium seating on the sides. Unbe-freakin-lievable!!!!!! The show was so loud and you could get right up in front. Great set list, it was right after YIELD had come out. Eddie was in rare form this night, especially when all of a sudden out of the dark Maine night Dennis Rodman walked onto the stage, handed Ed a glass of wine and then lifted him to his shoulders and sang ALIVE with him. Great stuff. :bounce:

John R... Respectfully, but you never saw Pink Floyd! There is NO such thing as Pink Floyd without Roger Waters!! (And, no: sorry, I cannot believe that the Hooters were an all- time great concert! :yak4:

True - it was not the ultimate in Pink Floyd as the only true Floyd has Waters and my favorite Floyd would have Waters and Gilmour... But sometimes you must make the best of what's available and if the best of what is available is better than the rest?.....

(however, if you have seen Floyd live, pre-Gilmour, allow me hold your surf rod while you use the surf cane to get up on your rock :hihi: )

The Hooters show was actually pretty cool as there were only a few hundred people there. Much more like a jam at Harper's Ferry than a stadium concert....

Unquestionalby the best was the Stones at Toad's Place in New Haven. The show wasn't scheduled, but a few of us got "the word" and showed up on a Sunday night. They locked the doors at 10 and the announcer said "ladies and gentlemen the rolling stones!" Three and half hours later and most of could hardly walk or hear!

Phish weekend festivals up in maine- lemonwheel and IT

the stones in Worcester ma at a small club "sir morgans cove"
only 107 tickets sold :grins:

vb

AEROSMITH in 05 in rhodeisland.aerosmith is the best band in history anyways!!!:bgi:

and i went to a velvet revolver concert that was pretty good and slash ruled

Too many and too much self enduced ambience to remember all. Highlights - Zappa in Providence, Tull -many places, Steel Pulse - Music Hall, Larry Carlton, Molly Hatchett, SeaLevel, Dixie Dregs- Paradise, Atlanta Rhythm Section - Orpheum, Outlaws and Thin Lizzy - Cape Cod Coliseum, The Who, with moon, Boston Garden, Pat Metheny - Berkley, And of course my 5 year old daughter on piano in my living room yesterday. Now that I sit and try to remember them I really can't say I liked one more than another.

I saw Fishbone in a free show at Golden Gate Park, it was a pro-hemp festival @ 1995. It was a great show, great crowd and the look on tourists face as they exited the Japanese Gardens and saw all the freaks and hippies smokin up in public was priceless.
Second was Buddy Guy at the Mist in Matunuck, I was right in front of the guitarist that influenced Hendrix, Beck, Clapton and countless others. A few times I thought I would go deaf when he was bending high notes.

Faith No More, the Living Room 88or89
White Zombie Axis 90
Janes Addiction Orpeum 90ish

Recent favs...Wilco at Lupos a couple years ago....and Steve Earle at Avalon

Saw Counting Crows and live at the greek theater in Berkeley, Ca. on my honeymoon in 2001. I think you could see the bee gees at the greek and it would be too cool. Great place to hang out and see a show. Other than that, the Dead at the Meadowlands in 87.

Concert for bangladesh I worked for Pig Lights got paid to see a great show next was Savoy Brown on the Common, Fleetwood Mac openned for them. You should have seen Stevie N back then !!!!

Oh man!Too many to pick a fav,but a few of the best:
Stevie Ray V. and Joe Cocker-shortly before his death.Simply amazing!
Any Hot F*@^'in Tuna show.
The Jerry Garcia Band at Seton Hall U. '78-'79 w/Papa John
Roy Buchanon
David Bromberg(funny story at one of his shows;) )
Santana(late '70's)
Marshall Tucker,Outlaws,Allman Bros...........The Round-UP in Philly
Poco
Went to quite a few shows back in the day.

Steve

94' Pink Floyd "Pulse" You know where the Pats used to play.
It would be great if they hit the road one last time.

Led Zepplin@ Boston Garden "69"
Steve Miller Band at " "
David Bowie at..........." Was the BEST one, NO OPENING act! 3 hrs non-stop... 3 encores :claps:

i saw a pretty d--n good govt mule show last night at the beacon.......

Maybe the Dead in Springfield 72?, not sold out so they played longer sice we really wanted to be there.
Watkins Glen but I don't remember much of it
Jefferson Airplane 73? outdoors in Boston
Lotta foggy times then

Yes opened for Jethro Tull at the Hampton Beach Casino
1969 I think:gf:
It was the last concert held there for many years :eek:

Bernzy

The above concert was back in the day.

More recently I saw Chris Robinson and New Earth Mud ( his post Black Crowes band) open for Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, Nov. 2004
An awesome 4+ hour show.

Bernzy

Originally Posted by Bernzy
Yes opened for Jethro Tull at the Hampton Beach Casino
1969 I think
It was the last concert held there for many years






I saw Chubby Checker at the Casino .... lol

VB

Maybe tonight......Black Crowes at Lupos in Providence. :btu:

Frank Zappa at the Providence Civic Center, Page/Plant at the Omni in Atlanta or the Allman Brothers Band in Savannah (with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks on guitar).

I have been to every clapton concert in the boston area since 1987.
The best one being 2004 at tweeter center. I saw both shows and one I was 8 rows from the stage. Absolutely amazing from that close up. He dug out some really old ones including "got to get better in a little while" which he played like he was on fire.

His 90 and 92 tours were spectacular too.

I also saw Eric Johnson at the Paradise Rock Club in boston in 2004.
He is also an amazing guitar player. Good thing I brought my ER-20's
(high fidelity earplugs), because that was the loudest concert I have ever been to. As the old saying goes, I never travel without them.....


Eric

Early 80’s King Crimson on the pier in NYC and ASIA in a (supposedly) acoustically perfect auditorium in the middle of Iowa.

Mako Mike -

I was there, what a F'n show, Outside York Street rocked all night, Keith drinkin' Rebel. Fantastic! There were few there, 300 ya think? Prob. less...

U2, Boston Garden, St. Paddy's Day - WOW - think it was 92
Black Crowes, Easter Sunday Hammerstein Ballroom - 05, best version of "My Morning song" ever
PJ Springfield Civic Center, General Admission - 93 - sick!

Some of the best in no order

Clash at Prov Civic Center 81ish?
Bowie at Foxboro in 83
Police at Foxboro with the Fixx in 83 and again at Prov Civ Center in the winter
Ben Folds at Avalon 2005
Beck at the Orpheum ~ 2000 on the Midnite Vultures tour -- one of the best ever.
B-52s at Toads in New Haven in 89
REM in Nashville 85
10,000 Maniacs in Nashville 85
Who at Tweeter Center in 2003

Biggest regret is not seeing Dire Straits...

Iceman,
I don't think there were anywhere near 300 of us there during the show. Afterward maybe, there were a lot of folks out on the street that showed up after they locked the doors.