Best Concert Experiences

[hedges]

Just list the best musical concerts or performances you've ever been to. No minimum or limit.
These are mine:
Black Flag, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, William Clarke, Grateful Dead ('91 Orlando), Living Colour, Stanley Jordan, Mike Stern w/ Michael Brecker, Alan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Miles Davis, Widespread Panic, Zero, Danny Gatton, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Leo Kottke, Bruce Hornsby, Allman Bros., Black Crows, Rev. Horton Heat, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Buckethead

[Whiskeyportal]

Jane's Addiction x2, Wilco x4,Jeff Tweedy, Banyan x5, J5, Audio Slave, Perfect Circle, Santana, Porno for Pyros, Widespread Panic, Pearl Jam x 8, George Clinton and the p-funk allstars, Victor Wooten, Bela Flec, The Toyes, STP, Meat Puppets, B.B. King, The Advantage, Oblio Joes x??, Volumen x????, The Gourds, Ween, Primus, Phish, those are the ones that I remember off the top of my head as being memorable.

[DiabloSammich]

Milli Vanilli

[Whiskeyportal]

The fucked up part is you're probably telling the truth.

[hedges]

, Victor Wooten, Bela Flec,

That's a concert I forgot on my list that was great. Wooten w/ Fleck. Wooten is one of the best bass players I have ever seen.

[Whiskeyportal]

That's a concert I forgot on my list that was great. Wooten w/ Fleck. Wooten is one of the best bass players I have ever seen.

He is the best, hands down :thumbup:

[DiabloSammich]

The fucked up part is you're probably telling the truth.



Haha, I actually am, sir. I have led a checkered past.



Nice sig pic, by the way.

[Whiskeyportal]

Haha, I actually am, sir. I have led a checkered past.



Nice sig pic, by the way.

Thank you sir, I'm assuming you're talking about my WWESDD sig, It's my new favorite :smoke:

[9mileskid]

everyone of the 118 times i saw the grateful dead

[hedges]

That's classic, Milli Vanilli, classic...

[drjoek]

9/3/77
Englishtown NJ

[danner1515]

A few favorites:

Robert Pollard
Ween
The Fleshtones
Weird Al
Tom Waits

[WhistlePig]

Snakefinger, Flat Duo Jets, Kix x100, Janes Addiction x3, The Knitters, Oingo Boingo, The Cramps, Polyrock, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop x4, PIL x3, Rev. Horton Heat, Beastie Boys, New York Dolls, Magic Slim, Rhino Bucket, Fugazi x3....

[nevnut]

The Dead wth Warren Haynes on lead guitar 7-2-04. The Dead with Jimmy Herring on lead guitar and Joan Osborne 12-30-03. Gov't Mule X2, Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, Mississippi Allstars and a few others at Vegoose on Halloween weekend 2005 in Las Vegas.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Springsteen, second show at Giants Stadium, July 2004. It was Liz's first concert, we had great seats, and the weather was freaking GORGEOUS. 75 degrees, no humidity.

[donnie_darko]

i think everyone needs to see a great ska band in a small venue at least once in their lives.

nothing like skankinggggg a night awayyyyy

[TheGameHHH]

if i listed ever concert ive ever been to im pretty sure id break this thread.

how is this thread titled 'best concert experience' yet it asks us just to list concerts?

[meanmrbill]

Tom Waits /August 13, 2006 / Akron Civic Theater
Bruce Springsteen / March 13, 1988 / Cleveland Richfield Coliseum

[Puggle_kicker]

I saw the Dead (not grateful :sleep:) two nights in a row back in 03 I think, or it may have been 04. One show at SPAC (beautiful venue in Saratoga, NY) and Hartford Connecticut at the Dodge Center.

The Hartford show was great. Unlike SPAC you could drink on the lawn. Overall great shows and a great time.

[SinA]

57 Phish shows all tied for #1.
There were definitely some real gems there, but the NYE 1999 in Florida was an amazing experience all around.

I've seen a bunch of shows at the Ryman Auditorium recently (since I moved to Nashville). That's the type of place where the acoustics and ambiance are perfect and make any show great. Wilco, Iron & Wine are my recent fav's.

[johnniewalker]

My first concert definitely when i was 15 in 1998. Monster Magnet headlining, Kid Rock, and Hed Pe for the opener. Space lord mother mother!

Oh yeah it was at the Rave, in the small part in Milwaukee. My favorite place to see a band.

[Chigworthy]

Acid Bath, Rollins Band, Nick Cave, Morphine (even though I got drunk with SF homeless before and passed out across the door at the Great American Music Hall), Rammstein/Soulfly, Painkiller (Zorn, Laswell, Harris), Praxis (Laswell, Buckethead, Brain (No Bootsy dammit)), NoMeansNo (fucking ruled). Someone mentioned HedPE. I saw them open the Strangeland tour the night after the guy from Snot died. Had never heard of them, but they blew the show out. The drummer had his kick drums mic'ed so perfectly that they sounded like an 808 hit and the whole Maritime Hall thrummed. At the end of the show, the singer was hanging out at the merch table being extremely cool to the fans.

[realmenhatelife]

The few times I've gotten to see The Dead Milkmen,

Brian Mcgee opening for the Orphans reunion last year- playing a mixed set of his new stuff and acoustic arrangements of Plow United songs, then playing a few Plow songs with the Orphans.

and then seeing Grey Area when they opened for The Bouncing Souls at the Troc a few years ago- since they arent an active band the drummer only knew the setlist, but the drummer for Kid Dynamite was in the crowd and hopped up to play 'Birthdays' for the encore.

[Tall_James]

When I was pulled up on stage from the audience to dance with Springsteen during the Born in the USA tour.

[danner1515]

NoMeansNo (fucking ruled)

Oooh, I wished I'd gotten to see them. Are they even still together anymore?

[who6489]

I've seen a ton, but the faves are/were..............

RUSH '85, '96, '04

The WHO '96, '00

Roger Waters '02

ANTHRAX/FIGHT '93 (I think)

METALLICA '88

:thumbup::smoke::drunk:

[Slumbag]

Tool. Without question.
May have been the most fantastic night of my life. After missing the shows for various reasons throughout the years, finally saw then in Cincinatti on the 10,000 Days tour, and it was absolutey amazing. They sounded great, the show they put on is awesome.

[goreds2]

Just list the best musical concerts or performances you've ever been to.

1986: HEART was a great concert.

Performance: My girlfriend and I in the parking lot after that concert. We were the last car out. :smile:

[tele7]

Queen - twice in 1982 at MSG ...and twice again in 1984

Pat Metheny - 1982 outdoor at the pier in NYC (offramp tour)

U2 - The "War" tour at the pier in NYC / The Alarm opened

Eric Johnson - a few years ago a BB Kings

Angie Aparo - at the Saint in Asbury Park

Peter Frampton - PNC arts center

Derek Trucks Band- The Stone Pony

[realmenhatelife]

Just list the best musical concerts or performances you've ever been to. No minimum or limit.
These are mine:
Black Flag, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, William Clarke, Grateful Dead ('91 Orlando), Living Colour, Stanley Jordan, Mike Stern w/ Michael Brecker, Alan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Miles Davis, Widespread Panic, Zero, Danny Gatton, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Leo Kottke, Bruce Hornsby, Allman Bros., Black Crows, Rev. Horton Heat, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Buckethead

Leo Kottke is playing a small theater about a block from my house in April, I feel like I should go just because I've heard a lot about him, and the venue is tiny.

[hedges]

I saw him two years in a row at a campus auditorium, and those two shows were amazing. A smaller venue would be great. He had an opener named Kelly Joe Phelps who was pretty good too.

[weekapaugjz]

phish - june 2004, SPAC
ryan adams - two times, once at roseland and once in buffalo
ted leo - in buffalo

[nate1000]

ted leo - in buffalo

You talking about the show last week at the Mohawk? Damn, I was this close to going to it.

[mendyweiss]

1966- Little Stevie Wonder, at the Village Gate

1969- Woodstock Festival- Got as far as Rt 17 near Monticello, too much traffic, my father said "Fuck This" we turned around , I guess I didn't miss much !!

[CruelCircus]

Most of what I'd call my best concert "experiences" have been achieved at JazzFest the last 8 years. But, thats almost cheating b/c of the sheer length, number of bands, variety of genres, and quality of the musicians at those shows.

This past May on Monday between JazzFest weekends, we attended a chairty concert at Tipitina's, 7pm-2am or so. Probably the best single show I've ever seen. The lineup was this:
Little Feat, Galactic, The Radiators, The Rebirth Brass Band, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Trombone Shorty, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Wolfman Washington, Donald Harrison, George Porter Jr., Johnny Vidacovich, Eric Lindell, and a few others, plus a slew of brass bands playing outside on the street. A simply mind-bogglingly quality New Orleans funk and blues show.

Also, Billy Joel- NYE, 1989. Soft spot b/c it was my first concert. Plus it was a great 3 hour show, and we did the whole Auld Lang Syne thing at midnight.

Metallica- Woodstock, 1999. Only time seeing them, and it was a great show. Particularly memorable b/c it started to pour rain right before Enter Sandman and a lot of the crowd scrambled. Then right as the song got going, the lightning and thunder kicked in and the rain really came down. Seriously, couldn't have planned better pyro. Then, after the song ended, the lightning ended and the rain slowed to a trickle. Bizarre and awesome.

i think everyone needs to see a great ska band in a small venue at least once in their lives.
nothing like skankinggggg a night awayyyyy

Spider Nick & the Mad Dogs!

[EddieMoscone]

My first time seeing Prince, Musicology Tour at the Meadowlands. 2nd row thanks to my friends membership in the NPG Music Club. It was like a religious experience...and I'm not even a religious person. When the lights went down and he started the "Let's Go Crazy" Intro, I shivered.

[angrymissy]

Woodstock 94, hands down. I was 15 and had no idea who Joe Cocker was, and he blew me away.

This was the first new Woodstock they did, not the "burn things down" Woodstock, the "Hey a hippie is giving me homemade beer out of a groud" Woodstock.

[hedges]

One show I went to that I didn't mention was at St. John Divine Cathedral in NY in fall of '88.
It was a benefit for the Seva charity. Lots of different people and musicians participated. Laurie Anderson, Mickey Hart w/ a percussion ensemble, Crosby and Nash, Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) and the Guyoto Monks (Buddhist) are all I can remember off the top of my head. The acoustics in that place are incredible! There were about twenty Guyoto Monks and they have a vocal technique where they each can project two pitches at the same time. When they were on it was like a sea of sound coming at you.

[CruelCircus]

Woodstock 94, hands down. I was 15 and had no idea who Joe Cocker was, and he blew me away.

This was the first new Woodstock they did, not the "burn things down" Woodstock, the "Hey a hippie is giving me homemade beer out of a groud" Woodstock.

Cocker's awesome. I hope to see him in New Orleans in April.

The '99 Woodstock gets a bad rap. It was a great weekend of music, plus everyone was really friendly and sharing. We had a great time. The fire stuff started at the end of the RHCP set, which was the last show on Sunday night. Most people had left by then. My group left right after the Chili Peppers when there was just a little midfield bonfire people were dancing around. We didn't even know what had happened until we got back home 7 hours later.

[Chigworthy]

Oooh, I wished I'd gotten to see them(NoMeansNo). Are they even still together anymore?

They are working on a new album right now.