Keith Richards and The X-Pensive Winos, Tower Theater 1988.
Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rutgers Athletic Center 1984?
The Who, Giants Stadium 1989
Bob Dylan, Meadowlands Arena 1981
Heart, Holmdel NJ 1990
Crosby, Stills & Nash, MSG 1977
Linda Ronstadt, Rutgers Athletic Center 1984
John Mayall Bluesbreakers Reunion with Mick Taylor and many guests, Capitol Theater 198?



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Neville Bros - every time
Iggy Pop - in 80's surprisingly enough
James Blood Ulmer - when he went through his punk rock club phase with the 3 piece of FIRE!
Jane's Addiction - first Lolapalooza (with Ice T)
Twilight Singers - Powder Burns Tour
Urge Overkill
Arcade Fire - first tour

Paul McCartney - every time (four shows)
Elton John - L.A. Forum 1984 (w/original band), Anaheim Pond 1994 (solo w/Ray Cooper)
Billy Joel - L.A. Forum 1986
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - L.A. Sports Arena 1988 and 2009
Amnesty International Concert - L.A. Forum 1986
(U2, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Dylan/Petty, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Neville Brothers, Joan Baez)

Boston - August 1987 in Worcester, MA - One of their "Homecoming Concerts".

Little Feat - August 1988, Hyanis MA - I was a stagehand. The band had read the rider and knew that the stage was a circle that rotated. They instructed the roadies to place all of the equipment on the outside edge of the stage facing in towards the center of the stage. We thought they were crazy... Until the show started. We watched as the band was able to play to each other and the audience on the far side of the stage from each of them while the people in the front rows immediately behind each member were able to feel like they were "back-stage". AWESOME show.

Harry Belefonte - Summer 1988, Same venue as above. I watched spellbound as Harry (the only one on stage - members of Paul Simon's Graceland band in the orchestra pit) worked that audience like a master puppeteer seemingly enjoying every moment of it.

Joe Perry Project - Fall 1983 in my high school gymnasium. During Joe's hiatus from Aerosmith, he played just about anywhere he could. One gig was a fundraiser in our gymnasium. I couldn't tell you much about the music or the show, I can just say that, after spending the entire show ~4' from Joe's feet, I felt like I had a much better idea of what rock & roll is than when I went in to the show.

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Peace,
Mr DJA

Ennio Morricone (3X), Leonard Cohen, Roger Waters, Clapton & Winwood, AC/DC...

John Fogerty

Dave Alvin, Moxy, John Nitzinger..

..Cliff Richard & the Shadows 50th anniversary...!

Bob Dylan
Bournemouth 1/10/1997
Glasgow 17/09/2000
Cardiff 23/09/2000
Hollywood Palladium Oct. 2009 (3 shows)

and many many others

Beatles, 1966
Cream, Deep Purple 1968
Ten Years After, 1969

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Bob Dylan
Bournemouth 1/10/1997
Glasgow 17/09/2000
Cardiff 23/09/2000
Hollywood Palladium Oct. 2009 (3 shows)

and many many others

Yes - Saw Dylan many times; love him!

All in Vancouver:
Van Halen 1981 my first concert and best of the 8 times I've seen them.
Keith Richards 1993 - one of the best ever! A lot better than I thought it would be
Elton John/Billy Joel 2001 - great double bill
Springsteen 1984 and 2012
McCartney 2012 and last month
The Who - 3 days ago - best sounding concert I've been to!
AC/DC 1983 - first show of the Flick of the Switch tour

Pink Floyd - Roosevelt Stadium NJ 1973

The Ramones, Reseda Country Club, CA 1984, Too Tough To Die Tour....The Kinks 1977 & 1978 Universal Amphitheatre, CA...Low Budget and Misfits Tours....Husker Du 1987 Variety Arts Centre, Pasadena, CA....Paul Collins & The Beat, Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, CA 1979...Cheap Trick, Los Angeles Forum, 1979....P.J.Harvey, Hollywood Palladium 1993



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Page and Plant, Milano 1998. Seemed to be Led Zeppelin it was so good.

Brian Wilson 2004
Bruce Springsteen 1985
Neil Young 1993

PEARL JAM 1998..MADE STONES SOUND LIKE A SKIFFLE GROUP.

1. Bob Log III
2. Ryan Adams
3. Ian Dury & The Blockheads
4. Meindert Talma and the negros
5. The Hives

Impossible for me to list-From Hendrix in Sept 1968 to Joe Bonamassa last month, I've seen many great concerts, fortunately only a few stinkers, and a bunch of average shows, but there are probably close to 100 shows I would call great.........maybe I'm just not that hard to please.

i'm gonna say two based on no experience/expectations. both fall 1982

1. joe jackson, night & day tour at a small 3000 seater in october. "another world" from that album is fantastic and still takes me back to that evening.

2. devo, oh no, it's devo tour. same theater, nov. '82. fantastic/incredibly inventive show/great band. first half done in front of a video screen/tape, the band and the video synched, crammed into just the first ten feet of the stage. second half the screen goes up, they move everything around (a bit like talking heads/stop making sense tour) and blow the roof off. went in saying FU devo, came out a convert.

So many great ones!!!
Here's a few standouts amidst the many, many, many, many great ones:

Pink Floyd - The Wall, L.A. Sports Arena 1980(twice)
The Clash - Santa Monica Civic '79, and opening for The Who, L.A. Coliseum,'82
X- Santa Monica Civic, '80 or '81
Jethro Tull - Santa Monica Civic '78 or'79
Devo - Santa Monica Civic, 1980
Johnny Winter - many times and places from '79 through the '90's - all great
Bluesbreakers Reunion with Mick Taylor, John Mcvie, etc. The Roxy '82
The Arms Benefit (Beck, Page, Clapton, etc.), L.A. Forum, '83
Willie Dixon - Music Machine, '82?
Us Festival 83
Stevie Ray Vaughan - several times several places - all great.
Page/Plant - L.A. Forum '95
Neil Young with or without Crazy Horse - many times many places - all great
Traffic Reunion - Universal Ampitheater'94
Steve Winwood many time many places - all great.
Spiritualized - several times several places - all great.
Jeff Beck - many times many places - all great
The Specials - Club Nokia'10
Motorhead - Club Nokia '14

And the list goes on and on...

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Along with many mentioned..

I was 14 when Led Zepelin (sic) and Jethro Tull came to Santa Barbara in 1969; I was dumbstruck. Misspelled poster shown here since they were not big yet.

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So many great ones!!!
Here's a few standouts amidst the many, many, many, many great ones:

Pink Floyd - The Wall, L.A. Sports Arena 1980(twice)
The Clash - Santa Monica Civic '79, and opening for The Who, L.A. Coliseum,'82
X- Santa Monica Civic, '80 or '81
Jethro Tull - Santa Monica Civic '78 or'79
Devo - Santa Monica Civic, 1980
Johnny Winter - many times and places from '79 through the '90's - all great
Bluesbreakers Reunion with Mick Taylor, John Mcvie, etc. The Roxy '82
The Arms Benefit (Beck, Page, Clapton, etc.), L.A. Forum, '83
Willie Dixon - Music Machine, '82?
Us Festival 83
Stevie Ray Vaughan - several times several places - all great.
Page/Plant - L.A. Forum '95
Neil Young with or without Crazy Horse - many times many places - all great
Traffic Reunion - Universal Ampitheater'94
Steve Winwood many time many places - all great.
Spiritualized - several times several places - all great.
Jeff Beck - many times many places - all great
The Specials - Club Nokia'10
Motorhead - Club Nokia '14

And the list goes on and on...

Hairball, can u tell me about the Spiritualized shows? Jason and the guys are by far one of my alltime favorites, but I have never seen them

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Hairball, can u tell me about the Spiritualized shows? Jason and the guys are by far one of my alltime favorites, but I have never seen them

I've seen several variations of the lineups (minimal to full blown w/choir and horn section), but to sum it all up with a few words and generally speaking:

Amazing. Loud. Hard. Electric. Guitars. Horn Section. Dynamics. Quiet. Blistering. Strobe Lights. String Section. Wah Wah. Sonic. Blissful. Soft. Improvisation. Backup Gospel singers. Flashbacks. Euphoria.

And then there was the very minimal Acoustic Mainlines tour: Heavenly. Poignant. Soulful. Heartwarming.

Here's a nice review from the last time I saw them in 2014 at the Theater at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles where they performed 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space' in it's entirety along with much more.

Spiritualized reaches the outer limits at the new Ace Hotel

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Along with many mentioned..

I was 14 when Led Zepelin (sic) and Jethro Tull came to Santa Barbara in 1969; I was dumbstruck. Misspelled poster shown here since they were not big yet.

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I saw the same line-up in '69 at The Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. How could I forget that show!? It was incredible. Being a flute player,I'm was particularly blown away by Tull.

CREAM

Keith Jarrett - Barbican in the 90s. Trio did an improvised piece in the second half and people's jaws were hitting the floor.

Jim Jones Revue 2013? Bristol - unbelievably hard hitting sonic rockabilly - Jerry Lee Lewis meets The Sonics.

Brian Wilson - seen him 30 times. Always one of the best gigs ever (except one where Brian clearly was having an especially bad day) - as McCartney said, everyone knows he has the best band in the Universe. Saw him a couple of days ago in Bristol and I still haven't come down.

Polyphonic Spree - Bristol 2015...nearly ran away to Austin to join them.

Sir Fab Macca - couple of times...well he's Paul McCartney - pissed me right off to get the girls and boys to stop and sing the end of Hey Jude, I was in heaven until then.

CSN 1991?? in London. They stood there played acoustic guitars (no band) and sang. They were incredible even though they were 20 years past their best. Hearing 3 people sing like that together was amazing - as with McCartney, lose a point or two for audience participation spot - i paid a shit load of money to hear you guys sing, i don't wanna listen to the other punters yell the irksome Teach Your Children. Crosby's voice was shockingly fantastic.

The Who/The Clash Orchard Park 82. Tom Waits Toronto 1987. Prince Toronto 1988. Bruce Springsteen Buffalo 2016. Neil Young London ON 2009.Bob Seger London, Eng 1977. Elvis Costello Cleveland 1989.Bob Dylan RCMH NYC 1988. Englewood CO 1993. Toronto 2001. Lou Reed Toronto 1989.

Led Zeppelin - Knebworth 79 (2nd show)
Pink Floyd - Earls Court 1981 (The Wall)
Neil Young - Hammersmith Odeon 1989
The Who - Shepherds Bush 1999 (2nd show)
Queen - Leeds 1982
Genesis – Duke Tour 1980
Slade - 1980-1982 (5 times, all brilliant)
Bruce Springsteen – Wembley 1985 (2nd show)
Eagles - Wembley Stadium 1996 (esp Joe Walsh)
Paul McCartney - Wembley Arena 1989 and O2 Arena 2009
Status Quo - Wembley Arena 2013 (Frantic Four Reunion)
Various - Concert for George (Harrison) - 2002

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1. Bob Log III
2. Ryan Adams
3. Ian Dury & The Blockheads
4. Meindert Talma and the negros
5. The Hives

OMG, Ian Dury...Where?