1977 - Rock Requiem at Hannover
1990 - Van Morrison at Montreux
1997 - Van Morrison at Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2004 - B.B. King at Hohentwiel Open Air

In no particular order;

Santana & Ten Years After, Chicago Ampitheater, mid '70's.
Ten Years After, Park West, Chicago, about 20 years later.
Bob Dylan & The Band, Chicago Stadium, '74. 1st show post mc recovery.
Freddie King, A bar on Lincoln Ave. Chicago, mid '70's.
Son Seals Blues Band, The Crystal Corner Bar, Madison WI, early '00's,
SS & band had just returned from Japan & MN. in a jazzed stratospheric overdrive.
The Kinks, Chicago Rivera Theater,'88. Ray Davies X-Ray Tour, Madison WI, 10-01
Ziggy Marley, Jefferson St. literally, near under the Chi.Lake St.El.early '90's.
Dan Hicks & The Acoustic Warriors, At The Tracks 'Cabaret' Chicago. early '90's.
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, The Old Music Hall, UW Madison WI, early '01.
The BelAirs, The Harmony Bar, Madison WI, A few times & hopefully a few more.
Siegal Schwall, an Ice Skating Rink, Joliet IL '71, & Madison WI Civic Ctr.'00.
Fleetwood Mac, in a grade school auditorium, Kankakee IL, early '70's.
Fleetwood Mac, Alpine Valley-Lake Geneva WI, early '80's. The G.Dead, likewise.
Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows, etc etc etc, ChicagoFest Navy Pier, late '70's.
Hound Dog Taylor,Chicago Auditorium,early '70's. Lil'Ed T.B.Imperials,in ChiTown.
Rickie Lee Jones, A Chicago Ballroom, Mid 80's, & Madison WI Barrymore Theater'03.
Charlie Watts Quintet - Tribute to Charlie Parker, Park West Chicago, early '90's.



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donvito27 Wrote:
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> i guess im the inly Bob Dylan - Rolling Stones fan
> around here because besides pashionate love for
> the Stones that i have i also admire Bob Dylans
> work and im his fan since early 90s and in 1995 i
> first saw his concert in Ljubljana and since then
> he got me hooked.........


No, you aren't! My best concert I've ever seen was Dylan's concert in Mannheim, Germany this spring. Fantastic! The music I've heard that evening has been playing in my head since then :-)

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> > Every one of my 150+ Grateful Dead shows
>


LOL

Every one????

I forgot about Rachid Taha at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. It was jumping that night.

Zappa Plays Zappa last Monday August 6, 2007.

ZPZ is Frank Z's son Dweezil with some of Frank's old bandmates and new ones playing his dad's music.

What a fantastic experience!

3 solid hours, exceptional musicians playing exceptionally well, very tight, on fire!!!

Worth checking out even if you do not know FZ's music. An incredibly rich, intricate musical tapestry.

The Stooges last night.
Iggy is one of a kind.

You just can't beat these guys right now.

Marianne Faithful, The Backstage, Sleepy Sleattle, 4/10/90

Any Moody Blues show.

1- Lou Reed "New york album tour" Paris l'Olympia in 1990
2- Prince "diamonds and pearls" tour Paris POPB
3- Bob Marley in 1980, Bordeaux
4- The Clash in 1981, Bordeaux

Pink Floyd, 1994 Earls Court, The Faces 1970 Wheeley pop festival, The Who @ The Oval cricket ground 1970 or 71, Led Zepplin, Earls court 1976 and Rory Gallagher Reading rock festival mid 70's (many times)

i couldn't even pick a top-10 non-stones' shows list, let alone the best.

some highlights: keith at the orpheum 1988, roger waters 2006, pixies '89, patti smith '97, grateful dead at saratoga '88, neil young x 15, king crimson '81, peter gabriel x 5 1981-'87, dylan w/tom petty as his backup band '86, todd rundgren/the cars/cheap trick (same show) in 1979, lou reed doing NY cd '87(?), kraftwerk 2005, jimmy page/black crowes 2000 and many more.

some great posts here, folks!! fantastic shows.

lots of grateful dead shows
lots of ramones shows
lots of lynyrd skynrd shows
lucinda williams in this tiny club in upstate ny
black crowes at some small outdoor stage in rome italy (there were about 50 people there, but it was great because we all had FOS ! )
alvin lee (!) years ago...

lots more....have to think awhile...

Saw Fuc-ing Van Halen in 79 I really liked it...what a long time ago...ha ha didnt understand the lyrics ...a good thing!Saw U2 in 1980 I liked it...The Ramones That was the best!fOR ME BACK then..but even than i liked the Stones more!

THE CLASH"the only band that matters"they were actully going to play a gig with the stones in 1981.but well it did'nt happen more the pity.

bruce springsteen a LONG time ago....my sister and my boyfriend had to almost force me to go, because i heard some of his music on records and i wasn't so impressed...man were they right ! he was (is?) magical live.

how could i forget - BB King opening for ARETHA at a New Orleans Jazz Fest a long time ago...

All right! Got some real good selfmade BB tape from The Hague..and aretha?! Dreamteam!I thought the Red Devils was wild...something was happening!

Saw Bruce at the Rising tour that was pretty good too!!

Led Zep - Knebworth
Cream - Albert Hall (2005)
Dylan - Blackbushe
U2 - Brixton Academy
Prodigy - also Brixton
Banshees - Hammersmith Palais
Who - Wembley Arena
Miles Davis - Hammersmith Apollo
Weather Report - Glastonbury
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Forum
Brian Wilson - RFH

Lee

Without any doubt, Bruce Springsteen, Barcelona 21st April 1981
Behind....Rory Gallagher, Focus, Zappa, Lou Reed, Eric CLapton,Grateful Dead...

rooster Wrote:
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> All right! Got some real good selfmade BB tape
> from The Hague..and aretha?! Dreamteam!I thought
> the Red Devils was wild...something was happening!


aretha came out on stage in a bright red dress, big as a house, just amazing !!! :-)))

Wish i been there too! ok good night sleep tight!

Probably not everyones taste but here goes -

The Plasmatics - Whiskey A Go Go 1981? Never seen nothin' like it before or since.
The Cramps - Ikabods, Fullerton CA. late '70s. See comment above.
The Damned - Whiskey A Go Go 1977?
Joe Perry Project - Golden Bear, Huntington Beach. Early 80's. This rocked!!! He needs to go solo again.


Scotty

The WHO, Saratoga New York, July 1971, The WHO Tanglewood, summer of 1970, Ray Davies, Stockbridge Ma 1998, Aerosmith ( all except 2003 show at Saratoga, N.Y( TOO LOUD!), McCartney, Boston 2002, The Concert For New York, Oct 2001, Madison Square Garden, Duran Duran also Saratoga summer of 1989, Billy Idol, Tina Turner, Saratoga, summer 1988, Robert Plant, summer 1990 Saratoga, Don Henley, Albany, 1998, Santana, Saratoga, 2004 ( AWESOME), Def Leppard, Albany 1996, Bonnie Raitt, many times, always great!

Hey Debra, you saw The Who in 1970 and 1971?....that must have been awesome.

Gazza Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
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> > > Every one of my 150+ Grateful Dead shows
> >
>
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> LOL
>
> Every one????


Was every one a great show? ...of course not, maybe 10-15 were so-so...BUT, at least Jerry played his own guitar and not the guy behind the curtain

Lately I've been really negative with what I hear from this tour, Keith is a joke of himself...IF something is wrong with him, he or someone should come out and say it...the fans would be more sympathetic.

I forgot to add Peter Tosh....one of the best shows I ever saw.

First with a bullet: Grateful Dead - Iowa State Fair Grounds - 74 - Noon to six - 3 sets with the wall of sound PA (check out 'round N round' on Archive.Org from this one), many other dead shows - all memorable

Springsteen in 1978 - 2000 seat hall - smoked - seen him a dozen times since, all good, but none close

Little Steven - KC Memorial Hall - 83 - What a character

Allman Bros - 72 - KC - No Duane, but Gary Oakley still onboard

Neville Bros - many times - never enough

Joe Ely - 'Texas Rolling Stones' (with Bobby Keys at one point), Ely provided early guitar gigs for: David Grissom, Charlie Sexton, Chris Duarte.

Hot Tuna in 1972

Lyle Lovett & Large Band -

I must have seen about 100 classic rock bands since my first show, Jimi Hendrix at the Hollywood Bowl on September 14, 1968. I have been playing guitar (and bass) for years, I use to be into the jamming thing like Cream. Anyway. I saw the Grateful Dead once, I STILL don't get it.



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-The Who in Helsinki this summer, Pete is a force of nature still
-Jayhawks, 2000 (or was it -01? ) Tavastia, Helsinki, even Gary Louris rates this as one of their best gigs ever!
-Patti Smith Group, Huvilateltta, Helsinki, close to a religious experience
-Hanoi Rocks, January 1984, dark Finnish countryside, perfect tight but loose psychedelic madness
-Black Crowes, Ruisrock 1995, they jammed a lot, had a pretty interesting setlist, and Marc F**king Ford and Johnny Colt still in the band