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if you could see them live, where and when?

for me it would be Otis Redding, Europe late 60´s

the europs worshipped Otis and he was at the top of his form.

2nd place, Van Halen circa 1982, anywhere

I can't just name one

Led Zeppelin- Earls Court 1975
Pink Floyd- At the Filmore 1970
The Who- At Leeds 1970
Buddy Holly- Winter Sock Hop 1959
Bob Marley- Anytime with the Wailers
Jimi Hendrix- Any show with the Band of Gypsies
The Grateful Dead- Cincinnatti 6-24-85
Howlin Wolf- Anytime, anywhere

That's a good start

Woodstock
The Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)
The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East (March or May '71)

Would love to have seen Duane Allman.....

SG - I saw EVH in 1980, center stage, front row...... DLR took my hat (actually, it was my brother's hat), wore it for about 4 songs, and lost it. My brother didn't believe my story when asking where it was.

Eddie was gettin' it that night......

my uncle saw VH in Tulsa at some place about as big as my apartment right before VH first came out. and he'd seen a lot of good bands and he said it was the best he ever saw. without question.

good call on Otis Redding. i grew up on Otis. My mom and pops saw the godfather James Brown at the OKC fairgrounds in the mid late 60's. i bet that was a SHOW. they say they were the only white people there.

i also used to work for an Italian chef who was at the Floyd show at Pompeii. he was in his mid 40's at the time. he fucking ruled. he's no longer with us.

God Bless you Carlo Lima!

you fucking bastard.

RACK That.

I don't know how many times I've watched "Live at Pompei".

Echoes will always be one of my favorite tunes of all time.

Tom In VA wrote:RACK That.

I don't know how many times I've watched "Live at Pompei".

That's what the drugs will do to ya. ;)

BSmack wrote:

Tom In VA wrote:RACK That.

I don't know how many times I've watched "Live at Pompei".

That's what the drugs will do to ya. ;)

Truth be told, I bought "Meddle" long before any sort of experimentation.

Sober, drunk, THC'd or shroom'd, Echoes, kicks ass and so does "Live At Pompei".

The effect of "Careful With That Axe Eugene" varied from time to time, but it's a killer tune, as well.

I'd love to take a time machine back to catch one of those late 80s/early 90s Seattle shows with Nirvana opening for Tad (or better yet, the Melvins) in some dumpy little club.

I could think of a lot more, but that's the first one that comes to mind.

Baceña wrote:2nd place, Van Halen circa 1982, anywhere

In. HemisFair Arena, San Antonio. :wink:

For me, it would probably be UFO with Michael Schenker in '78 or '79 (Chicago or Louisville for the recording of "Strangers in the Night")

Also -- Rush in St. Louis, 1981. Have a bootlegged CD of that radio concert ... amazing.

Led Zeppelin, anywhere any time.

King Crimson wrote:my uncle saw VH in Tulsa at some place about as big as my apartment right before VH first came out. and he'd seen a lot of good bands and he said it was the best he ever saw. without question.

good call on Otis Redding. i grew up on Otis. My mom and pops saw the godfather James Brown at the OKC fairgrounds in the mid late 60's. i bet that was a SHOW. they say they were the only white people there.

Rack the Otis reset. The dude was incredible. He blew EVERYBODY away at Monterey - even Hendrix and the Who. I'm partial to him, as he's buried only about 10 miles from where I live, but the dude was THE shit. James Brown (who also actually lived here in Macon for a while when he was growing up) may have been the godfather, but IMO, Otis was the GOD of soul......

it's true. he blew everyone away at Monterrey Pop.

he was Otis Redding.

pain in my heart
treating me cold
where can my baby be
lord, no one knows


pain in my heart
just won't let me sleep
where can my baby be
lord where can she be

in other days
i began to get tough
said i want you to come back, come back, come back, baby

a little pain in my heart
just won't let me be
wake up restless nights,

lord and i can't even sleep

mmmmmmmm, yeah.


in other days

i began to get rough
i want you to love me, love me, love me, baby

pain in my heart, little pain in my heart
stop this little pain in my heart
someone stop this little
pain in my heart.

RadioFan wrote:

Baceña wrote:2nd place, Van Halen circa 1982, anywhere

In. HemisFair Arena, San Antonio. :wink:

For me, it would probably be UFO with Michael Schenker in '78 or '79 (Chicago or Louisville for the recording of "Strangers in the Night")

Also -- Rush in St. Louis, 1981. Have a bootlegged CD of that radio concert ... amazing.

Led Zeppelin, anywhere any time.

rack the rush 1981 moving pictures tour

the first song '2112 overture' was the biggest crowd pleaser of all time

The Doors. Any performance in the late 60's (before Morrison got too freaking zoned out).

Between the accounts I've read and the stories I've been told by folks I know who saw them, Morrison and the Doors not only kicked ass musically, but there was always that edgy, dangerous feeling of never knowing exactly what might happen.

Yeah. Definitely the Doors.

Tom In VA wrote:

BSmack wrote:

Tom In VA wrote:RACK That.

I don't know how many times I've watched "Live at Pompei".

That's what the drugs will do to ya. ;)

Truth be told, I bought "Meddle" long before any sort of experimentation.

Sober, drunk, THC'd or shroom'd, Echoes, kicks ass and so does "Live At Pompei".

The effect of "Careful With That Axe Eugene" varied from time to time, but it's a killer tune, as well.

I almost burnt down a friend's appartment during the Careful With that Axe segment of Pompeii. Oh the pretty colors...good times... good times

"No, we're not a drug orientated group, of course we're not, you can trust us"

SRV anywhere, anytime

Joy Division in Manchester right before Ian Curtis bit it.

Allman brothers with Duane Allman...... Fillmore probably.

Billdong wrote:SRV anywhere, anytime

I had my chances to see him, when I lived in SA, but couldn't make it, for one reason or another. :x

I was in Wisconsin, when he died up there. I'll never forget it. I was with my dad, driving from Wausau to Milwaukee, and rock stations from Wausau to Madison to Milwaukee to Chicago (and anything else we could pick up), were going on and on about a helicopter crash and how Eric Clapton could have been on it. This went on for like 2 hours, along with an endless stream of "special" Eric Clapton "early-morning rock blocks" or whateverthefuck they were calling them back then. :roll:

In between the sets of Eric Clapton music, they'd do the "news" and update the story by saying that Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Robert Cray were at the concert ... no word on who was in the helicopter ... "and now, back to Eric Clapton's set."

I was so fucking pissed, and said as much to my dad. I was like ... "wtf, haven't these idiots even heard of Stevie Ray up here?" My dad is hip and used to live in Texas, and he knew of Stevie Ray pretty well.

Anyway, about the time we finally get to Milwaukee, it was finally confirmed that it was Stevie Ray who was in the helicopter and didn't survive. :cry:

Then, and only then, did they start up with the nonstop Stevie Ray "rock blocks." :x :x

I was scared to go up to Wisconsin after that from KC, even if it was to see my grandparents.
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Rack Billdong and the Lab Rat. The Doors would've been choice to see, definitely.

Joy Division in London
Roxy Music in Paris
Chic in Tokyo(that would be with Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards before Edwards died)

Magic Hour

Billdong wrote:SRV anywhere, anytime

I saw SRV "open" for Robert Plant. I say "open" because that was easily the longest set I've ever seen from an opening act. It was just after Stevie had gone to rehab and cleaned his life up and it showed. SRV played about 70 minutes and just blew the rafters off the place. Only Robert Plant could have had the balls to follow that with his own 2 hour mix of Zep standards and solo work.

I think the 25 dollars I paid for that ducat might have been worth it. :wink:

pink floyd the wall tour
ledd zepp before plant's kid dies
kiss destroyer tour

BSmack wrote: "No, we're not a drug orientated group, of course we're not, you can trust us"

And Gilmour's shit eating grin while saying that was classic.

Really cool was watching the recording of Dark Side of the Moon.

Skynyrd when they recorded their live album at the Fox theater.
Jimi at Monterrey.
SRV at that Chicago Blues jam thing.
Pantera.

Otis

after hearing one more day live aint nobody else gonna take his place
that monterrey footage kicks my ass

Destrofelice wrote: that monterrey footage kicks my ass

along with many butch bottoms at the Complex, no doubt

Baceña wrote:

Destrofelice wrote: that monterrey footage kicks my ass

along with many butch bottoms at the Complex, no doubt

kicks my ass
Complex bathroom licks my ass.

BSmack wrote:I can't just name one

Led Zeppelin- Earls Court 1975
Pink Floyd- At the Filmore 1970
The Who- At Leeds 1970
Buddy Holly- Winter Sock Hop 1959
Bob Marley- Anytime with the Wailers
Jimi Hendrix- Any show with the Band of Gypsies
The Grateful Dead- Cincinnatti 6-24-85
Howlin Wolf- Anytime, anywhere

That's a good start

RACK...great list!

grateful dead 1971
rolling stones 1975
LZ 1972
thin lizzy 1977
zz top 1976
skynyrd at the fox 1976 (good call sirtrollalot)
woodstock 1969
johnny winter 1970
rush 1978
ac/dc 1979 paris
jimi anytime!
texxas jam 1978


good thread! :cool:

tomas8 wrote:grateful dead 1971
rolling stones 1975
LZ 1972
thin lizzy 1977
zz top 1976
skynyrd at the fox 1976 (good call sirtrollalot)
woodstock 1969
johnny winter 1970
rush 1978
ac/dc 1979 paris
jimi anytime!
texxas jam 1978


good thread! :cool:

i was at the 79 hemispheres concert, my 2nd after hagar/boston

Anytime, anyplace:

SRV
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Bob Marley
Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd

Alice in Chains - They were supposed to open for Metallica several years ago. I was going to that show mostly for AiC. We got there and the first opening band played. Then we got the news that AiC was not there... they were at some stupid ass MTV thing or some shit like that. The band that replaced them got onstage and the first thing the singer said was "sorry we're not Alice in Chains". Get off the stage, pussy. Just bring on Metallica then. So I never did get to see AiC. :cry:

John Denver - Got to see him a few times before he left on a jet plane. (Repeating myself from another thread). JD may not have been a heavy rocker, but he was instrumental in the fight against censorship.

Zeppelin (saw P&P back in 98 but i couldnt imagine how much MORE awesome it would have been to see Bonham and Jones along side)
The Who
Soundgarden
AiC
Pink Floyd (darkside)
Cream
would love to see B.B. King
Hendrix
AC/DC
greatful dead