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33 minutes ago, oldtimer said:

One of my largest regrets is never seeing Count Basie live.  The chance I had I knew might be my last and I couldn't make it.  I turned out to be right.

 

Not me but my Mother use to go to dances at the Playmore Ballroom in KC. Saw the Count many times ---- 

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On 2/26/2018 at 12:22 PM, DizRotus said:

I refuse to see anybody in a stadium

Amen to that! I saw Mark Farner of Grand Funk fame a few weeks back at Andiamo's. Great seats, small venue of maybe 200-400? (I used to photograph Weddings there). I'm not sure if they brought their own or had a house PA, but I regret NOT bringing ear plugs. I had a Pro Decibel app on my iPhon and it hit 112.9 db. It was impossible to pick out the notes on the guitar because of the FRIKKING OVERLOAD all night. Need less to say, I was pissed and ready to punch out the ignorant sound guys, whoever they were. My hearing has yet to recover. 

 

On the legends...........Black Sabbath when Ozzy was 23, and 3rd bill to Savoy Brown, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The James Gang, Rush, Ted Nugent many times, Deep Purple, Grand Funk, ZZ Top, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck (many time since '73 and later this year with Paul Rogers/Annie Wilson), Todd Rundgren, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Sonny Landreth,  Weather Report with Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham (many times), Tony Williams.....many more and will think of some later.

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On 2/26/2018 at 8:46 AM, rplace said:

 

Lately I've been thinking about what is the most influential or iconic band/person I've seen live. Not that he was my favorite but I keep coming back to Chuck Berry as the one I could trace back to having the biggest impact on music that I actually saw live.

 

I  saw Chuck Berry three times over the years.  No doubt one of greatest rock and roll legends. I also saw basketball legend Rick Barry a few times when he played for the Houston Rockets.  I don't think they are related though. 

 

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For certain B B King is the most legendary I ever saw. My wife loved the 5 or 6 shows we saw with him.

 

Then there are legendary concerts.

1. Neil Young and Stephen Stills at Pine Knob in Detroit one of 6 shows. Neil quit the tour. They were mad at each other and the dueling guitar leads were wild.

2. Peter Gabriel tour with "Shock the Monkey" no cymbals on the drum kit. (in the round in the 1990s was excellent as well.

3. "Heatwave" new wave festival at a dirt race track north of Toronto 1980 or so. Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, B 52s, Pretenders, Rockpile, Graham Parker and others. Talking heads had part of the Funkadelics with them, B 52s danced on stage with the T heads.

4. Several Neil Young shows. Rust Never Sleeps fall 1978 and Third best Garage Band in the World Tour to name two.

 

 

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On ‎2‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 11:00 PM, Seadog said:

I  saw Chuck Berry three times over the years.  No doubt one of greatest rock and roll legends. I also saw basketball legend Rick Barry a few times when he played for the Houston Rockets.  I don't think they are related though. 

 

My Ding-a-Ling is on rotation in my car.... :)

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Black Oak Arkansas 1970

Ike & Tina Turner 1971

Neil Diamond 1971

The Grateful Dead, 1974 and 1991

Elton John, 1974

The Rolling Stones 1975

J. Geils 1975

Jethro Tull 1975

The Judds ca. 1988

Liza Minelli 1993

Bernadette Peters ca. 2004

Patricia Neal 1997

Lily Tomlin ca. 2007

Harry Connick, Jr. ca. 1985

 

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Bill Evans at keystone corner

Stan Getz at keystone corner

Oscar Peterson at keystone corner

The Kinks at the original Fillmore West

Rod Stewart at the original Fillmore West

Elton John he was the opening act for the Kinks at the Fillmore

Stones

Burrito Brothers

The Dead

The Band w/Dylan

The Band on their own

Neil Young solo at Berkeley Community Theater - which is the auditorium for Berkeley High School

James Taylor solo at BCT

Van Morrison a number if times best venue was the Inn of Cotati

Jefferson Airplane at Fillmore West

Moby Grape IMHO the best of the late 60s SF bands

Willie Nelson with Merle Haggard and Leon Russell

and many more that I cannot think of!

 

 

 

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, NJ the night President Nixon resigned. It was also the venue where Jackie Robinson made his 1946 debut for the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodger farm team. Now it is an apartment complex.

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Rock Musicians:

 

The Who (1967, 1969, 1970, 1982)

The Animals (1967, same personnel that played at Monterey)

The Everly Brothers (1967)

The Association (1967)

Cream (2X in 1968)

James Cotton Blues Band (1968)

Jimi Hendrix  (1968, 2X in 1969)

Led Zeppelin (1969, 1970, 1971)

Deep Purple (1968, 1969, 1970, 1973)

Jeff Beck (1968, 1971, 1980, 1999)

Ten Years After (1968, 1969)

Moody Blues (1968)

Jethro Tull (1968)

Savoy Brown (1968, 1969)

Procol Harum (1969, w/Robin Trower on guitar)

Richie Havens (1969)

Lee Michaels (2X in 1969)

Vanilla Fudge (1968, 2X in 1969)

Soft Machine (1968)

John Mayall (1969, w/Mick Taylor on guitar)

Ike & Tina Turner Review (1969)

Canned Heat (1969)

Paul Butterfield (1969, w/Elvin Bishop on guitar)

Chicago (1969 — as CTA, 1970)

Joe Cocker (1969, before he played at Woodstock)

Spirit (1969)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971, 1972, 1977)

Humble Pie (1971, w/Peter Frampton on guitar)

Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971)

Mahavishnu Orchestra (2X in 1972)

Yes (1971, 1972, 1999)

King Crimson (1971, the "Islands" tour)

Fairport Convention (1971)

Argent (1972, my band opened for them)

REO Speedwagon (1973, my band opened for them)

The Grassroots (1974, my band opened for them)

Sugarloaf (1977, my band opened for them)

Boston (1976, free tickets)

Starcastle (1976, free tickets)

UK (1978, original personnel w/Bill Bruford)

Bruford (1978)

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1980)

Jack Bruce and Friends (1980)

Gentle Giant (1980, their last ever live performance)

Devo (1982)

Rush (1986)

Frank Zappa (1986)

Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker (1990 & 1991)

Masters of Reality (1992, w/Ginger Baker on drums)

Doobie Brothers (1996, private concert)

Alan Parsons Project (1999)

Robin Trower Band (2000)

Steve Vai (2000)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (2000)

Edgar Winter Group (1999, private concert)

Styx (2000, private concert)

Return to Forever (2012)

Zappa Plays Zappa (2012)

 

plus lots of opening acts that have faded into oblivion (like Mint Tattoo, The Collectors, etc.)

 

Jazz Musicians:

 

Buddy Rich (over two dozen times between 1967 and 1980)

Louie Bellson (over two dozen times between 1967 and 2000)

Count Basie (1967, 1970)

Duke Ellington (1970)

Don Ellis Orchestra (over a dozen times in 1970; I was also a member of one of his 'training' bands in 1970)

Shelley Manne (1971)

The Great Jazz Trio (1978 — Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Tony Williams)

Ella Fitzgerald (1970, 1980)

Joe Pass (1980)

Bill Bruford's Earthworks (1987, 1999)

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (1991)

Simon Phillips Quintet (1998)

 

and many more that I can't remember.

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One of my earliest ambitions in life was to be a groupie for Judy Collins.  To me, she always seemed to embody the finest qualities of a human being........so she's my legend.  Saw a couple of her concerts at Red Rocks back in the 70s but couldn't sneak onto the tour bus.  Finally got to meet her after a Valentines Day concert here a couple of years ago.  Still amazing at 70+ and her voice was as beautiful as ever (if not better.)  I know I look like a dork in the photo, especially standing next to a goddess.  Beautiful woman and still very amazing eyes but I especially love her hands in this photo.

 

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On a related note, we got to see Crosby, Stills and Nash several years ago too.

Video worth watching.

 

 

 

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