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If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living?

I have interest in hearing about yours.   I can think of some great concerts over the years in many great buildings, from Hancher in Iowa City, to Fisher Hall in New York, to some bars in Copenhagen. 

Something I have noticed....performers have times they are more "on" just like us, and it can make their concerts be perceived at different levels.   I know the three times I saw Jackson Browne, each was much different and most of that was his intent.  Having a good sized group with very talented back up singers to the time I saw him solo....all great, but very different.  He is a better guitar player than he may be given credit for. 

The live Jazz I have been to in NYC is near the top.  Sweet Basil and the Blue Note through the years have been very good to me, but in a much different vein, the lakefront festivals in Milwaukee are a somewhat unknown to most of America. 

I did see a few artists before their success and fame, saw a famous British singer at a bar in Rapid City many years ago..and he has done well since. 

Take care,

whatjd
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Anyone who was fortunate enough to have seen NRBQ when Al Anderson was in the band will tell you what a great live band they were. Even better than their records, which are pretty damn great.

A favorite of Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, and every good musician I know. Sorry Stones lovers: when David Sanborn introduced them on his TV show, he introduced them as "The best Rock ’n’ Roll band in the world."

I saw then twice, both times at The Roxy Theater on Sunset in Hollywood. So hot! Amongst the best 4-piece bands I've ever seen and heard live (along with Rockpile and Little Village). The Beatles were of course a 4-piece, but live they were not so hot. Honest!

richmos
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Too many to name, but here are a few.
Cream at the Psychedelic Supermarket in Boston.
Mothers of Invention at the Armadillo World Headquarters.
Santana at the Boston Tea Party.
Jeff Beck Group (original band) at the Boston Tea Party.
The Tubes at the Armadillo.



jayacjay
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Cream reunion, Royal Albert Hall, 2005
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baylinor
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Montreux, Switzerland. Early 1970, Led Zeppelin launching Led Zeppelin II album. Page had longer hair than Plant! I was 15 and a half yrs old, my first out of town concert, my dad had to accompany me in order to go. Simply awesome, Bonham did a drum solo barehand til he bled. I was like second row on the floor 12 ft away from them. 250 spectators at most. Will never forget it. This was in the casino that burned down soon after during a Zappa concert.  Completely destroyed it. Deep Purple then made it famous with the song smoke on the water. They were real close to Claude Nobbs, the montreux jazz festival organizer, now dead. But even so the montreux jazz festival now keeps going in a completely different location, it will never be anything like the original concerts in the casino. At least I was there. Thanks for this post. Memories.
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audiovideonirvana
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Hands down, the greatest concert I ever attended: October 23, 1982, Carnegie Hall, The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan, performing Mahler's Ninth Symphony. One for the ages...
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