is this the greatest live band of all time?


l know everybody has there own opinion however you be the judge?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyEbr6HvWy0
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The pavillion at Flushing Meadows yeah ,I didn't have enough to pay for me and my girlfriend  to go one time ,so we go a bottle of Boones Farm and Sat outside and listened to CSN one night.

Good one, @iloveromy! I saw both versions, with Cooder in the Little Village group (with Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner) on a sound stage in Burbank, the version with Landreth at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood.

The above and the following are impossible to rate as absolute "best", but all great:

The Dave Edmunds Band at a big club in NYC (the name of which I don’t recall) in 1982. 100% high-octane rocket fuel Rock ’n’ Roll!

Not far behind, NRBQ at The Roxy Theater in Hollywood, a couple of times. The most "fun" live band I’ve ever seen.

Marshall Crenshaw at The Peppermint Lounge in NYC, 1982. Graham Maby (from Joe Jackson’s band) on Fender 6-string bass, 4-part harmonies!

Rockpile at The Country Club in Reseda, CA, 1980. All American Rock ’n’ Roll at it’s finest, ironic considering all the members are from the UK.

The Band at The Berkeley Community Theater, 1969. The finest live music making I’ve ever heard, on the level of a Jazz band.

The Beat (U.S., not U.K.) at The Whiskey, the best Power Pop band I saw and heard live, including The Who.

The Electric Flag at The Santa Clara County Folk-Rock Festival in 1968. Mike Bloomfield on guitar, the mighty Buddy Miles on drums (who made Keith Moon look like a wimp ;-), four saxes---two baritone, two bass!

For singer/songwriters, the sublime Iris Dement, at The Troubadour in Santa Monica and The Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR. I want her music played at my funeral. ;-)

Leonard Cohen’s live show was the "grandest" I’ve ever seen, pure class.

By the way @allexandar, I saw The Beatles at The Cow Palace (S. San Francisco) in ’65, and they weren’t very good live. Honest! Better than The Stones, though, who absolutely reeked. The most over-rated band in the entire history of Rock ’n’ Roll!



This isn’t really fair. To determine the best live band of all time you need to consider the live bands of the fourth century, The time of Jesus, and 600 BC. There are not many old hipsters left who saw the best bands from when Jesus was around.

(*I just hate the phrase “of all time.” Meaningless bloviation if you ask me.)
The gold standard is Bruce Springsteen at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver back in 1978. 3+ hours of perfection.
In the mix:Elton John (in the 1970's)Tool
Rory GallagherTim BuckleyPink FloydAny opera at the Met
No argument with The Who, Floyd, the Stones on this list; amazing bands that had to be experienced live. But like Moon, Bonham with Zeppelin...and Pearl with Rush...have to be included amongst the greatest drummers of all time, and mesmerized their fans. And Queen’s performance at Live Aid will always be considered amongst the best.