1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups

WOW!!! You're really bringing back memories Shubertmaniac. Speaking of you, is your named derived from our Shubert Theater? Just wondering... Do you live in this area? Saw the aforementioned Tragically Hip/Eric Johnson concert at the Tower. Not sure whatever happened to EJ, Cogito. I am definitely a Jersey Shore kind of guy. I have a home in Sea Isle City. Sounds like you would have a story or two to tell from there. Maybe the LaCosta, Ocean Drive, Springfield Inn, Dead Dog Saloon, etc... My neighbor is an old time folk singer, who founded the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and was the original owner of The Main Point(being that you brought the place up). Had people by the name of Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, etc. play there before anyone knew who they were. He's 85 years old, and one of the coolest people I have ever met. Too bad he hates rock... His children are also noted musicians. Tim Britton, his son, an Irish piper. The Britton Sisters(his two daughters), a folk duo. The Philadelphia Inquirer did a front page story on him(for the 30th Anniversary of the festival or something). In the article, some lyrics were printed from one of his old(60's???) songs, "Barefoot, Bearded, and Bedraggled". "I'm barefoot, bearded, and bedraggled. Stoned and drunk as I can be. I'm the counter-culture, and I'm all folked up..." Not bad, in my opinion. I'll never forget them. Great for laughs. Great thread you started here!

Shubertmaniac How about Bonnie Raitt at the Bijou; David Bowie at Tower Theater; Taj Mahal at the Academy. Tell me you really saw Muddy Waters at the Main Point? Don't forget the Steel Pier where I saw The Supremes AND The Temptations in 1965 (10-15 minutes per set). Man Philly had a bunch of venues. Also The Electric Factory (Big Brother and Janis Joplin in was it 69?). And of course the free summer concerts at Robin Hood Dell in Fairmont Park. What great memories.

I used to rock and roll but what with my bum knee and all... The Who, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, Blind Faith, Derek & Dominos), Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane (Starship,Hot Tuna), CSN&Y, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Beatles. Saw them all live except for The Beatles (fuzzy memories, tinitus and ticket stubs to show for it). I listen to and own many works by above artists. However a guest would probably hear this top 10 mixed in with the new today: Wire, The Smiths, The Chameleons, Bauhaus, The Cure, XTC, The The, The Clash, The Jam, Joy Division. Fond of the 80s'. Heavy club years I guess. Be seeing you.

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Holy Smokes! I am shocked that I forgot the Electric Factory!! Saw many a musical at the Schubert Theatre. My username comes from Franz Schubert, but in haste I misspelled it. Actually I live on the Maryland Eastern Shore on the Chesapeake. But to see any concerts we usually took the train to Philly or New York. Went to school at University of Delaware, the ultimate party school on the east coast. Meet some friends there whose parents had places in Avalon,Stone Harbor, Wildwood. So we would go up to Margate or Somers Point. Usually go to Tony Mart's meet the ladies from Greater NorthEast Philly, or meet some fine Italian ladies from South Philly. My feeling not being a Philly insider is those parts of town did not really care for each other. Ocean City I believe was a dry town, so no action there. How about Sea Isle City?? This past summer I purchased a sailboat on the Mullica River, near Port Republic. We only made it to Cape May before the engine crapped out on us. It is drydocked there for the winter.We could not get the engine parts to get us going again till too late in the season. So we go down to Cape May once or twice a month to check her out. It's alot a fun on the way down, going the back way (old buckshutum road, west of Vineland), telling talltales about my wasted youth. But want is ironic, I tell the stories in light of the music I listened to or what the bands played. Remembering, listening to Jumpin Jack Flash dancing the night away at Tony Mart's; How many bar bands played Proud Mary to you wanted to puke. Or Chicago's Color My World, at least you got to slow dance and whisper sweet nothings, praying you would get lucky that night; wishing I was the guitarist in that bar band because I knew he wasn't going home alone. Music and the Jersey Shore a powerful combination!!!