What is your most fond musical memory.

I have several.

-Meeting Ringo. I thanked him for all the marvelous music and he thanked ME for being a lifelong fan.  On bad days, I remind myself that I met a Beatle.

-I had an opportunity to golf with Dicky Betts and Les Dudek about 20 years ago.  Shortly after, I was a guest of Dicky in a SW Florida recording studio with the Allman's as they were fleshing through the songs that became "Where it all Began".  I got to meet Tom Dowd, also a treat.  Funny white dust all over the bathroom, though.

During my fellowship, I took care of the current singer in Fleetwood mac.  I was expecting to meet a real bitch.  She was the sweetest most genuine person and hung around the office chatting with me for about 30 mins talking about Lindsey and their prior band.  I was so star struck, I apologetically asked for her autograph, which I still have on a Rx pad

-Sitting in the auditorium of a local community college on the bleachers watching a warm up band Skyhook on Kiss first tour. Crappy little auditorium and stage.  Lots of facial paint in the audience.  A guy sat right behind me and a little to my right with vampire facial paint and a top hat.  After the warm up band finished, I saw him take the stage-it was Gene Simmons. He had switched to his vampire attire at that point.

I’ve been fortunate to have seen some of the greatest bands in concert - The Who, Zeppelin, BS&T, Chicago, Sly, Mothers, Tull’s first NY appearance when they were amazing.

But probably my most fond musical memory was when I went to see Basie at the Orange County Fair in upstate NY. Somehow, I met the bus coming in and they let me on and I helped the band boy set up Harold Jones’ drums and I stood right behind him during their set. Until Basie saw me.

Beat that @bdp24 !

I don't know if  it's my fondest, but it's the one that came to mind. I remember as a kid dancing around my home living roomwhile listening to Beethoven's Pastoral, 6th symphony. I played it regularly on my parents 'record player'. I never tire of hearing it. Another great memory is going to a  a Jackie Wilson concert in my home town of Detroit. Such a talent. Tragically gone far too soon.

Because I got into Hi-Fi at a relatively early age, I didn't attend a lot of live concerts. But being from Chicago (well, Evanston), I have strong memories of seeing Al Jarreau live a couple of times at Blues clubs near Wrigley field. This was in the mid-'70s, around the time that he released his first album, so he wasn't widely known yet, and the performances were in intimate settings.

The combination of his unique style, outstanding talent and remarkable enthusiasm, had a real impact on me, and I won't forget the experiences.

In 1966 I was a high school freshman at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara,Ca. The school faculty told the Concert Committee that they could select any group to preform for a school fundraiser ( BIG MISTAKE ) as we booked Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention ! Needless to say the faculty was freaking out when Zappa opened with " Getting Nasty on the White House Lawn" followed by Susie Cream Cheese. LMAO looking at their horrified faces.

The other great concert for me was early 70s when Rare Earth played in Anchorage, AK.