Your favorite show?

[mca]

Pink Floyd - Pulse tour at BC Place in Canada

Jeff Healey Band at the Ballard Fire House in Seattle

Robin Trower at Parkers in Seattle

Paul Rodgers at Parkers and Emerald Queen Casino

Alan Parsons Project at the Paramount in Seattle

Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Paramount

Spinal Tap at the Paramount

Ted Nugent at the Paramount

[bpape]

Amen to missing Frank - but I did get to hear his kid with Brock, Vai, and Bozzio about a month and a half ago.  They did Frank proud.

Some of the best shows I've seen...

Pink Floyd in Birmingham AL outside in the AL football stadium

Yes in the round in Champaign IL

ELP in Normal IL the night Keith Emerson fell backward off the stage into the pit.

Genesis in the old Checker Dome in St. Louis

Jean Luc Ponty at the Rosemont in Chicago

Probably the best bang for the buck was Fleetwood Mac, Heart, and Dan Fogelberg together outside in Peoria in the mid 70's for $15!

[mgalusha]

I saw one a couple of weeks ago that may be the best I've ever seen.

John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely and Guy Clark, the four of them on stage, no band, all acoustic and no set list, just playing what they wanted and whatever the crowd happend to yell out. It was amazing and I'm still in awe of the performances I saw that night.

mike

[richidoo]

Cool thread! It was fun remembering these great concerts.

My favorite shows:
All star jazz concert, New Haven College 1970, dizzy, moody, ellington's band, stitt, jj, roach, cootie williams, Eubie Blake, sarah vaughan, eldridge, faddis (14yo), brubeck, mulligan, many more. Max Roach 15 minute drum solo, people were screaming and crying, standing on the armrests.
Count Basie Orchestra
Art Blakey with both Marsalis brothers 1981?
Philly Joe Jones 1982
Bill Evans tenor 1983 (best straight ahead bebop jazz sax I have ever heard including recordings of trane and bird)
Police Synchronicity 1983
Live Aid - Giants Stadium 1984? Miles, Police, U2, Duran, everyone!
Chet Baker 1981 (I chose my career after talking to him)
Lionel Richie All Night Long tour - I loved him!!!!
Isaac Stern 2003

Most regret not seeing: Stan Kenton 1977 (snow storm) and Earth Wind Fire 1981 (turned down free tickets to their last tour, didn't even know who they were...)

Most wanna see: sexy German violinist Julia Fischer! Oohlala!

[WEEZ]

Hey Rich, I saw Stan Kenton a couple of times in the '70's...

At one particular show, he was sporting 6 trumpets; 5 trombones; 6 reeds; and guitar, piano, bass & drums + conga. He ended the show with "Malaga". Hot damn. I got my hearing back a few days later.

WEEZ

[richidoo]

My trumpet teacher for 15 years, Leon Merian played lead with Kenton on occasion, subbing here and there, I think. He remembers playing NY with the band. All the young girls would sit right up front to get the maximum sexual stimulation from the overwhelming sound. Of course, he used different words. Kenton used to call them the Eager Beavers, the female groupies, hence the title of his tune. Yeah, that woulda been great to see.

[WEEZ]

you mean, an ear-gasm?