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Guess I'll add my .02.
The Carpenters Kenny Loggins Billy Joel Elton John James Taylor (Seen him 9 times and have tickets in May) John Denver (Greatest acoustic show!! He dismissed his band and played solo for 1 1/2 hours. It was awesome) Queen Foreigner Foghat Van Halen Buddy Guy/Jimmie Vaughn The Beach Boys Neil Diamond Chicago Eagles Journey ZZ Top I'm sure there are more I can't recall at the moment. Yea - I'm a music lover. |
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Bruce Springsteen sometime around '79-'82 Five encores and the crowd sincerely wanted more.
More recent - solo acoustic Nick Lowe at a local outdoor bar. |
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OK, I did relate to the "It's like 'Who's your favorite kid?" post upthread. I've had many that I treasure, and I don't use the word loosely. It's odd because I doubt anyone (and certainly myself) "remembers" a concert from years ago even to the level of being able to reconstruct the setlist much less every note played by every musician on stage. What we remember is the impact, the overwhelming degree of pleasure.
Two that stand out for me, and both were primarily acoustic instruments. Richard Thompson at 7Th Street Entry. Small space that was a former cloak room for the larger First Avenue, and the place that many a Twin Cities punk, New Wave, or Alternative band played on their way up, or in the course of whatever small-time career they had. Solo, just Richard and acoustic guitar and I think 1982. Now if one has seen let's say vintage Husker Du in that same room, imagine a concert at such a volume level that I kept whispering to a photographer there to stop taking pictures with his motor-drive camera as the noise was drowning out the music. Given that memory I think it's possible that the show was actually acoustic through and through, no mics or pickups, but I'm not sure. I had most of Richard's post-Fairport records at the time, and he played a good mix of material from that portion of his career, including songs that had featured Linda Thompson on vocals. I've seen Thompson half-a-dozen times since, and he's always great, but this was just mesmerizing. The second is more recent, 2013, and Bill Frisell playing Telecaster into a Deluxe Reverb with a couple of stomp boxes on a chair next to him, but with the otherwise acoustic Big Sur album band of violin, viola, cello, and the splendid Rudy Royston on drum set at the Cedar Cultural Center. Again, I've seen Frisell several times, and he's always great, but this set of music and combinations of instruments was overwhelming. I'm not much of a musician, but I've tried to capture some of that feeling with compositions after that concert. Odd how many "best concerts" in this acoustic guitar forum are electric bands. I love that music too, so I understand. And I can think of a couple of concerts that were highly memorable from factors outside of just the music.
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Of all the legendary names in this thread, this one has me the most jealous Mule Variations tour? I'd do just about anything to see Tom live.
So many shows come to mind for me, but here are my stand-outs: Paco De Lucia at the Montreal Jazzfest in 2011 - I bought front row tickets for my wife and I assuming it would likely be my only chance to see him. I was right What an unbelievable show! Watching the communication onstage and being so close to one of the greats was quite an experience. Glen Hansard at Massey Hall in 2016 - what can you say about Glen? He left it all on the stage that night as he usually does. Heard many great tunes including great covers of Astral Weeks and Coyote. Tedeschi Trucks Band - my face hurt after from all the smiling (plus a bit sore from dancing!). Bruce Cockburn - Bone on Bone tour, 2017. Not my first time seeing Bruce, but certainly the best show of his I'd witnessed. Wilco 2006/2010 - both great shows. Also saw Jeff Tweedy solo a few years ago and had another great experience. Dave Matthews Band - saw DMB several times, best show was probably 2001 at the Molson Ampitheatre. Also saw three nights in a row with w/ Bela Fleck and the Flecktones opening and guesting and those shows were packed with great moments. Last edited by Ryan Alexander; 03-05-2020 at 12:55 PM. |
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Had to be Led Zep in 1977. Just wish I could remember it.
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