Not a Knife Question

[thawk]

A post in another Blade Forum prompted this:

Tell everyone about the most memorable concert you ever saw and where you saw it. Doesn't have to be a book, but OK if it is.

Mine was Jackson Browne at Red Rocks near Denver in I believe the summer of 1977. It was his kickoff tour for the "Runnin on Empty" album. It was a night concert in the summer and there was a very active meteor shower going on during the whole thing. Ones that blew enormous color trails across the whole sky (really!)

This was during the 70's in Colorado, so super short blue jean cutoffs and braless halter tops were in fashion. There was a generous amount of topless ladies, and a lot of sharing going on in the crowd.

Post some good ones please.

 

[DaveinNY]

I did both the 69' and 94' Woodstock concerts. The 69 was a bit hazy, if you know what i mean, but I think I had a good time. The 94' was only three miles down the road and I had a press pass that got me anywhere on site. I also had 3 teenage daughters at the 94' that kept me on the run. We did the mosh pit and mud slides and even ended up on the MTV coverage of the mosh pit. Just to cover ourselves, (( this is community center -- no knives here )) . (( Don't )) Gotta keep this knife related.

 

[Mongo]

I have several that come to mind...
1. On the day/night that Princess Diana died, I was seeing Alejandro Escovedo at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn Illinois. (a fine Texas roadhouse trapped in Illinois) It was a religious experience for both the audience and the band. They had the magic groove running all night, and were called back for three thunderous encores... even playing past the legal time. I remember Alejandro announcing to the crowd that she had died, I thought it was a joke at first. I ended up seeing him again about a half year later and asked him if he remembered that night. He got this funny grin on his face and asked the rest of the guys if they remembered it too... they all got that same glazed funny grin and also fondly remembered it. Still by far, the BEST concert experience I have had.

2. Saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in Danville Illinois in the late 80's, after he was clean. Rompin' stompin' concert by the best there ever was.

3. Saw Ted Nugent in Detroit (actually Pontiac) about 10 yrs ago. The audience frightened me... missing teeth, head to toe cammo, tatoos, drunk and disorderly red-necks... and that was just the women! Kick ass concert though, I've seen Ted other times and he wasn't as good as that night.

4. Just about every Fred Eaglesmith concert I've ever been to. Fred puts on a great show every time out. Heck of a great guy too, will drink beers and talk fishing with you all night afterwards.

I'm sure there are more, I'll have to search the memory banks.

 

[Gollnick]

Tell everyone about the most memorable concert you ever saw and where you saw it. Doesn't have to be a book, but OK if it is.

No question: Uto Ughi played Beethoven's Concerto in D with the Dayton Symphony. I happened to be in Dayton and heard that it would be performed. The Concerto in D is one of may favorite pieces of music in the world. I called. It was sold out... but one seat. It was about the best seat in the house and it was very expensive. The performance was utterly sublime. When he finished, the audience sat stunned -- just stunned -- for a good thirty seconds before thunderous applause broke out and continued uninterrupted for eight or ten minutes through curtain call after curtain call. Since it is one of my favorites, I know the Concerto in D exactly. I have a dozen recordings of it at least including Ughi with the London Symphony in a studio recording. And I can tell you that that night every note by every musician on that stage was absolutely perfect and yet was not dry with technical perfection but alive, suffused with artistry. Exquisite.


The day my household in Nashville was packed and put on a truck for Portland, I was left alone with my suitcase, no furniture, intending to sleep on the floor and then take a cab to the airport the next morning. But, I remembered that it was a Thursday and Bill Monroe played at the Bell Cove on Thursdays. It's not often that you get to see a living legend, a man who created a style of music. So, I called a friend and we went to the Bell Cove to see Big Mon one more time. It was a good show as always. Tater Tate was there on fiddle. The next morning, Friday, I flew out as scheduled. It was that Saturday that Bill Monroe had his stroke and he passed sortly thereafter having never played publically again. I'm pretty certain that I saw Bill Monroe's last public performance. Since I expected it to my last show in Nashville for a while, I took it in with extra care and have great memories of it and of Mr. Monroe.

I remember going to the Blue Bird in Nashville to see the gal who was the receptionist at the company I worked for there. She performed very well. Her name would become Trisha Yearwood.

 

[maximus otter]

14th September 1974, Wembley Stadium, London:

Joni Mitchell; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; The Band; Jesse Colin Young.

August 2004, Audley End outdoor concert, Essex:

The Opera Babes singing the Flower Duet from Lakmé by Delibes.

August 2005, same venue:

Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins... Mmmm...

maximus otter

 

[markksr]

Pink Floyd
1989
Giant's Stadium
/or/
George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars
early 90's
Roseland