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**steve40** · August 18th, 2011, 09:21 PM

that has got to be when i saw pink floyd at earls court on their pulse tour.

**Decadence** · August 19th, 2011, 02:50 AM

in no particular order:

The Grateful Dead (1974, 1976)

Black Sabbath (1975) -- (w/ Kansas as a warmup.. yeesh)

Frank Zappa (sometime between Apostrophe and Zoot Allures)

mschaeffer33 · August 19th, 2011, 06:41 AM

BB King
Janis Joplin
Santana
all in one night
in 1969

plus raw tit
in the balcony
and great 69
with a killer chick
afterwards

(actually passed out briefly from pleasure OD once I put it in)

**Warren G** · August 19th, 2011, 09:55 AM

You guys have been around the block there Decadence, and mschaeffer, eh?

But as for me, way back in the sixties I went to a concert at the RKO 57th. st., where Murray the K was the emcee, and which had...

The Who

Cream (first US performance)!

The Mandela

Wilson Pickett

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

All in one show.

Cream blew up their amps like the Who did...

And I held one of Ginger Baker's broken drumsticks on the bus all the way back to Jersey.

**Warren G** · August 19th, 2011, 10:13 AM

But still, for me, (as a guitarist), the best concert I've ever been to was seeing Jeff Beck in Houston, Texas a few years ago. He was simply fantastic. I went with my oldest son, my brother in law, and his girlfriend. She had heard of him before, but during the concert..she cried.

We went around the back of the place afterwards, and got to meet him, talk to him, and get his autograph. When I told him I'd been listening to him for 35 years, he told me "you must have been three!". So I went around for a while telling people, (since I was born in 51), "Jeff Beck says I look like I'm 38!"

**BigSwede** · August 19th, 2011, 11:25 AM

Kiss in 1997.
20 years too late,but still.

**themidlander** · August 19th, 2011, 11:54 AM

Of the tents in fields the first two Isle Of Wight's were the best; for outdoors the Stones In The Park

Of actual indoor concerts in rough chronologiocal order.....
Beatles Christmas Show 64 at Finsbury Park
Spencer Davis Davis Group at Birmingham Odeon 66 ish
Tyrannosaurus Rex at Mothers Erdington 69 ish
Mothers Of Invention at Birmingham Town Hall 70 ish
Pink Floyd at Mothers Erdington 70ish
Black Sabbath at Birmingham Town Hall 72ish
Arthur Brown at Worcester College? 73ish
Iggy Pop (with Bowie) at Birmingham Odeon
Tom Waits at Victoria Theatre London 80ish?
Siouxsie And The Banshees (join hands tour)
U2 (War tour)
Bruce Springsteen (River Tour) NEC Birmingham
Neil Young (several in Birmingham over the years)
Lou Reed Symphony Hall Birmingham - what a venue! Best sound anywhere
Southside Johnny at The Robin Bilston 09
Rammstein several but last year Birmingham the best

Sorry the date are hazy and some of the venues but so in my brain now!

**Warren G** · August 19th, 2011, 12:03 PM

Wow, midlandler, that's pretty good...

The Stones at the Isle of Wight, The Beatles, T Rex, the Mothers, Lou...

You've been around the block, haven't you? Wow, that's great.

MauHe · August 19th, 2011, 12:14 PM

Transatlantic in 2001 at 013 in Tilburg.

LustyJanusz · August 19th, 2011, 12:17 PM

Many moons ago - NIN fragility v1.0, 1999, shortly after the release of "The Fragile".
Stunning music, stunning stage and lighting desing, just amazing.

August 19th, 2011, 06:41 AM	#23
mschaeffer33 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 578 Thanks: 512 Thanked 3,491 Times in 513 Posts	BB King Janis Joplin Santana all in one night in 1969 plus raw tit in the balcony and great 69 with a killer chick afterwards (actually passed out briefly from pleasure OD once I put it in) Last edited by mschaeffer33; August 19th, 2011 at 08:49 AM..

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August 18th, 2011, 09:21 PM	#21
steve40 Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: here at vef Posts: 824 Thanks: 5,616 Thanked 8,815 Times in 778 Posts	that has got to be when i saw pink floyd at earls court on their pulse tour.

August 19th, 2011, 02:50 AM	#22
Decadence *the thrill of it all* Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Depths of Debauchery Posts: 11,192 Thanks: 159,939 Thanked 213,294 Times in 11,242 Posts	in no particular order: The Grateful Dead (1974, 1976) Black Sabbath (1975) -- (w/ Kansas as a warmup.. yeesh) Frank Zappa (sometime between Apostrophe and Zoot Allures)

August 19th, 2011, 09:55 AM	#24
Warren G Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,473 Thanks: 5,632 Thanked 32,250 Times in 1,479 Posts	You guys have been around the block there Decadence, and mschaeffer, eh? But as for me, way back in the sixties I went to a concert at the RKO 57th. st., where Murray the K was the emcee, and which had... The Who Cream (first US performance)! The Mandela Wilson Pickett Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels All in one show. Cream blew up their amps like the Who did... And I held one of Ginger Baker's broken drumsticks on the bus all the way back to Jersey.

August 19th, 2011, 10:13 AM	#25
Warren G Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,473 Thanks: 5,632 Thanked 32,250 Times in 1,479 Posts	But still, for me, (as a guitarist), the best concert I've ever been to was seeing Jeff Beck in Houston, Texas a few years ago. He was simply fantastic. I went with my oldest son, my brother in law, and his girlfriend. She had heard of him before, but during the concert..she cried. We went around the back of the place afterwards, and got to meet him, talk to him, and get his autograph. When I told him I'd been listening to him for 35 years, he told me "you must have been three!". So I went around for a while telling people, (since I was born in 51), "Jeff Beck says I look like I'm 38!"

August 19th, 2011, 11:25 AM	#26
BigSwede Vintage Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 875 Thanks: 29,724 Thanked 10,345 Times in 868 Posts	Kiss in 1997. 20 years too late,but still.

August 19th, 2011, 11:54 AM	#27
themidlander Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: West Midlands Posts: 649 Thanks: 16,089 Thanked 11,017 Times in 644 Posts	Of the tents in fields the first two Isle Of Wight's were the best; for outdoors the Stones In The Park Of actual indoor concerts in rough chronologiocal order..... Beatles Christmas Show 64 at Finsbury Park Spencer Davis Davis Group at Birmingham Odeon 66 ish Tyrannosaurus Rex at Mothers Erdington 69 ish Mothers Of Invention at Birmingham Town Hall 70 ish Pink Floyd at Mothers Erdington 70ish Black Sabbath at Birmingham Town Hall 72ish Arthur Brown at Worcester College? 73ish Iggy Pop (with Bowie) at Birmingham Odeon Tom Waits at Victoria Theatre London 80ish? Siouxsie And The Banshees (join hands tour) U2 (War tour) Bruce Springsteen (River Tour) NEC Birmingham Neil Young (several in Birmingham over the years) Lou Reed Symphony Hall Birmingham - what a venue! Best sound anywhere Southside Johnny at The Robin Bilston 09 Rammstein several but last year Birmingham the best Sorry the date are hazy and some of the venues but so in my brain now!

August 19th, 2011, 12:03 PM	#28
Warren G Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,473 Thanks: 5,632 Thanked 32,250 Times in 1,479 Posts	Wow, midlandler, that's pretty good... The Stones at the Isle of Wight, The Beatles, T Rex, the Mothers, Lou... You've been around the block, haven't you? Wow, that's great.

August 19th, 2011, 12:14 PM	#29
MauHe Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 219 Thanks: 1,698 Thanked 2,636 Times in 187 Posts	Transatlantic in 2001 at 013 in Tilburg.

August 19th, 2011, 12:17 PM	#30
LustyJanusz Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 99 Thanks: 16,604 Thanked 844 Times in 73 Posts	Many moons ago - NIN fragility v1.0, 1999, shortly after the release of "The Fragile". Stunning music, stunning stage and lighting desing, just amazing.