What's The Best Gig You've Seen ?

[howie50]

I'll kick this off by listing my top five gigs:-


The Rolling Stones - Roundhay Park, Leeds - 1981

The Who - Sheffield Arena - 2000

Bob Dylan - Sheffield Arena - 2000

BB King - Sheffield Arena - 1999

The Jam - The Reading Rock Festival - c.1977

[trendkillah]

1) Joe Satriani 2000

2) Pantera 2000


I'm not gonna list anymore, cause I havent been to that many shows yet.(and I missed Steve Vai earlier this year!!!damn me!)

But I'm sure gonna remember these two for a long time!

[JoeyLibby]

#1 Local band called Since August (sinceaugust.com) at my old Highschool twice. They rock and have fun on stage :)

#2. Widemouth Mason playing a small club.

[Daan]

Pat Metheny 2000

I saw him here in Brussels and he was realy great!
Very experimental too!
I dont know much jazz musicians with the combination of clasical and experimental.
In fact: Metheny is the only jazz musician i know. :o

[Zeppelin]

Well because not much bands come to my region, for different reasons the best gigs i have seen are
Rage against the machine
Some german speed metall band called Edguy
Deep Purple and Nazareth were here 2 , but i missed it cause i was to young and didnt like music that mucj

[Trolle]

My best concert-moments:

(no particular order)
D-A-D (Copenhagen DK '98)
Slash's Snakepit (Aarhus DK 2000)
Rage against... (Roskilde DK '96)
Megadeath (Midtfyn DK '97)

...and then various performances by Sting, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Pulp, Björch, Sepultura, No doubt a.m.

So I've only seen concert inside Denmark and that's a pretty small country, but all the big ones come anyway, because we danes just dig ****in' good music and live performance!! :cool:

Fiddles
Trolle

[puddlemaker]

thin lizzy 76 tampa bay
kiss 77 tuscon
skynard 74 atlanta
rush 76 tampa bay
b company 77 tuscon
d purple 73 manheim
steppenwolf 69 detroit first one 8 yrs old
rainbow 82 atlanta
many, many more

[acoustic_guitar]

Moody Blues, Minneapolis 1992
Doobie Brothers, Guess Who Minneapolis 2000
Paul Mccartney, Minneapolis 1994
Pink Floyd, Minneapolis 1993
Satriani,Via,Johnson - G3, recorded live, Minneapolis 1996
Allman Brothers, Albuquerque 1972
ZZ Top, Albuquerque 1971
BloodRock, Albuquerque 1970
Alice Cooper, Albuquerque 1971
10 years After, Albuquerque 1971
Phil Keaggy, Minneapolis 1989

[BString]

Have to be
Steely Dan 1996(?)
Pink Floyd 1993
Paul McCartney 1994

[Christoph]

Well, I dunno about biggest, but the best one I've ever seen was Joe Satriani at the Fillmore Aditorium in Denver, CO.

[Christoph]

Hey acoutic_guitar, I've heard a little bit about Phil Keaggy . . . is he any good?

-Christoph

[acoustic_guitar]

Christoph;

Phil Keaggy only plays Christian music with heavy emphasis on the Spiritual realm. He's quite extra-ordinary and must have God on his side when he plays (obviously). I honestly believe he can have concerts which transcend the physical realm.

I coined a term for Phil many years ago namely "Keaggyisms". What are they? They are specific modes he tends to gravitate towards. I pretty much can identify him by just listening due to those "Keaggyisms".

I remember many special moments both live and at home listening to him and thinking wow, I've never heard anything like this before. And when the Spiritual side kicks in - watch out. It's sometimes too much.

I think his best album was "Emerging" back in the late 70's early 80's time frame.

His acoutic work for me is better when seen live, than is his live electric work.

Hey, thanks for asking.
Have a good day!

[scottay51]

tom petty 2000 nissan pavillion
eric clapton - every virginia concert

[redheffer]

Elvis Costello
The Minutemen
Frank Zappa
Miles Davis
Jack Schantz Jazz Unit (local, phenomenal)

[brokeboy32]

Korn 1999 was the best concert ever and Linkin Park and POD was the second best!!!

[FieryBreath]

I had a great time at a Linkin Park concert, but there was also another new band I was impressed with. I went to an XFL game (no laughing, i got tickets for free) and at the taligate party, there was a band called Swinging Lovehammers. They're a Chicago band, but if you can check them out (www.swinginglovehammers.com)

[Rama]

Guns n` Roses at the River Plate Stadium 1992(really cool!!)

Megadeth at the Obras Stadium 1993

Steve Vai at the Gran Rex Theatre 2000(really loud!!!)

all in Buenos Aires

[Cleaner]

http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/TommyEmmanuel/

I've seen alot of shows but this was a flat out to much.

SteepWolf - GuessWho were quite ride also.

[raudberg]

1. Steve Vai, Rockefeller Oslo 2000

This was a magical night, almost religious.
I feel lucky to have been there

2. Halford, Rockefeller Oslo 2000

What can I say...? The Metal God.

3. Tribal Tech, Trondheim 1998(?)

Fantastic musicians. Unbelievable perfection. Scott Henderson is the man.

[Joseph]

I never had the chance to Led Zeppelin live (as a whole), but I'm sure it would have been an amazing experience. Its just not the same on video, if only I could go back in time, just to be in the same arena with four of the greatest musicians in rock history, I would die with a smile on my face. But fortunately, March 7th, 1995, I saw Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at the Orlando Arena. Wow, what an amazing show, and to be honest it was almost like I was at a real Zeppelin show, except with the conspicuous absense of Jon Bonham, but Michael Lee did a great job. I happened to be in the right place at the right time, and a concert like that lasts a lifetime in your memory, they played all of my favorites: Black Dog, Kashmir...

-Joseph

[James Hetfield Is Jesus]

1. Metallica '98

2. Metallica '99

3. Metallica '00

4. Pantera '00

5. Black Sabbath '99

[fendermonkey77]

I saw Eric Johnson in a really low key performance at a music store. I used to work there and so I was tipped off that he was coming and got tickets...anyway...I saw the whole gig front row..and I was no more than 4 feet away from him the whole gig! Very cool.

[Christoph]

Yeah dude, I saw Eric J a few months ago at a local venue. I was second row, but hey, I still got to see his whole performance from about 8 feet away.

Very cool indeed.

[Joseph]

I ssw Erivc Johnson a few years ago, hes an amazing musiian who really cares about precision, (which is far from most musicians intentions as of late.):rolleyes: But his playing is really emotional live on stage, you can almost feel what hes going through. This guy is a true musician, its not enough to just listen to his cassettes at home, you have to experience the man live...

-Joseph

[overdrive]

I just recently saw Rik Emmite live at a small concert hall. He played for Triuph a long time ago. He blew me away. He didn't exactly play my kind of music but still the man is amazing.

[eljison]

I just got back from the Eric Clapton World Tour (July 24th, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago)! warm up band was a bit lame (cross between old clapton and robin trower but not very well done)... Clapton opened up with an acoustic version of "Key to the Highway" that kicked ass! the show was incredible. Billy Preston ("the fifth Beatle") was on keyboards and Buddy Guy joined in on 3 songs including "Hoochie, Koochie Man"! Other highlights, acoustic version of "Bell Bottom Blues", "Tears in Heaven", electric version of "Layla" and "Sunshine of Your Love"... He also did "Badge" and finished the show with, get this, a soulful jazzy rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"! I highly recommend the show to any would be guitarist (especially rock/blues types). the top three all-time shows I've seen are:
1. Eric Clapton (this tour, sorry, I hadn't seen him before)
2. Paul McCartney, "Flowers in the Dirt" tour ~1990 (opening show at the L.A. Forum he did mucho Beatles and Wings... final show at Sundevil Stadium wasn't nearly as good)
3. U2, "The Joshua Tree" tour, Las Vegas, NV ~1986ish
smaller venue guitarists...
4. Larry Carlton at some vineyard in Temecula, CA.
5. Phil Keaggy (acoustic concert at a local church in Las Vegas)
6. Sting at the Alladin Theater, Las Vegas ~1989.
sorry, I haven't seen many shows recently...
Concerts I wish I never missed:
1. SRV
2. Pink Floyd
3. Rush
I am a big Zepp fan, too, but I heard they were pretty bad in concert... though I'm sure they had there better shows.

[fendermonkey77]

Very low-key show. Only 150 people there...and I was no more than 3 feet from him the whole show! Very cool.

[eljison]

Hi acoustic...,
good call on Keaggy. The guys fretwork is second to none and he has to be the most humble guy I've ever seen... a "true" christian!
I think the song "Time" could've been a great cross-over tune...some of his best guitar work, especially the live version. I tend to stick to his instrumentals since the spiritual stuff does get a bit much. He does have a great voice and some of his writing is reminiscent of McCartney.
Have you heard any of his early stuff with Glass Harp? They toured behind Yes and Chicago in the 70's and Hendrix is quoted as calling the then 17 y/o Keaggy "the world's greatest guitarist". It's hard to find but worth the effort, however it is definitely 70's through and through... just exchange the "free love-isms" with "God's-love-isms"... I think I just coined some new words!
Play on.

Originally posted by acoustic_guitar
Christoph;

Phil Keaggy only plays Christian music with heavy emphasis on the Spiritual realm. He's quite extra-ordinary and must have God on his side when he plays (obviously)....

I coined a term for Phil many years ago namely "Keaggyisms". What are they? They are specific modes he tends to gravitate towards.

...when the Spiritual side kicks in - watch out. It's sometimes too much.

I think his best album was "Emerging" back in the late 70's early 80's time frame.

[fendermonkey77]

This guy actually has an instructional video out (kinda like Hot Licks but by some other company...I have it at home but forget who manufacters the thing). He goes into his WILD alternate tunings. Check out the video if you ever get a chance.