Rodger Pettichord Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Hi all. Many years ago when the folk music craze was at its height, I attended shows by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and by the Kingston Trio. They were wonderful. That suggests this week's Meaningless Topic. Get out the nostalgia book and share a page. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: What live music concert have you personally enjoyed most? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Stone the Crows at Hull City Hall. (UK) Their lead guitarist had recently been killed and they wrote "Sunset Cowboy" in his memory. The memory was new and raw and the singer, Maggie Bell, was superb. There were few dry eyes when it ended. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Simon and Garfunkel!!!!!!!!! They both sat on stools on the stage and sang no back up just the two of them with Paul playing the guitar. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Many years ago in Seattle , George Strait . 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 hour ago, BradB said: Many years ago in Seattle , George Strait . Saw George Strait many years ago at the Houston State Fair. I am not a country and western music fan but he was very entertaining. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Queen, my first live concert BTW. Could also have been Paul McCartney last Summer, but a virus caused the cancellation. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Irish Rovers at University of Maine. Greg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Dave Brubeck at the first Monterey Jazz Festival back in 1958. Edited August 7, 2021 by W2DR kant spel 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Stillwater said: Queen, my first live concert BTW. Could also have been Paul McCartney last Summer, but a virus caused the cancellation. Very jealous of you being able to see Queen live Gerold....very jealous. My most memorable live concert was Tom Petty, back around 1989...he was one heck of a performer live. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Growing up across the bay from San Francisco in the 60's I was treated to free, live concerts at Golden Gate Park with Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead playing often. Most fun concert in recent times was in Seattle August 2019 to see the Rolling Stones! Amazing performance. Saw them at Altamont Pass in 1969 too but the Seattle one was the best. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Vera Lynn singing; 'Over The Rainbow' always brought me to tears. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 The Jam in I think 79.... however most fun for me was a couple of years ago at the O2 arena in London watching Madness with the wife, just superb fun.... some of you may have to Google Madness but I grew up listening to them and similar stuff.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Rob Abernathy said: Rolling Stones! Amazing performance. Saw them at Altamont Pass in 1969 too but the Seattle one was the best. Good wines grow with the years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Two: Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park and Woodstock. I was sent to Woodstock by the newspaper I worked for just in case something happened...and it did! 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On the more somber side, a very moving Christmas mass sung in Vietnamese by a Vietnamese Youth Choir in Paris's Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and Handel's Messiah sung for Easter by the Icelandic National Choir in Reykjavik. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Too Many stand outs to select one from them All: 1 Col Joye with Little Pattie and Judy Stone - Rabaul Rugby Ground early 1960s (my band supported I played bass) 2 Slim Dusty and Family on Many occasions both in Australia and TPNG 3 JR Cash and Family on 30th Anniversary Tour with jump up acoustic jam by Waylon Jennings and JR by themselves - Brisbane Festival Hall 1980 4 Glen Campbell and Band supported by Blood Sweat and Tears - Twin Towns RSL 1982 5 Bob Dylan and His Band - Darwin Gardens Amphitheater 1997 Apologies to many other great performers seen since early 1950s Edited August 8, 2021 by TerribleT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Andre Rieu and orchestra in Maastricht doing one of his summer concerts in Vrijthof Square. Russel Watson turning on the Christmas Lights in Covent Garden, the more we applauded the more he kept singing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 The Crazy Gang singing; 'My Old Mans a Dustman' at the London Palladium in the late 1940's. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I was in my late teens having only just arrived in Australia. Growing up in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) we never/rarely had chart topping international artists. My uncle who had lived here for years took me and my siblings to my first concert which will be my most memorable - it was the band America My jaw dropped when I heard them play "Horse with no name" Graeme 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) On 8/7/2021 at 12:12 AM, Rob Abernathy said: Saw them at Altamont Pass in 1969 too There's nothing like a free Stones concert to draw a crowd. I wasn't there but I lived only 25 miles away in San Ramon. And that's a day we "locals" remember too (if for nothing else than the traffic on 580). December 6, 1969. Wow...where have all the years gone? Sigh. The story of the Stones concert that day at the Altamont Pass Speedway will always be remembered by so many people for so many reasons...both the good things and the bad things. For all the many who have no idea what we're talking about there's more info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert . P.S. How long did it take you to get there Rob? And to get back home? Edited August 11, 2021 by W2DR kant spel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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