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Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 40
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 9:07 am: |     |
For some reason, this got no feedback on a previous posting. With all the musicians and music lovers in SOM, we must have some good info.
Here's mine:
10-Rolling Stones-Madsion Square Garden sometimes in the 70's. Opening act, Stevie Wonder !!!!!
9-Buddy Guy, Rhinocerous (great 60's blue eyed soul, sadly forgotten), NRBQ, and headliners, Procol Harum-Worlds fair Pavilion, Queens N.Y.-sometimes in the 60's.
8-Concert for peace, Shea Stadium- Creedence, Steppenwolf,Poco, Al Kooper, Janis Joplin and full Tilt Boogie-Etc, Etc. 69-70?. I got tickets from Al Kooper, right after he finished his set and was leaving.
7.NRBQ- at Queens College (my Elmer Matter) with both Al Anderson and Steve Fergusen on guitar. Opening act, Jake and the Family Jewells. 72-73
6-XTC-Hurrah's NYC. Before they stopped touring.79-80
5.David Bowie with opening act(unknown at the time), Roxy Music. , Rainbow Theater, London, 72.
4.Al Koopers 50th B-Day Bash at the Bottom Line-With Rekooperaters, Original Blues Project and Original Blood Sweat and Tears-9 years ago
3.Soft Machine,Chambers Bros., Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Singer Bowl, New York , 67-68 (can't beat those 60's).
2.Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Fillmore East, I think 72. This is when he recorded the White Live at the Fillmore L.P. For their 2nd encore, Frank brought out Joni Mitchell and she recited really graphic, dirty poetry while the Mothers jammed and Frank kept telling Joni, to "Do It" to the audience. Classic.
1. Beatles at Shea Stadium-My older sister took me, I could barely hear but it was the BEATLES-enuff said.
Now that I wrote this I forgot Joni Mitchell with Tim harden at Queens College and YES, I did see Sprinsteen (River Tour MSG) and he was great. TOO many to list.
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duncanrogers
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 747
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 9:12 am: | |
I think if you search (YEA DAVE FOR BRINGING BACK THE SEARCH) you will see that there is a rather lengthy thread about very first concerts and most cosmic live music moment. Both of which morphed into top ten lists, if I am not mistaken, and there is a very real chance that I am.
P.S. thats lots of nostalgia there man. Seen anything good in the last 30 years??
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Davegateway
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Username: Davegateway
Post Number: 9
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 9:59 am: | |
1. Johnny Cash at the Ritz
Nothing else comes to mind today. |
Master Plvmber
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Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 95
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 10:28 am: | |
Joe Strummer (1952-2002) @ the Paladium
Joe Strummer @ the Irving Plaza
Joe Strummer @ St. Ann's Warehouse
Stray Cats @ the Ritz (they were,like, 24yrs old, I was 17)
Public Image Ltd. @ the Beacon
Master_Plvmber
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Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 41
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 12:54 pm: | |
OK now that I've been made to feel ancient, here are some more recent shows (how bout last 5 years ?):
Primus-Bimbo's San Francisco-98
Sean Altman-Arlene's Grocery
Yazbek-Joe's Pub-2001
Fila Bzasilia- Knitting Factory-2002
Jaybirds and Big Train-Womans Club of Maplewood- 2003
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Davegateway
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Username: Davegateway
Post Number: 10
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 10:40 pm: | |
Alright,
1. Johnny Cash @ The Ritz
2. The Specials at the Paramount on SI
3. PIL at the Palladium
4,5. Joe Strummer @ Palladium & Irving Plaza
6,7,8. The Ramones - Various Places but always a blast
9. Elvis Costello in Central Park
10. Joe Jackson @ Danceteria
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scollins
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Username: Scollins
Post Number: 48
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 3:59 pm: | |
They Might Be Giants @ 9:30 Club in Washington, DC (1986)
U2 @ Croke Park, Dublin (1987)
Amnesty Int'l show (Sting, Peter Gabriel, Springsteen, Tracy Chapman) at JFK Stadium in Philly (1988)
Dead Milkmen @ University of MD (1991)
Too Much Joy @ University of MD (1993)
Mike Peters in NYC (2001)
Billy Bragg at Irving Plaza (2002) |
NCJanow
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 942
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 4:07 pm: | |
1. Beatles at Shea 1965
2. Stones at the Garden
3. PP&M -Waterloo Village
4. Ricky Martin at the Garden 2003
5. *N Sync at Meadowlands 2003
Boy have my tastes disintergrated
NCJ aka LibraryLady |
gozerbrown
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Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 207
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 4:46 pm: | |
1. Steely Dan, Camden, 1996
2. Steely Dan, Holmdel, 2003
3. Tori Amos, Tower, Philadelphia, 1996
4. Beck, Trocadero, Philadelphia, 1996
5. Paul McCartney, Meadowlands, 2002
6. (The other 5 times I saw Tori Amos)
7. Chris Isaak, Tower, Philadelphia, 1996
8. Sting, Scranton, 1996
9. Fiona Apple, Boston, 1998(?)
10. I've seen better shows, but to not make LibraryLady feel so bad, I'll list Hall & Oates (2002) and Huey Lewis (1997).
Nancy, before you know it...you'll be first in line for the Jessica Simpson tickets!
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redY67
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Username: Redy67
Post Number: 126
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 6:30 pm: | |
Eurythimics at the University of Arizona 1984 |
ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1448
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 6:52 pm: | |
1. Grateful Dead - Dartmouth, NH May 1978
2. Grateful Dead - Boston Music Hall Oct 1978
3. Grateful Dead - Boston Music Hall (the next night)
4. Grateful Dead - Cape Cod Colliseum - Nov 1978
5. Grateful Dead - MSG Fall 1982
6. Grateful Dead - Red Rocks August 1979
7. Grateful Dead - Civic Arena (Pgh) Jan 1981(?)
8. Grateful Dead - Nassau Coliseum 1982?
9, 10, 11. Grateful Dead - Chicago - 3 shows in 1985? 86?
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ted
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Username: Ted
Post Number: 21
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 7:38 pm: | |
10. Stevie Wonder, MSG 87 or 88
9. Neville Brothers, The Ritz, 87ish
8. Grateful Dead, Starlight Theater, KC, Missouri, 1985
7. Peter Tosh, Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1982
6. Grateful Dead, Hampton Coliseum, 1984 or85
5. Bruce Springsteen, every time I've seen him
4. Grateful Dead, northeast tour, summer of 1987
3. The Holmes Bros.-any given Saturday night at Dan Lynch's 1986-1987
2. Elton John Central Park 1981 or 1982
1. David Byrnes Jones Beach 1988ish
not necessarily in that order |
bets
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Username: Bets
Post Number: 383
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 8:53 pm: | |
1. Grateful Dead, Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center, June 1983
2. Grateful Dead, March 1994, Nassau Colesium
3. Jerry Garcia Band Live on Broadway, October 1987, Lunt-Fontanne Theater
4. Grateful Dead, April 1983, Brendan Byrne Arena
5. Grateful Dead, April 1983 (the next night) Brendan Byrne Arena
6. Grateful Dead, April Fool's Day 1985, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
7. Grateful Dead, September 1988, Madison Square Garden
8. Jerry Garcia Band, August 1984, Caldwell College
9. Grateful Dead, June 1985, Saratoga PAC
10. Grateful Dead, June 18, 1995, Brendan Byrne (my last show  ) |
Chris Dickson
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Username: Ironman
Post Number: 791
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 9:33 pm: | |
1. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Asbury Park Convention Hall 3/1999
2. Bruce Springsteen and Friends Holiday Show Asbury Park Convention Hall 12/2001
3. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Giants Stadium 8/31/2003
4. Sam & Dave Fast Lane Asbury Park, NJ 10/26/1979
5. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes The Ritz New Years Eve 1998
6. Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul Garden State Arts Center 1982
7. Elvis Costello The Beacon Theatre October 1995?
8. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Madison Square Garden 1996? (John Hiatt Opening)
9. Dave Edmunds/Marshall Crenshaw/Stevie Ray Vaughan Asbury Park Convention Hall 1982?
10. Paul Simon Central Park 8/1991
And a nod to all those bands I saw in all those bars over the years ... Mink DeVille, John Eddie, The Bangs, The Romantics (Red leather suits and all!), The Inmates, Norman Nardini & The Tigets (A LEGEND!), Cats On A Smooth Surface!, Robert Gordon, Blue Angel (Featuring Cindy Lauper!), Garland Jeffreys (http://www.pdpconcerts.com/), just to name a few ...
I hear the guitars ringin' out
Ringin' out down Union Street
I hear the lead singer shoutin' out, girl
I wanna be a slave to the beat
Yeah, tonight I wanna break my chains
Somebody break my heart
Somebody shake my brains
Downtown there's something that I wanna hear
There's a sound, little girl, keeps ringing in my ear
I wanna be where the bands are
Big Train
Horn-Infused Funkification!
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NCJanow
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 944
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:31 pm: | |
Gozer.. I've already seen Jessica Simpson..twice. Once when she opened for Ricky Martin (she split her pants lol) and the first time she opened for 98Degrees at the Beacon. It was so obvious that she had NO talent at all..except in the eyes of Nick Lachey.
Oh..some of my better concerts that I neglected to list
Greatful Dead 1969 @ Stonybrook
Procul Harum 1968 @ Fillmore East
The Monkees with Jimi Hendrix opening 1967 @ The Forest Hill Tennis Stadium
NCJ aka LibraryLady |
Hank Zona
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Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 746
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 12:25 am: | |
In no particular order...
1. Amnesty International concert...Philadelphia, 1988?..Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracey Chapman
2. Ronnie Lane Benefit Concert, Madison Square Garden, 1983?...Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, assorted others.
3. Greenwich Village Folk Festival, Washington Square Church...1987?..Shawn Colvin, Nanci Griffith, Cliff Eberhardt, Odetta, Ritchie Havens, John Gorka, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush, Tom Paxton, Buskin and Bateau, a bunch of others.
4. Harry Chapin Memorial Concert, Ithaca, NY, 1983...Tom Chapin, Steve Chapin, Peter Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger
5. Jimmy Webb Tribute...Lincoln Center, 1993?...Jimmy Webb, Michael Feinstein, David Crosby, Art Garfunkel, Nanci Griffith, Jimmy Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, Glenn Campbell (!)
6. Grateful Dead, Radio City, 1981
7. Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Michel Camilo, Carnegie Hall, 1990?
8. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, the Bottom Line, 1993?
9. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense Tour, Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
10. U2 and the Alarm, Radio City, 1983
Thats today's top ten..Im sure there are more. |
Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 44
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 1:56 am: | |
See I knew ya could do it SOM. Good lists. I actually saw some of the shows listed. The Greenwich Village Folk festival was really good. I think in 87, Mark Johnson also played backed by the Roaches and some other Village names, he's a really good singer songwriter who wrote, King of Love (Dave Edmunds did it and local act the Jaybirds sometimes do it on uke's). Being a Queens boy, I was planning on seeing the Monkee's with opening act Jimi Hendrix but my dad grounded me that weekend for one reason or another.
Garland Jeffries is still doing good work and a friend of mine is now the keyboard player in his band. Cindy Lauper used to come down to see a band I was in called Get Wet when she was in Blue Angel. Our drummer was friendly with their guitarist Arthur Neilsen who is now playing with Shamika (sp?) Copeland (Johnny Copelands daughter) he's better than ever.
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ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1451
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 8:38 am: | |
LL, you rock! THe Monkees?! Swoooooon! I was a Davy lover |
ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1452
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 8:42 am: | |
Now, besides all the GD and JGB shows that I left off the list (and I left off many many shows haha)...
Lyle Lovett anytime is awesome
and ted, I have you beat....THe Holmes Brothers any sat night at Dan Lynch's (coulda been Friday?) 1982,83!!
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scollins
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Username: Scollins
Post Number: 49
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 8:50 am: | |
Wow - lots of Dead on here. Until now, I was under the impression that folks around here had good taste.
Please tell me the Deadheads are all in Maplewood!
What do deadheads say when they run out of dope?
"What is this awful music?" |
Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 45
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 9:55 am: | |
Kind of a cheap shot at the Dead but everyone's entitled to their opinion. I have gone back and forth on my opinion of the Dead as a live act. I tend to feel their early,"jams" were better and more creative then their later one's, which sometimes got a bit aimless. One thing for sure (in my opinion) they wrote some classic tunes, this I'll never take away from them. |
weekends
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Username: Weekends
Post Number: 11
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 10:58 am: | |
Can't rank them. Some memorable ones:
Patti Smith, Guthrie Theater ~ 1975
Roxie Music, Guthrie Theater ~ 1975
The B-52's, San Francisco ~ 1978
Joni Mitchell, Edwardsville Il., ~ 1972
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ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1453
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 12:01 pm: | |
scollins- curl up and die, you freak! just kidding. Garcia rocked, man!
more memorable concerts...
Leo Kotke - chicago (what was that theatre in Lincoln Park?) in 1985 (I called out "Louise" from the balcony and he said "Okay!" and he played it!
Steve Martin - Hartford 1978 awesomely funny
New Riders of the Purple Sage - somewhere in South Jersey (where the heck was I anyway?) 1978
Clapton - Chicago 1984
Rickie Lee Jones - Chicago (some club downtown) 1985
Jorma Kaukonen(sp?)
- small blues club in Chicago 1984
- Morristown theatre (Hot Tuna actually) a few years ago - when the heck was that?
CSNY - Madison Sq. Garden 1999? or 2000? when the heck was that?
Funny how I can remember venues and dates from the 70's and a bit in the 80's, but the 90's....fuggedhaboudit - my kids must be crowding up my short term memory.
Hey, anyone catch Counting Crows and John Mayer concert at PNC Arts Center a month ago? THey were great.
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Pierce Butler
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Username: Pierce_butler
Post Number: 75
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 1:36 pm: | |
10. They Might Be Giants, Central Park, 2002.
9. UB40, Jones Beach Theatre, 1985 (Midnight Oil opened).
8. Squeeze, Landmark Theatre (Syracuse), 1987.
7. Genesis, Madison Square Garden, 1986.
6. U2, Madison Square Garden, 2001 (No Doubt opened).
5. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Meadowlands, 1999.
4. Billy Joel, Yankee Stadium, 1990.
3. Billy Joel, Carrier Dome, 1989.
2. Billy Joel, Nassau Colliseum, 1986.
1. Paul Simon, Central Park, 1991.
Worst concert ever: The Kinks, West Gym, SUNY-Binghamton, 1988 (they played about three songs, a small electrical fire broke out, and that was it).
Librarylady "God, I can't believe I paid $25 to see them and then bought a $20 t-shirt" prize: Men at Work, Jones Beach Theatre, 1984
And no cracks about all the Billy Joel. Remember that
Billy Joel:Long Island Boys::Bruce Springsteen:Jersey boys |
sbenois
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Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 10232
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 12:40 am: | |
1. Live Aid - London 1985
2. The Who - MSG 2002
3. The Beatles on the Rooftop 1/30/69 from the fifth floor of 11 Vigo St, London
4. Jimi Hendrix Isle of Fehmarn - 1970
5. Elvis Costello - GSAC 1992(?)
6. Paul McCartney Meadowlands 2002
7. The Who MSG 1979
8. Ronnie Lane Benfit Concet MSG 1983
9. Little Richard - PNC 2001
10. John Fogerty - Hammersmith Ballroom 1998
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Redsox
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Username: Redsox
Post Number: 325
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 7:53 pm: | |
memorable due to stuff that happened, not really the show itself
led zepplin ticket riot- show banned boston mass 1972 or 1973.
aerosmith @ the monticello in framingham, mass 1974- guy in leather jacket dives through record company champaign glass pyramid.
stones in buffalo via vermont 1977- i think.
police @ the rat kenmore square for $3
plasmatics @ an afterhours sh*thole in the then seedy south end of boston, mass.
stiff little fingers paradise club near BU 1980
raybeats @ the mudd club 1981
fleshtones irving plaza 1982
soulsonic force & africa zambata @ NYU 1983
madonna pointy bra tour @ the garden 1984? |
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