ive seen over 200 live shows but what immediately comes to mind is,
the mighty black crowes in raleigh north carolina at the ritz in 1999/2000? a few months before they broke up for several years,which at a 600 plus mile drive was the longest distance weve ever driven to see some one play,my wife and i were the first 2 people in line and were front row center the whole night
green day on the nimrod tour in 97 at the agora theater in cleveland,i went by myself and was directly in front of billy that night,the was the first of 6 times ive seen green day and 5 of those times has been in the front row the only pick billy gave out that night was to me after he finished the second encore,i happened to be out near the green day bus after the show and also got billy to autograph a promotional tour poster that i had taken from the clubs lobby earlier that morning
billy sheehan/stu hamm/heff berlin in williamsville ny in 2006 just outside of buffalo ny,i had seen billy play with steve vai in the past as well as having seen stu play with joe satriani a few times,ive always liked jeff berlins music but had never seen him play live so to see the three of them on the same night was a killer show to say the least,i took some killer high resolution pictures that night and had some 8x10's made up the next day and took them to cleveland 2 days later and all three were kind enough to sign them for me,all three were phenomenal bassists with completely different styles and were extremely friendly with the crowd both nights
eric johnson at graffiti in pittsburgh pa in 97,graffiti was always my favorite pittsburgh club and i had been to it many times in the past and it was always a nice big open area in front of the stage with all of the tables and seats in the back and in the balcony,on this night however chairs were set up filling the whole area in front of the stage,only 3-4 people got through the doors before i did and i sat down at a table with a perfect stranger right in front of where eric would be playing,it was an incredible show to say the least,i had listened to his music for years without ever seeing him play live and here i was 3-4 feet away from where he was going to play
willie nelsons farm aid concerts 95,98,99,00,01,02,03,ive seen the farm aid concerts 7 times and they have all been a great time except for 95 in louisville ky because of really terrible seats,at the 98 show in tinley park outside of chicago my wife and i met a couple from an area close to where we live that had a pair of extra media/press,we bought the passes from them for $25 each and that was our first experience going to a press conference before a concert,we got to the press conference after the sseats were already filled and had to stand and watch it from the back,we could tell who most of the people were but there was someone wearing a hat who we didnt know,when it was time for him to talk we were both floored as it was the great neil young,my wife and i have also seen the farm aid concerts twice in manassas va outside of washington dc,once in noblesville indiana,pittsburgh pa, and columbus ohio,we stayed in touch with the people that we got our firsi press passes from and had press and photo passes for every farm aid weve been to since the chicago concert,weve been able to see some great performances and take some great photos as well as some other really fun things like getting willie and neils autograph, eating family farmed organic food at each concert,shaking dave matthews hand,hearing kid rock drop the f bomb and the accompanying quiet for several seconds afterwards
the mighty black crowes in raleigh north carolina at the ritz in 1999/2000? a few months before they broke up for several years,which at a 600 plus mile drive was the longest distance weve ever driven to see some one play,my wife and i were the first 2 people in line and were front row center the whole night
green day on the nimrod tour in 97 at the agora theater in cleveland,i went by myself and was directly in front of billy that night,the was the first of 6 times ive seen green day and 5 of those times has been in the front row the only pick billy gave out that night was to me after he finished the second encore,i happened to be out near the green day bus after the show and also got billy to autograph a promotional tour poster that i had taken from the clubs lobby earlier that morning
billy sheehan/stu hamm/heff berlin in williamsville ny in 2006 just outside of buffalo ny,i had seen billy play with steve vai in the past as well as having seen stu play with joe satriani a few times,ive always liked jeff berlins music but had never seen him play live so to see the three of them on the same night was a killer show to say the least,i took some killer high resolution pictures that night and had some 8x10's made up the next day and took them to cleveland 2 days later and all three were kind enough to sign them for me,all three were phenomenal bassists with completely different styles and were extremely friendly with the crowd both nights
eric johnson at graffiti in pittsburgh pa in 97,graffiti was always my favorite pittsburgh club and i had been to it many times in the past and it was always a nice big open area in front of the stage with all of the tables and seats in the back and in the balcony,on this night however chairs were set up filling the whole area in front of the stage,only 3-4 people got through the doors before i did and i sat down at a table with a perfect stranger right in front of where eric would be playing,it was an incredible show to say the least,i had listened to his music for years without ever seeing him play live and here i was 3-4 feet away from where he was going to play
willie nelsons farm aid concerts 95,98,99,00,01,02,03,ive seen the farm aid concerts 7 times and they have all been a great time except for 95 in louisville ky because of really terrible seats,at the 98 show in tinley park outside of chicago my wife and i met a couple from an area close to where we live that had a pair of extra media/press,we bought the passes from them for $25 each and that was our first experience going to a press conference before a concert,we got to the press conference after the sseats were already filled and had to stand and watch it from the back,we could tell who most of the people were but there was someone wearing a hat who we didnt know,when it was time for him to talk we were both floored as it was the great neil young,my wife and i have also seen the farm aid concerts twice in manassas va outside of washington dc,once in noblesville indiana,pittsburgh pa, and columbus ohio,we stayed in touch with the people that we got our firsi press passes from and had press and photo passes for every farm aid weve been to since the chicago concert,weve been able to see some great performances and take some great photos as well as some other really fun things like getting willie and neils autograph, eating family farmed organic food at each concert,shaking dave matthews hand,hearing kid rock drop the f bomb and the accompanying quiet for several seconds afterwards