What are your top three live concerts of all time?


I'll go with ;  1.Santana  at the Music Hall in Boston      2.Jimi Hendrix at the Boston Garden   3.Supertramp at the Music Hall.                                                                                                                                                             
rockysantoro
Stop jogging my memory dudes!  I enjoyed the heck out of Devo. I saw Oingo Boingo when they were still the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo (was it at the Whisky?).  I saw Pink Floyd a couple times. I saw the Tubes. I was a semi-regular at the Santa Monica Civic. It's where I saw Alison Kraus & Union Station, Ravi Shankar, ELP and Pink Floyd. I also saw Pink Floyd at UCLA, at the foot of Janss Steps. I saw a whole host of acts at the Troubadour, including Judy Collins and Blood Sweat & Tears. I wish I could remember the acts I saw at the Palomino. What was the name of the guy who did the song "Guitars, Cadillacs and Hillbilly Music"?
Wow. So many to choose from, especially during 80s to mid 90s but probably the following:
1) Santana at Cape Cod Coliseum '83. Just Incredible. Carlos even mentioned this show in Sweet Potato magazine years later.
2) Prince- Worcester Centrum '88. Felt privileged to have seen this show! 
3) Stevie Ray Vaughn/Jeff Beck Worcester Centrum late 80s. 
Honorable mentions:
Rush- moving pictures TD Garden
Allman Bros- any of 3 times
Steely Dan- Great Woods MA.
AC/DC-1979
The Feelies
The Meat Puppets
Honorable mention to: The Melvins and Guided By Voices.

Only go see band in small venues and bars. Have seen many large concerts but none can compare. 

Genesis at JFK Stadium Philadelphia August 1982 ( Suppers Ready)

Diana Krall Feb,14 1999 at The Shell Trump Marina from 10’ away (Christian McBride and Russell Malone)

Casting Crowns with the True North Symphony and 250+ choir 1/24/2015 at Carnegie Hall




I just saw Iris Dement again, at a nice theater in Portland, The Aladdin. Accompanying herself on piano and acoustic guitar, singing as only she can and does. Like Randy Newman, her piano playing is very New Orleans-influenced (along with her Pentecostal upbringing). A great, great songwriter, whom I learned of from Merle Haggard (he recorded her "No Time To Cry", a heartbreaking song), who raved about her in an interview I read.