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If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living?

I have interest in hearing about yours.   I can think of some great concerts over the years in many great buildings, from Hancher in Iowa City, to Fisher Hall in New York, to some bars in Copenhagen. 

Something I have noticed....performers have times they are more "on" just like us, and it can make their concerts be perceived at different levels.   I know the three times I saw Jackson Browne, each was much different and most of that was his intent.  Having a good sized group with very talented back up singers to the time I saw him solo....all great, but very different.  He is a better guitar player than he may be given credit for. 

The live Jazz I have been to in NYC is near the top.  Sweet Basil and the Blue Note through the years have been very good to me, but in a much different vein, the lakefront festivals in Milwaukee are a somewhat unknown to most of America. 

I did see a few artists before their success and fame, saw a famous British singer at a bar in Rapid City many years ago..and he has done well since. 

Take care,

whatjd
jp-2213
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Santana - 1984 -Palace Theater, Albany NY
Freshmen Year of Collage, first “real” road trip, AMAZING performance and I met my future wife while pre-gaming in the parking lot before the show

i would re-live it everyday if it were possible!

best,
-JP
benjies
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Grateful Dead  sept 19 1994 he put everything he had into so many roads.Grateful Dead 1993 silverbowl Jerry sang standing on the moon sting sang walking on the moon. Not a huge sting fan but he sat and watched the dead all weekend wish I could have seen some earlier shows but I was too young.
Toots at Beneroya hall he had the band bring it down and he sang with no mike one of the most powerful voices in music rip Toots. One of my first shows sunsplash at the paramount I’d say it was 1988 or 89 went with my older brother eye opening I was 14 or 15 it put me in the roots rabbit hole from then and on in the 80’s there was quite a big Rasta community in Seattle real Rastas!
mitchagain
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In terms of faded memories (age) or foggy memories (due to pre-concert overindulgence):

Pink Floyd - 1973: "Dark Side of the Moon" tour

Mott The Hoople & The New York Dolls: I'm pretty sure this was as wild as I remember it being.

ZZ Top: "Tres Hombres" had come out, but it hadn't taken off yet. A schoolmate who had spent the summer in Texas insisted that we go see them. Like a lot of young bands, they were hungry and motivated and played like their life depended on it......but, in this case, it was beyond exceptional.

In terms of a "do over":

I saw Bow Wow Wow in a small bar in the summer of 2013; but, I hadn't heard that the lead singer (Annabella Lwin) had dropped out mid-tour. That one could & should have been special.

I flew to Denver to see Steely Dan @  Red Rocks Ampitheatre a month later. We were hit with both a monsoon and a 30 degree temperature drop. Thus, that show was endured, rather than enjoyed.
 
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rettrussell
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- Weather Report, 8:15 tour, New Orleans Saenger Theater. JACO!

- Stones, Exile tour, Tuscaloosa. Martha Reeves & Vandellas opened, then Stevie Wonder (4 mos prior to Talking Book). $7.50 admission.

- Pink Floyd, Dark Side, 2 mos after release (they weren’t monsters of rock then), Jax,FL. Played whole album then greatest hits.

- Funkadelic, 1970(?), Cowbarn, Miss.State U. one of the few white faces there. They were HEAVY.
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mammothguy54
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I was fortunate enough to have seen most of the Classic Rock groups listed in this thread.  And many of them multiple times.  I won't even begin to make a list.  However, these are 6 notable ones I will mention.
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Pink Floyd
The Who     I saw The Who several times but the one that most sticks with me is the North American Tour of Tommy.  That concert is the same tour as the recording of "Live At Leeds".  The recording was made in England just prior to coming to America for that leg of the tour.  Amazing!
I also saw the North American Tours of "Who's Next" and "Quadrophenia".  Memories for life...
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