Which Bands or Artist have you seen live?

[ChipButty]

As the title says Which bands or Artist have you seen live? Good or Bad Im sure when you have seen some bands they have not lived up to your expectations Ive seen a few once out of a recording studio not that good.

Also let us know if you have any memories of that concert.

Where you saw them would be interesting to know see if other member can relate to that concert or event.

Also post a video if you can which was your best memory of that band or singer then we can see what style of music you like.

I f you are like me I can do without a TV but not my music and feel free to ask any questions along the way

[ChipButty]

Im thinking hard who was the first it had to be Chuck Berry live at the Odeon Manchester his backing band was Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes 1964

 

[NoshowJones]

2 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Im thinking hard who was the first it had to be Chuck Berry live at the Odeon Manchester his backing band was Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes 1964

 

Having been a professional performer myself, I have not had a lot of time to go to concerts etc, but I saw George Jones twice in London, and the second time he walked off the stage because the sound system was faulty. I also saw him live in Nashville Tennessee, great show.

I have also seen Randy Travis and Charley Pride live in Glasgow. Also Roger McGuinn late of The Byrds, great guitarist and singer.

[faraday]

Saw Chuck Berry at Buxton Festival in 1972.

 

And a load of Hell's Angels too...555!

 

Correction, it was '73:

 

https://vintagerock.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/buxton-festival-1973/

Edited May 8, 2020 by faraday

[ChipButty]

I think everybody has a favourite Clapton track he seemd to be playing all over the place back then I first saw him Derek and the Dominoes Have you ever loved a woman - Derek and the Dominos 

 

[bert bloggs]

,Stones ,Tom Jones Animals , Hendrix ,The Who ,Small Faces ,Beatles ,the list goes on and on ,i saw so many when they were young like me and they were not well known ,saw Hendrix in a club under a bar in Golders Greeen when he was unknown ,met quite a few at parties in the swinging 60s in London ,oh the tales i could tell ,it was great being young ,mind you the old fart i see in the mirror is still a happy chappy.

[ChipButty]

11 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Having been a professional performer myself, I have not had a lot of time to go to concerts etc, but I saw George Jones twice in London, and the second time he walked off the stage because the sound system was faulty. I also saw him live in Nashville Tennessee, great show.

I have also seen Randy Travis and Charley Pride live in Glasgow. Also Roger McGuinn late of The Byrds, great guitarist and singer.

You like C&W?

 

[ChipButty]

1 minute ago, bert bloggs said:

,Stones ,Tom Jones Animals , Hendrix ,The Who ,Small Faces ,Beatles ,the list goes on and on ,i saw so many when they were young like me and they were not well known ,saw Hendrix in a club under a bar in Golders Greeen when he was unknown ,met quite a few at parties in the swinging 60s in London ,oh the tales i could tell ,it was great being young ,mind you the old fart i see in the mirror is still a happy chappy.

Same time as me them where the days

[TexanInUdon]

Kenny Loggins 

The Police

Chicago

Earth Wind & Fire

The Eagles (2)

Coldplay (2)

Peter Frampton

Elton John

Sheryl Crow (3)

Amy Grant

 

Hope I can catch a Foo Fighters concert someday.

 

[ChipButty]

Hot Chocolate ~ You Sexy Thing 1975 

 

[ChipButty]

 

[petermik]

Dave Berry and the Cruisers....Kirkholt WMC Rochdale England mid 60,s

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[petermik]

 

[JohnOFphon]

For me.

Janis Joplin reunited with Big Brother and The Holding Company. San Diego sports arena.

Must of been 69 or so.

I was 18, just got back from my first tour in Vietnam.

There was so much smoke...there was so much second hand smoke in the air...I was feeling no pain.

Yes, the old days were so much better than now, in more ways than one.

[Denim]

Can't remember them all. Some

 

Man

Global village Trucking Company ( 6 times )

Camel

Bad Company

Atomic Rooster

Brinsley Schwartz  ( great fun band )

The Faces  ( I think it was Ronnie Lanes farewell gig )

 

A host of others I forget as not top tier bands.

 

 

[ChipButty]

12 minutes ago, petermik said:

 

I saw him play at Sinatra's in Failsworth 

[mr mr]

9 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said:

For me.

Janis Joplin reunited with Big Brother and The Holding Company. San Diego sports arena.

Must of been 69 or so.

I was 18, just got back from my first tour in Vietnam.

There was so much smoke...there was so much second hand smoke in the air...I was feeling no pain.

Yes, the old days were so much better than now, in more ways than one.

i bet if you had some quads og kush from humboldt county you would think otherwise. lol

[NoshowJones]

24 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

You like C&W?

 

Yes, I played bass guitar, keyboards and sang a bit too in country bands all my adult life. Best country singer without any doubt was George Jones.

[bendejo]

I lived in NYC while the Fillmore East existed, so saw lots of bands between 1968 and 1970.

 

When people ask how old I am, I sometimes reply "old enough to have seen Hendrix perform."

 

The two best shows I can recall:

Hendrix at an outdoor arena in summer 1968, at the old World's Fair grounds.  I managed to wheedle my way down to ground level within 30 feet of the stage.  Nothing on stage but guitar bass drums, and of course a few tons of amps -- amazed at the sound they came out with!

Bowie 1974, the Diamond Dogs tour.  Madison Square Garden, hate the place for music.  I was still a bit miffed at my then-wife for spending so much on the tickets (I think they were US$15 each) but we were in app. the 20th row from the stage.  It was actually a stage show, the backup singers were actually theatre performers.  I read somewhere, years later, that this tour was famous being successful (sold enough tickets) but still lost money.  Dave had to do another tour of the US a few months later, no-frills style, to pay the debt.

 

 

[Curt1591]

Hendrix, The Who, Santana, Cold Blood, Tower of Power, Eric Burden / Animals, Beach Boys, Buddy Miles, Leon Russell, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, Poco, The Turtles, Mothers of Invention (Zappa), Paul Butterfield, ... and others, lost to the 60's party pieces of my brain ... 

In San Diego, back in the late 60's / early 70's, the headliners would do their shows, Saturday night, then sometimes head to parks or other venues and jam on Sundays. 

One of the more memorable jams was Leon Russell and Pink Floyd, at UCSD's baseball practice field. Had my camper parked about 50 meters from the band. My girlfriend and I really enjoyed Pink Floyd playing background music, live!  

Edited May 8, 2020 by Curt1591

[ChipButty]

Im sure some of you guys must have seen Billy Fury well you mum did 

 

 

[Phil McCaverty]

27 minutes ago, petermik said:

 

Saw him live at the Morecambe Bowl in the early seventies. Probably one of the worst concerts I've ever been to. Awful.

 

I've seen too many bands to mention them all here but by far the standout live performance for me was The Sensational Alex Harvey Band at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, '74. A true performer who put on a proper show. The set ended with "Anthem" which included a professional opera singer and mid way through the song was accompanied with a Scottish pipe band who, much to everyone's surprise, entered the hall from the back and slowly marched through the audience, the pipes getting louder and louder as they neared the stage. Absolutely magical.

 

Sorry, the video doesn't do the live performance justice (play it at full volume to get some idea):

 

 

 

Edited May 8, 2020 by Phil McCaverty

[poohy]

• Bruce springsteen 6
• Amy Grant
• Jackson Browne 
• Clifton chenier and the red hot louisiana band
• Albert lee
• Harry chapin
• Jessy Dixon (gospel amazing show!)
• Los lobos  (drunk Houston me not them ..although)
• Tina turner 2
• Curtis steigers
• Meatloaf
• The bushbury mountain daredevils

[ChipButty]

6 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

Saw him live at the Morecambe Bowl in the early seventies. Probably one of the worst concerts I've ever been to. Awful.

 

I've seen too many bands to mention them all here but by far the standout live performance for me was The Sensational Alex Harvey Band at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, '74. A true performer who put on a proper show. The set ended with "Anthem" which included a professional opera singer and mid way through the song was accompanied with a Scottish pipe band who, much to everyone's surprise, entered the hall from the back and slowly marched through the audience, the pipes getting louder and louder as they neared the stage. Absolutely magical.

 

Sorry, the video doesn't do the live performance justice (play it at full volume to get some idea):

 

 

 

Sounds good

[Chomper Higgot]

Individual Concerts include amongst others:

 

Procol Harum

Prince

Bowie

Queen

The Stones

Talking Heads

Debbie Harry

Iggy Pop

The Cure

Madness

The Smiths

Bauhaus

Handsworth Revolution 

The Human league

The Jam

Steve Earl

U2

Simple Minds

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

The Human League

Del Amitri

The Hot House Flowers

Nena

Paulo Conte

Talk Talk

The Proclaimers

The Black Keyes

Mary Gauthier

Oh, and that glam rock guy we don’t talk about.

 

At festivals, I’ve lost count.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NoshowJones]

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

Im sure some of you guys must have seen Billy Fury well you mum did 

 

 

IMO Billy Fury was about the best British pop singer in the sixties, as a kid I liked Cliff Richards early stuff and tried to imagine Billy Fury singing the likes of Livin Doll and Fall in Love with You, as he was a far better singer and performer than Cliff Richard.

Just imagine it. Billy Fury and The Shadows.

[ChipButty]

13 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, I played bass guitar, keyboards and sang a bit too in country bands all my adult life. Best country singer without any doubt was George Jones.

 

[ChipButty]

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Individual Concerts include amongst others:

 

Procol Harum

Prince

Bowie

Queen

The Stones

Talking Heads

Debbie Harry

Iggy Pop

The Cure

Madness

The Smiths

Bauhaus

Handsworth Revolution 

The Human league

The Jam

Steve Earl

U2

Simple Minds

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

The Human League

Del Amitri

The Hot House Flowers

Nena

Paulo Conte

Talk Talk

The Proclaimers

The Black Keyes

Mary Gauthier

Oh, and that glam rock guy we don’t talk about.

 

At festivals, I’ve lost count.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big list there mate was you on the dole? anyway I saw Debbie Harry not that long ago at the Hard Rock cafe in Singapore 

[vogie]

And in no particular order:

 

The Eagles on their 'Hell Freezes Over' tour at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield.

Squeeze, many times, also seen Glen Tilbrook on his own.

Stranglers.

Roger McGuin

Van Morrison twice, he was accompanied by Georgie Fame on keyboards.

Cyndi Lauper

Pretenders

The Dubliners

Showaddywaddy

Dire Straits and Mark Knopflers other band The Nottinghill Billies

Nanci Griffith

Richard Thompson

Gary Moore

 

 

 

[NoshowJones]

3 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

 

Yes, I remember that song well, he had so many great songs.