The Concert Thread

azgreg · 2023-11-16T01:56:02+00:00

Was just in Vegas and saw two excellent shows. The first one was Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine at the Red Rock Casino and the second one was...

Sneakylong

Stu1961 CC Melody Tent in Falmouth mid 1980's.

Saw the musical HAIR at the Melody Tent in Hyannis in 1972. Meatloaf was in the cast of HAIR back then. He wasn’t famous then so no idea if he was in the cast we saw.

Your Fathers Mustache had some good acts back then. Saw Gary U.S. Bonds there as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_U.S._Bonds

The most unique act we saw there wasn’t famous. The first band on was a 50’s greaser band all slicked back etc.. After a break the next band was a current 70’s band with long hair etc.. It took a little while to realize that they were the same band.😯

sdandrea1

azgreg Gary Moore

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azgreg

sdandrea1
First time I heard him. He blew me away.

sdandrea1

azgreg First time I heard him. He blew me away.

Amazing talent. Love his style. R.I.P.

azgreg

sdandrea1
Best I've ever heard.

sdandrea1

azgreg Best I've ever heard.

If you liked Gary Moore, give Joe Bonamassa a listen.

propman

sdandrea1 wish I would have seen Moore. For me, he was pretty much under the radar til a few years before his death. Has some great stuff on YouTube.
Saw Joe Bonamassa a few yrs back, enjoyed it very much.

Spartan

My last concert was Jimmy Buffett at Wrigley Field in 2018. I've seen him 19 or 20 times. As a lifelong Cubs fan, I was thrilled to be on the field for my first time.

mulegolf

One of the best concerts I attended was one with Dr. Hook, Sugarloaf and Rare Earth. It was fun from start to finish.
Dr. Hook led off and then came out and sat with the crowd for the rest of the concert. Another good one was Black Oak Arkansas and Mountain. Black Oak Arkansas just blew everyone away and Mountain had to really work to get the crowd
with them after Black Oak was done. It took a couple songs but they finally did it. My favorite oldies concert was Dion and then the Beach Boys. I love Dion's stuff. The last concert I attended was a country concert. Marin Morris led it off. She was just getting started and didn't even have a record yet. The headliner was Little Big Town. It was a fun time.

Sneakylong

mulegolf Mountain

Leslie West, the legendary 300 pound guitar 🎸 player. Mississippi Queen. Great song.

Being from Cape Cod my favorite song by Mountain was Nantucket Sleighride (based on a true story).

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-nantucket-sleighride-by-mountain

“Leslie West always an unlikely guitar hero. His massive physical presence – he weighed 300 pounds at the dawn of the '70s – defied the longstanding vogue for undernourished-looking, rail-thin rock guitar slingers.”

Walterjn

mulegolf how was Marin? I like her sound.

mulegolf

Sneakylong “Leslie West always an unlikely guitar hero. His massive physical presence

In sharp contrast was the bassist, Felix Pappalardi, a skinny guy that could really play that bass guitar.

darpar

First concert back in the early 70's was Bread, Reo Speedwagon and Steely Dan...
Steely Dan stole the show.
Saw and met Stevie Wonder backstage at a benefit concert in LA..super cool guy.
J.Geils Band many times
Leon Russell
Foghat
Humble Pie
Loggins and Messina
Bryan Adams
At Tuacahn,one of a kind place to see concerts we saw:
Peter Frampton, even in his 60's he put on one hell of a show
Eddie Money, seemed pretty drunk on stage
Los Lobo's
Pat Benatar,she ROCKS
3 Dog Night
Kenny Loggins like watching Top Gun live
Willie Nelson played at least 2 hrs. straight without a break
I'm sure there were many more, mind got a little cloudy back in the 70's...

sdandrea1

darpar 3 Dog Night

I forgot I'd seen them. Good show!

johnnydoom

darpar 3 Dog Night

Got to see them in St. Louis in a show with America. This was sometime in the late eighties and both bands were well past their peak, but it was a good show in a small venue (Westport Plaza). Also remember seeing Don McLean in St. Louis at the VP Fair. Was kind of sad that between every song the crowd kept yelling "pie". So he sung it and then most of the crowd cleared out. We stayed for the rest of the show and he was very entertaining. Got to see Lonnie Brooks (Chicago Blues Musician) on the same day and his show was great fun.

Sneakylong

mulegolf In sharp contrast was the bassist, Felix Pappalardi, a skinny guy that could really play that bass guitar

Yeah, Felix Pappalardi was very talented as well. Tragically he was shot and killed in 1983 by his wife who was also in the music business.

mulegolf

sdandrea1 3 Dog Night

I forgot I'd seen them. Good show!

Me too. I saw them in Sioux Falls, SD. The other band that started the show was called "Texas." I remember that I was impressed with them that night but never heard of them again.

Spartan

sdandrea1 3 Dog Night was my first concert. 1975?

Ack8236

While stationed at Ft. Gordon, GA in 1985, I was visiting relatives in Florida during holiday leave. We were hanging out in Orlanda where there was a party for the Citrus Bowl and Ricky Nelson was playing. Not my genre of music, but I remember being super impressed by his band. The sound was great and that band was effing TIGHT. It was his next to last performance, his plane crashed on New Year's Eve.

mulegolf

Walterjn how was Marin? I like her sound.

She was just OK. I wasn't overly impressed but she was just starting out and was the first of three acts. She was all alone playing a guitar and singing. They were bragging her up and saying she was going to be a big hit but I couldn't see it.
Boy was I wrong! After hearing her with a full band and her first album I became a fan too.

Sneakylong

https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorofRock/videos

Just thought I'd post this guys link here. He has a great YouTube channel that has some great stories and interviews of musicians in the Rock era. I think many here would enjoy it.

My wife saw Three Dog Night and the Doobie Brothers at the Cape Cod Colosseum back in the 70's. Said they were great.

The name Three Dog Night comes from the Eskimo's, meaning it was so cold it took three dogs in bed with you to keep warm. Didn't learn that from the Professor. Actually knew about that piece of useless information a long time ago. 😎

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