Front row at Fishbone, RHCP and Stone Temple Pilots.
Front row and a meet and greet with the Tragically Hip. They were all very real, no star bullshit. They all signed my concert shirt and signed a CD to my daughter (who was in my wifes stomach.
Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan the year before stevie died. And Jeff Beck the other 5 times.
Black Sabbath before ozzie left.
Ones I regrettably missed:
Frank Zappa (at Cobo I think)
Chris Whitley at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor (big Chris whitley fan). This was before I really knew of him, and the year he died.
Metallica and Kid Rock. We were on the way to the concert and the wife became ill. Still wonder if I made the right decision. J/K
There would be alot. Probably Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker) playing for free in Golden Gate Park in 1967. This was right after they played the Fillmore for the first time. The Grateful Dead and Big Brother playing on a stage on Haight Street (there is great old photo poster of this looking from the stage down the street). The Dead opening for the Stones in the mid-70’s somewhere in Anaheim. I worked at the Fillmore West after Bill Graham closed it in 1972 and it opened for one more year as the Carousel Ballroom. I toured with Kingfish (Bob Weir of the Dead and Dave Torbert of the New Riders)as a roadie so there were alot of great shows. Watching Guns N Roses in L.A. was awesome. Enough of this I’m sounding way too old…
[quote]LillGuy001 wrote:
The second Lollapalooza was one of my best concerts back in 1992.
Main Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush
However my all time top show was Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magic), Smashing Pumpkings (Gish) and Pearl Jam (Ten). Which I belive was in 91.[/quote]
Good to see Jesus and Mary Chain mentioned…I think they are great live, also one of my favorite bands. I would have loved to see them then, but as I mentioned I did see them reunited at Coachella…and was green with envy that Scarlet Johannson got to sing Just Like Honey with them on stage. For all her loveliness, I never envied her until that very moment.
[quote]RoadWarrior wrote:
There would be alot. Probably Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker) playing for free in Golden Gate Park in 1967. This was right after they played the Fillmore for the first time. The Grateful Dead and Big Brother playing on a stage on Haight Street (there is great old photo poster of this looking from the stage down the street). The Dead opening for the Stones in the mid-70’s somewhere in Anaheim. I worked at the Fillmore West after Bill Graham closed it in 1972 and it opened for one more year as the Carousel Ballroom. I toured with Kingfish (Bob Weir of the Dead and Dave Torbert of the New Riders)as a roadie so there were alot of great shows. Watching Guns N Roses in L.A. was awesome. Enough of this I’m sounding way too old…[/quote]
Seeing Cream live would have been superb. Tales of Brave Ulysses and Sunshine of Your Love are favorites of mine. With you being in CA during the height of the sixties did you catch the Stones at Altamont?
[quote]LillGuy001 wrote:
For those that mentioned Janes Addiction, I just heard last week about talks for a reunioun tour.[/quote]
I heard this over the summer LG…I think people just like to fuck with us. If it is true it’s gotta be PF holding it up…Navarro would do anything for a million bucks
sorry i had to re-up this over the last weekend i went to the good vibrations festival there i saw pigeon john, cypress hill, pharoah monch,calvin harris and kanye west
all but pharoah monch was siiiick, it wasnt monch’s fault, there was issues with the microphone, we were all up the front for every performance, he was the only one we couldnt hear on the microphone
hadnt heard any of pigeon johns music before, but he was by far the best the energy he puts into his performances and his general attitude made it great too watch,
calvin harris isnt generally my type of music , electro. however he came out with a complete band and rocked the whole place
on two notes, for some reason at both kanye concerts in melbourne ive been too there seems to always be fights starting before he steps on stage which is weird for such a positive artist when compared to other rap concerts ive been too
also soo much weed in the air it was impossible not to get high, too bad i had to drive home
I am going to see Tesla in Ft Watyne next month and I am stoked. Anyone going? Anyone seen Tesla?[/quote]
I’ve seen them before and they rock pretty hard. They had one of the best intros I’ve seen for a band. All of the lights were up and someone that looks like a roadie comes on stage to set up the guitars and out of nowhere he picks one up and starts ripping for about 3 minutes. It turned out to be Frank. It completely took everyone by surprise and then the rest of the band came out at the end and they went straight in to the set. They do an acoustic set in the middle of the show that is musically tight and brings a different vibe to the show. Overall, a memorable night.