[James Tanner]

Hi Folks,

Thought it might be a nice idea to have a thread that discusses the concerts or live venues we have attended or are planning to attended and our thoughts on same.

Tonight I am going to see the Nylons (a-cappella group) Reunion in a small 800 seat theater in Oshawa Ontario.

james

[ec]

The Nylons - are they still around! I still have their records from the early 80's (they are my sisters being stored at my place).   I recall seeing Moxy Fruvous at the Danforth Music Hall (Toronto) in the mid 90's and they did their last song (war song) totally acappella with no mics, amps speakers and it was an experience.  I will be attendig the Michael Buble concert at the Air Canada Centre (ACC) June 28, 2014.   Also at the ACC I saw Barbara Streisand in 2012.  I've been to most mid sized to large venues in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) since the 80s many of which are now defunct including
- Canadian National Exhibtion Grandstand
- Ontario Place Forum (I remember a Bryston ad or article showing Ontario Place Forum's rack of Bryston amps)
- Maple Leaf Gardens
- Skydome now Rogers Centre
- Kingswood music theatre (Canada's wonderland)
- Massey Hall
- Roy Thompson Hall aka  the new Massey Hall

[Mag]

Let's see if I can remember them all.

At Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium where the acoustics are real good:

Streetheart
Triumph
Bruce Cockburn-2
Neil Diamond
Natalie Mcmaster-2
Moody Blues
Blue Rodeo
Joe Satriani

Old Barn- Saskatoon Arena- since been knocked down:

Rush-2

New Arena:

Chili Peppers
Kiss

United Church:

Saskatoon Symphony- 2

Aden Bowman theatre:

Lionna Boyd

University of Saskatchewan:

DOA- Drummer passed out on stage
Michael Fury-?

A4 Bar:

Harlequine

St. Thomas Moore College:

A guy I went to high school with from Chili, played a whole concert of acoustic guitar & IIRC the Pan flute. Was he ever a skilled guitarist/musician.

[runs10k]

I dropped into The Heritage Grill in new west  a few evenings ago.  Trio : consisting drums, keyboard and a left handed bass. They sounded wonderful in the small room. They played jazz standards and i recognized all of the tunes ( they list to Tonic on CBC)
           I asked them why the did not play jazz from female singer's  and they reply was "they are staring out.
) made 'field note's   1) record something to a CD 
                                  keep your dream alive
                                   video themselves and join social media
              i was young once
                                        they were awesome
a small '' large'' medium space or space all have their plush's and so forth.        LIVE music is exciting and our constant reference as we audiophiles tinker our  systems

[1oldguy]

Interesting Thread.


ok lets see.

Caulk Circle(Opened for Rush.
Rush
Motor Head(Opened for
Alice Cooper
Bob Dylan ( He had Denny Freeman on Guitar who i was really pleased about hearing,Those Texans have such a good vibe.I can only image what SRV sounded like.
Meatloaf(The person lol)
Rod Stuart
Lee Arron


Saw these guys at the Blues Bar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_snyzuTTALA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO_hAVG4j3c                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WACg6ZT7GdY

[drummermitchell]

Haven't  seen a lot but the few I have I seen it was a great time.
Slade,Valdy,Pied Pear,April Wine,James Cotton,Taj Mahal,Powder Blues,Orpheus,Eagles,Alvin Bishop,Doug&the Slugs,Jerry Ducette,
Mavericks,Mclean&Mclean,Dutch Mason.
Played and jammed with a couple of the above,all in all a terrific time.

[klao]

I'm not much of an avid concert goer anymore, getting too lazy and tickets are quite expensive nowadays.  Most of the concerts/recitals I attended were from many many years ago when the artists had world or regional tours and stopped by here in Thailand.  Some of them came here in more than one occasions.

Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine; Tina Turner; Vanessa Mae; Randy Crawford; Patti Austin; Jessye Norman; Renée Fleming; Ida Haendel; Midori Goto; Katherine Jenkins; Clara-Jumi Kang

Air Supply; Chicago; The Eagles; Gypsy Kings; Simply Red; Spyro Gyra; Shakatak (2); The Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Clark Tracey Quartet; I Musici (2); Tokyo String Quartet (2, one of w/c in the US); Turtle Island Quartet (US); London SO; USSR State SO; Moscow State SO; Hong Kong PO; Seoul PO; Singapore SO (multiple times in S'pore); Vienna Boys Choir

Phil Collins; Michael Jackson; Sting (2); Kitaro (2); Ravi Shankar; David Sanborn (2); Al Jareau & D.Sanborn; Sadao Watanabe (2); Kenny G (2); George Benson (2); Michael Franks; James Ingram; Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, & Thelonious Monk Jr.; Jon Faddis & others I can't remember; Jose Carreras; Three Tenors: Carrreras, Domingo, Pavarotti (in S.Korea); Murray Perahia (in the US); Cho-Liang Lin; Ryu Koto; Dmitry Sitkovetsky

[Mag]

Also seen Nash the Slash, have the cd Thrash, that I'll give a spin tonight.

[Mag]

Old Barn where Rush played in 1977,1978, seating approx. 5000. Set list I recall, Farwell to Kings, Closer to the Heart, 2112, Bytor & the Snowdog, Working Man, Bastille Day, Anthem, In the Mood, Xanadu, Hemishperes.

[morganc]

Wish I could remember even half of them:  Hear is what I do remember:

Moody Blues: 1st show at age 12
Phish x 20-30
Widespread Panic x 40-50
Grateful Dead:  Atlanta
Bela Fleck:  Nashville
Victor Wooten
Red Hot Chile Peppers
Tom Petty x 2
Paul McCartney
MGMT
Modest Mouse
Wilco
Willie Nelson:  Outside Lands
Beck x 2
Animal Collective:  Treasure Island Music Festival
Prince Fox Theater in Oakland 2014
The Allman Brothers New Orleans:  This could possibly be the best ever.  5th row seats.  Epic JazzFest Weekend
Dave Matthews
ColdPlay
Neil Young:  Bridge School Benefit
Eddie Vedder
Ben Harper
Death Cab for Cutie
Jack Johnson
No Doubt: Opener for 311 in 1991 in a small venue in Nashville
Sheryl Crow:  Chastain Park Atlanta
Billy Idol
Hall and Oates
311
Galactic
Washed Out
Purity Ring
Radiohead
Disclosure:  Greek Theater Berkeley
Capital Cities

[So There]

Most memorable: B.B. King and Carlos Santana, with the bluesman Roy Rogers, at the art deco Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA.

Rich
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Whiney Napa Valley

[BozemanEric]

I just picked up floor seats a couple weeks ago for the Paul McCartney's Out There tour in August.

Probably my most memorable concerts would either be the Boston Pops at Tanglewood or the Ramon's with Husker Du playing a small venue at Williams College.

[bjski]

The most memorable concert I attended was at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJ. $2 bucks to get in to see Cat's. At 12:30 AM Bruce Springsteen comes out with all of the East Street Band and plays for 1 1/2 hours. Most of the songs were covers......a lot of  Credence Clearwater Revival. Bonjovi ( not famous yet) was there along with Springsteen's first wife. Maybe 200 people for it was a Sunday night.

[BrysTony]

Most memorable for me: 1. Elvis Presley (1970)  2. Elton John (~1974)  3. Linda Ronstadt (~1975).  Many others over the years and I am holding tickets to The Black Keys in November and Fleetwood Mac in December.

Tony

[Mike B.]

I was a young adult in the late 1960's-70's. I saw most of the rock bands of the period. The best one was Robin Trower at a nightclub in Portland Oregon. They had played a medium sized venue there the night before and had another one scheduled a day or two later in Seattle. So, imagine 50 folks sitting at small tables about a average of 10-15 feet away from the small stage. The band came out and simply blew us away. I still get goose bumps thinking about that show.

[thunderbrick]

Hmmmm…………

60s
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem  Lyric Theater, Baltimore, MD
The Association  Lyric Theater
Iron Butterfly (Columbia, MD)
Jethro Tull, Led Zepellin, Johnny Winters, Edwin Hawkins Singers and a few others I don't remember, all in one night  and 50 ft from the stage.  Laurel, Md. Pop Festival, 1969

70s
McKendree Spring
Bee Gees, Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Byrds, Loyola College
Chicago, Baltimore Civic Center, front row.  I wore a suit, got there when the doors opened and asked Security if I could go down front and take light meter readings.  They said "sure!"and I stayed in front all night.  No problem!
John Denver, Ritchie Havens, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Grass Roots (or similar  ), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, all at Towson University.  It helped I worked for the school paper and had full access.  Negatives are around here somewhere. 
Heart in a small club west of Baltimore

80s
Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur  Amazing Irish traveler music
Victor Borge, Frankfurt Opera House
Marcel Marceau, Frankfurt (his father was in the WWII French Resistance, killed by the Nazis)
Marriage of Charles and Diana, London.  Helluva show.  A buddy of mine and I slept on the streets across from St Paul's Cathedral.
P.D.Q. Bach, San Antonio

90s
John Hartford
Kingston Trio
Red Skelton
Battlefield Band

00s
Moody Blues
Eddy Izzard
Riverdance
Itzaak Perhlman
Winston Marcellus
Hal Holbrook
Garrison Keillor Rhubarb Tour

10s
Moody Blues
Kathy Matea (x2)
Arlo Guthrie
Dougie Maclean
LadySmith Black Mambazo
Garrison Keillor

A few more I can't recall…………

[Freo-1]

Just saw Chris Botti at the VETS in Providence, RI last night.  Incredible musician, great band, outstanding performers, and great acoustics.  Volume level was just right.

It reminded me just how much BETTER live music sounds over recorded playback systems.  Although playback rigs have come a lone way, not sure it will ever approach live music.

[rmurray]

 Rolling  Stones..."Paint It Black".  Buffalo Memorial Aud....1965

[bjski]

Saw the stones 10 + times the last one being Philly of current Grrrr tour. Best part my son got $85 tickets which were pot luck. Of course we got the worst seats possible. About 1/2 hour before the start of the show a Stone's representative came around and upgraded us to floor seats.

[gregcss]

GWAR x8 or more
Metallica x2