The best, very best, concerts you have attended

[Swish]

I saw them in State College, PA, back in 1979 at the beautiful Eisenhower Auditorium that had just been refurbished. Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine, and Joe Zawinul. I had to convince my roommates to go since they weren't jazz fans and had never heard of these guys. Let's just say they had a great time and started to appreciate jazz after that show.

Also forgot Miles Davis at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, circa 1991 just a few months before he died. The show was a bit disappointing as Miles wasn't in the best of health, and most of the showboating was done by his band, especially the very young lead guitarist he had with him at the time.

Also got to see Stevie Ray Vaughn the year before at the Kirby Center (used to live up that way), and that was just a few weeks before he was killed in that helicopter crash. That was one heckuva show too.

Swish

[bobsticks]

O.K., Swish officially joins th elist of "People Who See Cooler Concerts Than I Do".

[Swish]

O.K., Swish officially joins th elist of "People Who See Cooler Concerts Than I Do".

...or at least most of them. Too many years of misspent youth! I have been to a lot of shows over the years, but hit a dry spell in the starting in the early 80s when I was a young dad with no $ to spend on frivolous things like music and shows. I guess I started making up for lost time since then. I really do prefer smaller venues and indie bands these days.

Swish

[jim goulding]

Swish- Yeah, brother, it shows. My, but we have been to some concerts that made an impression. I'm impressed! The Pogues. Wow. San Francisco, 1965. During the time I was stationed nearby previously I was as regular as I could be at The Jazz Workshop and later, upon my return, Both/And where I had lifetime free admission cause I traded some serious jazz albums out with the owner. Saw Miles Davis, Sun Ra, and the John Handy Quintet (the one that recorded at Monterey) there. I'm an old patron of the arts as I'm sure you have gathered. This was a mind opening time and new music with energy was emerging. The Matrix, the Avalon and Fillmore ballrooms, coffee houses on Upper Grant, Winterland. I been to all those. Seen all the bands of the day. Three dollars for three bands. This was before any of em had recorded, mind you. The best part . . the audiences. It was high theater. Literally. A funny, funny place. I guess Big Brother was my favorite single concert. Altho there were so many in this place and time. You know, San Francisco ain't nothin for the avant garde today. The cost of living drove out the struggling artists long ago. They went to Seattle, the east Village (if you were from Jersey), London. Anybody listen to college radio? That's what's happenin around here. Yo, Rich, you listen to NTSU radio?

[Swish]

Swish- Yeah, brother, it shows. My, but we have been to some concerts that made an impression. I'm impressed! The Pogues. Wow. San Francisco, 1965. During the time I was stationed nearby previously I was as regular as I could be at The Jazz Workshop and later, upon my return, Both/And where I had lifetime free admission cause I traded some serious jazz albums out with the owner. Saw Miles Davis, Sun Ra, and the John Handy Quintet (the one that recorded at Monterey) there. I'm an old patron of the arts as I'm sure you have gathered. This was a mind opening time and new music with energy was emerging. The Matrix, the Avalon and Fillmore ballrooms, coffee houses on Upper Grant, Winterland. I been to all those. Seen all the bands of the day. Three dollars for three bands. This was before any of em had recorded, mind you. The best part . . the audiences. It was high theater. Literally. A funny, funny place. I guess Big Brother was my favorite single concert. Altho there were so many in this place and time. You know, San Francisco ain't nothin for the avant garde today. The cost of living drove out the struggling artists long ago. They went to Seattle, the east Village (if you were from Jersey), London. Anybody listen to college radio? That's what's happenin around here. Yo, Rich, you listen to NTSU radio?

...about the show that Ex Lion Tamer posted about. I never saw the ones I listed, hence the 'dang' at the end. My two lists, which hardly encompass all the bands I've seen over the years, appear a little earlier in the thread.

Just wanted to set you straight

Regards,
Swish

[Spiritboxer]

The Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore East in 1968 IIRC, where the opening act, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, stole the show. This guy was out of his mind and he took us all with him. I'm still trying to find my way back.