Kenny Chesney for me. However, I'm hoping Garth Brooks tops that, if he brings his world tour to OKC.

I've not been to a ton of concerts so my pickens are rather slim, but Page & Plant.

Armin Van Buuren. Ibiza, Spain July 2011

I've seen a bunch but I don't ever think I'll ever be able to top the Eagles at the Myriad for the Hotel California tour in July 1977.

When they got to OKC, that album -- one of the best of all time -- was peaking in popularity.

I've not been to a ton of concerts so my pickens are rather slim, but Page & Plant.

Amen to that.......
I was to young to have experienced Zep in their prime but did manage to see Page and Plant in 98 at the Myriad which was tops for me. They must have been a real treat in their time.
Honorable mentions....

Van Halen 1979 OKC Civic Center the ticket I believe was around 6.50 and you could just tell they were going to be huge.

I've seen a bunch but I don't ever think I'll ever be able to top the Eagles at the Myriad for the Hotel California tour in July 1977.

When they got to OKC, that album -- one of the best of all time -- was peaking in popularity.

The other night I watched "the history of the eagles" on showtime and it was very good. Back then I always considered them a wholesome band just judging from their looks as well as music. Boy was I wrong.

the best show i've been to was roger waters' wall show at the bok center. i thought the pros and cons show i saw in '85 was good but this was amazing! best place i've seen a show was the pier in nyc. saw david gilmour there in '84, summer night, on the water with the intrepid behind the crowd. steely dan always puts on a good concert. good tight band.

I have to show my age and say that the best (I haven't been to a lot) I've been to was the Four Seasons in a "Theatre in the Round", Gaithersburg, Md. The crowd was excellent and the Four Seasons showed their appreciation with encores that stretched into the start of the second show and management had to drag them off the stage so that the audience would leave and they could start the late show. Ike and Tina Turner put on a great show in San Diego, Ca., and would be my second choice.
C. T.

I'll go with more recent ones, in the last decade, and memorable as opposed to best...

The Who at the Ford Center

Pavarotti in Tulsa

Two I'd really like to see, (not together!) Tom Waits and Prince

I have little bit of a different taste in music than most of you. I was in a hard rock band in the late 90's early 2000's so Korn, Tool, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust and the Deftones were probably my favorite bands. Living in Tulsa, all but Tool would play at the Cain's ballroom on about every tour until they got really big. I would say the Primus, Limp Bizkit, Powerman 5000 and POD at the Cain's Ballroom in the winter of 1997 was probably my favorite.

Jimmy Buffett, early in his career, at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

(Close second would be Jethro Tull at Red Rocks back in the early 70's--
the concert with the riots and tear gas and everything.)

Different taste, eh.

Here's a couple more on my more memorable list:

The Minutemen at the Bowery before it moved, in the basement of the Plaza Court, on a week night. I think there were maybe three of us in the place and they still played like there was no tomorrow.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at The Conservatory.

Mermen at Burningman

Godsmack and Metallica at the Ford Center (that was the name at the time) was amazing. The stage was in the middle and it slowly rotated. Midway through Godsmack's set, the lead singer (Sully Erna) got onto a secondary drum set and had a drum off with his drummer. Coming from a drummer's perspective, it was a truly amazing show.

been to 300+ concerts over 35 years, and radiohead last year in dallas was my favorite. all the ingredients were there - great setlist, the lights and sound were fantastic, the crowd was great, i was close to the stage on a general admission floor and was just enveloped by the whole spectacle.

other top concerts have been roger waters at bok center playing the wall, queen in 80 at the myriad, inxs at the zoo in 86, sigur ros last year in dallas...

Metallica on the Black album tour. Shinedown at Cain's was excellent. John Mellencamp on the Scarecrow tour. Talking Heads Burning Down the House. The Tubes played a Halloween ball at Memorial Auditorium at UNC when I was but a freshman.

If I had ever seen Dave Mathews Band live, this might change.

My Morning Jacket in Dallas a few years back

I have little bit of a different taste in music than most of you. I was in a hard rock band in the late 90's early 2000's so Korn, Tool, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust and the Deftones were probably my favorite bands. Living in Tulsa, all but Tool would play at the Cain's ballroom on about every tour until they got really big. I would say the Primus, Limp Bizkit, Powerman 5000 and POD at the Cain's Ballroom in the winter of 1997 was probably my favorite.

I wanted to put Ozzfest 1998 in Kansas City. That lineup included bands like Limp Bizkit, Tool (primary reason I went), Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Ozzy (obviously) and many others. It was a great helluva concert but again, being 35, to witness half of Zeppelin live just had to beat it out...

Depeche Mode in Dallas (this past September).

I've seen a bunch but I don't ever think I'll ever be able to top the Eagles at the Myriad for the Hotel California tour in July 1977.

When they got to OKC, that album -- one of the best of all time -- was peaking in popularity.

This is also my all time favorite. I had front row seats. Jimmy Buffet opened for them with his Margaretville Album (Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes)

Tough one but I gonna say Shake Russell at my cousin's winery down by Conroe Tejas. That was a fantastic night.

been to 300+ concerts over 35 years, and radiohead last year in dallas was my favorite. all the ingredients were there - great setlist, the lights and sound were fantastic, the crowd was great, i was close to the stage on a general admission floor and was just enveloped by the whole spectacle.

other top concerts have been roger waters at bok center playing the wall, queen in 80 at the myriad, inxs at the zoo in 86, sigur ros last year in dallas...

Excellent summary . . . (but you already knew that =).

(would it be possible to add "Trout Fishing in America" (at the Art Building at the Fairgrounds) to the list?
how about Rush Limbaugh and Garrison Keillor speaking engagements at a couple of local venues?
I think some music was played . . . their words were music to my ears . . . =)

oops: Forgot Crosby Stills and Nash at the Zoo Amphitheater (opened by some awesome guitar player whose first name was Steve)

Excellent summary . . . (but you already knew that =).

(would it be possible to add "Trout Fishing in America" (at the Art Building at the Fairgrounds) to the list?
how about Rush Limbaugh and Garrison Keillor speaking engagements at a couple of local venues?
I think some music was played . . . their words were music to my ears . . . =)

oops: Forgot Crosby Stills and Nash at the Zoo Amphitheater (opened by some awesome guitar player whose first name was Steve)

Garrison Keillor with Arlo Guthrie and Byron Berline at the Civic Center.

As a matter of fact, Byron Berline and his band upstairs at the Double Stop Fiddle Shop jamming with whoever shows up is worth a mention.

I went to so many when I worked at Sound Warehouse and tickets were cheap (11.00-16.00). I have seen Rush 7 times, Yes (90125 Tour) was very good, we saw The Eagles last year at the Pepsi Center here in Denver. The worst shows that I have seen are Van Halen, the 1984 tour where you could definitely tell there was friction in the band. I refunded the tickets for the second show because the first was so bad. The 5150 Tour (first with Hagar) was much, much better. I went to a bunch of country bar shows including my cousins band every two months when I lived in Dallas (91-93 alternating between Cowboy's in Dallas and Billy Bob's in Fort Worth).

John Mayall & The Blues Breakers with Savoy Brown and Taj Mahal in 1969 at the San Diego Sports Arena.

Got to see Local Natives at the Diamond Ballroom in October, probably my favorite.

My Bloody Valentine in Dallas at the Palladium Ballroom (2009).

Vampire Weekend at the Brady in Tulsa
Portugal. The Man at Norman Music Festival
OneRepublic at Center of the Universe Festival in Tulsa

Page & Plant in '98 was my first concert but I'd have to say Rush (saw them twice) was by far the best. I used to go to a dozen or so a year, but marriage and kids have slowed that down significantly.

Anytime I have seen Kansas.(60 times) Other than that, Bruce Springsteen at the Cotton Bowl in September of 1985 and at the BOK Center in Tulsa a few years ago.

Bigray in Ok

I will second Kansas. Saw them in Denver a few years ago with Styx and that was awesome. Both bands still sound good.

Overall, I will say my favorite concert was waaaaaaaay back at the Oklahoma Jam (the 1st and only) with Van Halen, Sammy Hagar (not with VH at the time), The Doobie Brothers and Pat Benatar. I remember it being godawful hot.

I will second Kansas. Saw them in Denver a few years ago with Styx and that was awesome. Both bands still sound good.

Overall, I will say my favorite concert was waaaaaaaay back at the Oklahoma Jam (the 1st and only) with Van Halen, Sammy Hagar (not with VH at the time), The Doobie Brothers and Pat Benatar. I remember it being godawful hot.


Cool!
I was there as well. Sept 1980
It was called Rocklahoma if i remember correctly.
I do recall it was hot for a Sept day and after VH played all bets were off. People left in droves because they knew that there was no way the Doobies could top VH.
I used to have a website marked with some photos from the show......will look for it and put up link.

Musical enjoyment - Santana at the Zoo Amphitheater
Interesting pairing - Billy Squier and Queen at the Myriad (might have been Lloyd Noble)
Proof that tastes can change - Pink Martini at the Civic Center

Not sure about best, probably need to think longer, but U2 360 on Owen Field was a pretty amazing show...

I've been a fan of live music forever and have seen just about all the great bands of the last half of the past century...

...but one of my fondest memories...

Got talked into going to see a band downtown in a place called the peoples workshop (a place where the handicapped learned job skills and did concerts to raise money)... I was in Jr. High and downtown was pretty seedy... They had a pretty small makeshift stage and there were maybe 100-150 of us sitting on the floor to see an English band called Yes... They'd had a hit off their first album called "I've seen all good people" that had gotten us there but played all the songs off their soon to be released album "Fragile"... We all sat there with our jaws on the floor... None of us saw it coming... I saw them 2 years later when the album had propelled them in to being one of the hottest bands on the planet in front of a standing room only concert at the fairgrounds arena where they just killed it... Unbelievable concert band...

There was a very similar thread here about 5 months ago.

http://www.okctalk.com/current-events-open-topic/34711-all-time-favorite-rock-tunes-concerts.html

Here were my responses there:


C. T., I also saw a great "Oldies" show a little after that. It was a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars show at the Municipal Auditorium. Headliners were Paul and Paula, Brian Hyland, The Dixie Cups, and Bobbie Vee. My most memorable show was the Moody Blues at the State Fair Arena which also included one of my all time favorite rock songs.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m9BCpIm_P9Y

Interesting pairing - Billy Squier and Queen at the Myriad (might have been Lloyd Noble)


It was the Myriad.

Kinda sheepish to admit this but two of the best shows I have seen were both headlined by REO Speedwagon, first time was at the Civic Center with Judas Priest(before leather and studs), Foreigner(first album tour), and REO(live album tour). Really a great show.

Second was when the great Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and Cozy Powell's Rainbow backed up REO at the Myriad, the look on some of the REO fans' face when Ritchie destroyed his Strat was hilarious.

Other great shows Deep Purple(with Tommy Bolin) and Nazareth at the Fairgrounds, Black Sabbath at LNC(original Heaven and Hell tour), Jethro Tull(1974) at the Fairgrounds, the afore mentioned Queen/Squier show, Yes Oct 3, 1977(memorable date cause my daughter was born the next day)

to cast a vote for the "other side". . . toss up between Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma at the Civic Center a few years back. . .cant' wait for the return of the Great Ma in April!!

It was the Myriad.

Kinda sheepish to admit this but two of the best shows I have seen were both headlined by REO Speedwagon, first time was at the Civic Center with Judas Priest(before leather and studs), Foreigner(first album tour), and REO(live album tour). Really a great show.

Second was when the great Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and Cozy Powell's Rainbow backed up REO at the Myriad, the look on some of the REO fans' face when Ritchie destroyed his Strat was hilarious.

Other great shows Deep Purple(with Tommy Bolin) and Nazareth at the Fairgrounds, Black Sabbath at LNC(original Heaven and Hell tour), Jethro Tull(1974) at the Fairgrounds, the afore mentioned Queen/Squier show, Yes Oct 3, 1977(memorable date cause my daughter was born the next day)

now i'm jealous... had 2 chances to see black sabbath (78, 80/81), but the folks thought they were too satanic, even though they'd taken me to kiss a few years before. missed out on a blackmore's rainbow show at lloyd noble late 70s/early 80s. missed out on deep purple twice in the 80s. did see jethro tull in 79, yes in 79 - both great shows.

different people have brought up the page & plant show in 98 at the myriad, and for someone who grew up on zeppelin, that was pretty much a dream come true type of show.

to cast a vote for the "other side". . . toss up between Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma at the Civic Center a few years back. . .cant' wait for the return of the Great Ma in April!!

I attended both of those. It's all music and I listen to a wide variety.

Several, U2 at Memorial Stadium, Rolling Stones same venue. This past summer was also great - OneRepublic at Red Rocks in Denver.

One of the best was when I was a student at OU and Jimi Hendrix played at the OU Field House in May of 1970. The Moody Blues concert, also at the Field House, in December of 1970 was close to the top. Another one that really stands out, wasn't a concert, but was at a small bar in Nashville when I had the opportunity to see Waylon Jennings play in the mid seventies.

Another great one was Papa Roach at the TNT building at the fairgrounds. The opening acts were a band called Hed (pe) and another unknown band called Linkin Park. My friend that I went with said he thinks Hed (pe) would be bigger than Linkin Park in about five years... I guessed the opposite. Guess who was right.

Got to see Frank Black with They Might Be Giants in the late 90's in Tulsa at the Cains.

#1 Jethro Tull at Red Rocks amphitheater outside of Denver in 1971. A bizarre scene. If you've ever been to Red Rocks there, you know what I mean. #2 Chicago Transit Authority at the fieldhouse at OU in 1970. They only had 1 album at that time and were still called CTA. #3 Black Oak Arkansas, Henry Levit Arena at Wichita State University in about '71-'72. Saw Black Oak about 10 different times in different places. Always a hell of a show.

I'd probably say the Brian Jonestown Massacre four years or so ago at the Grenada in Dallas. It was the first time in a while that they had all the major members back. They played for like three and half hours straight through, no breaks.

Also, the Pixies in 2004 (my senior year of high school) at ACL when they got back together. I hadn't really listened to them before. That show single-handedly got me listening to alternative/indie when I had been listening to classic rock and jam bands pretty much exclusively in high school.

Finally, Sleater-Kinney in 2006 at Lollapalooza. It was their last third-to-last show. I had never heard them before and they're still probably my favorite band of all time.

It was the Myriad.

Kinda sheepish to admit this but two of the best shows I have seen were both headlined by REO Speedwagon, first time was at the Civic Center with Judas Priest(before leather and studs), Foreigner(first album tour), and REO(live album tour). Really a great show.

Second was when the great Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and Cozy Powell's Rainbow backed up REO at the Myriad, the look on some of the REO fans' face when Ritchie destroyed his Strat was hilarious.

Other great shows Deep Purple(with Tommy Bolin) and Nazareth at the Fairgrounds, Black Sabbath at LNC(original Heaven and Hell tour), Jethro Tull(1974) at the Fairgrounds, the afore mentioned Queen/Squier show, Yes Oct 3, 1977(memorable date cause my daughter was born the next day)


I can only imagine lol.......The fans that came to hear "keep on loving you" were probably aghast when Blackmore destroyed his strat.

One of the best was when I was a student at OU and Jimi Hendrix played at the OU Field House in May of 1970.

What a great 'experience' that must have been. The acoustics in that arena must have been horrible though. I can't imagine seeing Hendrix in that venue.

I kind of like this pic with the OU Wrestling schedule. Can you guess what the armband was for?

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What a great 'experience' that must have been. The acoustics in that arena must have been horrible though. I can't imagine seeing Hendrix in that venue.

I kind of like this pic with the OU Wrestling schedule. Can you guess what the armband was for?

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I have no clue..
Given to him by Monika Dannemann maybe?

What a great 'experience' that must have been. The acoustics in that arena must have been horrible though. I can't imagine seeing Hendrix in that venue.

I kind of like this pic with the OU Wrestling schedule. Can you guess what the armband was for?

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The acoustics weren't any good, but I'm not sure it mattered much since everyone so pumped to see Hendrix. The arm bands would have been for Kent State.

Here's a YouTube link to his concert at OU.... it's strictly audio, but it's shows some newspaper clippings and pictures of his concert.

Hendrix - Machine Gun 1970 Norman Oklahoma - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTxfUmiBxY)

#1 Jethro Tull at Red Rocks amphitheater outside of Denver in 1971. A bizarre scene. If you've ever been to Red Rocks there, you know what I mean.
I'm guessing that it would be the last rock concert at Red Rocks for awhile after that.
Denver Post - Jethro Tull's '71 Red Rocks concert forged a place in rock history (http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18194571)

I can only imagine lol.......The fans that came to hear "keep on loving you" were probably aghast when Blackmore destroyed his strat.
I was a big Rainbow/Blackmore fan, saw them on the Straight Between the Eyes Tour.

That "look" reminds me of when I saw Journey/Bryan Adams at the LNC in 1983 (second of three shows). On the Bryan Adams song Take Me Back he had a "FU" line and the people sitting in front of us us looked at each other like it was the first time they had heard such words.....

I've seen lots of good concerts, some of them I remember :) I would have to say some of the recent ones have been pretty darn good.

The Eagles around 2005 in Omaha
The Who at the Hard Rock
Paul McCartney at the Hard Rock.

The Flaming Lips @ the OKC Zoo in 2006. Man there was just an energy in the crowd that night. Amazing.

Rush at the BOK center several years ago.

I'm guessing that it would be the last rock concert at Red Rocks for awhile after that.
Denver Post - Jethro Tull's '71 Red Rocks concert forged a place in rock history (http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18194571)
My buddies and I were some of the folk that hiked over 2 mountains to get in free.

I should have included The Moody Blues at the fairgrounds arena in March/April of '72..

Rush at the BOK center several years ago.

From a drummer's perspective, that is one band I am kicking myself that I have not seen.

did anyone see the pink floyd show at the civic center in 72? it was before dark side came out, but they played all of that album in order.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at The Conservatory.

That was a good show. Had a few beers with the Skeleton Key kids. Good times.
Never saw the Minutemen but Mike Watt played VZDs a few times a couple years years back. The 2nd time around was all Firehose/Minutemen songs. Nice.

Got to see Frank Black with They Might Be Giants in the late 90's in Tulsa at the Cains.

Saw the same tour in Dallas. Awesome, awesome show.