Best concert you've ever been to?

[bluedogok]

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.....

[kelroy55]

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.

[Lord Helmet]

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

[catch22]

Rush at the BOK center several years ago.

[SOONER8693]

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

My buddies and I were some of the folk that hiked over 2 mountains to get in free.

[SOONER8693]

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

[warreng88]

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.

[OkieHornet]

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.

[trousers]

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.

[trousers]

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.

[catch22]

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

It was amazing, the sound was crystal clear, the lights were awesome, it was extraordinary. They also played in OKC the year prior, and that show would be in my top 5 also.

[trousers]

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.

Saw them two nights in a row with the Warlocks in Devner at the Laramer Lounge. 1st night BJM opened for Warlocks, 2nd night Warlocks opened for BJM. Anton did DJ sets before, between and after the sets.

Best shows for me
Fugazi at the Diamond Ballroom
Split Lip Rayfield at the Bottleneck in Lawrence

[Mel]

I wish I could remember.

[Achilleslastand]

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

Saw them twice in the 80s and was very impressed. Peart, Lexrst and Lee are all very very talented musicians and masters of their craft. Went to the premeire of clockwork angels at quail springs theater and was surprised to see the theater full.

[catch22]

Saw them twice in the 80s and was very impressed. Peart, Lexrst and Lee are all very very talented musicians and masters of their craft. Went to the premeire of clockwork angels at quail springs theater and was surprised to see the theater full.

You mean Lifeson?

[Achilleslastand]

You mean Lifeson?

Yes Lifeson....
Lexrst is a nickname.
Check subtitles at around 3:16.

[mkjeeves]

#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.

Saw Black Oak Arkansas once, The Bowery, Plaza Court basement location, about '84-ish IIRC.

[RadicalModerate]

My buddies and I were some of the folk that hiked over 2 mountains to get in free.

I was A PAYING CUSTOMER at that Tull concert, even at the tender age of 19 . . . (but at least you weren't one of the scofflaw gate crashers requiring the use of a DPD Helicopter on a tear gas spraying mission =). Hopefully, none of your crew was among those falling off the rocks and having to be hauled to the hospital as squads of riot police marched around backstage. I will NEVER forget watching Ian Anderson jammin' on his flute through the haze of tear gas wafting in waves down over the crowd. If everyone hadn't been so stoned some serious panic could have erupted. "Hey, Aqualung . . . "

[ljbab728]

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

I was at that concert too. Maybe we were sitting next to each other. What were you wearing?

[SOONER8693]

I was at that concert too. Maybe we were sitting next to each other. What were you wearing?

Love beads, bell bottom jeans that my girlfriend had embrodried flowers all over, and sandals. Same as almost everybody else there that night.

[ljbab728]

Love beads, bell bottom jeans that my girlfriend had embrodried flowers all over, and sandals. Same as almost everybody else there that night.

Wow, I remember. So that was you?

[JPDrake]

AC/DC, 2009. I couldn't hear a thing for a week after and the ringing in my ears didn't go away for another week, but it was so worth it.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers last year are a close second, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is always good.

[OKCRT]

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...

Peoples workshop. Wasn't that the place on Broadway around 7th street upstairs? Pretty sure I seen Rare Earth there back around 72-73. Or was that Eddie Henry's? Or maybe Eddie was actually the owner of the place. I remember walking into that place and there was a thick fog of smoke. I think the cops finally shut the place down.

But you might be thinking of the Peoples Workshop at the Sword & Stone? It was downtown around 6-7th & Walker/Hudson area. Steve Cavulla & Jim Hoke and can't think of the other guys name. More of a folk music place.Things kinda run together but the one on Broadway was a pretty scary place but they had some good music/bands come through.

[kelroy55]

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.

Since I'm an old rock an roller I can't believe I forgot to include AC/DC at the Ford Center.

[Mr. Cotter]

I had side-stage tickets for The Red Hot Chili Peppers on their Californication tour stop in Dallas in 2000. That was pretty sweet.