MC5 - Boston, 1970
Captain Beefheart & Ry Cooder - D.C. '70
Grateful Dead - D.C, '70
Little Feat - D.C., '70
Waylon Jennings - NYC, '76.

No, I don't get out much - at least for the last 30 years!

Okay, for me it would have to be:

1. The Big Day Out 1993; a rock concert in Melbourne with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, the Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, the Cosmic Psychos and many others. I got to see a lot of whacked out US guitar rock, but totally converted to a Nick Cave fan that day.

2. The Melvins 1997; total rock, rock and more rock, plus they were at the end of a three night run and went beserk with jams, swapping instuments and a big finale with all the support bands joining onstage.

3. The Working Class Ringoes 1996; the first time I saw a steel player onstage and was actually aware of what it was.

4. Dale Watson 1999.
5. Joel & Charlie (aka Tendrills) 1996.

Tibetan Gyoto Monks '79

Newport Rock Festival '69

Mothers of Invention '69

Emmy Lou Harris and the Hot Band many times

* Poco at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, N.J., Rusty Young on the steel...

* Roy Buchanan at the Fillmore East..sat in front of him, could have put my feet on the stage..he dropped a pick and I pocketed it..what a guitar player!

* Steve Stills at the Capitol Theater, I just like Steve Stills, always liked his guitar playing style...the warm-up act was Flo and Eddy (The Turtles) Happy Together..

*The Rolling Stones at the Eis Stadium in Mannheim, Germany 1974...hey, it was the Rolling Stones!...they had just come out with "Goat Head Soup", "Angie" was a new number, crowd gave it a cool reception...go figure! Billie Preston played "Billy Go Round in Cirles", of course...it was general admission, I was trampled into a good location near the stage, front right...had to stand for the entire show in order to see...

* New Riders and Commander Cody, Free Concert in Central Park, N.Y. early 1970-something..

* The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Syracuse, N.Y., 1983...my first live exposure to Dixieland Jazz...and I suddenly understood that there is a use for a trombone...

* Blue Sparks From Hell at the Stanhope House in Stanhope, N.J. last night...these guys are all great musicians first and foremost, a tight act, and a lot of fun, check 'em out! OK, that's seven, so shoot me..

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Pink Floyd, ~1970 (I think), a month after Dark Side of the Moon was released, at Radio City Music Hall, 1:00 am.

The Byrds (Untitled album vintage, with Clarence White and Gene Parsons)

The Band, New Year's Eve ~1971 (I guess), the year they recorded 'Rock of Ages' live at the Academy of Music, NYC.

Yes, backing up Jethro Tull (Auqlung vintage) ~1970.

Jeff Beck Group, Carnegie Hall, ~1971

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LED ZEPPELIN 1969, Springfield MA (small venue)

THE WHO 1970 & 1971 Tanglewood, Lenox MA (performed "Tommy")

original ALLMAN BROTHERS 1971 Springfield MA (small venue)

GRATEFUL DEAD 1972, Waterbury CT (small venue)

FLYING BURRITO BROS. w/Sneaky Pete 1969, Springfield College, MA

BUDDY EMMONS 1977, Boston MA

THE BYRDS with Clarence White 1971, Lenox MA

FREDDIE KING / ROY BUCHANON 1973?, Ellington, CT

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA 1973, UMASS

FRANK ZAPPA 1969, Newport RI

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2. "Meet the Beatles", Gainesville, FL, circa 1984. This was a Beatles "revival" show, but every single note was in place and identical to the original, all performed live, and the 4 players looked very much the parts, and even made numerous costume (and hairstyle!) changes during the concert to represent the various eras of Beatles music. I know this sounds strange, given that they were "just imitators", but this was one of the best concerts I have ever attended in my life. No kidding.

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"Meet the Beatles", Gainesville, FL, circa 1984. This was a Beatles "revival" show, but every single note was in place and identical to the original, all performed live, and the 4 players looked very much the parts, and even made numerous costume (and hairstyle!) changes during the concert to represent the various eras of Beatles music. I know this sounds strange, given that they were "just imitators", but this was one of the best concerts I have ever attended in my life. No kidding.

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• Beach Boys 1963 Dick Clark Caravan of Stars
• Buffalo Springfield 1967
• Doors 1968
• Kitty Wells w/Jimmie Crawford 1974
• Tommy Overstreet w/Smiley 1974

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1) The Last Waltz, the Band and Friends, Winterland, San Francisco, 1976. Best $25 I ever spent. I stood right in front of Richard Manuel during the entire night.
2) Black Flag, the Minutemen, Saccharine Trust, Outer Circle at the Vex in East LA, 1982/3(?). Intensely scary fun. My band (Outer Circle) was the opening act. Imagine how well lap steel guitar went over with this crowd.
3) Captain Beefheart at the Roxy, 1981. I only wish I had seen him sooner.
4) Black Sabbath supporting their "Iron Man" release with the opening act, Yes, supporting their album "Fragile". San Bernardino Fairgrounds, 1974. My second concert ever.
5) The Bill Graham memorial concert in Golden Gate Park. John Fogerty and the Grateful Dead, Evelyn Cisneros dancing to "Ave Maria" sung by Aaron Neville, Journey reunited for this one time singing "When the Lights Go On in the City" and EVERYONE singing along, Carlos Santana singing through his guitar, and free apples for everyone (a Bill Graham tradition).
Honorable mentions:
6) Tom Petty at the Fillmore, with Lucinda Williams opening.
7) Lilith Fair 1999, my ten year old daughter's first concert. Watching her dancing to the Pretenders is one of my most cherished memories.
8) Twangfest 2000, St. Louis, especially the last night with Bill Kirchen headlining.
9) The first Bridge Concert, with Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, David Crosby, Graham Nash, etc.
10) Los Lobos at the Fillmore, a private party hosted by Macromedia for the shipment of FreeHand 7.0. They were just doing another corporate party, but ending up blowing the roof off the place for about 500 devoted fans while the marketing weasels did their business in the back of the hall.

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1. Echo and the Bunnymen 1984, Royal Oak, MI
2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 1989, Boston, MA
3. Melvins/Helmet, 1991, Boston, MA
4. The Jesus Lizard, 1994, Cleveland, OH
5. Robert Randolph, 2001, Somerville, MA

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Eric Clapton - Reptile Tour - the man is so relaxed and at peace with himself. Billy Preston on B-3.

B.B. King - 80 something and as good as ever.

Brian Setzer - 5th Annual Tiki Bash at the Greek Theater - Always a great show - does not look like he is working hard at all.

Buddy Emmons with the Everly Brothers - OK, last year, but my first time seeing him play.

Cream Farewell Tour - LA Sports Arena - sometime in the 60's - I had nose-bleed seats and the air smelled different in the arena for some reason. I remember part of the show.

James Taylor - Always good

Jimmy Smith at the Lighthouse - must have been around '67 or early '68.

Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys - lots of times in Austin.

Steamed Heat - Local Austin jazz group - enjoying them on E 6th street one night when Chicago dropped in and jammed with them (friends of the trombone player).

OK, so that's more than 5

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1. Tex Ritter. Saw him at the E Club at Kanehoe when I was in the 4th Marines('61-'63.) He prolly wasn't at his greatest then, but I was thrilled to see him up close and personal anyway.

2. Stones. Fort Collins, CO. '69

3. Jimi. Denver, CO. '69

4. Moody Blues. Denver, '72? Yeah, I'll admit it. A "guilty pleasure."

5. Any "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Coliseum in the late 70's.

Looks like I haven't been out much lately, but actually, in the last 20 years it's been mostly small venue stuff like that Tex Ritter gig, and I'm not remembering it all that much. Oh yeah -- John MacLaughlin at the Great American Music Hall in SF recently, with another power trio. Great stuff.

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Willie came out..did one of his songs to great applause, then picked up an off the shelf Fender and blew away whatever it was that Firefall was trying to do. Crowd went nuts!

2. 78 Don Williams and Waylon at McNichols in Denver.

3. John Denver at Red Rocks any number of times. Something about John Denver and Red Rocks. I miss him.

4. Waylon and Willie at Red Rocks in 77.

5. In 1970 a few of us went for a Thursday night drink at a local joint that was called "Marvelous Marv's" in Denver. Some girl with a guitar was on stage that had one hit and was making an attempt at a comeback. Linda Rondstadt or something like that. That was fun to think back on.

• The Allman Brothers band at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, July, 1971. This was the Fillmore East Tour and the album came out about a month prior to the show. Duane left us just a few months later.
  
• Yes - Close to The Edge tour, also at Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, 1972. Opening acts were Mountain and Hydra.
  
• Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow tour at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta with Jan Hammer, 1973. The night I learned what a whammy bar is for.
  
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers, also at the Fox, 1974.
  
• Eric Clapton's return tour following '461 Ocean Boulevard' at the OMNI, 1974. Joining him for an encore of "Little Queenie" were Pete Townshend and Keith Moon.
  
• The Who - Quadrophenia Tour at the OMNI, 1974.
  

1) 1957 - LONNIE DONEGAN at the Finsbury Park Empire in North London - indescribable dynamics with minimal stage amplification and one vocal mic(!) - arguably the most important and influential British artist of the rock'n'roll era....

2) 1962 - The EVERLY BROTHERS with Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison and Joe B. Maudlin. They topped the bill over a bunch of lacklustre UK rockers, and I'll never forget the music lesson I had that night....

3) 1969 - BUCK OWENS & THE BUCKAROOS at the London Palladium.... the night I became a country music fan. With Don Rich and Jay Dee Maness - I swapped my arch-top Gibson for a Telecaster the very next day!

4) 1975 - EMMYLOU HARRIS and the HOT BAND at the New Victoria Theater in London. It was a Saturday night, and you couldn't book a guitar player that night for love or money - it was James Burton's first UK appearance....

5) 1992 - JAMES TAYLOR at the Appollo, Hammersmith... with the great Don Grolnick on piano and songs from the "New Moonshine" album, every nuance of that night stayed with me for months! I've seen JT numerous times, but this was particularly special - what a musician he is!

6) 1985 - the present day.... BUDDY EMMONS!
From his '85 and '88(when I got to play with him!!!) visits to the UK, and several Everly Brothers shows, he's never failed to send me home inspired and itching to get back to my steel! That's what a concert SHOULD do to you.....

7) 2001 - ISGC Tommy, Lloyd, Herby, Doug, Tom, Russ and Jimmie, Weldon, John - all remarkable, but it was the first time I ever saw BUDDY CHARLETON. He's amazing, and 'Over The Rainbow' brought tears to my eyes.

OK, that's seven - I couldn't help it!

Ok...now my favorite concerts that I actually played at:

Jeanie Seeley 1981
Aberdeen Maryland

Tracy Lawrence 1997
Silver Wings Ballroom
Brenham, Tx

Jerry Jeff Walker
Silver Wings 97

Willie Nelson
Fort Bend County Fair 98

Ray Price
Brenham...private 98

Ray Price
waller county fairgrounds 99

Steve Wariner
waller county fairgrounds 00

uhhm...1,2,3,,,,14 oops.

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At the Fillmore, Woody Herman and his Big Band on the same bill as The Who.

Probably 5 years ago at the Oakland Coliseum, Vince Gill and Patty Loveless. The stage settings were phenomenal, as good as the great music that eminated from that stage.

Bobby Lee, I was also at that George Strait / Haggard show in Oakland. I thought this was the worse I have ever seen the Hag (I've probably seen him a dozen times). I really thought he was massively drunk or about to OD on drugs. What a pity.

A few years ago at the San Jose Arena, an evenng with Elton John. He is probably one of the BEST entertainers I have ever seen (went because my wife likes him a lot). John Jorgenson (of Desert Rose Band fame) playing guitar.

I could go on and on.

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