What's The Best Gig You've Seen ?

I'll kick this off by listing my top five gigs:-


The Rolling Stones - Roundhay Park, Leeds - 1981

The Who - Sheffield Arena - 2000

Bob Dylan - Sheffield Arena - 2000

BB King - Sheffield Arena - 1999

The Jam - The Reading Rock Festival - c.1977

1) Joe Satriani 2000

2) Pantera 2000


I'm not gonna list anymore, cause I havent been to that many shows yet.(and I missed Steve Vai earlier this year!!!damn me!)

But I'm sure gonna remember these two for a long time!

#1 Local band called Since August (sinceaugust.com) at my old Highschool twice. They rock and have fun on stage :)

#2. Widemouth Mason playing a small club.

Pat Metheny 2000

I saw him here in Brussels and he was realy great!
Very experimental too!
I dont know much jazz musicians with the combination of clasical and experimental.
In fact: Metheny is the only jazz musician i know. :o

Well because not much bands come to my region, for different reasons the best gigs i have seen are
Rage against the machine
Some german speed metall band called Edguy
Deep Purple and Nazareth were here 2 , but i missed it cause i was to young and didnt like music that mucj

My best concert-moments:

(no particular order)
D-A-D (Copenhagen DK '98)
Slash's Snakepit (Aarhus DK 2000)
Rage against... (Roskilde DK '96)
Megadeath (Midtfyn DK '97)

...and then various performances by Sting, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Pulp, Björch, Sepultura, No doubt a.m.

So I've only seen concert inside Denmark and that's a pretty small country, but all the big ones come anyway, because we danes just dig ****in' good music and live performance!! :cool:

Fiddles
Trolle

thin lizzy 76 tampa bay
kiss 77 tuscon
skynard 74 atlanta
rush 76 tampa bay
b company 77 tuscon
d purple 73 manheim
steppenwolf 69 detroit first one 8 yrs old
rainbow 82 atlanta
many, many more

Moody Blues, Minneapolis 1992
Doobie Brothers, Guess Who Minneapolis 2000
Paul Mccartney, Minneapolis 1994
Pink Floyd, Minneapolis 1993
Satriani,Via,Johnson - G3, recorded live, Minneapolis 1996
Allman Brothers, Albuquerque 1972
ZZ Top, Albuquerque 1971
BloodRock, Albuquerque 1970
Alice Cooper, Albuquerque 1971
10 years After, Albuquerque 1971
Phil Keaggy, Minneapolis 1989

Have to be
Steely Dan 1996(?)
Pink Floyd 1993
Paul McCartney 1994

Well, I dunno about biggest, but the best one I've ever seen was Joe Satriani at the Fillmore Aditorium in Denver, CO.

Hey acoutic_guitar, I've heard a little bit about Phil Keaggy . . . is he any good?

-Christoph

Christoph;

Phil Keaggy only plays Christian music with heavy emphasis on the Spiritual realm. He's quite extra-ordinary and must have God on his side when he plays (obviously). I honestly believe he can have concerts which transcend the physical realm.

I coined a term for Phil many years ago namely "Keaggyisms". What are they? They are specific modes he tends to gravitate towards. I pretty much can identify him by just listening due to those "Keaggyisms".

I remember many special moments both live and at home listening to him and thinking wow, I've never heard anything like this before. And when the Spiritual side kicks in - watch out. It's sometimes too much.

I think his best album was "Emerging" back in the late 70's early 80's time frame.

His acoutic work for me is better when seen live, than is his live electric work.

Hey, thanks for asking.
Have a good day!

tom petty 2000 nissan pavillion
eric clapton - every virginia concert

Elvis Costello
The Minutemen
Frank Zappa
Miles Davis
Jack Schantz Jazz Unit (local, phenomenal)

Korn 1999 was the best concert ever and Linkin Park and POD was the second best!!!

I had a great time at a Linkin Park concert, but there was also another new band I was impressed with. I went to an XFL game (no laughing, i got tickets for free) and at the taligate party, there was a band called Swinging Lovehammers. They're a Chicago band, but if you can check them out (www.swinginglovehammers.com)

Guns n` Roses at the River Plate Stadium 1992(really cool!!)

Megadeth at the Obras Stadium 1993

Steve Vai at the Gran Rex Theatre 2000(really loud!!!)

all in Buenos Aires

http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/TommyEmmanuel/

I've seen alot of shows but this was a flat out to much.

SteepWolf - GuessWho were quite ride also.

1. Steve Vai, Rockefeller Oslo 2000

This was a magical night, almost religious.
I feel lucky to have been there

2. Halford, Rockefeller Oslo 2000

What can I say...? The Metal God.

3. Tribal Tech, Trondheim 1998(?)

Fantastic musicians. Unbelievable perfection. Scott Henderson is the man.

I never had the chance to Led Zeppelin live (as a whole), but I'm sure it would have been an amazing experience. Its just not the same on video, if only I could go back in time, just to be in the same arena with four of the greatest musicians in rock history, I would die with a smile on my face. But fortunately, March 7th, 1995, I saw Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at the Orlando Arena. Wow, what an amazing show, and to be honest it was almost like I was at a real Zeppelin show, except with the conspicuous absense of Jon Bonham, but Michael Lee did a great job. I happened to be in the right place at the right time, and a concert like that lasts a lifetime in your memory, they played all of my favorites: Black Dog, Kashmir...

-Joseph