Thread: Best concert you've ever been to

i saw quiat a few concerts when i was younger the followin would sand out

1982 black sabbeth - london - hammersmith odean
rush - wembley
alice cooper - wembley x2
kiss - wembley
motorhead - all over the place
Ozzy osbourn - wembley b4 Randy Rhoads died
Pat benatar - hammersmith odean
AC/DC - all over the place

i used to love going to concerts

km

Midnight Oil in the 80's. Their 'Red Sails In The Sunset' tour in Melbourne.
And a local pub band 'No Nonsense' ( ska music like the band Madness(pommie band)). They actually put out a couple of records at the time.
That was it I'm afraid. Must've led a sheltered life.
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Still jealous of those of you you saw Stevie Ray Vaughan.
What were his concerts like ?

AL

Saw him supported by The Thunderbirds in Adelaide...'86 I think. Six rows from the front, right in the middle. Could chucked a rock and hit him in the head, we were that close. He was LOUD LOUD LOUD. Changed my life. Got me into the blues and then into playing blues guitar.

Saw Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Byron '98 I think. A great exponent of LOUD Blues.

Some other notables - Myer Music Bowl - ELO, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC (Back in Black tour).
Palace, St Kilda - Albert Collins, George Thorogood. Pier Hotel, Frankston - Rose Tattoo, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, etc

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

FINALLY!!!

You know all these years Ive been muckin with this internet thing theres been a bunch of times this has come up on different forums... and you know thats the FIRST time Ive ever seen anyone put Dave Hole up as one of the best concerts!

Years ago when I was a mad young fella I worked as a roadie for Dave... throughout West Aussie until he got it in his head from Paul Manning to head east... I pulled out in Albany after 2 years with him... brilliant bloke top muso and did a great gig!!

Could have made it absolutely HUGE in the States or Europe but chose to stay home in Aussie.

Another that should have gone on to better things was Matt Taylor... didnt seem to do very much after Chain disbanded now lives down in Nannup and does the occasional gig... but brother when he played the White Sands it went OFF!!! Never roadied for him just went to every gig he played after I left Dave

Good to see someone else appreciates Daves talent

Just for info's sake.......

Dave Hole was the first non-American to be signed to one of the largest blues label in the world, Alligator Records.

Recommended listening - The Live One

OK, here we go most memorable concerts, not counting local bands at pubs like Matthew Flinders, South Side 6 and Village Green between '70 and '75.

In no particular order,
Jethto Tull 2x - Festival Hall (Melb)
Slade - Sydney Showgrounds
Led Zepellin - Kooyong
Plant & Page Rod Laver
Eric Clapton 2x - Rod Laver
Steve Vai 2x - Palace St.Kilda
Eric Johnson - Palace St.Kilda
Buddy Guy - Palais St.Kilda
Jeff Lang +8x all over Melbourne
Kenny Wayne Shepherd once in Memphis 2x Palace St.Kilda
Rolling Stones Kooyong, MCG, Rod Laver
Pink Floyd early seventies Festival Hall (Melb)
Cyndi Lauper - Arts Centre (Melb.) Originally went along to keep SWMBO happy, was actually blown away by her performance.
Queen - Festival Hall (Melb)
George Thorogood 2x - Palace St.Kilda
Link Wray - San Juan California 1999 (google him)
Deep Purple - Festival Hall (Melb)
Free - Festival Hall (Melb)
Paul Rogers - Hallam Pub
Jimmy Vaughan & the Fabulous Thunderbirds FTG hotel

Didn't know Buddy Guy Toured here. What was he like ?
If George Thorogood ever comes back I'll catch him if he comes to Geelong.
Actually sat and watch a couple of Led Zep DVDs on the weekend. Love their music.

Jethro Tull any good ?


AL

Originally Posted by AL1

Didn't know Buddy Guy Toured here. What was he like ?
If George Thorogood ever comes back I'll catch him if he comes to Geelong.
Actually sat and watch a couple of Led Zep DVDs on the weekend. Love their music.

Jethro Tull any good ?


AL

Saw Buddy the first time in 2000/2001, he was OK but not brilliant. The second time, in March this year he toured with Keb Mo and the concert was bloody fantastic.

The Tull, bloody brilliant. I don't know if any of their early concerts were filmed, but if they were and you get a chance to watch them don't miss it.

A shot of Buddy doing his trademark walk through the audience. Sorry about the quality, low light, mobile phone.

Originally Posted by Gingermick

Oils at the James cook uni club in '91.

Hey I was there too, oh hang on, that was me

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Saw Buddy the first time in 2000/2001, he was OK but not brilliant. The second time, in March this year he toured with Keb Mo and the concert was bloody fantastic.

The Tull, bloody brilliant. I don't know if any of their early concerts were filmed, but if they were and you get a chance to watch them don't miss it.

A shot of Buddy doing his trademark walk through the audience. Sorry about the quality, low light, mobile phone.

Keb Mo ...???!!!
You're killing me here... I'm just not getting out enough !! There's another one I've listened to but never knew toured. What were you doing in the states to see those other concerts ?

AL

First: ABBA at the Sydney Myer music bowl,.

Best: Simple Minds at the Tennis Centre in Melbourne mid 90's. Played for three hours no support, people that turned up an hour in, thinking the support act would be finished were really peeved.

Worst: Peter Gabriel - So many techie toys and most of it didn't work.
Fleetwood Mac - So many costume changes in a little tent at the side of the stage, apparently this is were Stevie had her "little helper stuff"

Originally Posted by AL1

Didn't know Buddy Guy Toured here. What was he like ?
If George Thorogood ever comes back I'll catch him if he comes to Geelong.


AL

Originally Posted by AL1

Keb Mo ...???!!!
You're killing me here... I'm just not getting out enough !! There's another one I've listened to but never knew toured. What were you doing in the states to see those other concerts ?

AL

AL, you've got to keep your ear to the ground mate.

I saw Keb Mo last year at the Prince of Wales in St Kilda, alone and acoustic. BRILLIANT!

Saw Thorogood at the Palace. A couple of hours of great Blues and Rock. The bloke is an out and out entertainer.
I saw Buddy Guy at the Palais in the early nineties and, as much as I love his music, he was disappointing. Too much showmanship. He's still a legend.

Most disappointing performance was Robert Cray at Byron in '98. Although he plays very well, he was the proverbial Stage Gnome. I'd sooner watch grass grow.

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Link Wray - San Juan California 1999

Wish I'd seen that! Have a compilation LP of him and Robert Gordon, some good ol' Rockabilly, that wore out a couple of styluses before I found a new fave.

Originally Posted by AL1

.................What were you doing in the states to see those other concerts ?

AL

Al, it was a kind of mid-life crisis thing. I went with a mate to do a kind of blues tour. Started off at the Mempis in May festival, caught the last day of the Beale Street Musical Festival. It cost US$19 to get in and the last 3 acts were Sheryl Crow, Collective Soul and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, any one alone would be at least $100 in Oz. Off to Clarkesdale where Muddy Waters caught the train to make it big in Chicago, they also have a great Blues Museum there. Went over to the intersection of Hwys 49 & 61, the Crossroads where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil. Down to New Orleans, then on to Austin,TX to check out some of the places Stevie Ray Vaughan played. Put on about two stone in three weeks eating nothing but ribs and gumbo. Thanks for rekindling some great memories.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Wish I'd seen that! Have a compilation LP of him and Robert Gordon, some good ol' Rockabilly, that wore out a couple of styluses before I found a new fave.

He must have been in his seventies when I saw him. He had a fair sized pub packed out, and man was he LOUD, he had his speaker stack facing the back wall to get a kind of echo/reverb effect, real old school no effects pedals.