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Silver King said:
Oh ****, I would have loved to have seen that All-Star band from Cream and Traffic!
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I was a rabid fisherman as soon as I got a drivers license, and spent all the time on the water. You have no idea how many concerts my friends went to that I turned down. I sometimes have depression bouts related to the issue that I missed a lot of history.
 
gruntking said:
I was a rabid fisherman as soon as I got a drivers license, and spent all the time on the water. You have no idea how many concerts my friends went to that I turned down. I sometimes have depression bouts related to the issue that I missed a lot of history.
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Fishing is good brother. I was off at college and a buddy came home from a Penn school, he ended up out in the conference I played in, but while he was home in 72, he got to see Steely Dan in Concert in Tampa, they did half a tour and said F-it. Told me they came out in softball uniforms and were hitting softballs out into the crowd. I didn't get to see them till they were relatively old guys and Becker was letting young dudes do his guitar riffs.
 
Silver King said:
Fishing is good brother. I was off at college and a buddy came home from a Penn school, he ended up out in the conference I played in, but while he was home in 72, he got to see Steely Dan in Concert in Tampa, they did half a tour and said F-it. Told me they came out in softball uniforms and were hitting softballs out into the crowd. I didn't get to see them till they were relatively old guys and Becker was letting young dudes do his guitar riffs.
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Nice story... I assume you saw more concerts during those key years in the 70's and 80's. For me missing out on Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd when they came to So. FL is a major regret. My wife of 12 years and I have caught a lot of concerts in a short time including Santana, Fleetwood, Brian Adams, Paul McCartney and Journey but with Perry's replacement.
 
gruntking said:
Nice story... I assume you saw more concerts during those key years in the 70's and 80's. For me missing out on Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd when they came to So. FL is a major regret. My wife of 12 years and I have caught a lot of concerts in a short time including Santana, Fleetwood, Brian Adams, Paul McCartney and Journey but with Perry's replacement.
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I was in Western Kansas in college - KC was 6 hours away Denver 4. I got to see (Pre-Parrot Head) Jimmy Buffet at Red Rocks. Billy Joel, Loggins and Messina and Bob Dylan (Desire Tour when Hurricane came out) in KC. Saw Chicago and ZZ Top in small settings in Grad school at Ft. Hays State. One I loved was John Mayall in a little Bar called Jugs in Hays, awesome. Saw Santana (awesome) who opened for Gary Wright and Peter Frampton on the infield at Royals Stadium.

Saw some of the last gasp tours here in FL with the wife; Eric Burden, Mitch Ryder, Johnny Rivers and Bob Seager.

I had a teammate from NY who was a bouncer at Fillmore East - we'd talk music for hours.
 
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Silver King said:
I was in Western Kansas in college - KC was 6 hours away Denver 4. I got to see (Pre-Parrot Head) Jimmy Buffet at Red Rocks. Billy Joel, Loggins and Messina and Bob Dylan (Desire Tour when Hurricane came out) in KC. Saw Chicago and ZZ Top in small settings in Grad school at Ft. Hays State. One I loved was John Mayall in a little Bar called Jugs in Hays, awesome. Saw Santana (awesome) who opened for Gary Wright and Peter Frampton on the infield at Royals Stadium.

Saw some of the last gasp tours here in FL with the wife; Eric Burden, Mitch Ryder, Johnny Rivers and Bob Seager.

I had a teammate from NY who was a bouncer at Fillmore East - we'd talk music for hours.
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I seriously envy you dude.
 
coffeecane said:
Saw them in 81 at the tangerine bowl and thought they were old as **** then. The start me up tour. Van Halen played as well for the only city they played in with the stones during that tour.
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I thought it was a Who concert but the I found out it was about getting money for the WHO, China's accessory to murder, and didn't watch. But I am always shocked to find out ony of the groups of my youth are still alive. You are right they were old by 81.
 
Gatorhater said:
I thought it was a Who concert but the I found out it was about getting money for the WHO, China's accessory to murder, and didn't watch. But I am always shocked to find out ony of the groups of my youth are still alive. You are right they were old by 81.
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The who was 82 at the tangerine bowl. I went to that as well. B52s and Joan Jett were both bood off by the old timers. They seemed even older than the stones at the time!
 
coffeecane said:
The who was 82 at the tangerine bowl. I went to that as well. B52s and Joan Jett were both bood off by the old timers. They seemed even older than the stones at the time!
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My concert days at the Hollywood Sportatorium were long over by '82. Heck, I was in my first way to early retirement by then. Amazing how fast money goes when you stop earning more every day. Does sound like you enjoyed.
 
Anyone on here follow Morrison Hotel Gallery on social media or look through their site? About the greatest collection of rock photographs (among other genres).

Anyhow, they had a checklist they posted a few weeks back to choose 6 bands to make up your dream festival, any period, peak of their powers... who do y'all take? Mine went some thing along the lines of The Dead, Hendrix, Stones, Who, Bowie and Phish. Tough leaving Bob Marley, Velvet Underground, or Neil Young off of that list.
 
Gatorhater said:
My concert days at the Hollywood Sportatorium were long over by '82. Heck, I was in my first way to early retirement by then. Amazing how fast money goes when you stop earning more every day. Does sound like you enjoyed.
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Great memories at the sportatorium as well though I was just a kid at the time.
 
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coffeecane said:
Crazy evening trivia. My daughter was in the intro of the concert. May have missed it but she was the girl looking at her computer for at home study. My wife's cousin was one of the producers of the show. We didn't even know it was on till my daughters friends started calling her to tell her they saw her. Pretty crazy.
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That is cool as heck, I saw her
 
We have some rock aficionados on here - how about Robbie Robertson and the the Weight? **** I loved the Band, the Last Waltz to me was almost better than Woodstock.

But if you followed what happened between him and the Band (long before Levon Helms died), then you know why he had to do get musicians around the world - because he screwed the rest of the BAND so bad, none of the originals would play with him again.



 
Silver King said:
We have some rock aficionados on here - how about Robbie Robertson and the the Weight? **** I loved the Band, the Last Waltz to me was almost better than Woodstock.

But if you followed what happened between him and the Band (long before Levon Helms died), then you know why he had to do get musicians around the world - because he screwed the rest of the BAND so bad, none of the originals would play with him again.



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There were a LOT of issues that came out of that movie and Robertson being so close with Scorsese. If you listen to an audience recording of the Last Waltz vs what you know and love, it is incredible the amount that him and Scorsese redid the audio. Also, the amount of camera time spent on a background singer (RR) vs the actual singers of the band was sad. Apparently Robertson's new documentary did nothing but prove he is what everyone thought. It was made after Levon's death and obviously many years after Danko and Manuel's deaths, and yet he still spent a solid chunk of it speaking about how the issues were entirely Levon and the other's faults.

A couple of my friends used to go up to Levon's barn for the Rambles that he held and said they were about the coolest musical experiences of their lives.

With all of that said, Van Morrison hammered, Robertson picking up the lead when Clapton's guitar strap breaks, and Dr John are three of my favorite moments of the Last Waltz.
 
wspcane said:
There were a LOT of issues that came out of that movie and Robertson being so close with Scorsese. If you listen to an audience recording of the Last Waltz vs what you know and love, it is incredible the amount that him and Scorsese redid the audio. Also, the amount of camera time spent on a background singer (RR) vs the actual singers of the band was sad. Apparently Robertson's new documentary did nothing but prove he is what everyone thought. It was made after Levon's death and obviously many years after Danko and Manuel's deaths, and yet he still spent a solid chunk of it speaking about how the issues were entirely Levon and the other's faults.

A couple of my friends used to go up to Levon's barn for the Rambles that he held and said they were about the coolest musical experiences of their lives.

With all of that said, Van Morrison hammered, Robertson picking up the lead when Clapton's guitar strap breaks, and Dr John are three of my favorite moments of the Last Waltz.
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"Van the man" Agreed. Joni Mitchell - never much of a fan until she did Coyote that night, Neil Young had one of his best vocal live performances and you had to love Ronnie Hawkins.
 
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