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Seen something really really good?

too many to mention, but...

I'll give it a try. Lollapalooza 1991, Dallas: coming together of generation x. All the high school subcultures of the 80's: hippie, punk, metalhead, hip hop all came together. Jane's Addiction, Siousie and the Banshees, Living Colour, Violent Femmes, Ice T w/Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Henry Rollins Band. Never been to a show as profound. King Crimson Thrak tour, Houston 1995. Heavy, loud, mindblowing. Made up for awful crowd. David Gilmour April 2007, Chicago. With Rick Wright. Very Intimate, loved the 30 mintue Echoes. Roger Waters Sept 2007, NYC. With Nick Mason (which means I saw all of Pink Floyd in 2007). Great sound and visuals. George Clinton and P-Funk Allstars, Houston 1997. With Bootsy Collins Band. Best show I could've asked for, very heavy, psychedelic set in the beginning, then picked up and got funky. Prince, Houston 1989. Lovesexy tour. He hadn't been around since Purple Rain. Great way to celebrate my high school graduation. Pink Floyd, Houston/Dallas 1994. Division Bell tour, even tho I would've preferred them with Waters, they were one of the few bands that could pull off a show in a stadium. quad sound was amazing, amazing lighting effects. Santana, Houston 1994. Lots of tshirts from the above mentioned show. Was blown away by the jamming, including Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain.

Amazing Diversity

Deadheads have great taste in music, as I checked out all five pages! John Prine was awesome, I also liked George Thorogood, The Allmans, Rat Dog, Pink Floyd, Black Crowes.

db

disco biscuits5/13/99 the roadhouse daniels wv trance jams in a redneck joint...

goose

goffchile- goose creek- seen 'em twice in the 90's... if you don't have it- i recommend their "words of earnest" record... classic.

Roger Waters

... did a decent concert earlier this year (though, admittedly, I would've preferred to have seen Gilmour.) The Cure, not so good. No keyboards. Hoping Neil comes down for his Chrome Dreams II tour.

Dark Star Orchestra

Hey now....went to see Dark Star Orchestra at North Tahoe tuesday night..Hats off to them ,boy, they did a very difficult songt "Lazy Lightning" impeccably ..Cosmic Charlie was fantastic also..I enjoyed myself immensely and wanted to let people knowCarla

DSO

what show did they do? They start a three-night run at the Fillmore tonight.

DSO

They played one of their own sets at Crystal bay Club.North Shore Tahoe

Beatles '65; Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

8/17/65John for sure brought his ax to the rink this night I'm here to tell ya. Tour heads packing the rink, having straggled up from the previous show at Shea Stadium in New York, were lacking in sleep but not enthusiasm. The first power chords to 'Twist and Shout' signaled to all that this was gonna be one of THOSE nights. The jamming was intense; the transitions from song to song seamless. The boys were really listening to one another; I'll never forget Paul's bass solo during the jam in the middle of 'Act Naturally.' Ringo's ability to turn on a dime as the band ranged from melodic rock 'n roll to the dissonant outer reaches of deep space had me stoked. I basically never stopped twirling. And then George looked right at me during 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.' The show closing 'I'm Down' was exhilarating. We headed out into the parking lot exhausted, not entirely sure how we'd make it to Atlanta for the next night's show. But we knew we had just heard something we wouldn't soon forget.

Ultraviolet Hippopotamus

Check this out if you've got the time.http://www.archive.org/details/uvh2007-10-19.uvh2007-10-19.sbd.flac peace

David Bromberg

Just caught Bromberg in Pittsburgh--great show, great musicianship, great audience--well worth the ticket price if you like roots/folk rock. He is a great showman and the shows are just plain fun.

Tomato Can

Tomato Can is a four-piece blues/jazz band featuring 17-year-old guitarist Pat Kane (who's shared the stage with such acts as Johnny Neel and Derek Trucks), keyboardist Mark Bader, and Bassist Jon Pelkey, as well as recently added fourth member, drummer Bill Gardiner. The band's eclectic sound is a mixture of its influences, which include not only blues greats such as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, but also John Coltrane, the Band, and Tom Waits Check um out ! :)

another great band is...

The Delaware Rag.... Folk Rock / Bluegrass / Acoustic from Newark/Philadelphia, Delaware area a very cool band to see.

Crossroads Guitar Festival, Chicago, 7-28-07

Hands down the best show of this year, and perhaps the best show I've ever seen period. Definitely an Instant Classic: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, BB King, Steve Winwood w/ EC for Traffic reunion, Willie Nelson, Robbie Robertson, Jimmie Vaughn, Hubert Sumlin, and John Mayer just to name a few. What an extraordinary day!

Thanks, William-O

An expanded version of “Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago” will be available on Rhino Entertainment home video on November 20. A two-disc version of the first Crossroads Guitar Festival, from the Dallas Cotton Bowl, became one of the world’s top-selling music DVDs, going platinum eight times in the United States alone. "Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision." - Norman Mailer

Sorry (edit)

The above post was copied directly from the festivals web site and I omitted the reference. Sorry 'bout that folks. I'll be looking for this one to add to my collection.http://crossroadsguitarfestival2007.com/festivaldvd.html "Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision." - Norman Mailer

Dark Star Orchestra

Just saw them last night at Penn's Peak...WOW what an awesome venue..that place rocks!! Had a grate time, the place was packed and hot as hell, but the show as smokin!! Maybe going to see them New Years eve?Just a thought! :) Gooble Gooble!

Splintered Sunlight is playing

Friday, December 7th 2007O'MALLEY'S 56 Crescent Blvd Gloucester City, NJ 08030 (856) 456- 1599 A grate cover band!! Come on and join in the fun!! :) Hope to see you there!!

My top three

3. Springsteen's first European gig at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, Nov. 18, 1975. Now available on dvd for everyone to enjoy. 2. The Dead and Capt. Beefheart at Bickershaw, England, May 6-7, 1972. A night and day when music transcended the elements. http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/dead.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bickershaw_Festival 1. Little Feat - Jan. 19, 1975 Rainbow Theatre, London. Their only show in London on the Warner Bros. tour that also featured the likes of Orleans and Tower of Power, with The Doobies as headliners at every show. Clearly, no one at Warner Bros. realized that there was a substantial and fanatical cult following for the Feat, and heads subsequently rolled as a result of this major fuck up. The sold out Rainbow turned out to be packed for at least 90% by us Feat freaks - the band never knew what hit them as they stepped out to open for the Doobies. It was an utterly magical vibe, the hall was packed for the opening act, the audience immediately sang along with every song, stayed on its feet and went apeshit after every number, eventually forcing the house lights back down for a third encore. The experience, and the climax - an acoustic Willin' by Lowell - were so intense that people were moved to tears and started leaving by the droves once the Doobies started up, simply because we were utterly drained and because nothing they could do could approach what we had just experienced - a sort of collective mass orgasm.

best other shows

- the other ones with billy at shoreline ...my first time back seeing a dead "family" band-wilco ...most shows...but definitely the ones before they became rock stars...love nels, but jay had the heartland roots rock thing (and neurosis) down...jeff, shouldn't you just have slapped him and not fired him? -mother hips...fillmore 2001...my first...gotta love the floor rolling during grizzly bear and the energy of the crowd...the hips "bring it" as I'm told Band of horses does too (but based on my recent experience at the fillmore, Band of horses really doesn't "bring it"!) -black flag ...uconn student union 84 or 85 (can't remember, but henry looked like he was going to kill me...tom trocoli's dog sing peed on the audience...gotta love punk rock...and greg ginn was a deadhead...can you say 6 degrees?!) -allmans..county bowl early nineties with blues traveler...fatty homegrown spliffs in the front row at the snooty bowl where no one between the front rows and the back 40 dances (we did hard)...god dam it, they paid good money to sit! -the who...bridge school...maybe 2000 (not a stats geek, obviously) ....when pete was talking about his "relationship" with john lennon...oops sorry, there are kids on stage! -neil...greendale at shoreline...ol' black, political statements, and movies of pescadero, nuff said? -mogwai at the fillmore 2000?...talk about dynamics...gotta love not knowing a band when you go see them and being blown off your feet at the show...they shouldn't sing though -u2 sj vertigo...five feet from the stage...if only my feet were on the ground! even got a back rub from the height challenged girl behind me! -mickey on earth day at grace cathedral (2000?) gotta love howling like wolves in a cathedral!! even alan jones was in the spirit!! -numerous isla vista house parties in the mid 80s - early 90s...

oops

i forgot one of the absolute best... CSN and unannounced special guest in a greenpeace benefit at the arlington in sb...86...I couldn't stop smiling, unfortunately I had stiches in my face from being hit with my surfboard previously that week...so it kind of hurt..in a good way...special guest was NY... then there's that other best... the BG memorial too..2 am drive up to the park from SB with friends...running into other friends at the cheap gas 10 miles south of salinas...400000 people in the park on a bright clear fall day hearing the creme of the bay area music scene play in all kinds of configurations...if only my friend hadn't eaten the brown....

---The Phanerothyme

---The Phanerothyme Ranger All 3 Cream reunion shows at Madison square Garden

Dark Star Orchestra

Can someone please fill me in on this? I'm from Pgh.,Pa. Tickets went on sale on Saturday and when I saw the add it looked like something I'd like to check out.

Dark Star Orchestra

Dark Star Orchestra plays complete Dead shows in the stile the Dead played them. You don't which show they are playing in advance, but if the play a 91 show it will sound like 91 Dead, a 77 show will sound like 77 Dead. They usually play a second encore with songs not from that show. They sound almost exactly like the Dead, it’s spooky.

DSO

I am Unbeliveably EXCITED!!!! I can not wait to see them. They will be here in 2 months. I will be sure to give everyone a review!!!! Peace DaNell!!

DSO

I have no idea why we didn't launch a topic for them months ago, but better late than never: http://dead.net/forum/dark-star-orchestra

Splintered Sunlight is playing tonight!!

O'Malley's in Gloucester, NJ 10:30 show time!!Awesome cover band!! :)

my morning jacket

fillmore nye 2006/7...this is what rock should be...

yeah

YES-DONOVAN(with electric band,simply great)-PACO DE LUCIA,AL DI MEOLA,JOHN MCLAUGHLIN-GEORGE DUKE AND BILLY COBHAM(with sheila escovedo on percussions..!)-PETER TOSH(the godfather of reggae)-BOB MARLEY(his boss)- FRANK ZAPPA(played gem after gem for two an a-half hours) -SANTANA(no comment)-STEVIE WONDER(incredible stage presence.)-JOAN BAEZ(only a voice and a guitar..:-)-CROSBY , STILLS AND NASH (right after david was released )-ROBERT PALMER,-HERBIE HANCOCK(a magician like zawinul),-WEATHER REPORT(jaco was incredible),-EARTH,WIND AND FIRE(such happy music)!i have to add that the MEGA-bands aint worth to mention.musically yours!!:-)(-:

nice list frankly

take a breath of fresh air after reading your list If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

U2

at the old Ritz (4th/11th) in NYC in '81. A capacity 2500 dance hall.Saw them again in '92 at Yankee Stadium, capacity 68,000. Hardly seemed the same band. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.

yes i have seen something really cool lately

Dark Star Orchestra, and before that, Phil & Friends this past Fall was amazing! I downloaded the show, and I swear, when I think about the show, I'm STILL buzzing from it. It was THAT GOOD ! I still listen to it pretty regularly. Btw, there are some free downloads from the NY shows from the board on Phils site, just in case you didn't know.

David Gans 8th March 2008

this is a really good show, i wish i had been there or at least could see David at some time posted here because David doesn't have his own topic Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=633338979 Spanish Jam

yes he does...

right here:http://www.dead.net/familylinks/david-gans#new though I suppose we could always start one in the forums...

Interview with David Gans

I apologize, I hope its cool to post the link to my Interview with David Gans in this thread. http://www.cincygroove.com/?q=node/209 Scott

Yonder Mountain String Band

Last night.Hours and hours of dancing. What fun. See them if you can. Jamming Electric Bluegrass - wait that sounds like another band I used to go see. Lots of heads there. I wore my Phil t shirt and well all sorts of folks came over and talked to me and say hi. "Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand". It still happens. I'm still buzzed from the show. Have a Grate spring Sunday off everyone. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

Boris Garcia

A cool band my friend told me about check em out...... Bob Stirner on lead guitar used to play with Living Earth a GD cover Band...out of Pa.

Boris

yeah, and nice guys to boot. I did a story on them for the Rex site last year: http://www.rexfoundation.org/musicianspotlight/borisgarcia.html

Greensky Bluegrass

They are a bluegrass jam band I saw last night. Did a wonderful version of Jack Straw and really got in the zone on some other tunes. The guitar and mandolin players were astonishing when they cooked. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

Sweet Marye

Thanks for sharing that story Peace, Gigi

hal

are those guys local where you live? Do they tour? Gigi: my pleasure. I had fun doing that story.

Greensky Bluegrass

They are from Michigan and did a whirlwind tour of the west. I think almost everyone there had been gifted a free ticket. The venue gave out many. Met hey bob and Chief Book Dog from here and their partners at the show. Greensky Bluegrass has shows on archive.net and a Website. I am on my 3rd or 4th childhold with all the joy from the jam bands that are around now and yes so much of it goes back to GOGD. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

Another Saturday nght in Pa.

Went to see Splintered Sunlight again last night at the World Cafe' live upstairs. A very cool venue and of coarse Splintered rocked the house!! So much fun!!! My feets are sore from dancin til 2am!! Happy Mommy Day!!

Best shows other than the

Best shows other than the Dead (dates are ?): Zappa (Uptown Theater 81) Frank & Jerry show (U of IC Pavillion 84) Telluride Bluegrass Festival (87 & 89) Albert Collins (front row - Park West 92) CSNY (Tampa 05) Pink Floyd (Mile High 94?) Roger Waters (Tampa 07 & Denver 08) Allman Bro's (4th row Red Rocks 90) Santana (2nd row - Poplar Creek 81) Jorma and Hunter - (Cubby Hole? - 84?) There's more but I can't remember them all!

Scary

Pink Floyd - 1973 - International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL. They were scary. Careful With That Axe Eugene floored the place, it just scared everybody to death. Dark Side of the Moon with quad speakers, there was sound coming from all four corners. A giant mirror ball, too. I was just a puppy, this show left an indelible impression on my young mind. I saw them a few times after that while Waters was still with them, but nothing else came close to this show. Robert Hunter, Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO. Late 1979 or early 1980. It was twenty below outside, and very warm inside. Not very many people, it was like a private show. We all got very drunk. I remember stumbling up to Hunter and telling him that he is a "true troubadour" or something like that. I was trashed, but he was gracious, said thanks, and shook my hand. I remember the FOTD was real sweet. The Dead Kennedys, COD's, Chicago, early to mid 1980's. My friend wore a shirt that said "Old Wave." This was the first time that I saw stage diving. This show was like a buzzsaw attack, not really our kind of music, but it was like being at some crazy European soccer game or something like that, except everybody would apologize if they ran into you in the melee. Good sweaty fun. Jello kept ranting on and on between songs while the guitar player filled the air with power chords.

The Band and The Grateful Dead?

Any videos and/or audio tracksof them playing together or a tour of them together? I just got my friend interested in the Grateful Dead. Thanks so much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "And if you go no one may follow, That path is for your steps alone..."

Gooner

go out and buy the DVD for Festival Express (the tour about which "Might As Well" was written). Un-believable. There are probably others, but do not miss this. That is all.

Must see this band-Jhana

If you are looking for some local unsigned talent while you are waiting for the boys to play, check these guys out! You will not be disappointed. They play at Presidio Yacht Club in Sausalito, Friday, June 6 and Saturday June 24. Get a preview at: www.myspace.com/acommonvision

other shows

zappa - glasgow appollo 1977 & 1979the who, little feat, the outlaws alex harvey - celtic park glasgow - 1976 neil young - secc glasgow - 1993 captain beefheart - green's playhouse glasgow - 1972 mallard - reading festival - 1976 eric clapton - glasgow apollo - 1977 blue oyster cult - the ferry glasgow - 2004 jethro tull - green's playhouse glasgow - 1974 nektar - glasgow city halls - 1973 king crimson - green,s playhouse glasgow - 1970 1971 1972 yes - greens playhouse glasgow - 1970 1971 rolling stones - glasgow apollo opening night - 1974 todd rundgren - glasgow apollo - 1977 country joe mcdonald - strathclyde uni glasgow - 1976 lynyrd skynyrd - glasgow apollo - 1974 weather report - glasgow apollo - 1977 retun to forever - glasgow city halls - 1973 nils lofgren & tom petty - glasgow apollo - 1976 and many others too many to mention but unfortunatly missed the grateful dead in edinburgh

Bonnaroo 2008

The GR(OO)TUD Golden Performance award for 2008 goes to (drum roll, please)... Dark Star Orchestra's Thursday night's festival opening show. INCREDIBLE show that included the best version of "Alligator" I've ever heard. The "Bone Bruising" performance award went to My Morning Jacket for their 4 + hour set that included a collaboration with Metallica's Kirk Hammett and a show long rain that varied between downpour and lite drizzle. The "Heart of Gold, Super Hero" award went to Robert Randolph for, not only a great Sunday (early afternoon) show, complete with a collaboration from T-Bone Burnett, but also his very special critique of Kayne West's "situation" and subsequent "Glow in the Dark" show, which yanked the plug on Phil's late night show that was shaping up to be an epic performance, under near perfect weather conditions, at a mere 3 am. Oh well, I was in Heaven up to that point. Pearle Jam was awesome as well Metallica, Chris Rock, The Raconteurs, B.B. King, Jack Johnson. And Widespread Panic's closing performance was the best since The Dead closed in 2003 and included Robert Randolph for two songs, in the second set (Soul Machine was off the hook) that were incredible. Wow, it was an awesome festival and I'm home now dealing with the "back to reality" blues but thought I'd stop in with a quick report. Thanks to the grate company I had all weekend, including my son, Evan. Take care everyone! "You know what the trouble about real life is? There's no danger music."

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Steely Dan/Steve Winwood

Tuesday 14th June, 2016, at USANA Amphitheater in Salt Lake City.
Steve Winwood got things started with a smoking version of 'I'm a Man' and then plowing thru a bunch of incredible early material.
Then he dropped two of Traffic's best loved tunes in 'Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' and 'Dear Mr. Fantasy'.

Then it was Steely Dan - this was before Walter Becker died so it was the full line up.
They started out playing greatist hits: 'Black Cow', 'Aja', 'Hey Nineteen'.
But then they included three deeper cuts with 'Show Biz Kids' being the standout.
Then 'Bodhisattva' just blew me away, I was dancing my butt off. Then more greatest hits and then the jewel of the evening: 'Pretzel Logic' - I never thought I would see that song live.

Just an superb performance by some of the best musicians from the past 40 years - two of my personal favorites. I'll never forget that show.
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Greensky bluegrass!

Greensky bluegrass!
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I never skip Robert Randolph…

I never skip Robert Randolph & the Family Band or Motet. Both always bring it.
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This is a fantastic content…

This is a fantastic content. Nice to be part of this forum
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Jethro Tull

One of the best shows I ever attended to.
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Funen Festival 30 years ago

Fantastic experience with The Kings and Uriah Heep
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I love these topics of conversation

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