Concerts you’ve attended list...

[Gary Stolt]

Going way back.
1) Simon and Garfunkel in minneapolis.
2) the carpenters in Seattle.
3) john denver in mankato mn when he was the undercarriage to Friend and Lover.
4) Vince gill in Franklin, KY up close and personal
5) carlene Carter in Franklin.
6) wispering bill Anderson in Franklin, tn.
7) the KY orchestra playing Simon and Garfunkel- great, great concert.
8) Everly brothers (remake) in franklin, TN. They were better than original Everly bros.
9) Kingston trio - original trio.
10) Celine dion in Nashville.
There are more that this feeble mind can't recall right now.

 

[Rainbow Jenny]

Going way back.
1) Simon and Garfunkel in minneapolis.
2) the carpenters in Seattle.
3) john denver in mankato mn when he was the undercarriage to Friend and Lover.
4) Vince gill in Franklin, KY up close and personal
5) carlene Carter in Franklin.
6) wispering bill Anderson in Franklin, tn.
7) the KY orchestra playing Simon and Garfunkel- great, great concert.
8) Everly brothers (remake) in franklin, TN. They were better than original Everly bros.
9) Kingston trio - original trio.
10) Celine dion in Nashville.
There are more that this feeble mind can't recall right now.

Would love to see your top 3 myself! Recently been eyeing James Taylor’s tour but seems $$$. I’ll stick to the operas for a small fraction.

Memorable ones for me:
Heart
Leonard Cohen
Tina Turner
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Ray Charles
Ben E King
Harry Belafonte
Eartha Kitt
Sarah Gazerek
Somi

Joshua Bell
Gil Shahan
Ann-Sophie Mutter
Midori
Isabella Faust
Yo-Yo Ma

BSO
Tanglewood
BBC the Prom
Hollywood Bowl
Disney Concert Hall
Dorothy Chandler’s Pavillion
Bumbershoot
Opera houses of Budapest, Bordeaux, Paris, Vienna, the Met, San Francisco, and Santa Fe.

 

[noncrazycanuck]

like your choices of venues.

I try to attend performances whenever I'm in a city with either outstanding venues or unique settings, no matter what is playing.

 

[crgildart]

Poked around and didn't see a thread for this.. Went to see Chicago at the local Performing Arts Center last night. Excellent!




Here's a sample from last night via my S22

 

[SSSdave]

Starting today and this weekend Sept 29,30, Oct 1, is the annual 2023 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. The largest free outdoor music festival in the nation with 70 bands over 3 days on 7 stages 11am>7pm within grassy meadows in the forested hilly park that is slightly larger than Central Park in NYC, at 1013 acres.

Last fall in 2022 an estimated 500,000 people attended over the 3 days with maybe 100,000 Friday, 175,000 Saturday, and 225,000 Sunday. The above picture is just the crowd at one of the stage areas. Being free, it is ideal for making short notice plans. In fact, any members herein from around the planet, given transportation, could attend too. I'll attend Saturday, a 50 mile drive north, and likely Sunday too. And note, there are plenty of places on forested slopes above the meadows to avoid crowds. This guy will be enjoying too much dancing in any open areas.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: A FREE gathering in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco featuring dozens of musical acts on 6 stages. September 29 - October 1, 2023.

www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com

It is free due to being financed by a wealthy venture capitalist, Warren Hellman's, foundation. Although most performers are blue grass or folk musicians, other genres include punk, world music, New Orleans funk, rock and soul. With 7 stages playing music, it requires a plan looking at each day's schedule and map to figure how to move around that large area to watch bands of interest.

Not only does one need a map for the music but also a map for the 32 scattered food truck vendors with a huge variety of choices. Although no alcohol is sold, festival goers may bring in beer or wine in plastic bottles or cans. Actually a whole lot of them won't be drinking alcohol as a haze rises above the meadows that is not the famous San Francisco fog. And that munchie crowd will keep food vendors very busy. Heck, 7 of them sell ice cream, chocolate, and other sweets.

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com:444/wp-content/themes/hsb/images/2023/HSB23-vendors-v3.pdf

Festival schedule with links to group videos:

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2023 Lineup - Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2023

See the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2023 lineup.

www.jambase.com

Returning regular guests at the festival include legendary vocalist and annual HSB closer Emmylou Harris, political firebrand Steve Earle, Texas tunesmith Jimmie Dale Gilmore (performing with his son Colin's new band, the West Texas Exiles), roots music icon Dave Alvin (the Blasters, X) bringing the stage debut of his psychedelic improv project Third Mind with fellow six-string great David Immergluck (the Counting Crows, John Hiatt, Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom) and Camper/Monks of Doom bassist Victor Krummenacher, guitar wizard Buddy Miller presenting his annual Cavalcade of Stars on the Rooster stage.

Perennial bluegrass traditionalists Dry Branch Fire Squad, Laurie Lewis and her band the Right Hands, and singer-songwriter Peter Rowan as well as noted U.K. songwriter Jon Langford, who takes the stage with the Bright Shiners, a new band that includes Shiny Ribs vocalist/keyboard player Alice Spencer, Mekons fiddler Tamineh Gueramy and Lost Soul guitarist John Szymanski. Other returning artists include Bay Area songwriting favorite Chuck Prophet and his band the Mission Express, dobro master Jerry Douglas and soulful gospel-meets-folk singer Valerie June.

This year, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass will offer up sets from a stunningly diverse range of acts, spanning the sonic spectrum from Oakland-based psychedelic Afrobeat band Orchestra Gold, funky blues prodigy Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and legendary soul and blues belters Bettye LaVette and Irma Thomas to notable Americana/roots acts like Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Dustbowl Revival, legendary singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones (who reads from her autobiography "Last Chance Texaco" at the Horseshow Hill Stage Friday afternoon and performs on the Banjo Stage Saturday) and Australian acoustic guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel to indie-rock favorites Kurt Vile and the Violators, M. Ward and Vetiver, neo-disco dance band Say She She and pop piano maestro Rufus Wainwright.

 

[crgildart]

Raleigh BGF has always been a pretty big deal Apparently after this year they are moving it elsewhere. Many of my local BG fans are bummed about that.

 

[Bill Talbot]

I'll take a great studio album (CD) over a live show EVERY time!

 

[Michael Kane]

Im heading to Blackberry Smoke tonight, then Brian Setzer next week and DKM's the week after. A good month I would say.

 

[Ogg]

I'll take a great studio album (CD) over a live show EVERY time!

I’m surprised. I would have expected you to consider digital recordings too modern. (I’m joking but your posts do seem to have a general dislike for new technology.)

 

[Andy Mink]

Poked around and didn't see a thread for this.. Went to see Chicago at the local Performing Arts Center last night. Excellent!

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Here's a sample from last night via my S22

We saw them a few years ago. That horn section is still tight!

 

[Bill Talbot]

I’m surprised. I would have expected you to consider digital recordings too modern. (I’m joking but your posts do seem to have a general dislike for new technology.)

I do still spin the old vinyl too
(I do have a reel to reel as well...)

 

[Crank]

We are live music lovers or lovers of live music.

Last week we saw The Australian Pink Floyd on Thursday night (great laser and video, plus giant blow-up roo) and Oteil Burbridge and Friends Saturday night. Helps that we live a mile away from Port Chester's Capitol Theatre. Have tix for Billy and the Kids there October 20.

Went to Jazz Fest in NOLA end of April.

Rhythm and Roots Fest in RI Labor Day weekend.

A small 1-day bluegrass fest on the shore of Lake George, NY weekend before last.

Went to see the jam grass band Leftover Salmon when we skied at Jackson Hole last Feb. They were on their "ski Tour". My favorite song of there's - "It's a Powder Day!"

 

[Posaune]

I'm playing in a symphony concert on Sunday. Pictures at an Exhibition is our headliner piece. Then the following Sunday I'll be front and center (audience) for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Winton Marsallis performing on the same stage.

 

[Ogg]

I do still spin the old vinyl too
(I do have a reel to reel as well...)

I would have guessed you have a Victrola and a bunch of wax cylinders.

 

[neonorchid]

I would have guessed you have a Victrola and a bunch of wax cylinders.

...I'd have guessed he's more the old JBL Hartsfield, Marantz 9, Technics SP-10 MK3, Day Sequerra FM Reference and new Lampizator Pacific DAC type

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[crgildart]

I'll take a great studio album (CD) over a live show EVERY time!

Weird, I thought you'd be kaklunking along to an 8-track

 

[4ster]

I did start a “concerts you’ve attended” thread a couple years ago:

Concerts you’ve attended list...

In view of the fact that some of us may be starting to attend live events again & along the same line of some of the other music threads, I thought it may be fun to start a live concert list. This Is my list, at least to the best of my recollection. I am sure there are some that I’ve missed but...

www.skitalk.com

Here are some photos I took at a few concerts over the past decade. These are all taken with my phone. Somehow I seem to mange always getting up close…

 

[neonorchid]

Weird, I thought you'd be kaklunking along to an 8-track

hey, it's analog

 

[crgildart]

I did start a “concerts you’ve attended” thread a couple years ago:

Concerts you’ve attended list...

In view of the fact that some of us may be starting to attend live events again & along the same line of some of the other music threads, I thought it may be fun to start a live concert list. This Is my list, at least to the best of my recollection. I am sure there are some that I’ve missed but...

www.skitalk.com

Here are some photos I took at a few concerts over the past decade. These are all taken with my phone. Somehow I seem to mange always getting up close…
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Cool. Might have posted there.. But a list of concert's us older folks have attended is definitely ridiculously long. This thread's more for stuff you're rearing up for or just saw..

 

[4ster]

Cool. Might have posted there.. But a list of concert's us older folks have attended is definitely ridiculously long. This thread's more for stuff you're rearing up for or just saw..

Sounds good to me! I still listen to the first Chicago Transit Authority album regularly!
Except for local bands, I haven’t been to a real concert since Covid