bucket list concerts
 

I've been lucky enough to see many amazing live concerts. But a few stand out, and frankly a handful have been rather transformative. If you have a chance...catch these people as at some point they all go away (as we all do).

First, Tommy Emmanuel. Possibly the best show I've ever seen. Just one guy and a guitar. But the sheer joy that he brings to the room is palpable. And he does make a joyful racket

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Second, Hiromi. While I love the current trio with Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips (also highly recommended), the first time I saw her was solo and my mind was blown. I literally was crying when she played "A Place to Be" - it was unbearably beautiful. Actually she was crying too - don't know that I've seen another musician who was more in the moment than her.

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No BS - no dancing, no videos, no posturing. Just joy, sorrow, and every other emotion in-between found in the notes and the space between them.

Aside from the 100 Rush and 25 VH concerts I've been to, some of the others that really stand out are:

Jeff Berlin, Dennis Chambers and Scott Henderson
Eric Johnson and Mike Stern
Greg Howe, Victor Wooten and Dennis Chambers
John McLaughlin and Dennis Chambers
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Beck
Allan Holdsworth, Virgil Donati and Jimmy Haslip
Frank Gambale, Alain Caron and Damien Schmidt (un-effin-real)

There have been many more, but these were very "life enriching."

my bucket list concert is long over. And I didn't even get there.
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there was never one like it before and will never be one like it again. the end of an era

Tommy Emmanuel is in Annapolis on 12 November. Just ordered two tickets based on the video...I had never heard of him before.

My wife, who plays the piano, loves Hiromi.

I was fortunate to see a lot of live performances in the Bay Area when I was in school in small venues: Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kenny Rankin, etc. The last few recent concerts have been more symphony related.

While there are many more I'd like to see, I would rank seeing Van Morrison highest on my bucket list. 'Poetic Champions Compose' is still a favorite CD of mine.

The closest he gets this year is Toronto.

I also fear many of my bucket list bands have gone to the great beyond, SRV for instance...

I did see B.B. King at the Golden Bear and Ray Charles at the Ventura theater.

Would love to see Steely Jam but they don't seem to be touring anymore? ;)

Joe Cocker @ Olympia Halle Munich..
Eric Clapton in Landover Md..
the Stones & Led Zep. in the US & Europe several times..
and Tina Turner any chance I get..
wife is convinced I would run away if she asked..

Rika

My son got us tickets to Rush in Anaheim the end of July. I haven't been to a concert in a very long time - looking forward to this!

Ive seen Tommy many times in many formats including with his brother Phil who is also mindblowing. Together, they were something else. But last year I went to a Tommy "Masterclass", small room, small gathering, TE, his gits. Had my mind blown all over again.

Ministry in their early 1990s ferocity, was a thing to experience.

Ministry.Yes. Minor Threat, SOD, Black Flag.

I'd like to see Beck, but so far it hasn't worked out, but he's on my radar while he still sits on top of the world.

One of the bands I'm still happy I saw live (several times) was El-Rayo X. The only way I could have had more fun was if I was two people...Lindley still does live shows but it's different.

As far as other bucket listers, the only two I regret never seeing live are Pink Floyd and Led Zep.

(Ok, I also regret missing the old Blues men like Wolf or Muddy or Hooker or T Bone while they were in their prime, but that is just wishful thinking of the most ethereal kind....)

I grew up in Toronto so I grew up on Rush, they even played my high school before they broke big.
I flew up to Toronto to see them one last time with my brother and friends and it was well worth it, might even catch them again when they come through LA

I've seen Led Zep, Stones, Clash, Bowie, Stray Cats, INXS, Van Halen, AC/DC, Nugent, SRV, Johnny Winter, Ray Charles etc.

The only ones I haven't seen and need to get around to it before they're gone is Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, Prince and numerous lesser known bands and individuals,

Jack Johnson at the Kokua Shell in Waikki. Awesome atmosphere for a concert! Totally worth the 6 hr flight!

In my youth, I remember passing by the corner of Ann Arbor's Washtenaw and S. University.
A passenger in the back seat of the toyota behind mom and grandma and Uncle and Aunt.
There is a Frat house there. The location of the 'Mud Bowl'
The 'Mud Bowl' is where informal football is played in a deep pit. In the mud.
A huge sign hung across the front of the building.
A name I'd never heard of. I.N.X.S.
People dancing. I wanted to get out.
We went by.

"A Night In San Francisco" is a great live album if you can't make it to Toronto. :)

AC/DC 1979, Neunkirchen West Germany. Highway To Hell tour. As you can see, we would get all the way upfront. Gotta love general admission concerts! Also saw them in '80 on the Back In Black tour. Bon passed 2 months after this photo was taken...



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Led Zepplin 1980, Neunkirchen. Bonzo passed out 3 songs into the concert. They rescheduled to Munich, Bonham passed away as they were getting ready for the U.S. tour.


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Hmmm, maybe I'm "bad juju" for rock bands!

Own it!

25th Wedding Anniversary this year...I may have to let some tension out of the wallet and do Toronto...:D

finally going to see Willie Nelson on the 4th, before he finishes his bucket list

little hijack...
your 25th..congrats..
Hawk , she will say as always..
you shouldn't have..
followed by your I know..
but the Moon is for all..
so I....
do it !

Rika

Would also love to see Willy.
Saw Alvin Lee where he was doing his "Ten years later" tour.
Saw "the Wall" first time around in L.A., it was cool but far from my favorite PF album.

My favorite have been catching local musicians in a bar.
We followed a guy "Randy Rich and the Ravens" badazz blues band, we would drive out to Thousand Oaks, get a room at the Best Western across the street from the bar/restaurant where they played, have dinner and sit thought all three sets, shut down the bar, then stumble back to out rooms.

Oh yeah, I was at a party and some guys were going out to the Whiskey to catch a new band so I jumped in the car... saw "Tom Perry and the Heartbreakers"... I hear they are doing OK.

I think I'm done.

Frank Sinatra in 1994.
Michael Jackson in 2001.

Ok maybe Aerosmith one of these days...

Lou Rawls, Liza Minnelli... Vegas baby!

Lou Rawls maybe. Haven't really been exposed to Liza Minelli enough to want to see her live.

Not my style but the gal has pipes!
If you haven't seen her I think that ship has past, probably Mr. Rawls too.
Also saw the Smothers Brother's in Vegas and Beatlemaina too... the free flowing alcohol of old Vegas made my musical taste pretty liberal... ;)

Hate to be the one that has to break it to you, but Lou Rawls has been dead for 9 years.

Crossing em off!

Last 5 years:

Jackson Browne and David Lindley
RUSH X 3
The WHO
Sir Paul
Sir Elton
Steve "Guitar" Miller
Peter Frampton and Buddy Guy
Aerosmith
Tom Petty
Bryan Adams
Bob Dylan
Sting and Paul Simon
U2
Creedence Revisited

Next month:
Gregg Allman
RUSH

I saw him that long ago? Come to think of it my Vegas party days were over a decade ago.

But Elvis is still playing Vegas right? :D

Don't feel bad. A few years ago, a Barry White song came on the radio and I said "I wouldn't mind seing Barry White in concert". My friend said "Well, that would be pretty tough since he's been dead a long time!" SmileWavy

Based on your recommendation, I went and saw him last night in Annapolis.

All I can say is thank you.

I saw SRV with Double Trouble in the early 80's in some dive bar on lower Greenville Ave in Dallas. I didn't even know who he was when we stumbled in the bar and paid what was probably a 2 dollar cover. There couldn't have been more than 40 people there..

It wasn't till a few years later that I really understood how lucky we were that night..

I have been trying to step-up and cross off a few that I had been putting off, so recently covered:

AC/DC
Steve Winwood
Joe Walsh (solo)
The Eagles
The Moody Blues
and DLR/Van Halen (twice)--and I will continue to go every time the opportunity arises.

Look how skinny Page's arm looks.

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Buddy Guy at the Golden Sails
B. B. King at the Golden Bear, Robin Trower at the Golden Bear
The Dead Weather at The Glass House
ZZ Top at the House of Blues
U2 at Anaheim Stadium
Foghat at The Forum (first concert)
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss at the Greek Theatre

Did get to the Rush concert on Jul 31- SOOOO glad I did! My first Rush concert, and looks likely to be the last as well. I sure missed out over the years!

Saw Leon Russell at the Meyer Theater in Green Bay a month ago.
Leon was on his game...sounded great.
And only $25........

The whole concert thing has to be a West coast thing, I've been to concerts (big names) and had enjoyable time(s) but the idea that anything like that would be on my bucket list isn't fathomable.

Glad you liked it. Guys like him come along once or maybe twice in a lifetime. Not a bit of pretension in him.

For me, this show was the first of many, many great concerts to come. Not a bad line-up, eh? $7.00

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