READER REQUEST

OK so Donor Girl, after the last post, asked about concerts I’ve been too.  We talked about this a bit during her visit last week.  So my list is below.  I have most of the tickets framed in a collage at home but you can’t see the dates on them.  I’ll take a shot at it when I can but my dates may be way off.  Kathi can correct me late if need be.  Other details may need to be corrected as well for, shall we say, environmental reasons.

This post really begs to be interactive so please give us your list in the comment section.  And I know I’m probably getting on some of your nerves with this plea, but we would love to hear a response from someone overseas.  Thanks.  Oh yeah, its 3AM and I am alone (not lonely) but I’ll post another report after my photopheresis tomorrow.  Platelets are a 17 right now so I’m getting blood and platelets tonight to try and get up to at least 25.

FIRST CONCERT

THREE DOG NIGHT, Nashville, Municipal Auditorium, 1970          

              Was in love with the band at the time.  Still love them but have long since discovered better versions of some of their songs.  Went with my best friend, no dates.  Burned incense in the car on the way home.  Wore a purple shirt with puffy sleeves and frilly cuffs.  We we’re really cool, LOL.

BEST SHOWS

PINK FLOYD, Dark Side of the Moon, Atlanta, Braves Stadium, 1973

           Dark Side of the Moon straight through in quadrophonic sound, center seats, the rocket that crashed on stage went right over our heads. What more can I say.

ALICE COOPER, multiple times in the ‘70’s.  Mostly in Knoxville.

Welcome To My Nightmare Tour was probably the best show.  Killer would have been except that it was an all-day festival one summer and the sun was still for the performance.

LEON RUSSELL, Middle Tennessee State University, 1975?

           Opened with a gospel group in all white and a white grand piano on stage.  During their second or third number Russell walked out on top of the grand piano also in all white top hat and tails playing a white Stratocaster. The tour was recorded live and that album was on my list of best album with good reason.

THE WHO, Middle Tennessee State University, 1976?

            Not the early Who with Keith Moon but still The Who.

DAVID BOWIE, Ziggy Stardust Tour, Nashville, War Memorial Auditorium, 1972

            The auditorium seats about 3000 people and we were towards the front near the center.  Opened with a giant strobe light that from our angle perfectly framed the drummers head.  Fantastic show.  I vividly remember Bowie climbing the speaker stack because I kept expecting him to fall.

 

PROCOL HARUM with THE EAGLES as the front band,

 Nashville, War Memorial Auditorium, 1972

Again the small venue made for a great show.  It was just after The Eagles came out with their first album.  They played the entire album. By the time they got to the third encore they had run out of original material so they played “Oh Carol”.  Then you put a Procol Harum show on top of that and you have a hell of an evening for, I believe, a ticket price of $6.  May have been eight.

GREEN DAY, American Idiot Tour, Nashville, Bridgestone Arena, 2005

            Great album. Great show.  It wasn’t a sell out so we got moved down to mezzanine level.  They pulled a kid out of the audience to play Billy Joe’s guitar part on one song and the kid made Nashville proud, didn’t show off just followed Trey Cool and nailed it.  I’m sure they did the same bit in other cities but I wonder how many places it worked that well, After all this is Nashville, you are required by law to at least own a guitar and have it in your home.

PRINCE, Musically Tour, Nashville, Bridgestone Arena, 2005

            Just a plain great show.  If you ever have a chance to see him please go.

 

WEIRDEST SHOW

 

HAWKWIND, Nashville, Mothers Music Emporium, 1970

            You likely don’t know the band.  Space rock kind of guys.  The band name and date were hand written on the ticket.  Very small venue.  No tables or chairs.Lead singer and saxophone player wore a full lizard head mask for almost the entire night.

           

THE REST

BAREFOOT JERRY, Nashville, Exit Inn, 1970

            At the Exit Inn back when it was a quite small listening room.  Group of local studio musicians got together and did four albums.  Some great stuff there.

PRINCE, Las Vegas, Studio 54,

           Would be a best show but our place we stood had sight line issues at times.  On the other hand he kept coming back to the sound board which was very close to us so he passed close by a number of times.

Its 5 am now.  I think I’ll finish this in the later am.

ELTON JOHN….. three times

ZZ TOP…..Great show in Knoxville

BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE…..Knoxville

KISS…..Nashville, Municipal Auditorium

 Loudest concert I’ve been to

RANDY NEWMAN / MAC MACANALLY…..Knoxville

JIMMY BUFFETT…..Knoxville with his one man “all Puerto Rican band” back-up for $6, 1973.  Nashville years later

 

ROD STEWART…..Nashville Municipal Auditorium

STING…..Nashville, Starwood Amphitheatre

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN…..Nashville, Starwood Amphitheatre

JOE COCKER…..Nashville, Starwood Amphitheatre

JIMMY HALL…Nashville, Exit Inn (enlarged with pews), New Years Eve 2001.

                         Sat next to his sister.

GREG ALMAN…..Knoxville

ROLLING STONES…..Vanderbilt Stadium

PINK FLOYD…..Division Bell Tour, Vanderbilt Stadium

BIG AND RICH / BROOKS AND DUNN, Nashville, Bridgestone Arena

            Big and rich was the front band and excellent.

            Brooks and Dunn sucked.  Keith Brooks counted down the last 10 seconds of the   year on stage by himself like he was bored to tears and walked off stage. That was the entire celebration.

EDGAR WINTER…..Vanderbilt Memorial Gym

JOAN BAEZ…..Vanderbilt Memorial Gym

JOHN PRINE…..Vanderbilt Auditorium

BONNIE RAITT…..Vanderbilt Auditorium

THE CLASH…..Vanderbilt Memorial Gym

ROBERT PALMER…..Vanderbilt Memorial Gym

MARSHALL CHAPMAN.....Vanderbilt Auditorium

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND…..Nashville and Knoxville

THE FIFTH DIMENSION……Nashville Municipal Auditorium

YES….. Nashville Municipal Auditorium

SLADE…..Knoxville. Did all the songs first that Motley Crew did later.

STEPHENWOLF….. Nashville Municipal Auditorium. 1971.  The police cut the power at 10 o’clock curfew and almost caused a riot.  Made for “Born To Be Wild” to be a great finale

MULTIPLE FESTIVALS

            Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

            Focus

            Blue Oyster Cult

            Los Straight Jackets

Many others but the names are on the framed tickets and I don’t have access to   them.  At the all-day affair at Riverside Raceway in Nashville they played Dark Side of the Moon at full volume in the evening and the album got a standing ovation.

I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few but my memory is now close to what it used to be.  Perhaps your list will remind me of them and I’ll post them in the comment section.

Your turn.

 

Boone