Today's Question: Describe the best live musical performance you've ever attended.

[TexasBama]

Rolling Stones / Stevie Wonder in Tuscaloosa 1972
The Stones weren't the spectacle/cartoon of themselves yet (Exile on Main Street tour); still a rock and roll band. They kicked booty. Stevie and Wonderlove were great, too.

Cracker at Variety Playhouse - 2000.

P-Funk at Boutwell in B'ham. 1976.

Little Feat in B'ham 1978. Lowell was lucid and ON FIRE. The others were hanging with him, too.

Beethovens 9th Symphony - Atlanta Symphony in 1996.

I remember Little Feat playing homecoming. Was that the same tour as Bham in 78?

My best experiences have been:
Little Feat at homecoming
Led Zeppelin at BJCC
David Bowie in Nashville in 74
Marshall Tucker at the old coliseum in Florence in 74
The Eagles and Poco at Von Braun
Los Lonely Boys at Antones in Austin
Richard Elliot (formerly with The Tower of Power) and Craig Chaquico at Rockerfeller's in Houston
Coco Montoya at Antone's
Radney Foster at Cactus Cafe in Austin

 

[bama579]

I remember Little Feat playing homecoming. Was that the same tour as Bham in 78?

My best experiences have been:
Little Feat at homecoming
Led Zeppelin at BJCC
David Bowie in Nashville in 74

the Feat Homecoming gig in T-town was October of 1977. Bham was April of 1978.
Isn't the Bowie in Nashville date you're referring at War Memorial . . The Ziggy Stardust tour? If so, I was there, too. Previous to it, the most theatrical concert I had seen was Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" tour in good ole Mem Col. The Bowie thing was, uh, astounding.

Were you in Tuscaloosa when Ry Cooder was at the Bama Theater? And did you go hear him?

 

[exiledNms]

As of last night, I'm updating mine. Astral Project, live @ Snug Harbor in NOLA. mrs. exiled surprised me w/ a surprise early BDay gift of a quick run down to see them. We'd seen A.P. before a couple of times, but Snug is sort of like seeing them on their home court; picture a smallish venue seating ~100 folks. 4 of the best in the biz on their respective axes (guitar, upright bass, tenor/soprano sax, drums) who've been playing together a long time. Absolutely amazing. Very highly recommended.

exiled

 

[bama579]

There was an old black jazz piano player who used to play regularly at the old Chukker bar. He had backed up lots of successful old bigtime jazz singers over the years, but had basically fallen on hard times and found himself in Tuscaloosa. He had a bad drinking problem.

I love jazz, listening to him play by himself, he was a true master of the jazz piano. Listening to him would carry me to a better place. Really special.

Are you talking about Jerome Hopkins?

He also played at a place on Univ Blvd just past Druid Ave (going from U of A toward city). Was it called the Green Door? I think it was once known as the Tree House, too. Darn those drowned synapses!

 

[GreatDanish]

Curious - anyone seen John Butler Trio?