Best Live Music Performance

[appst89]

https://youtu.be/RTgs97czNek


Saw them do this at The Shed in Maryville, TN in July. Best live band I've ever seen.

[proasu89]

The Avett Brothers @ Bojangles Coliseum in 09. Recorded and is the Live Volume 3 album.

[Yosefus]

David Allen Coe Oct. 1998 Iron Horse Saloon in Daytona. He opened for Charlie Daniels but Coe stole the show. My future wife and I sat on back of my Harley and watched both shows, cool place.
Worst had to be George Jones early 80's in a field outside of Boone. played poor 30 minutes got on his bus and left. The rest of the day was great. I remember Dr. Hook put on a good show that day. Ole George sucked though.

['75App]

The Beach Boys in Varsity Gym in 1974!
It was a great concert.

GO APPS!

[Oldlknapp]

Quite a few “best” over the years (James Brown, Lou Rawls, etc) but recently the Carole King Broadway musical “Beautiful” was “Top notch”.

[ASU84]

AC/DC 1979. Does anyone remember Nantucket, Blackfoot, and Molly Hatchet I believe 1981 at App? Damn good times!!

[Oldlknapp]

AC/DC 1979. Does anyone remember Nantucket, Blackfoot, and Molly Hatchet I believe 1981 at App? Damn good times!!

Yes. Nantucket played in CLT a lot. At the Treehouse I think.

[scatman77]

I can't believe I left this out: Rally Weekend, Spring of 1974. Edgar Winter Group, Mountain, James Gang, Roy Buchanan. Two nights of good, nasty rock and roll and only $6.00 a ticket!

[WataugaMan]

Speaking of music, take a listen to Rick Wakeman's (of Yes) Rock n Roll Hall of Fame speech:

[appmaj]

Avetts 2007 Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN
Phish 2009 Hampton, TN
Dave Matthews Band with Bela Fleck Charlotte 1995

[goapps]

Arena shows, in no particular order:
Queen, Charlotte, 1980
The Who, Greensboro, 1980
Springsteen & E Street Band, Cincinnati, 1984
Bar Shows, without a doubt:
B.B. King, P.B. Scotts, 1982

[appstatealum]

Boston. Third Stage Tour 1988.

First concert I ever attended was the best. Boston around 1978. Opening act was Sammy Hagar. Worst was the infamous Buffett walk off the stage after an hour Charlotte concert.

I’m a huge classic rock fan, but personally can’t stand Boston. I instantly change the station when the come on. I’m really not sure why I despise them so much.

[appstatealum]

The Wailers of Bob Marley fame played at Legends in 88 or 89. That was the best live performance I saw in Boone.

Obviously the band at that time was not what it was while Bob Marley was alive and even earlier when Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were involved but still some good reggae, which is not the most common sound in the mountains of North Carolina.

They played Legends again in ‘03 or ‘04, great show.

[ViewCrew87]

Van Halen '79 in WS, then in Greensboro on the same tour after the world knew who Eddie was.

[appstatealum]

AC DC Stiff Upper Lip tour 2001 Charlotte- Angus was incredible

The Roots (Circa 2005 in what used to be Center City Fest Charlotte)- they played for 2 hours straight without stopping. I met DJ 9th Wonder in the crowd, he and Little Brother were supposed to open for The Roots but didn’t for some reason.

The Wailers at Legends in 2004

And the winner.......
The Band of Distinction 2005 Chattanooga TN

Seen a lot of other bands live, but none had the cache of these events.

[scatman77]

Boston. Third Stage Tour 1988.

First concert I ever attended was the best. Boston around 1978. Opening act was Sammy Hagar. Worst was the infamous Buffett walk off the stage after an hour Charlotte concert.

I’m a huge classic rock fan, but personally can’t stand Boston. I instantly change the station when the come on. I’m really not sure why I despise them so much.

I'm the same way. It's not that they're not good, I just heard them over the years so often, over and over and over and I too change the station.

[AppSt94]

Boston. Third Stage Tour 1988.

First concert I ever attended was the best. Boston around 1978. Opening act was Sammy Hagar. Worst was the infamous Buffett walk off the stage after an hour Charlotte concert.

I’m a huge classic rock fan, but personally can’t stand Boston. I instantly change the station when the come on. I’m really not sure why I despise them so much.

I'm the same way. It's not that they're not good, I just heard them over the years so often, over and over and over and I too change the station.

To each his own for sure. What made it a great show was the set. They played their hits and then played the entire album in order with a huge pipe organ that was used for some of the parts. It was in the Dean Dome which has fantastic acoustics.

[WVAPPeer]

The Rolling Stones Zip Code Tour at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, NC on 1 July 2015. The Avett Brothers opened up for them that night too and were great. The Stones can still put on an awesome and energetic show!

Took my daughter to our first Stones show on the Zip Code Tour in Orlando. Such a great show.

Well having come up during the Classic Rock & Roll Era (60s/70s) I have seen many great shows, however my wife holds the title in our household - She saw The Stones on their American tour in Virginia Beach in 1966

[scatman77]

Another one from the opposite end of the spectrum.

Winter of 73-74 (don’t remember the date) Seals and Croft got delayed hours by a blizzard. After buying tickets and waiting hours they finally played....about 45 minutes and left. England Dan and John Ford Coley played before them. The natives were angry that night, my friend.

[mountaineerman]

I’ve been to a lot of concerts. None compared live to Aerosmith and Jimmy Buffet