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Best Live Music Performance

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Best Live Music Performance

Unread post by HighPointApp » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:49 pm

Tooling around the house, on call today, just listening to music. Mostly on YouTube or songs I have on my phone. Came across some killer live songs which made me think. Best live music performance you have heard in person or have found through various sites, apps, etc.

My first two to start out:



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Re: Best Live Music Performance

Unread post by EastHallApp » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:55 pm

I watched that Queen set after seeing Bohemian Rhapsody. Killer stuff.

In person, I haven’t seen too many big name acts. My faves would include Sleater-Kinney, RHCP, the Struts, Fugazi, Red Man, Soundgarden...

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Unread post by AppSt94 » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:02 pm

Boston. Third Stage Tour 1988.

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Unread post by AppNC » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:16 pm

Surprised this topic wasn't added to coach Drink thread...

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Unread post by CVAPP » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:16 pm

I have seen a lot of big names of 70s-90s, some mutiple times. Bar none, John Hiatt at Bele Chere in 2005 with the North Mississippi Allstars. John was teaching those youngsters how it's done. He is also an act I have seen multiple times both before and after, but never like that. Worst show I ever went to was YES on their 90125 tour.

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Unread post by bigdaddyg » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:24 pm

AppSt94 wrote:
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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.

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Unread post by AppfaninCAALand » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:24 pm

My favorite act I've ever seen live was The Ramones at Ziggy's in W-S. They were well past their prime in those days, but it was awesome none the less. We drove done from Boone on a weeknight, back when 421 was mostly 2 lane. My buddy hit a deer near the Yadkin/Wilkes line on the way back, but the night was worth it.

Best show I've ever seen in Boone was either Southern Culture on the Skids or Old Crow Medicine Show, both at Rafters.

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Unread post by NoLongerLurking » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:31 pm

My favorites, in no particular order.






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Unread post by HighPointApp » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:32 pm

Sex Police in Boone in the early to mid 90s

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Unread post by HighPointApp » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:34 pm

If you have never heard of Eric Gales and never heard him play OMG

This dude shreds



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Unread post by 87ASUgrad » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:57 pm

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!

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Unread post by 87ASUgrad » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:02 pm

The Rolling Stones with the Duke University Vesper Choir You Can't Always Get What You Want - Zip Code Tour Carter Finley Stadium 1 July 2015.

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Unread post by AppSt94 » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:10 pm

87ASUgrad wrote:
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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.

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Unread post by appdaze » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:11 pm

Springsteen and ACDC put on some good shows. GWAR put on one hell of a show. For more laid back stuff John Hartford did a good one. By the time I saw Bob Dylan he couldn't do a whole lot of moving and was walked out with help and sat behind a keyboard the whole show. Other great shows are Derek trucks, steely dan, and George Porter Jr. I think I've been to too many to pick out any single show. There are so many good small/regional circuit bands these days it makes that call even harder.

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Unread post by scatman77 » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:11 pm

1980: Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, Poco, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Boston.
Sometime early 2000's: old Verizon Amphitheater, Chicago and Earth, Wind, and Fire
2015: downtown Charlotte, The Mavericks - that as an awesome concert in a small venue that was so good!

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Unread post by NoLongerLurking » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:13 pm

Some of my favorites I actually attended:

The Aquabats! at Ziggy's
Reverend Horton Heat in Little Rock
Trampled by Turtles in Little Rock
The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers in and around Boone
MC Lars in New York

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Unread post by HighPointApp » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:46 pm

What’s cool about this is I can build up my listening music.
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Unread post by WataugaMan » Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:07 pm

Here's one I came across while flipping through channels recently, Tommy Shaw with The Contemporary Youth Orchestra, personally I enjoyed listening to these kids perform:

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Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:33 pm

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.
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Re: Best Live Music Performance

Unread post by Arsenal App » Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:47 pm

David Allan Coe. The Boathouse. Norfolk, VA.

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