Topic: Best DVD's

I tend only to buy music DVDs and was running my finger over my collection to decide what to watch and what I should buy next. Then I had a brain wave - what would the brothers and sisters on the forum recommend. They probably have a similar taste to me and could come up with some real gems. So here are my top 8 music DVDs in no particular order, but excluding Joe of course

Eagles - Hell freezes over
Phil Collins - Live and Loose in Paris
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Vicious Cycle Tour
Boz Scaggs - Greatest Hits Live
Cream - Royal Albert Hall Reunion Concert 05
Sting - All This Time
AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip Live
Steely Dan's - Two against Nature (except for the annoying interviews between each track)

Music that really gets to me, played by superb musicians. The Boz Scaggs one is a real suprise, I know! check it out,


Geoff

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Hi Geoff,

I definitely agree with you on some of those choices.

I would add:

Gary Moore - Ballads & Blues / Live Blues (the best part) - BB King guests on the Live Blues portion
Joe's Rockpalast DVD
Eric Johnson - Austin City Limits
Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Austin City Limits
Rory Galagher - Live at Montreux

Great stuff - smile

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I am a DVD music junkie!  Here are some of my faves in no particular order:

Joe's Rockpalast DVD
Joe's ANDY Live
Lightening in a Bottle
10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads
Albert Collins: The Iceman at Mount Fuji
Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert Johnson
Blues Summit: B. B. King
Crossroads Guitar Festival
Ana Popovich: Ana!
Susan Tedeschi: Live from Austin Texas

oh  . . . and anything SRV or Hendrix and I also enjoy documentaries.

Right now, I'm about to watch Robin Trower: Living Out of Time Live.

"There is nothing to it.  You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself."---Johann Sebastian Bach

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Aside for Joe's two kickin' ones I have:

Gov't Mule - Deepest End
AC/DC - Live
MetallicA - Live $hit:  Binge and Purge
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At Montreaux
Eric Clapton - One More Car, One More Rider
Allman Brothers - Live at the Beacon Theatre
Godsmack - Changes
Killswitch Engage - Set This World Ablaze

...I'm sure there's a few more, but those are my favorites!

Rock 'N' Roll,
-Ben

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Here's a few Antone's Home of the Blues a documentary with great footage and interviews. The Derek Trucks Band, Songlines Live; Live from Bonnaroo 2004: Peter Gabriel Still growing up, Live and Unwrapped: and U2 Rattle and Hum......my taste, my opinion!

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Hey, this is great - I'm getting some great ideas here, keep em comin'. It's widening my horizons. The thing about music DVDs, you hardly ever get tired of watching them, unlike films!

Geoff

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Led Zeppelin DVD - Best selling concert DVD ever

“My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.”
-Jimmy Page

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Hi Geoff ....... Great Post ... like you my friend i just love to watch live performances on film     roll

here are some of my faves

Stevie Ray Vaughan ........ Live at El Mocambo
AC/DC                    ........ Live at Donington 1991
Led Zeppelin            ........ The Song Remains The Same
Jimi Hendrix             ........ Live at Woodstock
Pink Floyd                ........ Pulse Live
Van Halen                ........ 1983 US Festival
G 3                          ........ Satriani    Petrucci   Vai
Lynyrd Skynyrd        ......... Freebird the movie/Tribute Tour
B B King                  ......... In Concert 2003
Kenny Wayne Shepherd .... 10 Days Out

...................... michael

Joe Bonamassa .......  His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO   After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin       /  Vienna            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE           
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg

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Gary Moore Live Montreux

Allman Brothers Beacon

Rush Live In Rio (Crowd energy second to none)

Woodstock (the original of course)

Roger Waters

You Can Do Anything You Want To Do

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Black Crowes-Freak N Roll into the Fog
Pearl Jam-Touring Band
Bruce Springsteen-Live in New York City

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Geoff wrote:

Hey, this is great - I'm getting some great ideas here, keep em comin'. It's widening my horizons. The thing about music DVDs, you hardly ever get tired of watching them, unlike films!

Geoff

I agree.  Thanks for this starting this topic.  I'll have to look into some of these DVDs everyone else has mentioned.  After all, we all like Joe, so it's obvious we have good taste in music.  Whenever I watch my Joe DVDs or Sessions for Robert Johnson by Eric Clapton I completely zone out into another world.  The house could catch fire and I wouldn't know it wink . . . and it provides my "fix" until the next live show.

"There is nothing to it.  You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself."---Johann Sebastian Bach

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I totally forgot about Led Zeppelin's live DVD set that came out the same time as How The West Was Won. That's a great buy too!

Rock 'N' Roll,
-Ben

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First of all I must say that I still prefer CD over DVD. I am more a listener than a TV watcher.                                                                                        When  I put on a CD I often close my eyes, have a wine and make my own images. Sometimes I lay down on the floor to listen in complete darkness!! Sounds crazy but I assure you I'm not!                                                          A real eardoctor from a hospital , who is a musiclover himself, told me that when you lie the fluid in the ear is at the best position for concentrate listening. If it is proven I don't know but I have the idea it works! Maybe you all should try!!

I don't have many DVD's but these I like very much :

-Both Joe DVD's
-Allman brothers band- Live at the Beacon Theatre
-Dickey Betts & Great southern- Back where it all begins
-Thin Lizzy - Inside 1971-1983
-Tony Joe White- In concert. Ohne Filter, Musik Pur.( like Rockpalast, german)
-J.J. Cale- On tour with A film: To Tulsa and back.
-Frank Zappa- Does humor belong in music? (Live In San Fransisco 1984)-
-Alquin- One more night. Legendary Dutch 70's band, made a reunion 3 years   ago and this live DVD.

I also make DVD's myself from live music programs on TV, mostly Rockpalast concerts.

Last ones - Stoney Curtis Band and the Eddie Turner band.

Andre Wittebroek.

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Andre, that's it! You could never do anything to lose my favor!!! You said words that filled me with joy....Frank Zappa!!!! Loved him so much and go to see him a few times. He will always be the mad genius of music to me!!!!! Thanks for the smile.....Cathy

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Dear cathy,

Zappa is one of my greatest heroes. I've seen him 8 times live in Holland.
he did a European tour every year and we went with our 5 men zappafan group.  I loved him from the album Uncle meat till now. Sad he passed away.                                                                                                                I must be honest to say that I don't like everything he made , but what I like and that's far the most is the best there has been and still is in music. His lyrics and music is outstanding and no one has ever done something equal in music!!!

One size fits all, Overnite sensation, Zoot Allures. Live in new York:  all Masterpieces!

Just Look at all the people who joined his band;
Lowell George, Simon Philips, Steve Vai, Ansley Dunbar, Jean Luc Ponty, Ian Underwood, terry bozzio, Ike Willis, Ray White, etc.

Enjoy him Cathy, I will.
Another proof: We all love good music!

Andre Wittebroek.

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Aside from wearing out our Joe DVD's, we like
                               
                              Roger Waters- "In the Flesh"  with Doyle Bromoyle (sorry if spelled incorrectly Doyle)  & Snowy White
                                              (this is absolutely fantastic in every regard)  - like goosebumps good

                                 
                              Robin Trower- "Living out of Time"- his 60th birthday party DVD -  a must have for Trower fans

                              Gary Moore- " A night of the Blues w/ the midnight blues band"  w/ Albert King & Albert Collins
                              Ana Popovic - "Ana" - also very good- and Steely Dan Fans might like her music as they were a big influence of hers.
                              SRV- Austin City Limits, and any/all of SRV's material
                              Ian Parker- "Whilst the Wind"   Fell in love with this DVD - Fantastic voice, Eric Clapton style, very very nice.

 
Not related to this topic, but reading alot about the Allman's - & this may have been brought up before, but new people may not be aware of:

Joe played on Devon Allman's latest CD, entitled " Torch" , song #6 "Mercy, Mercy", as was told to us by the bass player for Devon.  That song is pretty smokin', ( I guess so, Joe plays it) duh ! -- and the rest of the CD is pretty good.  Devon Allman (Greg's son), definately has the Allman vocals and from what I hear on the CD, his guitar playing is very much improved.  We have seen Devon Allman recently and was impressed.  His rhythm section is smokin' hot (not kidding).  They are pretty tight and on tour all over the place. Good luck to Devon, George & the rest of honeytribe.   

Luv Ya,   Jim & Kathy

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Here's a few more which I would recommend :

Muddy Waters-Classic Concerts -excellent quality with the only footage available from the historic 1960 Newport Jazz Festival, a show from Copenhagen in '68, and from Norway's Molde Jazz Festival in '77. A "must have" for blues fans.

Deep Purple- Live in California 74 -worth it if only for seeing Ritchie Blackmore at the end of the show taking revenge on one of the tv cameras, exploding the amps and destroying several guitars...classic moment in rock history. Good performance too.

The Muggs-Live At The Magic Stick-Detroit blues rock at its finest.

Rainbow-Live in Munich 1977-great performance by the Dio led Rainbow, with Cozy Powell.

Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey-Almost all of Jimi's historic Monterey performance(with the burning of the Strat), plus Otis Redding, a true classic.

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I love this thread because I own very few DVD's, hardly sit still long enough to watch what I TiVo! But I am learning sooo much!! Do like the idea of building a library! I am JONESING for a new Joe DVD!!!! Can't get enough of the live stuff!!! Please!!!                                   Andre..Frank can be hard at times and I was one of those "shut up and play your guitar people. "Sofa" from Live in NY...one of my all time fav's.............Cathy