Topic: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

If you could go back in time and be allowed to see any one band in its prime at the venue of your choice who would you pick and where ?

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Hendrix at Woodstock.

Dreams only last the night.

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Robert Plant in the Desert Festival in Timbuktu
Günter

Rock On and Keep the Faith

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

1. Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. in Vegas
2. Marvin Gaye anywhere
3. Bob Marley in Jamaica

Bonamania is a disease with no cure.  Give it to all your friends.

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Well thats takes some thought....hmm, right off the top this is it

#1...all the bands that came through San Francisco during 1967, actually saw some...remember Janis Joplin slightly, just didnt know it was her until years later, I was 9 at the time...and them hippies, man they were weird (LSD I guess)

#2...The Beatles, my favorite band ever...I'd guess their last tour, whenever that was..I know they played in S,F. in 1965

#3...I want to say Jimi, but seing SRV only once in my lifetime blew me away!!...it was only after hearing him did I hear Albert King, my jaw dropped....I immediately knew where SRV got some of that tone from...the big man I never saw either

Dave

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Thats a tough question. SRV anywhere, Rory in Belfast or Hendrix in London.

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Cream - February 1968 - Santa Monica Civic Center......... the bonus being that my "big" cousin was the guitarist in a FOLK trio who opened for them that night (for God's sake, can you imagine a FOLK trio opening for CREAM???) ........I do believe Steppenwolf was part of the lineup too........  Funniest part is..... cousin Jack never even TOLD me about this until just this summer.....I just think it is all too cool for words.......and, to have BEEN there???  Wow.......... THAT sure would have been somethin'............ wow.........

Libby  cool

I know that Joe could play one of those kid's guitars with the plastic strings and make it sound good-
Bill S.

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

The Beatles, any time, any place (I imagine I would see Angela there, too smile )

I would also like to have seen Joe when he was younger.  Now wouldn't that be totally cool cool

                                                       pattyluvs cool

"I'm not nice to any guitar!"      lol
                 Joe Bonamassa 05-03-12

JBLP CHILD #184

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Probably Hendrix at Monterey...:) seemed like an awsome concert! big_smile

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Frank Sinatra @ Madison Sq Gdn , New York 1974                http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lWoyljVKw

Elvis @ Aloha Hawaii                                                          http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVFnhO3A98

Stevie Ray Vaughan @ El Mocambo , Toronto 1983               http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2snn0zppQ
( do those people know how lucky they were )


................................... 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

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Woodstock.

Hendrix at the Isle of Wight

Led Zep anywhere.

RIP Iron Man

Rock On and keep the Faith

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Venue: Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis Md. Artists: Rory Gallagher, Albert King, and Albert Collins. But, the ultimate fantasy would be to travel back to Joe's sessions with Tom Dowd..I would, no doubt, be a master producer by now! (Remember, fantasy:)) That's the ONE advantage to being old...There are lots I did get to see before they were gone forever. Cathy

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Robben Ford in the 80's, Stevie of course, Cream, Ozzy with Randy, Zep in the early 70's (the footage from '70 at royal albert hall is AWESOME), AL Di Meola right after Return to Forever

"Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, because when your soul is very happy then you don't want to die." - Ali Akbar Khan

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Stevie Wonder back in the 70's.

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

cathysiler wrote:

That's the ONE advantage to being old...There are lots I did get to see before they were gone forever. Cathy

There's a lot of truth in that Cathy!  smile

On my list (in no particular order)

Led Zeppelin

Woodstock

Stevie Ray Vaughan in a small club

Joe in 2004 or 2005  (I did see him then but wanna go there again)

Sandy

"There's a lot of people that are in so much of a hurry to be, I guess, to be famous or that they don't want to take the time to learn to play and do all that.They'd rather just knock it down off a computer and maybe get on a game show and get famous..That's fine if that's what you want to do.
"We're more old school than that. We like creating the sounds."  - Tom Petty

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Led Zeppelin

The Doors

If heartaches were nickels
I'd be the richest fool alive

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Hendrix opening for The Monkees (The shock value alone would've been priceless)
The Allman Brothers live at The Fillmore East with Duane, March 12, –March 13, 1971
Alice Cooper Group at the Toronto Rock N Roll Revival 1969 (Did he or didn't he kill that chicken?) wink
The Who at Leeds, England February 14, 1971
Stevie Ray Vaughan live at Alpine Valley August 26, 1990

Nightwatcher's House Of Rock
http://nightwatchershouseofrock.blogspot.com/
Now featured on Planet Rock, The Chicago Sun Times and The Mog Music Network
Also featured on antiMUSIC's RockNewsinfo at http://www.antimusic.com/rocknews/

18

Re: If You Could Go Back In Time and See ??

Very good topic.

The first artist and place that comes to mind, and I've thought about this every time I've been to a show there, is Buddy Holly at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa on Feb. 2, 1959.