Ever Walked Out Of A Concert ? And Why? (Page 1 of 3)

Jan./Feb. 1975 My best friends girlfriend treated about eight of us to one of Bill Graham's local talent nights at Winterland in SF for his birthday. Two or three actual local Bay Area acts played and then a band we'd never heard of named Kiss played a set to close out the evening. We stayed for a couple songs out of shock value as they were visually engrossing, like witnessing a train wreck, but there was nothing about the music to keep us from heading for the doors. To this day there's nothing about them but the schtick IMO, but obviously it sells, kinda like how the Enquirer sells papers, shock value with lack of substance.

                                                                                                             Think Green,

                                                                                                             J Dawg

Bob Dylan around 10 years ago....he was drunk or stoned something ridiculous.....yes, I'm aware thats what he sounds like, but this was awful....The Allman Bros in Memphis 2 years ago...are you kidding, I had no control on this one....it wasnt my wife either....pissed!!!!!!!!!

Shreddy

Johnny Lang this year.  I discovered he needs the studio. About three dozen other people that I saw must have thought the same thing.  On the other hand Joe's shows don't last long enough for me. I have never seen anyone walk out on a concert yet.

I walked out of a Walter Trout gig last November... But not because I was not enjoying it, on the contrary he was great, but I had public transport to catch. I did not make the same mistake this year when I saw him.

I also left Robin Trower's gig early in April this year, after about an hour. We'd gone primarily to see the support act Aynsley Lister. Was a good move as we met Aynsley and his band loading up the bus outside the venue

Shred, you forgot to mention that most of those people had some years on us and they'd been there for over ten hrs. in 90+ heat all day. Also the few I spoke to were of the "purist" persuasion anyways. Screw them "purists", see it made it easier for you to crash the stage. Doug, Mary, & I played it smart and rolled in after 1:00 when things started heatin' up. Doug was touch'n'go for the first few hours, but he toughed it out.

                                                                                                     Not So Pure,

                                                                                                     J Dawg

I hear ya' L2F, I saw him in Aug. 2001 and I was fighting off sleep half way through the show. His studio work definitely outshines his stage show. I had both my kids with me and got no argument from anybody about leaving before the encore.

                                                                                             Somebody Help Me!!!,

                                                                                             J Dawg

Rule #1 of Shred's Militia.

I've posted this before, though in a slightly different context - I only ever walked out once, and it wasn't even the band's fault.

'My' legendary Little Feat experience at the Rainbow in London in 1975 - the Feat were only the openers for the Doobies, but the entire Feat freak audience was so blown away that people started standing up and walking out when the Doobies started to play. My group lasted three numbers or so before we gave it up. The music did nothing for us and we were totally drained, so we got up and walked out as did hundreds more. It wasn't in any sense the Doobies fault, they were just unbelievably unlucky to have been dropped into such a bizarre situation by Warner and his brothers.