Most inspiring concert you've been to/seen. (Page 2 of 3)

Well...hang on a second...
We're talking inspirational gigs...not flawless, auto-tuned perfection...which leads to boring and predictable concerts that I so frequently see and hear.
The Zeppelin performance at the O2 was and is how they have always been...super-heavy to dynamic to on the edge...who knows how Page is going to play..that's the magic of it. There were minor feedback issues for the first few songs that could have been sorted quicker, but the O2 is a soundman's nightmare. I have 99% of the Zep bootlegs in circulation and I can absolutely guarantee that was the best version of Kashmir ever done...and by then the sound was stunning. The 2007 bootlegs do it no justice to be honest.
In regards to Floyd at live8...it was rusty...we know Roger lost most of it from around 1990 onwards...Mason wasn't tight and again...minor sound issues. Thing is, it was an amazing atmosphere...and I waited for 20hrs till that point to get a good view. The emotion in which Roger sang Wish You Were Here was something that was there for that particular night...same with Gilmour's Comfortably Numb solo...
Now we don't have Rick Wright...so I'm glad I saw that.
Do any of the classic blues players have to be perfect in order to get the feel and soul across to you? I think it's being human.
I haven't put Bonamassa on there, because although I did love that show in 09...I did feel as it was just another date and 'going through the motions'...That sounds bad, but I just think sometimes its just easy for him when he has such skill...and plays live almost too much. Maybe that's me...I come from the Page/White school of playing...living with a bit of danger and the fact of when it does go wrong on a particular night...you'll know about it.

Hendrix in 1970.  CSNY 1970 (right after Ohio).  SRV whenever I saw him.  Neil Young and Crazy Horse in the mid-late 1980's.  Joe Bonamassa on the back of a flatbed truck after a NASCAR race in 2004 - that one changed my life forever.  Second time I saw Mule (early 2000's - spent the first time trying to wrap my head around what they were doing).

Sandy

Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967 or so. My first live rock music and baptism of fire. That set the guitar playing bar pretty high! Very few have entered that realm since. I learned to like second tier acts after a while.
Rick

The most inspiring event was Woodstock by several lightyears, but dont know if that counts as a "concert". For a single show Id have to say Hendrix and Band of Gypsy's NYE 69-70 (the show on the DVD),  but its close with Floyd at Carnegie Hall in Nov 71 and the original In The Flesh tour (Animals/Wish You Were Here)

YES, me too!! I can't remember the exact date, but Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon tour at the Philadelphia Spectrum.

Also, very memorable from the 70's ~ David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust tour ~ Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Philly suburbs) Can't leave out The Moody Blues, at the Philadelphia Spectrum ~ mind altering....

And more recently ~ February 26, 2008 ~ Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton ~ Madison Square Garden, New York
(I hear you PS Smith) I remember my hubby's copy of Vintage Guitar came featuring Steve on the cover as an underrated guitarist. I read the article right after the show and I took to the computer and wrote a passionate letter to the editor, which they published in the next issue. (cheap thrills ) After all these years, I still feel opening the show with Had To Cry Today set the tone...we are going to blow your minds!!

And Dknight ~ that KWS tour was really spectacular!

ALSO, my 1st Joe show in 2004 in a small club will be etched in my mind forever!!!

Not on TV or at a movie theater as I was present all of these...

I'll name three shows that, up until I saw Joe live, stand out in my mind...

Early 70's Pink Floyd at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin, sitting about 50 feet dead center on the floor. During the show Roger Waters said they had a new album coming out and wanted to play some cuts from it to see how we liked it. They ended playing the entire album and yes, the title was, "Dark Side of the Moon".

Again, early to mid 70's saw Rory Gallagher twice at a basement club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called, "Humpin' Hanna's which no longer stands. Sat about 10 feet, center on the floor with Rory and his band right in front of us. Never, ever had I seen anyone play like that! Well, until...

I saw Joe for the first time at his very last show at Shank Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 10, 2006. My words fail to express what I saw and heard that night...a picture and a description below it... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 399006021/

Every Joe show I've been to since including the one above,  stands far above the Pink Floyd or Rory Gallagher shows I was at. However, in addition to my first Joe show, there are others that stand out too. Royal Albert Hall, 1st row, center section and I left my camera under my seat, unlike others, as instructed by the ushers. But I did get photos of the Great Hall before and the after-party where Joe not only came, but brought his parents, sister, sister's fiance and some friends and stayed a fairly long time... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 059666620/

The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, California 1st row center with my chair almost against the stage. For a good part of the show Joe played right over me as his mic stand was right in front of me... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 851258350/

The House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, 2nd row center sitting with Melissa Durse, Dean Mascarella and their son Nico. Ms. Patty Patrick was awarded her Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Goldtop, one of only 300, at this show. I rode a Greyhound Bus from  Milwaukee to Cleveland in the dead of the night for over 10 hours just to be there. I must have been mentally ill to do that, but have recovered nicely! I think? ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 993896622/

Turner Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1st row with the cafe' style table set next to the stage. This one is special because, with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the show, Joe did something that absolutely blew us all away. Well, except for Tallan who kept telling his dad Carl, that he was going to get up and play with Joe. Tallan and Carl were sitting with me at the table... The video of that happening... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeTX896ayCI  And pictures from the show... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 141468078/

My last Joe show on May 3, 2012 at the Greater Des Moines Civic Center in Des Moines, Iowa 3rd row, center section and simply said, you just can't play or sing any better than this! Patty Patrick was again honored at this show and Joe played her guitar, which he signed in Cleveland, on this night... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 000419579/

Hope you all enjoy your life and the great times that you have and will have in the future!

Roy

I'll take an assist on that one. Tallan, along with his parents Doric and Carl Latz, are very close to me, darn near family members. One time both Tallan and Carl were with me to see the Great Hubert Sumlin playing with the Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Band in Grafton, Wisconsin. At a table next to ours, was a fellow who I believe was a local promoter and he asked Tallan who his influences were. Tallan named Joe Satriani, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix...and then I whispered to him, "And Joe Bonamassa!" Tallan turned around and said, "What Roy?" And I said, "And Joe Bonamassa!" Tallan whips around and said to this fellow, "Oh, and Joe Bonamassa!" This is an absolute true story.

We had hoped Tallan would get up with the band to play and when hope was all but lost, that's exactly what happened. As a matter of fact, Hubert unplugged form his amp and let Tallan plug in. Hubert sat back and just enjoyed what he was seeing and hearing. May God rest both Hubert's and Willie's souls, Heaven must have some wonderful music by now!

Pictures... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 141400292/

Roy

Remember him? Hell, I owe him bigtime!  I was on google/youtube about 2 minutes after that AGT, had that first "Holy S**t" moment and that started this sweet obsession