5 (+) that coime to mind:
GENESIS Nov, 1971 at Bergen Community College gym. Peter Gabriel in full theatrical mode in a tiny gym on folding chairs. The scale of the show was so large relative to the venue that the impact was amazing (especially at age 15).
THE WHO at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ late '70s or early '80s. Unlike some others above, I wasn't crazy abou the Quadraphenia Tour which was largely on tape. This small venue show was tremendous.
JOHN HIATT/SHERYL CROW at Irving Plaza NYC ca. 1991. Hiatt replaced the Goners with a younger, harder rocking band that tore the place up. This may have been Sheryl Crow's first tour. I had never heard of her, but she was a great opener.
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS at Tramps NYC ca. 1993. The best (of many) show(s) I've seen from my favorite live band.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1975 at Jennison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan. There's a reason this tour generated so much ink.
SPECIAL MENTION:
CHUCK BERRY at Randy Hill's birthday Party at his house in North Jersey ca. 1995. Just plain weird late era CB in the strangest possible place. I'll never forget it.
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL at The Greek Theater LA in Sept 1997. John Hiatt, Richard Thompson, Wilco, Joan Baez, etc, etc, etc.
BILL BRADLEY FUND RAISER at Garden State Arts Center mid 1980's. Paul Simon and Patti Smith among many others. Patti Smith at a political fund raiser is worth the price of admission alone.
ALSO:
Sly & The Family Stone, Prince,Beausoleil,Pink Floyd-Animals, many Todd Rundgren/Utopia, many RT,many Stones, Bowie outside Paris in the mid '80s,Led Zep at MSG-NYC in 1974or1975, Kim Richey, Alison Krauss, Talking Heads, Allmans at the Beacon, etc,etc.
GENESIS Nov, 1971 at Bergen Community College gym. Peter Gabriel in full theatrical mode in a tiny gym on folding chairs. The scale of the show was so large relative to the venue that the impact was amazing (especially at age 15).
THE WHO at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ late '70s or early '80s. Unlike some others above, I wasn't crazy abou the Quadraphenia Tour which was largely on tape. This small venue show was tremendous.
JOHN HIATT/SHERYL CROW at Irving Plaza NYC ca. 1991. Hiatt replaced the Goners with a younger, harder rocking band that tore the place up. This may have been Sheryl Crow's first tour. I had never heard of her, but she was a great opener.
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS at Tramps NYC ca. 1993. The best (of many) show(s) I've seen from my favorite live band.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1975 at Jennison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan. There's a reason this tour generated so much ink.
SPECIAL MENTION:
CHUCK BERRY at Randy Hill's birthday Party at his house in North Jersey ca. 1995. Just plain weird late era CB in the strangest possible place. I'll never forget it.
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL at The Greek Theater LA in Sept 1997. John Hiatt, Richard Thompson, Wilco, Joan Baez, etc, etc, etc.
BILL BRADLEY FUND RAISER at Garden State Arts Center mid 1980's. Paul Simon and Patti Smith among many others. Patti Smith at a political fund raiser is worth the price of admission alone.
ALSO:
Sly & The Family Stone, Prince,Beausoleil,Pink Floyd-Animals, many Todd Rundgren/Utopia, many RT,many Stones, Bowie outside Paris in the mid '80s,Led Zep at MSG-NYC in 1974or1975, Kim Richey, Alison Krauss, Talking Heads, Allmans at the Beacon, etc,etc.