BEST CONCERTS EVER, rock, jazz, blues

VINTAGE 1960’s

1. Cream in St. Louis in 1968
2. Traffic several times in St. Louis in 1968-1969
3. Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Ambassador Theater, Washington DC 1967
4. Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (with Jethro Tull and Joe Cocker) at Kansas City, Kansas in 1969
5. Quicksilver Messenger Service in Kansas City, Kansas in 1969 (4-piece without Dino Valenti)
6. Jefferson Airplane in Kansas City, Kansas in 1969
7. Grateful Dead Many times between 1968-1970
8. The Yardbirds (with Jeff Beck) in Alexandria, Virginia 1965
9. Butterfield Blues Band and Richie Havens at the Café A’Go- Go in Greenwich Village spring 1967
10. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 1969

POST 1970

1. King Crimson so many from 1981 until 2016….including the Discipline band, the double trio, the double duo, and the recent 7 and 8 person groups….ALWAYS THE BEST!
2. Porcupine Tree 3 times, twice in Portland at the Aladdin and once in San Francisco
3. The Church have seen them numerous times, but three stand out, one at the Bluebird in Denver for the Forget Yourself tour, the one where they played 3 albums completely, and the one in San Diego where they played one song from every album.
4. Joe Bonamassa 3 times in-person, best blues-rock ever.
5. Rush Three times live, Snakes and Arrows tour, Clockwork Angels tour, and one in Dublin when they played the entirety of Moving Pictures.
6. The Jayhawks In 1995 in Lawrence, Kansas, and then in London in 2016.
7. Neil Young and the Promise of the Real In Tucson in 2016
8. Allman Brothers Band many times starting around 1995, always with Warren Haynes, and often with Derek Trucks
9. Gov’t Mule many times
10. Love with Arthur Lee The Forever Changes concert in San Francisco
11. Pharoah Sanders Many times, my favorite Tenor Sax man
12. Rashied Ali Quintet In Portland about a year before his death
13. Mogwai in Tucson
14. Sonic Youth in Portland
15. Jackson Brown in Atlanta
16. Savoy Brown many times, the best was when they were a 4-piece with two guitars.
17. The Mothers of Invention several times in the 1980’s.
18. Many times seeing Richard Thompson in many different configurations
19. The Cropredy Fairport Convention Reunion Festivals, attended in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. 2017 was particularly amazing!
20. The Zombies at the Troubadour in Los Angeles Sept.11, 2018.