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Post a video of a musical act you saw in real life.
The Beatles Crosley Field August 21, 1966
As an aside, the Beatles in silhouette on the opening credits is tattooed on my right shoulder.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,898 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Ptah
(32,983 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)rocktivity
(44,555 posts)If music were food, I'd have a garbage can for a stomach!
rocktivity
On edit: I see someone beat me to Rush's Tom Sawyer, so I substituted Warrior Soul, who did a concert in 1993 on Staten Island NYC that I've never forgotten.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)bluedigger
(17,077 posts)First time was in '78 and the second was in '84 or '85...
DFW
(54,051 posts)What Clapton and Hendrix are/were to the 6 string electric guitar, Leo Kottke is to the 12 string.
If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I would never have believed there was only one person playing here instead of three:
olddots
(10,237 posts)Kottke was the master's master
DFW
(54,051 posts)My brother turned me on to Kottke in 1971. I first saw him live in 1972. I was hooked for life. Went out, bought a few Guild 12 strings. Then, when I got a job that involved travel, I sought out the guy who built his guitars for a while, Boo Podunavac, and had Boo build me 8 or 9 guitars over the years as I could afford them. Four of the are unique custom models made just for me. Boo is in his 80s now, and is back in Florida, retired for the 15th time. I still have all those guitars he made for me. These were the last two: a matching pair. I still can't play like Kottke, but I got maybe halfway before I gave up trying to be his clone.
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MiddleFingerMom
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... and I was also convinced... CERTAIN... that he had 3 or more hands.
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Look for the YouTube videos of he and Michael Hedges playing together onstage!!!
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DFW
(54,051 posts)Including the ones with Hedges (and Doc Watson and Chet Atkins, and and and).
I remember in 1972, when he was 27, he had this baby face that made him look 17, and it REALLY didn't compute with his deep speaking voice.
He was the lead act for the Mavishnu Orchestra, and 99% of the people there had come to see McLaughlin, Cobham and Hammer, but Kottke left a huge percentage of the audience absolutely blown out of their seats.
HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)He didn't play, just a social occasion. I was with a college friend who was also a very good guitarist. I didn't say much, just listened and absorbed. What a nice man to meet.
DFW
(54,051 posts)He professes to be rather a private man, so meeting him in such a situation must be a rare occasion, especially for those who know how important he has been in the history of guitar music. I get so many comments about hanging with Clinton, Dean and Obama--I would love the chance to chat with Leo Kottke!!
Paulie
(8,462 posts)I was up in the nose bleed seats. Great time!!!
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I saw them at Springfield College in the early 70s
It took me a long time to find out which "Mary" they were singing about...
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I am at this actual show
Judging by the angle, I'm off to the left near the stage...
Going to see Rush tomorrow!
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)I was a Marine stationed on Oahu '59-'62, and went to this concert.
Sorry no live video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lcZkcLp1LAQ
Could barely hear him for all the teenys screaming and fainting.
This you tube clip sounds just like where I was standing.
What a disappointment.
Brother Buzz
(36,213 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)thank you thank you thank you
redqueen
(115,096 posts)http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SvDvtgVG-xo#t=68s
(saw these guys a few times
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)and you have seen them a few times. gah! so jealous
toddaa
(2,518 posts)Still remember it less as a concert and more as street fight between the audience and Henry. He pushed a guy into me, and I tripped over someone behind me. Fell on a misplaced stool, which gashed the back of my hand somehow. Why there was furniture present at an all ages show remains a mystery to me to this day.
kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)I used to go see Black Flag and The Germs and The Go Go's and Wall of Voodoo all the time when I lived in Hollywood!
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)They are not for the faint of heart. They are the rough and tumble "Piss Broke Rebels". I would suggest " Missin' The Gas" if you want to YouTube them.
They help to feed my rebel side.
Knightraven
(268 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Knightraven
(268 posts)I'll e-mail you.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Chimes of Freedom 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YWfDzEZZLnU
Lover of the Bayou 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE68E78A40734181C&v=SKxx1kDdAcY&feature=player_detailpage
"He Was A Friend of Mine" -- Byrds, Monterey Pop Festival 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7Bb4DpejUUA
MiddleFingerMom
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... himself and played this and "Your Song" and one other pretty ballad -- and then
the other two in his power trio came out and they burned the fucking place down.
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ok_cpu
(2,029 posts)They were great the first time. Second? Not so much.
rug
(82,333 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)I saw them in Chicago in 1982. This video was from a concert 9 days after the one I attended:
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)We saw this song live at our show and there is a youtube link of the tune at that show but it is of poor quality. If you are interested you can see it at youtube. The August 2011 show at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering, Ohio. At that show, cameras were not allowed and in the bootleg you don't even see Dylan.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Doing Coldplay's "Fix You" a capella.
txwhitedove
(3,922 posts)the drummer while continuing to sing. Everyone was saying who IS that?! Amazing.
hay rick
(7,521 posts)Right after she broke up with Big Brother. Went there disabled. The music was so loud you couldn't hear it- it just went through you.
And another:
Saw Roy Buchanan at a roadhouse outside of Baltimore in the early 70s. He spent half his time with his back turned to the audience...
DFW
(54,051 posts)As a 15 year old, I got snuck into being the bassist for a group backing up these guys:
We also backed up this group (I was too young to be a member of the musicians' union, so I hid in the back of the stage):
Getting some bass tips from Larry Taylor! Henri Vestine was still lead guitarist in those days.
A few years later, while getting some training in the Boston area, we got taken to see these guys:
Many decades later I was at the recording of this (they never tour, so it was a rare occasion), and got lay down the guitar tracks!: