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Posted: May 14 2012 at 12:34
cstack3 wrote:
el böthy wrote:
Kinda... but no.
It´s King Crimson. I have seen Fripp with G3 (horrible show) and with the League of guitarist (great show). I have seen Trey Gunn (mindblowing) and Tony Levin (with Gabriel, boring as hell)... but never King Crimson
Did you see Fripp tour with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai? Fripp opened the Chicago show playing his Soundscapes stuff, and a wild-man guitarist (later found out to be Mike Keneally) was playing all sorts of Robert Fripp-like distortion-guitar leads on top of the sound loops!!
It was INCREDIBLE!! By far, the best music of the night, and an insight for a new way to use Soundscapes!! Keneally sounded just like the RF of LTIA days, blew my mind! Keneally came back onstage later & played with Satriani's band, quite a jaw-dropping performance....two Zappa alums going at it!
I met Keneally at a local music shop & asked him if any of that were filmed or recorded, and he said that, sadly, it wasn't.
Anyway, sorry you missed Crimso, they never disappointed! I saw LTIA in Chicago (no Miur, sadly) with, uh, Peter Frampton opening!! Didn't see them again until Discipline tour (by that time, I knew Fripp personally), missed the Beat show in Chicago because the outdoor venue was flooded, caught 3 of a Perfect Pair in Minneapolis, Thrak in Chicago, and then I lost track of them all. Sadly, I missed SBB and Red tours! Can't have it all.
Saw RF with Soundscapes many times, he should have soloed over his loops like he used to with the Revox Frippertronics!! I've seen Belew a bunch of times, so many that he sort of recognizes me when he sees me. Met Broof once, kind of a comedian....
Thank God for all the amazing video that survived those times!! Here, dig this!!
hey, Chuck, i know i've said this before, but i'll say it again, it must have been totally awesome when you saw Triumvirat open for Fleetwood Mac in the seventies! And considering it was the band with the Jurgen Fritz, Helmut Koellen, and Hans Bathelt lineup-man, i bet that is a memory you will hold on to.
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 21:37
Well, some of the more interesting shows....
Fripp
Belew
Yes
Howe solo
Tull
Genesis
Waters
Marillion
Rush
Sabbath
Gabriel
Byrne
Lori Anderson
Tori
Plant
Chicago
Metallica
Throwing Muses
X
Fairport Convention
Ray Manzarek
Spinal Tap
Badfinger
Breeders
Zevon
Santana
Pete Seeger
Cindy Lee Berryhill
Babes in Toyland Bill Bruford
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 21:16
el böthy wrote:
Kinda... but no.
It´s King Crimson. I have seen Fripp with G3 (horrible show) and with the League of guitarist (great show). I have seen Trey Gunn (mindblowing) and Tony Levin (with Gabriel, boring as hell)... but never King Crimson
Did you see Fripp tour with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai? Fripp opened the Chicago show playing his Soundscapes stuff, and a wild-man guitarist (later found out to be Mike Keneally) was playing all sorts of Robert Fripp-like distortion-guitar leads on top of the sound loops!!
It was INCREDIBLE!! By far, the best music of the night, and an insight for a new way to use Soundscapes!! Keneally sounded just like the RF of LTIA days, blew my mind! Keneally came back onstage later & played with Satriani's band, quite a jaw-dropping performance....two Zappa alums going at it!
I met Keneally at a local music shop & asked him if any of that were filmed or recorded, and he said that, sadly, it wasn't.
Anyway, sorry you missed Crimso, they never disappointed! I saw LTIA in Chicago (no Miur, sadly) with, uh, Peter Frampton opening!! Didn't see them again until Discipline tour (by that time, I knew Fripp personally), missed the Beat show in Chicago because the outdoor venue was flooded, caught 3 of a Perfect Pair in Minneapolis, Thrak in Chicago, and then I lost track of them all. Sadly, I missed SBB and Red tours! Can't have it all.
Saw RF with Soundscapes many times, he should have soloed over his loops like he used to with the Revox Frippertronics!! I've seen Belew a bunch of times, so many that he sort of recognizes me when he sees me. Met Broof once, kind of a comedian....
Thank God for all the amazing video that survived those times!! Here, dig this!!
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 20:51
I saw Rush last year, at the Bell Center here in Montreal.
It was great !
I saw Supertramp too, at the Bell Center again, and I must say that I loved the show, more than the Rush show (even If Im a bigger Rush fan overall), they were just at the top of their shape.
But I would absolutely love to see Symphony X live, its my favorite band, I know every tune by heart (or almost!).
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Posted: May 08 2012 at 11:00
Kinda... but no.
It´s King Crimson. I have seen Fripp with G3 (horrible show) and with the League of guitarist (great show). I have seen Trey Gunn (mindblowing) and Tony Levin (with Gabriel, boring as hell)... but never King Crimson
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 06:25
Epignosis wrote:
I have seen Kansas twice, both in Raleigh, NC. They were supporting their latest album Somewhere to Elsewhere the first time back in 2000 or 2001. They were supporting Yes, who played eight songs in two hours.
The latest time I saw them was a few months ago. Great show. I reviewed it in depth somewhere around here. I got good seats for ten dollars.
Lucky you, they are one of my big misses, although having their excellent DVD There's Know Place Like Home helps (got Device-Voice-Drum too which is also very good).
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 05:42
I have seen Genesis - but alas it was 1978 without Gabriel and Hackett ... it was still Prog, but only just. I did have the opportunity to see them in 1971 (Nursery Cryme Tour) when they played Bedford Corn Exchange, but I wasn't into them then so I couldn't be bothered to go. I did see Principle Edwards Magic Theatre in the same venue around that time - that was a superb show by an often overlooked band.
I did manage to catch VdGG way back in '76 on that brief North American tour. I saw Crimson in the Discipline days but that was not my favourite KC era. I saw Tull several times through the 70s. I saw Gabriel solo several times, and Genesis without him once, but never caught the two together. I 'd mention Yes but they were never a favourite prog act of mine. :)
I never saw Pink Floyd. Really big miss there. :(
As for current favourites--I discovered PT too late to catch a recent tour, but I did go see SW and Grace for Drowning. Unless Riverside gains a whole lot more North American popularity, I may have to travel to see them. I'm making plans for the tour that will follow the new album. :)
Edited by ergaster - May 05 2012 at 05:41
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I have seen Kansas twice, both in Raleigh, NC. They were supporting their latest album Somewhere to Elsewhere the first time back in 2000 or 2001. They were supporting Yes, who played eight songs in two hours.
The latest time I saw them was a few months ago. Great show. I reviewed it in depth somewhere around here. I got good seats for ten dollars.
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Posted: May 04 2012 at 21:45
presdoug wrote:
That's an interesting list, moshkito, actually. Must have been a Gas to see PDQ Bach! He had quite the sense of humour. Out of all listed, i would have given the world to have seen Nektar 74-75-that must have been something!
Nektar was better live than on the record for me. The original version os Marvellous Moses was way more satisfactory than what finally came out in "Recycled" ... and that album is my favorite Nektar album of all.
It looks like I am one of the few folks that likes "Sounds Like This" a lot more than their "progressive" stuff, and the main reason why, is that you know who those people are, and you can relate to them one on one. And their anthem to Jimi Hendrix still is not heard! (The Preacher).
PDQ was great. In the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara, there are these balcony/varandas on the left side, and the show started with a woman screaming, a bunch of white bed sheets tied together thrown over the varanda, and him coming down from the varanda on them, and then run to the stage to get there ... on time! The musicians warming up had nothing going and closed it with his last step on the stage!
Perfect opening!
A moment later, after he has apologized for being ... slightly late ... he composes himself, fixes his attire and then stops in front of the microphone and points to the back of the theater and says ... "you lady, over there! You gotta have guts coming to a concert dressed like that!"
I have his book autographed. Lovely moment and concert and a total treat that should be on video!
Edited by moshkito - May 04 2012 at 21:48
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Posted: May 04 2012 at 11:17
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Goog dawd ... now you have to get my memory jog'd. Updated so that it goes more towards the progressive side of things. Only took out a handfull of things.
And I do not go see "favorites" ... at all. I saw most of these because they were worth the seeing, and it was important music for me!
Starting in Madison in 1968 ...
The Blues Magoos
The Who (yes, they did blow it all up then!)
Credence Clearwater Revival
-- was planning to see Otis Redding at DJ's and that was the night he died when the plane dived into the lake!
Steve Miller Band
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Ides of March
several others on a really big concert near Green Bay with over 150k folks (it was the rave then!)
Andres Segovia - Madison
...
onto California in 1971:
Pink Floyd - Hollywood Bowl 1972 (still one of my favorite concerts ever!)
Moody Blues
Yes - Long Beach Arena (Tales from Topographic Oceans)
Pink Floyd - Sports Arena 1974
Nektar - Santa Monica Civic 1974 or 5
Tangerine Dream - Greek Theater (pictures on the live album of the trees on fire -- that's Lazerium btw!)
Tangerine Dream - Santa Monica Civic (1st tour -- and it had Lazerium with them!)
Hawkwind - Santa Monica Civic - Space Ritual Tour
Hawkwind and Man - Space 1999 tour in downtown LA dive somewhere
Babe Ruth/Iggy and the Stooges -- in which Janita Haan made Iggy look like an idiot!
Pink Floyd - Sports Arena (The Wall)
Pink Floyd - Anaheim Stadium (Famous show where Roger had fun with a couple of fans!)
Pink Floyd - Special Premiere of the Film in SF - Quadraphonic sound et al!
Renaissance - UCSB Campbell Hall
PDQ Bach -- now, that is a real concert and not a gip! Fun and enjoyable! And too progressive for this board! Possibly too funny for this board! And he makes Keith look stupid. PDQ also plays with his feet on the piano! Keith never did that!
Peter Gabriel - Arlington Theater - Santa Barbara
Divided Alien - The Wolf - Santa Barbara (Daevid Allen by himself with machines and poetry)
Roxy Music - Hollywood Palladium
Rare Earth/Black Sabbath - Hollywood Palladium
Fleetwood Mac - Hollywood Palladium (Bob Welch version)
Portland/Seattle
Stevie Ray Vaughn with Double Trouble and Robert Cray
Alan Stivell solo with another accoustic guitar player - Arlene Schnitzler Hall PDX
Tangerine Dream - Arlene Schnitzler Hall
Dream Theater with Queensryche and Fates Warning - Arlene Schnitzler Hall
Ozric Tentacles - La Luna PDX
Damo Suzuki
Gong 1995 - Took the picture they used on their posters for the rest of the year
Gong 1996 -
University of Errors
SF Progressive Music Festival 1999 - Lana Lane and the Rocket Scientists, Bondage Fruit/Buckethead/Brand X/Per Lindh Project/Porcupine Tree/Magma ... LL and the Rocket Scientists still was the most impressive of all these bands, other than Magma. Famous "incident" with Porcupine Tree. Roadie gets thrown off the gounds!
Zappa Plays Zappa - Return to Forever with Ponty, Clarke and Corea
Todd Rundgren
I'm not complaining ... I've seen my share and been lucky a few times.
On my wish list?
An evening or dinner with Peter Hammill. Don't even need to see him in concert.
Mike Oldfield - will likely never play America
Vangelis - no chance to ever play in America
Klaus Schulze - no change he will ever be in America
Ryuichi Sakamoto - I think he is done touring ... and getting a bit old for it.
Egberto Gismonti - not famous enough to come furhter north than San Francisco
Terje Rypdal - Sadly, he will never come to America. Would love to see him do an evening with David Darling ...
Manuel Gottsching - had his LA evening ripped off by the UCLA folks. Sadly, he didn't even get a chance to do his own thing anywhere else. Like no one gave a damn and he wasn't black enough or rap enough.
Kate Bush - She doesn't tour, and doesn't need to.
Mani Neumeier/Guru Guru or a version of.
Not interested in most concerts these days ... too much stuff is just too metronomic for my tastes.
I think I'm done with concerts.
That's an interesting list, moshkito, actually. Must have been a Gas to see PDQ Bach! He had quite the sense of humour. Out of all listed, i would have given the world to have seen Nektar 74-75-that must have been something!
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 10:23
OK I was one of the guilty ones of long lists
I would have loved to see Genesis with Gabriel, and I would have liked to see some of the bands I have seen a bit earlier than I did. But in general I can not complain, most of the favourites have the box ticked (Genesis, Yes, ELP, Rush, Queen, PF, Marillion...)
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cstack3 wrote:
And considering it was the band with the Jurgen Fritz, Helmut Koellen, and Hans Bathelt lineup-man, i bet that is a memory you will hold on to.
