what was the last concert you went to? discuss it!

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I also saw the Megadeth and Slayer tour, except it was Testament and not Anthrax at the show I saw. I mainly went for the Slayer, didn't know much about Megadeth heading into it. Megadeth was good, Slayer - I'm not the biggest fan of Seasons but whatever.

Last night I saw a band called Asylum Street Spankers. They're from Austin TX and do some odd combination of roots Americana, prog folk, comedy, and alt-country. Was at this little club in western Massachusetts, and was a good time. Charlie King's stuff is hilarious.

The night before I saw Dave Matthews Band at Madison Square Garden. Holy crap that show was nuts, and the most energetic crowd I've seen at a DMB show. The fourth time I've seen DMB now, and easily the best of the four. (The first show of theirs I saw was decent, except the whole being outside and having a thunderstorm passing by at the time part. The third was at Bonnaroo, which was really disappointing.) John Butler Trio opened, and I wish I coulda heard more out of them. Oceans is a phenomenal track.

Two nights before that (Thursday) I saw Mumford and Sons in Boston. These guys are solid good, and I'm curious to hear more of their new stuff. Hopefully it compares with Sigh No More.


Other memorable stuff:
Bonnaroo 2010
Rock The Bells 2007 - Massachusetts stop
Bruce Springsteen
Paul McCartney
Rush
Burning Spear

i went to an aerosmith concert about 8 years ago. that is the only concert i have been to. i prefer to listen to music in my bedroom.

Last Tuesday I went to see Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd) do The Wall. I loved it so much I went back again on Thursday. That's kind of a big deal for me, since I'm usually too freaked out by the crowds to enjoy a concert once, let alone twice.

The tickets cost a small fortune, but it was worth it.

The only concert that I ever been to was an air force reserve concert that my dad made me go to about 15 years ago. With my sensory problems, I dont like crowds at all. I just freeze get really overwhelmed. I dont think I would like a big concert at all.
However, I do like the blue man group and might actually put up with the crowds if they came to my area.

Not sure if it counts as a "concert," but the last live music show I went to was Rik Emmet, in a club in Atlanta - about 2 years ago now. I made a special effort to see him, because he was the original guitarist and primary songwriter for Triumph - which was the first concert I ever went to (back in what AuntBlabby calls "the stoned age").

Amazing guitarist, intimate venue, enthusiastic crowd, interesting stories . . . unfortunately, he developed a migraine and didn't come back out after the break. Ohwell. It sucked that I drove 2 hours each way for what ended up being half a show, and that the meet-n-greet after (which I paid extra to attend) was canceled. Was still a LONG set - nearly an hour and a half. And, I was able to actually talk to other people during the break - lots of Triumph fans, so we had something in common. Had a good time - and got a full refund, too!

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Holy cow, Youtube is like getting into the wayback machine! Footage from the tour I saw them on, way, way back in 1977 before they were even on the radio (not the actual concert I was at - that would be too much to hope for!)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST3HIsMO5Ds[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnl-07nKpWc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svj4ARCbrGw&NR=1[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SGUQLb0-eE&NR=1[/youtube]

Last night I saw Medeski Martin & Wood in Boston. Had a hour plus second set with a more traditional jazz orchestra. I'm not familiar with any of their songs, but saw much of their set at Bonnaroo and it sounded good - hence going last night.

That's now four shows in a span of nine days for me.

My last concert was in 2009 to see Elvis Costello at Summerfest in Milwaukee. He's getting up there but can still sing and play. The beer was like six bucks a bottle. So, I settled for bottled water and I wanted to keep my wits about me since it was my first time there. I had a good time but there was this guy who kept staring at me it gave me the creeps. I just tried to remember the saying. "Dance like no one is watching". I got there early and was pretty close. Up until this concert I have only seen metal bands and was even able to meet Ozzy after a show (a dream come true). Here is a crappy clip I got with my camera.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqA0uq3mHg&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube]

Blues legend Ronnie Earl with his backing band The Broadcasters was at a club in western Mass. (same one as the place I was at a couple weeks ago). Went two and a half hours, and I just love this guy's stuff. I just really wish people wouldn't talk during shows, it gets annoying when you hear conversation next to you than the actual music itself.

Congrats on the MMW they are so much fun to hear play around and get funky onstage. John Medeski is a mad scientist.
My last show was Galactic with Ivan Neville. Needless to say, they brought the funk.

I saw Sally Seltmann a week ago in Sydney. I was surprised she didn't get any nominations at this year's ARIA awards. Sally was excellent and in addition to playing tracks from her newest album, also played some unreleased tracks that were really enjoyable and I look forward to their release proper.