Welcome to the EGGhead Forum - a great place to visit and packed with tips and EGGspert advice! You can also join the conversation and get more information and amazing kamado recipes by following Big Green Egg to Experience our World of Flavor™ at:
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Pinterest  |  Youtube  |  Vimeo
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.

Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch

OT - Best Concert

Options
24

Comments

  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    Options
    Grateful Dead, August, '71, Auditorium Theater, Chicago. Close to 4 hours. Not the loudest I ever heard, but me and my friends had to scream at each other for a couple hours so we could hear what we were saying.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Egghead_Daron
    Egghead_Daron Posts: 862
    Options
    DoubleEgger said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    The Boss.  He played for three hours straight without stopping.
    Phil Collins did that as well. Phil is in my Top 5 shows. 
    When did you see Floyd?
    Division Bell Tour - went both nights at Bobby Dodd Stadium in '94. 
    I saw them that same year at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Good show!

    LBGE 2013, SBGE 2014, Mini 2015
    Columbus IN
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • jaydub58
    jaydub58 Posts: 2,167
    Options
    I'm probably older than most of you, because my favorites would be......
    Bill Haley and The Comets, The Temptations, Ike and Tina Turner, Willie Nelson (3 times).  As for more "modern times".........John Fogarty, no queston.
    John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,189
    Options
    I'm so thankful that the penis is gone from my thread. Let's continue this discussion......
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814
    Options
    The Tragically Hip in Sudbury. 
    Yes, I know no one else has any idea what I am talking about but trust me, awesome show. 
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Angus1978
    Angus1978 Posts: 390
    Options
    KISS best show.  
    Cowboy Mouth most fun show
    LBGE and Primo XL Plano TX All right all right alllll riight
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Cookinbob
    Cookinbob Posts: 1,691
    edited May 2015
    Options
    It's sacrilege to say this, but I saw the dead in '72, and they were boring! And I like the Dead!  

    On the other hand, I saw Ratdog 3-4 years ago, and they rocked!  Split the bill with the Allman Brothers, it was a treat to see Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks at the same time!

    XLBGE, Small BGE, Homebrew and Guitars
    Rochester, NY
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
    edited May 2015
    Options
    Going with Paul Simon with his African band singers......got to go with a secound, The Moody Blues with the North Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra.  Of course many Dead shows rank as well. 

    Bucketlist = Van "the man" Morrison  and Cat Stevens!
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
    Options
    KISS at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.  The "people watching" was fantastic!  I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1985 at Meadowbrook which is a small outdoor venue.  AWESOME!
    Flint, Michigan
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    edited May 2015
    Options
    KISS. Destroyer/Spirit of 76 tour. Shreveport, Lousiana.  Phenomenal to say the least. Followed closely by Ronnie Janes Dio. Live at the Spectrum.  

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Options
    U2 Joshua Tree. 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    Options
    I gotta say Tony Bennett put on one of the best shows I have ever been to. My second would be Joe Bonamassa. 
    Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU Stove
    BGE Chiminea
    Prosper, TX
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,491
    Options
    Gotta throw one of my fav jokes in here:
     
    Know what the first Deadhead said to the second Deadhead, when they ran out of weed?
     

    "Dude, this band sucks!"  
     
     =)   Whoops, there's the phone, gotta go!  
    _____________

    Tin soldiers and Johnson's coming...


    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,030
    Options
    The best overall concert I've seen is Pearl Jam

    I'm going to my 4th Dave Matthews Band concert next month though 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,551
    Options
    Been to a lot of shows and I am quite jealous of some of the ones you all have been to see.  

    Most at surprising one lately was actually zac brown band- normally you have one or two great musicians in the group but they were all strong and played a wide variety of music. 

    Another less known one one show was Avett Brothers New Years eve 2014- but the copious amount of alcohol that night makes parts of the show a blur. 
    Greensboro, NC
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • GuitarEC
    GuitarEC Posts: 122
    Options
    Wife bought me floor seats to see Van Halen in '08 (with DLR) - was a great show, and happened to be 30th anniversary of the release of their debut album to boot. 

    Eric "GuitarEC" 
    Metro Atlanta Area 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,189
    edited May 2015
    Options
    AC/DC, Velvet Revolver, and Alice in Chains (post Lane Staley -RIP), Pearl Jam, and the Chili Peppers were all great shows.  McCartney gave me chills the first time I heard him sing live. I thought KISS was pretty good but it wasn't legendary. ZZ Top was terrible. 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    Options
    DoubleEgger said:
    I thought KISS was pretty good but it wasn't legendary. 
    Just curious, when did you see them? In the 70's the show they put on was mind blowing. It toned down considerably after that. Saw them a few times in the 80's and 90's and I agree, good but nothing like their former shows from the 70's. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    Options
    The eagles. At the Cow palace! San Fran . 1988 first time I saw Joe Walsh with the eagles. It was THE MOST awesome concert ever been to. 
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,189
    Options
    SGH said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    I thought KISS was pretty good but it wasn't legendary. 
    Just curious, when did you see them? In the 70's the show they put on was mind blowing. It toned down considerably after that. Saw them a few times in the 80's and 90's and I agree, good but nothing like their former shows from the 70's. 
    Last year with Def Leppard. I was another one of those "we need some cash" tours. 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
    Options
    So many good shows listed by everyone.  For me, in no particular order these stand out.

    Pink Floyd 1988 at LA Coliseum - Momentary Lapse of Reason tour

    Grateful Dead 1987 Ventura County Fairgrounds

    Iron Maiden 1988 Irvine Meadows

    Frank Sinatra Circle Star theater Redwood City, Ca ~1990

    Zac Brown 2014 Austin

    James Taylor 2002 San Diego

    Elton John 1989 Costa Mesa, Ca

    Going to see DMB this week in Austin.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Lmidkiff
    Lmidkiff Posts: 442
    Options
    Cheech and Chong. Best ever!
    McKinney, TX
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hunter1881
    Hunter1881 Posts: 406
    Options
    I also saw Adelitas Way at the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica. They are a great band as well.
    Henderson TN. 1 large BGE, 1 Webber Gasser (recently seems to have converted into a warming oven)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    Options
    Lyle Lovett and his big band at the Saenger back in '93 (I think) was incredible.  I'm not really a big fan but he put on a great show and the venue was unreal.
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • texaswig
    texaswig Posts: 2,682
    Options
    I'm a big Tom Petty fan. Seen him in Dallas about 5 years ago. Need to go see him again next time he's in town. 

    2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun 

    scott 
    Greenville Tx
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hokie_Smoker
    Hokie_Smoker Posts: 662
    Options
    Springsteen, Charlotte NC, April 19th 2014. He's The Boss and he proved it that night. 

    I've seen Jimmy Buffett about 25 times, I remember 3 of them.

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    Johnson, Navin R... Sounds like a typical bastard.

     

    Belmont, NC

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,846
    Options
    Springsteen. Without a doubt. There's not even a close second. I've seen The Who, Stones (twice), Eagles, Boston, Willie (twice), Yes, Blue Oyster Cult (with the Memphis Symphony), Van Halen, REO Speedwagon, Train, Sawyer Brown (before they had come up with that name), Pavarotti, Skynyrd, Journey, Steve Miller and a lot of others. The answer is Springsteen. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • TnJed
    TnJed Posts: 118
    edited May 2015
    Options
    I see lots of shows.

    Hard to pick a favorite, but Ratdog at the Ryman was really good. Phish at Starwood with a host of guests. Maybe 2001?

    Anything at the Ryman.


    “All normal people love meat … You don’t win friends with salad.” - Homer Simpson
    http://griffinmotors.blogspot.com/
    https://instagram.com/griffin_motors/ 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Options
    The Eagles, 1976 Hotel California tour, riverfront stadium in Cincinnati. It's when Joe Walsh joined the group.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Acn
    Acn Posts: 4,424
    Options
    For me it was Jason Isbell at the Ryman last October.  Definitely part of that is because the Ryman is such a great venue.

    Others that rank highly would be The Great Went (Phish's first weekend show in Limestone, ME), Parliament-Funkadelic, Buddy Guy, and Medeski, Martin & Wood, all at the 9:30 club.  I saw Norah Jones before her first album came out at some hole in the wall club in Arlington, VA with about 35 other people, which was pretty cool. 

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories