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My best event was Gordon Lightfoot at the Florida Theater, singing The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Dude knew how to put on a show.
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But, best pure MUSICIAN I ever saw live? Has to be Weird Al
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bloobeary: I saw YES live back in the mid to early 2000s. So probably them.
I've been blessed to see them more than any other band except the Grateful Dead, and while they were awesome in the 80s and 90s, and even after 2000... they royally sucked in 2005 when I saw them at the Greek Theater.
The opener, however, was one of the most amazing performances I've ever seen. It was this man:
Peter Frampton.
Incredible talent and showmanship.
(I was going to say David Gilmour, until you reminded me of that night.)
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The Band, in the late 60's and early 70's.
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But I'm telling you, if you get the chance to see Joel Plaskett play live, go see him. Even if you've heard his music before (some of his stuff has shown up on Canadian commercials and TV shows), what he puts on tape never seems to compare with what he does live.
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Got a signed CD from one show and a shirt (I still wear) from the next year.
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* Bill Frisell and Rudy Royston - there was a third musician and I am embarrassed that I don't remember their name. Watching Rudy play the drums was hypnotic.
* Neubauten - always fun. always novel. Always very sexy, if you're into that sort of thing.
* Metallica - I know, right? But late 80s early 90s, they were amazing live. The energy from the crowd, thousands of metal heads singing along, was better than the band on the stage. I can't speak to anything after '92.
* Nine Inch Nails - it's been years but Trent always puts on a great show. Been seeing him live since he opened for Peter Murphy in 89? Ministry in 90?
* Midnight Oil - tight. Exactly what you expect no matter what decade you started listening to them.
* Aimee Mann - just have a beer and listen. Laugh at her jokes.
* Neko Case - don't care why or when you started listening to her, her voice is just stunning. No tricks, no effects, her voice is stunningand you need to hear it in person.
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Pere Ubu at McCabes in 1991 we're like a revelation at the time. Tony Maimone in bass and (I think) Krauss on drums were perfection.
Saw the Kronos Quartet once. That was nice.
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bughunter: Oh, and this guy:
[wp.jimdorman.com image 417x457]2007, iirc.
It's fun going to a concert where I know all the words to the songs the artist is playing. I took my kids to see him around 2002 in Eureka CA. They're still big fans and will bust out into singing one of is songs. There favorite, well the one they sing the most is "Everything You Know is Wrong."
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NuclearPenguins: If seeing John Williams direct the Boston Pops doesn't count, I'd say on the basis of best overall musicians I would pick The Chieftains.
I would've killed to see Arthur Fiedler conduct. I saw them in PHX with Keith Lockhart.
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Gregg Allman called him "the 2nd hardest working man in show business."
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