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In reply to the discussion: What was the best live performance by a band you ever saw? [View all]LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)56. Those were the days. I saw Moody Blues in a basement dive bar before they were famous.
I liked growing up in the 70s.
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I didn't attend many concerts but I did enjoy Grand Funk Railroad, in Milwaukee, in '71.
Chainfire
May 2021
#5
I was an old married man, out in the world at age 19 when I saw them. 1971. :)
Chainfire
May 2021
#71
Saw Zappa with the Beach Boys at Kent State, saw Zappa with Mahavishno Orchestra in Chicago ...
marble falls
May 2021
#35
Saw James Gang several times downtown Kent, Ohio at the Pirates Cove for $2.50 cover charge ...
marble falls
May 2021
#36
Those were the days. I saw Moody Blues in a basement dive bar before they were famous.
LakeArenal
May 2021
#56
Those were the best of times. Of you like the "Coventry Sound", you have to have listened to ...
marble falls
May 2021
#57
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band at Wolftrap, Virginia, in September, 1971...
First Speaker
May 2021
#42
Frank Zappa, in an outdoor venue north of Detroit. And, Bob Marley, in Detroit.
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2021
#60