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Edwynn -> RE: Best Concerts You've Ever Seen (6/24/2011 7:22:09 PM)
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I saw all the 'breakout' concerts of Pink Floyd (Darkside of the Moon), LedZep III and IV tours, the Rolling Stones Sticky fingers and Exile on Mainstreet tours, Jethro Tull Aqualung tour, The Who 'Who's Next' tour, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, etc.
Except for the well known British bands, the breakout album tours of Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, etc. were held in a public gym that held 5,000 people, max. The new band Kansas too, when that happened.
Most of the aforementioned played to 20,000 or 60,000 crowds a year later, but we were seriously sardined in this pushed-to-the-wall every square centimeter 5,000 cpacity gym before it was figured out.
But the best concerts aside from that were held in even smaller venues.
The Double Door Inn in Charlotte NC would have to rank the highest in that regard. I forget the firecode number, but I think it was 300 people, and that was jam packked when actually that number.
In the earliet days of their carrer, The Dixie Dreggs played there, Stevie Ray Vaughn played there, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The B-52's, and a bunch of others, especially The Glenn Phillips band, one of my favourites.
In my past life, I did stage work, so I had not left the job from an Eric Clapton concert at the Coluseim in time to catch him dropping in on this 300 seater Double Door Inn, having been aware of the reputation, Buddy Guy included. Just brought his guitar from the big show and elbowed is way into the band playing there at the small club.. No objection, obviously.
But one of the best concerts, all time, in terms of crowd excitement, was The Earl Scruggs Revue in '73 in the cafeteria on the campus of UNCC.
I don't think I've ever seen a crowd go more beserk than what was witnessed that night.
Seeing a band in 300 capacity or 5,000 capacity venues are the best shows I've ever seen.
Up close and personal, alll the way.
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