Favorite music or artist...

northshore · Feb 20, 2023

ZZ13 said:
You all are funny. You whine and complain about how you just want your entertainers to “shut up and entertain” and not spew political crap. Then you take over a perfectly innocent thread and smear it all over with political crap. I want posters here just to “shut up and talk about boats”, but I don’t see that ever happening.

Which one of us are you paying to be here?

JimG · Feb 20, 2023

I like many genres... started out with english rock... Yes, Genesis, ELP and the like. Loved alot of the early hard rock like Grand Funk, Deep Purple, and Uriah Heep.

Now I look for new music and have found several new (to me) arttists like Umphrey's McGee, Freddy Jones, and Heavy Pets.

One of the biggest talents I've heard lately? Monte Montgomery! Tripple threat... writes, sings, and plays wicked guitar!

MrHappy · Feb 20, 2023

Steve S said:
You have me beat... but back in 2016 I got tickets for Gilmour's tour. The only available tix were in the upper balcony. A few days before the show, on a whim I Googled Marc Brickman, the Lighting Designer (LD) and a website popped up. It was a pretty simple site with an email icon. SO I sent him an email telling him that I was an LD for a very large church with many moving lights and used the same lighting console they used.
To my surprise I received a response that said "Stop by the 'front of house' before the show". I responded, that I had upper balcony seats and couldn't get down there. So he comped me 9th row center tix, I got to spend about 30 minutes before the show speaking with him about lighting, his attitude in design, and creativity. Also got a tour of the booth and the gear. It was very cool!
The seats were great! Smoky though... didn't need to light, just inhale... LOL!

“The only available tix were in the upper balcony.”

Decades ago, we were at a Pink Floyd concert at the Indianapolis Hoosier dome. The next day I read an article about somebody falling off of the balcony and landing on this lady. He broke her arm.

A few decades later, we’re at a party and we were talking about that Pink Floyd concert. It turns out he had landed on her. It was one of my best friends older sister.

Flyer5 · Feb 20, 2023

My first concert was Black Sabbath in 1983. I had to sneak out of the house. Ronnie James Dio!!!!

ranger58sb · Feb 21, 2023

Steve S said:
Stumbled onto this gem on YouTube of a David Gilmour concert with David Crosby, Graham Nash and David Bowie as guest artists. It is a compilation of some PInk Floyd tunes and a number of David's original, more recent songs.

Besides being one of my favorite musicians, as a lighting designer/programmer/board operator (one of my many hobbies), this is little slice of heaven watching Marc Brickman's work...

Thanks for posting. Didn't know media like that existed on YouTube.

Can't say I enjoyed this particular concert. Seemed like the major focus was on smoke and lighting, less so on the music. Gilmours vocals don't sound all that "musical" to me. And then I've never been a fan of guitar that sounds like cat tail under a rocking chair. (For comparison to all that, perhaps have a look at Phil Collins' "Live and Loose in Paris" concert.)

Heresy, I suppose. and I'm biased, of course.

I first started playing out in circa '64 or maybe '65... mostly tunes from the late '50s but also PP&M, Kingston Trio, Joan Baez, Statler Brothers, Janis Ian, Christy Minstrels, Cascades, S&G, etc... yes, including the Smothers Brothers... even some Elvis... and when we did "modern" songs back then they were usually from The Byrds, Association, Turtles, Mamas & Papas, Searchers, Everly Brothers, etc... with significant emphasis on 3- or 4-part vocal harmonies.

Screeching guitar just never attracted me...

But seeing that stuff like this exists on YouTube has been useful...

-Chris

JayhawkCurtis · Feb 25, 2023

The country station I listen to in the mornings does "out of format friday" Where they play a non country song. Well they were giving away tickets to a concert at sugar creek casino yesterday and played a old rock song and you had to guess the artist. Well I guess I am the only old rocker that listens to that station, because the song was almost over and nobody called, so I called in and won the tickets./ Long story short, wife and I are going to a Diamond Rio concert tonight

JayhawkCurtis · Feb 26, 2023

FYI, diamond Rio was pretty damn good tonight, had a good time

Nater Potater · Feb 26, 2023

Lots of classical music, then many groups from the 60's, 70's, and 80's, but I tend to gravitate more towards the songs that didn't get much (if any) air time. My go-to is Joe Walsh, and not just "Life's Been Good". Try "Mother Says" for some great interaction between the Hammond organ, piano, and guitar. Over 6 minutes long. The lyrics are almost comical "...so to make the game easy, Mother makes the rules"

Allman Brothers "Blue Sky" is one of those songs where I just block out everything around me and lay back, listening to the two guitars carry the middle 8.

Yes, I tend to like guitar-driven music. Just one thing; don't ever try to get me to listen to disco!

Nater Potater · Feb 26, 2023

Oh, and a couple of years ago, the Admiral and I got to see both The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan together in concert. Both groups did a fantastic job.

Steve S · Feb 26, 2023

Nater Potater said:
Oh, and a couple of years ago, the Admiral and I got to see both The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan together in concert. Both groups did a fantastic job.

I like the early Doobie Brothers stuff. Quit listening to them when Michael McDonald joined them. Just can’t stand his voice. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

Skybolt · Feb 26, 2023

Nater Potater said:
Oh, and a couple of years ago, the Admiral and I got to see both The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan together in concert. Both groups did a fantastic job.

Oh man, they where great together. I saw them at the Jones Beach venue on Long Island years ago. What a fantastic concert.

flyboycj84 · Feb 26, 2023

311 and Stick Figure. And basically all other reggae and dub reggae, old and new.

Skybolt · Feb 26, 2023

Nater Potater said:
Lots of classical music, then many groups from the 60's, 70's, and 80's, but I tend to gravitate more towards the songs that didn't get much (if any) air time. My go-to is Joe Walsh, and not just "Life's Been Good". ... I tend to like guitar-driven music. Just one thing; don't ever try to get me to listen to disco!

Disco, what's disco?

Joe Walsh Funk #49, great riff music by him. Saw him in a small venue and he played that song and everyone went nuts!

B BARKER · Feb 26, 2023

First band I ever saw live was Mountain in a small shell outdoor stage in Memphis Tenn. they were awesome the place was packed people were sitting in the trees on tree limbs and such standing room only.I was hooked on Rock and Roll after that.....somewhere around 1970....

Nater Potater · Feb 26, 2023

Steve S said:
I like the early Doobie Brothers stuff. Quit listening to them when Michael McDonald joined them. Just can’t stand his voice. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

Agreed! Although, he did okay backing on Steely Dan's "Peg". The later Doobie Bros. stuff definitely tanked. 'Same for Eagles around the "Peaceful, Easy Feeling" era. Yawn. Give me "Those Shoes" any day.

Pirate Lady · Feb 26, 2023

Nater Potater said:
Lots of classical music, then many groups from the 60's, 70's, and 80's, but I tend to gravitate more towards the songs that didn't get much (if any) air time. My go-to is Joe Walsh, and not just "Life's Been Good". Try "Mother Says" for some great interaction between the Hammond organ, piano, and guitar. Over 6 minutes long. The lyrics are almost comical "...so to make the game easy, Mother makes the rules"

Allman Brothers "Blue Sky" is one of those songs where I just block out everything around me and lay back, listening to the two guitars carry the middle 8.

Yes, I tend to like guitar-driven music. Just one thing; don't ever try to get me to listen to disco!

Joe Walsh. Started with the James Gang from Coventry, the hippie section of east cleveland
Where I’m from. They were just a 3 guys we hung with all the time in high school / early college years.
Wont say we were best friends or he would remember me, just part of a large crowd in the ‘hood we hung with. Good times.
Coventry was/is to Cleveland what Haight-Ashbury was to San Francisco.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Village

Gofirstclass · Feb 26, 2023

Nater Potater said:
Oh, and a couple of years ago, the Admiral and I got to see both The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan together in concert. Both groups did a fantastic job.

A couple of years ago we saw the Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald while we were in Arizona. Possibly the best concert I've ever been to.

Pirate Lady · Feb 26, 2023

Worst concert i ever been to and not for the band…..
My cousin won contest on radio, got 4 3rd row seats dead center to a Led Zeppelin concert. It was the Physical Graffiti tour.
So, 3rd row center, exactly where the mountain of speakers point at.
When they struck the first chord I knew this was gonna be bad. Instant ear explosion!
By 2nd song I was going deaf. 1/2 an hour in it was seriously painful.
It took 3 or 4 days for the headache to subside and hearing to return.
Ya, it was bad!!!
Best was when My other cousin was going to Kent State and got us 2 tickets to Johnny Winter / Allman Bros in the small theater on campus. OMG you could almost touch the stage. That was great!
Then there was the Jethro Tull concert when I discovered the magic of peyote mushrooms. Dancing in the aisles. Good Times.
As Joe said “Lifes been good to me so far”.!

Nater Potater · Feb 26, 2023

Pirate Lady said:
By 2nd song I was going deaf. 1/2 an hour in it was seriously painful.
It took 3 or 4 days for the headache to subside and hearing to return.
Ya, it was bad!!!

I don't care what anyone else around me might think: I always wear ear plugs at concerts.

Pirate Lady said:
Then there was the Jethro Tull concert...

That's one I'd like to see live!

MrHappy · Feb 26, 2023

Just remembered these. The top one was from The Christmas Concerts at The Indianapolis Convention Center. They would have 3 to 5 bands playing. That one had Rush, Bob Segar, Atlanta Rhythm Section

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