Shug

"What Light" at a Scottsdale, AZ gas station over their piped-in music

I agree with you about how horrible behavior it is to talk through music at a concert. Unfortunately, I'd like to add another offensive behavior found at concerts: farting. This was a serious problem at the Aspen, Colorado show last year. Maybe it was the high-altitude flatulence problem combined with ingesting too many beans or falafels or something, but some dude (of course it was a dude, are you kidding me? No female would ever let loose with something that foul in public). Once was bad enough, but then it kept happening every few minutes for several songs. I could tell others notic

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Balcony Section 10, Row E, Seats 3 and 4. I bought these in the presale, so they are will call only. We'll have to meet at the venue, do the transaction in cash only and you'll have to go right in to the show. Cost to me was $90. shug909@yahoo.com

I didn't go through all thirty pages of this thread, but I've always thought the original lineup of Dio (RJD, Vivian Campbell, Vinnie Appice, and Jimmy Bain) and and their first album Holy Diver was a peak of heavy metal. It fell apart pretty quickly after a pretty good second LP, but for a brief time, this metal band was killing it.

I wonder if they might throw in a show in Memphis on Sept 29th or Oct 3rd? The Orpheum has nothing booked for either date. That'd be a nice little run along with Nashville!

You got that right! Back to back nights at the Ryman in Nashville in early October? Hmmm, let me think.... awesome historic intimate theater downtown in a historic music city, check... two shows with no travel in between, check... probably very different setlists so a better chance of hearing Monday, check!... close to Memphis, check! Seems like an obvious call to me! I'm right there with ya, stoked stoked STOKED!!!

Does anyone think there might be some US Wilco dates in August, Sept and early October or are they going to wait until after Europe to do shows stateside? It would really suck if I didn't get to see them until 2012.

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Do you have a link for that interview? couldn't find it... Thanks!

Well, I know what you mean, because this lineup of Wilco is really a true rock ensemble. They are a perfect example of the saying the whole is greater than the sum of the parts and the way they play together like a well-oiled machine blows me away every time. Some members of Wilco draw more attention to themselves than others, obviously , but for me the greatness of the band is in how they play together.

Yeah, Stirratt is a huge asset to Wilco and I'd love to hear him sing more, too, whether its harmony or lead. He's got such a great feel on bass and he rocks it, too. Just like Tweedy said in the live DVD, Wilco probably wouldn't survive without John.

The Black Crowes know a thing or two about soulful Southern rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suiojh6ezD0&feature=related Horns are not really shown in this video, but you can hear them. Get this whole DVD! JJ Grey and Mofro

Glad I'm not the only one! That pounding piano gets me all fired up for rocking out! Wilco kills it on this style of rock. Monday, 100 Years From Now, Casino Queen, etc. Wish they delved into this style more often.

I gotta second this Dan Penn recording. Dan Penn is one of the great soul songwriters from the Muscle Shoals scene. He's got a great voice, too. This is a wonderful record with the Muscle Shoals band backing him up singing songs he wrote that others had hits with, even though it was recorded many years after the heydey of the 60s to 70s. More about Dan Penn

That's too bad that only Glenn wants to play this one, its my one of their best rockers, IMO.

4-1-88 is a ripping good show, especially the first set. I haven't picked up this release yet, but it seems they are doing a pretty good job of fixing up the sound quality, so it should sound great. Mississippi Half-Step Jack Straw To Lay Me Down Ballad of a Thin Man When Push Comes to Shove New Minglewood Blues Cumberland Blues Deal China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums The Other One Wharf Rat Throwin' Stones Not Fade Away Brokedown Palace

Not a bad summary. But if you are aiming for completeness, you gotta mention 1969, especially if you want the LSD-inspired version of the band and particularly the March Fillmore in SF run that Live Dead was taken from since many Heads feel that year was the peak of live performances, although I don't necessarily agree. Its certainly heavy psychedelic electric rock, not too much of the good vibes happy dancing music or country rock the Dead became so known for later.

sorry, Dark Star 2-13-70 is the one I was thinking of (its on Dick's Picks #4), not the 2-14-70.

Well, part of the debate is how much you value seeing the band. Personally, I go to live concerts to hear the band and participate fully in the show. For me, dancing is the way I fully participate. Seeing the band is a bonus for me, but obviously, for others, seeing the band is just as or more important than hearing them. I agree strongly with the original poster (except for the part about giving up on going to see a band you love because of some hostile fans). Rock shows are for rocking out. Fans who choose to sit are free to do so. They do not have the right to expect others to also

Here's a few of my favorites: Dark Star> Eyes of the World> China Doll 2-15-73 Playin' in the Band> Uncle John's Band> drums> Not Fade Away> The Wheel> Uncle John's Band> Playin' in the Band 9-6-80 Playin'> China Doll> Playin' 8-19-80 Crazy Fingers> Supplication jam> High Time 6-27-85 Bird Song> Comes A Time 6-28-85 Not sequences, but excellent jams within the song: Dark Star 2-14-70 (goes into St. Stephen> The Eleven> Lovelight) Playin' In The Band and Bird Song 8-27-72 Here Comes Sunshine 2-23-74 Sugaree and Music Never Stopped 5-5-77 Mississi

I'm with ya, I got to see a show on RJD's last tour, too. I was so happy, I love Dio! Holy Diver is my fave 80's metal album. Really glad I got to see Dio a couple times on that first tour when Vivian Campbell and Vinnie Appice were in the band.

Yeah, Hell Yeah and F#@k Yeah!, in that order

Stevie Ray Vaughan 9 times Ella Fitzgerald with the Joe Pass Trio in 1985 in a tiny theater in West Hollywood Count Basie in the mid 70s at a high school gym (no kidding) Miles Davis Quintet #2 reunion: Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard Georgia Satellites in the late 80s (one of the greatest rock 'n' roll shows I've ever seen) Page and Plant twice with amazing drummer Michael Lee The Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band over a hundred times Warren Zevon in 1987 with Little Feat rhythm section and 1989 with Tim B. Schmidt The Beat Farmers with Country Dick