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Originally Posted by luzl78
Who put on the most memorable, exciting show?
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Oh, boy, good question. That might difficult to answer. Recently I saw David Gilmore. Probably the best lighting and Fx I've ever seen. Sounded great too!
Each show had their moments. Kiss with the pyro was pretty cool. That got me started with stage pryo. Grateful Dead was very colorful LOL!! I was grinning all night watching the crowd.
One show that was very cool was Emerson Lake and Palmer on the Brain Salad Surgery tour, mid 70's. It was the first tour with a quad PA system. Being an audio guy I loved it. It was an outdoor show at Rich Stadium in Buffalo. They were panning instruments all the way around the whole place. For those that were partaking in the herbal stuff it had to be mind twisting!
One other show that sticks out some was at the NY State fairgrounds Syracuse September 2, 1975, The Great American Music Fair. It was a mud-bath! There were all kinds of problems with that one. There's actually and article online about it.
https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/201...e_great_a.html
Genesis and Rush always had a great show. I remember going to see Rush and thinking how the heck is Geddy going to sing, play bass AND keyboards at the same time. Insane to watch/hear and he didn't miss a beat.
Those big concerts in the 70's were nuts. Oh, yes Aerosmith on the Toys in the Attic tour. Great show! I pissed Steven Tyler off. I had my camera and I was up front in the center. At the time I was using a flash. At one point the roadies came near me and waited for me to take another picture. When I raised my camera they tried to grab it. At that point I was done taking pictures. I didn't want to lose my camera or get kicked out.
If you like a great blues show, go check out Joe Bonamassa. Awesome show and the keyboard player used to play with Stevie Ray Vaughn.