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The 7 Best Concerts I’ve Seen
I put up a list of the top 7 concerts that I have seen on another blog to see if anyone would like to share their favorite live musical moments with me and…1 person did. Thanks, Cal! So, since the readership of this blog is a little bigger and I would think that the majority of the people that read it are pretty into live music, I figured I would post my list here too.
If you’ve never put a list of your favorite concerts together, it’s not that easy. So many stick out that were great but just not as good as _____. So, here goes, comment out your lists if you like and I promise not to make fun of The Bacon Brothers or Dogstar topping them.
Best Concerts I’ve seen (based on music and sentimentality*)
1. Underworld – Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL 4-26-99
2. Phish – Deer Creek, Noblesville, IN 7-11-00
3. U2 – Camp Randall, Madison, WI 6-25-97
4. Radiohead – Grant Part, Chicago, IL 8-01-01
5. Pearl Jam – Alpine Valley, East Troy 10-08-00
6. My Morning Jacket – Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6-16-06
7. Ween – The Rave Basement, Milwaukee, WI 5-14-00
Honorable Mention: Pearl Jam – Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI 6-26 &27-98
*The music doesn’t always have to be the most important factor in making a concert one of the best you’ve seen. I’m specifically thinking about the U2 show I saw at Camp Randall. While the Pop Mart show was great and the biggest concert production that I’ve ever seen, it was the time spent before-walking around UW’s campus and the everlasting conversation after out on a porch that were the best parts of that day.
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I was at #3, #4, and #6. I can’t begin to make a list like this. Probably 500+ concerts since 1979. I know the MMJ show at Bonnaroo 06 is near the top for me. Many Grateful Dead shows would be on the list. The Decemberists at Wheaton College in a church with a giant organ on Halloween might be on the list too. Wilco’s tour opener at The Pabst Theater on April 14, 2009 has to be on the list. There would be other MMJ shows too.