Comments on: Top 10 Concerts (+ Top 10 Black Crowes Concerts) http://mitchblum.com/2009/12/04/top-10-concerts-top-10-black-crowes-concerts/ Destroyer of Words Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mitch http://mitchblum.com/2009/12/04/top-10-concerts-top-10-black-crowes-concerts/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Mitch Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:22:26 +0000 http://mitchblum.com/?p=1169#comment-109 RatDog: That was a great Eyes. It's a shame the SBD is crappy. I also really dug the Lowell show. and of course the Orpheum show that you missed was great and we had front-row center seats. I forgot to add Al Stewart to the list. We saw him in a bar in Ballston Spa, NY ages ago and he was great. Buffett: what about that killer Jolly Mon Sing we got in '88? (groan) RatDog: That was a great Eyes. It’s a shame the SBD is crappy. I also really dug the Lowell show. and of course the Orpheum show that you missed was great and we had front-row center seats.

I forgot to add Al Stewart to the list. We saw him in a bar in Ballston Spa, NY ages ago and he was great.

Buffett: what about that killer Jolly Mon Sing we got in ‘88? (groan)

]]> By: Kenny B http://mitchblum.com/2009/12/04/top-10-concerts-top-10-black-crowes-concerts/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Kenny B Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:35:59 +0000 http://mitchblum.com/?p=1169#comment-108 The problem with Jimmy Buffett is that while his shows are a blast (both before and during), they aren't ever monumental. I can vividly recall many of those shows fondly, but there isn't anything that stands out as supremely special. With Bobby it was more of a struggle. The Orpheum show from 3/13/2007 almost made the list. That "Eyes" with George Garzone sitting in on sax was (as the wookies like to say) EPIC! If they hadn't played "Johnny Be Goode" as the encore it would have kicked Jackson Browne off the list. The problem with Jimmy Buffett is that while his shows are a blast (both before and during), they aren’t ever monumental. I can vividly recall many of those shows fondly, but there isn’t anything that stands out as supremely special.

With Bobby it was more of a struggle. The Orpheum show from 3/13/2007 almost made the list. That “Eyes” with George Garzone sitting in on sax was (as the wookies like to say) EPIC! If they hadn’t played “Johnny Be Goode” as the encore it would have kicked Jackson Browne off the list.

]]> By: Mitch http://mitchblum.com/2009/12/04/top-10-concerts-top-10-black-crowes-concerts/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Mitch Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:59:06 +0000 http://mitchblum.com/?p=1169#comment-107 Well, I tried not to double-up artists. REM was fantastic that year - but like I said I don't need to see them again. I guess the first Steely Dan reunion tour could have made the cut too. Jackson Browne was awesome when we saw him. I left a lot of great shows off the list. People that didn't make the cut: Guns N Roses (at their peak), The Rolling Stones (past their peak), Bruce Springsteen & The Bloated Jersey Shore Bar Band (too much cheese), Sheryl Crow (too hungover the night after her first grammys), etc. The big omission: Jimmy Buffett. That's alot of shows that we saw together in the 80s and not a mention from either of us. RatDog? Plenty of great ones from Bobby. Well, I tried not to double-up artists. REM was fantastic that year – but like I said I don’t need to see them again. I guess the first Steely Dan reunion tour could have made the cut too. Jackson Browne was awesome when we saw him. I left a lot of great shows off the list.

People that didn’t make the cut: Guns N Roses (at their peak), The Rolling Stones (past their peak), Bruce Springsteen & The Bloated Jersey Shore Bar Band (too much cheese), Sheryl Crow (too hungover the night after her first grammys), etc.

The big omission: Jimmy Buffett. That’s alot of shows that we saw together in the 80s and not a mention from either of us. RatDog? Plenty of great ones from Bobby.

]]> By: Kenny B http://mitchblum.com/2009/12/04/top-10-concerts-top-10-black-crowes-concerts/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Kenny B Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:22:12 +0000 http://mitchblum.com/?p=1169#comment-106 Out of the many shows you've seen (possibly 100???...without even including the Crowes) you include REM in the top 10? I'm both shocked and dismayed. Out of the many shows you’ve seen (possibly 100???…without even including the Crowes) you include REM in the top 10? I’m both shocked and dismayed.

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