[Long Distance Runner]

Top 5 bands you want to see live that still make music that you haven't seen yet and then top 5 that don't make music or play out anymore.
1. North Mississippi Allstars
2. Leftover Salmon
3. Medeski Martin & Wood
4. Ben Harper
5. Keller Williams

1. Grateful Dead
2. The Beatles
3. Phish
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Pink Floyd/Jimi Hendrix/Bob Marley/The Doors/SCI/Sublime/The Band....

[weirimpressed]

1.Beck
2.MMSW (langerado mon)
3.Aquarium Rescue Unit
4. STS9
5. Hot Tuna

1. Grateful Dead
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Phish
5. Pink Floyd/The Band/Allman Bros with Dickie

[steve]

1. Tom Waits
2. Hot Tuna
3. Goran Bregovic
4. No Smoking Orchestra
5. Nick Cave could be a good show

1. Grateful Dead
2. The Band
3. Hendrix/Floyd
4. Beatles/Zeppelin
5. Django

[Pigpen]

1.Jackie-O Motherfucker
2.The Red Krayola
3.Hamza Shakkar(Not positive hes still playing or alive :S)
4.Television(Played a show last summer so my hopes are up!)
5. 16 Horsepower

1. Grateful Dead
2. Camper Can Beethoven
3. Sun City Girls
4. Captain Beefheart
5. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
6. Holy Modal Rounders

[Chuckles]

1. Zep - I put them here after the news that Pagey said they just might do it!
2. ABB
3. Floyd (yeah, even w/o Waters; I'll take Gilmore & Co.)
4. Steely Dan
5. John MacLaughlin

1. Beatles
2. Miles
3. The Band
4. Marley
5. Uncle Tupelo

[ventura85]

1. Del McCorey band
2. Michael Franti
3. Tragically hip
4. Don Rickles
5. Tool

Of Course the Dead but how about these

1. Stevie Ray Vaughn
2. Miles Davis
3. Ronnie Van Zant
4. Marty Robbins
5. and I think I would have liked to see Janis once backed by Big Brother

[Billbbill]

Now I know this thread requires some thought but it is somewhat misplaced in the thinktank. Probably an "everything else" post.

Not a big deal - thought I'd mention it.

[weirimpressed]

these things are true, but what would you choose?

[st stephen]

1.Rolling Stones
2.Phil lesh and friends
3.Ratdog
4.DSO
5.U2


1.GRATEFUL DEAD
2.PHISH
3.Bob Marley and the Wailers
4.Frank Zappa
5.JGB

[bucketorain]

1. Jack Johnson
2. Rolling Stones
3. Tom Petty
4. Eric Clapton
5. Robert Cray

1. JGB
2. GD
3. Doors
4. Cream
5. Hendrix

[bobbybobbob]

I wish I could have heard Nick Drake perform in person. He rarely did it, and from what I've read, it was quite a performance when he did. He would sing his songs with so much emotion that by the time he was finished he would be on the verge of a breakdown.

That's why he rarely played live.

No video footage exists of the man.

[weirimpressed]

bucketofrain: jack johnson,really? my buddies, each of which were "highly" experienced in the art of , fell asleep at the concert and said it was the slowest concert they had ever seen.

[bobbybobbob]

bucketofrain: jack johnson,really? my buddies, each of which were "highly" experienced in the art of , fell asleep at the concert and said it was the slowest concert they had ever seen.

I have a lot of respect for the Jack Johnson and his art. I enjoy the easy-nature of his music.

HOWEVER.

It was the WORST concert I have ever been to. You could tell he did not want to be there, and was only going through the motions. He complained about a lot of stuff-- missing home (understandable), and rambled on about the big TV projector. He apperantley really hates them. His voice and playing sounds different from his records-- less inspired.

And the crowd he draws.... Don't get me started. Of the 10,000+ people at the show I bet only 1000 were paying attention to the music. Imagine the cast of "Highschool Musical" playing with their cellphones and gossiping-- and thats the crowd.

I almost fell asleep.

Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) opened from him. I really enjoyed their set and would have preferred to hear them the whole time. Unique mixture of pop/folk/light-hearted jazz.

When I got back to my car me and my friend played some dead '77 to shake off the weirdness. We never mentioned the incident again.

In conclusion-- I would rather watch a local bar band stumble through "Louie Louie" then go to another JJ concert. --but I will keep listening to his albums!

[China Cat]

1. Umphrey's McGee
2. Sound Tribe Sector 9
3. The Disco Biscuits
4. Daft Punk
5. Tea Leaf Green
others would be Galactic, YMSB, MMW, Primus, Ratdog, PL&F

1. Grateful Dead
2. Phish
3. Allman Bros 1969
4. SCI
5. Bob Marley & the Wailers
others would be Sublime, Cream, Hendrix, Zappa