Who Did You Just See Live?

[Lincsong]

Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell at The Orleans in Las Vegas.

 

[Kahuna]

I just saw Rodney Crowell at the Kenworthy, our 1925 era theater. It was a solo show reading from his new book "Chinaberry Sidewalks" & singing songs old and new.

 

[Dan'l]

Not golden era but...

I saw Blue Man Group last night for the first time. Amazing is all I can say. About 20 years ago me and friend were hanging out and saw these freaking looking guys show up on the TV screen. At first we were both like, "What's up with these guys?" By the end of that tv spot we were fans but never saw them until last night. We took the wives and they agreed it was great entertainment, even for a generation that has nearly amused itself to death.

It was like a rock concert, comedy show, and electric kool-aide all in one. I thought it was interesting how they used modern technology to make fun of modern technology.

 

[VitaminG]

took my son to the Soundwave festival last Saturday. We saw bands like Monster Magnet, Devildriver, Slash, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Slayer, Rob Zombie, with Iron Maiden playing a 2 hour set to close out the day.

There many, many more bands (6 stages going almost constantly) but those are the ones that stood out

 

[chanteuseCarey]

4/3/2011: Just saw the California Pops Orchestra's "Tribute to the Big Bands" concert!! Our family has volunteered for them the last three seasons. 68 musicians on stage yesterday, I almost started to cry when the string section came in on "Moonlight Serenade"... A GREAT show with incredible music!!

 

[fluteplayer07]

Going to see Josh Groban in July... I'm excited!

 

[Spw4922]

Well, My lady friend and I are frequent live music goers. Over the last year or so it's been:
Steeley Dan in Boston
John Prine in Boston
Diana Krall On the Cape
Emmylou Harris in Portsmouth NH
Grahm Parker in Portland ME
Maria Muldaur in Portland ME
Sara Lee Guthrie & Jeremy Irions in Mansfield MA
Carlene Carter on the Cape
Leon Russell in Foxboro MA
Sheryl Crowe in Boston
Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin on the Cape
Bill Staines on the Cape
Lucinda Williams in Portsmouth NH
& we saw Wicked on stage in SF

Coming up are:
Neil Young in Boston
Paul Simon in Boston
Elvis Costello on the Cape
Rory Block at The Guthrie enter in MA (Arlo actually answered the phone when we called for tickets)

 

[Big Man]

We just got in from seeing Clyde "Pop" Ferguson, an absolutely fantastic 83 year-old blues musician. Great old-time blues sounds from the 1920's through the 1950's. Pop Ferguson played guitar for the late Etta Baker.

 

[lolly_loisides]

This afternoon I'm going to see the Errol Buddle Quintet. Errol has played with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Sammy Davis Jr and Nat King Cole. He's 83 & still going strong. I saw him last year & really enjoyed the gig, so I'm looking forward to seeing him again.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Sunday afternoon June 12, 2011. The final concert of the 2010-2011 season of the California Pops Orchestra that I and my two teens volunteer for. The guest soloist was singer and Broadway actor Pierce Peter Brant, excellent as always! 65+ great musicians make up the CA Pops under the direction and baton of Maestro Kim Venaas. Wonderful, wonderful music. Everything from the service songs of each branch of the military, Glenn Miller's American Patrol, Stars and Stripes Forever, Being Alive by Stephen Sondheim, God bless America, Chicken in the Straw, to I've Got You Under My Skin.

 

[TCMfan25]

We're at this very moment hosting a concert by the Butch Thompson Trio, well known from "A Prairie Home Companion." I'm in the office counting out the tills as they do their encore number, a version of Bing Crosby's "Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day."

Hopefully they haven't left a mess for me in the Green Room. These musicians can be brutal.

WTBOTNMTGOTD is my favourite Bing song!

 

[carouselvic]

BeauSoleil

 

[BinkieBaumont]

I'm off to see the legendary Chita Rivera in an hour or so, i got a front row seat at the last minute

http://www.hismajestystheatre.com.au/eventDisplay.aspx?ID=584

 

[topango]

Not "just seen" but last one seen live approx three months ago[video=youtube;_cVXSMWCJo4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cVXSMWCJo4[/video]

 

[BinkieBaumont]

I'm off to see the legendary Chita Rivera in an hour or so, i got a front row seat at the last minute

http://www.hismajestystheatre.com.au/eventDisplay.aspx?ID=584

Chita was amazing, 78 yo going on 45, she was on stage for 1hour and ten minutes, no break, didn't even stop for a glass of water!!! dancing, singing , telling jokes, reminiscing about "West Side Story" in 1957 which she stared in!


[video=youtube;9D6kpgrTnBg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D6kpgrTnBg[/video]

 

[Undertow]

The last show I paid to see was Cannibal Corpse in Des Moines, and Marduk just a few weeks before that. We never usually get top acts through here because we're considered a "B Venue".

 

[Tomasso]

Chita...... reminiscing about "West Side Story" in 1957 which she stared in!

Did she mention Rita Moreno?

 

[W-D Forties]

I don't get out to gigs as often as Id like, but the last one I saw was Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer in Liverpool last month


http://youtu.be/6t28COxEp2k

 

[Twit]

Just got back from seeing The Blanks, acappella band, mainly famous fir having Ted from Scrubs in it. Went as a friend had a spare ticket, but really good and actually funny! That's the warm up for Glastonbury this weekend, so many bands and other stuff there, as long as it doesn't rain too much it'll be great!!!

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Did she mention Rita Moreno?

No, are they arch enemies or something?, she said she loved Gwen Verdon, and misses her terribly, and did this as a tribute to her


[video=youtube;md2FBmv6VDI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md2FBmv6VDI[/video]