greatest live band of all time?

It was all an act ;)

the Who were known to put on a rockin' show. Led Zeppelin also put on a good show from the footage i have seen. can't really beat the Dead and their improv sets. I've heard Motorhead puts on a pretty uptempo show and Blue Öyster Cult and their laser light shows had to be an awesome sight to see. not to mention Buck Dharma could play

I've seen a lot of live footage of bands...TV, VCR, DVD....but in no way does it compare with the buzz you get from seeing a live gig! People (even!) older than me speak with reverential awe of the Beatles at the Cavern....I never saw them, so I can't judge...

Of the bands I have seen live, Status Quo, Nazareth and Mott the Hoople would top my list....then again, I never saw the Stones...though I hope to later this year...Springsteen, the Who, the Dead, U2, Pink Floyd to name but a few....

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Vic

Pink Floyd musta been one heck of a show...

I saw the Who and they were AMAZING.

Everytime I go to see The Dave Matthews Band (which is more times than I have fingers), I get blown away. He puts on a killer show. One of the times when he came to my home state, he was sick, and still put on a killer show! Great Band!!!

.02 on the dollar.

My dad went to a Phish concert once and he said it was incredible.... 8)

Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tour band, whoever was in it when I saw them in '73. The bassist was amazing; did this long stoptime solo (long, if I remember, which was fashionable back then), using everything he had, including doing harmonics with his ring.

Also the Randy Hansen Hendrix Tribute band. I saw him and his two guys blow Heart off the stage once. It was...funny actually. The 'original' Heart though - Baracuda vintage. Two things about Randy: he's a white guy, and he's right-handed. Other than that, he *was* Hendrix that night.

The eagles 1978 "Hotel California" Tour was the best out door concert I have seen. Tom Waits 1977 "Blue Valentine" tour was the best Theater/Club gig I have ever seen. ( 400 seat theater in the midwest). Shawn Phillips Did a one man show that was fantastic back in the late seventies also. I saw the Stones in 1978 also ( a good summer for concerts in Chicago) A close second to the Eagles live, but then they were the stones!! :lol: -the dog

I think the best live show I've caught in my many decades of concert-going was Paul McCartney. Then the Stones and the Who. Phish were good too, but the Dead are better. And Crosby Stills Nash and Young are pretty incredible too.

Queen

No doubt about it. there's no competition.

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Oh, speaking of the Stones; I only saw them that one time in '73 and the support band (sorta) upstaged them. I didn't know what upstage was back then but here were three guys, playing all this 'stuff' and I was thinking, "Man, these cowboy dressed, long bearded guys are fantastic. They did this yodeling thing, back and forth between the guitarist and the bassist, where they were having fun trying to out yodel each other while the drummer kept the beat going, and it was really amazing.

It was a great warmup act for sure, and then the Stones came out with all the expectation and anticipation I had, and they just seemed...tiny...somehow. It was really them (this was the Mick Taylor version) but I guess all the hype (in my mind) made it impossible for them to be anything but 'less' than what I expected.

Anyhow, I didn't find out until years later that that cowboy band was ZZ Top.

Heheheeh...great show guys!

I saw ZZ top in 1974 at the Hammond in. civic center for $5.00 great show 8) 8)

I saw ZZ Top in the 70s and thought they where great, saw the Stones when Billy Preston was touring with them. Saw Clapton, a young women in his band sang Layla, I liked that. But the best concert I ever went to was Van Morrison in I believe 1971. He had this acapella soul group open for him that just blew me away and it got better and better as the night went on. The musicianship of his band was just phenomenal. My wife would vote for Rod Stewart, she drags me to his concert almost every year. I have to admit that he does put on a good show.