List the group, location and the year. For me it was: ROLLING STONES New Orleans 1989.

Had front row ticket. Friend at record Store owed me a favor and pulled the tickets for me on Ticketmaster.

Isaac Hayes and the Movement. Municipal Auditorium 1971 Kansas City, Mo. Music from the movie Shaft. The soundtrack was released in mid 1971. Being that my dad was a cop, we got in free and even though I stood the whole time, seeing Isaac Hayes do the theme from Shaft was something I never forgot. Seeing Charles "Skip" Pitts on guitar do the opening bars on the Shaft theme was simply mind blowing.

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Ramones, 1978 at a Champaign, Illinois bar. I video'd them for a local TV station. They were on a riser about a foot and a half high, my toes against the riser. Johnny played to my cam, the sound level overwhelmed our new Ikegami cam causing video distortion. Fine by me, a life changing experience.

Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms 1985, closely followed by Live Aid .

Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon tour with Motley Crew and their Shout at the Devil tour in 1983 at the old Richfield Coliseum. Awesome show.

Any of the 6 or so Neil Diamond concerts I have been to. Be it in San Diego, Los Angeles, or Phoenix, always, without fail, a fantastic concert. From the late 80s to 2017.

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1980s Orange Bowl The Who. B52s and Joan Jett opened. It was a great show.

May 29th, 2004. Texas stadium. Jimmy Buffett, George Strait & Alan Jackson. Still have the tix stub

Leonard Cohen in Cleveland, 2009. I think he was 75 & he put on a 3 hour show.

Mid-1980’s Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Deep Purple the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh 1985. That or one of the Rush shows at the same venue.

Third Eye Blind at the Fillmore, 2008.

As much as I hate to say it, Bruce Springsteen, Springfield, MA Civic Center, 1977. Seemed like he played forever and was still doing a lot of stuff from his first 3 (and best) albums. He hadn't become the PC, SJW, a-hole he is now yet.

Queen, San Diego sports arena, 77 or 78.

Can’t pick “the best,” I have seen a lot of live music. Some standouts: The Stones touring “Exile;” The Who touring “Who’s Next;” Jethro Tull touring “Thick As a Brick; Pink Floyd “DSOM Tour;” Bob Dylan and The Band Reunion Tour. More recently: Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall, Joe Bonamassa, JJ Grey and Mofro, JD McPherson and his band, Samantha Fish, Bonnie Raitt, ZZ Top (Deguello Tour and just last year).

The highest energy, as I recall, was probably The Stones and The Who. BTW, the second time I saw the Stones was a stadium concert; I never went to another. What a miserable experience.

I have only been to a handful of concerts, usually not worth the trouble to me. The best would have to be Andrea Bocelli, twice for valentines with my smokin' hot Wife

Having been to hundreds of shows in clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums, I have narrowed it down to a tie between two, my favorites, at least for today-

The Replacements at the I-Beam nightclub in San Francisco, 1985

Nick Lowe and His Noise To Go (w/Paul Carrack), The Keystone Palo Alto, mid 1980s

Man, that's a hard one. But I think it would have to have been John Denver. Late 70's or early 80's, I think. I don't recall the venue. Olympia Stadium, maybe?

Close second would probably be The Marshall Tucker Band at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. Around the same time period.