I got to see 3 Dog Night and Steppenwolf at Mud Island in Memphis before moving down south. It was one of the best concerts I've been to (and I've been to many a concert :D--> )
It was AWESOME! I tried to post this a couple of times the day after the concert but da' boss kept popping into the office...
Pat Travers opened the concert. We were in the 5th row and there was next to NOONE infront of us. Travers really rocked and has a new album out. I wasn't really sure about who he was or his hit songs (Boom Boom Out Go The Lights and Snorting Whiskey). I was very impressed, and quite deaf, by his performance.
The Yardbirds were the second act of the night. I believe there was only one original member. It was a good set but nothing super-memorable. Hubby, a good musician in his own right, was really into who's who in the band and backup musicians.
Vanilla Fudge was excellent! It was all of the original members. They hadn't toured in 35 years. They did try to do their set the way you might have heard it 35 years ago - long pauses between songs, long, weird intros to songs. But they absolutely nailed "You Just Keep Me Hanging On".
As the night wore on, more and more people began filling in the seats.
John Kay and Steppenwolf. What a stage presence! WOW! Magic Carpet Ride and Born to Be Wild really got the audience jumping - the place just went nuts.
Finally, there was The Doors. Ian Astbury was out of this world - you would have thought it was Jim Morrison on the stage. He even had some of the theatrics down - holy cow! I'm a big Doors fan - got all the albums, some collectors editions, bootlegs, you-name-it - this was better playing than any of their live stuff I'd heard before (probably because they weren't so chemically impaired as they were in the late-60's!) Even though they did some songs that I'm sure Morrison would have detested doing live (like Light My Fire) - it was a great show!
At one point, Ray Manzarek, who's got to be 60-something, was playing the organ with one foot on the keyboard, thumping away at it with all his might, and gave his stool a good ol' rock-n-roll kick to the side - even though they're old farts now they can still rock!
They also got off on the fact that New Hampshire's motto is "Live Free Or Die". Astbury made some comment about how he liked the motto and how NH-ites didn't have to wear motorcycle helmets by law. He said "They wear $%# pink helmets in California! I'm with you!" He also said something very rock and roll at the beginning of the show: "This ain't no %$#%$ Storyteller's concert. This is ^%$^%$ rock and roll. Ain't no Viagra in their cupboards!" (referring to Kreiger and Manzarek).
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Belle
I'm jealous!!
I got to see 3 Dog Night and Steppenwolf at Mud Island in Memphis before moving down south. It was one of the best concerts I've been to (and I've been to many a concert
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Raf
Sounds real cool.
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Oakspear
Didn't know Phil Chen was still around. Top-rate bassist
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Linda Z
So Chas, do tell! How was it???
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It was AWESOME! I tried to post this a couple of times the day after the concert but da' boss kept popping into the office...
Pat Travers opened the concert. We were in the 5th row and there was next to NOONE infront of us. Travers really rocked and has a new album out. I wasn't really sure about who he was or his hit songs (Boom Boom Out Go The Lights and Snorting Whiskey). I was very impressed, and quite deaf, by his performance.
The Yardbirds were the second act of the night. I believe there was only one original member. It was a good set but nothing super-memorable. Hubby, a good musician in his own right, was really into who's who in the band and backup musicians.
Vanilla Fudge was excellent! It was all of the original members. They hadn't toured in 35 years. They did try to do their set the way you might have heard it 35 years ago - long pauses between songs, long, weird intros to songs. But they absolutely nailed "You Just Keep Me Hanging On".
As the night wore on, more and more people began filling in the seats.
John Kay and Steppenwolf. What a stage presence! WOW! Magic Carpet Ride and Born to Be Wild really got the audience jumping - the place just went nuts.
Finally, there was The Doors. Ian Astbury was out of this world - you would have thought it was Jim Morrison on the stage. He even had some of the theatrics down - holy cow! I'm a big Doors fan - got all the albums, some collectors editions, bootlegs, you-name-it - this was better playing than any of their live stuff I'd heard before (probably because they weren't so chemically impaired as they were in the late-60's!) Even though they did some songs that I'm sure Morrison would have detested doing live (like Light My Fire) - it was a great show!
At one point, Ray Manzarek, who's got to be 60-something, was playing the organ with one foot on the keyboard, thumping away at it with all his might, and gave his stool a good ol' rock-n-roll kick to the side - even though they're old farts now they can still rock!
They also got off on the fact that New Hampshire's motto is "Live Free Or Die". Astbury made some comment about how he liked the motto and how NH-ites didn't have to wear motorcycle helmets by law. He said "They wear $%# pink helmets in California! I'm with you!" He also said something very rock and roll at the beginning of the show: "This ain't no %$#%$ Storyteller's concert. This is ^%$^%$ rock and roll. Ain't no Viagra in their cupboards!" (referring to Kreiger and Manzarek).
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