Your first concert: Jethro Tull with J. Geils, Colt Park, Hartford CT, 1976
Your best concert: 1a, 1b - Carmen McRae, Blue Note NYC 1985/6
2a - Leonard Bernstein & NY Philharmonic, Shostakovich Symphony #6, 1987ish
2b - NYC Premiere of Nixon in China by John Adams, Brooklyn 1987
The concert you wish you had attended: The Who, with a healthy Keith Moon
Worst concert: Stephen Stills at Mem Aud, Stanford 1979/80? (Stills was so wasted he could barely stand and was ushered off the stage after a half hour or so; I had really hoped there would be a Neil Young surprise visit, but Neil was smart enough to avoid this disaster) Honorable mention: Eric Clapton with Dave Mason where Clapton was way too far gone to make music, 1977ish
Band you've seen the most: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (or SF Symphony or NY Philharmonic)
Last concert, by genre:
Santa Fe Opera - La Traviata, etc. -- perhaps my favorite venue
Vienna Philharmonic with Christian Thielemann, Bruckner Symphony #8 at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley (disappointing)
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap - SF Jazz (awesome)
Phil Lesh and Friends - Mountain Theater, Mt. Tam
Your best concert: 1a, 1b - Carmen McRae, Blue Note NYC 1985/6
2a - Leonard Bernstein & NY Philharmonic, Shostakovich Symphony #6, 1987ish
2b - NYC Premiere of Nixon in China by John Adams, Brooklyn 1987
The concert you wish you had attended: The Who, with a healthy Keith Moon
Worst concert: Stephen Stills at Mem Aud, Stanford 1979/80? (Stills was so wasted he could barely stand and was ushered off the stage after a half hour or so; I had really hoped there would be a Neil Young surprise visit, but Neil was smart enough to avoid this disaster) Honorable mention: Eric Clapton with Dave Mason where Clapton was way too far gone to make music, 1977ish
Band you've seen the most: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (or SF Symphony or NY Philharmonic)
Last concert, by genre:
Santa Fe Opera - La Traviata, etc. -- perhaps my favorite venue
Vienna Philharmonic with Christian Thielemann, Bruckner Symphony #8 at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley (disappointing)
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap - SF Jazz (awesome)
Phil Lesh and Friends - Mountain Theater, Mt. Tam