It’s easier for me to list just the acts I saw a literal s*hit TON rather than even try to remember the list
Bowie - saw every Philly show other than David Live Tower Run and Glass Spider Tour - best shows were Station to Station tour shows and Tower Heathen show,
Bruce - from club/college dates to outside arena shows - fav E Street player was Suki Lahav - props if you have any clue as to who I’m even talking about. You could see the fire she had with Bruce and She’s the One is said by many to be about her,
Grateful Dead - 70’s to the end, have never seen Dead and Co but have seen Wolf Brothers - Rec Hall was when I first got on the bus,
Allman Brothers - Philly and then Beacon was a March ritual - nothing was better than seeing who stopped by to sit in at the Beacon - a strange one but the night that Robert Randolph sat in for One Way Out, I thought the Beacon roof might blow off from the reaction. Maybe the strangest sit in was Natalie Cole, specifically Whipping Post. The reaction from Warren and Oteil at the beginning is cool, they feel her grit and realize she’s going to absolutely crush it,
Buddy Guy, BB King, Susan Tedeschi/Derek Trucks Band/Tedeschi Trucks Band - from a certain point in time, have seen most of the Philly area shows of each,
For you Philly geezers like me, I can’t even tell you how many times I saw Johnny’s Dance Band. They were a house band at a Philly club and played a ton as well in New Hope. They also loved Penn State. For those who remember them, Bobby Lenti (guitar player) sadly passed from COVID end of 2020.
Best show is more interesting because it has more to do with how that performer simply resonated that night with you.
Jimmy Cliff - saw him only once but his spirit made you smile. I never left a show with a bigger smile, he just made you feel something, I can’t describe it.
Regrets are for shows I was supposed to go to but didn’t for one reason or another. Pink Floyd Wall Tour in New York, Elvis, and Ray Charles. I never was supposed to go see Sinatra or Johnny Cash but wish I did now looking back.
@Grant Green, what say you?
