The Concerts of My Livetime
Ok, so a friend of mine asked me what concerts I’ve attended. It set me thinking for a good day and since I was a little unoccupied, here goes. The most memorable concerts I’ve attended:
Uriah Heep – Chennai (this was in 1983 at IIT-M) and more recently in 2006 in Mumbai (review here) Rush (30th Anniversary Tour) – Darien Lake PAC, NY (see ticket here and review here) Eric Clapton – 2001, Los Angeles, CA Iron Maiden – 2003, Madison Square Garden, NYC and more recently in Bangalore, IN in 2007 (the one I saw in Bangalore sucked a bit and I was saddened but well hey, “we will live to fight another day”, eh) Judas Priest – 2005, Darien Lake PAC, NY (review here) Phish – 1998, Worcester, MA Dream Theater – 2004, Madison Square Garden, NYC (review here) Black Sabbath (1999 Reunion Tour with Ozzy Osbourne) – 1999, San Bernadino, CA Dave Brubeck – 2005, Rochester, NY (review here) Ozzy Osbourne and Korn – Ozzfest 2003 (Korn was pretty F-all) Metallica – March 2004, San Francisco, CA Queensryche – 2005, Darien Lake PAC, NY John Lee Hooker – 1997, Chicago, IL Buddy Guy – 1998, Chicago, IL and more recently Mumbai, IN (Good concert. Wifey and I loved it!!!) Jean Luc Ponty – Bangalore, IN (forget year, played with LS) Deep Purple – Bangalore, IN (forget year) Pink Floyd – Bangalore, IN (forget year, smoked up at the show) Scorpions – 2001, Bangalore, IN Jethro Tull – 1998, Hammersmith Odeon, UK Yes – 2002, Prague, CR G3 – 2004, NYC (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci and Neal Schon) (review here) Ted Nugent – 2004, Rochester, NY Journey/Foreigner (back to back) – 1997, Austin, TX Doobie Brothers, Stevie Nicks – 2000, San Francisco, CA (This was a private party hosted by BankAm and the performance was a blast!!!) Chick Corea – 2005, Rochester, NY John Scofield – 2005, Rochester, NY Zappa Plays Zappa – 2006, Royal Albert Hall, London (review here) Remember Shakti – 2006, Mumbai, IN (complete and total balls up without parachutes is how I summarise this one – saving grace were Ustad Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin. Selva Ganesh, welcome addition as was Mandolin Srinivas. Shankar Mahadevan was a disaster vocally, why oh why?) Alan Parsons Project, 2007, Mumbai IN (review here) Walter Trout and the Radicals – 2007, Mumbai, IN (review here) Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sultan Khan – 2007, Mumbai (review here). I enjoyed every one of these but the ones that stand out are Zappa, Rush, Clapton, Phish, Sabbath, Dream Theater, Brubeck and Hooker (in no order).