Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of concerts you've attended

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Here's a pile of 'em, I'll see if I can pick 4 that should

Aug 4, 2021, 12:46 PM

be carved in stone.

Metallica, Ovens Auditorium, Greenville, 1992: for as much as I don't give a shit about Metallica for about the last 25 years, man, they were good in the '80s and very early '90s. Saw them 3 times in '91/'92, in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville. The Greenville show was general admission, and we thought we had missed out on good second level seats before running around to the back of the diamond-shaped stage. Turns out, we were on the rail, with a 15' drop to the floor, and back of the stage was maybe 5' away from us. So the entire band was that close to us at various points in the show. Even did spotlight on Newsted during the 5 or 10 second break in Sad But True, where the entire auditorium was blacked out, except for the bass player, who we could have reached out and almost touched.

Tom Petty, Charleston Coliseum, 1994: fuggin' amazing show

Lollapalooza 1993: hot af in Charlotte, and well before they had the amphitheater thing built, so just a big dust field. RATM was the first band to play, and just wrecked shit. That was the most "whatthefuckjusthappened" concert moment ever, since nobody had heard of them yet. Tool, Alice In Chains, Primus. And this pic from that tour:

Layne, Les, Maynard

Pink Floyd, Valley, 1994: junior at Clemson, got high af, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of that

Foo Fighters, 1995, Masquerade, Atlanta: might have been 200 people at that show, I touched Dave Grohl's leg, he flicked his ashes on me, and I almost passed out like 5 songs in because hot af, drunk af, and moshpit headshots

Tool, Bi-Lo Center (I think), Greenville, 2002(ish): it's Tool, so, you know.

Camp Freddy, Body English in Vegas, NYE 2006: this might be my coolest "concert" experience ever. Some band named Camp Freddy was playing at a club that a Charlotte (sort of) friend got a VIP table for because high roller. So, no real cares who this band was, because great table with a big old bottle of Goose on it and lots of hot girls and various illicit substances. So Camp Freddy comes out, and turns out, it's a sort of revolving-door band that plays random gigs and changes their lineup almost every time they play. This lineup was Scott Weiland, Jerry Cantrell from AIC on guitar, Matt Sorum (The Cult and GnR) on drums, and Chris Chaney from Jane's Addiction on bass. We're like "wut". Is this actually happening? Like, we're sitting at a table, and there's a 3' riser stage 6' away from us, and Jerry Cantrell is just standing there, shredding, like it's a personal show for our table. There wasn't even anybody standing in between him and us. A couple guys at the table didn't know who the people on stage were and didn't appreciate what was happening, but a couple of us were speechless, mouths open, that friggin' Scott Weiland and Jerry Cantrell were putting on what was basically a private show for like 100 people. They only played for 45 minutes, but it was incredible.

Started having kids after that, so cool concerts went by the wayside. Middle daughter did go see The Pixies with me and the wife before she was born. Now it's the occasional show on the beach at Windjammer--Mingo and JJ Grey are consistently crushing it out there.

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The Chainsmokers - Club XS, Las Vegas, NV (June 14, 2019)
-Concert started at about 11pm, so after a full day of pool, gambling, drinking, and debauchery in Sin City, we hit the club after dinner at Tao and a few yard slushies for the walk back. Showed up and it turns out that the entire Toronto Raptors team had flown in from San Fran from the night before when they won the finals and were partying a few feet away from us. Chainsmokers didn't come on until 1, so we gambled by the pool while the opener was playing. Concert ended around 4am and we gambled until about 6am. Watched the sun rise from my room.

Old Crow Medicine Show with Lumineers as openers - Koka Booth Amphitheater, Cary, NC (August 17, 2012)
-Red and I basically fell in love this summer, and this was the first concert we had ever gone to together. All I really remember is her finding someone with a light up hula-hoop and spending the majority of her evening doing that.

Steel Drivers - Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, NC (May 17, 2018)
-Lincoln is a small dive bar with a glorified stage at the front. This was after Stapleton left, but they put on quite a #### show. Would go see them again any single day of the week.

Dirty Guv'nahs with my friends aerozeptallica and RH Tig - Music Factory, Charlotte, NC (May 16, 2014).
-Was in town for the All Star race in Charlotte the next night so I was staying with a friend of mine. Heard rumors of the Offical TigerNet concert crew getting together at the Music Factory to watch the Guv's and the Blue Dogs play, so how could I pass that opportunity up? Turns out that my friend grew up with RH's son, so they kind of knew one another, or at least of one another. Great time with great people.

Honorable Mentions:

Nsync - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC (October 17, 2000).
-This was my first concert and I was fired up as a 10 year old. My sister had gotten me tickets the year before for Christmas, so I had waited all year for this. Drove down with my mom and sister and we had front row in the upper deck. I quickly realized that boy band concerts are not quite for boys and from what I recall, refused to sing and pitched a fit because I did not want to be there.

Ludacris - Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, NC (September 17, 2010)
-Ludacris came to town for homecoming week and put on a free concert for students. My roommates and I got some tickets and went together. Sound was awful because Reynolds hadn't been updated yet and with so much bass, it wasn't quite the same. It smelled like weed, and weed only, and at the end of the night, the dude sitting behind us vomited in the seat next to me. Dodged that bullet, but quickly realized it was time to go home.

Your Mt. Rushmore of concerts you've attended

WSP 4/21/02 Asheville, NC

More specifically, the Bonnaroo would have to be

My top 3 because I don't need a fourth..........

Putting a George-Era WSP show in your Mt. Rushmore

You got hung up on that point that you missed DMB

Here ya go...

My memory is hazy but I think I saw the Dregs at Edgars

So many good bands at Edgars

Tinsley Ellis and the Heartfixers was amazing

Numerous Heartfixers shows at Edgar's.

I saw the Dregs in Tillman, don't remember an Edgars show.

Okay:

Good Lord. You saw Zep in '77? Also, good call on The Boss.

Bruce at a smaller venue like the Township is what

Pink Floyd at Death Valley

Yeah, I almost said that Friday RR show just because of the

Mine in no specific order....

oops...put in the wrong place***