just a question

i would have to say Led Zeppelin. There is no doubt in my mind about that.

 

The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd...no question

 

i'd deffenitly see Janis, The Doors, and the CCR

 

Gong, ca. 1973-74
Pink Floyd ca. 1969-72
Soft Machine ca. 1966-70

 

The Beatles, Guns N Roses, Led Zepplin, Queen, Bob Marley

 

wow man, liek that's hard. beatles, sabbath, or led zep. i could say more but those are the top 3.

 

Hendrix, Allman Bros, Phish, moe., STS9 again.

 

led zeppelin, janis joplin, jimi hendrix, and bob marley

 

zeppelin, hendrix, or bob marley! i can't decide!

 

I'd have to say The Doors, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, etc....

 

Honestly, I wouldn't go see the beatles even if they still toured. Apparently once they hit it big they only ever played a 30 minute set, and I don't like their early stuff. I would feel VERY cheated.

Allman brother's band while duane was still alive or Bob Marley.

 

Cream (I've already seen Hendrix and Joplin, and even though I didn't really "see" them, I think I remember the Airplane playing in D.C. during the Vietnam Moratorium)

Then again, I'd like to hear The Munchkins or The Pound Sterling, because the late Craig Bolyn was as good a guitarist as Clapton, Larry Morris plays bass as well as Jack Bruce, and "Ron Munchkin" (Langstreet? Langstaff?) was as good a junkie drummer as Ginger Baker was a speed-freak drummer. At one time, they also had a female vocalist. And they played Crossroads, crediting both Robert Johnson and Eric Claption and the Renegades (the "What's Shakin'" album), before Cream released "Wheels of Fire."

I would be remiss if I didn't include The Mothers. In 1970, I happened to catch them doing a heavy jazz jam on an educational station (the predecessor to PBS) and recorded it on my brand-new cassette digester (er, recorder). Not too long after that, some asshole wanted to record something else and used my tape! Pissed me off!

 

Absolutely, Duane made the band. Even Clapton appreciated his talent and used it on Derek and the Dominoes.

 

Excellent choice, with one caveat: I had a live 8-track with a disappointing version of "Heroin" on it, but it was probably done somewhat later. Then again, I recently heard a live recording of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" that blew me away with the instrumental, so who knows?

 

I saw them in 1970 at an outdoor concert at the Temple U. stadium. There were multicolored pyrotechnic flames shooting out from above the stage. I never saw them since, but I'm convinced I caught them in their prime. (The acid helped, too!)

Hey, anyone remember the "Pigeon Park" spoof in the 70's with two old geezers reminiscing about the good old days, like "that band we were in, the Dreadful Grate"? One of the other lines was "It's so righteous to see you. Righteous, righteous, righteous!"