I have not been to too many, but the one i went to: Paco de Lucia sextet in Munich in 1993 was more than enough to make up for it. It was a wish to see him again which could not be fulfilled on account of him passing away. If you have not heard the maestro , just watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Nw0Hm_wTM
Another one was Jean Luc Ponty on one of his concerts to Bangalore. The ushers let us in before the concert started since we had come so early and we watched the practicing for half an hour before the start. There was no audience besides us. Deepak <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 2:47 AM Thejaswi Udupa <[email protected]> wrote: > I've spent way too many weekends at concerts, a lot of them in Bangalore, > and many of them great memories. FWIW, I've probably watched Gaurav live > over a dozen times as part of Phenom, RDP, and I think on one occasion as > an emergency replacement in another PESIT band (Black Earth?) > > Anyway, here's a short list of my best concerts > > 1. Megadeth, at Bangalore. 2008. > > Many considered this a flop, for various reasons. A disinterested crowd, a > band that hardly interacted with the crowd, etc. But as someone who was > right at front, it was perfect. As for banter with crowd, three songs in > Mustaine finally talked. "We're Megadeth, you know why we're here." And > then tore into the fourth song. Perfect. > > > 2. Black Sabbath, at Mountain View, 2013. > > It was supposed to be one of their last gigs ever (turned out to be a lie > later on). Ozzy was off key most of the time, but the Shoreline > Amphitheatre venue and the lovely, friendly crowd of mostly metal thathas > made for a lovely experience. > > 3. Demilich, at Bangalore, 2015. > > A cult death metal band, an unlikely gig in Bangalore. A crowd of no more > than 100 in a shady pub. But damn, did the band prove why they're so highly > regarded. They didn't ease up because they were playing for such a small > crowd. If anything, they doubled down. > > 4. Random LA bands playing at Whiskey A-go-go and Viper Room, 2014 > > I lived in LA for a couple of months, thanks to work, and happily immersed > myself in the Sunset Boulevard gig scene. Lots of random bands, the only > one I remember is Azimuth because the mom of the lead singer thought I was > really enjoying music and gave me a lot of band swag, t-shirt, CD, etc. The > music of all the bands was strictly so-so, but it was all such a nice > scene. > > 5. TM Krishna, Chennai in 2015 > > This was at his nephew's wedding. A small kacheri with just some 30 > invitees. I had listened to TMK live before, but this was when I saw him at > his playful best. A brilliant kacheri of mostly tukdas, where all the songs > had the groom's name as part of the lyrics. > > > 6. Roger Daltrey, San Jose, 2011 > > With a backing band and orchestra, played Quadrophenia end to end. Was > brilliant. > > 7. Iron Maiden, Bangalore, 2007 > > I cut short a trip to Goa with then recent girlfriend much to her distress > to come attend this. I don't regret it one bit (don't think she now minds > either, but that's not the point) Superbly produced, and the Bangalore > crowd genuinely won Maiden over, given they came back again > > 8. Satyricon, Bangalore, 2008 > > I was thick as thieves with many in the Bangalore metal scene, and this one > I attended backstage, because somehow I had a pass that said I was a drum > technician for one of the opening acts. Me, Jack (of Kryptos and Bevar Sea > fame), and Hari Shenoy who many on this list know, got tanked up in a > standing bar and then were the only three people who attended the gig at > the foot of the stage. Great fun. > > 9. Opeth, Madras, 2009 > > Colleges in India after this kept getting big-name bands to play at their > fests. But IITM did it first and best. > > 10. Deep Purple, Bangalore, 2001 > > My first "big" gig. So I'll always remember it fondly. > > Honorable mentions > > Jethro Tull, 2006, Bangalore > Unknown thatha, 2011, The Saloon, San Francisco > Scorpions, 2002, Bangalore > Mark Knopfler, 2005, Bangalore > Roger Waters, 2002, Bangalore > > Also, Uriah Heep, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith in Bangalore. So glad my city > had all these gigs. > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 00:41 Gaurav Vaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My previous career iteration afforded me watching a ton of concerts, to > the > > point where I would hate going to live music shows, because they would > feel > > like work :p > > > > But here are my top 10 concerts — > > > > *1. Coldplay headlining Glastonbury* (2011) — my band had just played 2 > > shows earlier that day at the same festival, and it was my first > > Glastonbury experience. Truly incredible festival and an insane show. > > Easily the best live music experience of my life. > > > > *2. John Butler Trio - London, 2011* - This concert left me in tears! > The 3 > > of them were magic on stage. > > > > *3. Sting - Bangalore, 2005* - Bucket list concert. It was a beautiful > > night in Bangalore in much simpler times with loads of music. I had just > > started my first job, and everything was just right! > > > > *4. Aerosmith - Bangalore, 2007* - Never realised how many Aerosmith > songs > > I knew by heart! This was the concert I sang along the most in! > > > > *5. The Prodigy - Bangalore, 2011 *- First time I worked backstage at a > > major concert. I went in there only knowing "Smack my bitch up" but came > > back a fan! > > > > *6. Pentagram - Mumbai, 2008* - First time I watched them live. Vishal > > Dadlani IMO is the best Indian band frontman of all time. > > > > *7. Raghu Dixit Project (BGU) - Bangalore* - We would play this concert > > every alternate year almost, but there was one time, the organizers were > > trying something new and slotted us for Sunday morning at 11am. We > assumed > > no one would turn up, but there were over 10,000 people in the crowd that > > morning! > > > > *8. Thermal and a Quarter, Bangalore, 2000s* - I'm not exactly sure what > > year this was, but TAAQ would host an overnight concert and it was one of > > those few times you could go out to a concert overnight in Bangalore or > > near Bangalore :p > > > > This was the concert where there was the (in)famous "Sparrow" guy who was > > drunk and kept screaming "Sparrow" the entire night! and I think someone > > asked Rajeev (the drummer of TAAQ) to play a drum solo when the power > went > > off and Rajeev replied saying it's dark and he can't see a thing, to > which > > there was the most impressive response - "Stevie Wonder was blind, > macha!" > > > > *9. John Mayer - Philadelphia, 2017* — my band had just finished a gig in > > New York the previous night, and had to drive to Philly for this concert > in > > a rental 12 seater van. Of course, we woke up late and left after lunch > and > > I drove that rickety van with 6 Bengaluru boys and all our precious > > equipment down the freeways, got 2 speeding tickets and made it to the > > concert just after the opening act had finished! > > > > *10. Phenom, Bangalore - FOSS.in and PESIT* - The first band I was part > of, > > got to officially "headline" FOSS.in (through some super insider contacts > > we had ;)) and I remember practicing a whole month for that gig! Also, > the > > last gig I played as a student was when we headlined our college (PESIT) > > fest opening for Antaragni at that time. It rained and our gig was going > to > > get cancelled to maximize time for the "professional" band at that time, > > and the entire college chanted for us to go up and play a couple of our > own > > songs! > > > > *Special Mentions* - Big Chill, Goa in 2007, the 1st NH7 Weekender in > Pune > > in 2010 and the first Sulafest in 2008 - those 3 festivals were just > magic. > > It was almost an insiders only festival because literally no one had > heard > > about the bands or the festivals, but for the few that were there, it was > > the best vibe of any music festival in India. > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:22 AM Krishna Udayasankar < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sting. It was truly a bucket list moment, a lifelong dream come true. I > > > don’t dare say a word more about it, beyond perfect. > > > > > > A recent Remember Shakti concert - Watching Zakir Hussain live was > > another > > > dream come true. > > > > > > Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan - he was playing at a math/temple in Ulsoor - it > > > was a surprisingly low-key affair and there were about 10 of us in the > > > audience (3 my family). I was a teenager then; I remember him asking > > > “kuzhandai, which ragas do you like” :) He kindly played an all time > > > favourite of mine with all his usual panache. > > > > > > A concert where, I cannot, for the life of me, recall who the vocalist > > > was. I just remember Vikku Vinayakram. > > > > > > I think I cried on all 4 occasions. > > > > > > PS. Thanks for this prompt. Probably would not have thought about these > > > experiences otherwise. Nor would I have had a chance to celebrate and > be > > > grateful for the dreams that have come true. > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > Krishna > > > > > > > > > Krishna Udayasankar, PhD. > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11-Dec-2020, at 12:59 PM, Peter Griffin <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:40 AM Venkatesh H R < > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Thinking on and off about Udhay's 'what do you splurge on' thread, I > > > >> realised I've spent good money to get to concerts. What have been > your > > > >> memorable ones? > > > > > > > > > > > > After Alla Rakha died, Zakir and his brothers played in different > > venues > > > > across the city all day. In the evening, they concluded with, as > Zakir > > > > said, we've been mourning, now let's celebrate his life. It was the > > Kala > > > > Ghoda square in Bombay. What was then Orange was the sponsor, and a > > > > friend's dad was a big shot there, so she got a few of us tickets. We > > > were > > > > filing in right at the back, friend and her dad were in the front. We > > > > waved, she waved back, her dad said, bring your friends here, > there's a > > > bit > > > > of space. So we got to experience an evening of magical percussion > from > > > the > > > > second row. > > > > Some other memorable evenings at the St Xavier's IMG (Indian Music > > Group) > > > > open air concerts, where I got to hear folks like Alla Rakha, Zakir, > > (and > > > > Alla Rakha playing with all his sons), Amjad Ali Khan, Brijbushan > > Khabra, > > > > and once Ravi Shankar playing until dawn on a moonlit night, all with > > > cheap > > > > baithak seats. L Shankar doing a little lecture and demo with his > > double > > > > violin. Then, some cool jazz at Rang Bhavan. The Remember Shakti > > > concerts. > > > > An L Subramaniam concert in Shanmukhananda. The Symphony Orchestra of > > > India > > > > doing Beethoven's Ninth at Bhabha auditorium. Many 'Zakir and > friends' > > > > concerts at Prithvi. > > > > And not concerts, but parties where a number of the folks who were > top > > > > Bombay singers and musicians would jam or just play and sing > > favourites. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gaurav Vaz | [email protected] | +91-99005-16156 (India / WhatsApp) | > > +1-647-572-1123 (Canada) > > If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice! > > http://gauravvaz.com > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
