Post your favorite musical artist(s) and performances

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

This thread is meant to compliment the one started by Dowly and Aktung

Just so you know, the original music thread was not started by either of them, and was indeed created long before Aktungbby was a member here.

1. List a particular artist you were fortunate enough to see live. It can any genre you like and also provide a link or the actual video found on youtube and the like. Keep in mind this is a family friendly forum and observe the established protocols. You can also list an artist(s) that is on your “ bucket list “ and only have seen on video and the TV and you want to see.

I was privileged to see The Beatles live at Dodger Stadium in 1966. I found this video, which, while having a terrible picture and audio, is pretty faithful to what I saw and heard.


Another favorite was Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph together at the Theater In The Round in Bountiful, Utah in 1968. No videos for that, or for Gordon Lightfoot in 1977 or Stephen Stills in 1989.

2. List a venue where you saw a musical performance .

I've never been to a concert at a truly great performing hall, and at this point probably never will.

[Oberon]

I've not seen any live performances myself, well...not in the flesh anyway, but I have seen some videos and the like, so here's a couple that I like:

1) Queen - Wembley 1986


Fantastic concert by a fantastic showman.

2) Duran Duran - View to a Kill live


There's a lovely intro into this one, a medley of Bond tunes before seguing into the main song itself.

As for bands that I think could use some extra coverage, I stumbled on Public Service Broadcasting a couple of months ago and I think they have a pretty awesome sound, so here's a few of theirs:

1) Spitfire


2) London can take it


3) Go!

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Just so you know, the original music thread was not started by either of them, and was indeed created long before Aktungbby was a member here.

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I was privileged to see The Beatles live at Dodger Stadium in 1966. I found this video, which, while having a terrible picture and audio, is pretty faithful to what I saw and heard.


Another favorite was Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph together at the Theater In The Round in Bountiful, Utah in 1968. No videos for that, or for Gordon Lightfoot in 1977 or Stephen Stills in 1989.

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I've never been to a concert at a truly great performing hall, and at this point probably never will.

The thread may have been started long ago but I was referring to the fact that Dowly and Aktungbby worked to try to re-establish a musical thread after it had been spammed .

I regret that the Beatles were before my time and have only seen them on video. Chet Atkins was a great Guitarist renowned for what he termed his " string skipping techniques " All of the ones you mentioned including pianist Floyd Cramer were great musicians and sadly some of them are no longer with us.


Oberon had mentioned some great bands as well. Brian May of Queen may well have been one of the most underestimated guitarists . Queen had some great songs including what many consider their signature song, " who wants to live forever " from the movie " Highlander "

As a treat, I am including a duet of George Harrison with Eric Clapton at the Prince's Trust Concert in 1987 of " while my guitar gently weeps " in which Clapton play on the original recording with the Beatles. Both Clapton and Harrison renunited for this truly Iconic song. Other notables were Phil Collins on drums along with Ringo Starr and Elton John on Piano. What strikes me about this video is how much Fun Clapton and Harrison seem to have playing together and with everyone else.

[u crank]

Great idea for a thread Commander Wallace.

As a somewhat under talented bedroom guitarist I have great admiration for those who can play so well. This guy, Sonny Landreth is one of my favorites.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by u crank

Great idea for a thread Commander Wallace.

As a somewhat under talented bedroom guitarist I have great admiration for those who can play so well. This guy, Sonny Landreth is one of my favorites.

Wow. Great guitarist . I had never heard of him either. I have no idea how I missed him. Thanks so much for posting the video of him. I will look for other things from him. " slide guitarists " are a special breed as well.

I'm sure you play guitar better than you know.


I have a video for you as well.


This is a video of one of my favorite guitarists Joe Satriani . The name of the song is " flying in a blue dream " This performance took place in Paris, France . Since this performance took place in Paris ,I'm posting this video as a tribute to those in France putting things back together after the terrorist attacks .



Thanks for the comments U Crank.

[Eichhörnchen]

1) I saw Elton John and Kiki Dee outside at some kind of festival in Regents Park, I think. I used to be in a band myself way back and we were there for a day out together. It rained all day, too.

2) Probably the same day (30 April or 1 May 1978, according to some records I just found online) we went to The London Roundhouse to see Graham Parker And The Rumour. More interesting/bizarre was the backing band, Pere Ubu, so I've included a link to them: (Whaaaat?!!)

3) The late, great Barbara Thompson, saxophonist

4) Pere Ubu (see above... or maybe don't see). They did a lot of gigs at Max's Kansas City, according to these same records... one of my very favourite bands back then produced perhaps their most famous album from a recording made here: The Velvet Underground "Live at Max's Kansas City"

5) Emerging talent? Colour me blank; I'm an old fogey now...

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Should there be no complaints over the next day or so I will delete the locked thread and this thread will be the new home for music choices.

Originally Posted by CMDR Wallace

This thread is meant to compliment the one started by Dowly and Aktung

Originally Posted by SailorSteve

Just so you know, the original music thread was not started by either of them, and was indeed created long before Aktungbby was a member here.

Indeed! Neither Dowley nor I started anything! We simply were hastily patching up the damage from the Korean revenge attack caused by the Bilge's plot to overthrow of Dear Revered Fatboy wearing Dennis Rodman masks! With an ever-able assist from Jimbuna, Neal and I agreed the KISS principle was best: simply The SUBSIM Music Thread would suffice without a II to concede the success of the attack to the DPRK 'enemy'.I appreciate this thread but frankly it is excess and does not improve what already has been restored.!! Precedent: All new joke threads are referred by Steve correctly to the longstanding existing joke thread; and Jimbuna always preaches (correctly) the $$ of bandwith used by this forum. The thread, restarted by myself and Dowley, is sufficient to present any artist; in any format-single or concert; with whatever the poster wants to add comment-wise, as I have done numerous times in the original "what's hot on your tracks."

[Eichhörnchen]

Well I suppose if this thread doesn't evolve in its own way then it will wither away in due course; I thought the other thread was there just to post a link and then move on, but maybe I was too lazy to look back at the (now gone?) OP.

So you'd like me to add to the suffering caused by my classical music posts with some writing??

[Captain Jeff]

I would have LOVED to see Pink Floyd live. The show they put on with their music is something that just isn't seen anymore. So thanks for the tip on Brit Floyd. I'll see if they're on Youtube as I doubt they'll be coming to my tiny little town in Nebraska!!

I love almost all music. There's very little that I won't listen to. That said, the 80's hair bands fill most of my music library. But my favorite band of all time would have to be Led Zeppelin. (With Pink Floyd coming in a close second.) When I play their CDs I never find myself skipping any of the songs.

In 1992 I saw AC/DC in Denver at McNichols Sports Arena, (the former basketball arena). It was one of the best concerts I ever saw.

I've seen Willie Nelson in concert six times at various places. The first time was in 1981 and the last time was in 2003 so I've seen him through the years. He always gives a good show and seems to attract a crowd of many different types of people. It's not just country music lovers who see his concerts.

And I have to mention Guns and Roses, who I saw at Mile High Stadium in Denver in 92. A great show and, for various reasons, one of the best nights in my life!!

As for up and coming bands, I really couldn't tell you. There's not a lot of concert activity in my neck of the woods and I haven't spent a lot of time looking for them online. Maybe I'll have to start looking again.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

1) I saw Elton John and Kiki Dee outside at some kind of festival in Regents Park, I think. I used to be in a band myself way back and we were there for a day out together. It rained all day, too.

2) Probably the same day (30 April or 1 May 1978, according to some records I just found online) we went to The London Roundhouse to see Graham Parker And The Rumour. More interesting/bizarre was the backing band, Pere Ubu, so I've included a link to them: (Whaaaat?!!)

3) The late, great Barbara Thompson, saxophonist

4) Pere Ubu (see above... or maybe don't see). They did a lot of gigs at Max's Kansas City, according to these same records... one of my very favourite bands back then produced perhaps their most famous album from a recording made here: The Velvet Underground "Live at Max's Kansas City"

5) Emerging talent? Colour me blank; I'm an old fogey now...

There are a few there I will have to look up now. I'll let you know how I like them.

Welcome to Subsim Captain Jeff. Nice to have you aboard.

You have seen a lot of great concerts, no doubt. Pink Floyd was before my time but I think most people who aspire to be artists and musicians are not looking at the rubbish " music " of today but looking back to older music that featured true artists and musicians and music writing with some thought behind the songs.

If you go to youtube and put in " Brit Floyd and Pink Floyd " there are so many videos there it would take a month to see them all.


I wanted to feature a " new " artist I found Years ago. In post # 6, I posted a video of Joe Satriani playing " flying in a blue dream "

This is a video of emerging talent, Jack Thammarat playing the same song. Jack plays almost seamlessly and his legato and string bending techniques are as good as Joe Satriani's. Jack felt confident in this video to improvise on the song as well.


Jack Thammaratt cover of " flying in a blue dream "



Jack Thammarat's cover of Eric Johnson's " SRV "



Jack Thammarat -Solo In B Minor This song showcases Jack's Jazz influences

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Jack Thammarat playing a cover of Eric Johnson's song " SRV "

Very, very good. I've heard this song hundreds of times and until he got to the slide part I would have said it was the actual recording. Having that backup track really helps. I will check this guy out. Thanks for the link.

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

... one of my very favourite bands back then produced perhaps their most famous album from a recording made here: The Velvet Underground "Live at Max's Kansas City"

Lou Reed of course went on to develop a solo career, his most famous album probably being "Transformer", but the best thing of his later time I ever heard was the live album "Rock 'n' Roll Animal"

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Lou Reed of course went on to develop a solo career, his most famous album probably being "Transformer", but the best thing of his later time I ever heard was the live album "Rock 'n' Roll Animal"

I have heard some stuff from Lou reed but not really a lot of the Velvet underground.

[Commander Wallace]

This is another entry into the emerging artists category.

This is Blues prodigy Quinn Sullivan when he was 6 years old. Buddy Guy who is himself a Blues Guitarist and pioneer took Quinn under his wing upon meeting him. Buddy is known not only for being a great blues guitar player but also for mentoring and helping other aspiring musicians.

This is a clip of Quinn Sullivan when he was 6 years old appearing on the Ellen Degenres show




This is Quinn at 8 when he first came to the attention of Blues legend Buddy guy and joined him onstage





This is Quinn Sullivan at 14 appearing on the CBS morning show with mentor Buddy Guy



This is Quinn in 2013 with Buddy Guy at Red Rocks.




I'm sure Quinn Sullivan will have a well deserved future in Blues music if he doesn't already.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

drummer, etc...........

, Dave Halley and George Kollias

Ah, and what about clarinet ?

THAT SOLO !