I saw Zep in ‘77 at the L.A. Forum and was disappointed as well. Page played sloppy and he looked like a skeleton — his heroin addiction was at its peak that year. And although I enjoy an extended No Quarter, 40 min. is a bit much. Show must’ve been 3 1/2 hours.
Tours I’d most liked to have seen but were just a little before my time (sticking to bands per the thread title, not individual artists):
Cream, ‘68
Blind Faith, ‘69
The Band, ‘69 (“The Brown Album”)
Traffic, ‘70 (Barleycorn)
Allman Bros, ‘71 (Idyllwild South)
Tull, ‘71 (Aqualung)
The Who, ‘71 (Who’s Next)
Zep, ‘71-‘72 (IV)
Stones, ‘72 (Exile)
Floyd, ‘72 (Dark Side)
Skynyrd, ‘74 (Second Helping)
Probably missed a few.
Good list
I saw Tull and Ronnie...I could have see Floyd I think in Pensacola Northwest Florida coliseum maybe but couldn’t make it
In Jackson Mississippi we went to Dallas or Memphis or New Orleans
Or a college...sometimes Atlanta ...
We did get all but the stadium fillers though...basically no Stones or Cream or Clapton or Floyd
But most everyone else....we got Sabbath a lot but I’d outgrown them by junior year and was into more thinking mans rock lol...73/74
I listen to everything now....a def lepperd hit is cycling on my apple playlist right this second
I saw the stones a lot....it was very venue dependent
And the Dead
And Skynyrd.....no question they were better with Ronnie and so forth but they still entertained another 40 years pretty damn good
And they could play those dozens of hits like perfect live...Ricky Medlocke had no problem filling Allen Collins shoes
Vocals....almost the same
I have not seen anyone in quite a while
We were going to cowboy up and see Pete and Rodger and Fleeetwood Mac before they booted Lindsey again..and the Eagles before Glen died
But things got in the way
I saw Van Halen 6 years ago.....they were great..even though they were last my era