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1 hour ago, strangulation! said:

the bronco bowl

Saw Metallica there in 1986.

the bronco bowl

Pantera, Axe, Twisted Sister, Ratt, Motley Crue, Motörhead, Tesla, Quiet Riot, and I think 7 Mary 3.

Warren Zevon at South Station transportation hub in Boston.

 

pitbull under a freeway in miami.  I had a real good time.

Ben Harper at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Austin (2003). He came to town not planning on playing a show but decided to put one on. Spaghetti Warehouse was like the only place downtown that didn't have bands playing. People were sitting crosslegged on the floor and the atmosphere was like a house concert. It was free but had limited space so you had either be quick as fuck to get in line or "know someone."

Run DMC & Public Enemy at the none air-conditioned Travis County Expo Center in the Summer of 1989.

Not necessarily unique, but it's the coolest place I've seen a show. Saw the Who at the Hollywood Bowl in 2004. Eddie Vedder was there. 

Jimmy Buffett playing to 100 people in the Amagansett town square 2017

Steve Earle playing to 100-125 folks in the Stephen Talkhouse 2016 (its a tiny ass bar)

Glen Tilbrook from Squeeze playing to 30 people in a performance space in Red Hook back around 2001 or 2002 when Red Hook was still sketchy as fuck

Father John Misty at the Surf Lodge in Montauk back around 2012

Lyle Lovett in Battery Park 2002-ish?

Shawn Colvin at the Ritz at Half Moon Bay, singing to 30 old white men who manage vast sums of money.

david byrne at the hogg auditorium. i had taken an exam in there the week before. 

On 10/1/2018 at 3:42 PM, strangulation! said:

the bronco bowl

SRV

Through some chick's legs as we were fucking and she was on top and I was watching something on TV.

23 hours ago, stc said:

david byrne at the hogg auditorium. i had taken an exam in there the week before. 

That sounds amazing.  I saw Lindsey Buckingham at Hogg... can't remember the year.  Maybe 2002?   Fantastic show.

Adam Carroll played a birthday party for about 20 people in an outdoor pavilion beside the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas.

Also, The Who at Royal Albert Hall.  

I saw Ryan Bingham at the Apple Store in Santa Monica the day before the 2009 national championship game.  I sat about 5 feet from him, with about 30 other people in the room.

On a whim, I saw Rogue Wave in San Francisco at a venue called "The Chapel", a converted ex-chapel.  Venue was awesome and Rogue Wave put on a hell of a show.

Saw Phish on a Native American Big Cypress Reservation in 1999--2000 shows.  Largest Millennial NYE gathering on the planet.

that Glen Hansard guy from "once" fame in the NY Housing Works Store, it was a charityty gig

Michelled Shocked on the front porch of a house around the corner.  It was "abandoned" (really just a decade-old casualty of an inheritance where the kids couldn't get on the same page), but I heard a familiar song, followed my ears, and there she was with her full band.  I think it was the week before SXSW.  

On 10/1/2018 at 3:42 PM, strangulation! said:

the bronco bowl

Counting Crows

A very young Dolly Parton did a solo concert (her and acoustic guitar) for about 16 of us at the Heart of Texas Colosseum. She was probably about 25 or so. It was right after she split from Porter Waggoner. 

Beastie Boys at the Agora Ballroom in Dallas in 1991 right after check your head came out.  ~1000 people or so.

Led Zeppelin, Queen and dozens of other bands at Lakewood Church.

 

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I went to many great shows in unique places back when I was living in the UK in my early twenties. One that stands out was in 1990 seeing The Damed at a place called The Crypt, which was an actual stone crypt underneath an old church in the Sevenoaks part of London.  Also saw the Dead that year in London on Halloween night. It was a trip (literally) seeing them in the middle of London (Wembley Arena) but the crowd mostly American Deadheads and other expats. I got a kick out of the Deadheads commenting on the “Way Out” signs on the tube. Waaayyy ouuut, maan!

Saw Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses back in the summer of 2008 in an ancient castle on top of a tiny hilltop village in Italian wine country. I think we were the only Americans there besides the band, and maybe the only people who knew who they were, but they crushed it and won over the crowd (as they usually did).

On 10/10/2018 at 9:55 AM, CooterBrown said:

We all saw quite a performance in your mom's bedroom.  

 

Barenaked Ladies or Men at Work?

Pharcyde, Drivin’ and Cryin’, and Collective Soul (yeah, I know) on same bill in Cameron Indoor Stadium.  Less of a unique venue (although a little) and more a weird combo of bands  

 

Barenaked Ladies or Men at Work?

Motorhead

Jam Master Jay at a house party in Austin, circa 1998. 

R.I.P.

Janis Joplin and local piano player Robert Shaw at the Union theater in UT Student Union.  It was called "Blues 'n Barrelhouse" and tickets were fifty cents each.  First time to see Janis and fell in love. 1966.

Janis Joplin and local piano player Robert Shaw at the Union theater in UT Student Union.  It was called "Blues 'n Barrelhouse" and tickets were fifty cents each.  First time to see Janis and fell in love. 1966.

That’s legit.

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