If you could go back - which gig would you go to?

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I would go to the final performance by Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars ...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WSqQS1PJg]David Bowie - My Death (Hammersmith Odeon, London, 3 July 1973) - YouTube[/ame]
 


Charlie Parker on 52nd Street, any rhythm section, any set, any year, any club.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clp9AeBdgL0&feature=related=embed"]C. Parker "Tico Tico" - YouTube[/ame]
 
Johnny Cash at Folsom or San Quentin Prisons

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKWsAEFko94"]Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue Live At San Quentin 1969 No Bleep - YouTube[/ame]


Honourable mention to Rollins Band at CGBG in 1992.
 
A damn hard question. I just can't pick one. It would one of these three:

1. some Stevie Ray Vaughan concert
2. Metallica Seattle 1989 concert
3. some Joe Satriani concert, preferably the Live from 2006
 
I see your Charlie Parker and I raise you miles Davis' second quartet at the plugged nickel.

I've got those records, and I'd rather see Trane and Monk at the Five Spot in '57.

I like his 2nd Quintet, but I'm partial to the first, mostly because I don't really enjoy Herbie Hancock's piano playing, and I'm a freak for Bill Evans.

Really though, I'd take anything I could I get if I could hear any of these guys play in person.
 
Seeing Mahivishnu live or better yet,

Friday Night in San Francisco - Live:

John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia

and for that classic Jazz, i'll throw in Art Tatum at any one of the many solo sessions he did.
 
Seeing Mahivishnu live

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Seeing Mahivishnu live or better yet,

Friday Night in San Francisco - Live:

John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia

and for that classic Jazz, i'll throw in Art Tatum at any one of the many solo sessions he did.

Friday Night is a killer record!

Also, Art Taturm.

but I'd want to see him at the chicken shack in Harlem in the 40's when Bird was washing dishes in the back...
 
I wish I could've gone to some early 90's raves with the oldschool Jungle. I was 8 yrs old when that shit was hot, or maybe Frankie Bones' earliest sets when he first brought raves to the U.S. I've seen Frankie Bones a few times, but like 20 years too late.

As far as jazz, Wes Montgomery is an idol, would love it if I could see him play.

It'd also kick ass to see Bad Brains or DK or Minor Threat in the very very beginning. Another scene I was too young to appreciate at the time that has since gotten pretty lame.

Oh, fuck, I would kill to see Hank Williams Sr. I don't know what his music was like live, cause he became very commercial and I've only heard studio recordings, but it would be incredible to see him when he was starting out playing in some shitty bar.
 
Led Zeppelin - would have loved to have seen John Bonham.

I saw Robert Plant's first tour after Zeppelin( with Phil Collins on drums) and saw Page/Plant together, but not the same as the original.
 
Speaking of dying to early and what could have been...

Clifford brown with Max Roach

or someone whose debilitating disease(ALS) doesn't allow him to play anymore, but he still can compose(amazing, he uses his eyes and software designed specifically for him)..

Jason Becker

Of Course, I am sure most of us would want to go back and see the "OP's avatar" on stage back in their heyday.
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToTEZXJcoNE]TOOL 1997 Lollapalooza 7-29-97 - YouTube[/ame]
 
Good question. There's a few I can think of.

Sex Pistols at Manchester Free Trade Hall would have to be up there, 40 people attended and they all seemed to start bands.
BBC - Manchester - Entertainment - Sex Pistols gig: the truth

Stone Roses in Glasgow Green is pretty legendary.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7N01fAaXWY]Stone Roses - Waterfall - Live At Glasgow Green - 9th June 1990. - YouTube[/ame]

Not a gig but would have loved to drop some pills and go to the Hacienda back around 1990
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5lH3Tu-VQ]The Hacienda Manchester - 1991 - New Years Eve Part 1 - YouTube[/ame]

That's enough of Manchester, more recently I'd have loved to seen Arcade Fire at Coachella in 2005:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V41qkhU-98]Arcade Fire "Rebellion" - YouTube[/ame]
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM]Nirvana - Where did you sleep last night - Unplugged in new york - YouTube[/ame]



Gotta admit, I'm a bit of a fanboi