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John Fogerty, Richie Furay; Peter Frampton; My Father’s Place, Beatles, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, The Zombies, Royal Albert Hall, Squeeze, Jim Messina, King Crimson, Radio City Music Hall, Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz; Christop

At the end of every year, I compose a review of the top ten shows that I attended. This year. I posted my commentary to my website on New Year’s Day. While I prefer to post on the eve, this year and last I posted on the first day of the year. As with 2018, many of the shows received coverage in this Gotham space (View the links to review those past blogs also linked in the commentary.).

 

Interestingly one-half of the 2018 top list list finds representation in the list that follows:

 

1) John Fogerty at Radio City

 

2) Elton John at Nassau Coliseum

 

3) The Peter Frampton Finale – The Farewell Tour at Madison Square Garden

 

4) Brian Wilson with Al Jardine & Blondie Chaplin and The Zombies’ Something Great From ’68 at the Beacon Theatre

 

5 & 6) Squeeze at Pier 17 and Royal Albert Hall

 

7) Jim Messina at My Father’s Place

 

8) Richie Furay’s 75th Birthday at SOPAC (South Orange Performing Arts Center)

 

9) King Crimson’s 2019 Celebration 50th Anniversary at Radio City

 

10) ‘It Was 50 Years Ago Today’ - Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, Badfinger’s Joey Molland & Chicago’s Jason Scheff – A Tribute to The Beatles White Album at The Theatre at Westbury

 

Shows not on the list but covered in blogs include:

 

*John Lennon Tribute Concert (including Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne and Willie Nile)

 

*Robert Gordon with guitarist extraordinaire Chris Spedding

 

*Savoy Brown featuring Kim Simmonds

 

*Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde

 

*Jersey Boys

 

So comment on the list, share your own noteworthy show(s) and even concert plans for this year in the comments section (Already this year I have four shows lined up including three in one weekend.).

Comments

Rona Gura

Frampton Comes Alive was one of my favorite albums at the time. . .
Corey Bearak

Interestingly for me the LP left off songs that should have been included from the live set that I truly loved. (It's a reason I always loved the studio LP, "Frampton," that preceded "....Comes Alive". When he performed the 35th Anniv. show at the Beacon which my son attended with me, he included what was missed. From my top ten concerts commentary in 2011: "At the Beacon Theatre on June 17, Peter Frampton performed the 35th Anniversary Frampton Comes Alive in its entirety including some great songs I always found missing from the original LP. A 25th Anniversary CD subsequently included those deletions. As a result of being left off, those songs, always great live, got left off most post FCA setlists. Hearing the concert replayed live in the original song order (not the order on the best-selling double LP set) and with the same exuberance and on improved sound system made it special; yeah you miss the late Bob Mayo on keyboards, but Frampton sans most of his hair (recall his long strands back in the day), played and sang great. Seeing and hearing the Peter play the first notes and than the first solo of Something's Happening brought back memories of front row at Queens College more than 35 years ago (thanks Tibbs!). A true highlight was Nowhere's Too Far (For My Baby) , one of two songs left off FCA. He plays NYC and LI in February. Do not miss it." (On my website there are more links which you may want to check out.)

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