It’s funny, music is very important to me but yet I’ve probably been to only around 100 concerts in my life. I know people that have seen Springsteen over 100 times. I’ve been pretty fortunate , most concerts I’ve been to have been good to very good. There were a few bad ones. Back in the mid 70s I saw Dickey Betts with his band Great Southern at The Capital Theater in Passaic. At the time, Betts was one of my favorite musicians (this was during the Allman’s first breakup in 1976). He played about 1 song and stormed off stage. I didn’t realize at the time that he had an alcohol problem and was obviously impaired and didn’t want to play. I also saw The Grateful Dead at the Spectrum in ‘78 I believe. That was a long night. A number of meandering jams (and I like jams) that didn’t go anywhere. I saw both of those groups later and they were very good. Some of the best live performances I’ve seen were Steely Dan, Elton John, Santana, Springsteen, The Who, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Hall & Oats, Robert Randolph, The Doobie Brothers, The Black Keys among others.
