Is there a recording? Is it someone you like?
I got the latest Joni Mitchell box set and there is a fantastic concert from Carnegie Hall on 23/2/72, I'm feeling weirdly happy about this.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 30 March 2024 02:05 (one month ago) link
This Sun Ra box contains a couple of tracks recorded on the day I was born (December 17, 1971).
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 30 March 2024 02:11 (one month ago) link
I knew David Bowie did a concert in Zurich on 4/17/76 - according to youtube there is audio :Dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Er065CPNxw
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 March 2024 02:11 (one month ago) link
is this a phishing scam? please confirm it isn't by entering the 3rd and 6th letters of your social security number
j/k
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 30 March 2024 02:25 (one month ago) link
:)
Bound to be a few people here potentially born the same day as a Phish concert too.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 30 March 2024 02:34 (one month ago) link
idk basically just peter brotzmann as far as i can tell. genesis. heart. weather report. the most interesting musical event the day i was born was a folk singer committing suicide.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 30 March 2024 06:10 (one month ago) link
creedence played stockholm; there are a couple tracks on a box set from it
floyd were there the following night
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 March 2024 06:28 (one month ago) link
The Dead played the night I was born… there’s a Dick’s Picks volume memorizing the show.
― Malicious Complier (morrisp), Saturday, 30 March 2024 07:11 (one month ago) link
just this little thing
https://iorr.org/iorr27/circus.htm
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 March 2024 09:13 (one month ago) link
I was born on a Saturday, so the answer is 'plenty'.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 30 March 2024 10:42 (one month ago) link
DNA played their last show two days before my birth, iirc
― spastic heritage, Saturday, 30 March 2024 10:46 (one month ago) link
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Performed at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio
Elton John: Performed at the Tarrant County Convention Center Theatre in Dallas
Faces: Performed at the College of Education in Brighton, England
May 24, 1971: Black Sabbath / Mountain at Civic Center Oklahoma City
Rory Gallagher, Electric Garden, Glasgow
T. Rex, Colston Hall, Bristol
Not a bad lineup
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 30 March 2024 11:08 (one month ago) link
Grateful Dead played the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh. I listen to that show on my birthday.
YMP, that T. Rex show would have been amazing. Also, you're exactly 30 years younger than Bob Dylan.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 30 March 2024 11:53 (one month ago) link
Faces, Badfinger and Cactus at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, OhioStan Getz, Blood Sweat & Tears at the Newport Jazz Festival-New YorkGenesis at Blackheath Halls, LondonEagles & Procol Harum at Santa Monica Civic AuditoriumJames Brown at Golden Hall, San DiegoDoobie Brothers at Bakersfield SpeedwayHawkwind at St. Andrew's Hall, NorwichRoy Orbison at Fiesta Club, SheffieldRush at Abbey Road Pub, TorontoSparks at the Whiskey A Go GoThin Lizzy, Ballina, IrelandSweet, Rex Ballroom, Bognor Regis
― StanM, Saturday, 30 March 2024 12:02 (one month ago) link
Also on my birthday:
David Bowie debuted Ziggy Stardust at Carnegie Hall, his first NY concertPink Floyd played the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, ORHawkwind played the Paris Theatre in London
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 30 March 2024 12:17 (one month ago) link
A Monday, so not many gigs going on
Led Zeppelin at the Falkoner Theatre, CopenhagenTerra Nova at Marquee Club, LondonThe Lambrettas at Theatre Royal, NottinghamPatti Smith at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PortlandDef Leppard at Reform Club, Barnsley
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 March 2024 12:32 (one month ago) link
Gang Of Four played Toronto
Cat Stevens got married
“The Pleasure Principle” was released
And ESPN had its debut
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 March 2024 12:45 (one month ago) link
elvis' uk premier was two days later. george harrison joined the quarrymen three days later.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 30 March 2024 12:53 (one month ago) link
Wednesday 28th February, 1968:
Jimi Hendrix Experience / Soft Machine (The Scene Club, Milwaukee)Procol Harum (Stadthalle, Bremen)The Moody Blues (Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne)Fairport Convention (Brighton Federation of Students Field Day Dance)The Graham Bond Organisation (Klook's Kleek Railway Hotel, London)James Brown (Regal Theater, Chicago)
― carnival of bowls (Matt #2), Saturday, 30 March 2024 13:03 (one month ago) link
Captain Beefheart played at Bradford University
Singer and actor Dean Martin marries third wife Catherine Hawn (divorced 1976)
Sweet's "Little Willy" is certified Gold
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 30 March 2024 13:06 (one month ago) link
10/25/61: Evening show by the Beatles at the Cavern Club.
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/concert/1961-10-25/
― clemenza, Saturday, 30 March 2024 13:07 (one month ago) link
T'Pau at Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Saturday, 30 March 2024 14:10 (one month ago) link
not a concert but this is my favorite birthday present on 10/1/68:
Night of the Living Dead premiered in the United States. Originally titled Night of the Flesh Eaters, and filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the movie's first showing was in that city at the Fulton Theatre, at 8:00, with admission by invitation only.
― scott seward, Saturday, 30 March 2024 14:18 (one month ago) link
The closest I could find was the NME poll winners party, starring Adam Faith, and Emile Ford and the Checkmates
― Mark G, Saturday, 30 March 2024 14:40 (one month ago) link
The Beatles played in Belfast. Setlist.fm doesn't have a way to search by date unfortunately, so I'm not sure about others.
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Saturday, 30 March 2024 14:54 (one month ago) link
I was born in the summer of love, so all the famous 60s bands you can think of were playing.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:08 (one month ago) link
xp you can search "date:yyyy-mm-dd" on setlist.fm
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:22 (one month ago) link
That's cool, 40 blocks south of Joni at Carnegie Hall, Yes were playing at the Academy of Music, one of the concerts recorded for Yessongs.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:47 (one month ago) link
I'll be damned. Captain Beefheart played the Whiskey A Go-Go in Denver (where I was not born, but was raised) on the day I was born. Three sets!
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:50 (one month ago) link
you can search "date:yyyy-mm-dd" on setlist.fm
Amazing! I can now add:Bee Gees at Stadthalle, Bremen (I guess with Procol Harum, mentioned above)Blue Cheer at Freeborn Hall, Davis, CATim Buckley at Cheetah, Santa Monica, CAEric Burdon & The Animals at Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CAChicago at D.J.'s, Madison, WIMiles Davis at Bohemian Caverns, Washington, DCand the biggie: Johnny Hallyday at Teatro Ópera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
― carnival of bowls (Matt #2), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:53 (one month ago) link
Not to mention REO Speedwagon at Illini Brown Jug, Champaign, IL. They were around in 1968?!
― carnival of bowls (Matt #2), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:54 (one month ago) link
Wow, there is a shit ton. Otis Redding played the Apollo!
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:55 (one month ago) link
thanks to setlist.fm, i found out that the day i was born, japan played japan.
(sapporo to be exact. meanwhile, queen was rockin budokan!)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:01 (one month ago) link
several xps oh nice, thanks!
Cab Calloway in Montreal, Miles Davis and Mississippi John Hurt at different venues in Philly, Etta James at the Apollo, Jerry Lee Lewis in Memphis, Dusty Springfield in Halifax (UK), the Who and the Yardbirds at different venues in London, the Stones in Newcastle, the Ronettes in Teaneck...busy Friday night.
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:02 (one month ago) link
Yeah, I had forgotten I was born on a Friday. There are like six pages of shows.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:03 (one month ago) link
Your search - year:1961-03-09 - did not match any setlists.
― Mark G, Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:08 (one month ago) link
wow, yeah, not only the premiere of night of the living dead on my birth but black sabbath live in scotland as well.
― scott seward, Saturday, 30 March 2024 18:00 (one month ago) link
pink floyd in scotland that night too. scotland was rocking 10/01/68.
― scott seward, Saturday, 30 March 2024 18:01 (one month ago) link
something called the Love-U District Festival going on in Seattle as well that day. Santana, Floating Bridge, Frumious Bandersnatch, Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck, Calliope, The Congress Of Wonders, Country Weather, The Second Coming, The Youngbloods.
― scott seward, Saturday, 30 March 2024 18:05 (one month ago) link
I was just thinking about Frumious Bandersnatch yesterday, what are the odds
― carnival of bowls (Matt #2), Saturday, 30 March 2024 18:07 (one month ago) link
gbh in some dungeony sounding bar
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 March 2024 18:08 (one month ago) link
(sapporo to be exact. meanwhile, queen was rockin budokan!)― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin)
on the day i was born the carpenters rocked budokan!
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 31 March 2024 00:17 (one month ago) link
From a setlist.fm search for 10/25/61:
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers at BirdhouseMaxine Brown, Jerry Butler, and the Cleftones at the ApolloJohn Coltrane at the Village Vanguard
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 March 2024 00:22 (one month ago) link
Shows I'd actually like to hop in the time machine for:
Duke Ellington at Rainbow GrillAlice Cooper (w/Dust) at St. Louis Arena AnnexAtomic Rooster at Whisky a Go GoMiles Davis at Gaslight CafeEmerson, Lake & Palmer at Caird HallGenesis at Le GibusGrand Funk Railroad (w/Mott the Hoople) at RAIFreddie Hubbard (w/Pharoah Sanders) at SUNY BinghamtonYes (w/Humble Pie) at Shady Grove Music FairKraftwerk at Universität, AachenUriah Heep at Newcastle City HallVan der Graaf Generator at Penthouse
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Sunday, 31 March 2024 00:32 (one month ago) link
would go to these
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers at The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USABlack Flag at Unknown Venue, San Luis Obispo, CA, USARoberta Flack at Granny's Dinner Playhouse, Dallas, TX, USANina Hagen at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USAPhil Lynott at St. Dominic's Hall, Glenties, IrelandMeat Puppets at Merlin's, Tempe, AZ, USA
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Sunday, 31 March 2024 01:22 (one month ago) link
The Psychedelic Furs were playing at my hometown rock venue.
― emil.y, Sunday, 31 March 2024 01:33 (one month ago) link
"The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform two shows at Hunter College in New York. The band is supported by John Hammond Jr., Soft Machine, and Mark Boyle’s Sense Laboratory. The Experience’s first show consists of “Fire,” “Hey Joe,” “Foxey Lady,” “Purple Haze,” “I Don’t Live Today,” and “Wild Thing.” The second show, a 35-minute set consists of “Tax Free,” “Foxey Lady,” “Like A Rolling Stone,” “Killing Floor,” and “Red House.”"
― stirmonster, Sunday, 31 March 2024 02:07 (one month ago) link
Bob Dylan with The Hawks @ Massey Hall, Toronto
― sawdust lagoon, Sunday, 31 March 2024 02:13 (one month ago) link