What was the best concert (or two) you've ever been to and one that you wished you had been to?

[OAITW r.2.0]

17. Grateful Dead - Old Boston Garden 1971 (Fall)

Dropped a bit of window pane, entered, and was assaulted by this thing called the Wall of Sound. Holy shit, didn't that audio system blow my impressionable mind away. The New Riders of the Purple Sage opened the show at 6:30 PM. I think Jerry played some steel pedal with NRPS, but can't verify with current memory recall. NRPS had cowboy glitter suits on. Peeps there knew NRPS and their set did not disappoint. Then the Dead played from 9 until 1 or 1:30 AM. Still charged on the windowpane, it took me 2 hours to walk to the BC campus where my hometown bud was,,,,

3 nights later, NRPS plays at Clark University, Worcester, MA, Maybe a 800 seating auditorium? What a show. And surprise the Dead were hanging with their jam brothers. kegs of beer available for the thirsty.

Have to say, I was a Beach Boy/Buffet fan (coastal Maine)....the Dead blew me away with the sound and presentation...still enjoying the sound 52 years later.