Elton John in Hawaii

[Bullwinkle]

@M
"Timothy Leary's dead or I'd bring him to."

no,no,no,no he's on the outside looking in

Id be good for 50$ even 75 for a good show at a local venue ... those small dinner show venues great fun

[Guest]

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[the hare]

I would pay 50 to see Electric Tuna..like the Acoustic,, but electric more

[missydog1]

I would love to see Hot Tuna (acoustic), but $50 is too much for me. I've seen most all of whom I consider the greats, and never paid over $35. MY income hasn't gone anywhere but south in the interim, and $25 is about it.

If you could get Jackson Brown doing his Solo acoustic or David Gray or Van Morrison I would up the ante. I've never seen Gray, and I'd love to see Jackson or Van again for the 10th time or so.

To think it only cost $6 to see the Beatles, Stones and Dylan the first time.

In '67, I paid $65 to go to the Monterey Pop Festival. That bought me RT transport from LA. two nights hotel, and admission to all five concerts which in included a few dozen of the greatest in the world at that time. Plus a full three days of admission to the festival going on outside the ampitheatre.

Yes I do know things cost more now, but that sure was good value!

[kimo wires]

Used to live on Maui. The cool thing about war memorial is that you don't have to buy a ticket to hear the concert because it's outdoors. We used to hang out at a friends house in wailuku and you could hear the show perfectly.

We could even see the grandstand with binoculars.

The parking lot was always like a free for all too with a tailgate party atmosphere.

That was 10 years ago though... don't know if that all still goes on or not..But somehow I think it still does...

[Obie]

How about NRPS ?

[HawaiiTedd]

Speaking of NRPS....I saw that the original member David Nelson and his Band are on the Big Island this weekend...for their annual Hawaii tour.

Excellent band too...
Barry Sless
Mookie Siegal
Pete Sears
and John Molo

Friday Kona side...and Pahoa on Saturday. Ka'u on Monday.

Details at
http://www.nelsonband.com/

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Life is the only thing worth living for...

[missydog1]

I wanted to reply to this but I was away at the time the topic died out. I really do appreciate that it wouldn't pay to do a small concert here unless the ticket prices were higher. I was just being honest about my ability to pay $50, and feeling a little sad that people who are long time fans of these great musicians can't afford to see them play.

I was always a big fan of the early J. Airplane, and when Hot Tuna released their first album, my then husband and I played that thing to death. When I hear those songs I can see the room that we listened to music. That was a real important album in my life.

I never did get to see them live, although I saw Jorma and Jack as part of the Airplane a few times (including Altamont).

Speaking of the Airplane and NRPS, I used to wait on Spencer Dryden in the late 80's during the time I worked as a bank teller in Marin. I think he was living around Petaluma. I remember the first time this quite unassuming guy who acted nothing like a rock star, presented me with a deposit slip, and I looked at his name, and went whoa! Everyone else at that bank was super straight and his name didn't ring a bell with them. If it weren't that Spencer Dryden is a unique name, I wouldn't have thought he was the same guy.

I was very sorry to hear that he'd died.
I liked the New Riders too. Another band I never got to see live.