Best Free Gig

I was recently in Austin and just happened upon a free open air gig featuring the wonderful Alejandro Escavdo. It got me thinking ... what is the best free gig you NDers have ever been privileged or just plain lucky enough to attend?

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Permalink Reply by Jack on May 6, 2011 at 4:58am
The Neville Brothers, Chicago, at Navy Pier, late 80's.

The Jayhawks, Chicago, at Grant Park, July 1993
Permalink Reply by Jack on May 8, 2011 at 3:16pm
...and John Lee Hooker at Penns Landing, Philadelphia, '91 or '92.
Permalink Reply by Derek on May 6, 2011 at 11:16am

Fabulous Thunderbirds in Lodo - Denver in the late 1990s.  Kim Wilson and crew had the whole street rocking. It was oddly magical.

Also saw at Kenny Rogers at Fiddler's Green in Denver circa 1998. Good stuff.

 

Permalink Reply by Alan Harrison on May 6, 2011 at 11:31am

Every June we have the Sage SummerTyne Americana Festival in Gateshead, NE England and it is free. We've had Otis Gibbs, Eve Selis, Elizabeth Cooke, Jame Hunter, Holmes Brothers, Pete Molinari, Handsome Family....the list goes on.

   This year Justin Townes Earle is headlining Saturday night; what's not to like?

Permalink Reply by ron victor on May 7, 2011 at 9:15pm

joe ely in ft worth about 85  & in nyc 90's 

rodney crowell in dallas 80's and in (nyc 90's AT THE FRIGGIN WORLD TRADE CENTER!!)

bill kirchen- nyc- rodeo bar

govt mule- nj 90's

john pizzarelli- nj a few times

james cotton- nj

lee rocker- nyc about 3-4 yrs ago- rodeo bar

nick lowe- nyc couple yrs ago

paul rodgers- nj- last yr

blood sweat tears-nj 99/2000 ish

asleep at the wheel- nj late 90's maybe 

dickey betts- nj about 77

southside johnny many times - nj

rennaissance+ steve hackett- nyc last yr

eric burdon- nj

ny dolls- nj

patti smith- nj

 

Permalink Reply by ron victor on May 7, 2011 at 9:17pm
also have won or gotten free tickets to numerous shows that were not free shows
Permalink Reply by ron victor on May 8, 2011 at 9:37am

wow-

howd i forget this one

a couple yrs ago- john fogerty in nyc at south st seaport

Permalink Reply by Henry Jasen on July 8, 2011 at 7:36am
I don't know about the best one.  My memory isn't that good anymore.  But the last one was the Holmes Brothers Tuesday night outside City Winery in New York City.  The one before that was Sarah Jarosz in Verdi Park.  Both were excellent.  Johnny Rivers and Flo and Eddy (the Turtles) on the Fourth of July about 15 or 20 years ago in Myrtle Edwards Park overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle.  That was fabulous.
Permalink Reply by RP N10 on July 8, 2011 at 8:35am
Last week  the BBC were recording one of Songwriters Circle shows in London featuring Leon Russell, Nick Lowe and Paul Brady performing in the round and I was lucky enough to get on the list.  That was pretty special.
Permalink Reply by Kim Ruehl on July 8, 2011 at 8:40am
Tie between Janis Ian in the plaza by the Twin Towers NYC summer of 2001 and Emmylou Harris that same 4th of July in Battery Park.
Permalink Reply by Kyla Fairchild on July 8, 2011 at 1:53pm
I just walked in the door from seeing Rodney Crowell and his band play an awesome free show at the Harbor Steps in Seattle as part of the "out to lunch concert series"!  He is so awesome!
Permalink Reply by Straycat on July 8, 2011 at 5:15pm

Kyla,

I was there too. Expected a solo show. What a rocking band he had with him- a great performance!!

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