List of the week: Favorite concerts of all time

I love music.  Music in general, but particularly rock and roll.  However, for someone with over 10,000 pieces of vinyl, I have attended relatively few live events.  The places I've lived have basically been off the radar of the average traveling band.  Any concert worth seeing usually requires a couple hours of drive time and an overnight stay.  Thus, I've missed out on a lot of opportunities and there are a lot of bands I've never seen that I really wish I had.  (That's a whole 'nother list.)

However, I've seen some great shows and, well, here's my list of all-time favorite live performances that I've attended:

1)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Ritz Theatre, Corpus Christi TX 11/08/74
2)  The Rolling Stones / Stevie Wonder - Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA  07/22/72
3)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions / The Rubinoos - Austin Opera House, Austin TX  02/23/79
4)  Los Lobos - Gruene Hall, New Braunfels TX   1999
5)  Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi TX  2003
6)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The Summit, Houston TX  11/15/80
7)  Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Revue - Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi TX  05/10/76
8)  The Rolling Stones / Los Lonely Boys / Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Zilker Park, Austin TX  10/22/06

9)  John Fogerty - Fortune Bay Casino, Tower MN  06/19/11
10) The Who / Stevie Ray Vaughan / The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Astrodome, Houston TX 09/02/89
11) Jethro Tull / Capt. Beefheart & The Magic Band - WVU Coliseum, Morgantown WV 04/27/72
12) Townes Van Zandt - Mountainlair cafeteria, Morgantown WV  1969
13) Van Morrison / Little Feat - Majestic Theatre, San Antonio TX  11/10/74
14) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Frank Erwin Center, Austin TX  04/17/00
15) Shakira / Wyclef Jean - American Bank Center, Corpus Christi TX  09/20/06
16) Steely Dan - Woodlands Pavilion, Houston TX  09/03/93
17) The Flatlanders - Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi TX  2003
18) John Hiatt / North Mississippi Allstars - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, Austin TX  07/23/05
19) Roky Erickson - ACLFest, Austin TX  09/27/08
20) Shawn Phillips / Leo Kottke - Metropolitan Theatre, Morgantown WV  1972

Honorable mention (in no particular order):

Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns / Little Charlie & The Eager Beaver Boys - Yellow Rose, Corpus Christi TX   1983
Primus / Tool - Sunken Gardens, San Antonio TX  08/18/95
Leon Russell / The Greencards - Gruene Hall, New Braunfels TX  2009
Van Morrison - ACLFest, Austin TX  09/22/06

The Mind Garage - The Olympia, Morgantown WV  any Saturday night 1969
The Who / Lynyrd Skynyrd - Convention Center, Dallas TX  11/25/73
Chicago - WVU Coliseum, Morgantown WV  1971
Jerry Jeff Walker - on the beach, North Padre Island TX  2008
Junior Brown - Executive Surf Club, Corpus Christi TX  1995
Chicago / War - Fort Concert, Corpus Christi TX  1983
Santana - Bayfront Auditorium, Corpus Christ TX  1987
The Music Explosion - Community Center, Weirton WV  1968
Curtis Price & The King Sound Interpreters - Pike House basement, Morgantown WV 1971