I saw Taj Mahal about 6 years ago at a free Blues festival, he was playing with a full blues band and unfortunately he didn’t play Fishing Blues, which was a fingerstyle blues song I spent ages trying to learn many years ago. The music was great and Taj was still playing great. But it’s funny how it is other things about a concert that tend to stand out. At this one it was the band that preceded Taj Mahal on stage, They were called Blacky and the Rodeo Kings, they just blew me away and I have been a big fan ever since.
The same happened years before at a BB King concert, BB played most of his old standards, but he had a new piano player in the band, young guy in his mid 20"s and he really stole the show, even BB acknowledged this and had him stand up and introduced him.
The same happened at a Leon Russel concert I went to, the band that preceded him was The Nitty Gritty Dirt band, a band I really was not familiar with, but became one of my favorites after seeing them.
Funny what you remember when you go to a concert to see one artist, and are pleasantly surprised by what you see.
Hi, yes that is nice … 
I still think back almost every month to Dire Straits’ The On Every Street Tour … (amazing) in the pre-program the band …Was not Was… what we only know with this song Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur … and my friends and I turned our noses up a bit at that… Oh my goodness, 
that was so good, that guitarist of that band has a hard rock/metal background … playing on his back the heaviest solo s etc etc, what a great support act… I was almost half way there time to headbang …
The journalist from the second largest newspaper in our country who had to write a review had a bad time and picked up a lot of beer on his …well he was …uuhhh drowned 
and also wrote about us behind him 
… he criticized that band and also Dire Straits very badly… sorry for that 
Greetings,Rogier
Hi Derek,
It is of course completely fine, but this is also a nice topic for everyone in the community… it would be an idea to ask @Richard_close2u to move this topic out of the Blimm box
Greetings
Yes, went to see Samantha Fish, was blown away by the support band, Willie and the Bandits, been to see them since on their own headline tour, and at this year’s Cambridge Rock & Blues festival, knowing WATB were in the lineup was one of the reasons I bought the ticket!
It has also happened the other way round, where I’ve gone to a gig because I’m a fan of the support band (When Rivers Meet) and come away a new fan of the headliners, the utterly awesome King King!
I’ve not seen many concerts, living down in South Africa and my young adult years being the 80s and 90s but did have this experience.
Went to the Sun City Superbowl in '87 or '88 (I was in the army serving my time at the time) to see Nazareth. Had never heard of the opening act, Wishbone Ash. Wishbone Ash were incredible, wish they’d played the entire night as Nazareth were nothing that special. Still love to listen to WA’s Argus album on a regular basis.
Yeah they’re great, I always liked their duet solos, something special about them! The King will come was one of my favourite songs!
Of that era I saw Simon Dupree and the big sound and Roxy music live, it was so good, better live than on record!
Recently I’ve seen The Warning live, twice last year the first time with Muse (a double whammy for me) and then in a small venue in London (Bush Hall), this year I’ve seen them 3 times and am getting tickets for next year too. They were absolutely stunning at every performance, their energy and enthusiasm was infectious. I marvel at their songwriting and their ability to make fairly simple instrumentation work so well, also being a trio you wouldn’t expect them to sound so full. It’s absolutely true that their live performances are better than the studio music, the atmosphere and fans make such a difference plus they always play so well. Oops, sorry about my lengthy post about them but it’s just how I feel about them!
When I went to see Elton John (he was amazing, of course!) a few years back, I was really blown away by his supporting act, Foy Vance. That guy writes beautiful songs and is an overall great musician.
Have seen him in concert 2 or 3 times since then and it was always a pleasure. He doesn’t need much to give you a great concert experience.
Went to see Buddy Guy on his Farewell Tour. When he played at Ravinia near Chicago, IL US, George Benson opened for him.
George’s band was SOLID!! Their groove was amazing! As for Buddy Guy, let’s just say that he should have said farewell two tours ago 