This is an incomplete list of the best live performances I have seen in my 5 decades plus on this wonderful world. Performer+++++++++++++++++++++venue+++++++ approx.date Buffalo Springfield++++++++Rollerina/San Leandro-1967 B.B.King/Bobby Blue Bland++Circle Star Theatre/ Redwood City+++1983 Hot Tuna +++++Warfield/SF+++++1985 Richard Thompson++++Warfield/SF++++1985 Buddy Guy/ Junior Wells++++The Omni/ Oakland+++1983 John Prine++++++Boardinghouse/ SF+++++1975 Persuasions++++++Boardinghouse/ SF+++++1975 Chambers Brothers++++++Boardinghouse/ SF+++++1975 Tom Waits++++++Boardinghouse/ SF+++++1975 Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band++++++Boardinghouse/ SF+++++1975 David Bromberg++++++Boardinghouse/ SF+++++1975 David Brubeck+++Mount Madonna/Gilroy+++++1985 Cool Jerks+++Our Wedding/Conrotto Winery/Gilroy++++1997 Grateful Dead+++++Winterland/SF+++++++1979 Bromberg/ Persuasions+++Winterland/SF+++++++1979 Jefferson Starship(1st performance)Winterland/SF+++++++1974 Cold Blood/Santana++++Cal State Hayward+++++++1969 Sons of Champlin+++++Cal State Hayward+++++++1971 David Lindley/El Rayo X++++Keystone/Berkeley++++1981 Huey Lewis and the News++++Keystone/Palo Alto+++1978 Chris Hillman++++++Keystone/Palo Alto+++1977 Don Ellis++++++Great American Music Hall/SF++++1975 John Hartford++++Great American Music Hall/SF++++1975 Ozark Mountain Daredevils++++Great American Music Hall/SF++++1975 John Hartford/Emmylou Harris/New Grass Revival/++Frost Amphitheater+++1976 Arlo Guthrie/ Hoyt Axton++++Frost Amphitheater+++1976 Cold Blood++++Contra Costa College++++++++1969 Los Lobos++++++The Catalyst/ Santa Cruz+++1994-present Tower of Power+++Catalyst/Mystic Theatre/Santa Rosa/Winterland/Alameda and Santa Clara County Fairs/Fairmont/San Jose+++1972-present Hoodoo Rhythm Devils++++Small club in the Fremont Hills/1976 Acapella Singers at the Trevili Fountain/ Rome, IT+++Summer2001 <../../internet%20home%20page%20stuff/homepage/hp/index.html>