Sad I never kept notes, seemed no biggie at the time, remember seeing Jethro I think at the Marquee a few times?

I saw them in Milwaukee in 2004. Didn't do Thick as a Brick though, but they did play Mother Goose, which I loved. Some stuff off Crest of a Knave, too, and I like that album even though it gets forgotten about.

USA 2016 dates - even doing Grand Rapids ( though I saw them at Hammersmith Odeon way too many years ago and found them boring so I wont be getting tickets )

One of ? Nay, the best of all time. It needs to be encoded onto the next Voyager space mission, so that any alien life form can witness the sonic perfection our species has achieved.

Can't even recall a solo from Time, but will re-listen now. Great Gig in the Sky is even more mesmerising than it used to be.

Cheers. Waukegan is only 25 minutes away from me, might go see that, nice to have a concert that doesn't require driving to Chicago.

Gilmour's best, certainly. There are a few of Knopfler's solos I like better (Sultans, Tunnel of Love, Telegraph Road, Brothers In Arms), but in recent years, Gilmour has jumped above Brian May as my second favourite guitarist

Right after the 1st verse, he rips into a verse-length solo of astronomical proportions. You'll see why I rate it as high as the second solo in Comfortably Numb when you hear it. They're my favourite two to play along with anyway.

Great Gig In The Sky is perfection.

Okay have given it a listen. Surprisingly close to Comfortably Numb. I suppose I hadn't recognised it before as a solo because of all the distortion, but it is that.

Have you heard 5 am from Gilmour's latest album. That is a piece of sonic purity in itself.

That's quite a heady ranking for Brian the Badger; I would have Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughn and even The Edge ahead of him.

I also voted for Schwarzenegger. Of course, he's considered a RINO by most of today's right.

I've seen Pink Floyd in the UK, MA and CA... plus Roger Waters doing the 30th anniversary performance of The Wall.

Indeed. Deep Purple in '74 was by far the loudest concert I've ever been to!

World record holders I believe?

Comfortably Numb is an especially strong memory for me as I was actually dabbling in mind-numbing drugs at the time ... and mind bending ones ... holy shit it's amazing that I'm still here, really!

'Great Gig ...' is still as wonderful as ever. To have the balls to create a song like that on a mainstream album .... Imagine hearing that for the first time; gentle piano intro, and then all of a sudden, a wailing, shrieking woman belting it out at the top of her lungs ... followed by a gentle moan ... for those who don't remember ... . Interesting story about the piece : 2. Pink Floyd, 'The Great Gig in the Sky' Photo - Readers' Poll: The Best Vocal Performances in Rock History | Rolling Stone

Speaking of guitar solos, I also saw Santana in a fairly original configuration in London in the late 70s/early 80s (90% sure it was there and not SF). Watching 'Incident at Neshabur' live was something else.

The hours I spent lying on the floor in the dark in my room listening to that album as a teenager......

I remember going to see them as a 15-ish year-old in Manchester. We missed the last train home so slept behind a petrol station somewhere, after drinking as much beer as we could (at 15! only in England!).

Yes, it's a lost form of appreciation. Too many distractions for kids these days. Although I suppose our forbears were saying that about radio shows or something (when we had TV and records etc).

The one from Comfortably Numb has more distortion on it, it's just more trebly so it cuts through more.

Haven't heard 5am, must give it a listen.

Jimmy Page makes my top 5 (Mike Oldfield is above him, arguably a more weird choice to you than Brian May ). Stevie Ray Vaughn is good, but the blues isn't really that hard to play and it does start sounding the same after a while. Much as I like The Edge, if you switch off his delay unit, he wouldn't sound half as good as he does. Master of effects, yes and definitely a top-10 guitarist but just doesn't have enough, well, edge for me

It's all totally subjective, of course. Knopfler and Gilmour are and will remain untouchable as far as I'm concerned though.

11?

I remember Hawkwind as being pretty loud. And Led Zep.

I looked this up out of curiosity. They were recorded in the Guinness Book of Records in 1974 after reaching 117 dB during a show, then The Who beat them by 10 dB in 1976 but I don't know if that was officially recorded. Apparently, KISS hit 136 dB in 2009 during a concert, which would make them the record holders if it were made official.