British Invasion of Saratoga!

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I wouldn't pay $250 to see Sting play Johnny Be Bad on his lead bass guitar.

I wouldn't pay $250 to see anybody.



And most of these wretches grew out of the "flower children...everyone's your brother / sister" era.

You could probably still see Buddy Guy today for a $10 cover charge and still have more fun and "ah don't care's" than a barrel of elitist,overhyped,grossly overpaid drunks and drug addicts.

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Originally Posted by Avery_Smartman

I wouldn't pay $250 to see Sting play Johnny Be Bad on his lead bass guitar.

I wouldn't pay $250 to see anybody.



And most of these wretches grew out of the "flower children...everyone's your brother / sister" era.

You could probably still see Buddy Guy today for a $10 cover charge and still have more fun and "ah don't care's" than a barrel of elitist,overhyped,grossly overpaid drunks and drug addicts.

First of all.......you don't have $250.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way......I highly doubt you can see Buddy Guy for $10 unless you run into him on the street.

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First of all.......you don't have $250.

Oh that's friggin' low.







But if I did...I still wouldn't.









Now that I've gotten that out of the way......I highly doubt you can see Buddy Guy for $10 unless you run into him on the street.


Oh really?


It wasn't that long ago he would play local,little spots for the very same opposite reason these archaic rapists play the big bucks scene






And I did TOO meet those 3 guys.

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I agree that concert prices are clearly out of control but I honestly think it's not completely because of greed by performers. What has happened is that so many seats, especially good seats, end up in the hands of scalpers, due to the corrupt Ticketmaster ( that only the Dead and Pearl Jam had the balls to take on ), and these scalpers marked up the prices substantially. The increased prices became almost a necessity in order to minimalize scalping.

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Gee...Microsoft could not have said it better.

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Originally Posted by Avery_Smartman

Gee...Microsoft could not have said it better.

I understand it's an excuse, and Pearl Jam and Springstein seem to be about the only two who are willing to put forth the effort to counteract scalpers, but it is a big picture.

I wanted to see Neil Young earlier this year but refused to pay over $200 a ticket. It sucks.

I am seeing Clapton and Winwood Monday.

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I understand it's an excuse, and Pearl Jam and Springstein seem to be about the only two who are willing to put forth the effort to counteract scalpers, but it is a big picture.

I wanted to see Neil Young earlier this year but refused to pay over $200 a ticket. It sucks.

I am seeing Clapton and Winwood Monday.

I can't remember the group they put together briefly,but the album was great stuff...a rather risque cover.




Even so.....if you're paying more than $50....don't tell me.

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I understand it's an excuse, and Pearl Jam and Springstein seem to be about the only two who are willing to put forth the effort to counteract scalpers, but it is a big picture.

I wanted to see Neil Young earlier this year but refused to pay over $200 a ticket. It sucks.

I am seeing Clapton and Winwood Monday.

I really liked Traffic and the old Clapton stuff (Neil Young too, of course) but when they sold out or whatever happened and started doing the "pop" stuff....

Haven't heard them in forever but I'd love to see Winwood do Dear Mr. Fantasy, Low Spark, stuff from John Barleycorn, a couple of things from When the Eagle Flies (which no one else liked).

Blind Faith was great. I still have one of their bootlegs.

Wonder whatever happened to Rich Grech.

Is Ginger Baker still alive?

Wouldn't pay to see this concert with Sting.....