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1. Freddie mercury
2. Jimi
3. Tom jones



 
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Jimi came to detest his early stage antics. 
 
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 Alice Cooper makes the list.
 
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Mick Jagger

I saw him in 1963 and he was electric.I was at a crap table with him(Woodstock 99) and he was putting on a show..
 
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Mick Jagger

I saw him in 1963 and he was electric.I was at a crap table with him(Woodstock 99) and he was putting on a show..
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by 666LES:

Mick Jagger

I saw him in 1963 and he was electric.I was at a crap table with him(Woodstock 99) and he was putting on a show..



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Pic of a young Mick with Jimi before the show...

https://www.parqmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1969-Jimi-Hendrix-e-Mick-Jagger-est%C3%A3o-juntos-no-camarim-antes-de-um-show-dos-Rolling-Stones-em-Madison-Square-Garden-em-Nova-York.jpg

Freddie for sure in my top 3. 
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Leonard Cohen...i saw him at his last concert in Toronto few years ago....he performed for 3 hours without a single break...epic concert by a legend which both my wife and i will never forget.
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MJ
 
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Quote Originally Posted by THEMUGG:

 Alice Cooper makes the list.

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No one bet The Queens
 
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Seriously..this is a VERY Debatable TOPIC.....



Needs to be much more defined...... VOCALS,......Individual instrumentation ..() ..SEVERAL Great Nominees in this category ALONE ...Drums, keyboards, etc...

Very, very MANY DIFFERENT  talented Musicians EASILY fill these "GREAT  STAGE PERFORMERS.."..

 We've ALL GOT stories .....Let the Cova;'s masses share..........



 
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Quote Originally Posted by Crusher13:

Seriously..this is a VERY Debatable TOPIC.....



Needs to be much more defined...... VOCALS,......Individual instrumentation ..() ..SEVERAL Great Nominees in this category ALONE ...Drums, keyboards, etc...

Very, very MANY DIFFERENT  talented Musicians EASILY fill these "GREAT  STAGE PERFORMERS.."..

 We've ALL GOT stories .....Let the Cova;'s masses share..........




 
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Ozzy or rage against the machine singer
 
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Gonna OFFER 1 of. IMHO, the 5 GREATEST OVERALL STAGE Performers.....unbeleeevably,...from a wanna be bb player no less....



GEORGE THOROGOOD in late 70's, 80's, and maybe 90's.. sux now...playing his SLIDE GUITAR to the likes of the "MADISON BLUES".. or "ONE BOURBON, ONE SCOTCH, and ONE BEER".....that's what I recall as a GREAT STAGE performer..


SERIOUSLY, I saw him PERFORM the same ferocious passionate 2+ hour set in front of 9K at sold out  Red Rocks crowd  and then,  3 weeks later at Tulane( N.O.) auditorium in front of maybe..350 of us.....  cat gave 120% every night inspired by many of his R&B mentors....i.e. Chuck Berry, Little Richard..and so on.....


I'm sure many other of my East Coast Cova's  brothers  have even better tales..


They weren't called George Thorogood and THE DELAWARE DESTROYERS without reason...tore up many a club in their younger crazy heyday..
 
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Alvin Lee    Ten Years After

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6NskLyMpRc
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Crusher13:

Gonna OFFER 1 of. IMHO, the 5 GREATEST OVERALL STAGE Performers.....unbeleeevably,...from a wanna be bb player no less....



GEORGE THOROGOOD in late 70's, 80's, and maybe 90's.. sux now...playing his SLIDE GUITAR to the likes of the "MADISON BLUES".. or "ONE BOURBON, ONE SCOTCH, and ONE BEER".....that's what I recall as a GREAT STAGE performer..


SERIOUSLY, I saw him PERFORM the same ferocious passionate 2+ hour set in front of 9K at sold out  Red Rocks crowd  and then,  3 weeks later at Tulane( N.O.) auditorium in front of maybe..350 of us.....  cat gave 120% every night inspired by many of his R&B mentors....i.e. Chuck Berry, Little Richard..and so on.....


I'm sure many other of my East Coast Cova's  brothers  have even better tales..


They weren't called George Thorogood and THE DELAWARE DESTROYERS without reason...tore up many a club in their younger crazy heyday..

I saw him at Meriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD probably 1996. He was fabulous, couldn't bring anymore passion/energy to a show. Inspiring to watch someone give maximum effort.
 
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60 years ago.

This IS NOT a misprint.

SIXTY YEARS AGO.

Chuck Berry in 1958 singing LIVE.

Johnny B. Goode...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg

Check out stage foot work beginning at the 3:00.

Who did that back in 1958???

NOBODY!!!
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*  SORRY - ONE MINUTE MARK
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Iggy Popan_violin

 
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Like GG said, too many great ones in different ways/styles to pick one. MJ, Sammy Davis Jr & C. Berry would have to be very close to the top. Saw Sammy Davis in Houston in the mid 70's & his version of JJ Walker's "Mr Bojangles" was extremely powerful. Btw...RIP Jerry Jeff...an authentic, & very talented gypsy songman! 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Crusher13:

Gonna OFFER 1 of. IMHO, the 5 GREATEST OVERALL STAGE Performers.....unbeleeevably,...from a wanna be bb player no less....GEORGE THOROGOOD in late 70's, 80's, and maybe 90's.. sux now...playing his SLIDE GUITAR to the likes of the "MADISON BLUES".. or "ONE BOURBON, ONE SCOTCH, and ONE BEER".....that's what I recall as a GREAT STAGE performer..SERIOUSLY, I saw him PERFORM the same ferocious passionate 2+ hour set in front of 9K at sold out  Red Rocks crowd  and then,  3 weeks later at Tulane( N.O.) auditorium in front of maybe..350 of us.....  cat gave 120% every night inspired by many of his R&B mentors....i.e. Chuck Berry, Little Richard..and so on.....I'm sure many other of my East Coast Cova's  brothers  have even better tales..They weren't called George Thorogood and THE DELAWARE DESTROYERS without reason...tore up many a club in their younger crazy heyday..
Saw him at the Aragon Brawlroom in Chicago in the early 80's I think,excellent showman,he had that place f*ckin rocking.

 
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Just because she went over expectations...

Stood up a nailed it after being ridiculed 

 

 
 
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I've seen Mr Thorogood twice in Norfolk, Va in a small bar, twice in a huge auditorium in Tampa, and the House of Blues in Vegas 3 times.  IMO Mr. Thorogood, hands down.

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