Number 2. It's been quite a ride tracking the greatest concert performances of all-time. Number 10 was talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime. Number 9 was Grateful Dead's Bertha from 1978. Eight was the Beatles Rooftop Concert, from 1969, right before the breakup. Lucky number 7 was the Who's Young Man's Blues, from Live at Leeds. Number 6 could only be Joni Mitchell at the Last Waltz. U2 lands in fifth place, with Electric Co., from the 1983 live album. Springsteen's Rosalita is number 4. And Eric Clapton's 1971 performance at the Fillmore East is number 3. Scroll down below to see the videos.
We are now at number 2. When you're number 2, you try harder. But there is no embarrassment in being number 2. Jimi Hendrix is number 2, his performance of Hey Joe, at the Monterey International Pop Festival, from 1967.
Jimi only became a household name in 1967, after playing around with the Isley Brothers and Little Richard in the early-mid 1960s. His first album came out in early 1967, and his appearance at Monterey introduced him to the American rock community. What a performance! Jimi looked the part, wearing an outrageous outfit, wild hair and looking like no one that anyone had ever seen before. And he played with his teeth.
Jimi was just getting started in 1967, but he only had a few years left. He died in September 1970. That's not a lot of time, but Jimi sure made the most of his time in the studio recording hundreds of hours of music that the record company is still releasing to this day. There are many live albums to play with, and they are all very good. But live Jimi is about seeing live Jimi. This clip may be number 2 on my list, but visually it's number 1 all the way.

