A discussion among friends led me to this one:

What was your worst concert experience and what about it leads you to say this? What was your best?

Mine was a split. John Fogerty opened for John Cougar Mellencamp. We went mainly for Mellencamp, boy, were we taught.

Another concert goer said that Mellencamp frequently refuses to do curtain calls. That was one of those nights....so his set was also very short and all he could bother to do was peek out the curtain, then scurry away.

I don't know if he was angry at Fogerty or if this was his habit.

After fifteen minutes and the crowd was turning ugly, Fogerty came out. He was very gracious and said we all had paid for a better show than what he'd done. So, he proceeded to grab out band members from the back, and played for 45 minutes. Very personable, told stories, the very personification of a good guy. Much respect to Fogerty, but I'll never give Mellencamp money again.

Another time I saw the Eagles, about ten years or so ago. WORTH EVERY PENNY.