what was the first rock concert you attended and how old were you?

[arely staircase]

me - KISS, Oct. 21, 1979 at the Summit in Houston (now a megachurch, lol) I was 11 years old.

[hrmjustin]

1. I have never been to a rock concert.

[pepperbear]

85. Grateful Dead @ 13 years old.

[arely staircase]

135. i don't know what to say, justin

you should go see Nine Inch Nails when the come to NY. You may hate it but it will be a great anthropological experience.

[DevonRex]

211. You need to come to Colorado. I will take you to Red Rocks and

Telluride. You will see rock concerts as they should be seen and hear them as they should be heard. You will fall in love with the experience.

You can see other kinds of music in those places, too.

[arely staircase]

223. i know, right

I loves me some Justin. He needs to see some rock and roll. BTW I can't think of Red Rocks without thinking of U2.

[octoberlib]

242. I saw Cheap Trick at Red Rocks in the late 70's. Love that place! nt

[Common Sense Party]

333. I love Cheap Trick. They were my second concert.

I've probably seen then 10 times since.

[arely staircase]

416. I saw them at Stubbs Barbeque in AUstin - 1998 nt

[anneboleyn]

448. I am very, very jealous.

[Common Sense Party]

467. I didn't get to see them in the 70s, though. It was 1983 when I first saw them.

[anneboleyn]

441. I am so jealous!!! It HURTS US PRECIOUS with its talk of Cheap Trick in the 70s

I was way too young for this one but still...just the idea. arrrrgh.

[kentuck]

406. I have been to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival ...

It was a wonderful experience.

[DevonRex]

412. It's just wonderful there, isn't it?

The locals mingle with the festival goers. We went to The Ride rock festival last year and fell in love with the place and the people.

[kentuck]

472. Beautiful location.

The clear cold stream, the waterfall, the aspens and the blue spruce backdrop and the wonderful people that gather there.

[KansDem]

381. Neither have I...

Jazz concerts for certain, but not rock...

[Wait Wut]

2. Do the Beach Boys count?

I was 15 and they were already old.

If not, then it was Van Halen. I was 17 and they were AWESOME!

[dipsydoodle]

55. they were already old

[riverbendviewgal]

111. me too

but 16

[intheflow]

233. Wow, were we at the same concert?

Or maybe at least the same tour. Me: 14 years old in 1978, Springfield (MA) Civic Center. Mike Love's voice cracked hitting the high notes, in an old man kind of way.

You?

[arcane1]

3. I saw KISS on that same tour, at age 12, but Shaun Cassidy was my first concert

[arely staircase]

7. no way!

Dynasty Tour.

[arcane1]

33. Yep, the Dynasty tour, aka The Return Of KISS. Hampton Coliseum (I think it was July...)

That was my 3rd concert, after the aforementioned Shaun Cassidy, followed by Andy Gibb.

Needless to say, my concert-going improved considerably over time

[arely staircase]

50. hey, maybe you can answer this question

who opened for them? I remember there was an opening act, and I couldn't have cared less because I was about to see KISS. I even looked up that tour on Wikipedia and it had the dates and the set list but no mention of opening acts.

[arcane1]

52. In my case it was a band called New England. Why I remember that, I don't know.

I can't remember what I had for dinner two nights ago, but that's how it is

[arely staircase]

61. Thanks, that sounds oddly familiar

there obviously could have been different opening acts, but that does sound familiar. I was kinda hoping I had seen Van Halen or somebody else who got big later and was oblivious to it. that would have made my first concert story cooler.

[arcane1]

70. Ah, if only!

I just checked my ticket stub collection, it was Kiss and New England on July 5, 1979

[arely staircase]

73. you still have it! that is awesome

I only knew the exact date of mine because I looked it up. I just knew it was the Dynasty tour in Houston, some time in '79.

Rock on, a1

[arcane1]

78. I kept a pretty good collection for about 10 years.

When I moved out of the house, my organizational skills stayed behind

[arely staircase]

105. check it out, they kinda suck but were apparently KISS proteges

New England was an American rock band that was mainly active from 1978-1982. The group was best known for the song, "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya", which received heavy radio exposure on Album-oriented rock (AOR) stations and reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1979. "Hello, Hello, Hello" also received some airplay at the decline of the first single.

John Fannon, Jimmy Waldo (Alcatrazz), Gary Shea (Alcatrazz) and Hirsh Gardner formed the band in the Boston area, discovered by legendary Kiss manager Bill Aucoin. Paul Stanley helped the band record and produce their debut album, along with famed producer Mike Stone, best known for his work with Queen and Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(band)

[arcane1]

129. Yeah, that does kinda suck. As KISS proteges go, I think Van Halen did a little better

[pizzadave]

266. This will help you relive the event

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_Tour

[burnodo]

4. Why is this GD discussion?

This is Lounge material

[arely staircase]

9. that sounds like the worst concert ever

[burnodo]

14. Oh you're so funny

But a piss-poor response. You should wait a minute or two before you respond.

[Trajan]

53. Talk about a piss poor response, ....

Mr. Wet Blanket .....

[burnodo]

54. so this is a GD discussion?

how so?

[steve2470]

81. Skinner himself has said the hosts have permission to go easy on threads like this

No, I don't have the link handy, but I distinctly remember him saying that.

[burnodo]

86. Well, it's interesting to see what threads get locked

And what threads don't. That's all.

[Violet_Crumble]

89. He did

If a thread is not causing any harm, if people are posting in it and recommending it and having a good time, then DON'T SPOIL THE FUN.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/124311642

[steve2470]

93. thanks for digging that up ! :) nt

[Violet_Crumble]

97. No worries. It wasn't hard for me to find as it's sitting on the first page in the Hosts forum n/t

[flying rabbit]

154. Thanks

A little light hearted fare goes a long way.

[Control-Z]

13. It's Saturday!

Why not have a little fun for a change? It has been so damned depressing around here lately.

[burnodo]

18. I appreciate that

But rules do seem to be fairly selective around here sometimes

[Iggo]

136. There are no rules.

There are SOP's and there are Community Standards.

You feel one of those is being violated? Feel free to hit the alert button.

Til then, rock on!!!

[burnodo]

151. There are no rules?

I'm sure that's news to the admins and the moderators

[Ohio Joe]

230. There are no moderators

We have Hosts... Who do what the name implies.

[burnodo]

231. You're the fourth person who's responded here

I just find it kind of fascinating

[pinboy3niner]

360. No soup for you. nt

[burnodo]

361. Fifth!

[pinboy3niner]

367. If you're claiming your first concert was Beethoven...

...color me a little skeptical.

[burnodo]

368. you haven't read the thread you're posting on?

[pinboy3niner]

369. Beethoven's Fifth is lovely, but I doubt you were there for the original

Is there anything else that may have gone over your head? Or did you just not listen to any of the other replies, either?

[burnodo]

371. You don't have a clue, do you?

I guess intelligence is not one of your strong points?

[pinboy3niner]

373. I won't alert, though you seem to have been reduced to personal insults...

...in response to what what were merely flippant, humorous comments.

Perhaps you're the one who should get a clue--and a sense of humor. Oy!

[burnodo]

374. what!! No smiley face?

I have posted elsewhere in this thread about my first concert. The question I posted above here was legitimate and there never really was an answer, other than violet_crumble's. I said "Fifth" because you were the fifth separate person to respond in this subthread. Do try to keep up

[pinboy3niner]

375. "Do try to keep up"

It is shit like these kinds of condescending comments that undermine discussion at DU.

Seems like "Don't make DU suck" is especially relevant advice these days...

*no smilie*

[burnodo]

377. YOU were the person who responded here

And you're blaming me for the quality of discussion? I just told you why I thought it was you who hadn't been paying attention to what was being said above. You didn't address that. You just did a non-sequitur.

[pinboy3niner]

379. I made a couple of flip, humorous comments

And you seriouly call them out for not following the discussion? What part of "No soup for you" tells you it's a serious comment in the discussion? Do you think, perhaps, it may simply have been a humorous comment on your attempts to quash a thread you see as inappropriate in GD?

And, fyi, hosts and juries tend to give greater leeway to more-frivolous threads in GD that might otherwise not be allowed to stand during the week. IT'S THE FUCKING WEEKEND, DUDE.

That's just the way it is. Deal with it. Smilie face:

[HardTimes99]

452. You, my friend, are displaying the patience of Job. I thought your original comment was

quite funny, as was your play on Ludwig Van's Fifth Symphony (or possibly his Fifth Piano Concerto, the so-called 'Emperor Concerto," also quite wonderful -- especially the slow movement). Can't believe this poster engaged you ad nauseum on this - some people really seem to have a problem with keeping things in perspective.

[Earth_First]

161. Tons.of.Fun.

You must be a blast in social situations...

[burnodo]

174. OK

Whatever floats your boat. I guess.

[Logical]

176. Then hide the post! n-t

[burnodo]

179. So, once again, there are no rules in GD

I'll try to remember that.

[Logical]

182. There are rules. And it might get locked. Until then you can hide it. n-t

[burnodo]

187. I dont hide threads or put people on ignore

I guess you do?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

205. it's general enough

[burnodo]

209. There are lots of "general" discussions that get locked

that's all I was saying

[nomorenomore08]

317. Are you upset because one of your threads got locked? That's all I can figure...

[burnodo]

363. Who's upset? You figured wrongly.

[tkmorris]

318. Spit it out already. What got locked that you felt shouldn't?

THEN perhaps we can tell you why that happened. Or agree with you that it shouldn't have. Until then you're just peeing in the public pool, which is not cool.

[Control-Z]

5. Beach Boys

Angels Stadium, Anaheim, Ca. Late 70s.

[arely staircase]

109. I was never a huge fan but appreciated their talent

and would love to have an experience like that.

[Still Waters]

6. Monkees, in 1969 (if I recall correctly.)

I was very young and in love with Davy.

[arely staircase]

82. didn't neil sedaka (sp?) write most of their stuff?

I only know of his existence because my mom had an LP of his in the 70s. it seems the monkeys had a TV show I watched on syndication as a small child.

[sufrommich]

108. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart wrote a lot

of The Monkees songs.

[napkinz]

222. didn't Neil Diamond write a couple of their songs?

I know I read that somewhere.

[sufrommich]

269. He wrote "I'm A Believer". I think he wrote some of

their other songs too,but can't remember what.

[sweetloukillbot]

288. Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote a lot of it too.

Just saw them last night actually. They only played one song that Davy Jones originally sang - Daydream Believer. Mike Nesmith was back with them and they played lots of stuff off Head and Headquarters.

[shawn703]

8. Page and Plant

June 26, 1998 at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Age 21 (I was a late-blooming concert goer).

[arely staircase]

16. I saw them on that tour in Austin

I was 30 at the time. I still have the shirt.

[Boom Sound 416]

17. I saw that tour - Orlando with Rusted Root

[orpupilofnature57]

202. You were just waiting for the Best Axe in Rock !!

[pizzadave]

272. I was there!! NT

[shawn703]

300. I was lucky enough

To work for a company at the time that had an executive suite at the Palace, and if nobody needed the tickets to schmooze with clients, they'd let them go first come first serve to any employee who wanted them. I saw the Korn All in the Family tour, and even a WCW wrestling event (and I'm not even much of a wrestling fan - but it was still fun). I couldn't get the suite for the Pearl Jam concert that year, so ended up having to come out of pocket for that one.

[anneboleyn]

447. I saw them in the Bay Area in 96 or 97 (can't remember exactly). The idiot I was with at the

time did *not like* Led Zepp. Unfortunately I was too young and stupid then to realize that this was an absolute deal-breaker.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. The Beatles at the Chicago Amphitheatre, September 5, 1964.

I was 15. Didn't scream.

[arely staircase]

12. wow, that is cool nt

[sufrommich]

21. Wow, lucky you. nt

[charlyvi]

37. I was there too.

Didn't scream. Could you hear anything for a while afterwards? I couldn't

[greatauntoftriplets]

48. Small world!

Took a while to hear anything after that. It was loud.

[Boom Sound 416]

11. Metallica - 16 Florida

The best time ever

[sufrommich]

15. I saw The Young Rascals in 1967 at

the Maui High School on Maui, The Byrds were playing somewhere else and were in the audience. I was 12. Yeah, I'm old.

[Tikki]

39. We saw them in '67 , also. With Stevie Wonder and the late Marvin Gaye.

In Seattle...Civic Center.


The Tikkis

[sufrommich]

43. Cool! It was a great concert.

I was obsessed with them at the time.

[Tikki]

80. Me too...Felix on Hammond B3 was beyond amazing..

&list=PLTd6WxERZYZ3qCTOLg-HngAOdV10kjYKh
..still some of my all time favorite songs..



Tikki

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Jefferson Airplane

Somewhere in LA, late '60s. I think.

[arely staircase]

27. not too shabby nt

[NuclearDem]

20. First rock concert was Ozzy in Omaha a couple years ago.

I was 22 at the time. First concert ever was Toby Keith (hey, I was young and stupid at the time!) at 16.

Favorite to this point was Paul McCartney just a few weeks ago.

[arely staircase]

24. yeah my first ever (non-rock)

was Charlie Rich (Livestock show in Houston when I was about 6)

google him if you aren't familiar

[NuclearDem]

32. No need for Google. Behind Closed Doors is one of the earliest songs I remember

[arely staircase]

40. The Silver Fox nt

[Galileo126]

22. Beach Boys

Twas 1983, at Colt State Park in Bristol, RI. Me and two buddies from high school went the day/night before senior finals.

We almost flunked them because we stayed up all night having a good time!

[Teamster Jeff]

23. Jethro Tull - Chicago Stadium 3/17/77

I was 16 and high as a kite that night.

[arely staircase]

28. +1 nt

[The Wielding Truth]

252. Jethro Tull - 1970 I was 16 and saw an unknown haze, but didn't know if I was high.

All I know is that I loved the concert and planned to see many more and I did.

[Teamster Jeff]

276. Oh yeah..Good Times

[Enthusiast]

405. You win!........nt

[dembotoz]

25. hendrix maybe 15, 16

[arely staircase]

35. OK that is definitely 2nd place

and second only because another DUr saw the Beatles.

[anneboleyn]

451. I agree, Beatles then Hendrix. Awesome.

[Bjorn Against]

26. I saw Tool in 1994 when I was 16

They were touring for the Undertow album then, they were still playing clubs rather than the big stadium shows they are playing now. Back then there were no special effects during the show, today they put on some of the most visually spectacular live performances of nearly any band. I have now seen them six times and they just keep getting better.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

29. Vanilla Fudge

Kansas City (stationed there in the service) 1969 I was 19

[Tikki]

30. It was a 'show'. At a Roller Rink. I was 12 y.o. The Sonics..

[


Their music set me in search of variable styles of that music for the rest of my life.


Tikki

[charlyvi]

31. The Beatles

Chicago Amphitheater, maybe 12 or 13

[arely staircase]

38. another one!

awesome. seriously that blows my mind.

[vanlassie]

47. Beatles at Radcliffe Stadium in Fresno. I must have been 12 if it was 64.

"She Loves You, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

[arely staircase]

51. could you hear them over the screaming? nt

[vanlassie]

74. Nope! But then I was screaming too as I recall! Then some boys stormed

the stage and the Fab Four jumped into a waiting armored car and it was over! Probably staged....!

[Le Taz Hot]

107. Uh, the Beatles never played Ratcliff Stadium in Fresno.

The Stones did in 1967. The Beatles played their last U.S. concert in San Francisco in 1966.

Are we confused?

[Melinda]

144. I've lots of musical memories at Radcliff, but not of the Beatles. Nope, not the Beatles.

I wish tho. Damn, lots of memories. Time has sure flown. Bummer.

Did you graduate High School in Fresno, Taz? I've often wondered but never asked. Me - I was McLane, class of '72. Oh, and my first 'formal' concert was at Selland Arena- Cream and Blue Cheer in 1968, but my first real vast experience was April 15, 1967 when I marched against the war in SF ('67) from the embarcadero to GG Park and we heard Jesse Colin Young (Youngbloods) Eric Burden & Animals, Jefferson Airplane was there too - I think. Lots of music, busy day for a 13 yr old. Lots to absorb, lots that shaped and helped to form the person I am today. I remain a virulent anti-war protestor to this day. My goodness.


Melinda lost in memories

[SalviaBlue]

212. Hoover '73

I would have gone to McLane but we moved.

I think my first Selland concert was Donovan. I can't remember any Ratcliff concerts but my sister saw the Stones there.

[Le Taz Hot]

251. We actualy moved from Fresno

in 1969 (same year I attended the Santana concert) and I didn't move back until 1975. I graduated high school in Southern California in 1973. I never saw the Youngbloods or Jefferson Airplane but I saw Eric Burdon years later, post Animals and War. Now, when we moved to L.A., uh, yeah. I was fortunate enough to see just a whole mess of bands. My favorite was seeing Bonnie Raitt for the first time at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. It was 1972, Paul Butterfield was playing and he introduced a "new" artist and she came up and did a couple of songs. In walks this little bit of a woman with flaming red hair and the meanest bottle-neck guitar I'd ever heard.

OK, now it's LTH lost in memories.

[vanlassie]

153. We sure are! Stones!!!! Just as awesome.

[charlyvi]

338. Altogether, they did six shows in Chicago before they broke up.

The first was one show at the Amphitheatre September '64, then an afternoon and evening show at Comiskey Park in August of '65, then an afternoon and evening show again at the Amphitheatre in August of '66. My best friend Becky and I were at 'em all! Huge George Harrison fans.

[Arcanetrance]

34. King Diamond fronting his solo band and Mercyful fate

[arely staircase]

42. Did he sing that Countess Bathory song

I used to hear at my pot dealers house in the 80s?

[Arcanetrance]

60. I didn't no he had a song about bathory I know venom did

I love king diamond tho I have a king diamond tattoo.

[arely staircase]

63. It was Venom. Thanks nt

[Arcanetrance]

65. I like venom but I liked king diamond alot more personally

[arely staircase]

72. I never got into that type of metal but was around it enough to say

I liked King Diamond much more than Venom.

[arcane1]

79. I never got too into his subject matter, but oh wow, the melodies he could put out!!

[pitbullgirl1965]

432. I LOVE VENOM AND CRONOS IS THE MAN.

[brucefan]

36. Bruce Springsteen

Dec 9 1980 Philadelphia Spectrum.It was the night following the murder of John Lennon."If it wasn't for John Lennon we'd all be somewhere else tonight".Been a huge fan ever since.

[woo me with science]

41. So many threads on DU soliciting

people's ages, or initials, or the schools they attended, or the cities in which they lived.

[arely staircase]

44. good god almighty

paranoid much?

[Arkansas Granny]

45. I was in my early 20's and the groups were Sugar Loaf,

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show and Rare Earth.

[HockeyMom]

46. Alan Freed in Brooklyn in the early 60s

I was a pre-teen. Don't remember who was there, especially since all my subsequent concerts included all bands from the Beatles to the Stones and all in between. Nice living in NYC. They ALL go there.

[Link Speed]

49. The Beatles, Cow Palace, San Francisco, Summer '64

My mother got a press pass for me. I was 14 years old. I still have that pass in one of my guitar cases.

[burnodo]

87. Nice

[anneboleyn]

450. Now this one makes me insane with jealousy. The Beatles, The Cow Palace. Awesome.

[LWolf]

56. 1974 Loggins and Messina,

Anne Murray opened.

At Universal Studios in L.A..

I was 14.

[brewens]

277. I never saw them but I saw Jimmy Messina with Poco and they were great.

Poco was awesome with him but mediocre without him.

[virgdem]

349. They were great..

saw them in 1972 at the Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford, Ct with Jim Croce as the opening act. He died in a plane crash the year after-I was fortunate to see him perform, great as always.

[dawnie51]

57. 1964... Columbus, Ohio, Veterans Memoral Hall

Dick Clarks Rock and Roll Revue, feat. Jackie Wilson, Jerry Butler, the original Supremes, the original Temptations. I was 13.

[Tikki]

90. Now that would be a show...that sorta reminds me of the T.A.M.I. show..

PROPS to whoever took you....

The T.A.M.I. show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.A.M.I._Show
Tikki

[arely staircase]

131. thank you for that link

I see a future wormhole I will disappear into and kill hours.

[Tikki]

138. Here's the u2B link to the whole show...

Tikki

[arely staircase]

139. sweet

thanks

[DrewFlorida]

58. Black Sabbath 1974 Providence Civic Center, Kiss played backup.

It was just before Kiss became famous.

[arely staircase]

69. holy crap

I never saw Sabbath. Want to go see them on this current reunion tour. Bill Ward the drummer has dropped out though; those guys are still fighting over money after all these years.

[DrewFlorida]

293. Amazing they can still walk and talk.

[arely staircase]

298. LOL no shit nt

[mattclearing]

392. I saw them here in Adelaide a few months back.

It was a good show. The fill-in for Ward isn't the same, and Ozzy's singing is erratic, but I'm glad I went. Iommi and Butler were awesome.

[steve2470]

59. 1974, Tampa Stadium, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, age 16 nt

[Boom Sound 416]

164. The Big Sombrero!

Saw the dead there in 94

[steve2470]

203. yes it does (or did, haven't seen it in years) look like a sombrero lol nt

[Boom Sound 416]

319. That was the nickname back in the day

[Mojorabbit]

400. I was there! What a great concert! I think I still have the ticket stub somewhere. nt

[steve2470]

435. first concert I ever saw people smoking pot openly, quite eye-opening for a 16 year old nt

[DreamGypsy]

62. The Moody Blues, Pocatello, Idaho, November 1968...

...soon after my 16th birthday. I had just acquired my driver's license and drove from Idaho Falls with a couple of friends. About 4 months after the release of In Search of the Lost Chord

[bhikkhu]

64. Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks, Cal Expo '83

Which was a great concert, he was on fire then and played for about three hours. I was 17 and walked five miles to get there, didn't tell my parents.

[Broken_Hero]

66. Manhole, Life of Agony and Type O Negative

In Lawrence, Kansas I was around 20yrs old

[cherokeeprogressive]

67. California World Music Festival 1979. I was 18. It was at the L.A. Colusseum.

Awesome show.

[Freddie]

68. McCartney & Wings 1976

At the Spectrum in Philly. I was 19. Totally wonderful show.

[lpbk2713]

71. Roy Orbison, early 1960's

Bobby Goldsboro was on the bill too. Small venue, maybe three or four hundred in the crowd.

[leveymg]

75. John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra), 16 or 17, if I recall.

I recall not much of that particular venue except that it was in a tiny back room of a restaurant, and I was sitting about 10 feet from him while he played the entire Visions of the Emerald Beyond and much of the Birds of Fire album with the original band just before they split up: Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Rick Laird.

[Violet_Crumble]

76. INXS - It was either 1980 or 81 in Canberra, Australia...

Last edited Sat Aug 10, 2013, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)

It should have been ABBA in 1977 in Sydney, but Sydney was a long way to go for a 13yr old whose parents ruined her life at the time by refusing to take her

On edit: This is the sort of stuff INXS were doing back in the very early 80's

[anneboleyn]

457. "Don't Change" is one of the best new wave songs. Loved INXS.

[Mosby]

77. Led Zeppelin - 1977

I was barely a teenager.

[arely staircase]

125. good one nt

[bowens43]

83. The Who 1975 in cleveland - 17 years old

[sweetloukillbot]

291. Was that the one where the general admission stampede happened? n/t

[onenote]

84. Humble Pie/Black Sabbath. 17.

[sufrommich]

94. Ive always regretted not seeing Humble Pie. nt

[Igel]

166. Ted Nugent/Black Sabbath. 17.

Some venue west of Baltimore and east of DC.

[onenote]

427. The show I saw was at the Alexandria, VA Roller Rink

[Mojorabbit]

401. Humble Pie was a great band live. nt

[boguspotus]

88. Van Halen - Met Center - Bloomington, MN 1979

It was the Women and Children First (3rd Album) Tour.
The Met had horrible sound, but I sure had a blast!! On edit - I was 15.

[boguspotus]

99. I saw Steve Martin at the Civic Center - St. Paul, MN in 1978:

I was 14. It was the Wild and Crazy Guy Tour. He did King Tut - which was great. But that doesn't make it a rock show though. Still fun.

[Politicalboi]

206. Women and Children First didn't come out till

Like 1983. 1979 would probably had been VH second album.

[boguspotus]

279. Yeah, the memories are getting old - it must have been the 2nd album.

But Women and Children First came out right after in March in 1980. Fair Warning was next in '81. That's another great record.

[msongs]

91. Gerry/Pacemakers, DC5, Cilla Black in 1964 at a small cinema near the air base where we lived in the

UK, we sat in the balcony and threw jelly babies at the screaming kids on the floor below lol

[dipsydoodle]

92. Springsteen

@ the old Wembley Empire Pool, now Wembley Arena - '81 I think. As old as I felt at the time - I was still stuck in August 1960 anyway.

[Warren DeMontague]

95. Jimi Hendrix

and I was 17 years old.

[Jenoch]

96. Tom Jones, 1970. I was 7 years old.

What's new pussycat?


It was at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha.

[sufrommich]

100. Did your 7 year old eyes see

ladies throwing their underwear at him ?

[zappaman]

98. Queen and I was 14.

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November 29, 1977
Capital Centre Landover MD

Great show!

[Ron Green]

102. Jerry Lee Lewis, 1959

or 1960. High school auditorium in East Texas. I was 12 or 13. He kicked the piano bench back across the stage behind him and dancing suddenly erupted. The sheriff stopped the show and cleared the hall.

Next one was the Beatles in Dallas in '64.

[Le Taz Hot]

103. Santana, Cold Blood and somebody else I can't remember.

Spring 1969. This was before Santana had released their first album (with the lion's head). I walked in, saw 2 percussionists and thought, "holy shit!" Cold Blood's Lydia Pense had it all over Janis Joplin, imho but was overshadowed by her. Saw Pense YEARS later (1980's?) and she was like 9 months pregnant and still rockin'.

[Melinda]

150. Could have been Tower of Power or Ike and Tina...

Maybe even one of the Kings, like a BB or Albert. They all seemed to mix it up and play together at diff times in Fresno. Did you see them at the Rainbow? I was there a LOT. We've probably scraped elbows. Ms Pense is a GODDESS and never, imo. got her due.

[Le Taz Hot]

262. No, I would have known Tina Turner

or one of the Kings. I want to say it was Quicksilver Messenger Service but I couldn't swear to it. The concert was at the Exhibit Hall at Sellend Arena. If we scraped elbows I would have been in the back passing the ganja and the Jack Daniels (yes, at 13, almost 14 -- I was a wild child). I'll just never forget the 2 percussionists. It just fascinated me, I'd never seen anything like it. I was just wowed and I've LOVED LOVED LOVED Santana ever since. That was the same summer that Led Zeppelin came out and I achieved rock N Roll Nirvana. Iirc the Beatles White Album came out as well that year. It was a GREAT year for music.

[arely staircase]

208. ever noticed how santanaish

the stones got on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_You_Hear_Me_Knocking

[MuseRider]

104. 1970 I believe, seem to remember it as 1969 can't be sure anymore.

I was 16 or 17 saw The Turtles (with Flo and Eddie) and Steppenwolf at The Red Dog Inn in Lawrence, Kansas. I had to sneak in since it was a small venue and they sold beer but it was really crowded so easy to get into. I remember being there, I remember the music but the details escape me they might have been elsewhere and we ended up the evening at the Red Dog. All I know was I had a great time, loved the concert and will never forget the experience.

[Pool Hall Ace]

106. Heart, 1977

at the late, great Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland.

[derby378]

110. Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica - Fort Worth, TX (May 10, 1986)

I went mainly for Metallica, but Ozzy's set was good, too. I was only 19 years old then.

[TheCowsCameHome]

112. Some guy named Max Yasgur's farm

That's all I remember, dude.

[steve2470]

117. Woodstock ? Awesome, dude nt

[rainy]

113. Jefferson Starship with Grace. 15 nt

[PasadenaTrudy]

114. Yes ( the band ) in 1978, age 14 n/t

[lordsummerisle]

115. poco 1968 n/t

[Aerows]

116. R.E.M.

16

[arely staircase]

417. saw them on the Monster tour

Natalie Merchant opened. Great show.

[whistler162]

118. Never gone to a rock concert and likely never will...

[anneboleyn]

119. Cyndi Lauper, Pittsburgh Civic Arena, 1984 (I was 12)

Next in 88 or 89 I saw Siouxsie and the Banshees in L.A. (I can't remember which venue -- maybe the universal amphitheater?), The Cure at Dodgers Stadium for the Disintegration tour, Depeche Mode (during Violator) at Dodgers Stadium, and the first Lollapalooza tour with Siouxsie and the boys on the bill, David Bowie Sound and Vision Tour at Dodgers Stadium (mind-blowing), Sting (maybe Hollywood Bowl?), then Duran Duran for The Ordinary World tour in the early 90s in the Bay Area (a smallish venue...it was awesome to be so close to John Taylor and Simon Le Bon). I was going to college in the Bay Area at the time. Loved seeing Duran in the 90s -- they were a whole new band at that point musically, and they put on a fantastic, very intimate show.

[arely staircase]

121. I saw the Cure on the Disintegration tour too - in Dallas

Saw Siouxsie and the Banshees at the first Lollapalooza (also in Dallas). Duran Duran was one of those bands I secretly liked but wouldn't tell my friends.

[anneboleyn]

438. I was like that too about Duran. I relistened to Rio circa '92 and it BLEW MY MIND

-- and that was in the wake of grunge. Thirty years on I am now convinced that Rio was a brilliant album, and the music was overshadowed by their looks and the whole New Romantic MTV phenomenon. That album was and is a new wave masterpiece, and it belongs up there with Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures and Closer and Gary Numan's early stuff as genre-defining pieces of work. Throughout the 80s I shunned D2 though -- I loved The Police, as Sting was SO much more intellectual (sarcasm).

Did The Cure open with Plainsong? They did in our case, and it sounded gorgeous in that huge space. Smith sang only a line or two though from Lovecats and my young heart was greatly disappointed as it was and is still one of my Cure favorites. The KROQ DJs in attendance noted that everyone (including myself) was wearing black. Of course.

I have always adored Siouxsie. I saw her at least three (maybe four...) times, and each time she put 150% into her performance -- a punk chick with the soul of a rocker and a Goth aesthetic that was at times quite beautiful. I think quite a few of today's ladies have stolen right and left from Siouxsie. I can only imagine what it would have been like to see her in England in the 70s.

[Texasgal]

120. Foreigner

For their "4" tour.

I wanna say 1981 or '82 at the Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX. It was awesome!

[arely staircase]

143. never saw them but Juke Box Hero

was sort of the soundtrack to my Jr. High prom and ushered in my trouble-making/getting into trouble years.

[Texasgal]

155. Yeah, that was the big song!

I remember them singing "Urgent" too and the smell of pot wafting through the air. LOL!

Shortly thereafter I saw Journey! HA! I'm dating myself here!

[ananda]

122. Oh this is too funny!

I was 15 or so and my sister was 13 or so when we went
to see the Beach Boys at Dallas Memorial Auditorium...

... though I wouldn't exactly call The Beach Boys rock. LOL

We had a good time. It was great fun!

Not long after that, the Beatles came along and that was
really cool and fun. My sister and her friend from down
the street dressed up as two of the Beatles and performed
their own concert for us in the den. My sister just had to
be Paul, he was her favorite. It was early Beatles then, so
the songs were really trippy. We also saw the movie, A
Hard Days Night... and the night they appeared on Ed
Sullivan was a great must watch in our house. We were
big fans.

But we liked everybody, call us celeb hounds: Ricky Nelson,
Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon,
Fabian, Wayne Newton (yeah, Danke Schoen , lol), and
who knows who else. Life was so much fun and sort of
innocent in those days. We even loved Disney and Gidget!

But getting into the rock and roll era was fantastic because
it was so much more than that. It had politics and activism,
counterculture and subversion, attached to it, and there was
such an electric energy coming into the 70's. Sometimes I
wish I could go back there and enjoy it from this perspective,
but it was what it was and it's over now.

[arely staircase]

127. really cool post

we used to paint our faces like KISS in the late 70s. I was always Ace Frehley.

[steve2470]

130. great post, thanks ! nt

[boston bean]

123. This is going to be embarassing

Hall and Oates, mid to late eighties in Hartford, CT, if my memory serves.

I've been to David Bowie when it was Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro, MA (where the pats play)

Heart, in Worcester, MA

Elton about 3 times, Providence, Worcester.

Boston a bunch of times, in Worcester.

Rod Stewart, in Mansfield, MA

[arely staircase]

147. nothing embarrasing there

I worship Bowie and have never seen him.

[gvstn]

313. I saw him twice on the Serious Moonlight tour.

He was great! Very professional and looked like he was having fun.

I think that was his last big tour, so I am glad I got to see him live.

I have to say that I think my all time favorite concert was Roxy Music. I had great seats and could see every expression on the band's faces. Bryan Ferry is one of those guys that just oozes "cool".

[arely staircase]

314. Remember Live Aid?

[gvstn]

396. I love Bryan Ferry.

He doesn't care that he is singing to 100,000 people, he sings his song just the same as he would to 8 people in some dive bar. He could have picked from so many crowd pleasers like "Love is the drug" if he chose. Haha!

I would give anything to go back and hear Annie Lennox sing this live!

I tend to love songs that make you feel good by felling bad. (Don't get me wrong I like some "car" music --that just makes you feel great no matter how crappy a song it is but my all time favorites are sad songs.)

Crank this one up in your car and it sounds great!

But Joan Armatrading is more my style.

[anneboleyn]

456. I watched every second of Live Aid

[DevonRex]

198. My Morning Jacket had John Oates with them at RED ROCKS.

He's cool now. Very cool.

[Violet_Crumble]

334. THERE IS NOTHING EMBARRASSING ABOUT HALL & OATES!!!

Don't you dare say that, not in a thread where people are proud to say they saw KISS! You know what a musically opinionated and judgemental person I am, but thanks to Hall & Oates, I regularly have 'You Make My Dreams Come True' (the remastered version) playing in my car! For some unfathomable reason, it's one of my favourite songs of all time. But everything else they did reeked...

btw, I saw David Bowie as well. He was pretty awesome....

YAY FOR HALL & OATES!

[anneboleyn]

454. I saw Bowie (Sound and Vision tour) and he was A GOD.

[bluestate10]

124. The Police when I was a college freshman and the group was largely unknown. Cool and the Gang

after the group started doing fusion jazz. The Outlaws when I was still in college. Bob Dylan when he was making his first comeback. All of the concerts were paid for by student activity fees. Those were golden days that would shape the rest of my life.

[KittyWampus]

126. Grateful Dead at 16

[Lithos]

128. Theoretically, two concerts in 1964 - don't know which was first

Janis Joplin and Lightning Hopkins. My parents took me. They also took me to see a lot of acts in/around Austin from the late 60's thru the early 70's though most of those would be blues, jazz and what would turn into progressive country (Willie, etc.)

If you want that I went by myself - Kinks, 1977ish.

[Le Taz Hot]

267. I saw the Kinks in 1973

at the Hollywood Paladium. Think about that for a minute. The Kinks. In Hollywood. Lots of, uh, interesting people there. I have MANY MANY stories about that night but my favorite was when Ray Davies started singing "Lola," THE MOST MAGNIFISCENT DRAG QUEEN I've ever seen, platform boots, easily 6 inches, headdress probably 3 feet, sequence from head to toe, walked in through the middle of the crowd and the sea parted. She literally sauntered over to Ray Davies and he sang the song right to her. It was GREAT!

[Lithos]

286. LOL - that concert was supposed to be one of their wilder ones

It is also where Ray lost his pants after crowd diving.

[Le Taz Hot]

296. It was the most insane concert I've ever been to.

I don't remember Davies losing his pants but there was so much shit that happened that night, 40 years later I still shake my head in amazement.

[immoderate]

132. Murray the K, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Isley Brothers, Del Shannon, Gary US Bonds, Drifters...

And maybe 15 others, hard to remember.

[font size=+1]But I will never forget seeing the Isley Brothers! [/font]

--imm

[Tikki]

408. The Isley Brothers...awesome...

+ others...grand show. Let me guess: 1963?

Tikki

[immoderate]

414. I'm guessing before that. '60 or '61 maybe.

Isleys were in tuxedos, no bell bottoms. Also all hair was "proced" -- no Afros.

I'll have to admit to a kind of secondary interest in rock n' roll at the time. I was totally occupied by jazz musically, except if it came to dancing. I was along with my friends. But the Isleys really got my attention. US Bonds also.

--imm

[anneboleyn]

458. I love "Runaway" -- first "keyboard solo" in rock. Del Shannon had talent.

Tragic how his life turned out later.

[aka-chmeee]

133. Do the "Lettermen" count as rock and roll?

If they do, I was 19 and it was 1968.

[arely staircase]

141. close enough nt

[stuckinodi]

134. Paul Revere and the Raiders and Yhe Turtles 2/15/66

Age 13, Oakland Coliseum

[arely staircase]

137. a friend once asked me

"what was that band that used to dress up like Paul Revere and the raiders?"

true story

[Tikki]

168. LOL...

Was her name Sarah Palin...
...about Paul Revere:"He who warned uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."....


Tikki

[arely staircase]

169. might as well have been

[Tikki]

156. Paul Revere and the Raiders were like our local band when I was a kid...

Always a fun show...

Tikki

[classof56]

207. They were part of my very first rock concert!

It was 1965 at the Seattle Center. I took my teeny-bopper cousin to see Herman's Hermits, and the opening act was these guys who walked out wearing tricorner hats and Revoluntary War uniforms. What a sight for my mid-twenties eyes! Needless to say, I was stuck in the 50s were R&R was concerned. Anyway, the air was filled with the sound of shrieking teenage girls, and at one point my sweet l'il cousin looked up at me and asked, "Is it okay if I scream?" Always one of my favorite memories, and to this day, 48 years later, I have yet to attend another rock concert. Still like Herman, the Hermits and the Raiders, though! Thanks for posting the video.

Cheers!

[Tikki]

218. You are a grand Cousin...kids remember that kind of thing forever...

We went to at least half a dozen shows at the Seattle Center in the 60's when we
lived in Seattle.


The Tikkis

[indepat]

140. We took our 14- and 16-year-old daughters and two of their friends to Memphis in 1976 to get

a guitar as therapy for the younger daughter who was recovering from a compound-fractured arm. As we left the store, String and Things, with guitar in hand, all four teenagers were literally freaking out and my wife and I had not a clue as to why. It happened that KISS (in street clothes) had been in the store. As for me, my first rock-type concert was in Biloxi, MS in 2004 at age 69 to see Jackson Browne: that then 14-year-old daughter took us on that odyssey.

[Rex]

142. Classified.

nt.

[DevonRex]

216. No it is not.

Spill.

[Rex]

217. Okay but it was all a blur.

You won't tell my parents?

[DevonRex]

219. I will never tell anyone who was over 30 at the time.

Or who might have been one of your older siblings, since they like to tattle.

[Rex]

227. Ozzy was permited back into the Alamo er Alamodome

from the apparent international incident of urinary dismissal onto public grounds prior. I think it started a war or two between the UK and Texas.

I was there for the peace treaty, I think he only bit one bat head off that night.

[DevonRex]

270. So yours was TX too. i still love him.

[wtmusic]

146. Rolling Stones/Stevie Wonder at the Chicago Amphitheatre, 1970, 12 years old.

The first time I smoked pot, too. A bit scary, but unforgettable.

[Tree-Hugger]

148. Bowie

David Bowie - July 9, 1990. Sound and Vision Tour at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. I was 11 years old.

[arely staircase]

149. love bowie

never saw him. if he ever tours again I will.

[Just Saying]

353. I saw Bowie in the late 90s when NIN opened for him.

Outdoor arena-what a show and what a crowd that was!

[Tree-Hugger]

394. I saw that one!

I was in high school. It was an amazing show.

[Tree-Hugger]

395. He has great shows

Always awesome, never pretentious. They always seem to cost way less than the bands du jour my friends see. I hope he squeezes one more tour out.

[loyalsister]

152. Sammy Hagar 13

The next one was Van Halen 1984 when I was 14. My friend and I both thought Sammy Hagar was better.

[arely staircase]

158. I saw the Hagar version of VH

Monsters of Rock 1988.

[loyalsister]

172. I saw the Sammy Hagar Van Halen that year too

It was after I had seen Def Lepperd, AC\DC, Boston, Bon Jovi, and a few others. Needless to say, I thought it sucked. lol

I think I had just lost my taste for Van Halen. There was a lot of talent forced into foolish showmanship.

[arely staircase]

175. no argument here

but it was the only time I got to see Eddie rip. So i'm glad I went.

[loyalsister]

177. I wasn't thinking about it at the time

But my memory of that concert is mostly why I think he is a complete idiot now.

[arely staircase]

188. yeah he jumped the shark. nt

[Texasgal]

159. I can't drive 55!!!!!!

LOL!

[loyalsister]

171. That's the one

The t-shirts had pictures of road signs that glowed in the dark. lol

[CANDO]

157. Foreigner, Mississippi Coast Coliseum 1984/5

Best concert I've seen? ....... ZZ Top at the same venue.
Others in my earlier days... Kansas/38 Special, Van Haggar, Bon Jovi/Cinderella, Whitesnake, Aerosmith/Black Crows, Metallica, AC/DC.

[OutNow]

162. Blue Cheer - 1968 - Ag Hall, Allentown PA

I was listening to great music on WMMR 93.3FM in Philadelphia in 1967 and began going to concerts and spending all my money from my part time job on weed and albums and concerts starting in 1968. Blue Cheer came to my hometown and played in a small indoor venue at the Fairgrounds in Allentown. They played Summertime Blues for about 30 minutes at VERY HIGH VOLUME and I thought I was in heaven. in the next year I saw Iron Butterfly, Small Faces, 3 Dog Night, the WHO, Deep Purple, The FUGS, David Peel and the Lower East Siders, and got expelled from school for my long hair. And never looked back.

[sufrommich]

173. Not to nitpick,but you probably saw The Faces

with Rod Stewart (which would be very cool).The Small Faces were never allowed to tour in the U.S. because of a drug bust.

[OutNow]

365. You are correct - the Faces

[CANDO]

213. Allen or Dieruff?

eom

[OutNow]

362. William Allen

[Earth_First]

163. Phish 12-11-97 nt

[arely staircase]

167. of your Greatful Deadesqe bands

Widespread Panic was my favorite. Saw them in Austin 1990-something.

[Earth_First]

196. Panic is a good time...

Although I habe to be in a mood for it.

[flying rabbit]

165. Queen/ Billy Squier

It was damn good. I was like 15?. Best concert ever: Roger Waters doing The Wall.

[arely staircase]

185. Billy Squier!

I remember my 7th grade art teacher playing the Stroke over and over. She would be fired and make Yahoo top stories for that today. The school where I teach doesn't even have art classes these days.

[flying rabbit]

240. He was pretty hot on the airwaves when I saw him

although Queen blew him away. Damn shame about the art classes. It seems to color the world just a little more banker grey.

[anneboleyn]

455. OMG WATERS and BILLY SQUIER? I am a squealing fangirl right now but this is making me crazy.

My older brother had "Don't say no" on cassette,and I listened to it so many times on my Walkman I wore it out (remember those days...)

I'd see Roger now, but oh to have seen Floyd in the Dark Side era.

[orleans]

170. rolling stones with stevie wonder as opening act (early 1970s) n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

178. Janis Joplin (Jefferson Airplane) @ Red Rocks Amphitheater.

So young I have no idea when it was, my parents brought us.

[arely staircase]

199. awesome

thanks for posting and recing. I'm in a definite find what you have in common mood tonight.

[Egalitarian Thug]

232. It was. Even at that age, and despite the fact that she polished off a whole bottle of something

brown before the break, and then did it again during the second half, it was obvious to me that this woman was something very special. (Hey, maybe that's why I like good bourbon to this day!?)

My only other extra-special concert experience was seeing one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's very last shows at Colorado Sunday #?.

[arely staircase]

235. She was a fellow East Texan and f'ng brilliant nt

[orpupilofnature57]

234. Cool folks !!

[Egalitarian Thug]

237. Real Hippies. It was a great time to come to consciousness.

It also made the hard right turn to stupid extra hard to see, however.

[Bennyboy]

180. Herman's Hermits and THE WHO...

1965. ten years old. Went with Donna Butterfield and my parents drove us. We got all dressed up and everything. Rents dropped us off and we had a great time. HH were okay with my parents, they weren't like the "hippies" the Beatles or evil incarnate, The Rollling Stones, but They were the clean bunch.

of course they had never heard of the Who (neither had I) and I really hated them. To aggressive, too loud, to everything the opposite of Herman's Hermits.

I got over it not long after that. Saw many many many Who shows over the years including the show where Keith moon passed out and they asked for a volunteeer to finish the rest of the set. Saw them at Winterland in 75 and they were IT. the most powerful band i ever saw. There is a huge photo on the wall at the Flimmore with The last note that looks out in the crowd. One great photo. I look for myself but I can't pick myself out.

Saw Moonies last show too at the Oakland Col with the grateful dead as the opener both days. Not sure if KM played again with them again., but I know it was his last US performance.

Seen em many times after that too. in 2003 I got a poster at one show (that I was not pleased with) that was signed by John Entwhistle featuring his art. But they sold it and I didn't have a tube (and they didn't supply me with one either and that is LAME) so the corner got nicked. So I bought the frame but didn't put it together due tot he corner. For a long time. Then one day I decided to frame it anyway (it looks great) and my wife came home and she said "Did you hear that John Entwhistle died"... My mind was blown. How did i pick that ever day to frame that after a few years?

[orpupilofnature57]

236. I saw the Who right after they put out ' Who's Next '

And I saw Herman's Hermit in Ptown in 1976 .

[1-Old-Man]

181. Ike & Tina Turner, Denver, late '60's, about 20yeare old

Before that I had only been to soul and jazz performances.

[aikoaiko]

183. Rush - 1981 - 12 yrs

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride

[PDJane]

184. I remember seeing the Band, but my memory doesn't go back to the time and place.

But I do remember seeing Paul Anka....and hating his music. I was barely a teen at the point, and thought it was stupid. I didn't like Elvis either, by the way, and that I had to listen to all the time. I remember seeing the Four Lads, too, when I was about twelve. I saw Bruce Cockburn too.

My hearing has been really bad since an accident in '71, and I haven't been attending music concerts much since then; in order to hear properly, I have to block the high frequencies in my left ear! You get some really odd looks when you sit there nodding your head to the music with a finger in your ear.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

186. Unless watching Big Brother and the Holding company practice in a garage, it would have to be

Stones, a very long time ago, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The warm up group was a band nobody had ever heard of called the Jefferson Airplane

Edited to add; I played in a garage band with one of the now members in Journey. Lets see, I think I was in like eighth grade. It was a LOONG time ago. Does that count? Edited to add, nah, couldn't have been the eighth grade anyway, it was about 1963 caus I remember I wanted an amp for my 13th B-day and didn't get it.

[steve2470]

190. was your family into the rock scene back then ? nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

228. Family? No but my bestfriends dad printed most of those posters for the Fillmore, Avalon, etc.

We got into his printshop one day when he was away and printed us up some buiseness cards. Go figure.

[steve2470]

229. rock and roll business ! nt

[arely staircase]

193. 3rd place award (maybe tied for 2nd) imho

only because of posters who saw the beatles and Hendrix. not that you should give a shit about my opinion. sounds like you have lived some cool living.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

197. My first apartment was about two block from the Fillmore West.

Saw Hendrix several times. Hell, I saw everybody. Tickets were three bucks. Went to Altimont, my first wife went to woodstock. If I never see another rock concert again, it will be too soon.

[arely staircase]

201. cool

I have a friend who lived in the Haight in those days. I can listen to him for hours.

[DevonRex]

189. Yardbirds, very last with Page and Beck for a full show.

I was a little kid who made her older teenage sisters take her to see them for her birthday in October 1966.
The Yardbirds' final days: the Page era
Beck was fired from the group for being a consistent no-show—as well as for difficulties caused by his perfectionism and explosive temper,[11] after a tour stop in Texas in late October 1966; as such, the Yardbirds continued as a quartet for the remainder of their career. Page became the new lead guitarist and introduced his technique of playing with a cello bow (suggested to him by session musician David McCallum, Sr.[12]) and the use of a wah-wah pedal.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yardbirds

[MotherPetrie]

221. I saw the Yardbirds in November 1966 as part of a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour!

Loved them then, love them now.

[DevonRex]

278. Yes!!!

Poor things were crammed on a bus together, all the bands. A Greyhound. Gary Lewis & The Playboys were on that tour. My sisters loved him.

But the Yardbirds were always my band.

[MotherPetrie]

421. Gary Lewis & The Playboys who? (g)

[DevonRex]

424. Have I got videos for you!

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[MotherPetrie]

437. Oh yeah... very familiar with them. They were OK. But my heart belonged to the long-haired groups!

[DevonRex]

440. Mine, too. :-)

[markiv]

320. rent the DVD 'Blow Up'

yardbirds are in it, released Dec 1966, most libraries have it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/

[MotherPetrie]

420. Very cool! Keith Relf (RIP sniff) and Paul S-S were wearing shirts similar to that when I saw the

Yardbirds (w/Jimmy Page). Gawd, I actually used to know all their names.

[markiv]

464. very interesting movie, and stylish

set in swingling 1966 london, a photographer thinks he caught a murder on film

it's an art firm, a philisophical movie, about whether things exist or have meaning, without acknowledgement from others

some think it's a very loose alegory of the jfk assasination and it's cover up, 3 years earlier, although never specifically claimed so by it's itlalian producer

[Politicalboi]

191. Rolling Stones Miss you July of 1977

Anaheim Stadium, general seating. $5.00 for parking, only brought $10.00 with. Had 2 cousins from back east who didn't chip in. Then waited for the gates to open in the morning. Wandering off looking for a store to buy a soft drink. NONE. Amazingly enough finding my cousins and one was in the drink line. I gave her my other $5.00 and she comes back with 2 drinks and tells me she'll pay me later.

Sitting in the nose bleed seats we are entertained by some circus performers, getting hungry and sun burnt. Come 7 pm, opening song Miss You, as we are leaving. I often regret leaving so early, but all 3 of us weren't burnt out, and I was a little pissed. My next concert made up for it. Van Halen at the Forum 1980. Good times.

I was just 16, and had gotten my license in June and I drove to Anaheim

[brewens]

281. You have to have the year wrong there. Miss You was about '80 or '81

I think.

[ruffburr]

192. Muir Beach -

Been so long I can't remember exact year around 66-68 Bands were Clover and Blue Oyster cult, I'm almost 60 now so around 12-13 (P.S. In those days it was a private Beach)

[Hun Joro]

194. The Edgar Winter Group with Foghat, I think the Houston Coliseum.

I might have been 15, it was a looooooong time ago.

[arely staircase]

249. more fellow East Texans

we have cranked out some talent to be backwoods

[orpupilofnature57]

195. Three Dog Night, 1971 13yrs old, Saratoga Performing Art Center.

Rare Earth warmed up .

[lady lib]

200. Aerosmith at Madison Square Garden and I was 16.

There were several of them within a one-year time frame, but I think Aerosmith was the first. I also saw KISS, Led Zeppelin and Queen at the Garden. Ticket prices were reasonable back then.

[burnodo]

204. REO Speedwagon

14 yrs

[arely staircase]

220. ah, you gave in. cool

I wonder what happened to those guys (REO). they had huge hits when I was in Jr. High. Then nothing.

[burnodo]

225. They lost popularity but still do live shows

They formed the year I was born! I did not know that

[anneboleyn]

462. "Time for me to Fly" is a great song.

[charmay]

210. Sonny and Cher age 15- Milwaukee Arena

Not much of a rock concert, but for a young farm girl, it was the most exciting thing that I'd ever seen.

[Ohio Joe]

214. Peter Frampton - Sometime late '76 - MSG

I had just turned 14... It was cool for 14

[moondust]

215. Maybe "The Byrds" circa 1970-71.

With Clarence White on guitar.

Been to a lot of them including Lez Zeppelin in San Francisco, Neil Young in Berkeley, The Eagles at Ontario Motor Speedway, Paul McCartney in Berlin, The Who in London Wembley, James Taylor & The Dixie Chicks (front row seat in concert hall), more. I frankly can't remember them all.

I was a musician myself several lives ago.

[awoke_in_2003]

224. Allman Brothers at Blossom Music Center...

outside of Cleveland around 1987, making me 19. Or 1988/20

[MotherPetrie]

226. Apr.1966, the Gene Pitney Show also featuring Chad & Jeremy, the McCoys, Norma Tanega, B. J. Thomas,

and several others.

I was 13-1/2.

[Tikki]

254. Gene Pitney...amazing..one of my favorites...

I know he played piano...I would give anything to know if it was Gene playing piano on this 1968 release:

...the show you went to sounded excellent.


Tikki

[MotherPetrie]

422. I really liked some of Gene Pitney's songs, but in all honesty....

I was there for Chad & Jeremy and the McCoys. <g>

[octoberlib]

238. My first concert was the Rolling Stones at Arrowhead stadium

in Kansas City in 1975 .The Made in the Shade tour. I was 14. My 2nd concert was Iggy Pop and the Dead Boys at the Uptown Theatre in KC when I was 16.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

239. Freddie and the Dreamers (1964)

Not rock and I was only a small child - remember lauging at them because they were silly. Also saw gerry and the Pacemakers.

later on in my teens I saw Status Quo and Queen - can't remember which was first (70s)

[shanti]

241. elton john

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hollywood bowl, 1973, and i was 17.

[liberal N proud]

243. Nazareth - Aerosmith - 1977

Stood 3 rows, if you could call it that from the stage. When the guy behind my handed a peace pipe up to the band, I freaked out.

I knew what was in that thing.

[jasond54231]

244. Radiohead at the age of 20

In Los Angeles. One of the best times of my life.

[arely staircase]

247. whiper snapper

I love RH. Someone once said the 90s began with Seattle grunge and ended with Radiohead. That sounds about right.

[yourout]

245. Styx, Madison WI 1978 or 1979....16 years old.

[Pyrzqxgl]

246. Does Big Joe Turner count?

It was 1953. I saw Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps at the Town Hall Party in about 1955 or so.

[steve2470]

248. great post, thanks ! nt

[Tikki]

263. YES, YES and YES...

and I am jealous...even though I saw him in the 70's.
Tikki

[pnwmom]

250. Ike and Tina Turner, sometime in college in the 70's. n/t

[arely staircase]

257. rock on pnwmom

[backwoodsbob]

253. Mickey Gilley

was 13 years old

He had to have the piano retuned between sets.

Had BLAST

[arely staircase]

256. although I never saw him

my mom took me to his club in Pasadena (TX) when I was about 11 or 12 - peak of the Urban Cowboy thing.

[Blue_In_AK]

260. I used to live in Pasadena 1962-1966

Went to Gilley's a few times, although I wasn't really a "country" kind of girl.

[Blue_In_AK]

255. Eons ago,

But I think it was the Righteous Brothers when I was 19 or so. No, wait, I saw James Brown when I was 14 or 15. That would have been 1966 and 1962 respectively.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

383. hey there homie!

Righteous Brothers was in 1964 in the Music Hall.

I was nine. The grand-units were completely shell shocked and deaf. Clean cut white boys singing that "Nigra music"!!!! They must have thought they were gospel singers. I can't think of any other reason we were able to talk them into buying tickets....

Saw Paul Revere and the Raiders not too many years after that, also at the Music Hall. Sat on the 4th row, but did not know they had a song about the "little girl on the fourth row".

Other bands, lots of big names that came thru Houston.

I think I saw the Beach Boys around 65-68?

I know I saw the Young Rascals. Don't remember if they were the headliner or the opening act.

I would not have been caught dead anywhere near Gilley's. My dad told me what assholes Sherwood Cryer and Mickey Gilley were, from being a refinery worker.

[pizzadave]

258. I love questions like this...

1982, Cobo Arena we went to see Sammy Hagar wsg Molly Hatchet at Cobo Arena. I was a junior in highschool and the tickets were $12.50. No parents and...wait for it...beer.

I saw Kiss last year as a 46 year old and it was too loud!!

[arely staircase]

264. I saw Molly Hatchet at Astroworld in 81

and yeah, I had no idea what I was starting with this thread. DUrs who saw the Beatles, Hendrix, etc.

[janlyn]

259. Frank Zappa !!

At Mesa, Az. Amphitheater. It was 1980 and my brother took me for my 15th birthday. After that no other concerts could measure up!!

[sweetloukillbot]

297. I didn't discover Zappa till around 86 so I never got to see any of his shows at the Celebrity

I've heard some glorious stories about those 80s shows in the Valley. I'm still pissed at Ed Mann for blowing up the 88 tour before it came west.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

261. Def Leppard, Dec. 31 1992. American leg of the Adrenalize tour.

Phoenix, AZ, America West Arena
23 years old

[pnwmom]

265. Age 11 -- wow. Did you go with friends? I'm guessing you didn't go with parents.

[Peaceplace80]

268. My first concert was Loverboy

I was 12 years old. Haven't thought about that in awhile now I am gonna have to listen to Everybody's working for the weekend lol.

[brewens]

295. In '84 I hade a date with a girl that loved those guys and I didn't tell her that was where we were

going! Boy, was that ever a great move! Loverboy show in Spokane, WA. I don't remember what album they were promoting but "Hot Girls In Love" was the big hit at the time!

[WCGreen]

271. Linda Ronhstant and Neal Young back in 1970...

I saw Jesus Christ Superstar a few weeks before

[Codeine]

273. The US Festival in '83. I was 13.

My friend's mom took us because we wanted to see Oingo Boingo and she wanted to see Men at Work. It was "New Wave Day", so we saw INXS before they were anyone over here, The English Beat, a crappy performance by Stray Cats, and we would have seen The Clash (of whom I knew less than nothing at that age, admittedly) but Eric's mom wanted to leave before they came on to avoid traffic.

I mostly remember heat, dust, and an absolute fuckton of people. And Men at Work sucked.

I haven't been to a concert since Morrissey played in San Diego two or three years ago.

[mick063]

275. The James Gang, 1975 (74?), Walla Walla, Washington

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I have seen many, many bands, but this was my first.

Best performer/musician I have ever seen? Chuck Berry. Hands down the best. Crystal clear note precision. No distortion. He even accepted a "supercharge" (reverse bong hit) from a fan crowding the stage, prior to his first song. Way cool in the mid-late 70's.

If you missed Woodstock, the next best thing was the Grateful Dead. Time travel to the summer of love.


Second favorite concert of all time?

Ringo's All Star Band (with Dave Edmunds, Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, Burton Cummings, and Ringo Starr)

Third Favorite concert of all time?

Rare Earth (You can't help but move to their awesome percussion section)



Bands seen that come to memory (to many to remember them all):

Steve Miller
Van Halen
Neil Young
Judas Priest
Kiss
UFO
Bob Dylan
Bill Withers
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Marshall Tucker Band
Traffic
The Doobie Brothers
Journey
Pat Benatar
Joe Satriani
Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, and Edgar Winter (together)
Blue Oyster Cult
The Guess Who
Kiss (1975 Spokane Washington, still have the ticket stub, admission $6.00)
The Beat Farmers (memorable group that no one has heard of)
Blonde Bruce (Yep, you never heard of this great band either)
The Cars (Not good live. Difficult to reproduce their music without studio engineering)
Nick Gilder
ZZ Top
Blue Man Group

[arely staircase]

344. the last morrisey i kept up with was

also, I wish you posted more. I have enjoyed you for years.

[Codeine]

386. That's one of his best solo pieces.

And thanks for your kind comment!

[brewens]

274. Black Oak Arkansas at 14 years old. Some of you may laugh if you only know "Jim Dandy To The Rescue

That was a hard core touring act in the early to md 70's. They put on quite a show.

There was a two year stretch there where they were number seven in the world in record sales. Hard to believe considering what they were up against around '73 and '74. They did it on the road. They played everwhere.

[Teamster Jeff]

280. That was the golden era of Southern Rock

I loved that stuff back then

[brewens]

285. Yeah. I saw the CDB, Tucker Boys and several others but not Skynard. n/t

[mick063]

282. I saw Black Oak Arkansas in Yakima Washington in the late 70's.

Jim Dandy broke apart his wash board and I caught a piece. Some gal scratched the hell out of me trying to take it.

"Hall of Karma" is my favorite Black Oak tune.

[arely staircase]

283. Train Train

still crank up the radio when it is on.

[brewens]

289. That's Blackfoot. Rickey Medlocke was the brains of that outfit. His grandpa "Shorty" wrote

that song and played that vicious harmonica on it and he was in his 70's when he did it! I shit you not! Rickey had been in and out of Skynard and is with them to this day.

[arely staircase]

290. my bad

[sweetloukillbot]

284. Genesis - 1982. I was 11.

They played Supper's Ready in its entirety and I was too young to appreciate it. Next show was The Who's first farewell tour with The Clash opening. Again, too young to appreciate the glory I was seeing.

[Iggo]

287. I tell everyone it was Black Sabbath Mob Rules tour...

...but it was actually Styx Paradise Theater tour.

[sweetloukillbot]

294. Awesome!

I'm personally not counting the Captain and Tennille show my parents took me to when I was 6.

[brewens]

299. I can't say I blame you there! I loved Styx in the 70's up until they screwed us, twice!

First they cancelled the "Pieces of (shit) Eight" tour show where Thin Lizzy was supposed to be the warmup act. My only chance to have seen Thin Lizzy. They rescheduled it in the spring. Tacked it on to the end of the tour. They played for about 45 minutes and bailed. No encore or anything. Styx never got a dime of my money after that.

[HiPointDem]

292. college-age, fleetwood mac before they got famous. small stage you could just walk up to.

[brewens]

301. I know a couple guys that swear the real early stuff was the best. I can't really say.

I've never gone back and listened to all of it.

[HiPointDem]

304. some of it was great, imo. future games, bare trees, heroes are hard to find, penguin =

some of my favorites.

but i like the fact that fm has different eras, & each era has its own sound.

[NOLALady]

302. Atlanta Pop Festival

1970, July 4th weekend.

Jimi Hendrix played the Star Spangled Banner at midnight.

[OutNow]

366. Is was great at the Atlanta Pop Festival

I was sleeping when the fire works started and I looked up at the sky and heard Jimi start the Star Spangled Banner. That was un-fucking-believable. I actually bought tickets for that concert and, since it became a free festival on the first night, I kept them. Wonder what they're worth now?

[NOLALady]

436. Hey!

I was sleeping also!
I awoke in a daze saying something like "Dang! That sounds like Jimi Hendrix!" My roomate countered with"That IS Jimi Hendrix, Wake the Hell up!"

Only half of us had tickets. But we got there late that Friday night and everyone was just walking in.

I brought bars of Ivory soap. It was a big hit at the pond, floating on the top and all and everyone diving for it.

[Fumesucker]

303. This, I was twenty

?v=8CE8CFFEE2E9D00

[nashville_brook]

308. damn. Mountain and the Chambers Brothers... together.

plus Ravi Shankar!

[arely staircase]

321. you fucking rock

all other bullshit aside

you fucking rock

[Fumesucker]

336.

Funny comment from that video considering our other conversation about TV.

Interestingly, I was inspired to listen to tull by breaking bad. A scene in series 1, Jesse's brother has a flute and Jesse says "play some Jethro Tull". I was in the music library the next day and saw Stand Up by Tull on the rack and got it out. Best decision of my life.

[Fumesucker]

389. This song becomes ever more meaningful every year, a nicely done live version

[Skink]

305. Radiators 92

I was old, 25 but had gone to many Jazz oncerts before that.

[DBoon]

306. 1974 - Zappa/Mothers

18 yrs old

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

[flvegan]

307. KISS, the Crazy Nights tour. 1987, I think.

Unfortunately, Ted Nugent opened. Though it was cool to hear "Stranglehold" live (I was a big Von Erich fan as a kid) he otherwise sucked. KISS had their showmanship going full throttle though.

[taught_me_patience]

309. Run DMC and Beastie Boys in 1986 - 8y.o.

I was completely and totally blown away at how loud it was.

[arely staircase]

315. my God

I graduated HS in 86.

[cspanlovr]

310. The Beatles, Shea Stadium, 1966. I was 13.

Eardrum shattering noise. Our ears rang the whole next day.

[neverforget]

311. Kenny Loggins 1985, Billings, MT

[d_r]

312. first with no parents

was the police w/ Joan jett oppening in 1982, I was 14.

The first show I *remember* (with parents there) was a country singer named Jackie Ward at the Jessamine County fair in Nicholasville KY. around 1978. There was this young newcomer girl opening for him - her name was Reba McEntire.

[demwing]

316. Fleetwod Mac 1977 at the LA Forum

went with my mom and sister, I was 14.

[SomethingFishy]

322. Aerosmith w/Golden Earring at Madison Square Garden 1977

Sometime in the summer I don't remember the exact date.. I was 13. And they sucked.

[brewens]

341. I applaud you for saying "they sucked". They probably did around that time and

it's well known that they had serious problems. Too many people will tell you a show was awesome just because they were there. Either they don't know the difference or just won't admit they got screwed!

You'd think that about that time Aerosmith and Golden Earring would be a dream show! How was Golden Earring, or did you mean they also sucked? Both bands together, were certainly capable of putting on a show that could have been your best ever, if they felt like it.

[SomethingFishy]

342. Golden Earring was decent. I really didn't know any of their songs

except for Radar Love. At 13 years old I was just happy to be there. I saw Aerosmith 3 times and they sucked every time. After vowing never to see them again I won a pair of tix on a radio show so I went and they were actually sober and they played a good show.

[Purplehazed]

323. Zappa 1981

17 with my aunt and boyfriend. They asked be if I could buy them some home grown at my highschool

[Capt.Rocky300]

324. The Doors in 1967..........

performed at my high school a week before their album "The Doors" was released. I never understood why they did that. They had to know they were on their way. Why do a high school gig? I did take a wiz next to Jim Morrison in the gym's "Boys Room". Man, was he stoned.

[steve2470]

326. lmao hell of an anecdote, love it

Did you get to talk to him or was he um in a hurry ?

[Capt.Rocky300]

332. Didn't even try to talk to him...........

as an innocent 17 year old, I was just too stunned to react to the first person I'd ever seen stoned.

[steve2470]

346. I do understand, just curious :) nt

[Capt.Rocky300]

347. I think the faculty staff were.........

crappin' their pants and obviously didn't understand what they had signed up for by hiring the Doors. Of course, none of us kids knew who the hell they were either when they walked onto the stage. But I can tell you, when their album came out a week later, we all headed to the record store to get our copies. After that, my girlfriend would melt whenever "Light My Fire' came on the radio. Thanks Jim. Just because of that I put some flowers on his grave during a layover in Paris many years later.

[steve2470]

418. agreed and the staff got the deal of the century ! The Doors at a high school ? Wow

You are so lucky to have seen them.

[arely staircase]

328. bad ass nt

[Starry Messenger]

325. Thompson Twins, Tour of Future Days 1985

Yep. I'm a dork. I was 15.

[notadmblnd]

327. Jethro Tull

Sometime in the 70's. Can't remember the year. Had too much to drink at the Kid Rock/ZZTop concert I just got home from.

[Common Sense Party]

329. Def Leppard, 1983. I was fifteenish.

[Spirochete]

330. Creedence Clearwater Revival

at Memorial Coliseum in Portland. I was 17 at the time.

[dflprincess]

331. The Beatles, Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis, MN August 21, 1965

I was 12. My aunt dropped my 13 year old cousin & off and picked us up after the concert. I can't imagine letting kids that age go to a concert alone now.

We had the most expensive seats - $5.50 (yes five dollars and 50 cents) a ticket. I think I read once that the Fab Four were paid something like $50,000 for the gig.

[Deep13]

335. Never been $$$$$ nt

[Historic NY]

337. I did a drive by at Woodstock...wanted to stay.

but I had to go to Scout camp.

[jimlup]

339. Frank Zappa on my 18th Birthday

Later that night I got to meet him in person as he played the local bar for fun.

[ornotna]

340. Blue Oyster Cult in '73 and I was 16

At the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Some good memories from the shows that I've seen at SPAC.

[nomorenomore08]

343. I went to a community center "punk" show or two in high school (circa '00/'01). Kids my age playing.

I guess my first "real" concert, if not rock per se, would've been the Roots in summer 2003. I was 18.

[William769]

345. Bob Seger June 30th 1978 Miami.

Still like a Rock.

ETA: I was 15 at the time.

[Little_Wing]

348. Beatles, Detroit, Sept, 1964

I was 15 and ecstatic to be seeing them live!

Also saw them in '65 in Toronto (they didn't come to Detroit that tour), then in Detroit again in '66.
What fab memories, they were amazing in person, and I only wish the screaming hadn't been such a "thing," as I know it drove them away from touring.

[Chipper Chat]

350. The Jiants. 1959

Fort Wayne Indiana

[Tikki]

356. Nice...Regional bands made Rock & Roll...

Tikki

[stopwastingmymoney]

351. Pink Floyd, December of '87 in Oakland

I was 16, this thread is great. I always said that I wish I was older because I missed so many great shows in the 70's. My hubby saw the last Zeppelin show, I'm especially jealous of anyone who saw Queen!

[anneboleyn]

461. No Waters? Was Waters out by '87?

[stopwastingmymoney]

470. No

Waters wasn't along on that tour.

I didn't know enough at the time to realize, since then I've seen Floyd with Waters and no Gilmour on DVD. I miss Gilmour's guitar, he's key to the sound for me.

The new stuff from that album was really good too, the show is available on DVD, it's called 'Delicate Sound of Thunder'. I recommend it

[DesertFlower]

352. OMG. it was at the brooklyn paramount theater.

i was about 14. had lots of artists. it was around 1955.

[steve2470]

357. I'd love to hear the names of some artists, please :) nt

[DesertFlower]

411. OMG. it was so long ago.

i tend to remember "the Platters", the Everly brothers. there were so many performers. there's no way i can remember them all. it was about 58 years ago.

[steve2470]

415. very very cool, thanks for that ! :) nt

[Mojorabbit]

354. Alice Cooper 44 years ago. nt

[Just Saying]

358. Live

The band in early 90s I was 23.

[pinboy3niner]

359. The Beatles, Dodger Stadium, August 28, 1966

Actually not my first, as I'd already seen groups like the Association and We Five at the Ice House in Glendale.

But hey--the Beatles ticket was only $4.50.

[Warpy]

370. 1968, The Boston Tea Party

I've completely spaced who it was, but we got in free.

A year later, I was lighting them. The journey from point A to point B was utterly bizarre.

[Fearless]

372. Ozzfest- was 16 or 17.

[Stardust]

376. The Rolling Stones, 1965, Jacksonville Colliseum - 17 y/o

My boyfriend, who did not exactly go in a Stones fan, left that concert totally enthralled with Mick Jagger. It was so cute! Afterwards, he kept singing, "I want you! You! You!" and pointing his finger with his arm outstretched, ala Mick.

[NBachers]

378. Beatles, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto August 17 1966

We stayed at the YMCA downtown, and flew back across Lake Ontario to Rochester, NY in a Mohawk Airlines DC-3! My buddy Otis and I were 17. I spent $21.00 on three radical Mod shirts to show off back home. My dad yelled at me for spending so much money on clothes.

The Outsiders came to our local dance 'n' music venue, if that counts. I was sixteen.

[MrMickeysMom]

430. Squeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

[NBachers]

439. Were you the one we kept yelling at to stop screaming so we could hear the music?

Kind of an ironic exercise in futility. We knew damn well we couldn't keep a whole stadium full of girls from screaming at The Beatles.

[MrMickeysMom]

474. Uh-uh, now... you can't do that...

Girls and Beatles = Squeeeeee! (wish I WAS that person)

I will tell you that I saw Ringo Starr play in San Antonio with his band in 1995 or 96, I believe. I was no less giddy.

[OilemFirchen]

380. Terry Knight and the Pack

Icelandia, Dayton OH, probably mid-sixties.

And then... The Faces, Deep Purple, and Matthew's Southern Comfort at Hara Arena.

BTW, I accidentally booked this:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/1976/ohio-university-memorial-auditorium-athens-oh-63d016db.html

Last-minute venue change, I happened to be in the CPB office when his agent called looking for a mid-size hall. Rushed the contract, printed up flyers, posted 'em all over town. Nobody believed it and when the show started the auditorium was nearly empty. Word traveled fast that, in fact, Springsteen was tearing it up on April Fool's Day and the subsequent rush caused considerable damage, including the entry doors knocked clean off their hinges. The best goddamned concert ever.

[SoCalDem]

382. First and ONLY... Little Anthony & The Imperials (Miami)..He introduced a very young

skinny young kid named ....

Little Stevie Wonder


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1320724&mesg_id=1320724
http://www.history-of-rock.com/stevie_wonder.htm
. I saw "Little Stevie Wonder" perform onstage for the first time..

( at least in a concert-type performance)..I had never heard of him before and he was about 13 ,I think...He sang Fingertips.. It was July 1963

I was at a club in Miami(Copa City) for teens..The headliners were Little Anthony and the Imperials.. During a break, they brought Little Stevie out to perform...
What a hoot and a half...
..........................................................................................................................
Copa City had been a very famous nightclub and the first to integrate


By the time the 50's ended, the "clubs" started to close.. The Copa was turned into a teen venue.. All the greats played there and recorded there..

We also would all go down to SouthBeach when it was mostly boarded up hotels and restaurants.. Waaaay before it was cool again

************************************

http://www.gdnrecords.com/englishcds/believeenglish.html
This below is from a Josephone Baker site:

GDN Records proudly presents Josephine Baker in what was to be her last recording. This American born songstress, actress and dancer unable to tolerate the segregational policies of her homeland, left for France at age 19 and spent the rest of her life using her fame combined with the invulnerability that came from being based outside America, to protest injustice wherever she saw it.

Upon her arrival in France, some 76 years ago, she took the country by storm. Her sensuous dances in her performances in "La Revue Negre" at the Champs-Elysé Theater, was something the French had never before seen. The influence of American music and dance, swept her audiences with her precision, risqué stage dress, her abandon, wildness and control, she held nothing back, she danced and sang as though possessed, yet her movements and were exact in their form and rhythm.

During the Second World War, instead of leaving France and enjoying life without risk, she worked for the Free French Government and was awarded the Medal of the Resistance for her work against Fascism. This soon led her to a commitment to the civil rights movement in the United States.

It started when Miami's segregated nightclub, the famed Copa City, began trying to get her to perform. She turned down ten thousand dollars a week because management refused to guarantee an integrated audience. But Josephine had her way, management gave in and she opened at Copa City in January 1951 before its first integrated audience. It became her standard practice, to insist on a nondiscrimination clause in her contract, guaranteeing that Black patrons would be admitted.

No entertainer before her had played to a non-segregated audience in Miami The breaking down of color lines in nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels became Josephine's special focus.

[leftyladyfrommo]

384. Santana and It's A Beautiful Day

Salt Lake City and I was probably 19.

[DiverDave]

385. Steely Dan and the Doobie bros.

Salem Armory (Salem Or.)
Doobies had one album out, Steely Dan had none.
I was 14 I guess, 1971?
First time seeing everyone smoking pot out in the open.

[ArnoldLayne]

387. Emerson Lake & Palmer in August of 1974 I was 17 years old.

[corkhead]

388. Yes - "in the round", Olympia Stadium, Detroit, about 1977, making me 16 or so.

they had a rotating stage, and Rick Wakeman had a lot of empty Heineken bottles at his feet.

[mattclearing]

391. David Lee Roth and Poison

I was twelve. It was the first of several shows I saw at the Capital Centre, which got demolished a few years back.

[xoom]

393. Godsmack feat. Staind, Cold ans Systematic. April 12, 2001

[we can do it]

397. Heart and Micheal Stanley Band.

I was 17

[G_j]

398. Yardbirds

'67 Commac Arena, LI, NY

[onyourleft]

399. Peter, Paul...

...and Mary. Does that count? I was 19.

[dem in texas]

402. R & B Shows at the Dallas Sportatorium in 1955, 56,57

I am so old, that when I went to concerts, they did not call them Rock Concerts, but shows. I was a avid R & B fan. and went to almost every show held in Dallas. They were always held at the old Sportatorium which torn down in the 1980's. I saw Fats Domino, Etta James and the Peaches, Chuck Berry, the Clovers, Little Richard and almost every R & B star of that era.

[Loge23]

403. Wasn't "rock", but it was The Man

Johnny Cash with June Carter and the Carter Family (including Maybelle). Also on the bill were the Statler Brothers (Flowers on the Wall), and the now-legendary great Carl Perkins. A great, great show.
The place? Carnegie Hall in NYC - I think it was 1966, which meant I was 12. My older sister, who at that time worked on Madison Ave in a kinda "Mad Men" small adv. firm, got the tkts. We camped at the backstage door after the show and saw them all come out.
Carl Perkins came out carrying his guitar in case - no limo, no cab. Set down his guitar and talked with us and signed the album my sister took with her. Then he picked up and walked away down the street!
It wasn't until '68 that I saw another - this time at the old NY World's Fair site in the NY State pavilion. It was a awesome blues show with Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, I think Buddy Guy. But the headliners were a new "blues band" from England called Led Zeppelin. We stood right by the stage - there wasn't many left at that point, with the majority of the audience showing up to see the real legends.
Many, many since - one of the most memorable was Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore, New Years Eve '69 - the Band of Gypsies show.

[WyLoochka]

404. The Doors - August 1966

in Tempe AZ at The Fifth Estate. I was 17

[steve2470]

407. this really is a wonderful and enlightening thread, thanks for starting it !

We need more of these kind of threads in GD to make us smile and laugh and bring we Democrats/progressives together. God knows we have plenty to fight over and divide us lol

[Initech]

409. Weird Al Yankovic at the Orange County Fair, I was 15

[wickerwoman]

410. Vanilla Ice at the Puyallup Fair in 1991.

I was 15 but in my defense the tickets were free and my second concert was Rage Against the Machine.

[arely staircase]

419. LOL.

The first time Ice Ice Baby came on the radio I cranked it up thinking it was going to be Bowie/Queen Under Pressure. Well imagine my disapointment. I saw Rage Against the Machine in 96 or 97. Great show.

[anneboleyn]

413. Cyndi Lauper, Pittsburgh Civic Arena, 1984 (I was 12)

Next in 88 or 89 I saw Siouxsie and the Banshees in L.A. (I can't remember which venue -- maybe the universal amphitheater?), The Cure at Dodgers Stadium for the Disintegration tour, Depeche Mode (during Violator) at Dodgers Stadium, and the first Lollapalooza tour with Siouxsie and the boys on the bill) -- then Duran Duran for The Ordinary World tour in the early 90s in the Bay Area (a smallish venue...it was awesome to be so very close to John Taylor and Simon Le Bon). There were many others but I remember all of these -- I seemed to go to a lot of concerts in those days.

[steve2470]

423. kick nt

[hack89]

425. Led Zeppelin 17 years old. nt

[LibDemAlways]

426. I was in 7th grade. Saw Herman's Hermits at the

LA Sports Arena. A couple of years later I saw them again at the Anaheim Convention Center on a double bill with The Who. Odd pairing.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

428. Royal Albert Hall, London 1970

Procol Harum and Jethro Tull.

[MrMickeysMom]

429. Herman's Hermits... circa 1968, St. Petersburg, FL

Yes, my sister drove and cringed as my girlfriend and I screamed. I wore my mini skirt over matching shorts, age 14...

[pitbullgirl1965]

431. Iron Maiden, 7/1981, Swing Autotorium in San Bernadino, CA with Paul Di'Anno on vocals. n/t

[David__77]

433. Grateful Dead, but only to make a purchase in the parking lot!

The night didn't end so well.

[Hobo]

434. June 12th 1976.

I was 16 years old. yes, Peter Frampton, Gary Wright and the Pouchette-Dart Band. JFK stadium in Philadelphia Pa, which no longer exists.



Hobo

[ChoppinBroccoli]

442. Aerosmith in Columbus, OH (1990)--I Was 18

My parents didn't allow me to go to rock concerts until I was 18 years old, but as soon as I turned 18, I went to this show. Aerosmith at Cooper Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They had Joan Jett opening up for them, but we missed her entire performance drinking in the parking lot.

Interestingly enough, after having not seen a rock concert for 18 years, I went to a second show just one week later. Rush in Cleveland.

[Go Vols]

443. Aerosmith in '77

Edit: I did go to the Volunteer Jam with parents I didnt see until the show was over in '75.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Jam

[anneboleyn]

444. My dad saw the Beach Boys in the early 60s in SoCal; my mom--the Stones and Joan Baez

in the early days as well. She was mesmerized by Baez's beautiful soprano, and Baez's ability to hold the audience's attention with her voice and a guitar. I grew up loving The Beach Boys -- sharing a love of the Beach Boys and SoCal beach life with my Dad.

[maddezmom]

445. LOL...mine was KISS MSG 1977!

[Moral Compass]

446. First Rock Concert

Led Zeppelin Hampton Roads Coliseum, VA 1971. The first of so many I lost count--but always the best.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

449. Please, don't turn GD in the LOUNGE, thank you!

Moderators, a little help, please.

[sufrommich]

459. Why not just ignore threads you aren't interested in ?

Obviously a lot of DUers are enjoying this thread and it's a nice break from the usual acrimony.That's a good thing.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

463. Why not take advantage of the existing categories?

Less clicking makes for a better user experience.

[steve2470]

460. for your perusal, Skinner's words from the Hosts forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023441497#post89

If a thread is not causing any harm, if people are posting in it and recommending it and having a good time, then DON'T SPOIL THE FUN.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/124311642

I'm very confident if we start posting too many lolcats, the hosts and/or Skinner will crack down.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

465. OK. But pop-cultural type threads easily get lots of attention, the main flair & fare of the M$M

That's why I come here, instead.

Yesterday, there was a 'popular' thread in GD that kept poping up, getting in the way of our political discussions.

If this becomes a habit, it won't serve DU or it's users well.

no one is saying to delete it, just put it in the appropriate place.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Iggo]

473. Please don't turn GD into Meta.

Okay, thanks.

[SugarShack]

453. 14 yrs. old went to see YES

In the 70's

[steve2470]

466. It's interesting to me that no one has mentioned Elvis yet

Did I miss Elvis in this thread some place ?

[Beaverhausen]

468. Elton John December 1974 Philadelphia spectrum. I was 15

I saw The Carpenters and Bette Midler earlier but this was my real first rock show.

[world wide wally]

469. Rolling Stones, 1965 , McCormick Place in Chicago

Pattie LaBelle was the warmup.

[steve2470]

471. last kick nt

[DCBob]

475. Jethro Tull. 17 years old. Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA on May 5, 1972.

What a fantastic concert. I will never forget it.

[customerserviceguy]

476. Elton John

1976 in Seattle, I was twenty and won the tickets on the radio. They were scalping for fifty bucks apiece, and that was a goodly sum of money to me in those days. Having a pair of them for myself and my girlfriend was one of the good things that happened to me in that year.