You are quarantined with the first musical act you saw in concert. What is it?

[CottonBear]

73. Don McLean

He played, solo, if I remember correctly, in Miller Park, which was fairly new at the time, in downtown Chattanooga, TN. This was sometime in the late 1970s, maybe 1976, 1977 or 1978.

My girlfriends and sat right up front. It was in the early evening. We got to meet him and get his autograph after the concert. Our parents dropped us off downtown, because we were too young to drive at the time.

At the time Chattanooga was, at least to us, so boring. Without cars and money, we couldn’t get ourselves to any big rock concerts in or near Chattanooga or in Atlanta, Nashville or Birmingham. Our parents were quite conservative, so we were really happy to find out about Don McLean’s concert and be able to go! The city must have booked the concert. I think it was free. I’ve long since lost his autograph, although I had it for many years.

It was a lovely performance and a beautiful evening. We sang along to American Pie! The friends, who attended the concert with me, are still two of my very best friends all these years later!

After I headed off to college, my first real rock concert was rem opening for the English Beat at UGA’s Legion Field in Athens, GA! It was a free outdoor concert and it was awesome!