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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today!

Actually, it's more like fifty years ago.  There have been any number of recent threads where people relate how they saw so and so back in 1972 at such and such a place.  Examples would be the Allman Brothers opening for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore East, the James Gang opening for Led Zep on their first American tour, the Airplane, QMS and Big Brother at the Aragon, etc etc.

My question is -- HOW DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER THIS STUFF?

Don't get me wrong, I remember any number of concerts from the late 60s onwards, but I suspect I've mis-remembered or outright forgotten probably just as many.  I just couldn't tell you how many times or exactly where or when I've seen McCoy Tyner, Hall & Oates, The Blasters, The Feelies, Steel Pulse, Marshall Crenshaw, Parliament/Funkadelic, Buddy Guy/Jr. Wells, Roomful Of Blues, etc.  Somethings are just a little blurry.

Did you write this stuff down in diary?

onhwy61

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vthokie83
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My very first concert (I was thirteen) was on Friday August 16th 1974, at the Capital Centre in Landover Maryland. It was a happy accident, as one of family friends had a cancellation.

If memory serves me correctly The Souther/Hillman/Fury band opened up, second was Little Feat, and the headliner was Three Dog Night (though I could have the first two bands backwards). Went with an older friend and her boyfriend, his sister and brother.....they were all huge Three Dog Night fans.

I remember really really really liking Souther/Hillman/Fury, and absolutely having my face blown off by Little Feat; and actually Three Dog Night was excellent too. To this day Little Feat Waiting for Columbus is my favorite album of all time, it brings back memories of that night.

Souther/Hillman/Fury also led me to bands like Poco, Manassas, Buffalo Springfield, and CSN&Y in all of their iterations. Funny how a twist of fate can change your life. I have spent the last decade trying to find a concert poster of that night

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