Your first concert was to see who and when?

It was 1969, I believe. I was a freshman at Ga.Tech and had a friend going to Mercer in Macon, Ga. Led Zep was playing there (of all places) and I believe the venue was some auditorium on campus but maybe it was somewhere else in Macon. Anyway, I rode my motorcycle up there and stayed with my friend. They were promoting Zeppelin 2, it had just come out. LZ hadn't really "made it" yet and put on a terrific show. Later that year or maybe the next it cost me $1 to see the Allman Bros. and Janis Joplin on the GT campus.

Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna / It's a Beautiful Day

Feb. '70 Anaheim convention Center CA

1st Dead Show 12/28/70 El Monte Legion Stadium LA CA

Jimi Hendrix Massachusetts, Boston Gardens 1970.     Jimi died the 18th of Sept 1970..

Hall and Oates at the Wittenberg University Field House in the mid-70's. Followed shortly afterward by AC/DC opening for Foreigner at Hara Arena in Dayton, followed shortly afterward by Kiss, and then Styx/Kansas (or was it the other way around?). So many bands, and a lot of idle time.

Reading everyone’s first concerts made me think of one thing.  Two amazing concerts I saw were Led Zeppelin’s last tour through the US at the LA Forum with John Bonham and The Who’s last tour through the US with Keith Moon, also at the forum.  Both drummers died soon after those concerts and it just made me think, I must have been the J.D. Vance of drummers!