Your first concert was to see who and when?

Rush at the Chicago International Amphitheatre, 1980 I believe. 

What a blast that was!

Summer of 1977 Chicago was the place to be. Attended all the Super Bowl Of Rock shows at Soldier Field. Great summer after HS Graduation before heading to Notre Dame. 

June 4: Climax Blues Band, J. Geils Band, Foghat, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. 

• June 19: Pink Floyd. 
• July 10: 38 Special, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent. 
• August 13: Rick Derringer, UFO, Bob Seger, Peter Frampton. 
• October 20th 1977  The Talking Heads, B'Ginnings Concert Club, Schaumburg, IL  . 

   

   

The Dead 1976 Beacon Theater NYC.

The Miami Bayfront Auditorium, 1958, Ray Charles. With my school friend and his dad.

I posted before that my first concert was Frank Zappa at Beloit college auditorium, small venue. The lead singer of the Turtles, forget his name, was in the show with Zappa. I think it was 1970 and I was 17 or 18. I was thinking "rock concert" but really my first concert would have been to see Virgil Fox, playing the biggest pipe organ in Rockford IL. I was about 13 or 14. Went with my dad and my grandfather.

My dad was a church organist for 50 years. My grandfather was a piano tuner/builder from the time he was 13, in 1911. One of his best buddies was a guy named Clarence Helsing, who was an organ builder/tuner. He knew Virgil Fox and introduced us to him at the end of the concert. It was pretty cool. I still consider him to be the best organist ever. I probably have 50 records of his and 25 or so Cd's.