Neil Diamond I had just graduated 8th grade and my parents thought I was staying at a friends house and I lived in Chicago and took the elevated across the city and walked a mile through a section of town I probably shouldn't have to get there. It was awesome. He recorded Hot August Nights that year. The walk, actually run at 1030 at night back to train was interesting. |
OK, it must have been an acid flash. My very first concert? Ready for this? WOODSTOCK! Purchased tickets, ran away(16 yrs old) from home, hitched upstate and the rest was history. Got there a day early so we caught it all: Richie Havens to Jimi. Did not sleep. don't get better than that...I win! :) |
Wow. You definitely DO win, warrenh. |
Wow !Warren,What an experience for a first concert!!! My first was Santana,I think Black Oak Arkansas opened for them. |
BTW, Ray, Santana's first concert? Indeed; Woodstock. I remember when they came on. No one ever heard of them and they were playing Evil Ways. You should hear the crowd. They knew something great was happening. |
Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour-Alpine Valley, WI |
Warren,I could only imagine how cool that had to be! By the time I saw him the LP Welcome had just been released,,or was getting ready to be released.The band came out and asked the crowd for a moment of silent meditation..Santana had just changed his look.He had short hair and a white suit.I was so far up and back ,I did not believe it was Carlos ,I had only seen pictures of him with the long hair ,until he started playing! And what a great concert that turned out to be! |
Aerosmith w/ Rick Derringer MSG 1975 |
The Doobie Brothers...1974...Ft. Worth, Texas...(8th grade). Rock'in show! |
Went to suny geneseo...Saw Lesley west..mountain in Rochester ny fall of 1969...blew me away... |
That's a good one, Giancarlo. I saw Mountain at Fillmore West in August 1969, a couple of weeks before Woodstock, and had the same reaction. |
Mountain was the second concert I ever saw. It was at the Stanley Warner theater on Rt. 4 in Paramus NJ in 1970. Loved it. |
Philadelphia Dance concert at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. I believe it was in December of 69 or January of 70. $4 admission and you could sit where ever you wanted. I believe it was the first concert ever held at the Spectrum. |
ZZ Top's Worldwide Texas Tour, July 26th, 1976 at Pine Knob, MI with REO as the opening act. 2 great bands and one great concert. |
My first free show was the Animals in 1966.
The first paid show was Hendrix in 1968.
Got to hear lots of great bands at local dancer here in New Orleans. |
1974...Elton John with unannounced guest John Lennon. |
Lowrider
That was not my first concert but personally ranks as my best ever. Been to over 1,000. What a first concert. |
Yes, might be my fav of all time. It's etched in my brain even after all these years. |
Peter Gabriel in 2003. I was 10. |
Peter, Paul & Mary at Loyola Field House, New Orleans 1963 |
David Benoit at Cal Berkeley in 1990.
I'm not sure the Egyptian Lover mixing on turntables at UOP in 1996 counts. |
Elton John at the Hollywood Bowl in 1972. Introduced by Linda Lovelace (yes, THE Linda Lovelace). Amazing! |
The Kinks at the Boston Garden 1983.....wicked pissa |
Ted Nugent Free For All. He did a lot from his new album Cat Scratch Fever |
Floyd, Animals/Wish You Were Here, 1977 Anaheim Stadium |
First show was Jimi Hendrix Experience, August 1968, at the Richmond Mosque. Second show was Led Zeppelin (Christmas Day?) 1968, Denver auditorium. Also around this time I started paying attention to this group Child, later name changed to Steel Mill, with their personable skinny long haired front man doing his best Steve Marriott impression. Must have seen them 40 times, in bars, parks, parties, auditoriums and on top of the downtown Richmond parking garage, as they made their informal concert circuit from Asbury Park, NJ to Atlanta stopping in Richmond to play several gigs. Friendly kid that front singer, I wonder what ever became of him. |
Wow, what a way to age the audiogon community! Well my first concert was I believe MC Hammer or maybe Bel Biv Devoe in probably 1988 or so (I was like 11). Who cares about age though--it's bragging rights. I was born in the wrong generation and am so envious of you all who got to see Jimi, Jim, Janis, Jerry, the original Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Band... |
And because I've been pm'd about the above, and just to carify ... that skinny, long-haired teenage kid in Child/Steel Mill was the yet to be recorded Mr. Springsteen. Real nice guy. |
Ziggy Stardust 1973 Long Beach Calif. |
Dugo,I would have liked to see Bowie back then ! 5AM and im listening to Mick Ronson ,Im the One before I head off to work,,, |
The Doors at Madison Square Garden on a Fridy night, January 24, 1969. The concert was sold out. They opened with Touch Me with the Garden in total darkness except for the strobing of listeners flashes while taking pictures.
Perhaps, needless to say, it was an excellent show. |
Joe, I wouldn't say "needless to say"--when I saw the Doors the band was great but Morrison was not very good. He spent a lot of time under (yes, under) the stage babbling into the mic while the other guys cooked away. |
The Kinks in 1983 at the Boston Garden |
Quicksilver Messenger Service, It's a Beautiful Day, Ace Of Cups at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco in the late sixties maybe 1968? |
Heart , at US 131 Martin drag strip Michigan in the mid 70's . They were parking miles away from the entrance and along the highway . The county mounted police were having those cars hauled away ! I made it in and all the way down to the finish line of the drag strip to park . My wife , 3 days after knee surgery , hobbled all the way down to the start line/bandstand area on crutches ! We found a nice place to sit and I gave her all of the pain killer that she wanted ! Truly splendor in the grass ! I carried her back to the car when it was over . Oh to be young and dumb again !!!
Happy Tunes |
Not mine, but my 14 year old son.
Kansas concert. Met Robby Steinhardt (violin) at a friend's house, he went to sound check with him. Backstage pass, 3rd row seats, more backstage, and partied with the band at friends house after.
Now that's an introduction to rock and roll! |
Led Zepplin, Macon City Auditorium 1969
Warren, I'm sincerely jealous-Woodstock? |
My First concert in front of big audience I performed when I was 11 playing Vossil's Flick-Flack on Accordion on the talent show. It was not successful though and I didn't get to go next round. When I heard my recorded performance, I realized my glitches, but decided not to go further with practicing and quit:( Here's another sloppy example very similar to mine used to be back than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFttTwBhDY |
1968 at the Fillmore West in S.F. I saw Deep Purple, It's A Beautiful Day and Cold Blood (Deep Purple was actually 2nd billing!). I was about a month away from my 16th b'day. The following week I went again to see The Jeff Beck Group and Spirit. Both concerts were enhanced via psychedelic drugs, which was the thing to do back then when you went to the Fillmore. |
Dragon, thanks for the tidbit about the psychedelics at the Fillmore, would never have guessed... |
ha ha...may I sincerely apologize for insulting your intelligence. |
Flash in 1972. Also my first hit of acid. What a stone groove. I missed most of the concert because I was flying but I went out and bought their album the next day. |
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Motorhead, 1987, Birmingham with support from Sword. |
Beatles Sept 1964 Indianapolis Fairgrounds |
Joe jackson, look sharp tour, 1979, asbury park nj |
Humble Pie
CW Post Dome, Long Island
Frampton had left and Smokin had just come out - I think. I was in 10th grade so circa...1972? Regardless, a great show with maniac Steve Marriott punching well above his vocal weight. Rockin The Fillmore STILL remains one of the best live albums ever recorded and I still listen to it a few times a year...."even you people, behind the glass plates, at the back of the hall - I'iiiiiiiiim Ready!" |
I guess I'm wrong. My first concert was on my first day of birth with UAAAAAA:-) |
Alice Cooper and the Babies openend for them . |
CREAM
Sunshine of your love still one of my favs of all time |
