ELO, Deep Purple & the no show opening act Elf (Ronny James Dio's band) - Dec. 1974. Tickets were 4.50, 5.50, 6.50. A cello blew up during ELO's show. The front and back just blew off and a roadie put out the small fire with an extinguisher.
Relax, have a Goose Island Imperial IPA and Go Pack Go! |
Blind Faith in Goleta, CA. |
Depeche Mode at the LA Coliseum in 1998 during the live recording of the "101" album. It was an incredible day with opening acts OMD, Thomas Dolby, and Wire Train. This was back in the day when the local alternative radio station, KROQ was in its prime with Jed The Fish, Poorman, and Richard Blade. At one point, the entire stadium was involved in food fight! This still ranks of one of my favorite concert experiences. |
Bo Diddley in Lubbock, Texas, probably 1959 or 1960. Quite an experience for a 14-year-old white kid from West Texas. |
Allman Brothers either at the Georgia Tech Collesium or the Atlanta Civic Center 1970. I saw them at both that year.
They were always playing in Piedmont Park, which is where I first saw them, but I am not sure that qualifies as a concert or just a gathering of Hippies :-) |
Average White Band in '79 |
Elephants Momory, Cactus, and The Bob Seger System, on the same night in that order at the Orlando Sports stadium in1970 or maybe 71. |
Guy Lombardo, Dave Clark Five, Iron Butterfly, now that's what I'm talking about.
Warrenh, this post is for your first concert not your best concert. Let's try to stay focused. |
The Grateful Dead at a Chinese New Years show in Oakland about 20+ years ago.
They sucked so bad as to be unbelievable!
(And, to top it off, the acoustics in the place sucked too.)
However, several years later, I went to another Dead show, where they were backing up Bob Dylan, and it was much, much better.) |
Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians at the 1964 NY World's Fair :) |
Hannah Montana , Dec, 2007. Cost me $2500 per ticket but the show was AMAZING!!! I'm still singing those tunes in my head! |
Calloway, met too: Iron Butterfly= Innagoddadivada baby...
BTW, my best concert was, maybe you heard of it? WOODSTOCK- From Richie Havens to Jimi... |
Ten Years After, late 70s |
11/17/73 - Focus, with the Spencer Davis Group (no Steve Winwood) opening, at the Felt Forum (now known as The Theatre at Madison Square Garden).
My friend and I bought tickets just a few days before the show and ended up in a row of folding chairs set up in front of the regular seats. Man, it was loud.
Next up would be Yes at MSG on the 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' tour. |
I used to see Black Oak in Asbury Park NJ. They would end their show by smashing 2 guitars together. They were great. I still play their first album.
I saw the Jefferson Airplane in Asbury Park for the Volunteers album. My friends Dad put bread in his ears to help with the volume. All those fists pumped in the air changed everything for me. |
'''iron butterfly....1967 |
The Iguanas, a local band from Ann Arbor, Mi. This was at a sock hop at Ann Arbor Pioneer HS, probably circa 1965. I was all of 12 years of age, helping lug around equipment for the band as my sister's boyfriend was the bass player. The lead singer was one James Osterburg Jr., later to become Iggy Pop! |
Jefferson Airplane in the Surrealistic Pillow days. I was a high school student; my sister was in college and her friend "knew the band". I've never been the same since ;~). |
dick clark caravan of stars 1965 |
Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play". They came out and played "A Passion Play" for 30-40 minutes. This being my first concert, I thought that they were finished and it was over. Then Ian Anderson stepped up to the microphone and said "Now for our second number"! |
It was either Bruce's "Born to Run" tour or Alice's "Welcome to My Nightmare" tour. Can't remember exactly, too much you know what. But both were in 1975. I think. |
Blue Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas, and Wet Willie...
It was about 3.95 Tickets probably ranged from 3.95, 4.95 to 5.95... now they're 10x's that!
BOC was touring on their Spectres LP. Didn't really know what to expect, and I wasn't too familiar with any of the bands, but I wanted to go to a concert, and they were the next one to come up...
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