Woodstock!I was 9 years old.My dad was in Federal Prison for refusing to enter the draft.My mom,her older sister,me & my little brother made the trip in a VW Microbus!I don’t have much memory of the concert.Bits & pieces of the trip through the Smoky Mountains mostly.Being a rabid SCUBA Diver I was pretty mad at my mom for dragging me away from home(Central Fl.) in the middle of summer vacation.
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The last couple posters saw some good concerts in 1973. Damn - In 1973 I had a curfew of 8pm and maybe 9 pm in summer. :^( I think this is how the whole stereo in doors in my bedroom thing got started. Wow , how therapeutic. This thread is better than paying a psychiatrist $150 an hour. I seem to recall later on when I had more freedom - a big spaceship coming down on the stage - with smoke effects and special lighting. ELO concert. |
Oh, man, I had my share of concerts at the Pgh Civic Arena back in the day- when you look at the list of people who played that venue, you realize how many more big name acts were touring constantly; pretty accessible. Almost seems like a fantasy now. The acoustics were pretty bad, but The Syria Mosque couldn't hold the bigger crowds (and if memory serves, was not air conditioned). I think I already replied to this thread some time ago, but my first 'rock' concert was there,too, in around '67? Iron Butterfly. |
The Almond Brothers Band in 1973 at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. It was a superb summer evening with the retractable dome roof wide open in a genuine party setting... with bright sunshine streaming into the arena and everyone grooving to some fantastic music. Only problem was my buddies and myself ended up in a fist fight with some drunken older yahoos who decided that we were not to their liken. Long story short...they were ejected from the concert. Ah! Those were the days... Wine,woman,music and an occasional fist fight. Great thread...carry on. |
- - The Stampeders Came to my Grade 5 Public School in 1970 ? I was 9? I think they performed 6 songs in the gymnasium. |
my first rock concert was KISS off of the destroyer tour in detroit michigan at olympia stadium. for a 12 year old kid it was the experience of a lifetime. now a must say that as an even smaller child my mother took me to young peoples concert at the detroit symphony orchestra but i really do not remember these. |
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!" |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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. |
