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What and when was your first rock concert?

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Kingston Trio...that's them....but it was prerock days, I believe.
 
And my first (and only) backstage/all access pass experience was in June 2003 when I got to help chauffer Fleetwood Mac during their visit to Grand Rapids, MI.
 
Good thread.
Not sure if it was an outdoor concert at Wayne State's Tarter Field with a line up that included among others Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen or if it was at the Ford Auditorium on the Detroit River to see either Procol Harum or the Zappa show right after they released the LP that had "A Pound For A Brown On The Bus" on it, which involved "mooning" Londoners from a double decker, me thinks.... I guess seeing The Ambouy Dukes at the Detroit Auto show might count, sort of.
A favorite was the 1970 New Years concert at the Grande Ball Room with the SRC, Ambouy Dukes (Ted Nugent's band, for those that don't know), and the MC5. ...and yes, they kicked 'em out!
 
Can't be sure.

I did see The Association around '67~'68. I stayed well away from "concerts" most times. Walt Harper's Attic was more my speed.
 
Hmmm... Not really a "rock" concert, but I seem to recall my first real concert was a fellow named Benny Hester (probably mid-1980's), he was a Christian musician and the show was at our local performing arts centre downtown

I've come a long way since then and take in many musical performances, often with a camera around my neck
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Most famous person I've met? I'd have to say Raine Maida (of Our Lady Peace), he has appeared twice at our Calgary Spoken Word Festival - as a musician, I photographed his performance and also talked to him after his set, he's a really nice guy.

I've also seen - and photographed - many global musicians at our local cultural festivals, some who I think have a larger global following outside of Canada, although I really wouldn't know...

But I confess envy for some of your concert experiences, fantastic experiences that will never happen again, I'm feeling rather left out reading some of them :frown: Although I have seen a Toronto musician named Wild T do a great Hendrix impression, good enough that he has appeared in a movie once... https://www.wildt.ca/
 
Rock concert ... What's that?
The first concert I went to was Valley Music Hall Bountiful Utah 1966, {Maybe 65} Sonny James, Loretta Lynn, And the late great Marty Robbins! And what a concert it was!

But as I always say .... to each ... his/her own.

Since they murdered Country music, now days i'm favoring Bluegrass music over all other styles!

P.S. the Lions share of B.G. music is Gospel. Not all of it but a goodly portion is.
 
My first real rock concert was in the Philadelphia Spectrum in December l968.
Techically, the event was called the Quaker City Jazz Festival.
It starred <span style="text-decoration: underline">The Grateful Dead</span>(their first Spectrum concert....they did over 50 there)
Also, <span style="text-decoration: underline">Iron Butterfly</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline">Steppenwolf</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline">Sly & Family Stone</span> (plus others). Creedance Clearwater was supposed to be there too but they cancelled.

I remember I was an undergrad at Trenton State College and I had just met this girl who had a nice Mustang. I convinced her to go to that concert with me and (of course) I drove her car. It was a really nice Forest Green '66 with disk brakes and the optional 225 HP, 289 V8.
We had a great time at the concert; I'd say "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". being the highlight.
So long ago.....I have no idea what that girl's name was. :angel:

I'll actually be in Philadelphia for the next few days and I'll see the Spectrum. They're knocking it down soon. Progress, I guess.

I've seen The Who, The Moody Blues, Eagles, Beach Boys, Heart, Jethro Tull, John Denvwer (!), Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and others I can't recall right now. Some great concerts but The Who was probably the best.

My favourite non-rock stuff I've seen live was Albert King, Winton Marcellus and Pinetop Perkins.

Before the Spectrum concert, I'd seen <span style="text-decoration: underline">Bruce Springsteen</span> play live in various little New Jersey shore clubs before he was ever famous......my old friend Gil was in the original band. I was *really* going to see Gil and not Bruce! Gil is still pals with both Bruce and me (I guess that's two degrees of separation)

Going back farther: I'd seen Frankie Valley and The Four Seasons live around '64 (as part of a YMCA camp event). That was a music concert but not really be a *rock* concert in my view.

Frankie Valley's uncle, Bill Castelluccio (that was Frankie's real last name) was a fellow teacher (physics) and also a good friend of mine when I taught high school in the early 70s. I ate lunch with Bill almost every day for about 5 years. Frankie's daughter attended that high school and sometimes she'd come over to talk to us. Nice girl. Bill Castelluccio was a great friend of Denton Cooley, the heart surgeon (but I never got to meet Dr. Cooley).
All these degrees of separation..... :smile:
 
Chuck Berry, at the Fillmore or Winterland in 1967. Some other group called the Grateful Dead were there, and a couple more. A whole lot of funny smelling blue smoke in the air, so my memory of it all is a bit fuzzy, but I do remember Berry singing "My Ding A Ling"
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AweMan said:
Since they murdered Country music, now days i'm favoring Bluegrass music over all other styles!
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Amen. Thank goodness for iPods and XM radio.

I think the only one I've seen that's been mentioned, by Nial, was John Denver. It was a 4-hour concert at Wolf Trap in Virginia. 4th-row in the center, by far the best concert I've ever seen. At intermission he took a quick break then came out and talked to folks. The place was packed, including the grass area in the back - completely crammed full.
 
The best concert I've attended was the Rolling stones just a few years ago - Bridges to Babylon tour! I've never been a big Stones fan, but we went just because they were coming here and it would probably be my only chance. I must say, they did not disappoint! Even though I'm still not a big Stones fan, I'm glad I went to see them. They put on an amazing show and Jagger had an unbelievable level of energy considering his age! He was moving around that stage in a manner that would wear out a 20 year old!
 
Remember when my daughter was in high school I told her one Saturday night that her mom & I were going out & for her to be home by her curfew....we went to an outdoor Jimmy Buffet concert at an ampetheater west of Kansas City....tossed our blanket & laid back to enjoy the show & some wine.....about halfwat through it I heard a bunch of kids laughing & thought to myself how one of them sounded like my daughter....looked around &, sure enough, she & her friends were 20 or so feet behind us just having a good time......irked her when she found ou - you know how teenagers are.
 
In or about 1970 at the horse arena at Monterey County Fairgrounds. I can't remember who opened but Spirit was the headliner and the middle act was Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Cost 5$. That was the same venue that they used for the Monterey Pop Festival a couple of years earlier. My big brother got to go to that one.
Bands I saw before they were famous:
Steely Dan
Dooby Brothers
Tower of Power
REO Speedwagon
Tom Waits
Robert Cray (used to play Thursday nickle beer nights at the White Coaster tavern in Salem)
Loudest concert:
Elton John - Yellow Brick Road tour
Best Production:
Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare
Worst Audio:
Aerosmith, BTO at PIR (the people in front of us were talking to loud for us to hear the band)
Most Fun:
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness at the Edge of Town tour
BTW things have changed, the last stage show I saw was Garrison Keilor
 
eejay56 said:
BTW things have changed, the last stage show I saw was Garrison Keilor
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Saw him at Wolf Trap with Chet Atkins. Terrific show :smile:
 
1968 - Baltimore civic center - jack bruce, ginger baker and eric clapton...
CREAM
 
Your showing your age when most of these guys mentioned are gone.... and
your kids give you that strange look when you mention those that are left.
 
longbridgehealey said:
1968 - Baltimore civic center - jack bruce, ginger baker and eric clapton...
CREAM
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Not my "first" concert, but I saw them that same year in Pittsburgh (Syria Mosque for the natives :wink: )...AWESOME!!!! They wheeled Ginger Baker out onto the stage in a coffin, on a hand-truck!! :thumbsup:
 
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