What was the first concert you attended?

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  • section19
    section19 Posts: 90
    edited July 2004
    Sonny and Cher w/ opening act Paul Revere and the Raiders (with my parents) at the Wisconsin State Fair grandstand. I'm guessing it was, maybe, 1971 which would have made me 12 yrs. old. The next summer ('72) I saw Three Dog Night (tagged along w/ my older sister and her boyfriend) at the Milwaukee arena. And in Dec. of 1973 I saw Alice Cooper w/ opening act ZZTop (just me and my friends) at the Coliseum in Madison.

    My parents must have been freaking seeing me go from Sonny and Cher to Alice Cooper in two years.
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited July 2004
    Ted Nugent with Black Oak Arkansas in 78!
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited July 2004
    Elton John, Thanksgiving Day 1974 at MSG in NY (I was 15) w/special guest John Lennon (they performed "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night", "Lucy In the Sky", & "I Saw Her Standing There"). :D

    Tickets were $5.50, $6.50, & $7.50 with t-shirts going for $5.00 and programs $2.50. Never felt an arena rock like that.
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  • Herdfan
    Herdfan Posts: 13
    edited July 2004
    First - KISS 1978

    Last - Jimmy Buffett (See him at least once a year)

    Best - Tossup between

    Tim McGraw (played hard for 3 hours)
    &
    Bruce (played hard for 4 hours)

    Best Sound - White Tiger opening for Journey (I couldn't believe it either.)

    Worst Sound - Whitesnake

    Least enjoyable - Cher (Got roped into this one. The friends we took to Tim McGraw (I got comp tickets), repaid us with tickets to Cher:( :(:( )

    Surprise Star - Alan Jackson (He and Trisha Yearwood opened for Hank Williams Jr. before they were big stars. Put on a good show.)



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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited July 2004
    Donny Iris at St. Vincents college in western PA.

    I was 16 and my parents forbid me to attend concerts because of the pot smokers that could be there but agreed I could attend the Catholic campus.... little did they know what went on in Catholic high schools;)

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2004
    Jimi Hendrix at The Singer Bowl in Flushing, New York. August 1968. Janis Joplin was there too that night.

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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited July 2004
    The Toy Factory at the Woodland Heights Elementary school lunch room,Spartanburg South Carolina. They later became the Marshall Tucker Band.
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by jgido759
    Elton John ... Tickets were $5.50, $6.50, & $7.50 with t-shirts going for $5.00 and programs $2.50.
    Those were the days, huh ( Floor seats for less than $10 ) ... EJ's upcoming at MSG ... $250 per and that's from the box office before the scalpers get into it ...
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2004
    "Chicago"

    Saw them every year until 1977
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  • mrmusicman
    mrmusicman Posts: 303
    edited July 2004
    1982 Aerosmith/ Ronnie James Dio

    Aerosmith was the headliner and played only 2 songs before Steven Tyler left the stage during "Train kept a rollin" the band all looked at each other in a confused sort of way, finished the song and said thank you,good nite.That was before "Sobersmith".Dio kicked ****.
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  • Phil Dawson
    Phil Dawson Posts: 288
    edited July 2004
    1969 - I think maybe 1970
    Derick and the Dominoes when Duane Allman was still alive. I heard Layla for the first time live.
    The B act was an unknown at the time by the name of Elton John-he was booed when he came on the stage but stayed for 3 encores.
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited July 2004
    Alice Cooper - Billion DOllar Babies Tour
    1973
    International Amphitheater- Chicago
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited July 2004
    Charlie Daniels Band & Pure Praire League, Memphis Tenn, 1980.

    Helluva show!!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Dennis Gardner wrote:
    1971 - "Chicago"
    Ditto... the "silver album" tour.

    Blues Image (think "Ride Captain Ride") opened for them in Cleveland's Public Auditorium. Same at your show?

    A great starter concert...
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2006
    Well, its kind of hard to swallow, but Tour will like it.

    1970--The Jackson Five, next one was The Carpenters.

    Yeesh!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Nah, speedo-boy, I never was into the "Five".... :p
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    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2006
    Kansas 1979
    Never Forget
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    Wow, old thread.

    First concert I ever went to (at least that I remember) was John Kay and Steppenwolf with Jefferson Starship and Procal Harem at the North Shore Music Theater. Had to be... like... '92?

    Not my proudest moment, but whatever :)
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    AD/DC For those about to rock. 1982 maybe? Cow Pallace.

    My Pop took me to my first concert and convinced me it was over before the first encore. As soon as the lights went out for the first time we were gone.
    I allways wondered why they never played all the songs on that album?.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,815
    edited January 2006
    Dang Tour, you resurrected 2 old threads in the same day!

    My first big show was Motley Crue w/Whitesnake at Joe Louis Arena during the Girls, Girls, Girls tour (about 1987). Whitesnake practically stole the show because of the huge popularity of Here I go Again at the time. It was a great show and still one of my favorites to date (after more than 100 concerts over the last 19 years). The show featured a drum solo where Tommy had some hydraulics lift his entire set up and out over the crowd where he proceeded to play while the set was spun upside down. Pretty cool!
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited January 2006
    Damn...Dragon,George and I have been around for a while...My first concert was in '72 or '73 in Kansas City.

    Pink Floyd performed their most recent album at the time;Dark Side of the Moon

    Unbelievable show they put on...from what I remember anyway...
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2006
    August 1968, Singer Bowl (20,000 seat amphitheater), Flushing Meadows, New York. In order of appearance onstage:

    The Soft Machine
    The Chambers Brothers
    Janis Joplin / Big Brother & The Holding Company
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Tickets were general admission and priced at $2.50


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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Mike Reeter wrote:
    Damn...Dragon,George and I have been around for a while...
    Mine was '71, but I was only 2...
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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2006
    You got good musical tastes Ted!!!! :D Both were talented groups!
    reeltrouble1 wrote:
    Well, its kind of hard to swallow, but Tour will like it.

    1970--The Jackson Five, next one was The Carpenters.

    Yeesh!!!!!!!!!!!!

    RT1
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited January 2006
    My first was 1971, Ike and Tina Turner with Rare Earth opening them up. Still remember those LEGS.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited January 2006
    Polkersince85 wrote:
    My first was 1971, Ike and Tina Turner with Rare Earth opening them up. Still remember those LEGS.

    Looks like Polkersince85 is part of the "Old Burnouts" also..

    BTW,Those legs STILL look good...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Ike's???
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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited January 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Ike's???

    Too funny,I once read where Tinas legs were insured for over a mill.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,197
    edited January 2006
    Our new and only civic center opened in 1980. Essentially a state of the art concert venue. The first act to open up it's inaugural season was none other than a group of local gents known as Cheap Trick. 1980 was my freshman year in high school and my first bonafide rock concert. We had 6th row and it was great. Cheap Trick was one of the biggest bands going at the time, right after the release of At Budokahn.

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Read that as well...

    Just saw Tina on the "Kennedy Center Honors..." broadcast. She was one of the honorees. Queen Latifa tried to sing "Proud Mary", but it just did not work.
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    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

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    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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