Your First Live Concert And Most Memorable?

[dearhunter]

TriCity area Tennessee........3Dog Night and Heart

[notanewbie]

not the first but the first really good one..Grateful Dead- Red rocks 1985, September.

[Don T. Lukbak]

1958...Faron Young and his Country Deputies at the auction barn in my beloved two-bit little hometown. I worked after school at the auction barn, so I just kept on shoveling shit until the show started, and it didn't cost a damn thing. This was before ol' Faron grabbed that chick from the audience and spanked her ass, at least it was before I knew about it...which is a good thing because if I had known he did that I would've spent the whole time surveying the audience hunting a nominee. Huge audience, must of been 40 or 50 people there. Hell, maybe even more.

That same year I got tooken to some kind of college party by my gf, who was about 5 years older than me, and the band was Chuck Berry's...saw him do that one-legged guitar hop he does and heard "My Ding-A-Ling" for the first time. Haven't been the same since.

Nor have I been to a concert since Billy Idol at the Summit in about 1986 or so...can't afford the prices and can't stay awake. It took 3 strippers to coax me into that Billy Idol show but they didn't let me down...I suppose that dang glitter they shed still will still keep showing up in my house longer than I will.

[DarthMaul]

Originally Posted by Dorian Gray

This performance at the dome Darth.

Damn she was sexy. What a tragedy.

Originally Posted by bbkid

Woodstock - 1969.

Your shittin me!??

Originally Posted by Don T. Lukbak

Nor have I been to a concert since Billy Idol at the Summit in about 1986 or so...can't afford the prices and can't stay awake.

I've heard his voice was unbelievable back then. Just like Tom Jones, but I am not going to see him either.

[Seedy]

Originally Posted by bbkid

Woodstock - 1969.

Lol. Really, I didn't think you left the southeast side, except to go to Kissimmi, Fla

Originally Posted by kerwil62

Did they destroy their instruments like they usually do in most of their shows??

There's a concert video of them performing at the Summit back in 1975. No instrument destruction took place, even though Pete Townshend threw his guitar up in the air. He caught it and laid it against the amps, then the band takes a bow and left the stage.

Kerwill, the first time I saw them, Keith Moon was alive, fucker was so wasted, he fell off his rostrum twice, but damn he could still keep a beat wasted. They did not tear their shit up. Other two times was when Kenny Jones was the drummer.

Most fucked up concert was the Pocono Jam, at Pocono International Raceway in 72. 400,000 wasted motherfuckers, and I was one of them. 14 bands, Three Dog Night was the headliner, ELP, Cactus, Black Sabbath, Ramatam, Edgar Winter, and the others, I can't recall right now. Fucking Banditos biker gang was "security", what a clusterfuck....lol

[ftime]

The Beatles, 1964 at the Cincinnati Gardens (where the Royals played - Big O). My early favorite was Cream @ Music Hall in Cinti. My additional favorites would be Hendrix also at the Gardens - horrible acoustics, The Who at Music Hall - great acoustics, The Chili Peppers in Houston and the 8 or 9 Clapton concerts in various locations. Oh and The Dead in Columbus Ohio.

[BatteriesNotIncluded]

Damn I'm not the oldest f*cker on the board? First one would be Johnny Cash with my parents in Detroit. Didn't appreciate him then back in early 70s but I was young and stupid. Best concert? Maybe Emerson Lake and Palmer or Chicago playing their early stuff.

[bbkid]

Originally Posted by seedman55

Lol. Really, I didn't think you left the southeast side, except to go to Kissimmi, Fla

LMAO - yeah, I do occasionally, seedy. In fact, got my tickets for 3 games in sunny Kissimmee in the mail today. Headin' down there there in a couple of weeks!!! Worst part of it was reading that Porter has decided NOT to let them wear their names on the back of their jerseys this year (spring training). Ain't gonna have a fricking clue who is who!

[TX Bulldog]

First....... Humble Pie with Steve Marriot around 1972.....best......I thinck maybe Jethro Tull in the Coliseum around 1977 or maybe Little Feat when Lowell George was still breathing and not too F ' ed up around 1976.

[kerwil62]

I know there some guys on here remember those California Jams back in 1974 and 1978!

Deep Purple was on the first one. Ritchie Blackmore was so pissed off that he fucked up three guitars, a television video camera, and blew up one of his Marshall amplifier stacks! The impact of the explosion damn near took the whole stage! The band got airlifted by helicopter before the police got to them. That shit was wild!!

[kerwil62]

Originally Posted by kerwil62

Isley Brothers, Graham Central Station, Hamilton Bohannon(1977)

This show tripped me the fuck out!! Graham Central Station stole this one, even though the Isleys rocked it hard!

Larry Graham had the whole Summit up on his feet when he came out with a prop of his Fender bass ON FIRE!!!!

[TX Bulldog]

Originally Posted by kerwil62

I know there some guys on here remember those California Jams back in 1974 and 1978!

Deep Purple was on the first one. Ritchie Blackmore was so pissed off that he fucked up three guitars, a television video camera, and blew up one of his Marshall amplifier stacks! The impact of the explosion damn near took the whole stage! The band got airlifted by helicopter before the police got to them. That shit was wild!!

Kerwil...I remember watching part of the Cal Jam 74 on tv back then....Don't think they had any Deep Purple on but thancks to youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJy6e_AghBU

[Guest021824]

Originally Posted by kerwil62

This show tripped me the fuck out!! Graham Central Station stole this one, even though the Isleys rocked it hard!

Larry Graham had the whole Summit up on his feet when he came out with a prop of his Fender bass ON FIRE!!!!

Larry Graham is from Beaumont......

[tbone2u]

The Beatles in 65 at the Sam Houston Coliseum

[CivilBarrister]

1st live performance - Madam Butterfly in NYC, I think at Madison Square Garden, 1958 - I was 5 yo

1st Rock concert CCR in Dallas 1970. I was a Sr. in HS