smells like flowers Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Okay, that first album thread is fun so let's do this one: What was the first rock concert you ever saw? I'll start: Duran Duran, Philadephia Spectrum, 1984 As a souvenir I bought some of those guitar pins that were popular back then. I didn't have a jeans jacket so I put them on my yellow windbreaker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Commodores 1980. 5th grade. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Beach Boys @ Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, summer of '85 or '86. I had a cousin visiting from the U.P. (Michigan) for the summer and his whole visit was about doing California-y things. A Beach Boys concert seemed perfect (even though they were phoning it in, even I as a ~15yr old could see that). IIRC, my second concert was seeing The Monkees on one of their reunion tours, so I had primo taste in music back then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Ed Kuepper.... shhh- i was a few months underage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Neil Young and the stray Gators, Time Fades Away tour, the New Haven Coliseum, Jan. 25, 1973. A day or two after Tricky Dick announced the agreement to end US involvement in Vietnam War and the night Jean Dixon predicted the Coliseum would collapse. No better way to die as I recall my thinking at the time. Have a self made bootleg of this show on a cassette somewhere in a box in the basement. Great show. I remember an encore featuring a blistering Southern Man and a bouncy Are You Ready for the Country? My first concert was supposed to be Badfinger at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, CT in Feb. of 72, but there was a blizzard that day and the show was cancelled. Second show was the Allman Brothers at the Coliseum in March of 73. I remember the Beach boys in there somewhere as well. Photo from the Neil Young show in New Haven... http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/neil-young/photography/fine-art-print/NHC730125-01-28.html Allman Brothers set-list: 1. Wasted Words 2. Done Somebody Wrong 3. Statesboro Blues 4. One Way Out 5. Stormy Monday 6. Midnight Rider 7. Jessica 8. Ramblin' Man 9. Trouble No More 10. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 11. You Don't Love Me 12. Les Brers In A Minor 13. Whipping Post Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Well, at least this is way easier than remembering that first album... Bad Company, 78 I think, right after Desolation Angels and Rock n Roll Fantasy came out. Roberts Stadium in Evansville, IN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I hope you're all happy. I'm going to have REO Speedwagon songs running through my head all weekend. (1983, Cow Palace, with Survivor opening) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 The Kinks, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME - June 9, 1983 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Jerry Garcia Band, Boston, July 25, 1980. Great show but the most memorable thing for me was that it was the first time that I heard the song Tangled Up in Blue. I bought Blood on the Tracks the next day (and have probably listened to BOTT more than any other album). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skian Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Grateful Dead - Long Beach Sports Arena , Long Beach, CA - 12/13/80. Great show! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 that would be Kix at the Strand Capital in York, Pa. it was heaven on 14 (15?) year old earth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Crowded House - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, 1987 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiatortunes Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Bruce Springsteen - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto - Jan 20, 1981 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dark Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 1972 ...... Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters at my local Fairgrounds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 1977 - Roy Acuff/Boxcar Willie @ Grand Ole Opry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 1976...days before my 16th birthday.Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in freaking Shreveport Louisiana...arena was half full. It was rocking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 These guys in 1985 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Much more proud of my 2nd concert. The Police on their Synchronicity tour. 7th grade. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Eric Clapton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Lionel Hampton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I had to look it up, via google, but it was...Crosby, Stills & Nash in Buffalo, N.Y., on July 16th, 1978 with my cousin Larry & the girl down the road, Claire... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 The Outlaws and Molly Hatchet. I think i was in 7th grade, so it would have been 1978 or so. edit - maybe i was in 8th grade...it was definitely after Flirtin' With Disaster came out, which was 1979. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Pretty sure it was Seals and Crofts at the Minnesota state fair sometime in the 70's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Roy Acuff at the Opry in the early seventies. My family went and it was great. I feel honored to have seen a true legend. The first concert on my own? December 9, 1977 The Lakeland Civic Center. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Rush and Head East. I think that it was $6. I was 14. My mom and dad drove me and 2 or 3 buds in our motor home. They waited for us in the parking lot. This was the norm for my first 5 or so concerts. My friends thought that my parents were the coolest, which was true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA / summer of 1974 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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