What was the first concert you ever attended?

[Alex W]

Originally Posted by SamClemons

A young lady asked me to a concert when I was 16, late 70's, how could I refuse to see Billy Joel. Not Led Zep or The Who, but he was at his prime and had a lot of big hits then and really, really put on a show. He had all the band money could buy and they were good. Probably one of the best concerts I have been to.

I saw Billy Joel from the front row on the Nylon Curtain tour. He and his band sounded awesome.

Anyway my first concert was the Beach Boys.

[Paul in Colorado]

Soul Singer Roger Collins opened, followed by The Mojo Men, Harpers Bizzare, The Turtles and the headliners, Paul Rever & The Raiders. Oakland Collisium, Feb. 1967.

A few months later, I saw Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis at the local college. There was a major musical shift for me that year. Saw The Byrds at Winterland in SF, and spent New Years Eve '67/'68 again at Winterland with Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Freedom Highway. What a night that was! My fifteenth birthday.

[Suicideking]

Micheal Jackson Thriller tour I was super young like 3 or 4 and have a few memories of the Zombies dancin on the stage. I was lucky though my parents and older sister took me to a bunch of shows growin up like the Stones in the mid 80s, Elton John and Billy Joel in the early 90's. Then I was ruined for life when my sis took me on Dead tour in the early 90's. I was only like 11-12...

[cband7]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends" - 1973 (I think). $11.00 (I think). Memphis, TN. (I'm sure).

I lost a lot of brain cells that night but I'll never forget it.


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[kmaster]

Paul McCartney, 2005. Went with my sister. I was the older of the two, at 15....!

[bigben55]

The "Monsters of Rock" tour in 1988 at the Hoosierdome. Van Halen, the Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica and someone else. I was 16

[wmsimpson]

The Byrds, 1965, LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park, just outside of Mason, Ohio. I went with my best friend at the time... I was 14 and he was 15. His mom drove us up and dropped us off, then came back and picked us up a few hours later.

[hidesertmusic]

First one was Paul Revere and the Raiders at the Salem, OR armory. I think I broke protocol and started dancing...First time for that, too. 1966
Next was Grateful Dead at Oregon State University..1967. Both were Free!!

[czook]

Outside the fence at the fairground in Merced, CA in 67, Janice Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company. We didn't have tickets so we gathered at one of the fences and could hear and barely see anything near the stage, and there were hundreds of people out there with us. Probably was sold out,, I don't remember much. She threw a southern Comfort bottle into the audience and hit a girl in the head.

71, at I believe Your Fathers Mustache in NYC, Jethro Tull. Nightclub, not concert.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band a couple times at NWMSU in the 70's, Coach305 might have been there too... Jackson Brown was with them one of the times.

[twangster2]

Sex Pistols-Randy's Ballroom, San Antonio,TX

[Jack S]

My first live music shows were a few operas directed by my uncle, but the first rock & roll show I saw was a surfing/car show/rock & roll concert at the Melbourne Civic Center (I believe this was the venue) in about 1965. It had all the big surf bands at the time, and many local Florida bands like the Tropics, as well as the Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels who absolutely blew me away! Mitch Ryder was the most dynamic performer I ever saw live. He had tons of energy and a powerful voice that I already was familiar with from the radio.

[6strings]

Brooks & Dunn 2002 in Raleigh NC.
Keith Urban opened, followed by Montgomery gentry, Toby Keith and then Kix and Ronnie. and Cletus T Judd did the in between stuff.

[Jack S]

Originally Posted by hidesertmusic

First one was Paul Revere and the Raiders at the Salem, OR armory. I think I broke protocol and started dancing...First time for that, too. 1966
Next was Grateful Dead at Oregon State University..1967. Both were Free!!

When I was in high school I went to lots of shows at the Salem Armory Auditorium, but my first time was in 1968!

[KenH]

Mid 60's. Six groups but I only remember three: Beach boys, Left Bank and The Turtles. Maybe Question Mark and the Mysterions.

[Justjammin]

Monterey POP Festival, 67'

[LarryM]

Jimi Hendrix Experience
Janis Joplin w/ Big Brother
The Chambers Brothers
The Soft Machine

8/68
The Singer Bowl - Flushing Meadow,NY

[kiefe-caster]

Status Quo - Just Doin' It Tour - Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2006/7 I think. What a night !

[Zounds Perspex]

ha, Huey Lewis and the News when I was 10. (1985). Opener - Duane Eddy. Twangin'!

[MrCairo46]

Chicago in 77 in Columbia Maryland. I was 14 and Blown away.....

[Oakville Dave]

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, in Calgary Alberta in 1982.