My best friend and I saw Tull in 1972, during the "Thick as a Brick" tour. His mother drove us to the concert since we were 15 and too young to drive. It was at the Notre Dame University Athletic and Convocation Center (The ACC to locals). Wild Turkey was the opening act. That was Glen Cornick's band (He was the original Tull bass player.) They did "Wind Up" , " My God" and lots of stuff from Benefit and This Was and Stand up. Friggin' amazing show!
Better late than never! ;-)You guys are freakin’ old.
First real concert for me was Tom Petty, 1995, at Lawlor Events Center in Reno, NV. I was 20.
In 1977 I saw George Clinton with Parliament, Funkadelic, Parlet and The Brides of Funkenstein at The Hammersmith Odeon in London.44 years ago today, in 1976, I attended my first 'rock' concert; I was 15 years old, young, dumb, and full of intoxicants
Rainbow was the headlining band, touring in support of their 'Rising' album, which featured Ronnie James Dio on vocals, Cozy Powell on drums, and of course Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. It was one of the best shows I have ever witnessed & I have seen some doozies. Thanks to Ritchies influence I ended up playing Strats exclusively for 20 years.Hard to believe it has been 44 years since that magical show. It was a great show to see to get 'broken in' to the live rock scene.
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Less than two weeks later on August 10, 1976, I saw my second concert @ the same venue, KISS playing on their 'Destroyer' Tour. Being 15 years old in the 1970s was the BOMB !!!!!!!!
So, what was your first 'concert' ???????
I had the pleasure of doing sound for Bill Kirchen several times when he would come to play at the Ark in Ann Arbor where I was a volunteer sound tech(He was born and raised there, and that's where the band began,) He is arguably one of the best guitar players around. No pedals, no effects, just tone for miles and he can play any style. Plus, he is a truly humble, lovely guy. Can't say enough nice things about him. Also did sound for one of the Commander Cody reunion shows at the Ark. They were all great. Andy Stein, Bruce Barlow. The only person missing was Bobby Black, who had died by then. Shame.
My son's first show was "The Smashing Pumpkins" in Chicago. Now that I built him an opp amp version of the Big Muff he plays a bunch of their songs. He was about 15 at the time. He will soon turn 39. I wonder what his son's first concert will be. Music transcends generations.I’m totally a product of my state...
my first big gig was KISS in ‘78.
my loser then bro-in-law took me and my brother.
I was already a music snob and laughed thru the whole thing.
They loved it.
my son’s first gig 13 yrs ago when he was five yrs old was infinitely cooler :
Bob Dylan , Jimmie Vaughan , and Junior Brown at a minor league ballpark on a beautiful summer evening. He doesn’t remember it - but I do.
.. we had a place here called texas opry house. had to get in early to get a good seat up front. that night the whole 3 front rows were empty and we felt we had the best luck. the drummer bass player and keyboard guys come out start to stuff things in there ears. ear plugs. oh boy maybe front row isnt looking so good afterall.. out comes this skinny ghost looking guy named johnny winter and puts his ear plugs in, holy crap we in trouble and that was the last thing i recall as my mind was numb from the sheer volume being pushed into my chest into eventual submission of the front row seat. now dats when ya make the move is after a few shots tequila n your ears are ringing already.. concert etiquette learned rule 101 let the test dummies always have the front row . takes years to learn that.
