What was the first live concert you attended?

[dougdnh]

Brooklyn 1963 Murry the K Christmas show. Little ANthony, the Earls, Del Shannon, Shirelles,Joey Dee,etc. Real rock and roll!

 

[ladytexan]

Joe, please, please start a thread about the Beatles Show in Hamburg, Germany. Tell us the skinny. Did you take any pictures?

 

[killdeer43]

Joe, please, please start a thread about the Beatles Show in Hamburg, Germany. Tell us the skinny. Did you take any pictures?

I'll do that, Toni. I'll try to put together a readable narrative that's not too long but hits the highlights.

*Even though that slice of personal history is great, it carries with it a bittersweet memory. The guy who talked me into going was a good friend for almost three years and after we parted company in Germany, the next time I "saw him" was when I found his name on The Wall in Washington, D.C.

Anyway, stay tuned.

Joe

 

[CA-35]

I think it was the Faces in 1976, or the J Geils band. I was 16. I have the ticket stub somewhere.

 

[jmac]

I'll do that, Toni. I'll try to put together a readable narrative that's not too long but hits the highlights.

Joe,

Make it super long. Readable is good, but not necessary. Even something that you think is meaningless might be really cool to me. Recreate the whole evening if you can. No detail is too small.

Jake

 

[kdavid]

Cat Stevens at the auditorium theater in chicago. 'peace train' had just broke out on the radio & the album teaser & the firecat had hit the record stores.
some short months later at the same venue a friend took me to see Andres Segovia.
both great shows & that unleashed a monster, as i spent more money on concerts than guitar necessities
for years after that

 

[drc]

Mine was AC/DC in 1984

 

[Just_Guild]

Probably the first that I remember, was Eric Clapton in Boston Garden, early '70's. Took a really cool chick too. Found out later most of the guitar work was done by Eric Riddle (?) because Clapton was so f'ed up on heroin. Go figure.

One of the coolest concerts was Roy Buchanan at the Orpheum in Boston with my drummer. Only true guitar guys had heard of him then but he was hot. Loved the sounds he could get out of that Telecaster.

And the there was the concert my buddy and I put on behind his house, next to the pool. A couple of big Ampeg amps were very effective in bringing down the wrath of the neighbors followed closely by the Milton police. That was very cool!

 

[jmac]

One of the coolest concerts was Roy Buchanan at the Orpheum in Boston with my drummer. Only true guitar guys had heard of him then but he was hot. Loved the sounds he could get out of that Telecaster.

I love Roy Buchanan. I just watched the PBS special first aired back in 1971? (1972?), on youtube. He was so very very good.

 

[Scratch]

What???? No one wants to hear more about my Ike & Tina Turner concert? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[dreadnut]

Scratch: I only want to hear about it if they did "Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter."

 

[adorshki]

As to the warm up bands, I think you might be in error. The McCoys opened, then there was some band "Something-something and the Midnight Newsboys," and then Hendrix. The Soft Machine was also advertised, but they did not appear that night (I think that was Andy Summers of Police fame's band, right?)

The McCoys: Rick Derringer.
Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys.
Yep, Andy Summers was in Soft Machine but that band was a veritable musical chairs of membership and a seedbed for many progressive acts that followed including King Crimson and Gong.
(Note link is to their Wiki page and explains why they didn't make the date. :wink: )

 

[Bill Ashton]

Wow, revealed after all these years!

 

[adorshki]

Wow, revealed after all these years!

I know how it is. Finally, you can sleep at night.

 

[kdavid]

What???? No one wants to hear more about my Ike & Tina Turner concert? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

i really dug the ike & tina reveue

 

[Scratch]

What???? No one wants to hear more about my Ike & Tina Turner concert? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

i really dug the ike & tina reveue

USO show for the USAF and Navy troops stationed at Charleston's military installations. I recall that Tina was hot (of course), but Ike was as screwed up on stage as he was off. He was one strange dude...

 

[adorshki]

What???? No one wants to hear more about my Ike & Tina Turner concert? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

i really dug the ike & tina reveue

USO show for the USAF and Navy troops stationed at Charleston's military installations. I recall that Tina was hot (of course), but Ike was as screwed up on stage as he was off. He was one strange dude...

Well heck after that buildup I thought you were going to tell us something really exciting like a wardrobe malfunction or something. :lol:

 

[killdeer43]

Well heck after that buildup I thought you were going to tell us something really exciting like a wardrobe malfunction or something. :

Ike or Tina? :shock:

Joe

 

[adorshki]

Well heck after that buildup I thought you were going to tell us something really exciting like a wardrobe malfunction or something. :

Ike or Tina? :shock:
Joe

There I go bein' all vague again.
Ike of course.
I think Tina's already done the Playboy celebrity guest appearance..

 

[killdeer43]

I think Tina's already done the Playboy celebrity guest appearance..

I'd like to see that issue....mine's pretty well worn out! I think I read it too much. 8) :shock: :lol:

Joe