Someone mentioned their first concert on the What are you Listening to Thread,rather then hijack it,I started a separate one I thought would be interesting.Heres mine.
1st concert-Heart and Rick Derringer @ Asbury Park NJ 8/16/1977, I remember the date because it was the same day Elvis died.
Best concert-George Thorogood and Johnny Winter @ Allentown State Fair 1991 general admission,my wife waited by the entrance for 5 hrs,and it worked.Separated from the stage by the 6ft buffer where security stood,fantastic show.
Honorable mention: 1980 Eagles Hotel California Tour @ Giants Stadium NJ.with Heart and Little River Band.
1st- I don’t remember but an early one was Zep at the LA Forum In Fall of 74. Physical Graffity tour. Absolutely horrible. No opening act. 2hrs late. They were falling down drunk. Couldn’t tell one song from another and it was so loud it really hurt.
Best- Either Stones at Candlestick in 1980 opened with the Destroyers and J Giles. Or Queen at Winterland around 1975 I think Styx opened. Stunning concert.
I haven’t been to many in my life, as my family has never been concert goers, and I just never felt a great need to start I do recall my first was Keith Urban in the early 2000s, it was around the time of his Golden Road album was released.
Best was probably probably Brad Paisley in 2005 at the WI State Fair. That was a great show…crowd went wild when he sang “Alcohol” and mentions Milwaukee in the chorus of the song.
I saw several concerts during high school because I worked teh stage. I missed several concerts during the 70s because I worked the mid shift most of the time at Little Rock AFB.
I finaslly saw two concerts since I left the A.F. and that was a show done aboiut the music of P.D.Q. Bach. It was a bit unusual but funny. The other one was a show by the Smothers Brothers at U.C.F. For those who don’t know these proformers, they both have been performing for quite some time and they had good shows. Tommy Smothers was one of the best classical guitar players in the coiuntryat the time.
Another show I saw at our school was done by Jene Sheppard. He had a radio program on a N.Y. station for years and the movie Christmas Story was based on his work and narrated by him.
Didn’t think about Country,I went to one outside Myrtle Beach in 1994 Hank Williams Jr,Kentucky Headhunters,and Colin Raye.We were on vacation and my wife is really into country,so we went and I enjoyed it a lot.
She met Martina Mc Bride and had a picture with her and got her CD signed once.
First concert Elvis Presley 1974 Cole Field House College Park Md. I barely remember it as I was a little kid but that’s the first. Rush Signals tour in 1984 at the then Capital Center was the first concert that hooked me on live shows. Been to many great ones over the years.
Tough to call the best. Probably a toss up between The Who at RFK in 1989 or U2 Zoo Tv at the same stadium in 91. U2 is my favorite band and I’ve seen them about 20 times.
Aerosmith, Midsouth Colosium, Memphis Tn. White Lion opened, was in Navy A school and was terrified of coming back hot on a whizz quiz.
Scorpions, Spokane Raceway Park, early 90s don’t remembered who opened but what a show. Not only did the band have pyro, the AirForce was operating night refueling missions KC-135s taking off from behind the stage, landing lights lancing through the " smoke" made this Airedales heart flutter.
My first was the The Fifth Dimension at the University of Arizona in 1970. Loved seeing Traffic in 1972 on Long Island. Have seen Springsteen numerous times, Boston, NYC, Long Island. Will be seeing him again in Connecticut this March.
The one and only concert I went to was Journey’s Frontiers tour in 1983. When the band took the stage, the screams of the fans made my head feel like it was going to explode. I think that was the loudest sound I have ever been exposed to. Standing on the flight line at KMCAS with F-4 Phantoms doing touch and gos had nothing on it.
Good concert though, and my friend got us tickets close to the stage.
My first concert was Chuck Mangione in Montreal, Canada around 1981 or 82. It was part of our French Club trip to Quebec City and Montreal.
While in college in the 1980s (82-86), I saw many that were at the university like The Clash, Howard Jones, B-52s, Adam Ant, Til Tuesday, Men Without Hats (one hit wonder with Safety Dance).