Vanilla Fudge, as others have said, it was my first concert, 1968 St. Petersburg, Florida. Also because I had just seen them on Ed Sullivan.
A year later, the Allman Brothers at a bar in St. Petersburg called the 'Electric Zoo'. Me and a couple of friends had gone to the Bayfront Center to see George Carlin, but he was sold out. So we headed to the EZ and paid the $3 cover and as soon as we walked in I knew this was different. They had two drummers, the keyboardist was the singer and a guy with long blonde hair with a read guitar stood in the center of the stage and had everyone amazed. When they finished, Greg said our debut album is coming out next month, we hope you buy it.
Some other favorites were 1988 Atlanta - 'Pink Floyd', 1986 Jacksonvville - 'U2, 1993 Landover, MD - 'Peter Gabriel', 1985 Savannah - 'REM', 1981 Gulfport, MS - 'Journey', 1984 Savannah 'Def Leppard', 1995 Columbia, MD - 'Boston', 1998 Columbia, MD 'Grand Funk Railroad' (last time Mark, Don & Mel toured together) 1972 Savannah - 'Jethro Tull' aside from Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues, JT was the most theatrical show I had seen. The album jacket was an 8 page newspaper about stories such as rabbits in the garden, during the show people dressed as rabbits would hop across the stage and large telephones would ring and he would stop the show to answer. Very unique show for 1972.
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