What a great post. I was weaned on the Beatles at such an early age but it was my sister that actually got to go to the 1966 Beatles concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Her recollection of that concert was very poor acoustics and non-stop fans screaming.
To think that Dr Winston O Boogie jr could have gone back stage to meet the Beatles. That missed opportunity would have have scarred me for life.
My earliest concerts would begin in 1970 with a combination of Canadian, American & British Bands such as:
Guess Who, Traffic, The Band, Neil Young, Sha Na Na, April Wine, Burton Cummings, Rolling Stones, Fludd, Edward Bear, Bee Gees (Before Disco), Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Ten Years After, Beach Boys, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rush, Canned Heat, James Gang, Lighthouse, Crowbar, Chilliwack, Edgar Winter, Hall & Oats, Styx, REO Speedwagon, America, Eagles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr...that I can remember. Unfortunately, I can not remember the ticket prices for most but I can tell you the The Eagles and Paul McCartney Tickets were both in the $300..00 plus each mostly because they were recent concerts.
Dumbest thing I ever did was sell my labour day 1971 Led Zeppelin Tickets so I could go to the cottage to meet some chick. Sadly...Not a Whole Lotta Love that weekend.
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