[Eg_cruz]

Day on the Green, Oakland, CA 1977 Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, UFO and Santa

Best would be Barbra Streisand 1994 in San Jose. It was the best because I was able to take my mom who just loved Barbra

[FredJacobs]

I must be older than most here. My first concert was in 1956 (I was 16) NYC at Carnegie Hall. It was a jazz concert with some of the greats at the time - Illinois Jacquet, Sidney Bechet, etc. Forever memorable.

[jimh123]

The BG's in 1979 at the Capital Center near Wash DC

[jonathanb]

First concert Genesis “the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” 1973 I was 16 at the Philadelphia Civic Center. Favorite the 8 times I’ve seen YES.

[Veiragirl]

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus

OK, let's name the first concert we ever attended and also the best concert we ever saw. Include year and venue if you can. I'll start.

First: The Monkees, Boston Garden, 1967
Favorite: The Doors, Boston Arena, 1970

If ties are allowed, the Wings Over America tour in Atlanta in 1976 would be a tie with the Doors, basically because, to my undying regret, I never got to see the Beatles. My parents didn't want to take me to see them at Suffolk Downs in 1966 and said I was too young for them to just drop me off and pick me up there. But yet *one year later* in 1967, at the ripe old age of 11, they decided I was old enough to see the Monkees!

First Led Zeppelin Asbury Park NJ 1969
Second Yanni Radio City NY 20 1998

[juscause]

I bought tickets for a Linda Ronstadt concert in suburban Chicago, thinking she was the only act on the program. There were no advertisements otherwise. To my surprise, she introduced a mostly unknown little band called "The Eagles," who proceeded to blow us away with their excellence. I stopped complaining about halfway into their first song.

[BillDyer]

I saw Elvis in 1967 (?) at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Could barely hear him because of all ot the screaming going on. Saw John Denver at the Arena in St. Louis in ch1970 doing his yo-yo tricks and singing his great songs. Had a drink at the Ford Hotel in Charleston in 1976 sitting next to a couple with a British accent. Beautiful young lady with a NY baseball cap. Had a nice conversation and talked about joining up and going out to dinner. After about 1/2 hour the maitre D' came up and said "Mr. Jaegger, Bianca, your limo is ready . He was in Concert at Myrtle Beach the night before. We didn't join him for dinner

Bill Dyer
St.Louis
Knoxville
CHicago
Bonita

[JSR22]

First Concert The Beatles August 15, 1965 Shea Stadium NY
Best Concert David Bowie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars February 14, 1973 Radio City Music Hall NYC.

[dtennent]

Saw the Association when I was in High school in 1968. In college (early 70s), I saw Steve Miller Blues Band, the Grateful Dead, Peter Yarrow (of Peter Paul, and Mary) and Arlo Guthrie. At the Grateful Dead concert, you didn't need to bring anything into the concert since everyone else was smoking grass.

But my most memorable concert was in 1980 at Antioch College. An Irish band, Clannad, played in a small venue (500 capacity) to 24 people. We tried to make up for the lack of people with our enthusiasm and were rewarded by a great concert that went on for over 2 hours. At the end, they said that they almost walked off the stage when they saw the tiny crowd but stayed because of our enthusiasm. Even though we had very little money at the time, we bought two albums afterwards!

[44Apple]

Don't have a favorite, maybe a recent Santana concert.

But first, Ruby & the Romantics, 1966 or 67.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Originally Posted by Tmarkwald

So many of these classic bands are out there still performing, although mostly in bits and pieces of the original lineup.

So, why doesn't TV think of booking one of these classic bands, even though not original, into TV for us, on a regular basis? I think we'd all be in agreement that we would pay if they did one of these every couple of months.

Most of these bands also have cover bands that replicate the music very faithfully.

Ahh, just dreaming I suppose....

Not dreaming at all. Before the pandemic, the Villages did bring some of these "bits and pieces" of classic bands to our corner of the universe. I've only been here a little more than a year, but I did see the Grassroots at the Savannah Center. Others that have been here include Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits), Fifth Dimension, Gary Puckett (who lives nearby) and many more. Maybe others can fill you in better on this.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

First, Aerosmith in a free concert at Polaski Park in Northampton, MA before anyone heard of them. Favorites are a tie between seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd a couple weeks before their plane crashed, The Who, and Chicago. I have to also throw in a very small private Jonathan Edwards concert at a friends back yard pond with a pig roast.

Honorable mentions have to be The Almond Brothers and the Grateful Dead at the annual spring concerts at UMASS. And then there is the epic Simon and Garfunkel show at Central Park.

Still do not understand how we didnt see you at Central Park. Only about 300,000 of our closest friends were there.

But than again we were so far back from the stage we didnt see Simon and Garfunckel either but heard thru speakers.

[John_W]

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[LiverpoolWalrus]

Originally Posted by daca55

The Rolling Stones in Lynn Mass in 1967. Ended In a riot and we were all tear gassed. Before the riot the Stones were very good. Jagger brought the crowd to a frenzy and then all hell broke lose.

Lucky you. You saw the Stones' very first US concert. If you have a ticket stub from that show, it's worth a lot of money.

I guess I could have seen that show since my parents let me see the Monkees in 1967 at the Boston Garden, but I wasn't really a big fan until Beggars Banquet came out a year later.

[Jazzcat]

First concert, The Beatles at Suffolk Downs in Boston, circa 1966. Favorite concert was The Beach Boys at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.