Very first was when I was about 4 or 5 years old. My mom and her BFF took me to a Beach Boys concert at Blossom Music Center. It was outdoors, pouring down rain to the point of mudslides happening on the hill. Drunk people everywhere having a blast in the mud!
What? Not one first Grateful Dead attendee? Bill Graham said, "They're not the best at what they do, they're the best!" Unforgettable!
@JustLynnie ?
Not really a concert, more of a show but The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band or Sunny and Share at the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood mid to late '60s. My memory is a bit foggy from that period.
Don't judge but LeAnn Rimes lol
It was 1997, winter. My mom only listened to country at the time, and LeAnn Rimes was my favorite next to Shania Twain.
My next concert was Avenged Sevenfold/Bullet for my valentine/Three Days Grace. Then I saw Fall out Boy/Wiz Kalifa and then Red Jumpsuit Apparatus did a private concert in my town and I got to hang out with them after the show because I'm friends with the local band lead singer that opened for them
That was my oldest daughter's first concert. Her 3rd grade class won tickets.
I have nothing against Ms. Rimes. You will face no judgement here.
The Beatles, Komiskey Park, Chicago, 1965. Top that!...Okay, never mind. I just read where someone else saw the Beatles in '65.
Can't!
Bonnie Raitt and The Beach Boys at NCSU in Raleigh, NC.. l'm thinking late 70s, but not sure.
Beatles 1965, saw Paul in 2008, 2012, and got tickets for Sept. 30 in Edmonton.
I was BORN AND RAISED with the Beatles. White Album, Sgt. Pepper and Revolver all on records provided me with a very happy childhood.
forget the very first, but in quick 1970's succession, Led Zepplin and Jethro Tull...
@maturin1919 well, we still have video :'
The Doobie Brothers in 1970, I was seven years old… My uncle snuck me and my sister out of my mothers opera in a smaller hall in the Lincoln Center complex, maybe it was Avery Fisher Hall?… I’m not sure anymore, because I was seven ...and in to see the Doobie Brothers at the bigger hall at Lincoln Center, my mom was pissed... my uncle was a cop so he just walked us in with his badge. My first whiff of weed and I remember the sea of blue jeans... I became a rock fan that day. At the champagne reception after my mothers event I went through a door that locked behind me and found my self on the stage floor with the Doobie Brothers packing the gear... now better understanding how things work I realize they were the roadies
Disturbed Music as a Weapon 2 Springfield, Ma
Jerry Lee Lewis, around 1971 or so. I saw Dylan and The Band in 74, that was fun. Many more since
Janice Joplin at the old Filmore East on Second Avenue. It blew my mind - couldn't believe she was white 'cause I had only heard her on the radio. I always liked her line: the best for a girl to show she digs a guy she just met is to take him home and screw him.
I got into Janis in my post-high school years. I'll never forget watching the Monterey Pop concert and thinking "HOLY SHIT!"