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!
My first concert was J. Geils with Cheap Trick 1982
Wow, I saw J. Geils that year! In February 1982, at the Boston Garden. I saved the concert shirt and tix stubs even. But Cheap Trick wasn't part of the Geils show I saw - although I did see Cheap Trick at UMass in 1984, at an outdoor spring concert.
I read in the Globe that John Warren Geils Jr. (the J. Geils namesake) died a year ago. Now I've got to go listen to some Geils!
I lived overseas in Italy in the 70s from 12 to 16 years old. (This is important!) Italys crowd control was non- existent... so many bands didn't tour there. We had no TV because armed forces cabke was a distant sci-fi dream. There were zip concerts there when I lived there.
We had albums. And cassettes.
I listened to music all the time. On evenings I FREQUENTLY had my dad record borrowed albums for me... so my dad had to listen to BOC, Led Zep, Foghat, etc. He never could believe Rush was just 3 guys!
We move back stateside when I was 16 in 1980... and local radio says blah blah blah Rush... and I told dad "I'm going to that!"
Next day he comes home with 2 tickets and we go!
Of course I think it was to.see what the concert scene was like. Obvious 19yr old or so Navy squid next to me offers me a joint when Rush hits the stage. I give him the "No thanks! I'm full!!!" sign. He reaches past me and offers it to my LCDR father! Dad waves it off too. My head exploded as I figure I am experiencing my first and last concert simultaneously!
Rush, Permanent Waves tour...
There is a girl I should have invited... amazing how blind guys are at 16.
The first time I got to see my son perform live (a metal head) I thought I recognized his t-shirt but couldn't quite make it out. On the first break we met at the bar to share a couple shots....he was wearing my first concert t-shirt. Bee Gees!!! omg - so funny!!!!
Jefferson Airplane at New Orleans Opera House in 1967.
I actually didn't start going to conferts until much later in life. My first was Aerosmith. Have enjoyed Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, and lots of Blue October since then.
Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Blue Bland, and Mississippi John Hurt. Not a concert. A tiny little club in the rough part of Berkeley CA. 1965. Two high school friends and I were the only white people in the place. Actually, the audience totaled about 20. Blues was not hot at that time.
I saw Harry Chapin in the summer of 1977 in seattle wa.
I saw Harry Chapin in may of 1977 in seattle. He even kissed my cheek.