Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - what was your first concert?

A few other music threads got me thinking about concerts
so who did you see for your first concert?
I saw the Beau Brummels on Hullabaloo but that doesn't really
count as a live concert.
After that it was either The Who in Central Park or
Blue Cheer at the Filmore East, cant remember which was
first.

Marty

Saw The Mission Mountain Woodband, sometime in the late 70s. They were followed in the same show by Hank Williams, Jr. making his triumphant return to Montana after he fell off a mountain hunting and nearly got his face ripped off. Then came The Allman Brothers band, with just Gregg, no Duane. Just Dickie Betts and some other guitarist who I don't remember. Not a bad show though as I remember.

I saw Smashing Pumpkins and Camper Van Beethoven. Smashing Pumpkins was openinng for Camper, and this woman was screaming about how great Smashing Pumpkins was going to be someday, and I was like "No friggin' way, man!". This was back in the late 80s.... :lol:

Koffee

I think mine was either U2 or Pink Floyd in the DFW area in 1988.
Pink Floyd I wasn't ready for at all.
I wish I would have been born at least 10 years before my time...I missed out on all the great stuff!
At least I can say I saw Nirvana live..I guess.

Around 1965...PP&M.

Three Dog Night - right after they released "Naturally".

Wilco opened for the Jayhawks - when Mark Olsen was in the Band

Koffee - Favorite Camper song: All Her Favorite Fruit

A few other music threads got me thinking about concerts
so who did you see for your first concert?
I saw the Beau Brummels on Hullabaloo but that doesn't really
count as a live concert.
After that it was either The Who in Central Park or
Blue Cheer at the Filmore East, cant remember which was
first.

MartyYeah that time period is a bit of a blur for me too. My first was either Simon & Garfunkel at Cobo Hall or Jethro Tull at Masonic Temple in Detroit, 1968 or 1969. The air sure smelled funny at those concerts! :)

I saw Smashing Pumpkins and Camper Van Beethoven. Smashing Pumpkins was openinng for Camper, and this woman was screaming about how great Smashing Pumpkins was going to be someday, and I was like "No friggin' way, man!". This was back in the late 80s.... :lol:

KoffeeCVB, especially from back then, is my favorite band ever. :love:

The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers band at RFK Stadium in DC 06/09/73.

Rolling Stones, 1975...Spectrum in Philadelphia.

I won't count Jim Stafford at the Florida state fair when I was about 5 or the big Hillbilly Hodown thingy I went to with an uncle about age 7.

*MY* first concert was in 1985. It featured Toto and was opened by John Parr. Do you remember John Parr (just barely, I know).

I remember it was the night before Easter because the next day, Easter Sunday, we went to Cypress Gardens and I proudly wore my Toto concert t-shirt (which quickly got pooped on by a bird).

Seals & Crofts, 1974 Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA. Yeah, funny smellin' air for sure!

The Kingston Trio, 1964, Washington DC.

The Association later that same year, or early the next.

Everly Brothers, 1965, Salt Lake City (I was stationed at Hill AFB).

First concert was Violent Femmes on their 1989 tour to support their album "3" at the American Theatre in St. Louis.

The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers band at RFK Stadium in DC 06/09/73.

I was at that concert. I sat on the first base dugout.

1991 Lalapalooza with Niravana, Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction - :D



Whoa! What date was that on the 1991 Lollapalooza tour?? To my knowledge, Jane's Addiction headlined the first tour in 1991 with the likes of Rollins Band, NIN, Body Count, Living Colour, and the Butthole Surfers

Chili Peppers headlined the 1992 version, which was awesome lineup of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Ministry, Ice Cube, and The Jesus & Mary Chain

Nirvana never played Perry Ferrell's festival, to my knowledge....

Janes, Nirvana, Peppers.... that would have been a show to see in 1991!!!

Where was the stage? In the outfield? I think we were on the 3rd base side.

I don't really remember my actual 'first concert'. I've always been around live music, my older brothers were in bands... and I played my first gig when I was 14.

My first 'big' concert by a 'famous' band was when I was very young, my brothers took me to a KISS show, but I don't remember where or what year. It was sometime in the late 70's...

<snip> Nirvana never played Perry Ferrell's festival, to my knowledge.... Janes, Nirvana, Peppers.... that would have been a show to see in 1991!!!
Nirvana was touring with Sonic Youth in Europe in '91.

Nirvana was touring with Sonic Youth in Europe in '91.

Aww, man... Sonic Youth in their Goo and Dirty phase.... that would have been awesome. Cobain had to be in awe.

Where was the stage? In the outfield? I think we were on the 3rd base side.

If I remember right, the front of the stage was right about the pitcher's mound. If we are talking about the same concert, Grand Funk Railroad also played. I accidentally kicked Mark Farner in the noggin when they came out from the dugout to play. The Allman Bro's IMO, kicked everybody's butt at that concert.

Weird Al. That was also by far the strangest.

Boston (The band) Don't Look Back Tour circa 1979. First concert I went ot that I bought tickets to... Journey on the "Escape" tour.

Rolling Stones July 4th, '72 at RFK stadium ...D.C. Just before my 10th b-day.

AC/DC For Those About to Rock (We Salute You Tour) In Montreal, Canada, My ears rang for 3 days. Back in 81 or 82 I think.

Iron Butterfly, 1969. In a Gadda da Vida, bay-buh.

MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, David Peel and the Lower East Side, Moloch. New York State Pavillion, Flushing Meadows Fairgrounds, 1969, I believe.

KISS 1974 Chicago Ampletheater

Wow Randya and Hugh ..
Too ko0L !!!
Iron Butterfly....MC5 and Iggy !!! Great stuff.....
Do you like Lou Reed ?? NY is the epi-center of Rokk and roll !!!

MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, David Peel and the Lower East Side, Moloch. New York State Pavillion, Flushing Meadows Fairgrounds, 1971, I believe.
I caught the first two in Detroit a couple times. I'm pretty sure one was a benefit for John Sinclair (?), an activist who got 20 years on a frame for possession of two joints? (Wasn't one of their songs "2 will get you 20"?) It might have ben at the 1st UU Church but that's just a guess.

Like I said, sometimes the actual details are a little foggy!

REO Speedwagon played in my college gym in 1973. A few weeks later I saw the J. Geils band in Fort Wayne Ind.

The Monkees. Yes, The Monkees, and they were AWESOME.

dare I say it, The Beach Boys, striped shirts and white levi's and all! It was a big deal, I was 15 yo.

I remember going to a concert when you were a teenager was so IMPORTANT. Still is, I guess.

I remember going to a concert when you were a teenager was so IMPORTANT. Still is, I guess.
Not to everybody. I really detest crowded events now....I don't go to concerts anymore unless I REALLY REALLY LOVE the band (and there are only a few that would fit that category).

Not to everybody. I really detest crowded events now....I don't go to concerts anymore unless I REALLY REALLY LOVE the band (and there are only a few that would fit that category).

Ditto that. I broke myself of the concert habit after being the business for a few years. Haul the groups around for awhile and you can become jaded and mean spirited in the face of the continual stupidity you witness in town after town. Since I left the business in 1978, I have limited my "concert" going mostly to bar appearances of lesser known groups who do the bar scene. I did win some Rod Stewart tickets and went with my daughter. It was odd being out near the sound and light boards but not part of the action.

Pecatonica Fairgrounds 1977

Steve Dahl(Chicago DJ that had some parody hits)
Molly Hatchet
The Babys(almost got Boo'd off the stage)
AC/DC
Cheap Trick

I also caught Black Oak Arkansas at the Bedford (PA) County Fair in the Mid-70's as well.

Go Jim Dandy!

I ran into a friend who I had not seen for a few years. Durning our conversation I began to reminiss of our experiences surrounding the Hendrix concert in the late 60's.
He interrupted me and said. "I saw Hendrix?".

If I didn't own the photos, I would probably have the same reaction.

I too saw Iron Butterfly in 1969 in the
Electric Factory in Philadelphia Pa. back when
rittenhouse square was "bohemian".

capejohn, I would love to have seen hendrix
even if I didn't remember it (hey, maybe I did!).

marty

The Monkees. Yes, The Monkees, and they were AWESOME.
Not the tour that Jimi Hendrix opened for them, was it?

Air Supply. 1980? Damn, those guys rocked!

KISS, 1979, maple leaf gardens. my mom took me, it was her first concert too.

KISS, 1979, maple leaf gardens. my mom took me, it was her first concert too.
In the womb doesn't count!

Not the tour that Jimi Hendrix opened for them, was it?
Naw, this was in the 80's when I was like, 10 or 11. Herman's Hermits, The Grass Roots and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap opened for them, though, and a bunch of drunk sorority girls kept on wanting to dance with me. It was great. :) I'm pretty sure that was my first, if not Weird Al Yankovic. That was a good show, too. Colin Quinn opened up for Weird Al.

Not to everybody. I really detest crowded events now....I don't go to concerts anymore unless I REALLY REALLY LOVE the band (and there are only a few that would fit that category).
Actually I meant a concert is still important to teenagers. :) I don't go to them much anymore, unless symphony. I like a smaller venue, like a bar, for other music.

I saw Elton John in 1973, when I was 16.

Blood Sweat and Tears W/ David Clayton Thomas, Kansas City MO, '71 if I recall correctly.