My first "concert" was the singing cowboy Gene Autry at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1945. The opening scene was a completely dark Garden. Then they herded hundreds of long horn steers into the arena, and they had day glow horns which shown brightly in the dark. Gene followed on his horse, Champion, singing "Ghost Riders In The Sky." What a thrill for a 7 year old! 24,000 people were there. A great show and rodeo followed. I can still remember hundreds of cowboys sitting on the 42nd Street curb, oogling the girls and eyeballing the skyscrapers.