tomwrock
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Doctor appointment and wife's 60th birthday tomorrow, chemotherapy on Tuesday. I'll try to jog my memory and post what dribbles out on Wednesday.
1st Concert - What's Yours?
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Doctor appointment and wife's 60th birthday tomorrow, chemotherapy on Tuesday. I'll try to jog my memory and post what dribbles out on Wednesday.
Yes, a long time ago. Looking forward to any story you may have.
Fishhead
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first concert three dog night 1969 clevland Ohio
First concert: Beatles, Hollywood Bowl in 1965.
Second concert: Beatles, Dodger Stadium in 1966.
I was 9- and 10-years-old.
Second concert: Beatles, Dodger Stadium in 1966.
I was 9- and 10-years-old.
Doug G.
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Yeah. You actually witnessed not one but two Beatles concerts?
You suck! In a good way, of course.
I'm sure all of us in the age group are jealous as hel* I was 12 and 13.
It's been said that the noise from all those teenaged lungs/vocal cords combined was louder than a jet engine.
Doug
You suck! In a good way, of course.
I'm sure all of us in the age group are jealous as hel* I was 12 and 13.It's been said that the noise from all those teenaged lungs/vocal cords combined was louder than a jet engine.
Doug
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Ho-hum. Those guys?
VERY F-ING COOL. Very jealous. Could you hear them? LOL
Funny you should ask, because what I remember most from the HB concert was all the screaming ... And girls jumping through our box to get up front when the show ended. I was seriously scared!
Similar memory of crowd insanity from Dodger Stadium: police/security pounding feet as people jumped on top of the dugout, trying to get down to the field. The Beatles' stage was out around 2nd base IIRC.
Memories of music: not so much.
I hope you're using "old co-worker" as in "former," rather than "long in the tooth."
I hope you're using "old co-worker" as in "former," rather than "long in the tooth."
Heheh...in his case, maybe both, but not in a bad way! Good guy for sure.
Doug G.
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Hehe. I would say anybody who saw the Beatles live is getting "long in the tooth". OK, maybe "medium in the tooth".
:yikes
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leevitalone1
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Ho-hum. Those guys?
VERY F-ING COOL. Very jealous. Could you hear them? LOL
8 thousand teenage girl scream fest they used to complain because no one could hear them playing
can you imagine the small amps and pa? that all led to what we have today for live shows.
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My first concert was something classical at the Redlands Bowl when I was a child.
www.redlandsbowl.com
Don’t know how young I was the first time I went. Our parents would take us and we would have a picnic dinner and listen to the classical orchestras.
The first pop concert I remember going to was Maurice Chevalier at the Carousel Theatre in 1966.
The first concert I went to without my parents was The Jefferson Airplane at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. Don’t remember the date.
Last summer an old friend stopped by and asked me, “Remember when we saw The Doors?”
I told him, I’ve never seen “The Doors.”
He said, “Remember seeing The Airplane? When they took a break, The Doors came out and played a couple of tunes.”
This was before their first album came out, so I didn’t know who they were, and didn’t pay much attention.
www.redlandsbowl.com
Don’t know how young I was the first time I went. Our parents would take us and we would have a picnic dinner and listen to the classical orchestras.
The first pop concert I remember going to was Maurice Chevalier at the Carousel Theatre in 1966.
The first concert I went to without my parents was The Jefferson Airplane at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. Don’t remember the date.
Last summer an old friend stopped by and asked me, “Remember when we saw The Doors?”
I told him, I’ve never seen “The Doors.”
He said, “Remember seeing The Airplane? When they took a break, The Doors came out and played a couple of tunes.”
This was before their first album came out, so I didn’t know who they were, and didn’t pay much attention.
Exbo gardens, peoria il. My parents let me go to shows in 8th grade and saw a few bands, I remember the Guess Who as one of them. These eyes had just been out for a short time. Peoria and our high school was rife with race showdowns. There was always race riots going on, many shows like guess who were disturbed by tear gas. The 1st one i remember, was the Yardbirds. Stage was 3 ft high. Just a hall to stand in. Little tiny amps. Stood right by Jimmy Page. It was a very cool first show. The Beach Boys were also in Peoria that year, when MCcormick Place burned down in Chicago, the Beach Boys show was diverted to Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse in Peoria. Blood Sweat and Tears also did the fieldhouse and remember that also. But the Yardbirds were ingrained as an amazing show for a first gig. Tiny place and people doing things i had never seen as a 12 year old! Playing guitars like that did not happen in my circles at that age!
yardbirds at that time were page, reif, mcarty, drega
yardbirds at that time were page, reif, mcarty, drega
The Who at the Capitol Theatre in Ottawa circa Live At Leeds.
A local band MRQ (Modern Rock Quartet) opened and played a fantastic set.
I remember turning to my date and pondering why they weren't as big as The Who.
They opened with "Young Man's Blues" - Daltry swinging his mic like a lariat, Moon bouncing his sticks off his snare twenty feet in the air, catching them and carrying on flawlessly while Townshend leapt like a gazelle into the air, returning to the stage to strike the first chords. My jaw was on the the floor, my question was answered and I've never been the same since.
A local band MRQ (Modern Rock Quartet) opened and played a fantastic set.
I remember turning to my date and pondering why they weren't as big as The Who.
They opened with "Young Man's Blues" - Daltry swinging his mic like a lariat, Moon bouncing his sticks off his snare twenty feet in the air, catching them and carrying on flawlessly while Townshend leapt like a gazelle into the air, returning to the stage to strike the first chords. My jaw was on the the floor, my question was answered and I've never been the same since.
Santana Festival Hall Melbourne Late 1973 Nov or Dec...the welcome LP had just come out, so the set/lineup was pretty similar to what was released on Lotus....great show...there was a mixing desk nearby with a reel to reel on top taping it all.. a couple of years later I heard part of the concert replayed on 3XY am radio..no support act, they just played a bit of the Beatles white lp through the P.A. speakers before Santana started.
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66Grandeguy
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Great memories even if a bit smoke clouded! Love Alan Sherman. I especially loved the last line of Hello Muddah Hello Faddah 1964 version where he talked about his little bruddah "He's like all of us except his bed is wettah!)
As for me the first biggee was Santana with Chilliwack as the openers in the Kinsmen Field House in Edmonton Alberta in 1973.
I remember Carlos saying that he would play as long as people wanted but we left after about 2 hours of him as we had driven 3 hours to get there and had three to go back. This was right after Welcome came out so he was more into the fusion stuff and less into the Abraxas styuel stuff, which was too bad from my 17 year old point of view.
Still was good though! I must say the good old Canadian band Chilliwack did themselves proud as they pounded out their good stuff too for about an hour before Carlos came on. I don't know if any of you guys in the states ever heard of their early stuff like Raino, or Lonesome Mary or Groundhog. Holds up really well actually.
ken
As for me the first biggee was Santana with Chilliwack as the openers in the Kinsmen Field House in Edmonton Alberta in 1973.
I remember Carlos saying that he would play as long as people wanted but we left after about 2 hours of him as we had driven 3 hours to get there and had three to go back. This was right after Welcome came out so he was more into the fusion stuff and less into the Abraxas styuel stuff, which was too bad from my 17 year old point of view.
Still was good though! I must say the good old Canadian band Chilliwack did themselves proud as they pounded out their good stuff too for about an hour before Carlos came on. I don't know if any of you guys in the states ever heard of their early stuff like Raino, or Lonesome Mary or Groundhog. Holds up really well actually.
ken
OptiquesJeff
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1972, Philly Spectrum, Rolling Stones w/Stevie Wonder opening.
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