Old Concerts Remembered.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:20 pm

The first time I saw Genesis, they were the opening act for It's A Beautiful Day. It was Genesis' first US tour and they were promoting their latest album, Foxtrot, in April '72.

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:00 pm

Here are the ticket stubs for my first two concerts---I was three months shy of my 8th birthday for the 1st show, and then a concert veteran of 8 for the next.

http://tinyurl.com/7n5bp

It was pretty phenomenal of my parents to make sure we got to see these legends.

brianb · Post by **brianb** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:54 pm

Hey Dave

Saw Roy Buchanan in Springfield Mass. Early 70's.
He drank a 6 pack of Heiniken really fast. Played the best blues I've ever heard. "The Messiah Will Come Again" blew everyone away. I was really sad to hear that he committed suicide while in custody I think in Atlanta.

ol_reb · Post by **ol_reb** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:52 am

Brian & Richard: Buchanan played the Electric Ballroom on downtown Peachtree right across from the Fox. I think the years were '76 & '77.

The first time I went to see him, me and a buddy went and snuck in a big *** bottle of wine. A Cop came over and had us turn over the bottle. So, my buddy & I shotgunned the wine and handed the cop the empty bottle. He was madder 'n hell. We said, "Hey man, you just asked for the bottle."

Buchanan was great too. Played that old beat up tele of his. Just three piece. At the end he dedicated his last song to Hendix and played Hey Joe. And he blistered it. I was so impressed with the guy that when he came back the following year me and the same buddy went again. Same venue and same seats. We didn't sneak in any wine that time though.

I believe Buchanan went sideways in a Virginia jail if I remember right.

ol_reb · Post by **ol_reb** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:57 am

Dang, I just remembered three more:

Gov't Mule '03
The Hollies '72
The Nighthawks '7?

Richard: I have the Nighthawks live at The El Mocambo on vinyl. Great band. Thackery is a fine player. Man they could make you jump up and shout.

icabod · Post by **icabod** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:18 am

David; Roy was great, and the old tele, he worked wonders with it. I also had a really burned out Leslie West there, and rest his soul, Long John Baldry, whom I went on to mix for about 4 yrs when he lived in Toronto, before moving to Vancouver..Hmmm.. I wonder if Oz his partner still has John's two old Guild acoustics? They used to record a fair amount of shows at the Elmo.. I'll have to try and find that Nighthawks one.

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:35 pm

REM in '83, Minneapolis. My first rock concert.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:54 pm

6th row, in front of Pete, the Who, Dec. 1979, Chgo, a show that was taped for closed circuit TV and has thus popped up in docs. like the Who's Next Classic Albums release. I believe it was the first show of that tour after the infamous stampede in OH. There were more cops there than fans it seemed, and I noticed recently that the date of the show was one year to the day when John Lennon was shot.

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:52 pm

Mid 1980s, can't remember the exact year (probably 1985?)-Rich Stadium outside of Buffalo, a triple header with Dylan, The Grateful Dead and Tom Petty and all possible combinations between the three. The show seemed to last forever.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:45 pm

I think the best concert I ever saw was Ten Years after with The Stooges opening for them in 1969 at The Boston Teaparty, was about a 1000 seat venue in Boston, no seats, you sat on the floor, was a real hippy place, smelled like burning hemp and all you could see besides the great psychedelic light show were many many little red lights going from person to person, I don't know what it was. I also saw Zepplin/Zephyr there in 1969, both concerts were 2.00 entrance. Zepplin had Ric Transonics for amps. Both of those concerts were great. Mountain were a great live band also. I think Ten Years After were probably the best live band I ever saw, their albums pale in comparison. Another one was The J. Giles Band, they really rocked also. I saw them when they were still a local band around here also in 69 (Ma.), you knew they were going places. Also saw them during the late 70's when they were on top, they still rocked and gave their all, lots of energy.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:57 am

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, June 1981, first show of the Hard Promises Tour, all twelve thousand or so tickets were free as part of a radio station promotion. A friend and myself obtained 8 tickets between us and invited our friends along. They did two encores and finished up with Anything That's Rock 'n Roll, which brought the house down. I wish I had a video of a show from that tour. They never were better than that.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:22 pm

Somewhere around 1969-70 I went to the Filmore East (in NYC - I was living a few blocks from there at the time). I forget who was headlining but it had sort of devolved into a blues jam. At some point this red-haired chick came out on stage with a hollowbody electric guitar which looked very oversized on her small frame. Nobody knew what to expect, but in seconds she won over the crowd with her good playing and great voice. I found out later that her name was Bonnie Raitt.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:06 pm

The Beatles, 1964, my first concert.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:33 pm

woah... where was that one?

rick36 · Post by **rick36** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:21 pm

Thanks Bob, now I don't feel (quite) so old. The Boston Tea Party had a sister venue in Philadelphia - the Electric Factory. Same size, same seating, same groups and same ticket prices.
Other acts there included Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Cream, Steppenwolf, Frank Zappa/The Mothers, and of course The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers (who played on the same bill one weekend in Boston). It doesn't get much better than that...