Life changing concerts anyone?

[the mojo hobo]

While it isn't as cool as the early Stones or anyone who actually got to see The Beatles or Hendrix, my first concert was Iron Butterfly on the In-a-Gadda-da-Vida tour.  They were at Ravinia outside Chicago.  Believe it or not, it was a youth group outing for my church.

My first concert was the Beatles at the Chicago's International Amphitheater August 12, 1966. Later in life I was inducted into the army on August 12, 1970, and my first marrage happened on August 12, 1972. I guess that means it was a life changing concert.

I saw the Rolling Stones st the same Venue a few years later,

[the mojo hobo]

I'm wondering if I saw them a year earlier.

It was mostly Larks Tongue music. I remember them playing "The Talking Drum" starting with a dark stage and a red light behind the drummer that grew in intensity as the music did the same.

[Pekka]

1974 KC tour dates:
http://www.dgmlive.com/tour.htm?artist=5&tour_year=1974

Pics from the 1974 Chicago gig:
http://www.dgmlive.com/vision.htm?artist=&show=393&member=&entry=

They also played in Chicago in 1973:
http://www.dgmlive.com/tour.htm?artist=5&tour_year=1973

Then the 1961 P-bass was still unfinished.

I'm not sure if he ever used the black Jazz on stage but he had it as a backup on the 1974 tour or at least for their last ever gig in Central Park July 1st 1974:


I just made myself even more envious than before...

[the mojo hobo]

The link says they played at the Kinetic Playgournd in 1973. I went there a lot too, but at the moment the only band I remember seeing there is Country Joe and the Fish. I remember not seeing Foghat and Focus there because of a disturbance, and getting chased away by the Chicago police.

EDIT: On furthur review they were at the Kinetic Playground April 20, 1973 and at the Auditorium September 29, 1973.

[OldManC]

For me:
Beatles Tokyo, @Budokan '66. What can ya say about that?

Can't beat the first line of the first post...

No kidding. I was 1 at the time but I'm still jealous!

[godofthunder]

 I never saw The Beatles "live" but I did see them on the Ed Sullivan show when I was five, thats what lit the fuze. I didn't know what they were doing just that I had to do it!

[Highlander]

A (now long lost contact) drinking buddy and his elder brother were taken to see them at the Hammersmith Odeon in '66 - he has absolutely no recollection - he was about three or four at the time - he can legitimately say he saw them though...

I'm disgusted with myself for not mentioning Zappa around the Zoot Allures era at Hammersmith - seeing him soloing so much was something else - Patrick O'Hearn on bass and Eddie Jobson and not forgetting Bozzio...

Wishbone Ash at the Marquee in '77 on a hot summers night - imagine a club that holds 400 - MAX - open a fire exit and 300 extra SNEAK IN...! there was significant "rainfall" from the condensation forming on the club's ceiling to be a concern but they were quite simply stunning - there were a few people that became overcome by the heat and were carried out via the stage...

[clankenstein]

That has reminded me that I saw wishbone ash at the st james theatre Wellngton nz .not sure what year.1975?any way after that I wanted a thunderbird.

[Pekka]

Did anybody manage to see the mighty Doug Rauch on bass with Santana in 1972 or 1973? Or perhaps with David Bowie in September 1974?

[westen44]

My list of concerts I've gone to is average at best.  However, my brother-in-law (around 15 or 16 at the time) was at Woodstock.  My impression I get from him is that it was actually more uninhibited than the accounts might indicate.  I guess you just had to be there. 

[Highlander]

Ask him about the smell...

[Denis]

I saw the Dixie Dregs once. If I remember correctly, they opened for Santana or the Allmann Brothers here in Raleigh at the Walnut Creek Amphitheater. The violin player for Mahavishnu Orchestra was standing in for Allen Sloan who, because of his busy medical practice, could not make that tour. Eventually, the rest of the band played so fast the stand-in fiddle player gave up. 

My buddy and I ran down to the merch booth after they finished playing but there was not a single thing remaining of the Dixie Dregs merch.

They were awesome!

[westen44]

Ask him about the smell...

I hesitate to even speculate about that on my own, but I'll ask him.  He was right in the middle of everything that was going on and was still there going strong when Hendrix played. 

[Highlander]

I saw the Dixie Dregs once...
They were awesome!

Now that I can agree with wholeheartedly...

During the time the ABB were in hiatus the three sections of the band all toured the UK and I got to see the lot - Gregg and Cher (front row - slick and bland but still a good memory), the exquisite Dickey Betts and Great Southern (pretty much the next incarnation of the ABB - Dave Goldflies on bass, Dan Toler etc) and the quite simply brilliant four-piece lineup of Sea Level - the first two at the Rainbow and the latter at the Hammersmith Odeon - the support acts were Grinderswitch and, you guessed it, Dixie Dreggs - superb... Steve Morse is such an exceptionally gifted guitarist... '78 if I remember correctly...

I sold off almost all of my programmes and ticket stubs on greedbay some years back to cover a variety of needs - I hoard too much junk - if I want new junk, the old has to go... I still have a few - all the Rush, Cooper, Neil Young, the first Slade, Boston (1st tour) and a select number of others...

[Pilgrim]

I sold off almost all of my programmes and ticket stubs on greedbay some years back to cover a variety of needs - I hoard too much junk - if I want new junk, the old has to go... I still have a few - all the Rush, Cooper, Neil Young, the first Slade, Boston (1st tour) and a select number of others...

And it's all worth $$ to collectors....