nickchia wrote:

That was my second "large" concert IIRR in spring of 1977, and I was still 15.

First pot-smoke, first row.. (or was it second?)

Graham Nash, 1978 at Bergen Community College in Paramus NJ. The first large concert was Jethro Tull, Bursting Out, Oct 1978. I was 15.

This was in spring 1977, and I was 15.

My first concert was at the Miami baseball stadium in '76 to see the infamous Frampton Comes Alive Tour.  I was barely 15 and should not have been there.  But I know I loved it and all the energy.  Frampton always puts on a great show.  I tried to see him when ever he came to Dallas and he never disappointed.  I was at the show when he played the entire "Frampton Comes Alive" album and then some.  The guy at the merch table couldn't believe I was at the original '76 show - I even showed him my ID.

Frampton is back out this summer and while I now live in Gainesville, FL and nothing comes here - he is going to be in St Augustine which is only 90 minutes away. I'm hoping to see him!

Pete Seger and Arlo Guthrie.  I was 10.

 Tizmself wrote:
My son's LP collection looks remarkably like the one I had in college. 
<-Proud dad.

January 1967, Fillmore West:
The Dead, Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band, and the Doors at the Fillmore Auditorium.
After that concert, I went to as many shows as I could at the Fillmore, Winterland, Avalon Ballroom, and other venues I can't remember. 

 Proclivities wrote:

My 12 year old grandson just discovered my LP collection. He is smitten with Led Zeppelin I. lol

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Based on that song and this setlist...no wonder the place emptied.  The note at the bottom aligns with the story.

Gotta love the opener and the first Encore being the same!  It's just that good.
Note: U2 opened for a deservedly long-forgotten metal band named Barooga Bandit. Though only 150 people turned up at the 500-capacity club, their response was so enthusiastic that the band came back out for not one, but two encores. By the time Barooga takes the stage, only 40 people are in the audience (some of them being U2 and their road crew before the lads also went out front to chat with fans).

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
It can get kind of sobering when I read pieces written by people who are "looking through their parents' old records" from the late 1970s.

 Proclivities wrote:

More reason for Schlabby to hate U2!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I never heard of Barooga Bandit: vaguely interesting story.

 Beez wrote:
I couldn't remember at all! But the Google sent me to this page with all the 1979 VH concerts and listed the opening band.

Vinegar Joe,   the band that Elkie Brooks was the singer 
 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
Yes, the watch alarm going off, in the casket, must have been a startling hoot! 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Absolutely they did.  I was pretty amazed by that, as well.  

And that you can remember that far back.    Jkjkjk

 Beez wrote:

side note: The Internets earned their keep today; allowing me to find a video of the opening act on a midwest tour for a band with two albums. Half a century ago (rounded to the nearest half-century). 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

They're trying really, really hard to rock, but falling a little short, I think.  The movements are all there...jumping and whatnot.   I like the dude making sweet, sweet love to the bass.  Ratt literally rocked my face off.  I couldn't even do anything but stand there in complete awe.  

 Beez wrote:

I had to look up the opening band for Van Halen when I saw them. Don't remember this AT ALL

 Beez wrote:

oh man, what a way to start out your live music journey. (i still like Ratt  )