First Concert?
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Dylan has written some incredible music, but the guy can't sing his way out of a wet paper bag. Pay to listen to someone else perform his songs...like Peter, Paul & Mary (the route I chose).
Side note...I may have to start visiting the Jones County Fair!
Black Crowes at Simon Estes in '09, Todd Snider/Hayes Carll at the Englert '12, and Turnpike Troubadours at Wooly's '13 are all Honorable Mention concerts for me.
They are very good. I really enjoyed the time I saw them live. Not quite worthy of my Top 10 shows, but a great night of music nonetheless.
The Beach Boys (twice) around 1962 in Omaha. Once at Peony Park and a year or two later at Rosenblatt Stadium.
See if any of the young ones know the story behind the name of my first without using Google. First concert was Chicago Transit Authority at the Iowa State Fair early 70's.
If you get specific about which time (like November 18th, 2011), then yeah...pretty close!
Don't know your age, don't know if you're familiar with Ruby Tuesday, but it's got a chorus that is very easy to sing...and sing loudly. I swear you could hear us in Huxley that night. The whole crowd was swaying together...not that we had a choice; you couldn't possibly fall down because all the bodies jammed in around you would hold you up.
I can't get into them. I was ready to leave early, just too ponderous for me.
Son Volt, on the other hand ...
First concert and also first experience buying from a scalper.
I was 16 or 17 talked to a girl at a party the night before, she said she was talking about going to the state fair the next day I told her I could go with her. First date. Took her little Toyota truck, got a flat tire on the interstate. Had to crawl under and unscrew the spare from under the bed. Got it on, let the jack down, the spare was flat. Had to walk 1/2 mile to the nearest exit "1994 so before cell phones" long story short, got someone to bring us air on the interstate.
Walked in the fair, Brooks and Dunn were playing bought tickets offa scalper didn't check them close. Got into the concert the tickets were not seated together!
I sat by her anyway. Will never forget my first concert.
I was 16 or 17 talked to a girl at a party the night before, she said she was talking about going to the state fair the next day I told her I could go with her. First date. Took her little Toyota truck, got a flat tire on the interstate. Had to crawl under and unscrew the spare from under the bed. Got it on, let the jack down, the spare was flat. Had to walk 1/2 mile to the nearest exit "1994 so before cell phones" long story short, got someone to bring us air on the interstate.
Walked in the fair, Brooks and Dunn were playing bought tickets offa scalper didn't check them close. Got into the concert the tickets were not seated together!
I sat by her anyway. Will never forget my first concert.
Alabama at Hilton Coliseum circa '84? '85ish? I was real little, I only remember the mult colored lights and riding in my grandparents sweet van with the bed and the card table in it up to Ames.
First show was Sting right after the break-up of The Police at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids.
A couple all-time favorites:
80's - REM at Palmer Auditorium in '87, and Oingo Boingo at the Col Ballroom.
90's - Bob Mould at the Fox Theater in Boulder, and Phish at Red Rocks
00's - Wilco at Red Rocks
10's - Ryan Adams in a tiny theater for 400 people. My Morning Jacket in 2012 at Red Rocks, Wilco at Vail Snow Daze.
At some point a thread could include the "Most disappointing show you ever attended".
First concert for me was Billy Joel/Elton John at Jack Trice back in 2nd grade... Solid one to start with
The "Piano Man" tour...man, I wanted to go to that sooooooo badly, but had a scheduling conflict. I heard it was fantastic.