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Baby Boomers

Koch Ebola

(831 posts) Sun Mar 3, 2019, 06:37 PM Mar 2019

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50 years ago I saw the Rolling Stones in concert. (Original Post) Koch Ebola Mar 2019 OP

I saw them almost 53 years ago! Damn! I'm old... 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #3

swing auditorium, san bernadino. would have been 1966 I think nt msongs Mar 2019 #4

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1. Cool! I saw the Beatles in Las Vegas in 1964 - I remember being sad I couldn't hear them sing ...

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 06:44 PM

Mar 2019

over all the screaming!

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2. I saw them 3 years later, also in The Forum. Opening act was Stevie Wonder . . .

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 07:24 PM

Mar 2019

We went with a derisive attitude ("Li'l Stevie Wonder"!), expecting to be bored mindless before the main event, only to be blown away by Wonder's brilliance. Enjoyed his performance far more than that of the Stones, who seemed flat by comparison.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-opening-acts-in-rock-history-10409/9-the-rolling-stones-stevie-wonder-1972-18745/