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In reply to the discussion: Who was your very first concert/ show [View all]Figarosmom
(4,631 posts)109. Eow what a line up
Would have loved to see the kinks their song Come Dancing still plays in my head but that song would have been much later than that line up. That would have been their You Really Got Me year. Beahboys I had some of their singles.
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Yes, I was into Herbie Mann, Wes Montgomery, and Jimmy Smith in those long-ago days.
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Oct 2024
#43
I have a friend, and her younger sister who are serious Stones fans...
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Kittycatkat
Oct 2024
#53
beach boys blowout at the hollywood bowl w/th kinks, and sonny & cher and a bunch of other one hitters lol
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Black Oak Arkansas shortly after this show I believe. I think we were early on in their US tour that year.
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Oct 2024
#54
Saw them twice. Shea Stadium '65 & '66. We *did hear them* in '66 - it was a freak thing...
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Oct 2024
#315
Byrds, 1971 Atlanta. Worked at night, so told my boss I would be off or I quit. He said OK.
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#95
The Kingston Trio, with Dave Guard. Years later, front row for Mary Travers.... but it was at "The Gaslight" in the
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#112
An interesting part of their story.... Nick Reynolds retired from the group to care for his disabled brother.
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#193
Their instrumental, "Long Hard Ride" is one of my top 10-15 songs of all time...
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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels opening for Eric Burden & The Animals.
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Oct 2024
#179
Grand Funk Railroad and Sly Stone at the Dever coloseum some time in the late 1960's. And Sly was late as usual.
Hotler
Oct 2024
#198
Black Oak Arkansas and Black Sabbath at the hockey venue in Providence RI - I think I was 15 - so 1971
NewHendoLib
Oct 2024
#202
Other than school dances, the first big show I saw was the Beach Boys and Buffalo Springfield.
lark
Oct 2024
#211
It was great to see Stephen Stills and David Crosby at the beginning of their careers.
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Oct 2024
#226
It was great, can't remember if it was for English or English Lit but we also went to
Bev54
Oct 2024
#260
Big Sugar at a local bar, a little while after they released their Hemivision album.
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#264
Glad you had a great time! "The Claw" for U2's 2009, 2010 & 2011; 360 Tour was amazing....
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#375
Biggest Lineup I ever saw was at Shea Stadium for an Anti-Vietnam War Groups & Politician Fundraiser...
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Oct 2024
#317
The Beatles, 1964, at the Cow Palace in Daily City in the San Francisco, CA area
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Oct 2024
#328
Great post! I'm not entirely sure. I know it was in college so I believe it was The Who.
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Oct 2024
#349
Mine was Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club at 142nd and Lenox NYC, 1927. Cost $3, when I was making $16 per week.
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