Mine was Ace frehley and Alice cooper in troy (upstate, NY) great show. My second was Guns and roses, deep purple and aerosmith at the meadowlands in NJ...fucking awesome!
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Ray "The Don" Vega
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damn, now that's a fuckin show! I'd go out on a limb to say you were high for a good portion of it, lol.
Cost about $3. All the concert back then had multiple groups.
Now that I think about it, I may have seen Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Jefferson Airplane a couple months before that one.
I don't really count the ones in the park because they were free.
Cost about $3. All the concert back then had multiple groups.
Now that I think about it, I may have seen Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Jefferson Airplane a couple months before that one.
I don't really count the ones in the park because they were free.
Lucky fucker
Ray "The Don" Vega
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I'd go out on a limb to say you were high for a good portion of it, lol.
Actually, no. I was only 14 or 15, so my dad had to drive us and pick us up, and as it was my first concert, I did not know you could actually bring weed into an enclosed area in LA and get high without getting arrested.
I seem to recall a few joints being passed around, and I took a couple hits, but the chick I was with did not get high, so I had to be considerate.
Actually, no. I was only 14 or 15, so my dad had to drive us and pick us up, and as it was my first concert, I did not know you could actually bring weed into an enclosed area in LA and get high without getting arrested.
I seem to recall a few joints being passed around, and I took a couple hits, but the chick I was with did not get high, so I had to be considerate.
A gentlman too...chivalry isn't dead? Sounds like good memories.
Ray "The Don" Vega
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If I sat down and tried to write out all the groups I have seen I couldn't do it. Too many . . . and yeah, sometimes I got so high I could not have told you the lead acts the next day.
A gentlman too...chivalry isn't dead? Sounds like good memories.
I still open doors.
It was fun. I could contact Judy if I wanted (still have connections to her family). I know the last time I saw her (10 years ago) she still had the ticket stubs from it since it was her first too.
It was fun. I could contact Judy if I wanted (still have connections to her family). I know the last time I saw her (10 years ago) she still had the ticket stubs from it since it was her first too.
That's cool man...Lot of people do not appreciate the moments in life like those.
Ray "The Don" Vega
Managing Director
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Billy Idol opened by Faith No More.. was right after he had that motorcycle accident... he came onto stage with the full leg cast and a cane, but was still very cool
I've attended literally hundreds and hundreds of concerts, played in bands for 10+ years, and was involved in concert promotion at my college, but the very first big show I saw live, when I was like 8 years old, was the Righteous Brothers with Sergio Mendes as the opening act:
Their big hits at the time were "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", "Soul Inspiration", and the most played song of all time (I read that recently), "Unchained Melody" (made famous again when it was used in the Demi Moore movie "Ghost").
Headliner: Three Dog Night
Lead Acts (in order):
Head Over Heels
Grass Roots
Steppenwolf
The best band I was ever in played lots of Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf and Doors covers, since our best musician and lead singer, had one of those big ass Hammond organs...
I like a lot of today's music, but considering how fucked up the war in Iraq is, global warming, etc, it's somewhat disconcerting that more young artists and bands aren't writing music that speaks for their generation.
That goes for the rap artists too - who do they think is dying for America in Baghdad while they are rapping about keeping it real in Compton or Liberty City?
The best band I was ever in played lots of Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf and Doors covers, since our best musician and lead singer, had one of those big ass Hammond organs...
I like a lot of today's music, but considering how fucked up the war in Iraq is, global warming, etc, it's somewhat disconcerting that more young artists and bands aren't writing music that speaks for their generation.
That goes for the rap artists too - who do they think is dying for America in Baghdad while they are rapping about keeping it real in Compton or Liberty City?
ADG
If you have not seen the Colbert Report tonight, catch the rerun. He explains it pretty well: Solitarity.
The best band I was ever in played lots of Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf and Doors covers, since our best musician and lead singer, had one of those big ass Hammond organs...
I like a lot of today's music, but considering how fucked up the war in Iraq is, global warming, etc, it's somewhat disconcerting that more young artists and bands aren't writing music that speaks for their generation.
That goes for the rap artists too - who do they think is dying for America in Baghdad while they are rapping about keeping it real in Compton or Liberty City?
ADG
Great point, after the late 70's - mid 80's we lost a lot of that and music spun into never never land. Now it's about 40's bitches and big screen TV's as if the world is a perfect place.
Ray "The Don" Vega
Managing Director
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First "concert" was really a private show for some IBM employees and their families by Roy Clarke, and a bunch of really amazing country stars.
First "real" concert though was The Doobie Brothers when I was 12. Right up at the barricade wall in front. Was really insane man, lol. There was a million pounds of pot smoke in the air and joints and pipes were being passed everywhere. Every bit the proper introduction to rock n roll concerts
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