First concert

Rush, Moving pictures. Market Square Arena 1981

Sweet Comfort band ...Met center, Bloomington 1979

ELO Mobile Civic Center 1973

Bee Gees 1969 B’ham

The Beach Boys 1974. Delhi Tech, Delhi, NY

David Bowie 74 or 75 in Pittsburgh pa. Those years are a little blurry.

Willie and Dollie, San Angelo, TX 1977

Cost $6

Grand Funk Railroad,1981,Flint IMA Sports Arena

Hank Jr Portland Or 1988

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Civic Arena late 70s

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Early 80s. Dayton Hara Arena.

Jimmy Dean then Charlie Pride at the state fair in Great Falls in 1968 , I also got to meet both men who were kind enough to visit with a little kid from Northeastern Montana .

George Jones Tammy Wynette. 1970

Righteous brothers, 1965, Ahearn Field house

Swetty Teddie (Nugent), 1977 Erie Pa.

here is where I must ask does the county fair count ? I can't even remember all the county fair concerts one of the ones I remember I remember was Allison Krauss

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap 1968 Ridge Arena Braintree, Ma

Sly and the Family Stone & The Tower of Power @ the Spectrum in Philly... I know, I know..............

Bob Seeger System-Mn.State fair-1968
The Animals-Stillwater mn-1969
Roger Mcguinn-Guthrie theater 1974,Waylon Jennings was his opening act.
Tom

I was going to ask that too, I seen a bunch of the real country singers in the 70's and 80's. I think the first concert, not counting the fair would be Stevie Nicks at Blossom in 85.

Scruggs and Flatt's with the Foggy Mtn Boy's in the Shrine Auditorium in Billings in 1972 talk about a great show !

If state or County Fairs don't count ?

Styx with Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, 1977 Dayton Hara Arena, Ohio. The Grand Illusion Tour. Walking across a concrete beach of whiskey bottles. Some half full.

Waylon Jennings at Mystic Lake Casino in 93 or 94, can't remember

Triumph opened for UFO . In 78 I think .
Rik Emmett and Micheal Schenker on the same stage ,

Sesame Street live in concert - maybe 1975 or so

Twisted sister , Dokken , Y & T .........Nashville , Tenn . 1984

Bee Gees in Seattle, late 70s that's about all I remember.

Aerosmith 2001

Dolly Parton 1972 I believe, way before she was in the major arenas , yea she was just as big then LOL

blue oyster cult dont know when or where

KISS 1979

Alice Cooper 1975 Nashville TN.

Aerosmith ...1973...JFK Colleisum (sp) ..Manchester NH....Awesome !!

ZZ TOP ‘ 71 somewhere in Dallas or Fort Worth maybe it was ‘72.

KISS, 1976 I think. Drove from Omaha to KC, where the concert was. Cool concert but not exactly a place for kids. I was 19 then. Saw KISS again in Omaha, 1980 maybe. Sat next to a 10 yr old and his 30 something mom!
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April Wine and Nazareth. Johnstown War Memorial 1980

ZZ Top Eliminator Tour, Biloxi, MS either 1983 or 84

I was 11. Took a girl. Only reason I went was because my older siblings went. Some stranger puked on my coat and it stunk the whole time.

The James Gang One of the local colleges :but do not remember which one 1973

Whitecross, 1992 or 93, some church in Illinois on a youth trip

After reading through yall's list of concerts, I am envious.

Eagles, Steve Miller band, Pablo Cruise. Met stadium Bloomington mn Aug 1st 1978 . tickets 10 bucks.
We were on the field level, it poured for awhile and everybody got soaked.

Blue Oyster Cult 1978

1976..David Bowie and Eric Carmen at Capitol Center, Landover Md.

saw dozens of concerts there during the 70's and 80's as well as Baltimore Bullets and Washington Capitals games

Brooks and Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, the Cricket arena, Charlotte N.C. 2001

Head East at the Roof Garden Ballroom in Okoboji Iowa, Probably 78

Def Leppard with Cinderella Nov 9 1987. Hysteria Tour - Cedar Rapids Iowa.

Backside of ticket #1

Crager wins!

Boy named Sue , thanks for the comment , but I decline , I don't win. The original question was ' what was the first concert you went to ? "
I don't remember. I know I have been to Kiss , Queen and 3 BÖC concerts ( blue fog - BÖC&Foghat , black and blue - BÖC&Black Sabbath and a covert BÖC concert playing under their sudamem ' soft white underbelly ' ) I didn't save the ticket stubs for those concerts. Not sure which one was first. Also have seen Rush and Bachman Turner Overdrive.

I did however come real close to going to Woodstock. Yep , the original Woodstock. I was very little. A couple of my mom's coworkers were going. They wanted to take me as their mascot. It was going to happen , at the last minute my mom put the kabosh on it. She was REAL glad after it actually happened that she said no. No one really knew what it was going to be until it did happen. That would have been one of the coolest things I could have seen as a little boy , but not.

My very 1'st concert was in my middle school in 1976 The Boyz who later became Truck.

My 1'st concert of big names was Rush in 1981 at the Capital Center Landover, MD. $9.90

I also saw the Rolling Stones in 1981 on they so called farewell tour. LOL Tickets were $16.50 which was unheard of price gougers at the time. Tickets went on sale at 2:00 A.M. and they announced this on the radio at 1:00 A.M. I was running 90 MPH up I-495 and cars were flying by me like I was stopped.