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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today!

Actually, it's more like fifty years ago.  There have been any number of recent threads where people relate how they saw so and so back in 1972 at such and such a place.  Examples would be the Allman Brothers opening for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore East, the James Gang opening for Led Zep on their first American tour, the Airplane, QMS and Big Brother at the Aragon, etc etc.

My question is -- HOW DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER THIS STUFF?

Don't get me wrong, I remember any number of concerts from the late 60s onwards, but I suspect I've mis-remembered or outright forgotten probably just as many.  I just couldn't tell you how many times or exactly where or when I've seen McCoy Tyner, Hall & Oates, The Blasters, The Feelies, Steel Pulse, Marshall Crenshaw, Parliament/Funkadelic, Buddy Guy/Jr. Wells, Roomful Of Blues, etc.  Somethings are just a little blurry.

Did you write this stuff down in diary?

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bluorion
477 posts
 

I've saved a lot of my ticket stubs over the last 40+ years so I have physical souvenirs of the concerts---what kills me is to see the ticket prices back then. I've also been journaling for a long time. I also have Playbills from Broadway shows I've seen.

sns
3,250 posts
 

I've been long aware of missing much from those years, growing up in a crazy time and place does that to you. Still, I can remember many peak experiences at the many concerts I attended over the years. Living in an area with multiple universities and close to the big city provided easy access to a wide diversity of live music. Great times!

bassbuyer
95 posts
 

Larsman - Montrose did sound great. It wasn’t until years later that I realized Sammy was the singer that night.  A great band pairing that ended too soon. 

fastfreight
796 posts
 

I remember because Jimmy Paige looked me right in the eye during their 1977 The Song Remains the Same tour.  Second row, Capital Center, Landover, MD.

Same goes for Pink Floyd crashing their plane behind the stage at their Dark Side of the Moon concert in 1975.

buellrider97
389 posts
 

   I saw Montrose open for Slade at the Rainbow Ballroom in Fresno. Bill Church the bass player had family here. His sister was a year ahead of me in high school. They essentially played their first album and nothing more. Sammy only sang, no guitar. They didn’t play the opening for Space Station #5, and lacked the slide entry on Bad Motor Scooter. It didn’t take long for them to evolve and get past the primitive show they first put on. The only thing that grew faster than the bands popularity was Sammy’s ego. By the time they were a headliner his dressing room was separate from the rest of the band. He has what is now known as LSD or Lead Singers Disease, it’s progressive and sometimes fatal. I think that show was in 1973, but I didn’t take notes. My brother hangs out with Bill’s younger brother Bob as they both play drums. It’s always interesting to see opening acts like Van Halen go onto great success , but that’s another story. But what’s for sure is time marches on and I don’t run anymore. Cheers , Mike B. 

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