Your First Concert was.....

Drubin, The Blues Project were great! They had a song called "Never go back to Georgia" I was 10 years old in 1966 and I knew a great song when I heard one.

Judas Priest & Slayer in 1988 - but that's not the punchline. I grew up in a small town and didn't really have access to concerts until I went to college. A buddy and I found last minute tickets and headed to the show in Phoenix in the early fall of 1988. Being over 100º still, we dressed for the occasion - me in khaki shorts and sneakers wearing a Bloom County comic T-Shirt and my buddy wearing neon green sneakers, a pink "beach bum" cut-off shirt, and shorts that were the state flag of Colorado.

Yes, you can guess what we looked like.

Yes, our seats ended up center aisle in the second row.

Yes, we were surrounded by black t-shirts and long hair everywhere.

And yes, Rob Halford noticed us and gave a wink at the opening of their set. It wasn't until years later I learned the irony of that moment.

My first concert was at Valparaiso University. We saw Black Oak Arkansas and Brownsville Station (no comments please) but the next week we saw Edgar Winter. We use to see Styx alot at the Hammond Civic Center for $2.00 when there was nothing else to do.

Yes-Madison Square Garden 1974, Relayer tour. I'm not quite sure that show was ever surpassed in 34 years of concert going. I was not yet 15 years old. The Roger Dean stage set-up was surreal.

Drubin, I made a mistake. I was thinking of the Blues Magoos. A NYC band from the same era.