Your First Concert was.....

Allman Brothers Band opening for Johnny Winter in the Fall of 1971 at the Spectrum in Phiadelphia. It was a short time before the quintessential "Live at the Filmore East" album was recorded. I was 15 years old, got a tremendous "contact high" from all that strange smoke filling the air, and was absolutely fascinated by the interplay between Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. It was an amazing show.

Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" at Madison Square Garden in 1975.
I was 15 at the time and its still my BEST CONCERT so far. He was on another planet with a tremendous band.

The Police Synchronicity

The first concert I went to was the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page on lead. This was right at the end before Jimmy took off for other more interesting musical adventures. They were playing in a small civic center in a hick Florida city and I think I was the only person there who realized what a great group was in front of them. Most of the crowd was interested in getting drunk and rowdy. I sat on the side of the stage by Jimmy's Fender Twin Reverb amp and proceeded to get my ears pummeled for two hours. I think they rang for a day afterwards. Jimmy was so pissed at the stupid crowd he stormed off the stage at the end of the show, muttering invective and looking dour. He was nice enough to give the geeky kid at stage right (me) a string of his love beads and a guitar pick.

The Cure at Dodger Stadium 1989. Love and Rockets and the Pixies opened. Talk about a show. That was the first time i smelled that "funny smell". I was 16.