It Was Twenty Years Ago Today!

I wish I had written it down and saved it.  I saved all the ticket stubs and t-shirts.  I used to write down the playlists but I didn’t keep it.  Now there are web sites with a lot of the concert information including playlists.  I do remember my 1st show.  Montrose with Sammy Hagar opened for Black Sabbath on their Technical Ecstasy tour.  Ozzy came out for the encore with a laser cannon pointed at the audience.  I fainted and when I got up I was hooked for life.  

@bassbuyer - early Montrose was amazing; one of the first shows I saw when I moved to San Francisco was Montrose at Winterland; I'd never heard of them; their first album had just come out, but holy cow they blew me away. I remain convinced that if Ronnie and Sammy hadn't had ego issues with each other, that band could have been the American Led Zeppelin. 

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.

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!

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.