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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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fastfreight
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Hello @larsman ​​​​@onhwy61 !  So this 1975 Pink Floyd Concert kept rattling around in my head.  I keep remembering the plane crashing at the end of Dark Side of the Moon behind the stage.  It came from all the way across the arena up high!  Check out this set list: 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pink-floyd/1975/capital-centre-landover-md-4bd7031a.html

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Pink Floyd Setlistat Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA 

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  1. Sheep

    (Early version, known as "Raving and Drooling")

  2. Dogs

    (Early version, known as "You Gotta Be Crazy")

  3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)

  4. Have a Cigar

  5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)

  6. "The Dark Side of the Moon"

  7. Speak to Me

  8. Breathe (In the Air)

  9. On the Run

  10. Time

  11. Breathe (Reprise)

  12. The Great Gig in the Sky

  13. Money

  14. Us and Them

  15. Any Colour You Like

  16. Brain Damage

  17. Eclipse

  18. Encore:

  19. Echoes

 Some Animals and Some Wish You Were Here for sure!

And the entire Dark Side of the Moon Album!

:) Ken

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larsman
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@fastfreight - awesome! Thanks for the correction; I didn't think they were still doing all of 'Dark Side', but they did have 2 sets....  I did see them at Merriweather Post on the 'Dark Side' tour... 

vthokie83
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My very first concert (I was thirteen) was on Friday August 16th 1974, at the Capital Centre in Landover Maryland. It was a happy accident, as one of family friends had a cancellation.

If memory serves me correctly The Souther/Hillman/Fury band opened up, second was Little Feat, and the headliner was Three Dog Night (though I could have the first two bands backwards). Went with an older friend and her boyfriend, his sister and brother.....they were all huge Three Dog Night fans.

I remember really really really liking Souther/Hillman/Fury, and absolutely having my face blown off by Little Feat; and actually Three Dog Night was excellent too. To this day Little Feat Waiting for Columbus is my favorite album of all time, it brings back memories of that night.

Souther/Hillman/Fury also led me to bands like Poco, Manassas, Buffalo Springfield, and CSN&Y in all of their iterations. Funny how a twist of fate can change your life. I have spent the last decade trying to find a concert poster of that night

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