Who was the first famous music person / group you saw perform?

[bones]

My first is one I'd rather forget as a bad experience and nearly made me not want to tray any again.

The other was grand and happened to be the second time on the campus for this artist. Between the concerts a year apart the world really began to take notice. The artist is Olivia Newton-John.

[GillianSloan]

My first is one I'd rather forget as a bad experience and nearly made me not want to tray any again.

The other was grand and happened to be the second time on the campus for this artist. Between the concerts a year apart the world really began to take notice. The artist is Olivia Newton-John.

I do like her.

[MastrTom]

The first group I saw was Styx in '83.  The Mr. Roboto Tour.  Others I saw were Rush, KISS, and ZZ Top plus a whole bunch of Headliners at Milwaukee's Summerfest including Metallica.

[Pat]

The year was 1965. It was a concert consisting of Jan and Dean and the Beachboys . Glenn Cambell was also singing with the beachboys at that time. Jan and Dean were the opening act. The Beachboys were the headliners.  Although we had assigned seats the crowd crashed the gates and it was a mob scene. Who ever could push and shove themselves in pretty much got in.

Pat

[Napolean]

I'm trying to remember my first concert listening to someone famous. I grew up with my dad playing music, so I didn't feel the need to see live bands as a kid, I had them at home.

The first famous people I can remember seeing perform was a double bill: Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson.

Since then I tend to play with these folks more than see them. I've played with:
The Moody Blues
The Village People
Luciano Pavarotti
Joe Williams
Louie Bellson
Placido Domingo
and a few dozen others. Not a bad life at all.

N

[Redwood]

My first is one I'd rather forget as a bad experience and nearly made me not want to tray any again.

The other was grand and happened to be the second time on the campus for this artist. Between the concerts a year apart the world really began to take notice. The artist is Olivia Newton-John.

I stood out in the cold and snow one Saturday night in Logan, Utah in 1975 after a Olivia Newton-John concert just to see her close up.  She was frickin HOT!

[Gray Hound]

I have been to over 500 concerts but the ones that stand out were.
The Animals (first British Blues group) and 1st concert.
Jimi Hendrix.
Eric Clapton with John Lee Hooker as opening act.
6 Rolling Stones Concerts
Moody Blues
Van Halen in Raleigh, N.C. (N.C. State campus)
Iron Butterfly at Gonzaga U.
John Mayall

[afriend]

I have been to over 500 concerts but the ones that stand out were.
The Animals (first British Blues group) and 1st concert.
Jimi Hendrix.
Eric Clapton with John Lee Hooker as opening act.
6 Rolling Stones Concerts
Moody Blues
Van Halen in Raleigh, N.C. (N.C. State campus)
Iron Butterfly at Gonzaga U.
John Mayall

Wow Gray Hound... some nice concerts you've listed there.     After 500 concerts your hearing must be worse than mine.

[afriend]

I'm trying to remember my first concert listening to someone famous. I grew up with my dad playing music, so I didn't feel the need to see live bands as a kid, I had them at home.

The first famous people I can remember seeing perform was a double bill: Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson.

Since then I tend to play with these folks more than see them. I've played with:
The Moody Blues
The Village People
Luciano Pavarotti
Joe Williams
Louie Bellson
Placido Domingo
and a few dozen others. Not a bad life at all.

N

N, I would have expected nothing less from you.  Not a bad list either.

[afriend]

I use to volunteer as an usher at a couple of music venues around town.  One of the more memorable moments happen during the beginning of a Bob Dylan concert.  A couple walked in a few minutes after Bob had started playing.  Their tickets were down in the front row, so I escorted them to their seats and proceeded to sit down in one of the open seats right below where Dylan was playing on stage.

[bones]

By dang redwood we might just have been to the same concert in the Spectrum. But she was at USU 2 years in a row. Just watched "Grease" again and it was fun.

[Napolean]

I'm trying to remember my first concert listening to someone famous. I grew up with my dad playing music, so I didn't feel the need to see live bands as a kid, I had them at home.

The first famous people I can remember seeing perform was a double bill: Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson.

Since then I tend to play with these folks more than see them. I've played with:
The Moody Blues
The Village People
Luciano Pavarotti
Joe Williams
Louie Bellson
Placido Domingo
and a few dozen others. Not a bad life at all.

N

N, I would have expected nothing less from you.  Not a bad list either.

I can't really list everyone. Someone might be able to out me if I have too many names here.

But yeah, it's fun, sometimes.

Sometimes, though, they can be the world's biggest assholes.

N

[Flyfisher]

I was a rock and roll rebel.  Started out in garage bands and after getting booted from countless bands I fell in with the discards from other bands. I only wanted to be a rythm guitar. The band needed a lead and I was learning leads. There was this Hippy venue near Seal Beach, California called Marina Palace.  My band had attitude. We'd been booted from every one else's band and we said fuck you to them all and started playing what we felt. The Marina Palace had same minded muscians. When I played guitar as lead the first time it felt friggen great and the band had the angst and rebellion mind to it. We were little garage band hippy punks. We found the real sound of rock and roll and lied about our ages and made the cut to play Marina Palace.  Pot smoking, acid wacked audiences were fantastic. We did music to the funky 60's light shows.  My band...the Rejex (Rejects) opend for Canned Heat, Alice Cooper, Litte Feat, the ex Turtle Flo and Eddy (with Frank Zappa and Waddy Wachtel trading leads), we got booted when Linda Rondstadt and the Stone Ponies played the Marina. So what did we do?  We set up on the pier at Seal Beach and opend for.....tada.....the Yardbirds.  Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.  Oh...we were the first act, then out comes a little known singer named Van Morrison. He hated us before we played because we were baby faced punks. We did our set and he was the first to tell us to go back for an encore.  It was heady shit for a 17 year old.  The Yardbirds were friggen incredible.  Later auditioned at a Huntington Beach club called Syndicate 2000 and Van was the headliner and he got us 2 nites there opening for him.  We got booted for Friday and Saturday because Morrison got sick and the owner was able to get Buffalo Springfield to play.  We showed up with a VW bus and a Ford Falcon wagon packed with our gear and the owner told us he couldn;t use us.  We got free tickets to the show.

It's fun to be part of the audience but playing big sound rock and roll was more fun being on the stage and making a joyful noise and getting high from the audience reaction and vibes.  It was the most potent drug of all....and while we were young punk asses we didn't do drugs. Just playing and getting it right and getting people off on our sound was the addiction. 
Fly...rock and roll kinda guy. Now I'm a walking talking jive mofo. and still a Reject from Rejex

[fungi-rl]

The Kingsmen - Mike Mitchel's Dad and mine were hunting buddies in the 60's.

[Gray Hound]

Mike Mitchell still is in a band. I saw him and his band last year at the Washington County Fair.
The Kingmen play once in a while around Portland.