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Stones around 1970
ReplyDeleteFrank Zappa and Crack The Sky at the Capital Centre
ReplyDeleteJohn Denver at the old Cleveland Coliseum; a Rocky Mountain high!
ReplyDeleteGrin, America, and T-Rex for $5 at the Alexandria Roller Rink in '70 or '71. America never showed up but it didn't matter. Nils Lofgren was great and Marc Bolan was probably a little better.
ReplyDeleteBad Company at the Capital Center
ReplyDeleteAlabama at the Civic Center
ReplyDeleteLou Christie, Bangor Me approx 1963, Yeah I'm old...
ReplyDeleteThe Eagles. Colby College Waterville, Maine. Tickets sold for $3.75
ReplyDeletealice cooper.... those theatrics have never been topped!!
ReplyDeleteIron Butterfly Civic Arena Pittsburgh
ReplyDeletePublic Enemy at the Civic Center, '86 or '87
ReplyDeleteAlice Cooper Philly. The most gross of all concerts. The things he did on stage almost made me never go to another concert. Sick Sick Man. But good music !
ReplyDeleteSTRAWBS. Toronto 1975
ReplyDeletePrince at civic center.
ReplyDeleteClub MTV Dance Concert with Paula Abdul, Millie Vanillie, Tone Loc, Was-not-was, Simple Minds in Agawam, MASS.
ReplyDeleteMy parents drug me along to the Statler Brothers at the Civic Center...on my own...it was New Edition.
ReplyDeleteRolling Stones, Journey and George Thorogood and the Destroyers in Philadelphia. It was sometime in the early 1980's.
ReplyDeleteFreddie Fender at the Civic Center!
ReplyDeleteSummer of 83 Rock Against Reagan on the national mall in DC, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Millions Of Dead Cops, The Dead Kennedys were the headliners. Oh, and it was the annual Smoke In where you could smoke weed if you stayed in the designated area.
ReplyDeleteLeon Russell.
ReplyDeletePInk Floyd "Dark Side of the MOON" around 1974...(Haven't been the same since :)
ReplyDeleteTony Orlando and Dawn but the two best concerts ever were Rod Stewart and The Eagles with a close second being Alan Jackson. Honorable mention is Steve Miller - a genius on the guitar.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Cash followed shortly by Van Halen. What a difference. Think I enjoyed Johnny more.
ReplyDeleteConway Twitty - Harrington Fair - 1960/61
ReplyDeleteThree Dog Night
ReplyDeleteBlackfoot/Rick Derringer.
ReplyDeleteWYCC.1979
James Gang in 1972
ReplyDeleteJethro Tull, Harrington DE
ReplyDeleteOzzy Osbourne in Montreal 1986. My favorite Concerts ever though are by Here Come The Mummies. Seen them 23 times.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Jones at the Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga TN.
ReplyDeleteTears For Fears.... Civic Center
ReplyDeleteBilly Idol At Merriweather Post.
ReplyDeletePhish in 1994
ReplyDeleteSimon & Garfunkel, Syracuse, 1966.
ReplyDeleteWell, when I was around 15 years old, I went to a few concerts at the Delmarva Convention Center, which I have no clue what band was playing. The concert that I "remember" going to, was Kenney Chesney.
ReplyDeleteThe Bee Gees in the 1973. (map)
ReplyDeleteCrosby & Nash, 1974 or 75, in Eppelheim Germany, near Heidelberg.
ReplyDeleteGrew up as an Army Brat.
Mac Wiseman around 1953 or 1954 I think it was in Richmond Va. We used to sleep in our cars and in the early morning we would steal milk and orange juice from peoples front porch milk box. We were 16 and 17 year old kids and it was always a great time.
ReplyDeleteJimi Hendrix and Cat Mother at the Baltimore Civic Center in 1969. Great Show and a great performance!!
ReplyDeleteBeatles at Washington Coliseum on 11 February 1964
ReplyDeleteRoy Buchanan @ Wicomico Civic center 1974.
ReplyDeleteIron Maiden at the Spectrum in Philly in 1987
ReplyDeletejames brown at wicomico county civic center..
ReplyDeleteWasn't my first concert but I saw the Stones, Journey and _________ at JFK Stadium probably in 1979 or 1980. 98,000 people and I was pretty nervous. There were a whole lot of drugs in that crowd. Anything could have happened. It didn't and everything was cool but I never wanted to go to a concert that large again.
ReplyDeleteJudas Priest and Iron Maiden together at Wicomico Civic Center 1982.
ReplyDeletePatti Labelle
ReplyDeletespringsteen in 78 at msg.
ReplyDeleteAlice Cooper. What a trip!
ReplyDelete3 Dog Night, Springfield (Illinois) Armory, 1972? We all smoked pot inside there, and no arrests were made! Cool, Man!
ReplyDeleteFleetwood-Mac at the old Cap Center 1976.
ReplyDeleteCharlie Daniels at the Delmar Convention center around 1975.
ReplyDeleteChristmas concert in 1959 at Oxon Hill High School , Oxon Hill Md .
ReplyDeleteEither Dolly at the Delmar Convention Center (when she was still with Porter),or Grand Funk Railroad at Cole Field House.Not 100% sure which was 1st.
ReplyDeleteBeatles at RFK
ReplyDeleteArchie Bell & The Drells, Baltimore Civic Center
ReplyDeleteSpice girls. I took my dad for Father's Day 1998 HAHA
ReplyDeleteThree Dog Night Springfield Illinois Armory somewhere 1974-ish? Police allowed pot smoking without incident! Cool!
ReplyDeleteBTO around '75 FT Laudedale FL.
ReplyDeleteHarry Chapin, 1977 Duluth Arena (MN) I got to see him twice more before he died. Was trying to get tickets for his upcoming concert in Dallas, the day he died.
ReplyDeleteRIP, Harry.
That Judas Priest concert at the Civic Center was on October 20, 1982....34 years ago! Where does the time go???
ReplyDeleteTommy Dorsey.
ReplyDeleteBeatles in Minot ND 1964
ReplyDeleteGrateful Dead, Dec 73. I was a year old. My parents and their friends brought us kids everywhere.
ReplyDeleteBB King
ReplyDeleteWoodstock!!!
ReplyDeleteLed Zeppelin Capital Centre - 1976
ReplyDeleteDobbie Brothers ..Farewell tour 1982 Kings Dominion
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