Topic: What was your first gig ?
26/02/1977 Newcastle City Hall Ted Nugent the motorcity madman! What an introduction to live music and I've never looked back!
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Summer of '66 or '67(Jr. High days), went to a "Battle of the Bands" at a high school gym in Walnut Creek, Ca. Besides a couple of local bands there were three bands from SF that played, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, and the Santana Blues Band. Jefferson Airplane won mostly for playing White Rabbit.
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Thin Lizzy either 1977 or 1978 I was 4 years of age and i saw Rory Gallagher not long after that both in Belfast.
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Brainbox, Dutch first important rockband with a very young Jan Akkerman in 1969
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Metallica, SECC, Glasgow, 1992 - Headbangin'
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Nickelback/Puddle of Mudd like 4 years ago...*cough*......yeah.
This thread is going to kill me if people come on here saying "Oh yeah my first concert was seeing Cream when I was 15." or something.
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The Rolling Stones at the Stadthalle, Vienna in either 1965 or early 1966. I heard more screaming girls than music.
My second live show was The Beatles at D.C. Stadium (RFK wasn't dead yet) in 1966.
Talk about starting at the top. 
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hootie and the blowfish at the state fair. which is in the town i live. my dad took us. i think i was 7 or 8.
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1978 -- J. Geils -- Boston Garden
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1978 -- J. Geils -- Boston Garden
I'll bet that was nothin' but a house party. I saw them in'81 opening for the Stones and they stole the show.
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Eric Clapton
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One of the best introductions into live music possible.... period.
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Garth Brooks when i was in 5th grade. I'm not even into country, but from what i remember he was an excellent showman
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Rolling Stones - Boston Garden - 1969 [the Get yer Ya-Ya's Out Tour]
I still have the program booklet - the cover features a drawing that is Mick Jagger as a woman. 
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Peter Frampton and the Beach Boys. Summer of 74 at Three Rivers Stadium.
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The Beatles - Shea Stadium 1965
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June of 1973 My aunt was staying with us my mother and father were in Reno that week and her boy friend came over to spend the night and the next day my younger brother and myself ended up at Kezar Stadium In San Fransisco to see Led Zeppelin I remember her saying we are going to a football game and then saying don't tell you mom or dad once we got there and when she asked me I f I knew who Led Zeppelin was and I responded yeah good times bad times and all that she was Impressed that a 12 year old would know who they were my younger brother told on her some weeks later really sux my folks would not let her around us after that for sometime she was soo cool Love you auntie Pony;)(RIP)
They never played Good Times Bad Times that day but It did not matter
Play list for 1973 at Kezar was something like this
1. "Rock and Roll"
2. "Celebration Day"
3. "Black Dog"
4. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
5. "Misty Mountain Hop"
6. "Since I've Been Loving You"
7. "No Quarter"
8. "The Song Remains the Same"
9. "The Rain Song"
10. "Dazed and Confused"
11. "Stairway to Heaven"
12. "Moby Dick"
13. "Heartbreaker"
14. "Whole Lotta Love"
Encores
* "The Ocean"
* "Communication Breakdown"
* "Thank You"
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The old Chicago Amphitheater (since torn down), Deep Purple was the headliner, backed up by Billy Preston and an unknown (at least at that time) band from Texas named ZZ Top.
ZZ Top absolutely stole the show.
I believe it was 1972.
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AC/DC ....... Hammersmith Odeon November 10TH 1976
That Was That ..... Bitten Very Deep First Time
Live Music is The Greatest Form of Entertainment
.............................. Michael
Joe Bonamassa ....... His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin / Vienna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin / Vienna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg