What was your favorite concert that you attended back in the day?

I wasn't that big a concertgoer but in my time I saw the Band, the Byrds, the James Gang, Boz Scaggs, Marshall Tucker, Poco, Mountain, Traffic, John McLaughlin, the Beach Boys, Janis Joplin, Alice Cooper and others. Poco left an impression in that they had a great act with amazing playing by Rusty Young, their pedal steel guitarist. The others sort of came and went.
 

Probably the Best concert we've ever attended was when Pink Floyd came to Kansas City in 1974, and performed their "Dark Side of the Moon" album at the KC Chiefs stadium. The stadium was sold out....and the performance was fantastic.
 
Not a concert .. in an intimate little below stairs coffee house in the 60's. Saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. My girlfriend and I put our coins together to buy a coffee each. No cover charge back then.
 

dobielvr said:
That's hard to answer, I've seen so many...
I did enjoy the Rolling Stones. Or Santana. Fleetwood Mac

$3.50 for the night.
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I bet the Rolling Stones were great. I saw Santana at a love-in, for free, in the late 1960's.

I can't get over what it cost to see those groups back then. $3.50 back then would be equivalent to paying about $25 now. There's not much you can do with $25 these days.
 
saltydog said:
I bet the Rolling Stones were great. I saw Santana at a love-in, for free, in the late 1960's.

I can't get over what it cost to see those groups back then. $3.50 back then would be equivalent to paying about $25 now. There's not much you can do with $25 these days.
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I saw the Stones at the old Candlestick Park, with the J.Geils Band, and I think Bob Seger.

You must have had a lot of these bands passing thru up there in northern california...
 
saltydog said:
I bet the Rolling Stones were great.
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Nope. Saw them in 1964, rubbish! I also saw, The Kinks, 1963, underwhelmed.

Rod Stewart, same year, same appraisal.

Charlie & Innes Fox, amazing.

Brian Augur Trinity, forgettable.

Julie Driscoll, much the same.

In the same year I saw The Searchers, I wish I hadn't.

Never got around to seeing The Beatles, no point, all screaming, no listening.

Long John Baldry, great blues voice but had so much baggage. His name was actually John Williams, a Canadian about whom Elton John wrote the song: "Someone saved my life tonight." Williams was gay in the era when it was still illegal. Much of the sixties set were already blasé about same sex relations, but Williams portrayed himself as a victim. Shame really, his rich bluesy voice was perfect for the era.

Since then I have seen: Carl Perkins, who was amazing. The Comets, after Bill Haley's death, they certainly rocked our socks off. Jack Scott, superb. The Crickets, post Buddy Holly, again an amazing band.

By far and away the best though, was Sinatra, he just held the audience in his hand. Unforgettable.
 
1977 - Olympia Stadium in Detroit. James Taylor, John Denver, Harry Chapin and Gordon Lightfoot played together on a circular stage, accompanying each other, at a benefit concert for Chapin's charity, World Hunger Year. It was down-to-earth and magical. On some songs, one sang, or two, or three or all four at once. That was the best.

Tickets were expensive, but at the last minute, seating in the nosebleed section were offered for $5 each. Best $5 ever spent.

The second-best was a Willy Nelson/Waylon Jennings concert back in the 80's. I have never seen several thousand people having a better time.
 
Flew from Nebraska to Nashville ( before we moved here ), rented a big ole SUV, picked up
both sons and their wives, drove to Charlotte, North Carolina for a Billy Joel and Elton John
concert in 2009. Fun road trip and watching my wife, arm and arm with the boys, singing 'Piano Man' is a great memory.

Another one for me was one of the last performances Leon Russell did in 2016 at a small club in Nashville. ( City Winery Club )

When things open up, I'll be back at it, enjoying live music again!
 
I was born in 1966 so ”Back in the Day” for me would have been the late 1970’s and the biggest thing in Sweden then was ABBA.

My mum got us tickets for their concert in Stockholm in October 1979 which was part of ”Abba - The Tour” and the last concert they ever gave in Sweden. We had seats in a special enclosure for the disabled close to the stage and during the first half of the concert Anni-Frid caught sight of me, walked across the stage, looked down, waved and blew me a kiss. I thought I’d gone to heaven, one of my biggest idols had actually waved to me and blown me a kiss! During the interval one of the stage people came round to us and asked my mum not to be in a hurry to leave after the concert. When it was over the same guy came round to us again and asked us to follow him. My mum wheeled me backstage and there they were. I got to meet, talk to and have my picture taken with Björn, Benny, Agneta and Anni-Frid. I was just 13 and now I really thought I’d died and gone to heaven! By the time we were finished we’d missed our last train so they arranged to have a car drive us home. I’ll never forget that evening.

In recent years I’ve seen a number of artists at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Simon and Garfunkel, Paul McCartney, John Fogerty, Cliff Richard and Luciano Pavarotti. Paul McCartney and Pavarotti were disappointments. Pavarotti had sadly passed his ”Best Before” date and Paul McCartney just seemed to be going through the motions. Of the other three, Simon and Garfunkel were the best, just fabulous closely followed by John Fogerty and Cliff.

I also saw Tom Jones in an open air concert at a small amusement park not far north of Stockholm in 2011. He was fantastic. A stylish gentleman in a grey suit and polo necked jumper who just stood on stage and sang for two hours. It was made even better by the fact that we were about ten feet from the stage, the weather was brilliant and as I'd spent the day at the park with my daughter and oldest grandson the tickets for the concert were included in the normal admission fee for the park.

Two years ago I saw Elvis ”live” at the Globe Arena. Old films from different live concerts with the music and backup singing removed and replaced by a live orchestra and backup group in the arena. Priscilla Presley was presenter. A different and interesting concert.
 
Devi said:
The Stones (Rolling Stones).

That said, I was lucky enough to live in San Francisco, where Bill Graham put on concerts (promoted them), so I saw a LOT of bands.

Bill Graham's first name was Wolfgang -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Graham_(promoter)
Wolfgang's Vault, where you can get all kinds of stuff, is at: https://www.wolfgangs.com/
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I'm from Santa Cruz. My first concert when I was probably 22 was a Day on the Green at the Oakland Colosseum (don't know what it's called these days.) The Police headlined.
 

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