Post #173553 by bongofury on Wed, Jul 20, 2005 10:18 PM

My folks took us to see Liberace(!) when I was 5 or 6. He played for a private group of Aerospace workers.

First "real" concert: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Taj Mahal at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach

Second was Black Sabbath at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go on their first U.S. tour.....had to leave halfway thru their set because my friend drove his dad's car

Loudest band: Lock-Up (pre-Rage Against The Machine Tom Morello's hard rock band)....stadium volume at a small club in Santa Barbara (saw Van Halen twice......not as loud!)

Drunkest band: Rod Stewart & The Faces.....he must have dropped the microphone a dozen times while trying to sing. Opening bands were Rory Gallagher and Deep Purple. Long Beach Arena

Also at LBA to see Wishbone Ash and Camel (U.K. bands) was some new band opening for them called Kiss. A tough act to follow....