Friday, July 12, 2013

First Concert?

I follow Kevin Nealon (actor) on Twitter -- am not sure why, but I enjoy his Tweets. Just now, he Tweeted:

What was the very first concert you went to? For me it was either James Taylor or Deep Purple in CT. Can't remember for sure.
Mary might remember better than I do since we were probably together. But I replied to the Tweet with my best memory and said Jose Feliciano at American University in 1968. Do you remember that, Mary? It was in the gym and I don't think Jose even had "Light My Fire" as a hit then, or maybe he did. But he was not as popular at all when we saw him. I remember his seeing eye dog came out with him, and it may have been the first time I saw someone up close using a seeing eye dog.
 
So what's the first concert you went to?

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A few hours later: just popped into my mind when Mary and Fran sent the photo below of them at a Paul McCartney concert that the first concert I ever saw was the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1964. What is weird about it is that my mother bought tickets as a surprise. Those who know will agree that act was so out of character for her -- to this day, I have no idea for her motivation for that. I remember you could barely hear them -- they were way out like in center field and everyone was screaming. Wished I'd saved my ticket stub! I could sell in on eBay!

And here are the two oldest screaming teenagers:

 
  
                          
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3 comments:

  1. Mary McJuly 12, 2013 at 4:11 PM

    Did we see him twice? I remember seeing him outdoors, I think at Carter Barron amphitheater, and there was lightening while he sang Listen to the Rain. Maybe that was later?

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  2. BarbaraJuly 12, 2013 at 4:32 PM

    James Taylor at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center upstate -- I was probably 15 and totally in love with him.

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  3. MelissaJuly 13, 2013 at 9:47 PM

    I did not have the luxury of going to a concert while in my teens, so my first concert was ZZ Top and I was in my twenties. But my favorite concert was Neal Diamond but I don't remember what year (after my rock n roll days :).

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