The First Band You Wen.t To See

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Can't remember the dates but would have been Grateful Dead at Rainbow Theatre or Hawkwind at Hexagon where, rather to the surprise of a teenager, a longbeard nearby took all his clothes off and stood in crucifixion pose gazing stagewards at things I couldn't see. At the time I didn't know that "Silver Machine" is about a bicycle.
 
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Talking of festival's, the first for me was the Isle of Wight in 1969.. Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, The Who...

I was out of it most of the time, some I do remember though ;)


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alfatwo said:
Talking of festival's, the first for me was the Isle of Wight in 1969.. Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, The Who...

I was out of it most of the time, some I do remember though ;)


Dave
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What do they say .... If you remember it you weren't there
Or was that Woodstock - or the 60s in general :)
 
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Navcorr said:
What do they say .... If you remember it you weren't there
Or was that Woodstock - or the 60s in general :)
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I was there, still have the bus ticket to Southampton from Coventry. Via the ferry to the IoW

Richie Havens was just brilliant!

Dave
 
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Genesis at the NEC around 80-81 I think

It's not cool to like prog these days but , MC hammer :D
 
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Sorry about this but apart from very small venues & small bands in Soho when I worked there I have only been to see one band. You ready for this....S Club 7! Didn't even go with kids as didn't have any then.

Funny us 5 blokes sitting there in Wembley Arena with thousands of tiny kids & mums. It was a favour to my mate at the time Jason & his brother Leigh to support their sister Rachel

Got to go to the after show party though & had a good chat with Lenny Henry after with free bar so wasn't so bad.
 
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I wish I'd seen Dire Straits live , had love over gold on in the van last week , still a great album , proper lyrics
 
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Conaero said:
So the ones we never saw, for me it would be Prince.
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Wow - this is something else! So many but if just one then no question - The Who. When they were whole - not as they recently said Who2 or WhosLeft :) Saw them at the Roundhouse a while ago and it was amazing - but something was missing. The original line up would've been something else.
 
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Prince - I got to outside Wembley, I think, and then didn't buy a ticket off a tout as the price was exhorbitant even though the concert had started... Wish i'd paid up now!

Eb
 
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