I Shoulda Saved the Ticket Stubs

At the Clapton show, my brother Larry (who is 2-3 years older) were reminiscing about concerts we went to in our youth. One thing we both suffered from was not remember much about them. We were born in the mid to late 50's and both embraced the culture of the 60's (in other words, we did drugs). I think the first show I went to was a Frank Zappa Halloween show. I had a friend who always got tickets for the early and late show at the Capitol Theater in NJ for the Zappa shows. We never had seats that were past the 10th row center. The great thing about Zappa was that he traveled with a big band (10 or more musicians) and his shows were never the same and the band was tighter than a gnats asshole (I don't know where that came from but my point is that they were VERY tight)

Another great concert I was was the Band. The venue was horrible, too crowed, no seating yet it was one of the best shows I've seen. I also saw Bob Dylan at the Garden in 1975 (?), Genesis in the 80's (with Nina), Bonnie Raitt at Tanglewood MA, George Benson and other jazz guys in the city. Sonny Rollins (jazz again) and Chick Corea (more jazz - I like jazz). I was fortunate to see Les Pauls 90th Birthday Bash at Carnegie Hall last summer and saw a ton of people. Somewhere on my blog I have a post about it.

I also enjoyed seeing David Bromberg (Dana and my first date way back in 1985 (?) and we saw him again in 2004) and I saw John Hartford. I saw him in a small venue in NJ. I also saw Elvin Bishop, Matt (Guitar) Murphy from the Blues Brothers fame, Dr John and another all time great, Albert Collins. He put on a great show too. He'd play these small clubs and walk outside while playing and stop traffic in the street while his band played on inside the joint. I also saw Jonny Winter and Hot Tuna play at a place called TG's. I do enjoy seeing musicians in small venues for sure. They tended to play longer and take requests. Sure, Clapton was great, he is a guitar God for sure but he was at work and it showed a little. I guess of people were shouting out more XML Phil it would be a drag for me too. I do wish I saved my ticket stubs though, I'm sure I've forgotten more than I've remembered.
All in all, I do remember having fun...
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