There have been a number of concerts recently that I thought would be fun to attend...until I heard the price of the tickets. Guess I have good taste? or maybe that's what the all cost now. That started me thinking about the first ever live concert that I went to see when I was maybe 15 years old.
I imagine the price of the tickets then were $10 or $15 and that was probably a lot of money for a teenager to spend in the early 1970s. It was crazy in the Miami Sportatorium. We could bring backpacks in, the air was heavy with smoke...cigarettes, pot and pipes with who knows what in them. Some people smuggled in wine, beer and liquor. Can't even imagine what it was like for traffic cops lying in wait for the concert to be over. They probably were able to write enough tickets to secure 30% of their annual budget!
Getting ready for the concert usually meant that for weeks before, we'd listen to each other's collection of record albums for whichever group we were going to see. The beauty of record albums was also the artwork on the cover and the treats included in the album...notes about the group, maybe the song lyrics or the history behind the track.
That first concert though, the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival is what I remember the most. Hard rocking great music. I can remember several encores and it seemed like the night went on forever.
I sure hope you'll share some of your first concert memories in the comment section and I wish you a wonderful week. I heard it through the grapevine that it will be extraordinary!
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