"What's the absolute BEST concert you've EVER been to?"
It has to be the first rock concert I ever went to. It was April 1973 at the Oakland Colosseum Arena, and the acts were Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac and Rory Gallagher. I was 13 at the time. I went to the show with my next door neighbor and two other neighor kids. The tickets were like $5.00. We felt we were so cool at the time (how cool can you be when you need parents to drop you off and pick you up though?), and I have never felt the same level of excitement and joy at another live show.
I had never heard of Rory Gallagher before that night, but I became a huge fan immediately. To this day Deep Purple are still my favorite band despite the many changes in personnel.
I've never heard of Rory Gallagher. Anything I might have heard before?
I love Deep Purple. I especially liked their not-well-remembered '80s album, "Perfect Strangers."
What a ridiculous triple bill that was...Fleetwood Mac in the middle of the other 2? Hahahahahaha