Originally Posted by steve B (Post 2301693)

What's even funnier is the person I went with was more an acquaintance, kid my brother knew from scouts or something who had complained a couple months before that his friends had taken his money and ditched him or simply never shown up to pick him up three straight concerts. "Oh yeah, we'll leave a ticket for you at the will call window" So I offered to drive to pretty much any concert as long as he bought the tickets.

And there's a card collecting angle, he worked for McDonalds, and at the end of the football card promotion got me a trash bag full of that weeks leftover cards. Ended up with 100+ sets.

Later on, he cracked a bat playing in the yard with a few guys. My brother said it was pretty old, I ended up swapping a store bought bat I had for what I'm almost positive is a Fred Parent gamer, plus a few other old bats that were pretty beat, a D+M and a Batrite both I think store models.

Originally Posted by BobC (Post 2301708)

Steve,

That is a fantastic story, and great baseball connection as well. It is hard to really explain and convey to others the full experience from seeing some of these outright famous groups appearing in a venue like the old Agora. It all comes down to the old saying, "You had to be there!". Got to love the memories, right?

Originally Posted by steve B (Post 2302523)

Yes, although the one in Hartford was closer to an arena than a club. Sort of a small arena sized club.


Now seeing the Ramones in Toads place in Waterbury...that was really amazing.
Toads Waterbury was tiny, maybe 500 capacity?

Originally Posted by BobC (Post 2302632)

Never saw the Ramones live, that would have been a great show, especially in a small, intimate venue like that.

Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 2303135)

That would have been awesome. One club show I was just a bit too young to go to but some of my older friends told me about decades later was here in LA with three of our best punk bands: X, Los Lobos and The Blasters. That would have been epic. I also wish I'd seen this tour in 1987:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...0Run%20DMC.jpg

How fun would that have been, the Beasties opening for Run DMC?

https://youtu.be/b4teHlgW0vg

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh (Post 2303351)

Rest in Peace Jeff Beck- Trent King

Originally Posted by BobC (Post 2303266)

The one show I most regret not seeing was the Black and Blue tour back in 1980 with co-headliners Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult. But I decided no after hearing Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio as lead singer, after replacing Ozzie. They just weren't the same. Would have loved seeing them both together, with their original lineups.

Otherwise, aside from Ozzfest, maybe the best combo of acts I ever saw in concert together was a toss-up between a couple tri-bills. The Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent AND Meatloaf), Billy Preston, and Deep Purple headlining, or Foghat, Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott AND Peter Frampton), and The J. Giels Band headlining (before they went full-out commercial with their music). Having been able to see lineups like those, or the one you missed out on, in a club type venue would have been beyond believable.

Originally Posted by steve B (Post 2303550)

Was lucky to see Jeff Beck along with Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Worceter Centrum.

Great show.

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector (Post 2301328)

John Fruciente

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll (Post 2306328)

My son is quite into rap music. A guitar ? What's that? They don't use those things anymore. Sigh.