What Music Did You Listen To in High School and College?

Bob was so cool. I often find myself wondering what could have been, and what would have been, had we not lost him. Although we really didn't lose him. His words still ring with universal truths.

 

i think he was here at the right time, and(call me corny) but I think the higher powers needed him elsewhere..

he is THE prophet of this day in age...he is our philosopher. He did so much in his short 36 years....

luvhuffer...your sig pic is so trippy....love that 3rd eye

 

as i mentioned somewhere on here awhile back, the first concert i went to was an alan freed big beat show of 1958 which featured among other acts..chuck berry, jerry lee lewis and buddy holly and the crickets. i was 6 and already into rock and roll. my dad was a jazz musician so there was always music in my house growing up. i was also lucky enough tto grow up in the village in nyc during the 50's and 60's. by the early 60's i was a very young but serious "folkie". my older brother took guitar lessons from artie traum whose brother happy was playing with bob dylan so we went to see them play when dylan was still doing acoustic shows. i saw the beatles 5 times, jimmy james and the blue flames at the cafe wha? (better known as jimi hendrix), and joni mitchell at the cafe au go go before she was huge. at the night owl (later a poster shop) i saw john sebastian and the lovin spoonful who were regulars there. the blues project rehearsed in the basement of the hotel across the street from my house and played every local club. you name them, i saw them and loved it all..folk/rock/country rock..it was all great! few people know that it was thanks to murray the k that the cafe wha? started featuring teen shows where you didn't have to be old enough to drink to get in. (even though the drinking age in nyc at the time was 18). this guy shown here is as i saw him at the in 1968 with his first band the castiles performing at the cafe wha?(he was later known with his current band as bruce springsteen and the e street band)....bruce is the one half-hidden by the microphone.

 

I was born just a tad too late to be at Woodstock, but I had an older sister, Midge, who was there. She died in 1971 in a car wreck, but I feel that she is always with me and that her spirit lives in me. I listened to all kinds of music in my era, the seventies, and my favorite artists were bands like The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, and of course Janis Joplin and Jimmy Hendrix, although they were rocking a little before my time. I love the Jefferson Airplane and other artists from the sixties and seventies. I wish I could have lived during the early sixties, cause I think I would have made a great flower child! Rock on and keep the faith! Down with war and all those who support it. Bring our troops home now!

 

I like the band Collective Soul alot-great vocals and they mix it up with rockin stuff to ballads-great group IMO-

 

Heard a lot of bands and music back then. Wish I had tapes of the songs around the fire. Is the best music bought or heard? I don't know. All I do is listen and enjoy. The radios playing 3 Beatles tunes an hour and a lot of MOTOWN. I got Quicksilver in the box. I think the worst singer I ever heard was the kid from.. you know the tv show I'm talkin about. 3 boys a vet cook and a adopted kid with glasses. Anyway one of the kids sang a song about some kids in a church. I went because Buffalo Springfield opened. He sucked they were already fighting.

 

Alice Cooper concerts were the shit in the 70's!!!! Pink Floyd "Animals Tour" and believe it or not but around 77-78 I went to a concert called "Superstar Sunday" It had: Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Styx and Bob Dylan!!! All in one billing. Such a wierd combination.

Really like "Rush" concerts and I saw Grateful Dead 83 times.

I had seen Jefferson Airplane several times but in "81" I drove all the way to Columbia to catch an Airplane show and when I got there they searched my purse and jacket and there was no smoking!!!!! 1st search ever and the 1st No Smoking at a concert. In the 70's and early 80's this was not heard of.

 

Any memories of Janis ?

ladylin: same taste

 

luvhuffer - I was in so. California in those days. You're the same age as my brother. Los Angeles (Redondo Beach, then the folks moved to Gardena *gak* but it was some of the best times of my life with the crowd I had). You've seen a massive amount of names, completely impressed.

I've seen:

Buffalo Springfield (Groovy at The Beach - I got autographs!!!! still have 'em)
John Mayall - downtown LA somewhere - late 60s
Joni billed with CSN&Y at the Greek Theater - late 60s
Frank Zappa (3 times) UCLA and don't remember the other venue's
Led Zepplin (Inglewood auditorium)
James Taylor, twice - forget the venue - inland somewhere

Later in the late 70s early 80s and upward:

The Roches (3 sisters, Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche) many times, many places
James Taylor
Rod Stewart (went to see someone else that was playing and I forget who they were LOL!) 70s
CSN, Steve solo in San Diego at a small club downtown 90s
Bob Dylan - about 5 years ago here in Portland Maine.
Arlo Guthrie - 3 years ago here in Portland

And when I was a teeny bopper; Dino, Desi & Billy *heh*

 

now, i'm only 17. but i listen to what the true hippies from the 60s listen to.
rock-wise, i have seen:
cheap trick (6 times)
blue oyster cult(open for cheap trick once)
styx (once-GREAT SHOW).
bb king
jimmy vaughan
johnny winter
robert cray
derek trucks

 

i agree-GREAT band.

 

While my early high school years were dominated by punk shows, nofx bad religion circle jerks death by stereo etc, my later years were leaning towards sublime, bob marley, phish, bob dylan, beatles, etc..

But now am in college so that would have to be Radiohead, Grateful Dead, andything les claypool, frank zappa, yes, most jam bands (moe., string cheese incident, etc.). Most things that keep me on my toes.

Innovative music by creative people basically