On 17/05/2012 1:28 PM, gtr wrote:

>> I saw 3 Dog Night in Nashville in early 1970. I wonder if she was
>> onstage. I don't recall backup singers, but I had lousy seats.
>
> I must have seen the same tour when it passed through OKC. I had seats
> within hailing distance of the back wall in the balcony and couldn't
> even accurately count how many humans were on the stage.
>
> The girl I was with, our only date, said the entire thing was hopelessly
> contrived. It was the first time I'd heard the word.
>
>


I saw the Beatles, and it turned me off large venue concerts. As soon as
the Beatles came on stage all the girls started screaming, some sort of
mass hysteria. I guess that is what they figured you are supposed to do
at a Beatles concert. I never heard a note.


It was almost a complete waste of time. The opening act of King Curtis,
who played a style of music I did not appreciate at the time. I learned
just a few years ago that the guitarist for King Curtis on that tour was
Jimi Hendrix. If it is not a huge shame that I was so disappointed in
the Beatles concert, I saw Jimi Hendrix in concert and didn't even
realize it until 40 years later.