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The First Time I saw Bob Dylan live, Burlington, VT, 1966

Sr. year in HS, I somehow got two tickets to a Dylan Concert in a building that was part of the University of Vermont. How? I used to hang around the back door of a radio station my friend worked at (avoiding going home where the Evil Step-father was), that’s my best guess where I might have gotten the tickets. It’s 60 years ago.

Me and my girlfriend (gorgeous redhead), front and center.

Wide shallow stage, wide shallow listening space (not an auditorium, an improvised space).

Out they come, lots of black leather, Bob has an abstract American Flag leather jacket on, dark shades, walks to the front edge of the stage, swivels his head at the room, says not a word (my 1^st lasting impression of him), backs up and starts playing.

1^st set, all acoustic like his LPs, very enjoyable, last song is Maggie’s Farm, during which he proceeds to literally fall off the back of the stage into the heavy black curtain, dropping out of sight. The other primary guitarist, who I now presume might have been Robbie Robertson, says “hmmm, err, Bob’s had a cold, we will take a short break”.

Murmurs, more murmurs, until they return. Bob bounces up front on his skinny legs like nothing happened, nary a word as now expected. I’m not sure I or anyone realized they had switched to electric Guitars, and they proceed to repeat Maggie’s Farm, but now Electric. Stunned silence for a while, no negative comments or shouts I was aware of (like I saw later in clips from Germany), just puzzlement, then bang on they do a full electric set, the audience got into it fairly soon, we certainly did.

I will never forget him falling backwards off that stage. Glad you were not hurt Bob.

@wharfy Warming up my Decware tubes as we speak for a listening session!

I've been to a lot of concerts that were great but my jaw drops that wharfy was able to attend Hendrix's Band of Gyspy's concert at the Fillmore East. That is simply an amazing show and I can't imagine being there. I am a massive Hendrix fan.

My concerts list that were outstanding. Stevie Wonder, Sade, Miles Davis, Prince, Doobie Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stanley Turntine, Mountain, Rolling Stones, Stanley Clark. I've been to more concerts but these really stood out as special. 

My last Dylan post, I promise

Great Bob Dylan Show, Jones Beach

After I married Donna in 1989, say the 90’s, only show I ever went to there, they have great artists there, but I hate getting to LI from NJ.

Double Header, Bob Opens for Santana believe it or not.

Was it a dream, or did he come out, sit in a chair, acoustic guitar (miked), vocal mic, that’s all I recall. Sang, enunciated, OMG, he can sing!!! Long Set, just kept going. He looked so frail, but showed a lot of stamina.

It’s getting late, audience occasionally shouts out ‘Carlos, Carlos’. We left in the middle of Santana, it got cold on the water, and it wasn’t great like we had seen him before.

Knowing how well his voice had recovered was why it made me so mad when he sounded awful in shows after that.

@elliottbnewcombjr - My wife and I saw the same 1993 Dylan/Santana tour, but at Pine Knob in Clarkston, MI.  However, we mostly went to see Santana.

The opening band/headliner thing is sometimes interesting.  For example we went to Def Leppard mostly to see Billy Idol open, but we were totally impressed with Def Leppard.  Another cool one was unexpectedly seeing legendary R&B singer and pianist Charles Brown open for Bonnie Raitt’s Nick of Time tour at Pine Knob.  While not an opener, we were totally surprised when Stevie Ray Vaughan joined Eric Clapton for two songs during his Journeyman World Tour at The Palace of Auburn Hills.  Classified under, I had no idea at the time, I saw Peter Frampton as one of three acts opening for Yes at an all-day concert during the summer of 1975.  At that time, I knew him for his role in Humble Pie but I had no idea some of the songs he played that day would end up on his album, Frampton Comes Alive, which was released about 6 months later. Every concert is a life experience, and just about all of them over the years have been worth it.