Before They Were Famous Concerts

[castlegazer]

Originally posted by aprincessmom
Saw the Black Crowes many, many times when they were Mr. Crow's Garden -- they used crash at my house when they were on the road

Oh, this was mine, I saw the Crowes many many times in Atlanta but they didn't crash at my house - I wasn't that cool - but they were stoned a lot for concerts so it makes me wonder about you a little bit ! Hootie and the Blowfish also. I know there were more, but I am drawing a big blank here. I know I saw Diana Kral as she was just beginning to tour for performances about 8 years ago.

 

[WDWHound]

In the early eighties, a friend of mine convinced me to go see guitar player that I had never heard of at a local bar called Antone's. I wasn't very impressed with the guy, but he got better over the next year or so. His name was Stevie Ray Vaughan.

 

[oldkicker]

I saw the New York Dolls at a dump of a place here in town before they hit it semi-big (medium?) The whole place might have held 100 people or so.

Around the same time, Ronnie Montrose was playing at another bar in town, readying himself to go on tour as Montrose. But that was a long time ago and his name might not ring a bell to many.

 

[castlegazer]

Originally posted by aprincessmom
Saw INXS open for some hair band whose name escapes (you can tell who impressed me more )

hey, wait, that reminded me, I also saw INXS at a bar in Athens Georgia, but they were kindof big then, but they used to show up at this bar alot and just play for whoever was there.

Hmmm, methinks you and I have wayyy too many bands in common here.

 

[aprincessmom]

but they were stoned a lot for concerts so it makes me wonder about you a little bit

I was always the odd looking person back stage at their concerts with the sweatshirt, jeans, tretorn sneakers and ponytail of whom all the little gals dressed in their best leather bustiers used to shriek "WHO IS SHE AND WHY DOES SHE GET TO GO BACK THERE?!?!"

Alas, I am not that wild...we just had mutual friends

 

[coliebird]

I saw Skid Row at Lamour's in Brooklyn just when their first album was released.

 

[Tina]

Was it Metallica opening for Ozzy on the "Blizzard" tour ? I have seen them about 5 times, so that would explain why I can't seem to remember it (yeah...that's it ).

Nope, the Blizzard tour was in 1982. I don't remember who opened that show. It was only small arenas. Metallica opened for Ozzy in 1986 on the Ultimate Sin tour. Jeez, I sound like a 80's hair band tour guide....

 

[FroggyinArk]

saw bon jovi open for ratt... saw mettalica open for ozzy, saw whitesnake open for ac dc saw great white open for someone..lol.. but my big before they were stars moment was at the ice house in fayetteville ar in 85 when my country boy self in cowboy hat and boots and wranglers was actually onstage with this really punk outfit called REM that no one had ever heard of,

 

[snoopy]

Originally posted by aprincessmom


I was always the odd looking person back stage at their concerts with the sweatshirt, jeans, tretorn sneakers and ponytail of whom all the little gals dressed in their best leather bustiers used to shriek "WHO IS SHE AND WHY DOES SHE GET TO GO BACK THERE?!?!"

Alas, I am not that wild...we just had mutual friends

Jeannie, you know how I love Chris Robinson, I would have been one of those girls whining why you and not me.

 

[totalia]

Yep. Tears For Fears. They were playing in my city early in the 80's. I asked my mom to go see them and she blew me off. The next year they were famous lol.

Makes me wish we could have gone to see them.

 

[Hillbeans]

I saw Kenny Chesney as an opening act for Tim McGraw a few years back.

I also saw the Dixie Chicks about 6 years back when they were an opening act for Tim McGraw.

Celine Dion - she was the opening act for Michael Bolton in 1990.

 

[GoodFairies]

I saw Matchbox 20 two times before they hit it big.

 

[BoyLovesBuzz]

Saw U2 in the old Atlanta Civic center (around 2000 people). Saw REM in a half empty Fox Theater (I think our group were the only people there not related to the band members) and I saw Melissa Etheridge in a bar, I think there was a $5 cover.

Originally posted by wvrevy
This was before my time, but my (now former) step father once kicked Billy Ray Cyrus out of the Nitro Moose Lodge

Apparently, Billy was getting a little lewd in his performance, and some of the blue hairs were getting upset, so my step father (as an officer of the lodge) had to ask him to leave.

Does that count ?

weird, My MIL threw BRC out of the YMCA.

 

[smilingmouse]

I saw Vertical Horizen before they became famous when they gave a free open air concert at Georgetown Univ. I still wish I would have bought a CD that night.....they were autographing them....and they were REALLY cheap.....

SmilingMouse

 

[castlegazer]

Originally posted by aprincessmom
tretorn sneakers

You and I could have been at the same concerts, dressed exactly alike - I was always in tretorns and polos. I didn't fit in to the concerts either. No leather **** smashers here.

 

[Maleficent13]

I saw Sheryl Crow open for Simple Minds at this tiny little place in Norfolk called The Boathouse. This was before she'd even released Tuesday Night Music Club and no one had ever heard of her. My then BF and I thought she ROCKED (much better than Simple Minds) and bought her CD a few weeks later when it was released.

Funny: after her opening set, she worked bringing drinks to Simple Minds during their set. She'd walk out on stage, wave to the crowd, set the drinks down and walk back off...

 

[leahannpen]

I saw New Kids On The Block when they opened for Tiffany. Ugh!

I just went to Tiffany since we had free tickets, and NKOTB opened up, and I liked them so much, I went out and bought their first CD...Hangin' Tough, I think.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

We saw the Dixie Chickes (pre-Natalie Maines) in concert at Sea World San Antonio when I was like in 9th grade. They were promoting an album called "Little Ol' Cowgirl" that had a minor hit on it (which I can't remember what it was now).

TOV

 

[Magix]

Back in my college days, I worked as tech crew for the free live concerts our ASP would put on. There was a local band, that we all knew was really good, but they weren't big yet. They played both in our pub and outdoors in our little concrete amphitheatre thingy. A terrific bunch of people and always a killer great show - pulled in a good sized crowd, even then - mind you it was FREE! Who were they?...

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NO DOUBT!

Good lord, they're selling out stadiums now! It just makes me laugh to think of how far they've come since my college days of the late 80's/early 90's. We had a couple other bands like that (Dramarama comes to mind), but none of them made it as big as No Doubt.

 

[deadheadbelle]

Red Hot Chili Peppers in the student center at UK (University of Kentucky) in 1989. They were just starting to get big.

Also saw Widespread Panic many times in small bars with a couple hundred people in the early 90's. Most of you probably haven't heard of them, but they play pretty big places now (played Madison Square Garden over Halloween last year). I love them!!!