Where to begin, that is the question. When I was about 9, my mom took me to see
Donovan at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in the 60's. But some of my faves were
Frank Zappa with a full orchestra behind him. I was in the orchestra pit, and was within 6 feet of him. Then there was
Alice Cooper, where i was between the stage and the first row. I was handed a drum stick. At an
Aerosmith in Las Vegas Nevada, I was in the first row, and after the show,
Joey Kramer handed me a Get a Grip drum stick. But bar none, in 83' at the
US Festival in San Bernadino CA. Apple computers put on the festival and
David Bowie was the headliner. There were hundreds of thousands of people there. He had not played in the United States for five years. Oh, I almost seeing forgot that I saw
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty as his band at the Pacific Amphitheater in Newport Beach CA. My boyfriend and I had one good seat and one grass seat. We would take turns going back and fourth. That is only a very small portion of the shows Ive been able to see through my many years of concert going.
On a note, when I was cruising the web, I found a site that asked for memories of the
US Festivals. I didn't know it but the site was run by none other than
Steve Wozniak, the founder of the home computer. I wrote of being able to take showers each night because I would sneak into the staff trailer. To my surprise, I got an email from Steve himself, thanking me for the memories. It was magic!