My "First" Concert

Tito J. has requested blog postings on our First Concert Ever. Well, that's going to be a tough one for me, seeing as how I don't technically remember my first concert since my parents dragged me and my brother along to their concerts ever since we were wee little Chicanos. Apparently Tito J.'s first concert was at AstroWorld and it was the Eurythmics. I would kill to see Tito J.'s outfit (and hairstyle!) that night! Oh yeah, but anyway, I have so many concerts from my childhood I would have to just list the most significant ones:

1. "Canto Al Pueblo": a musical road trip to Corpus Christi where my father rented a Winnebago and took us to this music festival. Steve Jordan played and I remember really enjoying myself and getting a kick out of everything. This was 1977 so I was 5 and my parents were still together.
   
2. Brave Combo at that hellhole Fitzgeralds: I remember getting burned with cigarettes b/c I was little and cig's were held right at kid-head-level. This was late 70's.
   
3. Eric Clapton and I will have to ask my mom who opened up for him: This was at The Summit, early 1980's and was my first big, arena concert. This was the first time I was in the same room with my idol, Donald "Duck" Dunn and I remember thinking, at the end of the concert when everyone held up their cigarette lighters, that it looked like stars and that it was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen in my young life!
   
4. The Go-Go's, AstroWorld: I believe I was 10 or so, and this was possibly the 1st concert I asked my mom to let me go see. She not only let me, she got me backstage (she was a nurse at AstroWorld) so I could actually meet them!!!
   
5. Madonna, The Summit: I was about 15 and my BFF from high school made me go with him to this concert. He was obsessed with Madonna (and Prince) and as a footnote, later turned out to be gay. God, I wonder where he is???
   
6. The BoDeans, Rockefeller's: I was about 16 and this was probably the 1st venue concert I asked my mom to let me go see. My dad took me and I remember I had just gotten my hair sun-glitzed and french-braided and I felt so pretty!
   

Then my concert-going career just took off from high school on. My dad also started taking me to many, many shows at the Houston Rodeo and all over Houston and then once I hit college it was all over--I hit the ground running and have never looked back! I bet I've been to hundreds and hundreds of concerts of all types, shapes and sizes. The last one I went to? The Iguanas, last Friday! Who (big names) have I seen in concert the most times? I would say The Band, Los Lobos, Bruce Hornsby, Lyle Lovett. The best concert ever, hands down? The Band with the Subdudes at the House of Blues, Los Angeles!