Originally Posted by
Zilzal
Sickly, using 1973 as a cut-off point I too had already seen Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Hawkwind.
I'd also seen the likes of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Rory Gallagher, Alvin Lee, BB King, Miles Davis, Zappa and the Mothers, Loudon Wainwright (Rufus came later) Soft Machine, Sly and the Family Stone, The Groundhogs, Free, Chicago, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Jethro Tull and many more.
The only real disappointment was going to France especially to see Captain Beefheart and the Rolling Stones circa 1972 only to have the gig rained off, BEYOND the 11th hour! My consolation? Seeing and hearing Jimi Hendrix shortly before he died. And David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.
After 1973? Things were much better and no ghastly Glam Rock to soil the memory bank.
My biggest disappointment? Going to France especially to see Captain Beefheart and the Rolling Stones circa 1972, only to see the gig rained off at the last moment by the m