In 1972 We went to see The Rolling Stones at San Francisco's Winterland... TWICE in one day!

First, I was unable to buy tickets at the brand new "Ticketron" service at Macy's Department store. The computer system was incredibly slow and a huge pile of us teenagers just lay down on the beds in the store for hours, then we were told: All sold out! So I bought two tickets from a scalper I met thru a newspaper ad in the Times Observer.

Then, on the day of the show I drove my Girlfriend Liz and two of her friends... We went to the afternoon concert. I was really bored during the Stevie Wonder performance because I was anxious to see the STONES! It was a truly exciting show. Similar to the record "Get Your YA YAs Out".

Then we went out to dinner at Fisherman's Wharf. Then we went BACK to Winterland and Debbie started crying loudly and told the policeman: "The Black Boys Stole our Tickets!" Amazingly, the policeman believed her and we were all waved into the concert! Another exciting show... and then we went home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_American_Tour_1972

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterland_Ballroom

I was fortunate to see many rock concerts at Winterland and The Fillmore West.

The Youngbloods, Chicago Transit Authority, Lee Michaels, Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Traffic, The Allman Brothers,  David Bowie (on Halloween Night), Peter Frampton, Foghat, J Geils Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sons of Champlin...

Other Great Shows were: Led Zeppelin/Lee Michaels/The Tubes at Kesar Stadium, SNACK at Kesar, George Harrison/Ravi Shankar/Billy Preston in Oakland, Tower of Power at The Chateau Liberte in Los Gatos, Ike and Tina Turner Review at San Jose Civic, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Comets at San Jose Civic, The Moody Blues in Oakland, Gordon Lightfoot in a Casino in Oroville, James Taylor in Columbia Maryland, Black Sabbath, Styx, Michael Jackson ZZ Top at the Capitol Center in Landover Maryland, Crosby Stills and Nash with the Grateful Dead in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Loggins and Messina in the Football Field in Chico, Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Boys Gym in Chico, Paul McCartney at RFK Stadium...

and many Concerts in the Park on Friday Nights in Chico... Especially Jeff Pershing... and Concerts in the Park in Arcata... Absynth Quintet, Humboldt Calypso Band, Blue Rhythm Revue, Whoever Bill the Librarian is Drumming For, Darryl Cherney and the Chernobyls, Fickle Hillbillies, Calamity Jane... and the Humboldt Folklife Festival in Blue Lake, California...

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