Given the divergence in this thread to recalling great concerts we have witnessed I must mention a show I attended very late in the sixties. At that time I was a very neophyte guitarist of sorts and devotee of folk music and went down to the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College to see a rising young folk artist named Bob Dylan. His first set was as expected by all with him singing in his inimitable fashion, strumming his guitar and occasionally playing harmonica. During the break the curtain closed and we could hear the sound of some kind of loud noises associated with the moving of heavy equipment behind the curtains. When those curtains parted there was Dylan backed by drums, organ and electric guitars and bass, the first time he had chosen to go electric. They launched into "Positively Fourth Street" much to the surprise and dismay of the many folk purists in attendance yet the complete captivation of those who chose to listen without prior judgement. Those who did not walk out in disgust got to listen to an epic Dylan set backed up by Elvin Bishop, Mike Bloomfield et all, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band in all their glory. What a show it turned out to be and the beginning of a new era in music that endures to this day. Little did we know we were witnessing the nascent exhibition of a talent that became synonymous with the times. That initial blast of sound from that electric organ still gives me chills.
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