For me it all started at Madison Square Garden in NYC, 1971. My first concert was “Alvin Lee and Ten Years after” in one of America’s great arenas. I took the bait hook,line and sinker and have been going to concerts for the last 45 years. More than 300 shows later, I am hopelessly addicted to live music. Not a bad addiction to have.

Many times I have caught the magic during performances from those I expect but even more often from many  I never knew existed.This magic makes us remember songs and moments that would otherwise have been lost in gray matter and gray hair. I remember the performances of David Bowie,the Who and the Rolling Stones at MSG in the mid-seventies. My favorite Jerry Garcia band show was at Bailey Hall,Cornell University(NY) in 1975. Nicky Hopkins’ piano was amazing and lent a perfect foil to Jerry Garcia’s guitar…