At some point the Stones impressed us all to the N'th degree. We need comparisons to set standards. What bands had you seen up to the Stones, that when you finaly got to see the Stones you saw the light.

For me:

Numerous local shows in young teens featuring some local bands folks from the NW corner of NA may recall (Crowbar, Seeds of Time, The Collectors, Black Snake kicked White Snake butt, Sparkling Apple).

At 14 started solo trips to big city (Vancouver by ferry) and in order saw Chicago, Long John Baldry, Fleetwood Mac (originals), Savoy Brown, CCR, Tony Joe White (Polk Salad Annie), Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Goose Creek Symphany (if anybody remembers them).

Out of those, although I attended all because I liked them, it was the harder English R&R bands like LJB and SB that rocked my boat so by 72 (first RS show)I was set on a new course of harder rock bands (Who, Allman Bros, CSNY.....)

So I'm guessing what ever time in their career you first "got it" we have many different backgrounds?

Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Blind Faith
CCR
The Doors
The Who
*CSN&Y (around the same time as Stones '69)
...and I'm sure I'm missing a few

...and a number of support acts that became big acts.

The only band I saw before the Stones was the Band, backing Dylan--except I think they were still called the Hawks then.

This is unless you count a band of local kids called the Maniacs who played my first high school dance, but they lost the spotlight to the new Beatles album (With the Beatles) which had come out that day. We listened, we danced, we screamed . . .

The Who. Summer of 1967.

Wow Aquamarine you actually saw the Band as the Hawks live? That's just too f-in cool and my hat's off to you, my disembodied cyber lucky s.o.b. friend! I myself had to wait till the mid 1990's to see the Band and by that time I'd seen the Stones numerous times. The Band I saw was better musically speaking than any Rolling Stones show ever in my opinion, and easily the best show I've ever seen! Love the Stones but compared to The Band they just don't quite cut it, and I'm just so jealous you got to see them as The Hawks!

Stone The Crows - Liverpool

Deep Purple - Liverpool

Then The Stones in 1975 (Toronto, then Buffalo @ Rich Stadium)

They were my first concert Nov. 14, 1965 Knoxville, Tennessee

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Wow Aquamarine you actually saw the Band as the Hawks live? That's just too f-in cool and my hat's off to you, my disembodied cyber lucky s.o.b. friend! I myself had to wait till the mid 1990's to see the Band and by that time I'd seen the Stones numerous times. The Band I saw was better musically speaking than any Rolling Stones show ever in my opinion, and easily the best show I've ever seen! Love the Stones but compared to The Band they just don't quite cut it, and I'm just so jealous you got to see them as The Hawks!

Well, I think that's still what they were called (it was May 1966)--but like I said they were backing Dylan, rather than doing a solo show. In fact, the next time I saw them, as the Band, was also not until the mid 1990s, in Virginia. It was a terrific show, but I wouldn't personally have said it was better than the Stones--that part's subjective, obviously.

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Well, I think that's still what they were called (it was May 1966)--but like I said they were backing Dylan, rather than doing a solo show. In fact, the next time I saw them, as the Band, was also not until the mid 1990s, in Virginia. It was a terrific show, but I wouldn't personally have said it was better than the Stones--that part's subjective, obviously.

Where did you saw them with Dylan?

The Beatles, summer of '66.

Aquamarine was born hip!

I saw Bob and the Hawks at Pasadena Civic in 1965, my first concert, too. Bob was high, and I was thrilled. Wow! My first druggie in concert. Loved the Hawks.

So naturally the next step was The Stones with "with singing and dancing and carrying on..." as Jagger used to say.

stonesrule, I remember seeing The Band at the civic sometime in the late '60's, in the main auditorium. People were comparing them to the Beatles at that point,

But I used to also go to the dances at the civic in the ballroom, I believe on Saturday nights while in high school. Did you go to those dances or dance/concerts as they were sometimes called?

I wish I was as lucky as you are, seeing these bands in the 60s. My first ever concert was the Stones, in 1995 (I was 19 at the time).

1st THE WHO, 2nd Rolling Stones and then I left home for half a year or so....

The first band I saw live WAS the Stones in May of '65...I was 13...not too long after saw the Beatles in '66...Buffalo Springfield, The Beach Boys, The Guess Who, The Who('67)...Paul Revere & The Raiders...saw the Stones for the second time at the West Palm Beach Pop Festival on Thanksgiving weekend in '69...at 4:30 Monday morning, they were eight hours late getting there!

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Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Blind Faith
CCR
The Doors
The Who
*CSN&Y (around the same time as Stones '69)
...and I'm sure I'm missing a few

...and a number of support acts that became big acts.

...my GOODNESS how I envy that list...
Kudos, BluzDude!

Oh My God! All important band except The Beatles because I saw the Stones in 1982 for the first time..

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The Beatles, King Crimson, Yes, Zappa (the Mudshark Suite phase), Sonny Rollins, Phil Glass, Leonard Cohen, J. Geils, and so on and on.

As a child I was taken to "safe" bands, not the Stones; then in college I lived right next door to a fantastic but tiny venue
where a lot of great people played, so I got to see a lot of excellent shows -
whenever there were ticket drops all I had to do was stroll a few meters. But alas, it wasn't big enough for the Stones

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The Beatles, King Crimson, Yes, Zappa (the Mudshark Suite phase), Sonny Rollins, Phil Glass, Leonard Cohen, J. Geils, and so on and on.

As a child I was taken to "safe" bands, not the Stones; then in college I lived right next door to a fantastic but tiny venue
where a lot of great people played, so I got to see a lot of excellent shows -
whenever there were ticket drops all I had to do was stroll a few meters. But alas, it wasn't big enough for the Stones

Sonny Rollins outshines all the other ... I think at present ...

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Aquamarine

Well, I think that's still what they were called (it was May 1966)--but like I said they were backing Dylan, rather than doing a solo show. In fact, the next time I saw them, as the Band, was also not until the mid 1990s, in Virginia. It was a terrific show, but I wouldn't personally have said it was better than the Stones--that part's subjective, obviously.

Where did you saw them with Dylan?

It was at the Royal Albert Hall in London, four months before I (and stonesrule) saw the Stones at the same venue.

Allman Brothers Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rossington Collins Band
KISS
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
Ted Nugent
Boston
Clapton
J. Geils
Santana
Doobie Brothers
Bob Seger
Rod Stewart
Eddie Money
Blue Oyster Cult
Heart
UFO
Nazareth
Montrose
Iron Butterfly
Charlie Daniels
Atlanta Rhythm Section
The Cars
Foreigner
Mother's Finest
David Allen Coe
Beach Boys - one of the last shows with all 3 Wilsons, Love, and Jardine

George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Porter Wagner and Dolly Parton
Jerry Lee Lewis
Merle Haggard
Loretta Lynn
Charlie Pride
Freddie Fender
Conway Twitty

Re: this last group - My Mom worked at a country music radio station and we went to see lots of the classic country acts of the late 60s-early 70s.

New Barbarians (do they count?)

Sure I'm forgetting some ...

All before 1981 - finally, The Stones.

Guess you can tell I graduated HIGH school in 1978.



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Atomic Rooster! 1971

Kracket in '73

The Meters in '76

Black Uhuru, J Geils Band in '82

can't remember who came on before them in 1990 (Wembley)

The Black Crows in 1995

Sheryl Crow in 1999

Best was Toots + Maytals at Ahoy in 2003

Utterly Forgettable in 2007

No Support in 2013 (O2)

Assorted at Hyde Park 2014.

I think the question is previous concerts, not opening acts.



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Jimi Hendrix
The Doors

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Not that many, actually :-

The Hollies (2001)
Travis (2001)
Ronnie Wood (2001)
Chuck Berry (2002)

My first Stones gig was Giants Stadium, New Jersey, in September 2002.

The Stones in 1976 (Knebworth), and I've always been disappointed that I couldn't get to any of the 71 and 73 UK shows. So the big gigs I can remember before 1976:

Pink FLoyd (70)
Led Zepp (73)
The Who (71)
Mountain (72)
ELP (70)
Genesis (71)
John Mayall (69)
West, Bruce, Laing (73)
Yes (75)
Deep Purple (71)
Mahavishnu Orchestra (72)

+ a host of smaller UK bands

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I think the question is previous concerts, not opening acts.

Yes, Atomic Rooster 1971.

Then I found an alternative interpretation.



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Tried to get tickets to see the Stones at MSG in 1972 (had to mail in postcards and be picked out of a hat), but no luck Finally saw them in 1981 in Orlando

Jethro Tull
Led Zep
Traffic
Grateful Dead
Allman Bro.
Band
Who
T-Rex
Beck, Bogart & Appice
Alice Cooper
Beach Boys
Faces
Paul McCartney
ELP
Yes
Humple Pie
Deep Purple
Jefferson Starship
Roy Buchanan
Charlie Daniels
Mountain
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent
Heart
Rush
Kinks
Chuck Berry
Robin Trower
Hot Tuna
Rory Gallagher

<Who am I missing?>



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Tried to get tickets to see the Stones at MSG in 1972 (had to mail in postcards and be picked out of a hat), but no luck Finally saw them in 1981 in Orlando

Jethro Tull
Led Zep
Traffic
Grateful Dead
Allman Bro.
Band
Who
T-Rex
Beck, Bogart & Appice
Alice Cooper
Beach Boys
Faces
Paul McCartney
ELP
Yes
Humple Pie
Deep Purple
Jefferson Starship
Roy Buchanan
Charlie Daniels
Mountain
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent

<Who am I missing?>

Good Question.

Are you missing The Bay City Rollers?



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WOW.... I must seem ancient 1961 Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages (my friend made me go ) and Cyril Davies,Tommy Steel,Billy Fury.