After Seeing Led Zepp in Cincinnati in 1977 (Before the Who tragedy), I swore to my buddies I was DONE with concerts! There was a mass of humanity scrambling to the one set of open doors at Riverfront Coloseum, and it was MAD! Festival seating was cool if you didn't mind fighting your way in for a good spot up close on the floor. Drenched in sweat and nearly beaten by security trying to get my ticket out of my pocket at the gate, and after seeing a fabulous concert, i thought I'm DONE!
Then, two weeks later one of my friends urged me to go to Dayton for Johnny Winters at Hara Arena. I convinced my self a smaller venue may be OK, and hey, it's fuckin' Johnny Winters! I forget who opened, but in those days there were three bands on the bill and J Geils was second, before Johnny. Their set was phenominal! What a great boogie band, party band! Really dug the show and glad I went. There were lots of issues with the front of house PA that night, like someone was riding the master fader up and down, and generally not great sound. But the party atmosphere and ass kikking R&R and Johnny's blues picking made the night a success. J Geils Rocks(ed) HARD! RIP J Geils!