With Taylor Swift mania in town this weekend and, with it, the probability of young music fans going to their first show, borrelli asked Chicago musicians, producers, and others: What was your first concert?
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.With Taylor Swift mania in town this weekend, and with it, the probability of young music fans going to their first show, I asked Chicago musicians, producers and others:I’ve always loved this question, with its chance of embarrassment, and its possibility of awe. Some answered quickly.
I was a DJ at WBMX and Jellybean Benitez was a friend, and when Madonna put out “Lucky Star,” she would call and ask me to play more, and this continued for years. I was breaking her music in Chicago, soinvited me! It was incredible. Pop music then was across the board. You saw every generation, every color. It felt special. It still does. I was about 23. I had been to small shows. But I didn’t truly understand the power of music until that show, out near O’Hare.
My very first concert was something like “Sesame Street.” But one of the first shows I remember going to by myself was The O’My’s, with Noname opening, at the Metro. It felt kind of life-changing. One of those classic Chicago sold-out show nights where everything felt so electric and you were watching everyday people become heroes.It was so impactful on my own art and creativity. It showcased life in our community but made it larger than life.
Bobby Rush performs onstage during B.B. King Blues Club & Grill's Final Show With Buddy Guy on April 29, 2018 in New York City.Big Joe Turner, in Pine Grove, Arkansas, about 1950. He was with Fats Domino at a community center and it fit about 350 people but it felt like 10,000. I had been to juke joints before that, in places that fit 100 but they would be. I was about 15 and too young and would paint a mustache on my face and say I was 18. They didn’t ask for ID.
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