Do you remember your first concert? If memory serves, mine was a traveling bunch of college students in a summer band called R.U.N., who also did a day's worth of service projects before playing a concert Saturday night in my hometown. They were cool.
The question got me thinking, though, and last night I was running through all the bands and artists - big and small - I've seen and where I saw them. Plenty of good stories and memories with each (even and especially some of the cheesier ones - yes, I included The Donut Man because we paid big bucks for me to take the girls to that one when they were little, and they loved it).
So, in alphabetical order, here's my list:
Alanis Morrisette (Red Rocks, CO)
Amy Grant (Hannibal, MO)
Andrew Peterson (Bozeman, MT)
Andy Williams (Branson, MO)
Arthur Nakane 1-Man Band (Colorado Springs, CO)
Audio Adrenaline (Columbia, MO)
Avalon (Kansas City, MO)
Barenaked Ladies (Red Rocks, CO)
Billy Sprague (Columbia, MO)
Bruce Carroll (Pleasant Hill, IL)
Charlie Peacock (Colorado Springs, CO)
David Meece (Lincoln, IL)
D.C. Talk (St. Louis, MO; Denver, CO)
Flying W. Wranglers (Colorado Springs, CO)
Harvest (Quincy, IL)
Geoff Moore and the Distance (Columbia, MO)
Ginny Owens (somewhere in Minnesota)
Howard Jones (Colorado Springs, CO)
Jason Aldean (St. Charles, MO)
Jennifer Knapp (Colorado Springs, CO)
Jewel (St. Louis, MO)
Joel Hanson (Colorado Springs, CO)
King’s X (Denver, CO)
Margaret Becker (Colorado Springs, CO)
Michael Card (too many places to list)
Michael W. Smith (St. Louis, MO; Denver, CO)
Mike Warnke (Rushville, IL)
Newsboys (Denver, CO)
Out of the Gray (Peoria, IL)
Over the Rhine (St. Louis, MO)
Petra (Springfield, IL)
PFR (St. Louis, MO)
Phil Keaggy (Colorado Springs, CO)
Rob Frazier (Columbia, MO)
Scott Roley (too many places to list)
Steven Curtis Chapman (Denver, CO)
Sting (Colorado Springs, CO)
Stryper (Springfield, IL)
Susan Ashton (Kansas City, MO)
The Donut Man (Colorado Springs, CO)
The Mamas and the Papas (Columbia, MO)
Twila Paris (Kansas City, MO)
U2 (Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO)
W.A.M.P. (Where Are My Pants?) (Colorado Springs, CO)
White Lion (Springfield, IL)