by Pat Gorman, Yardley, PA
Were we pumped or what? My buddy John and I had primo tickets for the July 14, 1974 show. I had been a huge Bowie fan since Hunky Dory. Made hundreds of converts at Notre Dame in ‘71 when I unleashed Ziggy Stardust on the North Quad area at maximum […]

by Mark Barlow, Willow Grove, PA

For me, I started going to the free at noon concerts with the North Mississippi All-Stars at Rittenhouse Square.

by Wayne Wharton, Elkins Pk, PA
It was the summer of 1968 & I was 15 standing on the corner doing absolutly nothing when a friend of mine drives up & asks if I want to go to a concert at the Arena in West Philly. Of course I asked who’s playing. The Doors, he […]

by Sally Miller, Holland Twp., NJ
While lamenting to a friend that there were no good rock stations in this area that I’d just moved to, she told me about XPN. I’ve been an avid listener and member since then — 9 yrs. ago. Not only did it satisfy my rock interests, but also my funk, […]

by Bernard Minarik, Quakertown, NJ
My most memorable musical moment has got to be The Beatles’ appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. Even as a seven-year-old I realized nothing would ever be the same for me again when it came to music—or anything else, for that matter. It had to be a rare […]

by Ulla, Huntingdon Valley, PA
It changed my life!!! It will stay with me always!! Tt was Jimmy Hendrix & Janis Joplin who blew us all away!! It was as if lightning had struck the moment Joplin opened her mouth. And, then there was Otis Redding, Laura Nyro , Buffalo Springfield, Canned Heat, too many to […]

by Wayne Fuller, Mount Holly, NJ
July 21,1991. John Prine at Penns Landing. My wife and I along with our daughters, Lyndsay (age12) and Ashley (age 5), the girls’ first concert. I stayed in the bleachers with Lyndsay [she has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair] while my wife put Ashley on her shoulders and […]

by Jeff Hero, Runnemede, NJ
I had followed the career of local Bethlehem, PA guitar hero Steve Kimock since the mid seventies when he moved to California and co-formed the band Zero. But when he finally formed his own band in 2000, performing his own unique brand of improvisational instrumental rock, I really got interested. His […]

by Lee Triesler, Dover, DE
It’s a very dull, rainy, I’d-rather-be-napping-but-it’s-only-9-a.m.-on-a-workday Tuesday morning (8-21-07) and my radio station (WXPN) is playing Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” on the morning “Select A Set.” Someone from Florida requested songs about people because it’s people who are the best thing. Haven’t heard the song in years and years, […]

by Brian Mickiewicz, Spring City, PA
Though I wouldn’t consider myself a Deadhead, I have enjoyed their music and saw them a couple of times—most notably with Bob Dylan at the then-crumbling JFK Stadium. It was a summer night in Philly (hot & humid) and Dylan kept breaking guitar strings and seemed to cut his performance […]