Date June 17, 1980
Band Genesis
Tour Duke Tour
Venue The Spectrum
City Philadelphia
Who saw this show with me? Tom Hartman

Notes My first concert: Genesis.

At this time in my life -- days out of 8th grade -- I was not a Genesis fan. But Tom Hartman was and he asked me to go with him. "Don't worry," he said, "my Mom will drive."

I don't remember much of the show except that our seats were not very good (3rd level, stage left) and there was a guy smoking something illegal near where we were sitting. I remember Tom saying, "I think its opium."

Looking at the setlist from that night and knowing what I know now about Genesis -- we saw a good show. The band was still very young (Phil still had hair) and was just about to turn the corner into the main stream, radio friendly Genesis that (I'm embarrassed to say) I saw many times thereafter. The 1980 Genesis was still "Art Rock" and music and happily the length of the song still mattered.

I can't remember how many concerts I saw in my life. But I'll always remember my first. Thanks Tom.

And thank you Mrs Hartman for the ride.

Setlist

Deep In The Motherlode
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (Intro)
Squonk
One For The Vine
Behind The Lines
Duchess
Turn It Again
Duke’s Travels
Duke's End
The Lady Lies
Ripples
Misunderstanding
In The Cage
Slippermen
Afterglow
Follow You, Follow Me
Dance On A Volcano / Drum Duet
Los Endos