Moderators Travis In Austin Posted December 12, 2014 Moderators Share Posted December 12, 2014 Yes, it is reserved seating. I'll be buying when first available so I expect them to be good seats. Then it is a no brainer, take him. He will remember it for the rest of his life in a very positive way. I speak from experience. My first concert was Santana when I was 7 years old, it was a free concert in Panhandle Park in San Francisco in 1967. I remember it very well and thought it was the best thing I had ever heard in my life. I started buying records of San Francisco bands from that point on. With reserved seats it is not a problem, wedge him inbetwwen you and your wife so he doesn't wander off. Try to get the set lists from recent shows so you can play them for him before so he will understand the magic of live music. Santana is a big deal, and you never know when they may decide to hang em up for good. He will thank you for it numerious times. Just think, you will be sitting around 20 years from now with his friends and the subject will come up, what was your first concert, and they will say things like Hanna Montana, Justin Bieber, or today's version on New Kids (in my day parents took their kids to see Kiss), and they will laugh about how they used to be into that teenybopp stuff and then it will get to your son and he will say "Carlos Devadip Santana" and they will all say "no way, you were so lucky." The only downside is that it sets a very high standard. How you going to top that? Travis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) The only downside is that it sets a very high standard. How you going to top that? Travis, you've got me there! Always a compromise ya know. Edited December 16, 2014 by JL Sargent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Tickets have been purchased. Looks like we are 15 or so rows back and center of the stage. Both my wife and son jumped with joy at the news. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Now I"M jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Awesome seats, should sound good sitting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) You guys cant be serious thinking an 11 year old would be going by himself or only with same age friends. JL, I imagine you mean you or some other responsible adult will be with them. If so, I think it would be horrible not to take him to a Santana concert. Obviously the little guy has great taste, and must be interested in music. Don't deprive the experience all things being equal. Orianthi Panageris (cute blonde guitarist) started playing acoustic guitar at 7 in Adelaide Australia. She was 11 when her dad took her to see Santana. The night she decided she wanted to play Electric guitar. Fast forward about 7 years later, the 18 year old girl sends Carlos a demo tape of herself. So, he invites her to the band's rehearsal. They jammed and he was so blown away by the way she played all his licks, that he invited her to be on stage at the actual concert for 45 minutes. He then brought her to the US in 2006 and she went toe to toe with him at the NAM show. She sings like Michele Branch, has her own band, was Michael Jackson's chosen lead guitarist for his ill fated comeback (she's in the movie This is It). At 29 just got done touring with Alice Cooper and has worked with Steve Vai, as his protege. My point is you never know what can happen to an 11 year old when he or she is taken to a Santana concert by Dad! When I was 14, I missed Jeff Beck with Rod Steward, Led Zeppelin, Cream at the Grande Ballroom and and Jimi Hendrix at Cobo Hall in Detroit because I was too young and my Dad would never take me in a million years. It would have been nice. Edited January 11, 2015 by ClaudeJ1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerolW Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Took my daughter to a Grateful Dead show when she was 10. jerol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Awesome story Claude! Jerol, bet she still remembers that! Carl, Michelle actually cried when I broke the news to her. Had no idea it was THAT big a deal. Really made it worth while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Tickets have been purchased. Looks like we are 15 or so rows back and center of the stage. Both my wife and son jumped with joy at the news. Congrats! I'm sure you guys will have a great time. Despite my advice to the contrary, I have no doubt you are doing the right thing. Anytime a decision is thoughtful, and you include both your wife and son in the decision making, things will turn out right almost all the time. You will be there to control and safeguard your son, and your wife will be there to keep an eye on you...what could go wrong? Edited December 16, 2014 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerolW Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 It was 1994 at Autzen Stadium. jerol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twk123 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 It was 1994 at Autzen Stadium. jerol Thats awesome. My dad took me to the Grateful Dead when I was 7 at the Seattle Center Memorial Stadium in 1994. Holy crap, they played for your daughter the exact show after the one I saw. http://www.dead.net/show/june-14-1994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 You Have to take him. Weather he knows it or not, He is wanting to do something that will help him with the Father Son bonding that is so important, yet missed out on by so many people. If not now, when? When my kids were pre-school I could take them anywhere with me. Only one time did we have a behaviour issue. Relatives would take the kids out for dinner, on vacations. I never did hear of them miss behaving on these outings. But we did get a lot of compliments on how well behaved they were. I do remember having to tell my son no though. He seen a sign saying Winnemucca 350 miles and wanted to go. Had to tell him I did not think his mother would approve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltie dave Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Carl and I took his 9 year old son and my 8 year old son to a combined Scorpions/AC DC cover band concert. We got asked to leave at the midpoint of the AC DC concert, as the boys were having too much fun dancing(in the judgement of the rent-a-cop), so we left. Three years later, our sons still talk about the great time they had before they got booted. It was a blast all the way around! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 IMO...if your 11 year old is wise enough to know who Santana, s/he is wise enough to go. Slightly on topic: I was 9 when I went to my first concert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Slightly on topic: I was 9 when I went to my first concert. I think I was about that age for my first concert, but it was to go with my parents to see Eddie Arnold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I was 13 at my first concert, Aerosmith, 1976, I went with my younger brother and my cousin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivervalleymgb Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 We went to see Santana in October at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, Arkansas. Definitely no problem with audience behavior! +1 on the ear plugs at any concert. At the Santana concert, we really didn't need earplugs. The way live music is mixed these days, I take a couple of extra pair, just in case. The better half lost one of hers at P!NK inn November 2012. Her ears are still ringing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 We saw Santana two years ago at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater. My wife was given top tier VIP tickets for that one which included free buffet and mixed drinks!!! I've got to say that was one of the best concerts I have been to. The band got in a great groove and stayed with it for two hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twk123 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 We went to see Santana in October at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, Arkansas. Definitely no problem with audience behavior! +1 on the ear plugs at any concert. At the Santana concert, we really didn't need earplugs. The way live music is mixed these days, I take a couple of extra pair, just in case. The better half lost one of hers at P!NK inn November 2012. Her ears are still ringing! I have not tried these but they lower the SPL and preserve the sound quality: http://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-Research-ETY-Plugs-Protection-Earplugs/dp/B0044DEESS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1420846774&sr=8-7&keywords=ear+plugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 IMO...if your 11 year old is wise enough to know who Santana, s/he is wise enough to go. Slightly on topic: I was 9 when I went to my first concert. soooo, last weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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