The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 12

A freshman at Emerson, I was, in my dorm at least, one of the early discoverers of this new experiment in STEREO radio rock, WBCN. Through the winter of '68/69, they were playing the grooves off of LZ's debut album and I was mezmerized. When the Tea Party dates were announced, I went through the dorm trying to round up a cadre of enthusiastic attendees, with decidedly mixed results. We numbered four or five when finally opening night arrived (Jan. 23) and I remember being stunned that attendance approximated no more than a well attended high school dance. Took a few moments to get used to the idea that this was no longer a church, though it certainly looked the part, minus the pews. We alternately stood and sat cross-legged on the floor in the face of a painfully loud but brilliant set, all the while inhaling some of Jamaica's finer second hand smoke. Memorable night, indeed, but who knew we were making concert history...or that these guys would go on to own the 70s?