What Was the First Concert You Attended?

Our favorite looks on Portland's streets this week.

(Sam Gehrke)
By Sam Gehrke

"Ha ha, N*Sync! It was a show during their Bye Bye Bye Tour."

"Aw, man, ha ha, mine was Lil Wayne."

(Left) "Mine was such a good one! Portugal the Man!" (Right) "Ahhh that's a good question… Reliant K a long, long time ago. Definitely was into that scene when I was younger."

"Man, it was Santana way back when he was touring with Earth, Wind & Fire. It was an excellent first concert."

"My first concert? Kanye West."

(Sam Gehrke)

(Left) "Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. Not bad for a first one." (Right) "My first was a Wailers concert. Minus Bob Marley, of course."

"Shania Twain, baby!"

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Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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