Musical influences......just curious

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Influence to become a musician: My Dad
1st Album purchased with own money: Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1st Concert: Santana & Eric Clapton, same billing
1st Album to blow me away 60's: Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (I was 9, 1968)
1st Album to blow me away 70's: Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
1st Album to blow me away Fusion: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
1st Album to blow me away Electronic: never was my bag - although I liked Tangerine Dream. That genre has never 'blown me away' I guess.
Best 70's Concerts: Ten Years After, Rush, Yes, Kansas, Genesis, Rainbow