Growing up in Bradley Beach I saw many concerts at convention hall (where we ran our indoor track meets while at Asbury Park High School)

My friends mom worked the box office & we would get free front row seats for the early show, would either use them or sell them and buy tickets to the late show.

memorable shows there:

Iron Butterfly/Chicago Transit Authority
Led Zeppelin/Joe Cocker
Janis Joplin/Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Mountain
Vanilla Fudge
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Yes/Eagles
Jethro Tull/Yes
Ten Years After/Mott The Hoople (pre-glam)