Do you remember the Watkins Glen 'Summer Jam' Rock Festival in 1973? (DialUp Warning)

[Breeze54]

http://www.glenphotos.com/summerjam/index.html

A HISTORIC ROCK CONCERT
600,000 people strong!

Held at Watkins Glen, N.Y. Saturday July 28, 1973.

And it WAS LARGER than Woodstock by a couple hundred thousand people!

Among those 600,000 people were...

The The Grateful Dead, The Band and The Allman Brothers Band



http://www.glenphotos.com/summerjam/

THE BAND
http://www.cypress.ne.jp.nyud.net:8090/kouchi/image/Watkins-glen.jpg

Grateful Dead - Watkins Glen Soundcheck 1973-07-27
http://chocoreve.blogspot.com/2007/04/grateful-dead-watkins-glen-soundcheck.html


I'm in that crowd somewhere! ;)






The outhouses were burned down the last night! P-UEW!


Monday, Monday...the day after...


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It was not one day but a whole weekend! Crazy times but good memories! :)

FREE MUZIC!!!
http://theband.hiof.no/albums/live_at_watkins_glen.html

Quick Time MP3 (?) MPEG ~~ "LIVE JAM"
http://theband.hiof.no/sounds/live_at_watkins_glen/jam.mp2

Up On Cripple Creek (mp2)
http://theband.hiof.no/sounds/live_at_watkins_glen/cripple.mp2

[Breeze54]

1. "They Believe in Music"

I love it that people had the foresight and saved all the pics and newspaper articles!

http://www.sarget.com/Watdex.html

[blockhead]

6. wow

that's alot of hair!

[Breeze54]

2. It was the beginning of the end of the Vietnam War and IMPEACHMENT of NIXON!

July 17, 1973 -
Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger testifies before the Armed Forces Committee that 3500 bombing
raids were launched into Cambodia to protect American troops by targeting NVA positions. The extent
of Nixon's secret bombing campaign angers many in Congress and results in the first call for Nixon's
impeachment.

(The Watkins Glen Summer Jam took place 11 days after the above event.
It was a time to party!! .... finally...) :(

August 14, 1973 -
U.S. bombing activities in Cambodia are halted in accordance with the Congressional ban resulting
from the Case-Church amendment.

August 22, 1973 -
Henry Kissinger is appointed by President Nixon as the new Secretary of State, replacing William Rogers.

September 22, 1973 -
South Vietnamese troops assault NVA near Pleiku.

October 10, 1973 -
Political scandal results in the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
He is replaced by Congressman Gerald R. Ford.

November 7, 1973 -
Congress passes the War Powers Resolution requiring the President to obtain
the support of Congress within 90 days of sending American troops abroad.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1969.html

[Joe Fields]

3. yes. they actually played twice to the crowd.

once for the sound check, then the real thing.

[Breeze54]

4. I know. You were there??

The Allman Bros. jammed all night!! :)

[Joe Fields]

5. No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

[Breeze54]

7. That made no sense but

glad you found a place to stay.

[seemunkee]

8. My brother went to it

He told our parents he was staying at a friends for the weekend, the friend said he was staying with us and they hitched up to the Glen.
And the bastard didn't tell me he was going.

[HuskerDU]

9. I've got a cd of the Dead playing with Duane and Greg

Alman and Peter Green. I wonder if it was from that show?