The allman brothers band, the band, and the grateful dead played to a crowd estimated at five to six hundred thousand. Apply to camp counselor, aquatics manager, engineering intern and more. Many historians claimed that the watkins glen even was the largest gathering of people in the history of the united states. Woodstock, isle of wight and watkins glen those were the big three for us if summer jam was all about music. Watkins glen international once called watkins glen grand prix circuit has hosted nearly every class of car racing for more than 50 years, including nascar and indycar. Grateful dead friday, july 27, 1973 grand prix racecourse watkins glen, ny audience recording. Summer jam 2017 celebrating 1973 summer jam at watkins glen. Home page of watkins glen, a blues, funk, jam, rock group from bend, or. Featured groups were the grateful dead, the allman brothers, and the band.
Coachella is this weekend again, but summer jam was the boss. This summer jam though was not a big cultural event. The band at watkins glen is a solid performance by this legendary group. Out of the ten songs on the cd, only two of them were recorded at watkins glen. This item rons past and present watkins glen summer jam allman bros, the band 1973 concert poster grateful dead golden road poster 24 x 36in trends international beatlesabbey road, 22. There were reported to be 600,000 people at the summer jam in watkins glen last weekend. It was the summer of 1973, the hippie movement of the 1960s still existed. Nonetheless, rick danko, a vocalist in the band, spoke fondly of the event, saying. Its been said that one out of every three people aged 1724 from new york and boston was at watkins glen on july 28, 1973. Jul 28, 2009 summer jam at watkins glen 36 years ago today, three of the most prolific bands in rock history came together for an outdoor festival. Watkins glen summer jam festival 1973 thumbnails detail map 16 comments.
Sportsmanship and spirit are emphasized, though excellence has been achieved as well. Proceeds go towards band together concert to fight homelessness in sarasota. Slowly, their silhouettes became visible and the ambient jam veered towards a full on band jam while the screen simultaneously showed fractal like images of closeups of the band. Music from watkins glen which i happily bought only to find out it was just some cover. Summer jam forgotten us rock festival that was bigger than.
The crowd was so huge that a large part of the audience was not able to see the stage. The summer jam at watkins glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the guinness book of world records entry for largest audience at a pop festival. Nobody counted the hordes of young people that descended upon. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for watkins glen releases. Thought some of you might enjoy this link to some great old photos of the event and to other links. The rock happening attracted approximately 600,000 visitors and entered the pages of the guinness book of world records as the festival with the biggest audience at the time. Watkins glen, ny is known worldwide for its racing track.
Watkins glen summer jam, music festivial july 2729 1973. There was a bootleg version of the best available recordings that was making the rounds some years back but im hazy on amy details. And for some reason, much of what happened that day remains largely forgotten. The location was the watkins glen grand prix circuit now watkins glen international. This was not a gathering of the counterculture tribes in the way that festivals in the late 60s were. It was the summer of 1973, the hippie movement of the 1960s still existed, but only in isolated pockets, tucked way in the dusty cobwebbed corners of the counterculture. It has been 35 years since summer jam 73, otherwise known as the watkins glen concert.
I dont know, but you should make your argument on talk. I couldnt find anything about it on the web and theres no information on year or publisher either. Even though this recording does not contain as many songs as the rock of ages live album, it is a wonderful nugget of a live performance. Summer jam forgotten us rock festival that was bigger. Rons past and present watkins glen summer jam allman bros. In honor of this big one, i have made a super sized blog post. Jul 01, 2011 super ball ix is not watkins glens first music festival. Summer jam 2017 celebrating 1973 summer jam at watkins. This show was webcast via livephish and is the second show of the magnaball festival.
Traffic was impacted far beyond watkins glen it backed up for for as far as 100 miles from the site. The rest of them are recordings of their performances at other venues that were overdubbed with the sound of. Jul 26, 20 nonetheless, rick danko, a vocalist in the band, spoke fondly of the event, saying. Groups like the grateful dead, allman brothers band, and the band were still playing. See more ideas about summer jam, watkins glen and summer. Apr 07, 2015 the location was the watkins glen grand prix circuit now watkins glen international. The allman bros grateful dead the band watkins glen. Summer jam at watkins glen, 40 years ago this week.
A cd called live at watkins glen which i have in my collection turned out to be a fake. An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the watkins glen grand prix raceway outside watkins glen, new york on july 28, 1973, to see the allman brothers band, grateful dead and the band perform. Walcott medicine show friday july 27 sound check the allman brothers. Intro to torrenting for deadheads etree gdvault lossless legs.
Wikipedia says the concert was produced by shelly finkel and jim koplik, two promoters who previously organized a successful grateful dead concert at dillon stadium, hartford, connecticut, in 1972. As it turns out, the concert was much, much bigger than the promoters originally planned. In 1973 the site hosted summer jam, a oneday concert with the band, the allman brothers band, and the grateful dead. Jul 15, 2017 kettle of fish productions presents summer jam 2017, celebrating the 1973 summer jam at watkins glen, new york and the music of the allman brothers, the band and the grateful dead. Buyartforless janis joplin live in concert avalon ballroom san francisco feb 1718 1967 36x24 music art print poster.
Named after the biggest rock concert of the 70s, watkins glen is an oregonbased rock n roll band that strives to create magical musical moments while paying tribute to the rep. The festival happened on july 28th, 1973, at the watkins glen grand prix raceway, new york. Excerpt from aquarius rising by robert santelli part 1. Date friday, july 27, 1973 saturday, july 28, 1973 venue. Woodstock, isle of wight and watkins glen those were the. In that, it was a forerunner of the modern day festival in that respect. Summer jam at watkins glen 36 years ago today, three of the most prolific bands in rock history came together for an outdoor festival. Festivals w watkins glen summer jam watkins glen summer jam. On july 28, 1973, the upstate ny speedway hosted the largest music festival to date. Super ball ix is not watkins glens first music festival.
Ramblin man one way out friday july 27 sound check the grateful dead. Its been 43 years since over 600,000 descended upon watkins glen grand prix raceway in watkins glen, new york for the summer jam concert featuring the. From the first street race in 1948 to the modern day home of nascar, watkins glen has always drawn the worlds best competitors and series. Today is the anniversary of one of the biggest and, strangely, leastdiscussed music festivals in american historythe 1973 summer jam at the watkins glen grand prix raceway in upstate new york. Jul 28, 2016 its been 43 years since over 600,000 descended upon watkins glen grand prix raceway in watkins glen, new york for the summer jam concert featuring the allman brothers band, the band and the.
Outdrawing the previous high at woodstock almost two to one, more than 600,000 young people sardined themselves into the watkins glen grand prix. Kettle of fish productions presents summer jam 2017, celebrating the 1973 summer jam at watkins glen, new york and the music of the allman brothers, the band and the grateful dead. Watkins glen grand prix race course, watkins glen, ny, usa. In 1973, the grateful dead, allman brothers band and the band teamed up for the watkins glen summer jam in new yorks finger lakes region. A reprint from a local newspaper summer jam remembered. Watkins glen is a member of the interscholastic athletic conference and competes in 16 sports on the varsity, junior varsity and junior high levels both boys and girls. Watkins glen summer jam festival 1973 an album on flickr. The grateful deads notorious soundcheck from summer jam. The jam in the fourth set started with the band playing behind the drive in movie screen that had been created for the festival. Woodstock might have been the more iconic festival, but there was nothing quite like summer jam at watkins glen. The cd was drawn from the most complete available tape of the event. I have that band album too but theres a chance its actually not from the watkins glen show. Summer jam at watkins glen in new york state took place on 28 july 1973, and was attended by a mindboggling and recordbreaking 600,000 people.
The largest crowd that ever gathered for a rock festival did so at watkins glen, new york, in july of 1973. It was the largest music festival ever, drawing about 650,000 people nearly twice as many as woodstock four years earlier. The real story on the bands album live at watkins glen. This item rons past and present watkins glen summer jam allman bros, the band 1973 concert poster. The guinness book of world records recognized the summer jam, which took place. Summer jam july 1973, watkins glen grand prix circuit, watkins glen new york. Glen summerjam, a historic rock concert is the sole responsibility of mark spaulding and all rights are. Aug 04, 1973 there were reported to be 600,000 people at the summer jam in watkins glen last weekend. There should be a compiled collection but there isnt an official one. In fact, estimates are that 600,000 people came to the concert. Summer jam july 1973, watkins glen grand prix circuit, watkins glen new york friday july 27 sound check the band.
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