Almost Missed This Anniversary

A great day in music history and I almost missed it. On July 28th in 1973, the concert known as Summer Jam was held outside of Watkins Glen, New York at what is now Warkins Glen International race track. Many were there including The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead and The Band. They say over 600,000 rock fans attended. Many historians claimed the event was the largest gathering of people in the history of the United States. 150,000 tickets were sold for $10 each, but for all the other people it was a free concert. The crowd was so huge that a large part of the audience was not able to see the stage. People left cars and walked miles to the event. At the time I lived in Spencer, NY about 25 miles from Watkins Glen. Traffic was lined up and we invited fans to set up tents in the yard. Everyone was well behaved. There were problems at The Glen but the number of people just overwhelmed all of the infrastructure at the time. Great music came from the event and it made real history. More Pictures & Info Here!