Still Truckin Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I've been hatching this idea for a while now and since I know myself well enough to know I'm never going to follow up on it, I'm casting it to the wind here. It would be unbelievably awesome to have a re-creation of the Watkins Glen Summer Jam that featured the Dead, The Allman Bros and The Band in 1973. This re-creation could feature the best of the re-creation bands coming together for an incredible 2 day show ("soundcheck" day and concert day). Needless to say DSO would take on the GD setlists. ABB and DickeyBetts organizations recently had a showdown of sorts for Best of the ABB tribute bands and they seem to have tapped Great Caesar's Ghost as the best of the best. I haven't heard too many The Band re-creations, but one that I like is "The The Band Band" (a fab name to boot). Anyway, July 27 & 28, 2013 is a Saturday and Sunday and is the exact 40 year anniversary of Watkins Glen! Could someone please pull this together by then???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maningreen Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Sounds good. I'll have my people call your people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Truckin Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 they can all do lunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Ammagamalin Crew Posted March 11, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Maybe at the Dark Star Jubilee in Aug/Sept @ Legend Valley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Holub Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 This was done @ Quixotes last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP cm_hayden Posted March 15, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hard to believe that it's approaching 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillrockinout Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Watkins Glen was my second Dead show, my first was in D.C. about a month earlier at R.F.K. stadium. Who wudda' thunk it ? Next up is Mighty High Fest, sounds like fun !!! P.S>Do any of you old heads remember the show after Watkins Glen? I think it was Jerry's birthday party @ Roosevelt stadium in Jersey City. Peace Y'All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP cm_hayden Posted March 16, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 What I can remember of '73, it was a very very good year for me. Undergrad was going well, had a part-time job off the books ( could afford more shows and it didn't show up on my finanical aide), and the GD was hitting on all cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest L~Cat Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 love watkins glen - soundcheck particularly, but i have to say I think I'm actually more partial to RFK 6-10-73.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Truckin Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Those were heady days indeed - we drove down to D.C. from Stony Brook to catch the Boys and the Bros at RFK Stadium -- my first mega-stadium sized show. It was a little hellish scene, with people throwing glass bottles down from the stands and setting off fireworks in the stadium. Well maybe those were fireworks. The shows were transcendent, of course and it was a joy to see these two bands together. Watkins added my other other favorite band, The Band which is why it's so special - the 73 trifecta. I missed the Roosevelt Stadium show, but caught the Nassau Coliseum shows in September - my last NY area dead shows. I'm so grateful we have DSO to bring us back those gems. Here's to re-creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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