Mountain Jam (Watkins Glen) ☮ Allman Bros & Grateful Dead

[@urashimatarou9575]

Hitch hiked there from Poughkeepsie, picked up by some great folks from CT - left them the evening before to walk to the site when the traffic was at a near standstill. The next night, when the rain hit during the Band's set I got nudged from behind and it was their dog, who had found me in the midst of the crowd - it was a good-sized german shepherd and they said it seemed to be going somewhere and they had just been following it through the mass of people. Went back with them and they not only let me sleep in their tent (would have been soaked otherwise), drove me back to Poughkeepsie the next day, but also managed to return my wallet which I had left in their car based on the single local piece of ID I had (in case you are reading this, many thanks!). Good music, good people, good time(s)...

[@billsdubious]

Yes. They all jammed at the end of the night. I woke up at about 2:30 a.m. and they were all playing "Johnny B Goode". Then Bill Graham said "good night it's over" and I thought what the hell--cause I'd fallen asleep three songs into the Brothers set. (No sleep the night before walking in, partying all day, you get the picture...) I've been waiting 40 years to hear what I missed, cause there was never an album or movie!

[@williamickes4648]

Same story, a great time was had by all, but sorry I slept through a lot of it :-)

[@judiemery7491]

I 💕 this so much😊

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

No bueno. Sleep is not essential at events like this. Sleep when you get home. I'd have been pissed at my friends for not waking me up.

[@davidcharcas3121]

Hey there I want there but years ago I came across a live bootleg of the show at a record shop in Seattle now you can find it among the Allman brothers catalog.

[@DenisePierro]

😂you actually slept?!!!

[@theospreysquarry2310]

Woke up one Morning already fed up with life as it were, me being a 13 year old street kid in Boston. Scored a six pack and headed out to wherever the highway would bring me. Right off a van picked me up that was heading to the Glenn. coils and coils of copper wire and tubing. By the time we arrived, 2 days prior the show, I had learned to make roach clips. I was excited to see the Allman Brothers and the Band, and just never heard the Greatful Dead. Just being there was a trip in and of itself and aside from a few passed reefers traded for clips, my life was surely changed forever. Many here remember as I do the flares catching the fliers shute, although I also remember that a child was born same time in the medical tent.

[@gregmodelle7343]

Imagine being to say " I was born at a Grateful Dead concert!".

[@mr123freedom]

I was there. I remember this song being played as Orange Sunshine (barrow type) had me glowing. The lightening storm and what we called the maze, where all paths crossed. Ahh, to be young again. Hell, what am I talking about. I never really grew up. Mountain Jam, baby!!

[@ericmoraski9102]

Me and my buddy Jim from Sparta NJ left my house in SUSSEX NJ(both 15yrs old ) on Mon morning got there about 1 pm, bought tickets, bunch of acid, beer, weed and we we're broke all week! Walking around the track all night tripping! Never went without food, beer, weed, acid, shrooms, crank, meskalin ! With a little help from my 600,000 new friend's ! I'll never forget

[@brianblais4573]

I hitch-hiked from KC,Mo. to Watkins Glen for this when I was still 17 !! So Glad I did !! It was so cool to hear members of one band sitting in with another !! WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!

[@bionsjazznblues]

Glad you got to see this concert. I was there also. So F'ing beautifull. Just listening to this track puts me that 70's trance. By the way, Watkins Glen, and not Woodstock, was the largest US outdoor festival.

[@jonmemory]

was there with friends, drove up from Somerville Ma., car broke down on NY thruway . We just pushed it off the side of road. grab our gear and thumbed up to concert. Walking up that hill seven miles was a killer but we had a great time despite the rain. Walking around getting high with whatever was available and listening to great music. I remember gilman , vinnie and his gf and can't remember who else. Rich and I started thumbing home and Vin picked us up and I made it home at 4am to go to work Monday morning. No one makes music like that anymore . .

[@nelsonlugo45]

I was front and center. Remember the 2 idiots that did the skydiving over the crowd with FLARES taped to their legs? one landed DEAD. You couldn't give the weed away; of course we were tripping out heavy. How'd we make it to front center after driving all the way from Cambridge? We 4 had, as much as we could carry of the most precious commodity there - WATER! Ahhh... what a time! Back in Cambridge, my basement apartment flooded! Decades later I moved there (2005), and would frequent the Glen and reminisce when I needed to clear my head. Peace, y'all

[@expandwhatyousee]

+Nelson Lugo Beautiful story. I love how you emphasize on the fact that water was the most important commodity. Couldn't get rid of the weed sounds like Oregon now a days. Peace and love to you, Brother.

[@nelsonlugo45]

Mahalo, Gracias and Thanks. Water now more than ever. Air is next.

[@l2string]

I was there too. had a bunch of banana's.....traded one for some water !!! True story.

[@chrisli2219]

They dug wells. Right into the rock. There was water everywhere. All you had to do was turn it on.

[@fatfox6706]

Nelson Lugo I was there also ma freind! Came from Pittsburgh, and wasn't as lucky as you. Never saw the stage but hear the music fine. It seemed to never stop! And who could forget the skydivers! We always wondered about the poor SOB that was trippin balls and had a flaming man slam into the ground in front of him! !! Thorizene time I would think! Never did another fest like it...

[@PatrickKelly-b8o]

At 28 in my old GMC pickup with 2 girls we drove fron Upper Vermont to the Glen and from that point on ...I do NOT recall anything but sitting smack dab in the middle of 600,000 having to pee ..then came the rains ...and came trying to drive home while stoned ...at 78 now, I recall the good ole days when babes where thin, we all enjoyed free love and concerts were cheap. Anyone near my age lived in thee best part of history. AMEN!

[@kevinkreusling6373]

70 now. The rains. The people. The lov. Truly blessed to part of this girl

[@nelsonanthoine6293]

My older brother was there. Before he passed from cancer in 2019, we were saying the same thing about living in the best times, with the best shows, cheap (as was gas and food), and as kids in the early '60s we could ride on tailgates of station wagons, get soda water and syrup mixed at our local drugstore soda/ice cream counter, and penny candy.

[@jesusamaya8943]

Amen brother!🎼🎶🙏✌️🫶

[@kevinkreusling6373]

@@nelsonanthoine6293 yes. We left at 130 because we had to find our ride. But walking down the hill we bought some grn mesculine 2$ a hit. Get to the bottom of the hill yellow acid for 3$ a hit. Took as few hits home. It was massive. The people naked huge boobs. Hipsters Yu hav to keep this going. Hav fun!! Peace dudes

[@biblebear6795]

God bless the Grateful Dead! And the Allmans! And the Band too! God bless ya'll!!😎

[@grandelagarto3220]

For all of us who were there. Sweet sweet memories remain.

[@johnpelletier7641]

Just amazing how this jam picks up and sustains and blows the mind. So glad that I was a teenager in the '70s.

[@ahopper2316]

Combinations of all musicians gives a peace and harmony to your soul

[@myearsloveit]

i still am🙂🙃🥰

[@johnpelletier7641]

@@myearsloveit Me too!!

[@judiemery7491]

lucky ducky you are...I'm pretty stoked to be attending a summer jam recreation near Pittsburgh this Saturday! 😍

[@JimiG54]

I've seen the Dead and the Allmans jam on this 3 times. In '73 at RFK Stadium in Wash. DC and Watkins Glen (after Berry Oakley died), and in '71 when members of the Dead came onstage at the end of an Allman Brothers show at Gaelic Park in the Bronx (after Duane died). And it never sounded the same each time! Those 2 bands truly knew what "jamming" was all about.

[@WheatonBrad]

My cousin and I arrived on Friday morning from Ithaca (where I'd been checking out apartments for college), giving heaps of folks a ride up the hill out of town to the racetrack in my IH Scout. A nice lady let us camp in her field to the north of the stage. We walked around the woods and to the festival site and enjoyed the incredible soundchecks, left, slept soundly, walked back in the morning and sat with the coolest people I've ever met. When the rains came, we simply moved up close through the huddled groups and were right in front of the stage for the Allman Brother's set. Dry clothes in our pack made the rain a non-problem. What a total blast! I was 18, my cousin was 17. We left Sunday, and I dropped her in Connecticut before driving on to the Jersey Shore. My parents were freaked after reading in the Times about this "concert" I'd said I was going to. They figured I'd return addicted to drugs or something. ;-)

[@michaelbrown5284]

I was there for 8 days. What a lifelong memory!! Cases of water on the way in. I hitched it with some older friends (I was 15) with no ticket, but the guys at the gate were kind enough to sell pre- collected tickets for a buck!!!! The drug stores on the way in were quite handy!! I remember the parasailers, so thanks for that memory fellas. Does anyone remember the big bellied dude with the gallon jug of wine the fell into the deep puddle hole near the shitters? OMG, I hurt myself laughing!!!!! We were also very close to the stage, as some Brooklyn buddies got there early and set up a tent for all of us, although we did not sleep much!! Nice trippin... WOW! Thanks for reminding me fellas. Those were the days.......

[@michaelbrown5284]

Does anyone remember the 'Pirate-Ship" vehicle?

[@drewharrison1840]

Love these stories

[@kenbajek5487]

Was 14 ran away for that one lol was too stoned to feel the beating i got a few days later peace yall

[@mikemckillip2078]

Was there with friends. I was coming from Virginia and they from Saranac Lake and met up strange enough recognized his family car. Great music weather people. Had no idea count of people but was great event. Roads leading in to Glen packed Parked My .MGB and hiked up concert with young hitchhikers from Pennsylvania. And told them to meet at car and I drive them home. Behold they did. .most food and drinks depleted from any store. But there was a few hackers selling fake juices for $5 each. Had water and granola bars and candy. One memory never to be forgot. Never made it to Woodstock so this was my makeup.

[@thomassomermeier883]

Teenager in the 70’s....the best of times...peace love and happiness

[@BayParkDrummer]

Awesome, brings back the memories of two 18 year old kids traveling from SF cross country and ending up there on a whim. What a great time and glad I was a part of history..

[@israellamar]

The Allman Brothers were inspired to improvise on "There is a Mountain" after hearing the Grateful Dead jam on the song's main riff. The Dead can be heard quoting a few bars of "There is a Mountain" in their song "Alligator," from the Dead's Anthem of the Sun album, released in 1968. An example of the Dead jamming live on the "There is a Mountain" riff can be heard at the 4:53 mark on the version of "Alligator" they performed at their Aug. 21, 1968 show at the Fillmore West.

[@deluxeasshat8547]

@@peakbagger6805 if you think the Dead didn't help the Bros learn to jam you're mistaken, not that they weren't talented already, the Dead and the Bros were tight for a reason

[@garyschneider8829]

Two of Thee Greatest Jam Bandit Bandana Bands EVER.. SkyDog and Jerry are surely missed 🎸🎸RIP brothers

[@floepiejane]

​@@peakbagger6805 dude, the GD played the jam when the Brothers didn't. The Brothers hang with the Dead and then start playing it. It's pretty cut and dried imo. Also, are the Brothers using Garcia's arrangement of You Don't Love Me from 1966? I do believe that the Hour Glass might have opened for them back then.

[@marttram2183]

​@@deluxeasshat8547 I typed in "Duane Allman thoughts on grateful dead" thinking that the Allman brothers had to be influenced by the dead... Results were even better than I expected. I had no idea they performed with each other

[@geraldcassidy6401]

I was at WG..and I think Dead have make up for poor proformance at Woodstock..and it help the two great bands we're there to help

[@michellekatz1023]

Rest in Peace Robbie Robertson. You made many people happy!! Thank you. 😊

[@nameomitted8160]

My dad was a schoolteacher so every summer we would camp at N.Y. State Parks. We were camping at Watkins Glen State Park when this happened. My parents freaked out. Six years later I saw my first G.D show. Three years after that I moved to California for good.

[@rgbeee.1826]

Nice!!

[@305OXI]

Thanks for the posting and flashback. I was at Watkins Glen and it was a trip. We left Mass the prior day in a VW pop top camper and drove all night, the rest areas along the NY Thruway were surrealistic, got into Watkins Glen at daybreak and couldn't believe all the cars parked for miles on either side of Route 14 (the route into town had been closed overnight) and finally found a place to park on a school ballfield in town. We bought the last case of beer at the nearby packy and joined the crowd hiking to the speedway. A long walk but by the time we got there it was an open concert as all the fencing had been torn down. We set up to the left of the stage near a huge speaker platform and later to find out a makeshift helipad about a third of the way back into the audience. The music was incredible so were the drugs (mostly hash). Passed out late afternoon from the heat and no sleep for about 24 hours to wake up to the Dead. An epic journey

[@mikebaxter2198]

We went, it was a one day show and we ended up there for 3 days. We really had a good time. I had been to a few festivals in Germany, but nothing like this. There was a shitload of people. People having fun for the most part. I don't remember any bad times there (although I usually don't). The length of the sound checks increased for each band with the Dead doing a whole set for their check to the best of my memory. Rained like heck for a while, I think during the Band. The jam at the end of the night was crazy because from where I was and my head, it appeared that there was a commotion on the stage.. it seemed like Levon was all fucked up and having a bunch of fun.. but it could have been my head... peace

[@MarkMasters...]

Beats coffee everyday...best morning tune ever....🙏😏

[@mbjorke]

I was there. I've never seen anything quite like it since.

[@robertkelly6282]

Me too three of the best bands

[@elliotheins2820]

I was 15 1/2 years old, took the D train from Brooklyn up to the Bronx on the George Washington Bridge, and started Hitchin from there cut up into town Friday night. Slept underneath the back of a pick up truck with my sleeping bag and walked up the hill Saturday morning, great memories !!!

[@kondiff]

Hi you all! I was there, and I wonder how many swedish persons, aside from me, there was there?! Anyhow, did you know that we made it to Guiness World of Record in 1986, as the largest rock Concert of the world. Well you all, we held the record a long time! And none of us who was ther (and wasn't to stone) will remember it forever: Love - peace- and happiness to you all.

[@WatchMeNow53]

Got an invitation two days before the show. Rode up with 5 others in a VW bus! Muddy, rainy weekend but so glad t have made the trip!

[@michellekatz1023]

What a great time we had 50 years ago. And we’re still truckin!!

[@bobkitten003]

Wow...my ex husband passed away... I just had to look this up as we were there for 3 days. Now close to 40 years later... I'm reminising. Thanks for this great video!

[@BillForster-nx1zc]

It was amazing, I can still remember some of it, I was about 14 years old ,Brings back memories

[@cjcliff]

I can't believe that we came this far was an encrerdable weekend. If you're still alive and well , I applied you , the long strange trip , still continues. Oh well, bless everyone that was there and still hear RIP Jerry.✌️🙏😊🎵👍☯️

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

I had a blast! Drove from Framingham Massachusetts! Took pictures that stll survived today!❤❤👍🏻😉🤔😁50 years later!👍🏻Ray A.👍🏻😉

[@frankbonwith7945]

I was there, that was one crazy time!!!

[@danwentworth5389]

3 Months before my 17th Birthday I drove from Ohio in a 1963 Buick Special station wagon with 2 friends to meet my older brother at this concert. On the way home I had 14 crammed inside, all from Ohio we had to lose the people on the roof when we got to the interstate. I will never forget this set. Sends chills up my spine.. Thank You I did find my brother the day of the show.

[@drewharrison1840]

Awesome story lol

[@slyflyby]

Coffee, check OJ, check Dead and A.Bros Band jam at the Glen ...Now I'm ready for another day!

[@homefries55]

What I remember most about that weekend were the 4 hours of soundchecks the Dead and the Brothers played on Friday....What a weekend.

[@drewharrison1840]

No multiple days rock festivals anymore.. they said okay, one day, but we’ll spend the whole night prior soundchecking. Brilliant

[@kevinkreusling6373]

Well about 10 of us went up. That hill just seems to never end. 3 of us went in and the rest of this trippin story was just magnificent thank yu band dead and Allman bros. Just no Dwayne. We finally came to mends. Lov brothers

[@boblgumm1]

I was hitch hiking around the east that summer. Got there about five days early. Absolute sex, drugs and rock and roll heaven. A wonderful swan song to the impending disco pandemic.

[@GeorgeSpencer985]

This coming month of July 2023 is the 50th anniversary of this concert. I was way too young to attend but my oldest brother was 18 and he went there and told me all about it, only about 45 minutes from our home. He said the sound check was better than the actual concert!

[@nickelsnickels55]

I still remember how cold the nights were after a day of drugs and alcohol. A memory I will have forever

[@danosullivan7239]

💝summers in NY

[@writer125]

Great video, even though you forgot to mention that the Band was also part of the jam. Great sounding jam. Even though everyone was on something different. The Dead were tripping, the Allman Bros were coked out and the Band was sloshed, literally. Bill Graham was standing behind Danko holding him up by his guitar strap because he was extremely drunk. But somehow it worked.

[@sleadie59]

This one of my favorite shows to listen to. That entire weekend was amazing!!!!

[@alhutchings282]

Drove all the way from Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada for this festival ! Great memories ...!

[@gumpaumpa1665]

We did this one and the next year Autumn Jam in Charlotte where The Allman Bros played again. The last 2 great outdoor concerts of all time. 600,000 at the Glen and 3 or 400,000 at Autumn Fest. What Great Times had by All..✌

[@bloopville]

My Watkins Glen experience: We drove up a week early from Allentown, PA. I went with two guys from my band, and someone I didn't know. We drove in a VW Microbus that topped out at about 45. When we arrived, there were less than a thousand people. Our parking space was within 100 yards of the concert area. We watched through the week as the place started to fill up and become a city. We filmed the skydivers, not realizing that one had died, until hearing it on the news several days after the concert. I do remember that that diver's trajectory was far different. Thursday we went into town for a beer run. Finding ourselves short of cash, I played the piano in the bar (I am not a good piano player). Sympathetic people stuff a few bucks in a glass and we got water and beer. We were lucky. I think it was Friday, but, of course, my memory is fuzzy, but we had a fire going in the evening and Bill Kreutzmann came and sat around the fire. We talked about touring and other mutual musician stuff. Then he went off to say "hi" to some other people. That evening I took a run around the track, a couple of time. Ah, youth. I remember the Saturday sound check that turned into a full concert. Sunday, I remember rain, and, finally ducking back into the VW and listening from there, until falling a sleep. Then I remember hours of trying to get out. Our great parking space didn't seem such a boon. Then, hazy drifting in and out of sleep, an exhausted teenage hippie on my way home.

[@09jackstraw]

Cool! I recorded this show off Sirius--it smokes! The interplay between Dickey and Jerry is incredible, especially when Jerry shows how awesome he is by playing exactly like Dickey! They both really shine, I have to give Dickey props too. Great job on this video!!

[@rogerepstein2484]

Dickey was better than Jerry

[@haikat4]

@@rogerepstein2484 Jerry was more well-rounded with deeper roots in various types of American music. Betts was good at his particular style though.

[@psscudder]

What a gig! Wish I had been with it enough to take pictures. Would have helped me to remember a lot of what went on.

[@ramttc]

Only one word comes to mind....... Beautiful!

[@christophervansise4650]

Super Grateful for this - Peace & Love to everyone ☮️❤️🎶🎵🎶🎵

[@davidkenny4417]

My group of friends arrived on Thursday and set up camp...Amazed by the stream of headlights coming to the grounds Thurs. and Fri. night. We moved to the stage area when the Dead started their sound check, and never left that spot, except to get more supplies and take care of bodily functions. The whole event is a little fuzzy, of course, but the jam with members of all three bands after the rain was incredible. I remember the tears of joy on Robbie Robertson"s face, jamming with Jerry and I think it was Dickie Betts at that time. There's a Band cd available, and I downloaded the Dead sound check from Wolf Gang's vault.

[@dansemacabre8692]

I've always felt like I showed up late for the party being born in 82 thanks to a very persuasive older sister I was able to see the gratefuldead at red rocks in Colorado forever grateful for that.love you sis wherever you are 😏

[@chinarider8051]

You would have been 5 at the last Red Rocks show...I doubt you were "dragged" anywhere. Your parents probably made your sister take you, thinking that she wouldn't do anything crazy, that may put you in danger. I bet you put up much more of a fight when it was time to go to the dentist. :) Be happy you were ever in his presence...this new generation have turned him into some mythical figure, which is ridiculous, he was a man, same as you and me. But, it was truly an experience that would change you forever, like doing a crystal wash, or thumb print. I couldn't imagine how amazing seeing them in that beautiful, natural, amphitheater, must've been! I wish I had an older sister, being born in 1974, I would have seen so many more shows, it would have been fkn awesome!

[@sculptor1954]

I drove through the night just from East Ohio with three friends and got close enough to park and walk up and over a hill or two and through the back entrance in the dewy sunrise. Thousands of wandering drugged up people stumbling along in the hazy morning light. Ended up skirting the building crowd right in front of the stage. I remember a lone long haired dude sitting cross legged on the top of a solitary telephone pole just in front of the stage. I remember the wide striped awning over the stage and the phased audio towers that let the sound be heard far out into the crowd at the same instant. No lag. Still we managed to wander into the wooded area back of the stage are where we set up our tent along with hundreds of others amidst the green trees, and proceeded to listen to the music blowing through the trees. I wandered about making my way around front and just walked right across through the very front of the crowd during the show. I remember somehow finding my way behind the stage area again and lingered stoned and happy and got cooled down by a hose wielding Bill Graham right up a fence around the crew area . Somehow miraculously finding my tent and friends and then passing out in the evening.

[@taralinville948]

😍

[@justal883]

yea, the soundchecks were actually a lot better than the concert the next day. There was no rain and you could walk around and not be crushed. A lot of good and hazy memories!

[@richardjbreault381]

this was my woodstock,got to Wakins Glen raceway on thursday Afternoon,what a mini city it was by Saturday,when of course it was Declared A free CONCERT,I loved it no Matter what,It was quite a jam,WISH Duane and Berry could have been there,RIP Brothers!!!

[@DonnaFabbri-y5f]

I was there.

[@davidgauthier2578]

I was there,I worked the Can Am,then the concert, I worked for the catering company. I ran the middle tent. The best job I ever had!!!! Smokey was the my name back then, I wish I could talk to some of the GREAT PEOPLE I met then.

[@louiscdemaria3565]

Watkins Glen baby! I was there and it was a phenomenon. We lived nearby, a group of small town boys looking for some fun; and a friend told us there was going to be a concert; never said who. We were just out for a night of music and carousing and that was really all we planned. When we got to the race track there were a few people. Not many. We wanted to get in the front row to chase the girls who went to local concerts so we went the night before and planned to camp - more to have fun with friends to be honest - we never got the girls. They wanted to see the bands. Then we saw an Almond Brothers truck pull up and we were starting to wonder ... Seems odd! People were moving in by the thousands. One entrepreneur pulled up in a small Ice Cream truck, opened the back window and started selling drugs.What made this scene quite surrealistic was that there was a mounted policeman right next to the store...and never said a word. "Dead Heads" started to take over the front and we had to elbow others to keep our space. We were starting to get worried because there were so many people and no easy way out. We were right there when the first band - The Band - started to set up and play. Then the Grateful Dead and then The Almond Bros. They played and played; first as separate bands and then together. Members from all three bands jammed together. It never ended - even as people started to leave they kept playing. Mountain Jam was memorizing. None of us had ever gotten high before and none of us had ever heard of the Almond Bros, The Grateful Dead or The Band except in advertising. We were AM Radio buffs because that was all we got in Geneva NY. That had all changed by the time the concert was over... in many many ways. The mass of people was suffocating, one girl had a child right there...but everyone behaved because they wanted to hear these bands - the bands that defined our time. I saw all three bands many times after this including Greg Almond. I listen to their music to this day. Thank you Greg Almond - you introduced me to a love of music that remains with me to this day. Please rest in peace.

[@McQ109]

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[@lisapreschel1924]

Love your story Louis! I was there with my cousin (who I lost!). Don't remember as much as you, mud, music, mayhem. I think there were a couple cute twin boys involved!!! thanks for the memories!

[@1372eatapeach]

The name is Allman

[@reeceschrock396]

Didn't the Dead play first?

[@robertkelly6282]

Don’t forget the Band was there too

[@randypotter7379]

I was at the soundboard standing on a crate of spring water. It was an epic event, 600'000 extremely happy folks. Probably only to be outdone by the upcoming inauguration. Several parallels.

[@beveridgemiller9841]

What a great show - we drove up early to beat the rush and had a great spot not far from the stage. but we still had to lug the cooler over a mile due to parking issues - well worth the labor!

[@kizzMyBuzz]

never will forget this concert, or the walk uphill : ) found myself close enough where everyone looked normal size, first time seeing the G/D Live, turning a 360 to find yourself surrounded by at least 300K black GD tee shirts, aah! lol, funny how through the years i been to at least 25 G/D concerts, never planed or paid, most times working for sound company, But I always felt this sense of being (existence) around this Down to Earth,Sound,Musicians and Loyal Followers, Great Post! TKS

[@darrylmars]

What a blast the Summer Jam was. Don't know how many times I saw the Dead, but it seemed at the time that Jerry in the Jam at the end was the best I ever heard

[@rhtball]

I was over by the Woods side near the Outhouses, that were overfilled with Shit and Paper. Everyone was going out in the Woods to take a Dump or Leak...We also had some people tripping next to us and putting on the Wizard of Oz....Did anyone else here see that as well. I still have my Ticket...I do remember the Flares on the Jumper it was pretty crazy to see this poor guy get burned up on Landing, I think people saw it but didn't comprehend it then....

[@mcoperahouse]

I had been there for two days. I specifically remember hearing this the night we had to walk back to the town of Watkins Glen and then figure out how to get home that morning. But it did make the hike a lot easier! Somehow, in the middle of a gazillion other hitchhikers, we got a ride all the way home!

[@roberthusted3206]

Farr. Out mr lesh

[@roberthusted3206]

Rickmailee

[@roberthusted3206]

Rickaileeeeee Wayne o. Rip both were there..miss the music. American idol is crap

[@pjoconnor718]

It was just so good. Was at Woodstock 69 this was like being back in the same musical heaven.☮️

[@billmack1243]

Best show of my life---rode up from Taunton with Billy Albert and Danny Enos in a van with a bunch of friends----great time-----

[@KeyWestChrisRehm]

We , four of us, got there a week early and hung out camping just outside the main gate. We had a fabulous time. I saw The Bears of Laughing Pleasure maybe on Thursday, a few days before the show.

[@gumpwumper3752]

lmao

[@DeanHaasJr]

Yes, I was there, got soaked, got crushed, stayed high. The first date I took my future wife on. :)

[@tinicum54]

That storm was nasty.

[@screeningmimi]

Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing it with those of us who missed it. What a time to be alive.

[@schmoopyMN]

Ha! My hubby and I were there dancing with all the hippies a week before our first baby was born. What an awesome concert. Slept in our 1965 Rambler Classic convertible...those were the days! I remember this being played...

[@wrenchhead6840]

Wow.. i was raised in watkins glen…. I was born in 1978, so unfortunately i missed this…. Both my parents were there…. My dad was a huge allman bros fan…

[@Wild_Bill_from_Bunker_Hill]

I had just turned 21 hitchhiked up from Boston, beautiful country. The jam was at the end of the show I remember Not Fade Away and Mountain Jam then things got a little hazy. Great show ! Robbie Robertson from the Band, Allman Brothers, Greatful Dead and it went on forever

[@bluesloverz]

A jug of electric wine and a great concert!

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

I was there for 3 days camping out next to the woods then I finally made it to the backstage area , climbed a tree so I could c everyone backstage ! What a trip I had with some good friends but 2 r dead now !

[@edwardsantilli2624]

We went up in a Chevy Impala conv.with a carload,I was 18-fresh outta highschool. My brother Lou,Carol M. & Richard Riley - may you rest in peace brother,my best friend at the time. The "Band, Allman Bros. & Dead" rocked it. I was in front row for the Grateful Dead show and this stripper/dancer was killen' it too. Geez I'll never forget her,she was fine too! LOL, The groups were rockin' in 12 hr clips and thats a sound check LOL There were over 600,00 kids having the time of our lives. I saw a guy parachute in wearing smoke flares. Helicopter had to bring in water midway thru. I did 3 days of fun & music!! I packed up hash-oil an a sleeping bag an wow factor was thru the roof. Lots of nude ladies in that front area. LOL. One finer than the last. Today we're ol'farts but still rolling our bud. This festival was free in that no one checked tkts. This was one TOP party of a lifetime for me!

[@jamesmack3314]

Hash oil... That was good stuff!!

[@swyman10]

My brother and I were there too! He's gone now and I tear up every time I hear the ABB, the Dead or the Band. It was the best rock concert I ever went to. We lived on hash, weed and speed for the entire weekend!

[@d_walsh]

Very cool. Wow.

[@johnvcorbett6528]

I was there. I drove from Sherbrooke and got there in the middle of Th Dead's morning set. This jam at the end of the show was the best thing there

[@magiceyes530]

Sherbrooke in quebec? I was born there a long time ago!!

[@swyman10]

My brother and I were there, about 30 yards from the stage!

[@ziggychambers1165]

I was there, getting ready to go to my senior yr, so I guess I was 16, I wanted to make sure I did not miss this because I missed Woodstock and I was an Allman Brothers fan, big time! We hitched up from the Poconos in PA, got there the night before, I thought the night before was actually better because it got way too hot the next day. Well the Grateful Dead came out and did a sound check, I have never really been a big Dead fan but they ended up doing a lot of Chuck Berry Tunes and that was the first time I really heard a band do a lot of Berry tunes live. It was great. Got lucky the next day because it was hot as hell but the people next to us had sandwiches and lots of cold stuff to drink! Quite a memory!!

[@danielschneider9312]

Dayum! What could be more 60s than the Allmans, the Dead and the Band all jamming together on a Donovan song?

[@codybluetarp]

It's sure not that far from. "Goin' down the road feeling bad", but in the spirit of the day, a union of a handfull of the greats: including Dickie Betts, Jerry Garcia, Micky Hart, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Robbie Robertson, Levon, Danko, Trucks, Greg on the Hammond, all and more cooking on what was happening. Musically, I note from 10:00 on as a touchstone on Jerry's & Co. Grateful AllStar Planetary Exploratory Vehicle as played 7/28/73 at Watkins Glen. At the time I was a violinist in Tiger on a VW Microbus on a New England Road Trip from Philly up the Garden State Parkway to Cape Cod, giving away copies of the 1st album to Strangers, who seemed worthy somehow at the time to appreciate the Music. Anyway, The Dead, Allman Brothers, and The Band were all Bright Lights on that Train that went down the tracks and The Road that we're still on.

[@johnmichaels1068]

my Woodstock there for 4days john,ken,theresa,joann awesome 600,000 people man!

[@michaelbrown5284]

I cannot thank you all enough for causing me to remember just how good times were then. Great, great memories!!!!!! My how the world has changed since then. To my memory there was NO violence, but the town was worn for wear after. No bullshit back in the day. What the hell happened???

[@slyflyby]

Trump and his gang !

[@namcat53]

@@slyflyby Yeah, we NEVER thought that would ever happen. Incredible.

[@lukefish9443]

So sweet! My favorite two bands! Thanks! 🍻💃🏽🕺🏽🎸🥀🍻🙏🏽

[@swyman10]

3…all 3 bands jammed together on this song! I was there❗️

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

I was at that concert with a boyfriend of mine + we had a tent so we could do what we wanted to do! It was great ! !,!❤️🐇🐰🌹🕊️

[@pambozett]

I was there! I was only 12 at the time and my middle brother was 10. He later became a serious Deadhead in the 80's. how crazy is it that our parents turned us on to the Dead on the East Coast and we became Dead heads of sorts on the West Coast? What an experience... and what a long strange trip it's been.

[@markcartier4692]

I was in the audience for this as well.

[@Ybor-ld6uq]

Great job blending the tune and nature shots.🎶

[@josephmcgrath5728]

Jerry, Pigpen, Duane, Berry, and Greg are all jamming in the great Weedfest/Boozetrip in the sky.

[@dreamwell2020]

Jerry: "They jam hard."

[@WalterWrayJr]

I remember realizing how beautiful upstate New York is during this event, and what a great setting this was for the triumvirate of Musicalia.

[@jacksams5869]

Have this on a cassette, only listen on a very rare occasion, this is Awesome !!

[@robertkaplan7455]

just for the information of all of you officiendos this was the sound check the night before the concert! they were just getting loose you might say

[@ismokeweed420]

hahahahahahaha yes! i knew i was gonna scroll through the comments and sooner or later i'd come across the guy who sets everyone straight! thanks man! i hope everyone gets to see this...

[@greggg1954]

Robert Kaplan Exactly right. I loved it. In many ways it beat the rest of the concert. But it was all connected. No reason to even bother to choose what was best.

[@greggg1954]

Robert Kaplan Exactly right. I loved it. In many ways it beat the rest of the concert. But it was all connected. No reason to even bother to choose what was best.

[@thegracefulone5312]

Robert Kaplan hell ya many a legends and fans packed the glenn glourious beauty n so many stories of greatest ARTIST have played there if you were lucky to get the chance to be there peace love n happiness god bless i can say i miss those trippy days....

[@billmack1243]

Loved it----amazing sounds

[@HankGrebe]

Was fortunate to have been there. I best remember Friday night, when there was some sort of informal tune up jam going on, mainly by the Dead, but not sure, I was busy partying!

[@claudegervais7103]

+Hank Grebe I resemble tat remark. Were you fortunate enough to have ice? All I remember is warm beer. lol

[@markgately6570]

The Dead's Friday night set was labeled as a "sound check" - that happened to be more than 3-hours long (tee-hee). I've long been of the opinion that it was the most important element of the 3-day event - just exquisite...

[@Quimbob]

tht's avilable online

[@davidkenny4417]

I agree

[@mikebaird8648]

Hank Grebe , partying? So we're the members of the Dead, the All. Bros. and the Band. That's a fact, we were all partying and having a wonderful time making history. Glad you were there...

[@deerhunter34100]

47 years ago today, man how time goes by!

[@baileythedog1000]

I was 16 years old, told mom I was going camping, we got there around midnight when they started what they called, " a tune up" worked our way up front, it was fucking unbeilivable. Woke up on the ground, there was a dude about an inch from my face. I looked around and it became clear that this was going to be one crazy weekend, tripping and drinking warm pabst blue ribbon beer.

[@Billytomtom18]

It’s funny that 50 years after this 3 Day Musical Event, I still meet people who were there. Like many others, 6 of us from HS hitch hiked the Concert. I remember the Sound check last the whole first night before the Concert. And the rain that seemed not to bother anyone, sea’s of people. Then leaving seeing cases of bottle water and bags of Granola. What a unique experience 💯

[@bmtink]

I had left Katmandu Nepal just to go to this show was back in Katmandu 5 days later, was worth every dime, i missed the sound check, got there just in time for the show, parked right next to stage..

[@ChickieePatriot]

I was there and it ROCKED!!!!

[@gregorysmith6414]

I was at this concert. I missed The Allman Brothers Band. It rained and someone stole our tents. I was disappointed i missed The Allman Brothers Band; but i had a hello of a Brother and Sister get together.

[@HaakonMusic]

I found this by coincidence today, always loved these bands. What a surprise to see that I discovered it on the 40th anniversary of the show:D

[@gbbetts]

This is so lovely, especially considered the A-bros developed Mountain Jam out of a nugget in Alligator (from Live Dead), while the Dead developed it out of Donovan. Donovan had no idea what he was unleashing into the world!