Europe / Wall

Saturday, July 28, 1973

Watkins Glen, NY · Grand Prix Racecourse

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Saturday
Day 209 of 1973
Show #
33 of 74
Era
Europe / Wall
Keys
Keith
Recordings
15
Top rating
★ 5.00 (1)
Best source
SBD
Total dl
384,436
Songs played
27 · 4 sets
Show length
3h 54m
Longest track
Playin' in the Band · 24:02

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Curator's Note

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen drew somewhere near 600,000 people, the largest concert in the world at the time. The Grateful Dead, The Band, and the Allman Brothers shared the bill, and after the Allmans closed with Whipping Post the three camps converged for a finale that passed straight into legend: Not Fade Away into a sprawling Mountain Jam into Johnny B. Goode, members of all three bands trading the stage. Mountain Jam is an Allman Brothers tune, and its presence in a Dead setlist is the fingerprint of that one extraordinary night.

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The Allman Brothers Band, The Band — Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, the largest concert in the world at the time (about 600,000). After the Allman Brothers closed with Whipping Post, members of the Allman Brothers Band and The Band joined the Dead for the festival finale: Not Fade Away into an extended Mountain Jam into Johnny B. Goode.

From the tapers · archive.org · 3

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  • ★★★★★ · Mountain Jam · mperez19 · 2019

    I read recently that Butch Trucks said he thought that the encore was a disaster, particularly mentioning the Mountain Jam. He said this was so because the drugs didn't mix well ("The Bad was drunk, Dead tripping, and Allman Bros. coked out.") I've listened to this a few times, and completely disagree. WHile there is plenty more to the show - namely the China>Rider, Playin', and Eyes - as an ABB fan, the Mountain Jam is what caught my eye first, and I think that Trucks in crazy.

  • ★★★★★ · The Bus came by , we all got on ! · bobbypro · 2019

    The big blue bus (35 ft 1957 gmc school bus) drove thru the neighborhood and took anyone who was left on Love's Corner---headed north from philly to one of the best concerts ever---got there early enough to get pretty close to the race track---found some blotter---wondered thru a sea of humanity (600,000 they say) and floated on the vibes and the music into the wee hours--the next morning when everyone was leaving ---we were in so close that we had to wait till the road opened up to drive---we…

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Bust-outs & rarities

Setlist

Set 1

  1. 1.Bertha
  2. 2.Beat it on Down the Line
  3. 3.Brown Eyed Women
  4. 4.Mexicali Blues
  5. 5.Box of Rain
  6. 6.Here Comes Sunshine
  7. 7.Looks Like Rain
  8. 8.Row Jimmy
  9. 9.Jack Straw
  10. 10.Deal
  11. 11.Playing in the Band

Set 2

  1. 1.Around and Around
  2. 2.Loose Lucy
  3. 3.Big River
  4. 4.He's Gone
  5. 5.Truckin'
  6. 6.Nobody's Jam
  7. 7.El Paso
  8. 8.China Cat Sunflower
  9. 9.I Know You Rider
  10. 10.Stella Blue
  11. 11.Eyes of the World
  12. 12.Sugar Magnolia

Set 3

  1. 1.Sing Me Back Home

Encore

  1. 1.Not Fade Away
  2. 2.Mountain Jam
  3. 3.Johnny B. Goode

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 15

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gd1973-07-28.141306.sbd.eaton.miller.clugston.flac1644

Recording Info: SBD > Master Reels > .wav 24-bit/96k (Master Reels transferred by Rob Eaton); Mastering Info: .wav 24-bit/96k > Adobe Audition 3.0 24/96 > TLH > flac2496; 24-bit > 16-bit via dBpoweramp · ★ 5.00 (6 reviews) · 13,724 dl

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