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must have gotten impatient and clicked twice..sorry guys
A meet-up is generally not too large. Most are less than 10 people, like the one we had last weekend. One in DC was close to 30, IIRC, but that was exceptional and included spouses and SOs who were not longhairs.
Also, meet-ups tend to involve flitting from place to place, or visiting an attraction that may or may not already have entertainment, or where booking a gig doesn't make sense.
That said, the idea of having some kind of get-together with live music and food, in a park or something, is not a bad idea. It's just that it's a very small culture, and it would require some organizing. If your band plans to play near a major city, then it would not be too OT to mention that on the board and see how many people want to come.
Just my $0.02.
Thanks man, thats some sound advice...No pun intended lol. We are a NY based Band. So if anybody is in the NY area you can probably catch us play..Upcoming Gigs can be found at
www.brothersoftheroadband.com
There is no Revolution without Evolution!
The road goes on Forever!
Todd B.
Hey Todd, man, ya have NO IDEA how valuable that that might be say, to the kind of longhaired rockers memorabilia collectors that peruse auction houses for, say, 60's and early 70's concert bills for places like the Avalon Ballroom, the Fillmore, Winterland, and the like.
But for those who don't know, in the summer of '73 there was a weekend American rock blow-out planned to take place in Watkins Glen, NY featuring The Band (who were Bob Dylan's original back-up band who continued on with their own music), that group of Southern rock icons the Allman Brothers, and those legendary cosmic gods from Haight-Asbury, the Grateful Dead. It was cancelled at the very last minute, but thousands of fans still showed up. I'm sure they still managed to assemble peacefully and enjoy themselves nonetheless.
There's a place in Greenwich Village called The Psychedelic Solution that vends that kind of rock and roll memorabilia. Once again, "Whoa!" You're lucky to have that poster in good condition. Rock on!
For that era,
Q.
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The Band , The Dead and The Allman Brothers played and a Parachuter lost his life trying to parachute down into the festival..............Just Google Watkins Glen Summer Jam, you can read all about it
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Todd B.
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Yeah, yeah, absolutely, you're right, heck, you were THERE, man! Aaand, I well remember the whole tragedy w/ that parachutist. Bummer. But, what I wuzz thinkin' ov wuzz the Ward Pound Ridge nature preserve one, at the juncture of Cross River, Lewisboro, and Poud Ridge, NY which drew a phenomenal pilgrimage to IT, only to turn into a no-show show for the bands that were to be featured there. A magazine of the time, FAMILY HEALTH, did a whole article on what a sprawling Bacchanalia that it had become anyway.
Oh yeah, that psychedelic concert bill gallery that I made mention of, The Psychedelic Solution, is located up a flight at 33 West 8th St., nearly right at the tip of MacDougal St., an ancient haunt of ghosts from the era of Beat poets, right between 5th and 6th Avenues. Thanx for correcting me, bro.
Time-trippingly yours (w/t hair and the beard),
Q.
No thank you Brother, I had no idea about that Pound Ridge thing. I actually grew up not far from there. I sometimes Jam with Andy Aledort from Dicket Betts Band, at a place called the Northstar in Pound Ridge. I will have to Google that
I posted a Picture of me with Andy. It looks like I am playing the Harmonica but I'm actually leaning over singing into a short Mic Stand :)
There is No Revolution Without Evolution
Todd