Forty-six years ago today, the Grateful Dead and friends drew more than 600,000 people to Watkins Glen International’s Summer Jam. Hear recordings from the record-setting concert
. By the afternoon before the day of the concert, the promoters had sold 125,000 tickets, making it a “sell out.” Since Summer Jam was already a success, the organizers left the gates open, allowing the other 400,000-plus people to saunter in freely. The crowds were enough to paralyze the small town of 2,700 people at the time, yet somehow there were no reports of violence. Some of the attendees left their cars as far away as 20 miles from the venue.
The Band played hits like “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Weight,” along with their own cavalcade of covers, including Marvin Gaye’s “Baby Don’t You Do It” and the Four Tops’ “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever.” Syracuse.com reports that a thunderstorm hit during the middle of the set and newspapers at the time said the mud made it look like a scene from the Civil War. They, too, played nearly four hours.
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