Watkins Glen 1973: The Festival That Made Woodstock Look Small
Six hundred thousand people showed up to Watkins Glen in 1973 for the Dead, the Allman Brothers, and the Band — and almost nobody remembers it.
Six hundred thousand people showed up to Watkins Glen in 1973 for the Dead, the Allman Brothers, and the Band — and almost nobody remembers it.
“Box of Rain” was the first song Phil Lesh ever sang — written while his father was dying. It became the last song the Grateful Dead ever played.
Europe ’72 wasn’t just a live album — it was a financial rescue mission, a creative peak, and the most elaborate overdub job in Dead history.