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Fran Dance's avatar

Congratulations on the book's release. I have ordered my autographed copy from Words, your hometown bookstore. I will ask my fellow 649,999 Watkins Glen attendees to do the same!

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Gerard Anthony H's avatar

I just read the chapters in your book! Terrific. So much more detail than previously written. I went to Watkins Glen and can testify it was a chaotic scene. The NY State Thruway was stopped! Folks passing joints between cars simply by sticking a hand out the window. We abandoned the car miles from the racetrack and I slept in a cornfield. I have a vague memory of music in the night. Sound check? Saturday was hot then wet then humid. Seeing the stage was a Herculean task but sure, the sound was good. A parachuter appeared and a giant flare ignited and later, we learned he was a fatality. Food was scarce but the freaks shared. We stayed through the Band and despite my love for the Brothers (had recently caught them in March or May on Long Island), and my indifference to The Dead, we knew leaving would be a nightmare. So yeah, adios. My pal and I packed up and bid a muddy adieu to Watkins Glen. Funny, I left my camera in the car so have only one pic of the road out but I still have my unused, unripped Ticketron “Summer Jam” ticket! $10 well spent. Ha. Every Allman fan needs this book and I’m purposely putting it down so as to not finish it fast.

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