The Allman Brothers played at Gaelic Park on July 13, 1972 according to the Allman Brothers website. Garcia and Weir sat in on Mountain Jam. The rest of the Dead did not appear that day. Several members of the Allman Brothers sat in with the Dead 3 days later in Hartford.
rich --- Una Moneypenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deadsters.... > > I hope this is an active site and I get some response, perhaps a debate going here. >I'm > interested for historical reasons in the Dead concert at Gaelic Park in the Bronx, >New York. > > As far as I know Gaelic Park only held concerts for one summer season...although I >could be > wrong. I lived, as it happened, a few blocks from the park back when and saw >Mountain there and > (I think) a long afternoon of pop/folk stars like Carly SImon and Johnathan Edwards, >all in that > summer. > > More important and what I'm trying to research is I caught the Dead show there. > > It was, singularly, an historic occasion for a very sad reason, that being that >Duane Allman had > passed away and the Allman Bros were trying to get their first tour together since >his death. > They played the same afternoon at Gaelic Park, the Dead showing up as a way to >support their > efforts. (That's how we saw it, anyway.) > > So, here's the problem: the show is listed at this website as happening on 8/26/71 >and Duane > Allman died on 10/29/71. So, the Gaelic Park show, as I see it, had to be in 1972, >since there's > no other mention in these lists of the Dead playing there and, if my memory is >correct, there > was only one summer that they ever had music at that park. > > So, how accurate are these lists? There is no mention, for example, of the Allman >Bros. in the > set list here and I know for a fact the bands got together and performed a short >verson of > Mountain Jam as an encore to the show. > > I have, as I say, another personal reason for exploring this question and would like >someone's > considered reply, if at all possible. > > Meanwhile, as always, love to all in the Dead family... > > TonyH > > > > > > This is not a tape/CD request, because I know to use the Resources for Traders site >for that. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
