Rock Festivals

1974-09-08 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young / Beach Boys / Joni Mitchell

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Roosevelt Raceway

The first concert my folks let me attend (along with two friends) without "parental supervision."  This was a huge, heavily anticipated "summer's end" show that went on from the morning through way into the night.  CSNY's final American appearance on their big 1974 tour, they were on stage for over 5 hours and played 32 songs.  Joni Mitchell joined them after playing during the day.

We dared walk up near the very front during the Beach Boys set that afternoon, and some drunk dudes yelled and threw beer cans in our direction. So we deemed it best to watch the rest of the sets from further back on the left side.

Wikipedia has this statement under its "Roosevelt Raceway" page: "The property was utilized by several organizations for other events. The most notable event was a rock concert; "Summersault '74", which drew a crowd of 75,000 (and featured performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, Jesse Colin Young, and the Beach Boys)."

 

2007-03-23 Snoedown Festival (w/ Little Feat)

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Lake Placid Olympic Center

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Above: The guide and schedule for Snoedown 2007

The first of two Feat / moe multi-day concert collaborations that I attended, the second being the Jamaica excursion in 2016. This was a weekend festival in Lake Placid, a place where I have been going since before the 1980 Olympics and sporatically after that. As a skiier it made sense to go, do some skiing during the days and see the shows at night.

It was great to see Feat and moe at the Olympic Center (not that its a great music venue, just because of its storied history and my own recollections of the town over the years).

I was later able to get an audience recording of the show. "Feels Like Rain" still stands out as a favorite musical moment at the Little Feat show, beautifully sung by Shaun Murphy.

2013-06-15 Clearwater Festival

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Croton Point Park

Please also see my Hot Tuna post for this day at Clearwater festival. As noted there, Pete Seeger performed at the 2013 Clearwater festival for the last time before he passed away.

The festival was founded in the wake of environmental effects on the Hudson River and had its origins in the building of Sloop Clearwater, which Pete Seeger and friends raised donations to build in order to promote awareness of the environmental issues with the river and more generally with the earth. In its various forms the festival has taken place for over 50 years and is a great event. The proceeds go directly to support Clearwater’s environmental research, education, and advocacy to help preserve and protect the river and its tributaries, as well as general Hudson river valley.

 
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Above: Dumpstaphunk performing at Clearwater Festival, 2013

Right: Festival Program cover

Slideshow Below: Clearwater Festival 6/15/2013 in Croton Point Park by the Hudson River,

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