Thank you, Barry!
Rebel Springs Rock Festival: stream | download
Friday, August 13, 2010
Rebel Springs Rock Festival '73
We've received another nice little ad from Barry Mac, this one regarding the Rebel Springs Rock Festival from 1973! Featured bands were ZZ Top, Bloodrock and River City. It took place on July 4, 5 and 6, 1973, from noon 'til midnight on all three days. There were no prepaid tickets and were $12 dollars for all three days at the gate- that's $4 per day! No where will we EVER see those ticket prices again....
Thank you, Barry!
Rebel Springs Rock Festival: stream | download
Thank you, Barry!
Rebel Springs Rock Festival: stream | download
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I was there! Thank you Google, for helping me find this! Wow!
ReplyDeleteI was there. I remember the rain and sliding around in the mud.
ReplyDeleteI met my wife of 42 years there.
ReplyDeleteI have the weekend on Super 8 film
Hey Robert! Any chance you can upload it on Youtube? That's awesome that you met your wife there! My dad went to the show too.
DeleteJUST GOT MY SUPER 8 HOME MOVIE UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE
ReplyDeleteSEARH UNDER: REBEL SPRINGS ROCK FESTIVAL JULY 4TH 1973.
MY WIFE IN THE RED HALTER TOP AND ME WITH NO SHIRT NEXT TO MY bULTACO DIRT BIKES AND VAN
YOUTUBE UNDER : REBEL SPRINGS ROCK FESTIVAL JULY 4TH 1973
ReplyDeleteWe were there , my husbands band was one of the opening bands for ZZ Top , it was for sure the good old days ✌️
ReplyDeleteWhat was his band's name?
DeleteWOW! I remember this it was wicked. I was 16.
ReplyDeleteI was there - 16 years old and loving it. MC5 and Creepy Tom were two more of the bands.
ReplyDeleteOver 100degrees I was there 1974 underage. my 1st Concert visiting my cousin. in awe they could play. It was Great
ReplyDeleteI was there, too, in '73. Anyone else remember a 2nd. Year of Rebel Springs? MC5 played, along with someone else. Fuzzy memory, but if I'm right, it was on the same property but not on the site we all camped at in '73. I don't recall camping, may have just been a one day event in the woods like '73. Anyone remember? Think it was the year after, '1974, I guess. I know MC-5, the famous Detroit band ?
ReplyDelete(Motor City 5) that were famous not only for their"heavy metal sound", but also for being out-spoken critics of our govt & Nixon with Wayne Cramer going to prison on a marijuana bust in retaliation for his anti-govt. protests.I barely knew who the MC-5 were, but good show! There was another band that year, but no memory of them. I don't recall camping like I did for 1973's festival, and this onemay or may not had camping, but don't recall it being like 1973.can anyone clear up the gaps in my memory? 1974 was a BIG year for me! In addition to MC-5 at Rebel Springs, I hitchhiked to Charlotte, NC for August Jam. 200,000 - 300,000 people for ALLMAN BROS, ELP and half a dozen others -Marshall Tucker, etc.
1973 was even greater - Rebel Springs and I only remembered Bloodrock. Had thought Z Z Top had been in '74 with MC-5, guess not. Leaves a gap with who was there with MC-5 in '74. 1974 was Summer Jam and I hitched to up-state New York to see The Grateful Dead, The Band, and Allman Bros. Largest ever music festival- 600,000 for 1 day, 2 if you counted the unscheduled "sound check the night before that went on for almost all night! Please, someone help clear up that there was a Rebel Springs in '74 with MC-5 and someone else.Don't remember a festival atmosphere and it wasn't down those logging roads and by a pond like it was in '73, but it was on that same property, but more like a two band concert.
I'm pretty sure MC5 was at Rebel Springs the first year in 1972. I didn't make it that year, but was there all 3 days in 1973. ZZ top had released the Tres Hombres album and it was a major breakthrough period for them nationally. I enjoyed the video hammerhead posted. It brought back many memories.
ReplyDeleteI was there had one of the best times of my life i was 17 don't remember sliding around in the mud . ZZ TOP played the last show fantastic. .hung out with some roadies for the band whiskey river who never showed up bud but we all had a blast. Shout out to old friend who I went there with Carl Lindsay.
ReplyDeleteI was there at 15 years of age for all three days. Remember playing three games of chess with a guy who carried a boa constrictor around in a shaving bag. Games took about six hours to complete. They were intense!
ReplyDeleteI recall the rain starting on the third day when everyone was leaving.
I was there!! Awesome time!! I passed out day three right after ZZ Top played my fav song ‘Chevrolet’. They were searching cars on the way out so we left in the night!! What a beautiful free love three days!! 💟☮️
ReplyDeletei live her in sheridan where the festival was and was told that ted nugent spent the night in jail here for having some weed.
ReplyDeleteI was there all 3 days @ 19. Sketcy memories but remember watching ZZTopp across the pond on their first performance in Arkansas! It was pretty awesome. Arkansas' "Woodstock."
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