Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A playlist to mark the anniversary of the S.N.A.C.K. Benefit Concert in 1975

A playlist to mark the anniversary of the S.N.A.C.K. Benefit Concert in 1975
This week marked the anniversary of Bill Graham's first major outdoor, multi-artist stadium concert: a benefit for the Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks organization that took place on 3/23/75.

In this playlist you can hear a full five-and-a-half hours of music from that day including some early morning funk from the Tower of Power and Graham Central Station; an all-star jam where Bob Dylan and Neil Young played with members of the Band and the Stray Gators; and sets by the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jefferson Starship, the Doobie Brothers, Eddie Palmieri, and Joan Baez.