The Band

Read Part 1 of our Flashback to Watkins Glen Summer Jam, 1973 As the morning of July 28, 1973 revealed itself, the ground beneath the Watkins Glen, New York State concert site was preparing to hold the weight of 600,000 musical travelers…

It was the Summer of 1973, the ‘Hippie movement’ of the 1960’s still existed, but only in isolated pockets, tucked way in the dusty cobwebbed corners of the counterculture. Groups like the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, and The Band…

Straying from the norm, an instrumental performance of jazz, blues and hard rock might be difficult to pull off successfully if your name wasn’t Jim Weider, but for a man with a resume longer than some of us have been alive, he has the…

Woodstock native Jim Weider heads up the Thruway to present Project Percolator featuring Garth Hudson at The Egg on Saturday, May 18th. Jim Weider talked with about his project, growing up in Woodstock and fondly recalls his time spent as a…

A celebration of music and lives took place on April 19th at Tarrytown Music Hall.  The evening saw musicians take to the stage to play the songs of The Band with perfection.  It was not just any random musicians on stage however, it…