Posted on 07/04/2024 12:57:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Loggins and Messina on the bicentennial celebration at Tampa Stadium, July 4, 1976.
Witchy Woman...
It was certainly better times.
1973. Stockton, Ca. Billy Hebert Field. Fleetwood Mac-their show was cut off. Cops tear gassed us.
Didn’t The Beach Boys play the Capitol Mall with Ringo Starr on drums?
It’s hard to believe in two years it’s 250 years.
The Semiquincentennial or the Bisesquincentennial which are awkward.
'74 saw Ten Years After, Joe Cocker, Black Oak Arkansas, ARS and Wet Willie.
And it was damned hot that day out on the field. I think.
last concert I can remember at Tampa stadium before the new stadium before the new new stadium was pink Floyd “welcome to the machine”. before that, concerts were a blur. soon after that I became part of the machine. I really miss those days I don’t really remember much of. the old 60’s saying is “if you remember the 60’s you weren’t really there”. the old saying for the 70’s is....well...can’t remember that one either.
I remember my bicentennial quarters
Dazed and Confused, great movie about that time.
At Tampa Stadium I saw Eagles, Led Zeppelin (before the rain cancellation), Pink Floyd, twice. I saw so much more at the smaller Lakeland Civic Center like Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Moody Blues, Lynyrd Skynyrd (many times), Jimmy Buffett (Many Times). The Bicentennial concert at Tampa Stadium was great though.
I was at the Capitol Mall for the bicentennial. The whole day was amazing. Millions of people filled the Mall all during the day. Everyone wanted to leave at the same minute when the fireworks ended. Even though there was intersection gridlock. slowing traffic for hours, people were in such a happy mood. I don’t recall any bad behavior at all.
Sounds like a great experience and memory.
I was at the Willie Nelson 4th outside of Gonzales, Texas.
Estimated attendance in the upwards of 80,000.
The rambunctious festival of ‘76 could have been in part from such a power packed lineup. Willie, Waylon, Kristofferson, Ernest Tubb, Roger Miller, Jerry Jeff Walker, Leon Russell, Ray Wiley Hubbard, George Jones, David Allen Coe, and more.
Dayum you old
July 4 1976 was also the day/night of the raid on Entebbe. One of the most stunning counter terrrorist operations in history. A number died during the raid and Idi Amin retaliated against Kenyans in his country killing hundreds because Kenya had supported the raid and Israel.
I remember that. I even have some memorial quarters. But really? Carte? Comeon man...
All are welcome to post their 4-July memories. I just started the thread.
I envy anyone who knew the Tampa area on those days. I spent 35+ years in Tampa starting in ‘83. It was a great place to live and raise my sons, but it was also obvious that it was much more special in previous decades.
I remember a bunch of us kids, at the time, in tank tops and short running around doing crazy stuff and swimming in the dough boy pool, or, in Lake Tahoe (where I grew up). Our parents were just sitting around BBQing and drinking Lucky Lager and we would “get a guzzle” of beer from our pops and uncles. We were all church families. About sundown came out the fire works and we would jump through the smoke and sparks. Good times....
That was a great 4th of July. I had a really cool 1776 Teeshirt, we cooked out and drank beer all day then we took about $500 worth of fireworks out on the old green cove springs bridge and set it on fire. Fortunately we managed to put it out and never had to call the fire dept. My cousin ran and hid in my parents house. Good times! 😆
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