Texxas Jam '78 Documentary coming out this year

[Don]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU_2e7E-GJw

On July 4th weekend in 1978, almost 100,000 people crammed into the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX on the hottest day of the decade to watch their favorite bands. It was the first time a stadium rock show of this magnitude had ever been held in the south. It was the first of decades of stadium rock shows. Van Halen, Heart, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Journey, Eddie Money, Walter Egan, Headeast, Frank Marino, Cheech and Chong, and more!!!

[tater1977]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU_2e7E-GJw

On July 4th weekend in 1978, almost 100,000 people crammed into the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX on the hottest day of the decade to watch their favorite bands. It was the first time a stadium rock show of this magnitude had ever been held in the south. It was the first of decades of stadium rock shows. Van Halen, Heart, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Journey, Eddie Money, Walter Egan, Headeast, Frank Marino, Cheech and Chong, and more!!!

Looking forward to this..

[brandonx76]

Was Sammy Hagar a part of the show? (looks like he's part of the documentary).

[jrny84]

Cool! I just read that the documentary right now is sort of in limbo. It might be released as a DVD. Here is the article.


http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairp ... that_t.php

Here is an excerpt from July 2011:

"Earlier I'd asked Hedenberg if there was a time line for release. He just sent this:
It depends on what VH1 comes back with. And if we get the chance to pitch Sony that could be a game changer too. But realistically its only 52 minutes, and Sony is already talking to Krebs about his live footage. Except we have the interviews. If VH1 passes then we'll just go straight to DVD or film fests by end of summer. We have a meeting in a couple of weeks. We get a pretty consistent stream of emails every year wanting to know if we're done. Yes, we're done. Now we're just trying to get it out to everyone and cover our asses. Licensing hits from all those bands from the '70s was a lot more than we had anticipated."

[tater1977]

I read something about the Texxas Jam 78 in either Hagar
or Tylers books from last year. Will have to go check out
which one now..

[epresley]

Very cool, I went to several Texxas Jam's back in the day-

[Rick]

Very cool, I went to several Texxas Jam's back in the day-

I just went to one. 1983. Was a hot sonofabitch out there. Fun though.

[AR]

I'll pick a copy of this up!

[SF-Dano]

Back in HS, if I recall correctly (foggy), a buddy of mine had an album of tunes from what I think was this Texas Jam. Really good performances by all. Recall Frank Marino standing out.

Would be call to see/hear this again.

[Rockindeano]

Cool! I just read that the documentary right now is sort of in limbo. It might be released as a DVD. Here is the article.


http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairp ... that_t.php

Here is an excerpt from July 2011:

"Earlier I'd asked Hedenberg if there was a time line for release. He just sent this:
It depends on what VH1 comes back with. And if we get the chance to pitch Sony that could be a game changer too. But realistically its only 52 minutes, and Sony is already talking to Krebs about his live footage. Except we have the interviews. If VH1 passes then we'll just go straight to DVD or film fests by end of summer. We have a meeting in a couple of weeks. We get a pretty consistent stream of emails every year wanting to know if we're done. Yes, we're done. Now we're just trying to get it out to everyone and cover our asses. Licensing hits from all those bands from the '70s was a lot more than we had anticipated."

I see you live on the Florida and Michigan border. I assume it is a bit colder on the northern side of your crib eh dude?

[Rockindeano]

Very cool, I went to several Texxas Jam's back in the day-

I just went to one. 1983. Was a hot sonofabitch out there. Fun though.

Pussy.

[Rick]

Very cool, I went to several Texxas Jam's back in the day-

I just went to one. 1983. Was a hot sonofabitch out there. Fun though.

Pussy.

The lineup sucked, unless your biggest aspirations were Styx. They headlined that show. Along with them were Sammy Hagar, solo, and Ted Nugent, which was a big treat, because he came out on the stage, blasting his guitar, slipped and fell flat on his ass on some water, but never missed a beat. That was pretty fucking great. Hagar was the best part of the whole show though. He was a wild man.

[cudaclan]

It required three road crewmembers to carry Frank Marino's pedal board. Minimal footage of Mahogany Rush is available for the Texxas Jam '78 concert (bootlegs excluded). When both toured together, Uncle Ted was not a "nice" person to Frank Marino. I am refraining myself for the true words. One memorable concert moment I have of TN was his infestuous habit of spitting in the crowd, purposely.