Stompin' 76

August 1976, over 150,000 people attended the ''Stompin' 76'' Bluegrass Festival near Galax, VA.  A lot of the roads leading to the event were backed up with cars & vans, so motorcycle or helicopter ended up being the only way to get to the place. On top of that chaos, the Pagans MC showed up and took over ''security''.

 Below from the official site:

Saturday night in the natural cow pasture amphitheater while Bonnie Raitt performed, over 70,000 folks crammed into the actual concert area. However, due to traffic backups, cars were being parked on the interstate over 11 miles away. People just parking their cars in the right lane and packing there camping items on their backs, kid's wagons, however they could. Huge tracts of farmlands surrounding the little one lane road up to the top of the hill where the site entrance was, were packed and crisscrossed with every kind of vehicle and campsite imaginable.

 Bonnie Raitt wouldn't ride in any helicopter so after a lot of frustration, she jumped on the back of a Harley with her guitar, dress blowing in the breeze- got up that hill to the site pretty fast.

 The lineup was amazing.

 Bonnie Raitt, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass, Vassar Clements, Ry Cooder, John Hartford, Osborne Brothers, The Rowans, John Prine, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Doc & Merle Watson, The Dillards, Hickory Wind, New Grass Revival, Red, White and Bluegrass, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Papa John Creach, David Bromberg, Star Spangled Washboard Band, Eric Weisberg and Deliverance, Grass On The Rocks, Good Ol' Boys, Joe and Bing.