TENSION AT THE FAIRVIEW, WILDWOOD NJ, SUMMER OF 1973 AND 1974

From Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day week, we played seven nights a week during the summer of 1973 and 1974. Every week a different crowd of people would shuffle from one rock club to another on Pacific Avenue and surrounding area. Many clubs, bands to choose. Always had a job playing with the band back then. Philly area and South Jersey shore filled with clubs and entertainment all year long. Most of those clubs are gone.....

[@michaelvernacchio5678]

Played The Fairview with Bare Moon , house band for the summer of ‘72. Great memories-thanks for sharing.

[@Mike-ys7rh]

Thanks for the great memories….enjoyed the music there after spending hours across the street at the Shamrock…Wildwood will never be the same!

[@ipenguin3918]

I worked construction the summer '73 in the Crest. You needed a baseball mitt to catch all the flying beer battles at the intersection where the Shamrock was.

[@bonnies9861]

Great video! Wild pictures ~ what fun!!! Thanks for sharing JIm!!

[@MDOurMD]

I spent the summer of '74 in Wildwood, and although I was too young to go into the bars, I still had a blast. Great memories.

[@jgreaser60]

Thanks for the comment 😎

[@mikewillett5076]

All of those places are now gone, some recently.

[@Cheryl-em1ed]

Love love this ❤ I grew up this era

[@trooperchuckash]

What great memories! The photos are priceless! Thanks for sharing some fun times. I Remember the band and the music like it was yesterday.

[@jgreaser60]

You're welcome. Thanks to WWW and RUclips, couldn't share without technology...

[@OdetteOliveira-cb8fq]

All those clubs are gone!!! I remember my older cousins going to those clubs when we would go down in the mid to late 70’s - ww was vibing!!!

[@donnafromnyc]

I remember as a kid being fascinated by the clubs and the music spilling out onto the street. Way too young then to go in, and by the time I was legal, the music had changed and I was no longer interested in the atmosphere. I saw a lot of personalities at the Surf Club in the 1960s as the owners had a 'mature' entertainment policy and was a real sit down club that a mom could bring minor children to--Bobby Rydell, Frank Sinatra Jr., and in a last minute fill in, actor Pat O'Brien who filled every performance with his Hollywood stories and Irish humor!

[@mdezii]

Wow. 7 nights a week. In summer of 1974 I performed with Sal Masi and the Untouchables 7 nights a week at the Lucky Club. :)

[@chrisflocco8084]

Back when the bard were open til 5am. And Romero Pizza across from the Shamrock Cafe was open til 7am.

[@stevejoshua9536]

I spent a lot of time, and probably some money, at the Shamrock, Fairview, Oasis, & Maggie Mae's, during the summers of '73, '74, '75, & '76. Any of my old compadres here who worked at Read & Son Sandwich Shop on The Boardwalk, give me a shout-out !

[@mphays]

$5.50 to see Elton John!?! That's outrageous! Anything over $4.75 and they're just gouging you.

[@trooperchuckash]

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[@gregggoss2210]

Wow! Jethro Tull and Yes on the same bill. Please someone turn the clock back. Thanks for uploading this.