One of the great New York musical experiences you could ever have was the Dr. Pepper Concert series at Wollman Rink in Central Park. The Dr. Pepper Concert series was a great outdoor venue during the summer where you could see many of the greatest acts to come out of the 1970’s with tickets going for $4.50 and $2.50. If you did not care to spend the money or could not get a ticket, you could hang out on the rocks just beyond the exterior fence and listen to the music and party with your friends for free. If I remember correctly I believe we spent the Heart concert that night in 1977 on the rocks and they played Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll” as an encore which was obviously a crowd pleaser.

Heart’s “Dreamboat Annie” album received plenty of radio airplay, particularly once “Magic Man” broke big,  making the Wilson sisters  rock and roll stars seemingly overnight.

Kick It Out

Rock on

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