Only shaky, amateur-shot 8mm silent-film clips are found on YouTube. I miss those times, I do. To purchase photos from the Atlantic City Pop Festival, go here. Held August 30 through September 1, 1969, at the Dallas International Motor Speedway in Lewisville, the event was produced in part by Angus Wynne III of Wynne Entertainment. Byron Ga 1970 Atlanta 2nd Pop Festival was the best .. Jimi Hendrix was at peak. We started to weave our way out to go home. One of my favorite BCB articles yet. .and finally, the last festival of the 1960s. He had no special privilages. Hey Jeff,I was definitely there and have lots of photos in which I was looking for Iron Butterfly, but could not find. The bands that stood out to me were; Santana blues band, Chicago Transit Authority & AUM a three piece band that brought the house down with a rendition of Ray Charles, Georgia on my mind, what ever happened to them? Sold $ 170.00 FD 81 Youngbloods Mad River Victor Moscoso 1967 Avalon Ballroom Concert Poster . We need your support because we are a non-profit organization that relies upon contributions from our community in order to record and preserve the history of our state. The paying ticketholders were in the stands but these new invaders were able to go right up to the stage the party had moved on to the infield and the ticketholders came down to party too. I proudly display it with other memorabilia I have from that era. According to the NYT, on July 6 The Newport Jazz Festival was invadedby several hundred young people who broke down a section of the 10-foot wooden fence surrounding Festival Field and engaged in a rock throwing battle with security guards. NYT Newport Jazz report. 1969 Midwest Rock Festival. I met Todd Rundgren in the crowd ! [6], National and international acts performing at the festival included Faces featuring Rod Stewart, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Ten Years After, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Mountain, John Sebastian, the James Gang featuring Joe Walsh, The Flock and The Litter.[1][2][5][7][8]. Of course, linguistically anyway, Atlantic City does not conjure the same mystical /surreal qualities of Woodstock. I dont remember a whole lot of details about that weekend, except not getting a lot of sleep and having the climb the chainlink fence to get ineven though Id bought tickets, theyd been stolen. I definitely remember Jimi Hendrix playing Star Spangled Banner with Janis Joplin onstage.Wild day! Unfortunately, the event does not go as planned and several scheduled acts, including The Byrds and The Youngbloods, do not perform. 51 1969 Festivals +1. He came out wearing white and played the Star Spangled Banner. The next day they snake danced through the campgrounds calling together people who had no tickets. With a combination of shifting wind and re-thrown canisters, tear gas suddenly swept over the crowd. during the concert, I saw a guy walk up to a Cop and ask for a light for his joint. I remember her saying she had just sang the same verse twice and nobody noticed. Standing ovations for all! thats because David Crosby left The Byrds 2 years earlier. Best Classic Bands Editor Jeff Tamarkin has been a prolific music journalist for more than four decades. It actually took place in Hamilton Township at the Atlantic City Race Course. It was (paraphrasing) that people were crawling around under the stage and that there were many wires under there. Michigan governor William Milliken denounced the "deplorable and open sale and use of drugs" at the festival, and called for investigation and prosecution of the "drug pushers" who were present. Crosby was long gone from The Byrds by 1969. I have told many people about AC FESTIVAL not a single person ever heard of it. The event, or "happening" as it might have been called back in . Outside of Michigan maybe no-one has ever heard of Goose Lake, but it was A Big Deal. Biff Rose MCd. Thanks. Great times and some of my friends then went to Woodstock and I wanted to go but that was the weekend I was inducted. Some major groups that wanted to perform could not get in to play. Great story! hot pink Janis mooned right at me. In the middle of nowhere somewhere around London Ontario, he yelled stop this is where Im going. A friend who was going to make the 500-mile drive from Ontario cancelled so went alone in my 63 Corvair Monza, arrived sometime Saturday morning. If Joni had been there she would probably have complained about the mud and how late thr festivalt was running at Woodstock. Your e-mail address will not be published. Every penny counts! In August 1969, a groundbreaking rock festival took place, one of the best ever, witnessed by many thousands of people and featuring an amazing cast of diverse bands. I was still in high school coming from Virginia, so this was a long time ago. They also tried to breach the gates and security fences. [9] Michigan attorney general Frank J. Kelley said "I think we have seen the first and last rock concert of that size in Michigan".[9]. But nothing was as bad as the foretellers of doom had predicted. [Vancouver Sun], San Jose State University football practice field. [4] The festival was known for widespread, openly visible drug sales[4] and public nudity. According to the rumors, this Woodstock thing was going to be really something surely Dylan would be there because he and The Band lived up there and all of these other bands some people were sure that the Beatles would be getting back together for it and no one would have been surprised if Jesus returned for this event that we all knew would be some big party.. The scheduled list of bands was even longer than the number that actually played Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck and the Bob Seger System were scheduled on Sunday, but rain canceled many of that days performances. What a time that was! All my friends who shared it with me are now mostly just memories of a distant past and a time when we were Young and free. Flying Burrito Brothers (replacement for above), Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA. At any rate it shows what a gentleman he was for humouring me so many years later. Announcer Chip Monck should be credited with calming the crowd that day as the tear gas came into the stadium. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. I had never heard of them. To get to Woodstockwe took a bus from NY to Bethel. I collect sixties posters and this one is truly rare. Also other data will not be shared with third person. [9] Jackson County sheriff Charles Southworth estimated that "75% of the youths were on drugs"[9], Extensive newspaper coverage concentrated on the open drug sales and use at the festival. The Festival was at a drag strip outside of West Palm Beach. I dont remember Winter but Ill take your word for it. DJ John Peel. Had to walk home in the middle of the night as no one would give me a ride. [6], John Laycock of the Windsor Star praised the festival, writing that "The Organization Men of Goose Lake have resurrected the spirit of Woodstock without the discomforts" and that "the giant amphitheatre was superbly equipped." I dont remember who most of the bands were except for a few that I had followed because I thought they were important such as Richie Havens and Frank Zappa. He threatened to herd alligators toward the crowd, gathered on a grassy field at the Palm Beach International Raceway. I camped there as well as hundreds of others. Maybe at another festival but not that one. I was there, too and remember Joni very well. By the way, they were quite good. Yeah but that was some instrumental. Missed this one!My first was a 2 day,Toronto,June of69. The appearance of John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band was not publicly known in advance. Talk of law suits against Valley State College seeking liability for property damage was bandied about, and, eventually, an ordinance was presented to the City Council that sought greater authority to control such events as the Devonshire Downs Newport 69 Pop Music Festival.. He was just hanging out with the crowd. Capacity. I was there, too. WHAT IS TRAFFIC JAM'IN? Some bad voodoo there. Easy to do with the hindsight of wisdom that comes with age. The festival will take place March 31-April 2nd, 2023, at Palisades Tahoe. Please contact the event . Of course it WAS 48 years ago! All Rights reserved. Lothar and the Hand People did a great version of Danny and the Juniors hit At the Hop. We'll send you a couple of emails per month, filled with fascinating history facts that you can share with your friends. We had the best time of our lives. Santana was new to me. I threw a fit because I wanted to see my beloved Jefferson Airplane. I wish now I had gone. Festival will be held at the Grass Lake Community Events Park; 5K Run / Walk will be held Friday, July 8th (Register here)Car Show will be held Saturday, July 9th from 12PM to 4PM (Registration is $5) Woodstock, the iconic festival that rocked New York, took place the weekend of August 15-18, 1969. I called my friends to come and get me so I could go too, but they had better sense and kept me from ruining my life and going AWOL. Keep on writing this stuff! The Mothers were powerful! Paul Manson passed away on the last day of 2015, spending an even 60 years on the planet. Procol Harem played Thus Sprach Zarathustra w a live Moog synth unheard of at the time! More than 25,000 young people from all over Canada and the Pacific Northwest rocked their way through the holiday weekend here peacefully. Page created - June 21, 2012. With his father, he finds investors to buy a sleepy pizza joint at 3138 Fillmore, in the Marina District, renames it the Matrix and decorates the club with murals in a new, hip style. Saw two people I went to school with . I was still recovering from that experience 2 weeks later when Woodstock went off. Best line up ever. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-international-pop-festival-1969. It was the only time The Doors and Led Zeppelin were on the same bill. Joe Cocker, Mothers, and some others. It was an amazing weekend of music. That's the way it should be! But for years I wondered, where was the music? Was it possible that the promoters had let millions of dollars worth of sound waves just escape? 1969 near White Lake a hamlet of Bethel, New York. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. (I missed the one flight out to go see LefZeppelen @ Torontos ROCKPILE [stayed 4 Hendrix]. As the stage stated to turn, The Byrds started their set with Turn Turn Turn . Nobody chased me but I soon got mixed up and ended up near the detroit-windsor border where I picked up a hitchhiker wearing Army fatigues. What a way to celebrate!) In August 1969, a groundbreaking rock festival took place, one of the best ever, witnessed by many thousands of people and featuring an amazing cast of diverse bands.No, I'm not talking about Woodstock, although that one wasn't bad either. me 15 him 16. Had no idea what was going on until the back door opened and there stood two NJ State Troopers. Detroit rock historian David A. Carson wrote that "drugs took center stage"[9] at Goose Lake, and that the park was "reminiscent of Attica" because of the barbed wire topped perimeter fence. We then walked the last 10 or so miles, all of which took about 12 hours. It was a great weekend. Looking Glass didnt have Brandy until 1972 and were definitely not at Atlantic City. Record store owner Dave Bernath remembered, "The band would literally hit their last note, say 'thank you' and 'goodbye,' they spun around and the next band started within a minute in seconds! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. King, and Led Zeppelin. Photo from Duane Blalock. I did regret not seeing the Who, but since I had seen them live a few times already, I didnt feel completely cheated out of the experience. Still have my peace pin purchased at the festival for $5. Photo from Duane Blalock. I was broken hearted when she walked off. Is it a music festival? King, Chuck Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mongo Santamaria, and David Ruffin. Booker T. and Little Richard (with Janis dancing on stage) were my favorite acts. Medium flatstock flyer is in near mint (A-) condition . Forty nine years eleven months ago I was asked to be Security Chief at Palm Beach Pop Fest. The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. At one point on the opening day, in fact, a stage announcement was made to the effect that those who were worried about being busted for drugs could chill; there were probably a few narcs among the crowd but they were unlikely to cause any problems. I had been monitoring the news reports about Woodstock being on again off again so my buddies and I opted for AC Pop. The crowd felt bad and cheered her back to the stage. Watch as Santa arrives at the Depot on a firetruck, enjoy breakfast with Santa, or find him around town for photos! When my boyfriend started talking about doing it all over again and heading to Woodstock, I just flat-out said no way!. He is still performing today (somewhat mellowed since then) and lives in Austin, TX. I got back to Philly by bus because I didnt want to get stuck there overnight by missing the last bus. [2], The stage was built on a large, revolving turntable with two performance spaces so that the previous band could disassemble its gear and the next band set up while the current band was performing. Required fields are marked *. 10 AM - 3 PM. An Aquarian Exposition: Three Days of Peace and Music, was a three-day concert (which managed to roll into a fourth day) that took place on August 15 through 18, 1969, at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in the town of Bethel just outside White Lake, New York. It was so Wow. He was upset. The poster etc. lol. Thanks Jeff for a well written piece.I was there with a few friends for the whole gig.The music was great but the stories that happened all around you were just crazy.I smile every time something pops up about it.It was classic in many many ways. It was so late that I missed the last train to the suburbs (Media, PA). The gal who said Jimi H was there probably saw him at the Atlanta Pop Fest the next year, July 1970..played a killer Star Spangled Banner at midnight with fireworks resembling our flag. Learn how your comment data is processed. Thanks! Johnny Winter, Canned Heat, Backwards Sam Firk,Bukka White,Carla and Rufus Thomas, Insect Trust, Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods, Nathan Beauregard Sun Smith and the Beale Street Five, Elder Lonnie McIntorsch, Sleepy John Estes Blues Band, Lum Guffin, The World Greatest Jazz Band, Albert King, The Bar-Kays with Toni Mason, Jo-Ann Kelley, Furry Lewis, Slim Harpo, Rev. Those were the days! I let my part=timers at Wawa go to Woodstock and the tradeoff was my going to AC. . I waited and waited and they never showed.so disappointed! Consequently, music enthusiasts from all over the United States, and from numerous foreign countries, poured into Lewisville to pay the admission fee of $6.50 a day. Anybody with memories of the Miami Pop Festival? You are right! I always tell people about this festival because it was so awesome. She tried her best rocker but couldnt get the crowd with her so she said I cant do this and walked off. Astrologers, painters, artists, craftsmen, and leather workers; sellers of incense, T-shirts, jewelry, and candles; and food vendors all peddled their wares. I remember Joni Mitchell walking off the stage. Then walked off stage. Bands that did perform: The Doors,Them, AliceCooper, Rockin Foo, J Geils Band, Peter, River, Truth, The Bumps, and Zu. Winters jammed with the guitar players and scatted with Janis. BTW, Santana was announced as the Santana Blues Band , not Santa Ana. Is your name Mark? There were restrooms and showers every 500 feet, medical staff, motorcycle and dune buggy trails, a lake with a beach,[2] and also the "longest slide in the world". Lighthouse doing Eight Miles High. The Aug. 7-9, 1970, festival brought some 200,000 members of the 1960s youth counterculture to Jackson County from all across the country. She did a couple of duets with Little Richard at the end, but no Jimi. Bull Frog Lake Rock Festival was held July 4,5,6,1969 at Bull Frog Lake Trailer Park Oregon City, Oregon. "It was the festival of no sleep," Baton Rouge native Paul Waguespack says. Its kind of like The Festival of Hope a great music festival but almost unknown except to the lucky ones like myself who were there. Music Highlights from Traffic Jam'In . Woodstock was a music festival held on August 15, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000 and is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history. So, kind of like the Laura Nyro scenario at Monterey, right?? Stood a few feet from Janis Joplin before she went on stage. Having Little Richard close was perfect, bringing rock back to its roots. First time I saw real raw hippies and they struck me as pretty weird. On Friday night Iron Butterfly encouraged the crowd to bring down the fence which they did. Procol Harum kind of made up for it. In the summer of 1970, the Goose Lake International Music Festival was held in Jackson, Michigan, and attracted over 200,000 fans. Though it was free, it, like the famous Woodstock festival, organizers did not intend it to be so. : 3 Days of Peace and Music. Richard Songer, Russ Gibb, Tom Wright. Its been a long time but what I recall was that Joni Mitchell followed Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth and they rocked out. He was on the left stage where Joplin performed. Your comments are quite correct, unlike some I have read. 'Enjoying the MeadowGrass Music Festival' Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative. Over 20,000 attended. The kind Cop obliged! Great story! Held in Harlem at Mount Morris (now Marcus Garvey) Park, it was a self-consciously urban affair, a concert series rather than a one-off, and already in its third year. I still have the scar and fine memories of the music and lightshow from that weekend. The reason is that they actually were once called Santana Blues Band. AMAZING. There is also a Winter Market with Seasonal Keepers vendors, food trucks, fire . I was there with a friend! And even though it occurred at the tail end of the 60s, the use of LSD and marijuana seemed much less prominent or at least less open. B.B. About 15 years ago, through an intermediary I got an email through to Larry Magid, the chief promoter who had gone on to become the king of concert promoters in Philly. The cops and security had a hard time getting to the infield, then he ran around in circles as they chased him, much to the amusement of the crowd. Listen on Spotify: Playlist inc. Get more details. Weird how everyone remembers Woodstock instead: must be the much-shown film. Go on a Cookie Tour all around the Village or visit the lighted Fairy Forest. Tickets for the W.C. The New York Times, which the year before had become the first mainstream newspaper to hire a full-time rock critic, initially sent just one reporter to cover the festival in August . . I was there as well, probably more great Bands played there in 3 days than any other festival ever. I got so burnt. Yea, it totally blew me away. The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in Woodstock, New York. I remember them as being very early in the concert, like Friday afternoon. The Market is located within the new Pavilion at Grass Lake Community Events Park, 120 Brown Street, (next to the Car Wash) in downtown Grass Lake. Crystal Grand Music Theatre: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States: Aug 25, 2022 . YES! This was the 2nd year for the festival, with the first, the Newport Pop Festival, had been held in Costa Mesa, CA. No, she was mildly booed after leaving the stage. Id love to see those AC pictures. Bought some acid from a dude and it hit when creedence walked onto the stage. GRASS LAKE Heritage Festival. Zappa gave the crowd the finger after most of his songs. [2] The lead promoter was Richard Songer, a wealthy 35-year-old man who had been successful in the construction business. Performers (likely): The Ace of Cups, All Men Joy, Birth, Beggars Opera, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Boz Scaggs, Chocolate Watchband, Crabs, Crow, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, Devine Madness, Denver, The Doobie Brothers, Elgin Marble, Flamin Groovies, Frumious Bandersnatch, Gentle Dance, Greater Carmichael Traveling Street Band, Glass, Mountain, High Country, Jefferson Airplane, Joy of Cooking, Last Mile, Libras, Lamb, Living Color, Linn County, Mother Ball, Morning Glory, Mad River, Mt. Kept me awake for nearly a day during which I managed to find the New York State Turnpike going north, approaching a roll of toll booths and picking the line that was empty and blasting through it without slowing down. Its a shame no one talks about this festival. I thought it was great, except that we had to wait until after noon for the gates to open for each day. If I remember correctly, she followed Procol Harum , with Robin Trower . Among the bands playing were:BB King, The Band, Santana, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Johnny Winter, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, Sweetwater, Vanilla Fudge, Hugh Masakela, Amboy Dukes, The Turtles, Biff Rose, Tony Joe White, and Celebration. I thought her walking off was cheesy but, I was not that big a Joni fan. With Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty. B.B. The show featured Iron Butterfly, King Crimson (Robin Fripp and Greg Lake), Jefferson Airplane, Rotary Connection (Minnie Ripperton), PG&E, Rolling Stones, Vanilla Fudge, Janis Joplin and Her Full Tilt Boogie Band, Johnny Winters, and others. Kept running into people from the neighborhood in Brooklyn. Od 10 let se vnuju hudb, he na kytaru a poslechu hudby. So yeah for 50 minuets he played an incredible set of progressive rock. No trees inside, no shade, Fourth of July in Georgia. Chartered a bus in Montreal with 50 others and made great memories. October 10, 1969: Amon Duul II, Hardin & York, Keef Hartley Blues Band, Champion Jack Dupree & Shades, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Alexis Korner & New Church, Steamhammer, Muddy Waters, Taste, Shades. [3] To keep gate crashers out, the site was surrounded by a high chain-link fence topped by barbed wire. Laycock mentioned the performances of Frost, Savage Grace, Chicago, The Flock, Jethro Tull, John Sebastian, Faces, Ten Years After, Mountain and The Flying Burrito Brothers as particularly memorable. Saturdays schedule mixed jazz acts such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck with others including John Mayall and Sly & the Family Stone. Is it a car show? It was fortunate that the fence that had been erected to keep the crowd from the field was torn down by the crowd on Friday night. May 4, 2022. Lother and the Hand People were the second band that weekend they followed Aum. We were all choking on some kind of powder that was in the air! Must have had a good time in AC. The Atlantic City Pop Festival isn't as well known as that "other" classic rock event that took place that summer. Joe Cocker was even more animated than at Woodstock The Byrds played without Crosby. 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