I was standing about 20 feet from them while Crosby was screaming this is a f-n pop festival! Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. I was never aware of this festival prior to this article. He was on the left stage where Joplin performed. Its been frustrating not to find much history written about it. Founded by. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . I also took some silent footage but I have no idea what happened to it. 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. I was a bit nave and didnt know I should have gotten there a day or two early. Fantastic weekend. Then after the concert was over there was a massive traffic jam. All three bands came out on stage and jammed. To see the Airplane and CCR alone made it worthwhile. Angry enough to want to show everyone what he could do with a guitar. From a 2009 Palm Beach Post article:Then-Palm Beach County Sheriff Bill Heidtman vowed to make life miserable for the free-loving, pot-smoking, anti-establishment youngsters who were coming to the Palm Beach Pop Festival. A week later, Robert Wilkinson, a Los Angeles City Councilman representing Northridge, led the call for immediate inquiries to determine what can the city do to prevent another disgraceful melee such as occurred outside Devonshire Downs last week. The events promoter, Mark Robinson, along with his attorneywho happened to be his father, Mark Robinson, Sr.were hauled into an emergency session of the police commission, as was Robert Deem, the Downs manager, and Captain Al Lembke. With Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty. Largemouth bass, northern pike and tiger musky can be found in the shallow weedy area along the North shore and in the southern arm of the lake. No further rock festivals took place at Goose Lake. To be ONE with 70,000 on their feet waving the Peace sign for Janis was unforgettable. The third act was a Philadelphia band American Dream who had Al Cooper playing with them that day. The next night after Mike Bloomfield and Harvey Mandel jammed with Canned Heat, both were offered Vestine's spot in the band's line-up, which Mandel accepted) Line-up: (July 29, 1969 - May 1970) Bob (The Bear) Hite - vocals, harp. I was there, too. I was there. Harvey (The Snake) Mandel - guitar. [3] In the summer of 1970, the Goose Lake International Music Festival was held in Jackson, Michigan, and attracted over 200,000 fans. I was there with my cousin. Grass Lake, a once sleepy farming community has grown to be a thriving area with over 6,000 residents, many new businesses, a revitalized downtown and village, a state-of-the-art high school, enlarged elementary and middle school facilities, a new sports and trails park in Grass Lake Township, several new housing developments, a dental center and two medical centers. Ha! The Atlantic City Pop Festival took place in 1969 on August 1, 2 and 3rd at the Atlantic City race track, two weeks before Woodstock Festival. Also, I take exception to the authors comment that there was No Camping Allowed. I miss those times, I do. Acts included Family, David Bowie, Brian Auger Trinity, King Crimson, The Strawbs, and Roy Harper. Best account ever of this nearly forgotten music fest. Billy Mack & The Juke Joint Johnnies. Most who attended the festival camped on the adjacent 10,000-acre lakefront. . We came late because she was was working that night at the Dairy Barn in Woodbury Heights so we only saw a couple of bands. lol. There is almost no existing film footage or audio from the entire weekend in circulation; a YouTube search yields a few grainy, silent clips and less than a minute of Janis Joplin singing. Notable Detroit area bands performing included Bob Seger, the MC5, The Stooges, Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder, Brownsville Station, Savage Grace, Third Power and SRC. I collect sixties posters and this one is truly rare. Those riding in the back kept the door open a few inches so we could all breathe. [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]. Never dampened the spirits! Those were the days! Spent two or three nights, cant remember exactly, sleeping on the grass but nobody bothered me. I also have to say it was the first time that I got to see a Latin,Jazz, rock band called Santana what a great show, one time in my young life age 14 I will never forget! 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? Please contact the event . Tickets for the W.C. Crosby was kicked out of the Byrds not long after Monterey pop festival for his habit of making political statements when Introducing certain songs and for joining another group on stage at Monterey after being asked or told not to by Byrds leader Roger McGuinn . [7] Tom Wright, who was responsible for staging and logistics at the festival, including design of the revolving stage, reported that it had gone off "virtually hitch free". (& Day 2, Aug 2, was my birthday! And a buton. If youre a newBest Classic Bandsreader, wed be grateful if you would Like ourFacebookpage and/or bookmark ourHome page. played their entire 1st album, introducing 16-year-old drummer Mike Shrieve to the world!, as did Chicago Transit Authority, whom most hadnt yet heard of. Also remember Chambers Bros. must be video if that was running. B.B. I had come down from our seats to the stage area at night for Janis Joplin and stayed for Little Richard who closed out Saturday night (80% sure about the night). But lucky me, I did get to see the other decade defining event. In the August heat! 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. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> I was there and remember everyone being great except Join Mitchell! Panfish tend to be numerous and stunted but are . Many thanks for this article. 1970. The cops that pulled us over somewhere in NY thought so too. I was there all day Sunday. I was just about recovered from the Atlantic City festival the previous weekend, and I said, No thanks man, I just did that thing. As we pulled back onto the highway, the troopers had their lights still flashing and followed us for a while. What a fun time that was! Yes, I remember Aum being pretty great too. Yes, thats exactly how I remember her set. I saw a kids bicycle and Hey I had to do what I had to do. Remember he jumped off stage and landed on his back Going back we walked some, hitched a ride to the Bethel Greyhound office, slept on the sidewalk until the bus camesound like fun to you? Dallas Morning News, August 7, 29, 30, 31, 1969. Thanks for writing about this festival. 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. Your email address will not be published. As a matter of fact, the festival is so obscured in history that there remains some doubt as to who actually did and didnt perform. I've done a separate blog entries for each one and festival title is a link you can find out more them. The community was outraged, and determined that this sort of debacle wouldnt happen again. Then you look back, say your what ifs. : 3 Days of Peace and Music. It was an amazing weekend of music. I was able to work, catch a bus enjoy some great music and get back to go work. Camped out nearby and remember the relief with the fire trucks doused the crowd to the oppressive heat. I didnt know about a lot of these that summer. This is an aerial photo of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival held on 600 acres of cow pasture leased from a farmer at White Lake in Bethel, Sullivan County, N.Y., in Aug. 1969. Then walked off stage. I drove to Woodstock from Vt in my 61 Beetle which I had painted up with poster paint, done by the kids in the local rec program I was running that summer. Wow, cool. 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. The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. A Texas Historical Marker commemorating the event was erected near the site of the festival in 2010. The 2022 Festival of Lights is set for Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. A ticket for all three shows cost $15 (or single days for $6) and allowed the holder either a seat in the stands or the right to roam the open field in front of the stage. [4] The festival was known for widespread, openly visible drug sales[4] and public nudity. Due to the excessive summer heat, water trucks periodically doused those on the ground; the rest of us baked. Joni wasnt booed off, but stopped on her own and left the stage. The reason is that they actually were once called Santana Blues Band. CSN were billed on the marquee, but sadly for all, didnt show. Its lineup included, besides jazz, Friday evening appearances by rock groups Jeff Beck, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull. I too was at AC Pop and it was a seminal event in my musical history I had seen AUM about 3 months earlier at the original Electric Factory in Philly, opening for Iron Butterfly I believe, so I knew of them and had purchased their Resurrection album. Although the promoters anticipated a crowd of over 200,000, actual attendance for the three days was more like 120,000. Based on your name.T.O. Promoter Richard Songer was indicted for promoting the sale of drugs. I guess neither of us were the adventurous type. I still have the scar and fine memories of the music and lightshow from that weekend. That's the way it should be! I (we ) were so blessed to live in these times and to have these experiences. Its a real shame this festival isnt better known. I didnt stay the whole weekend, but it was really amazing. Auction inside Grass Lake Depot; Craft show; Food trucks; Live Music; Petting zoo; Car show * Experience Jackson is not responsible for errors or omissions in the event information. Every dollar helps. Saturdays schedule mixed jazz acts such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck with others including John Mayall and Sly & the Family Stone. As billed, the Carlos Santana Blues Band (2 wks later, the short name was carved in stone, & history!) (I dont recall seeing him.). 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. Sky River Festival 1969 AOR 3.8 "Mud People" Event Poster But even if Atlantic City didnt gin up the cultural resonance of Woodstock, on a pure musical level it was actually, in some ways, the more diverse festival. Interest in the Texas International Pop Festival remained years after the event. I was broken hearted when she walked off. What was commonly referred to as 'Woodstock' was actually called An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y . Approximately 100,000 people attended. Goose Lake Park was built on 390 acres of land,[4] with a budget of $1 million, and was billed as the "world's first permanent festival site". Zappa, Creedence and Buckley did though. We crossed the border and headed east towards Toronto. 2022 Traffic Jam'In Title Sponsor . Michael Lang has passed away. Notts County Football Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. As it was held at a horse racing track, AC Pop undeniably put out a very different vibe than that of Woodstock. I also wonder whatever became of them. Chris Gray, The Forgotten Festival: The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival, Houston Press (http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-09-03/music/the-forgotten-festival/), accessed November 27, 2011. No regrets, Just memories, fond memories. I remember being there on Saturday night with the girl I had been madly (and one widely) in love with since 1961 when we both in sixth grade. Bought some acid from a dude and it hit when creedence walked onto the stage. Almost got run over in my sleeping bag when people started driving across the grass to avoid the stalled traffic. I remember Joni walking off because no one was listening Hey I realized she sang the verse twice what should I have done yelled Hey Joni you screwed up Such a diva huh? I got back to Philly by bus because I didnt want to get stuck there overnight by missing the last bus. Great reading the article & 44 comments above. It was one of those strange festivals which seem to have slipped into obscurity despite drawing a huge number of people, estimated a 200,000. I loved Dr. John (the Night Tripper) singing Mannish Boy and being in awe of Janis Joplin in her hot pink outfit! Held at the University of Oregons Hayward Field on July 26, 1969. It was the only performance photo I took, unfortunately. Check out our music festival 1969 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Got No Shoes, Got No Blues, a video of some of the musical acts at the festival, was also available, as well as reproductions of festival posters and programs. 1969 Midwest Rock Festival. Before they pulled away, one said over the loud speaker, You look groovy and gave us the peace sign. And he knew of no bootlegs, which certainly would have emerged by now. Best Classic Bands Editor Jeff Tamarkin has been a prolific music journalist for more than four decades. Billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music," the epic event become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. When they broke into Time Has Come Today, I nearly lost mind. The festival was extensively advertised through radio and newspapers and was promoted at Woodstock. Atlantic City, emceed by singer-songwriter Biff Rose, also hosted several quirky acts that never journeyed north two weekends later: a still somewhat unknown Dr. John in his guise as the Night Tripper; the avant-garde Lothar and the Hand People. Music 5K Vendors Contact TRAFFIC JAM'IN 2022 JULY 8 & 9. I got so burnt. No, Im not talking about Woodstock, although that one wasnt bad either. When the festival was first being put together,Led Zeppelin was still gaining momentum. What a magical weekend that was! LOL Good time, good people GREAT MUSIC!! Amazingly, they just shook their heads then let us move on. As I was having a fag outside on the sidewalk he came through the door and I mentioned that I had heard him in AC. And Janis said she would sing to stop the rain, and it did stop. Progressive music was just not her thing though so we wound up leaving before the Jefferson Airplane had even finished. Get more details. Due to the tremendous support of local agencies, foundations, businesses, and individual donors coupled with the diligent efforts of our volunteer board of directors, committees and volunteers, our yearly event becomes a memorable reality, and a pure grassroots extravaganza! I was 14 and my dad took me and my younger brother, on the condition that I promise not to go to Woodstock. I was there with a few friends. December 3, 2022 | 8:00 AM-8:00 PM. My memories are of great shows by Santanta, CTA, CCR and the Chambers Bros. No- Hendrix was not there. Learn how your comment data is processed. As it happened, they never got further than the great Thruway Jam, so its just as well I didnt ride along. Oh those good ole days. A great festival! Two weeks later I and some of the same friends went up to Woodstock with even less success. 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. Instead I listened to the radio all weekend and dreamed. I threw a fit because I wanted to see my beloved Jefferson Airplane. Total attendance of about 45,000. King, and Led Zeppelin. The poster etc. So we watched some of the performances from afar and some on the TV screens in the grand stand. B. Thats exactly what happened my husband and I were there too. The New York City Parks Department and Maxwell House co-sponsored the series. She turned and smiled at me as I snapped her photo. Festival lineup (2023): deadmau5 & Kaskade, Eric Prydz, Charlotte de Witte, Armin van Buuren, Excision, Porter Robinson, Grimes. 60,000. Johnny Winter jams with The Allman Brothers Band on the ABB Live at the Atlanta Intl Pop Festival set, so Im pretty sure he was there. Really cool band named AUM stood out as well. Medium flatstock flyer is in near mint (A-) condition . Yeah but that was some instrumental. He came out wearing white and played the Star Spangled Banner. Contact Grass Lake Traffic Jam'In on Messenger. Crosby was a disruptive force in the band . I missed AC, got within a few miles of Woodstock. A shout out to the gang who shared those wonderous 3 days with me Squid, Weed, Geez, Cindy, and beautiful Sonny (Sonya). Chartered a bus in Montreal with 50 others and made great memories. I remember AUM rocking the crowd (never heard of them before or after only 3 guys) and seeing their lead guitarist jumping into the crowd in front of the stage. 200,000. I stood for 3 days! 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. Hendrix wasnt there a few other Woodstock greats, but in all, it was about the same show for all 3 days complete with thunderstorms, rain & lotsa soggy people & sleeping bags! On Saturday afternoon in the blazing heat we stood in line for food and drink. Narodil jsem se 6.12.1969 v Praze a vystudoval gymnzium Ohradn a pot VE, obor Zahranin obchod. 'Enjoying the MeadowGrass Music Festival' Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative. I found it amazing that she wrote Woodstock when she wasnt there. [NYT article]. I also was told that Little Richard was the replacement for Crosby Stills and Nash by my friend that was a musician in NJ (never made it but knew a great deal about music and bands). Required fields are marked *. News articles at the time often referred to the festival as Louisiana's version of the Woodstock Music and . It really was a matter of her following the wrong act, the crowd wasnt ready to be mellow. First time I saw real raw hippies and they struck me as pretty weird. More than 25,000 young people from all over Canada and the Pacific Northwest rocked their way through the holiday weekend here peacefully. jeden z nejdle fungujcch DJs na R1, modertor hudebnch poad, hudebn redaktor a promotr. Wed made a hand-painted, very colorful sign that said Atlantic City or Bust and hung it above the truck cab. It was one of the best years. We'll send you a couple of emails per month, filled with fascinating history facts that you can share with your friends. I have a home at the Jersey shore so Ive been back to the track a couple times over the years just to stand there and reminisce. I remember a lot of woo woo sounds and not what I considered real music at the time. After The Doors played, Led Zeppelin. There wasnt organized camping but we set up camp along with our car right outside the race track. Concert was great. Photo from Duane Blalock. I can find very little about the festival other than it did actually happen. 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. Includes more tracks from the whole festival, not just the documentary movie. The festival attracted approximately 150,000. Favorite acts include Janis Joplin, Airplane, CCR, Santana, Joe Cocker and Booker T. & The MGs (who were supposed to be at Woodstock, but drummer Al,Jackson, Jr. refused to get on the helicopter), I also was there and Lother and the Hand People did indeed play, Was there & was excited to See Lothar play,also Aum did a nice set also. I camped also with three other car loads of my fraternity friends who talked me into going 2 weeks before I was being drafted into the army. Go on a Cookie Tour all around the Village or visit the lighted Fairy Forest. 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 . Tickets for the Shell concerts will be available at time of performance only. 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The audience wasnt ready to settle down when Joni came on, with her quiet music and just her piano. No, I wish the poster was mine. James Brown was among those who appeared Sunday afternoon, followed in the evening by Johnny Winter, Herbie Hancock, B. The participation of the White Panther Party and the affiliated Serve the People (STP) Coalition added some "street credibility" to the event. But nothing was as bad as the foretellers of doom had predicted. [Vancouver Sun], San Jose State University football practice field. (C) Can you confirm what commenters, and I, remember: The Who played, though not listed on Program or showing up on semi-official Playlists? 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. There is no question I was very fortunate to grow up with those bands of the 60s and early 70s. You missed the Sunrise Sunset Rock Festival 5/31-6/1/1969 originally slated for the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Marysville WA which was moved to the Stanley Carlson farm in Duvall WA. I was at Atlantic City and saw Janis set. I was there, too and remember Joni very well. The primary complaint from local residents was that the festival participants swam naked in Lake Lewisville. Well, over the 4th of July weekend, 1969 There was the Newport Jazz Festival. And all I can find is an AP article in The Daily Chronicle from Monday 2 June 1969 whose headline reads: Hippies Take To the Hills. Listen on Spotify: Playlist inc. [8], There were 160 arrests of those leaving after the event, mostly on drug charges. The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in . Questlove. 10 AM - 3 PM. The Festival was at a drag strip outside of West Palm Beach. What you need to know. me 15 him 16. We were sitting in gridlock not movin. Nov 20, 2019 Steve Palace. However, she still did a slow number, and the crowd got super noisy again, so she walked off for good. Sponsors About Gallery Car Show Music 5K Vendors Contact . It seems she was placed in the rotation directly after Mother Earth featuring Tracy Nelson and the crowd wasnt ready to hear her mild act. Standing ovations for all! Masters of ceremonies were Teegarden & Van Winkle, who also performed. The bands played. I was there as I lived in S. Jersey. And some of them, boys and girls getting nekkid? Remember it all like yesterday! The Wikipedia listing of groups is wrong it doesnt have The Looking Glass who had the hit song Brandy. The articles first sentence states that hippies and some of the not-so-hip took to the hills during the Memorial Day weekend to follow the Sunrise to Sunset Rock Festival as it moved from Marysville to this tiny King County community, scene of a piano drop last April. In a sense, there was camping, only it was at Wharton Track..adjacent to Lebanon State Forest, just off route 206. And of course he played it at Woodstock two weeks later. Your father is not quite correct. at 7pm on The Rock Station 97.7fm (WLER - Butler, PA), and as a way to showcase the incredible talent featured on this show in a "Live" setting for music lovers of all genres to enjoy. Great story! Fishing: Grass Lake has an abundance of angling opportunities. King said he was playing for the 1st time in 13 years broke into tears when he felt MASSIVE love! Gave me one of the bags which must have weighed a few pounds. Saturdays schedule mixed jazz acts such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck with others including John Mayall and Sly & the Family Stone. Id love to see those AC pictures. While the Woodstock Music and Art Fair is the most famous of music festivals, few realize that it was just one of dozens in 1969 and that many of the same Woodstock artists performed at those others.. Related: Listings for 100s of upcoming classic rock festivals. 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. On the second day the battle between gatecrashers outside the stadium and the police suddenly affected those inside. I went to Woodstock, too, and for me, except for the giant horseflies where we camped, I enjoyed AC so much more. With a budget of only $120,000, the promoters booked twenty-six of the biggest names in blues, rock-and-roll, and psychedelic rock. Its been a long time but what I recall was that Joni Mitchell followed Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth and they rocked out. The most memorable part for me was CREEDENCE Clearwater Revival and Hugh Masekala. . Im Penny, and I was with Bruce back then. 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