The lead guitarists name is Wayne Ceballos. We were stuck in that awful traffic jam on Friday night and never got within ten miles of the concert site before leaving Saturday afternoon. It was an awesome weekend. When the festival was first being put together,Led Zeppelin was still gaining momentum. Hiawatha Music Festival - July 22-24. According to the sources, Led Zeppelin stole the show. I have told many people about AC FESTIVAL not a single person ever heard of it. Josephits been a while since you posted, but I can fill in some blanks about AUM. Based on your name.T.O. 8/22/1969 Nashville, TN, Centennial Park, WMAK Nashville Music Festival 8/23/1969 Los Angeles, CA, Century Plaza, Capitol Convention Chicago 8/28/1969 . She did a couple of duets with Little Richard at the end, but no Jimi. Loved Janis, Little Richard was great as was the Chambers Brothers. Crowds didnt storm the site to make it a free festival. Get more details. No one died. So did Joni Mitchell, who famously skipped the Upstate New York gig, although she probably wished shed passed on this one too: After singing a few tunes, Mitchell complained that no one was listening to her and walked offstage in tears, never to return. In the August heat! [3] The backstage area had a tent where 20 to 30 groupies described as "sizzlers" were available for the performers. B. Its been a long time but what I recall was that Joni Mitchell followed Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth and they rocked out. Really cool band named AUM stood out as well. I was there all day Sunday. Click here for the 2022 events schedule Click here to be a . 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. Yes, thats correct, I remember Johnny Winter played last. May 4, 2022. Total attendance of about 45,000. Its a shame no one talks about this festival. (& Day 2, Aug 2, was my birthday! Bruce Gowers, Director of 100s of Music Videos Including Queens Bohemian Rhapsody, Dies, Joni Mitchells Court and Spark: A Significant Pivot, Muhammad Ali: Greatest Showman of a Generation, Kenny Loggins Announces Final Tour, This Is It, Reggie Young: The Prolific Guitar Great Youve Probably Never Heard Of, Bangles Susanna Hoffs Upcoming First Novel, This Bird Has Flown, Coming to Screen, Bob Weirs Ace Revisited: It Sounds Like a Dead Album Because It Is One, Watch Keith Richards Sing Happy From the Rolling Stones GRRR Live! 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A bit outside the track, there was an area that you set up your tent and parked your car right next to it. Hazel Nerysoo is one of the . 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. Performers: White Fox, Snowrabbit, Deacon John and the Electric Soul Train, Whizbang, Axis, Sweetwater, Lee Michaels, Oliver, Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys, Spiral Staircase, Its A Beautiful Day, Country Joe and the Fish, Byrds, Youngbloods, Canned Heat, Pot Liquor, Chicago (Transit Authority), Tyrannosaurus Rex, Santana, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, and Janis Joplin. What a magical weekend that was! Bob the bear Hite and Canned Heat always a great band live! A shout out to the gang who shared those wonderous 3 days with me Squid, Weed, Geez, Cindy, and beautiful Sonny (Sonya). He is formerly the editor of Goldmine, CMJ and Relix magazines, has written for dozens of other publications and has authored liner notes for more than 80 CDs. Really fantastic. Attendance. Previous Post Beatles Say Legalize Grass Next Post 1969 Seattle Pop Festival. The weekend of the AC Pop Festival, I was in Basic Training at Ft. Bragg. I remember Joni Mitchell walking off the stage. In May 1969, three months before Woodstock, Gibb and Wright . Sept. 1. Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival. Great times. Narodil jsem se 6.12.1969 v Praze a vystudoval gymnzium Ohradn a pot VE, obor Zahranin obchod. 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.. Rose filled in for Joni Mitchell when she started to cry and ran off stage in the middle of her 3rd song because the crowd was not paying attention to her performance. Two weeks later I and some of the same friends went up to Woodstock with even less success. Then after the concert was over there was a massive traffic jam. It was so Wow. 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. 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. I waited and waited and they never showed.so disappointed! Great Society Hot Tuna 1965 Airplane Pre-History Marty Balin, an aspiring folk singer, forms a 'folk-rock' group with his friend Paul Kantner. The cops that pulled us over somewhere in NY thought so too. Highest place ever. 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. Crosby was a disruptive force in the band . Ive never even seen anyone mention that before, let alone any documentation. The festival was hosted and promoted by Tony Lawrence, a New York night club singer. Keep on writing this stuff! Jeff, in your description, noting no camping took place. Better lineup than the Lewisville International Pop Festival? Yes I was there too ! Sponsors About Gallery Car Show Music 5K Vendors Contact . Robert Wilkins, John Fahey, Southern Fife and Drum Corps, Booker T. and the MGs, Moloch, Casietta George, Sid Selvidge, Soldiers of the Cross, Robert Pete Williams, Rev. [5], The rotating stage was a success. But everyone was good. Must have had a good time in AC. CSN were billed on the marquee, but sadly for all, didnt show. I left Memphis and hitchhiked back to New Jersey where I picked up a few things from my parents home and headed to Greenwich Village and then to the Newport Jazz Festival. My buddy brought a 16mm camera. I saw mention here of a group called AUM. 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. No, I wish the poster was mine. Big mistake asking her to follow them. The community was outraged, and determined that this sort of debacle wouldnt happen again. Due to the excessive summer heat, water trucks periodically doused those on the ground; the rest of us baked. I loved Dr. John (the Night Tripper) singing Mannish Boy and being in awe of Janis Joplin in her hot pink outfit! To purchase photos from the Atlantic City Pop Festival, go here. Slept at the race track. 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? The Electric Factory people had much experience putting on music & did a great job. [3] Luckily the old van made it back to toronto. The dates were August 1-3, 1969, and it took place at the Atlantic City Race Track, just outside of the old-school resort town on the Jersey shore (this was well before the casino era). Thanks for your comment, but no way did Hendrix play The Star Spangled Banner at Atlantic City. Dates have been announced for the annual Grass Lake Traffic Jam'in Festival - Mark your calendars for July 8-9th, 2022!. I was there for the Saturday show. This Michigan Festival will have fine art, fine craft, crafts, film, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. Lang was . They were great. I missed AC, got within a few miles of Woodstock. Go on a Cookie Tour all around the Village or visit the lighted Fairy Forest. The Goose Lake International Music Festival was the creation of Richard Songer, who in his mid-30s in 1970 bought about 350 acres of farmland to create Goose Lake Park, a "place for the young . I can find very little about the festival other than it did actually happen. The celebration of Gwich'in food, culture and music runs July 29 to Aug. 1 at Midway Lake in the Richardson Mountains about 30 kilometres outside of Fort McPherson. I remember the 2:00 a.m. freak express conga line that snake throught to campers outside the gates at night. 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. It became a legendary event largely owing to the participation of Bob Dylan who had spent the previous three years in semi-retirement following a motorcycle accident. during the concert, I saw a guy walk up to a Cop and ask for a light for his joint. Learn how your comment data is processed. Your email address will not be published. So we watched some of the performances from afar and some on the TV screens in the grand stand. 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. Lang was the world famous main organizer of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, held in Bethel, New York. No trees inside, no shade, Fourth of July in Georgia. I was there with my cousin. I do have a t-shirt with the poster on front but its a recent one. She then announced that no one was listening and left the stage. Its lineup included, besides jazz, Friday evening appearances by rock groups Jeff Beck, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull. Marquette, MI. King said he was playing for the 1st time in 13 years broke into tears when he felt MASSIVE love! The promoters stupidly put her in between high-energy rock bands. I believe 3 Dog Night was on Sunday. 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. Sir Douglas Quintet, Santana, The Mothers Of Invention, Janis Joplin, Little Richard. Initially, police and local authorities were concerned about drug usage and traffic problems on nearby Interstate 35. Handy Memorial Concert in the Mid-South Coliseum on Sunday June 8th. 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. The crowd was very noisy, so she walked off the stage during her first song, which was slow. Yes.I say little richard closed Sunday night.standing on his piano!!!!! 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. With Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty. 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. The Goose Lake International Music Festival held August 79, 1970 in Leoni Township, Michigan, "was one of the largest music events of its era",[1] and featured many of the top rock music bands of the period. 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. We were sitting in gridlock not movin. (I missed the one flight out to go see LefZeppelen @ Torontos ROCKPILE [stayed 4 Hendrix]. The Woodstock Music Festival began on August 15, 1969 in Bethel, New York. Had no idea what was going on until the back door opened and there stood two NJ State Troopers. I was hardly able to breathe and in awe of his earth shattering guitar version It was as if he turned music upside down by opening a new door. The participation of the White Panther Party and the affiliated Serve the People (STP) Coalition added some "street credibility" to the event. Dean Cooksley on Bullfrog Lake Music Festival; AC Smith (aka: . 2022 Traffic Jam'In Title Sponsor . Decent weather ( unlike Woodstock). I remember it raining while Janis was performing and she stepped into a puddle and got shocked. He left behind a wife, son, daughter in-law and grand-daughter. Id love to see those AC pictures. Afterwards, the announcer said, Johnny wants it, Janis wants it, and the Fudge wants one. 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". My girlfriend Sara & I left when it was announced Johnny Winter a no-show. Interest in the Texas International Pop Festival remained years after the event. Tangerine Dream performed at this festival, but is not listed on the poster. RM 2GA89M4 - Saugerties, New York. I actually have met one person later in life that was also at AC 69 and stories flew and were remolded by both of our memories. [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]. I still have the scar and fine memories of the music and lightshow from that weekend. Those riding in the back kept the door open a few inches so we could all breathe. [8] Rod Stewart enjoyed his Friday night performance so much that he stayed to watch Alvin Lee perform with Ten Years After the following night.[8]. I had been monitoring the news reports about Woodstock being on again off again so my buddies and I opted for AC Pop. Ha! To be ONE with 70,000 on their feet waving the Peace sign for Janis was unforgettable. Aside from its two popular US events in Vegas and Orlando, this fairytale carnival experience has also visited Puerto Rico, Mexico and the UK. I thought it was great. The poster reads: The Memphis Sesquicentennial Inc. in conjunction with The Memphis Country Blues Society proudly presents The Fourth Annual Memphis Country Blues Festival and First Annual W.C. Does anybody remember the fire company arriving one afternoon with tanker trucks that sprayed water in the infield so us hippies could get showers? The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. 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. It should have worked but it just didnt. One night there was a break in from some non-paying fans the Iron Butterfly Army, that came through the fence opposite the stage and marched across the inner field and melded into the stage crowd. 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". Chartered a bus in Montreal with 50 others and made great memories. Is your name Mark? Was there on Saturday. I was 17, then. I saw them one other time, opening for Creedence at Fillmore East. That concert was fantastic and one I will always remember! Section 107 related to Copyright and Fair Use for Non-Profit educational institutions, which permits the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to utilize copyrighted materials to further scholarship, education, and inform the public. 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. 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. We were 15. 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. There is also a Winter Market with Seasonal Keepers vendors, food trucks, fire . Also, my future wife (who I hadnt met yet) got stuck in the traffic going to Woodstock and turned around and went home. 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