I was there, too. Save big when you register early. Slept at the race track. I threw a fit because I wanted to see my beloved Jefferson Airplane. Signup today for our free newsletter, Especially Texan. And Janis said she would sing to stop the rain, and it did stop. It was marketed as "three days of peace and music" from 32 of the most influential artists in American music. I stayed mostly by the stage. 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. [10] The district attorney obtained an injunction barring any other public shows at the park. Woodstock performers: Where are they now? 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 . [4], The admission price for the three-day event was $15.00,[4] and entry tokens in the style of poker chips were sold to avoid the counterfeiting of paper tickets. My girlfriend and I were in Atlantic City that weekend, along with another couple, Bruce and Penny. 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. 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. [9] The festival took place at the time of the 25th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and peace groups publicized an anti-nuclear weapons message during the event. It seems time causes poeple to remember it differently. So yeah for 50 minuets he played an incredible set of progressive rock. I hardly remember anything except the Airplane, one of my all time favorite groups. Johnny Winter did play, Rollin and Tumblin for one. Everyone comes together to participate in the multiple fun-filled activities that are hosted within the community. December 3, 2022 | 8:00 AM-8:00 PM. The Denver Police were forced to employ riot tactics to protect the gates. I thought it was 4 songs and as a Canadian who already loved her music, tI was heratbroken. Two weeks later I and some of the same friends went up to Woodstock with even less success. Also, there actually was an area to camp. This epic festival is looked on fondly by an entire generation and became a legend of US counter-culture. (Photo by Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Images) It was a 3 day event that captured the spirit of the times: Woodstock. 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. They surveyed the lot of us then asked, You havent got any marijuana in, there do you? Oh no, sirs! 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. "The Happy Together Tour" / The Turtles / Gary Puckett & The Union Gap / the association / The Grass Roots / the vogues / The Cowsills Riverpark Center: . Big mistake asking her to follow them. Summer of Soul (.Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised): Directed by Questlove. 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.. 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. He is still performing today (somewhat mellowed since then) and lives in Austin, TX. On the second day the battle between gatecrashers outside the stadium and the police suddenly affected those inside. The Goose Lake International Music Festival was held August 7-9, 1970 at Goose Lake Park, in Leoni, Michigan. Your father is not quite correct. Find Woodstock Music & Art Festival 1969 stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. I told my Mum I wanted to go to Woodstock 2 weeks later, and she saidNo more LSD festivals for you!! The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in . We drove from Texas. I thought her walking off was cheesy but, I was not that big a Joni fan. My girlfriend Sara & I left when it was announced Johnny Winter a no-show. Farm Block - August 5-7. 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 have to say I always wondered who the girl with the multi colored face was on the poster and why the hell they ruined a beautiful face with such an bad design. I was there too. Masters of ceremonies were Teegarden & Van Winkle, who also performed. when I heard airplane was there I knew I had to go. CC BY-SA 4.0. The third act was a Philadelphia band American Dream who had Al Cooper playing with them that day. I met Todd Rundgren in the crowd ! Because I wasnt supposed to be there( I was 17 and grounded) I didnt make Woodstock. Awesome show!! 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. Some memories are Procul Harums Salty Dog complimented by the local seagulls was so cool! DISCLAIMER (Im 75, so my memory could certainly be faulty. [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. I dont remember Winter but Ill take your word for it. The New York City Parks Department and Maxwell House co-sponsored the series. Texas International Pop Festival (http://www.texaspopfestival.com/home.htm), accessedNovember 27, 2011. : 3 Days of Peace and Music. Flying Burrito Brothers (replacement for above), Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA. The festival will take place March 31-April 2nd, 2023, at Palisades Tahoe. [NYT article]. It was jammed with people. I have some 8mm footage thats not great but Id have to dig it out. Harvey (The Snake) Mandel - guitar. As in the booing business exaggerated. We were all choking on some kind of powder that was in the air! 1969 near White Lake a hamlet of Bethel, New York. In a sense, there was camping, only it was at Wharton Track..adjacent to Lebanon State Forest, just off route 206. 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.. She tried her best rocker but couldnt get the crowd with her so she said I cant do this and walked off. Missed this one!My first was a 2 day,Toronto,June of69. 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. As the stage stated to turn, The Byrds started their set with Turn Turn Turn . 2022 5K Title Sponsor. She was still pretty unknown and was upset that the audience wasnt really listening to her. Inviting attendees into an EDM wonderland of neon decor and walkabout . It was the only time The Doors and Led Zeppelin were on the same bill. Od roku 1983 do revoluce se zajmm o vemon dostupnou alternativn scnu. Great memories that summer! thats because David Crosby left The Byrds 2 years earlier. Forty nine years eleven months ago I was asked to be Security Chief at Palm Beach Pop Fest. Is your name Mark? The festival attracted approximately 150,000. Good times. The bands played. The Aldergrove Beach Rock Festival took place in 1969 and attracted about 30,000 people at a time when outdoor concerts were still a rarity and the prospect of so many young hippies gathered in . It should have worked but it just didnt. An estimated 200,000 rock music fans attended the festival. I remember it was in the woods not sure if it was a real campground. We crossed the border and headed east towards Toronto. But this article is about ATLANTIC CITY, not Atlanta. I went with girlfriend from Cape Cod on a 175 Bridgestone motorcycle and we arrived and camped on the grounds for two nights. At night, many of the performers joined the campers and played without charge. Its a real shame this festival isnt better known. If Joni had been there she would probably have complained about the mud and how late thr festivalt was running at Woodstock. My friends and I all decided to go to Woodstock (where is this Woodstock???) 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. Alan (Blind Owl) Wilson - guitar, harp, vocals. Bull Frog Lake Rock Festival was held July 4,5,6,1969 at Bull Frog Lake Trailer Park Oregon City, Oregon. . Better lineup than the Lewisville International Pop Festival? I had a ticket for Woodstock, but after seeing huge the crowd was in AC, I thought there would be over one million at Woodstock, so I did not go. Remus, MI. On the other hand, I got to see Frank Zappa and The Mothers, and the band who replaced CSN and Y turned out to be a great discovery for me the Chambers Brothers! Due to the excessive summer heat, water trucks periodically doused those on the ground; the rest of us baked. Then you look back, say your what ifs. 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. Funny thing is, the story goes that she was on her way to Woodstock but couldnt get there. I dont remember much except I have a clear memory of the Chamber Brothers singing Time Has Come Today. Over 20,000 attended. From the Baltimore Sun: Lost in the smoky haze of 1960s history is The Laurel Pop Festival held in July 1969, which was attended by 15,000 fans and offered an incredible lineup of some of the biggest pop performers of the year. (B) As some commenters have noted, although camping was supposedly prohibited, the greens areas were ideal for such, and so thousands of us camped there without complications. They also tried to breach the gates and security fences. Zappa, Creedence and Buckley did though. My girlfriend/future wife and our best friends went and they told me all about the festival. 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! This is often considered the first modern rock festival in Britain. Between 1966 and 1975 they had a series of major hits, most notably "Let's Live for Today", "Midnight . 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. I was there, too. TICKETS & INFO. His Sunday performance with Buddy Miles, Eric Burdon, and several others lasted more than two hours. GRASS LAKE Heritage Festival. On Sunday, after all possible tickets had been sold, the promoter announced from the stage that he was declaring it a free festival. Live Music Venue. There wasnt organized camping but we set up camp along with our car right outside the race track. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "The Forgotten Goose Lake Festival: August 7, 1970", "Goose Lake Ready for Festival: 60,000 Expected for Rock Concert", "Goose Lake memories: Why Michigan's most important rock fest remains an obscure footnote in rock history", "Forty years ago this weekend, more than 200,000 young people gathered for the Goose Lake International Music Festival (With video)", Detroit Metro Times article on Goose Lake Festival, JTV "True Story" documentary on Goose Lake Festival, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goose_Lake_International_Music_Festival&oldid=1118232222, This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 20:56. Thank you. I didnt know about a lot of these that summer. I was there all day Sunday. YES! What you need to know. Thats when people started booing. Aside from its two popular US events in Vegas and Orlando, this fairytale carnival experience has also visited Puerto Rico, Mexico and the UK. Hendrix absolutely was there. Attendance at the festival remains unknown, but is estimated between 120,000 and 150,000. He had no special privilages. Dean Cooksley on Bullfrog Lake Music Festival; AC Smith (aka: . I was there and it was so much better than Woodstock,in retrospect because it was manageable,we bought water for 9 dollars a bottle.Got to met Paul Butterfield.Did they announce about Woodstock ? Page created - June 21, 2012. lol. 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. He had lived in Woodstock since the 1960s. Amazing experience and as someone said already, coming soon after the Moon landing, just seemed like America was best place in the World. Chartered a bus in Montreal with 50 others and made great memories. Can anyone else remember any other bands that played on Sunday. Camped out nearby and remember the relief with the fire trucks doused the crowd to the oppressive heat. Larry (The Mole) Taylor - bass. 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. Had to walk home in the middle of the night as no one would give me a ride. He threatened to herd alligators toward the crowd, gathered on a grassy field at the Palm Beach International Raceway. . Being a little inebriated most of the time, I remember only bits and pieces of it at age 19. I mean the Atlantic City Pop Festival. Couple rest on the grass at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Bethel, NY, August 15, 1969. Kev Nichols & Blue Tuesday. Jeff has also served on the Nominating Committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and as a consultant to the Grammys. Discover the best Music events in your area and online First time I saw real raw hippies and they struck me as pretty weird. Never dampened the spirits! I got back to Philly by bus because I didnt want to get stuck there overnight by missing the last bus. Dont worry if youve never heard of it. She wrote the song and Crosby, Stills, and Nash made a hit of it. Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA, July 12, 1969, beginning on July 12 and running on Saturdays during July and August, the 1969 Forest Hills Music Festival (Queens, NYC) featured a variety of performers including Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Johnny Wint, The Doors were billed as the headliner for the third day. Some major groups that wanted to perform could not get in to play. Interesting little window on big history. No groovy babies were born. Chip Monck was also the announcer at Woodstock you can hear him in the movie Woodstock. People in the messy field at the Woodstock Music Festival, New York, US, August 1969. jeden z nejdle fungujcch DJs na R1, modertor hudebnch poad, hudebn redaktor a promotr. Lang was . He relented and we saw JA in their prime. We then walked the last 10 or so miles, all of which took about 12 hours. Josephits been a while since you posted, but I can fill in some blanks about AUM. Thanks for this article. Why cant we play?. That was it other than many hours of amazing classic music. It was so late that I missed the last train to the suburbs (Media, PA). Circumstances dictated the change. Little Richard captured the crowd. Rushmore, Nymbus, Old Davis, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Red Grass, Green Smoke, Rubber Maze,Rising Tide, Rejoice, Sunrise, Sable, Sons of Champlin, Sounds Unlimited Blues Band, Sandy Bull, The Steve Miller Blues Band, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Stoned Fox, South Bay Experimental Flash, Throckmorton, Tree of Life, Weird Herald, Womb, Warren Purcell, and Zephyr Grove. Afterwards, the announcer said, Johnny wants it, Janis wants it, and the Fudge wants one. Back then it wasnt a cliche song and I think they were the only group there that had a current Top Ten hit on AM radio, which was the standard then. CSN did show up at the last minute. AC was the better festival in almost every way, including musically. We stayed only one night because we were completely unprepared and because of the misery factor of everything being water logged. The northeastern basin is deep and harbors nice smallmouth bass and occasional walleye. It was not declared a disaster area. . Tickets for the Shell concerts will be available at time of performance only. Yea, it totally blew me away. I was there with a friend! Although there were a few drug overdoses and problems associated with the intense heat, in general the festival ran very smoothly. Handy concert will be on advance sale at many Memphis locations ($2.50 to $5.00). The poster etc. To see the Airplane and CCR alone made it worthwhile. I was standing about 20 feet from them while Crosby was screaming this is a f-n pop festival! ROCK ON!!!!!!!! The crowd was transfixed never having heard such a shocking take on the national anthem. This Michigan Festival will have fine art, fine craft, crafts, film, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. He asked that they please move out, because if someone happened to fry themselves he would have to stop playing for a few minutes while they fixed the short. Does anybody remember the fire company arriving one afternoon with tanker trucks that sprayed water in the infield so us hippies could get showers? He made his way int othe infield next to the stage and exposed himself. I remember being on the track when Jefferson Airplane was moving their equipment and also that Inagadadevita that just kept going. The lead guitarists name is Wayne Ceballos. Ha! Held at the University of Oregons Hayward Field on July 26, 1969. Learn how your comment data is processed. Three days of little sleep, bad/no food, too much partying, in-fighting among the group of friends over paying for the van and the rest did me inwhen I got back home, I was sick for days. The Festival will officially begin Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7, 1969 with three daytime concerts and two evening concerts all in the Overton Park Shell, culminating with the W.C. The Woodstock Festival (a.k.a. I do remember some Kat in some kind of Indian garb in the stands on some acid who was gonna jump off but said he wasnt that f***ked up! Click here for the Car Show Car Show Gallery! Aug. 9, 2019. Then after the concert was over there was a massive traffic jam. [3] The festival . Sloan and Steve Barri, yet soon an actual group came into being that was one of the biggest touring bands of the late 60s. Other than that it was a great three days. 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. If you change your mind, you can easily unsubscribe. Based on your name.T.O. I had never heard of them. Sky River Festival 1969 AOR 3.8 "Mud People" Event Poster . Hitched a ride to Castor & Cottman in Philly as bud was nowhere to be found. 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. May love and peace follow you for all your lives! July 25, 26, & 27, 1969 State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI. I was at Atlantic City and saw Janis set. Yes, I remember Aum being pretty great too. We had the best time of our lives. Well not really because it didnt happen. 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. The Grateful Dead were also scheduled to perform, but declined to play shortly before their scheduled appearance due to the increasing violence at the venue. The Grass Roots is an American pop and rock band that began as the studio based brainchild of songwriting duo P.F. He is also the co-author of 'Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.,' with Howard Kaylan. I believe 3 Dog Night was on Sunday. Attendance was approximately 300,000. 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. 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. Got to see most of the acts within a year or so of that summer. It was Lennons first-ever public rock performance without one or more of the Beatles since meeting Paul McCartney in 1957. Also, my future wife (who I hadnt met yet) got stuck in the traffic going to Woodstock and turned around and went home. You can listen to the old AUM material online. 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