It seems time causes poeple to remember it differently. My friends and I all decided to go to Woodstock (where is this Woodstock???) 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. Jefferson Airplane played far into Saturday night and Sunday morning. 3 of us, my drummer, his brother & I, made it from Pittsburgh to A.C. for this to this day, still 3 of the most amazing days of my life! Of course, linguistically anyway, Atlantic City does not conjure the same mystical /surreal qualities of Woodstock. 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. 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. I thought it was great. The Chambers Brothers were a last-minute substitute. 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. He opened the bag which had about 2 bushels of grass wrapped in smaller bags and nothing else. Lang was . This event will also include: silent auction, petting zoo, military exibits, 3 local museums will be open. He left behind a legion of friends across . The festival was wildly successful with an estimated audience of 400,000 attending and is since regarded as a key moment in music history . BB King came out to a bit of a lukewarm reception and even some boos because in his 3 piece suit some probably considered him the man (in the negative sense). [4] The festival was known for widespread, openly visible drug sales[4] and public nudity. Though it was free, it, like the famous Woodstock festival, organizers did not intend it to be so. Listen on Spotify: Playlist inc. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Joni wasnt booed off, but stopped on her own and left the stage. Your e-mail address will not be published. Lighthouse doing Eight Miles High. No, I wish the poster was mine. As it happened, they never got further than the great Thruway Jam, so its just as well I didnt ride along. 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. Concert was great. It looked groovy. 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. I thought it was 4 songs and as a Canadian who already loved her music, tI was heratbroken. The line-up was likely Spirit, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Taj Mahal, interspersed with anti-war speeches. Savoy Brown, Joe Cocker[3] and Alice Cooper[5] were announced acts that did not perform due to contractual problems. I let my part=timers at Wawa go to Woodstock and the tradeoff was my going to AC. Is it a music festival? The festival will take place March 31-April 2nd, 2023, at Palisades Tahoe. Great Society Hot Tuna 1965 Airplane Pre-History Marty Balin, an aspiring folk singer, forms a 'folk-rock' group with his friend Paul Kantner. Anyway, the best festival I have ever been to. For many years, thePhun City rock festival held at Ecclesden Common near Worthing, England from 24 July to 26 July 1970 was considered the first large-scale free festival in the UK. In front of us was Jeff Buckley! 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. Yea, it totally blew me away. Crowds didnt storm the site to make it a free festival. Total attendance of about 45,000. This epic festival is looked on fondly by an entire generation and became a legend of US counter-culture. Its a real shame this festival isnt better known. Best Classic Bands Editor Jeff Tamarkin has been a prolific music journalist for more than four decades. I was standing about 20 feet from them while Crosby was screaming this is a f-n pop festival! The cops that pulled us over somewhere in NY thought so too. If youre a newBest Classic Bandsreader, wed be grateful if you would Like ourFacebookpage and/or bookmark ourHome page. Page created - June 21, 2012. [2] Many Canadian rock fans were turned back at border crossings and were unable to attend. 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 . Also, there was this one: the Cambridge Midsummer Pop Festival a year earlier and it was organized as a free festival from the beginning. May 4, 2022. 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. Thanks, Randy Borresen. [2] The lead promoter was Richard Songer, a wealthy 35-year-old man who had been successful in the construction business. Had no idea what was going on until the back door opened and there stood two NJ State Troopers. Approximately 100,000 people attended. Then you look back, say your what ifs. A bunch of my friends and I rented a Ryder box truck and headed down to Atlantic City from Connecticut. No one died. The Wikipedia listing of groups is wrong it doesnt have The Looking Glass who had the hit song Brandy. 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). Im guessing the poster is yours, too, Jeff? I waited and waited and they never showed.so disappointed! 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) [1969-07-28 NYT Johnny Winter]. Hey Jeff,I was definitely there and have lots of photos in which I was looking for Iron Butterfly, but could not find. My buddy brought a 16mm camera. I only can remember seeing CCR and Jefferson Airplane! No that would be illegal! Of course, a cloud of smoke had whooshed out the door when the troopers had opened it. "It was the festival of no sleep," Baton Rouge native Paul Waguespack says. Last time I drove a hitchhiker across the border. No trees inside, no shade, Fourth of July in Georgia. There wasnt organized camping but we set up camp along with our car right outside the race track. This one-day event squeezed plenty of music and a variety of music into its 11 hours. 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. I was there all day Sunday. Original 1st printing 81/2 x 11 concert/event flyer for the first Bullfrog Lake Music Festival, held near Estacada (Clackamas County), OR from 7/4-6/1969. The reason is that they actually were once called Santana Blues Band. I dropped out of college that year. I also took some silent footage but I have no idea what happened to it. Also, there is a Procal Harum bootleg of thier entire set at A. C. Even though I was not sober I remember the late 60s contrary to the saying! I loved Dr. John (the Night Tripper) singing Mannish Boy and being in awe of Janis Joplin in her hot pink outfit! A bit outside the track, there was an area that you set up your tent and parked your car right next to it. The Grass Lake Festival of Lights Celebration is an annual activity-filled all day event that draws in a large crowd right here in the Village of Grass Lake. Sky River Festival 1969 AOR 3.8 "Mud People" Event Poster 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. Little Richard captured the crowd. I was hopelessly hooked on the rock music scene from coast to coast and almost every one of my icons was there. Wed like to think he knew it was the police in an unmarked car and put them in the pond on purpose since we know he didnt do drugs. 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. 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. 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.. Also, my future wife (who I hadnt met yet) got stuck in the traffic going to Woodstock and turned around and went home. Is it a car show? Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. Various bootleg albums were released from live recordings of the performances, and decades later, bootlegs surfaced as sale items on the Internet. Two weeks later I and some of the same friends went up to Woodstock with even less success. Billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music," the epic event become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Astrologers, painters, artists, craftsmen, and leather workers; sellers of incense, T-shirts, jewelry, and candles; and food vendors all peddled their wares. lol. 3 day Rock Festival 1969. Tickets cost 18/6. Missed this one!My first was a 2 day,Toronto,June of69. Out came the joints. Youre right Jeff. (Related: 'Michigan's Woodstock' transformed Goose Lake . It was much more sanitary than Woodstock because they had real rest rooms, not port-o-sans! They even let us tent camp on the track greenspace overnight. Stayed 36 hours but ran out of brain cells. Creedence Clearwater Revival was deafening, even at an outdoor racetrack. 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. : . Tangerine Dream performed at this festival, but is not listed on the poster. 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 Winter. Looking Glass didnt have Brandy until 1972 and were definitely not at Atlantic City. It also pinpoints a time frame relative to Woodstock. In May 1969, three months before Woodstock, Gibb and Wright . It actually took place in Hamilton Township at the Atlantic City Race Course. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-international-pop-festival-1969. I was there with a few friends. Hitched a ride to Castor & Cottman in Philly as bud was nowhere to be found. I miss those times, I do. Okay, so its been 50+years now. Handy Memorial Concert. I didnt stay the whole weekend, but it was really amazing. The poster etc. I definitely remember Jimi Hendrix playing Star Spangled Banner with Janis Joplin onstage.Wild day! James Brown was among those who appeared Sunday afternoon, followed in the evening by Johnny Winter, Herbie Hancock, B. hot pink Janis mooned right at me. It was marketed as "three days of peace and music" from 32 of the most influential artists in American music. The northeastern basin is deep and harbors nice smallmouth bass and occasional walleye. It should have worked but it just didnt. . By the way, they were quite good. And some of them, boys and girls getting nekkid? I was there and she walked off the stage for sure. 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. I have told many people about AC FESTIVAL not a single person ever heard of it. I think it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. An estimated 200,000 rock music fans attended the festival. Flying Burrito Brothers (replacement for above), Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA. BG 0 Quicksilver Grass Roots Family Tree 1966 Bonnie MacLean Fillmore Poster . Published by the Texas State Historical Association. People in the messy field at the Woodstock Music Festival, New York, US, August 1969. Bull Frog Lake Rock Festival was held July 4,5,6,1969 at Bull Frog Lake Trailer Park Oregon City, Oregon. Sponsors About Gallery Car Show Music 5K Vendors Contact . A New Home at the Grass Lake Farmers Market & Community Events Park The Grass Lake Farmers Market sets up on Wednesdays of each week May through October from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Get more details. I was there and will never forget it.. Inna godda davita went on for hours it seemed with streamers of toilet paper flying .I had a front seat to the show , I was there & have told many people that it was the Woodstock prequel but better due to the amazing lineup of artists, and most people think I am crazy because it has been largely lost to the dustbin of history. Interesting little window on big history. The Aug. 7-9, 1970, festival brought some 200,000 members of the 1960s youth counterculture to Jackson County from all across the country. I remember Carlos Santana coming onstage with the band and said This is our second gigthe program says Santana Rock Blues Band.just call us Santanayoull hear from us.but I cant remember the songs CTA(Chicago) played..also Iron Butterfly played In Gadda Da Vida for 35 minutes.it was 19 minutes on the album..fantastic piece,,,,great writing. We were all choking on some kind of powder that was in the air! I collect sixties posters and this one is truly rare. Priceless! Sold $ 170.00 FD 81 Youngbloods Mad River Victor Moscoso 1967 Avalon Ballroom Concert Poster . That's the way it should be! My first and most favorite pop/rock festival experience. 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. We started to weave our way out to go home. But Johnny Winters would have played (AGAIN) that year! Mark your calendars (and prep your lift tickets) for the free Thursday Kickoff Show, at the base of Palisades Ski Resort in the Plaza, followed by a weekend of music, brews, and mountains with bluegrass and . Zappa did, however. Hahaha! 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. Po revoluci v kvtnu [] 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. 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? Decent weather ( unlike Woodstock). In the summer of 1970, the Goose Lake International Music Festival was held in Jackson, Michigan, and attracted over 200,000 fans. Gave me one of the bags which must have weighed a few pounds. Just the right sized crowd, and needless to say the music was over the top !!!! Your email address will not be published. I thought her walking off was cheesy but, I was not that big a Joni fan. I might be the Penny youre writing about, since I was there at the time with my boyfriend Bruce. The festival there had wooden fences that didnt hold up well when masses of people pushed their way in. Is your name Mark? 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. Saturdays schedule mixed jazz acts such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck with others including John Mayall and Sly & the Family Stone. 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. We'll send you a couple of emails per month, filled with fascinating history facts that you can share with your friends. I think folks would have calmed down given a little time. Check out our music festival 1969 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Texas International Pop Festival (http://www.texaspopfestival.com/home.htm), accessedNovember 27, 2011. When the festival was first being put together,Led Zeppelin was still gaining momentum. 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.. The cops were chasing a guy dressed in a Santa Claus suit. I particularly remember Joe Cockers performance what a trip. All three bands came out on stage and jammed. With a budget of only $120,000, the promoters booked twenty-six of the biggest names in blues, rock-and-roll, and psychedelic rock. (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. Appropriately enough this event was at a stock car track. Where Woodstock stuck largely to classic rock and folk artists, AC Pop augmented that basic foundation with acts from the worlds of jazz (Hugh Masekela), soul (Booker T. and the MGs) and blues (B.B. They had a lot of rock and blues acts that year and they had a lot of people like me who arrived with no money and no tickets. To see the Airplane and CCR alone made it worthwhile. Founded by. Exactly what happened I remember it well, True, age was heckled and booed to tears everyone wanted to hear rock&roll, Not sure what you mean by age was heckled.. Maybe somebody else reminded me of him. : 3 Days of Peace and Music. .and finally, the last festival of the 1960s. Thanks. I was at Atlantic City and saw Janis set. The lead guitarists name is Wayne Ceballos. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Electric Factory people had much experience putting on music & did a great job. B. . My girlfriend, Arlene and I went and slept at her Bubbies house in Atlantic City. The 3 days were awsome beyond words. Amazing experience and as someone said already, coming soon after the Moon landing, just seemed like America was best place in the World. And relatively few still photos exist. After asking around and auditioning musicians, Kantner and Balin . Between 1966 and 1975 they had a series of major hits, most notably "Let's Live for Today", "Midnight . 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival poster Philip Rauls 40th anniversary essay. Some of the performers were Nina Simone, B.B. Fantastic weekend. Slept at the race track. This is often considered the first modern rock festival in Britain. The Texas International Pop Festival was the first major rock festival in Texas. During the Zappa set, he stopped and made an announcement. She tried her best rocker but couldnt get the crowd with her so she said I cant do this and walked off. My absolute favorite musician at the time was Janis and I snuck round back of the stage when she was waiting to perform. Many thanks for this article. This Michigan Festival will have fine art, fine craft, crafts, film, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. Varsity Stadium, at the University of Toronto, John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band wEric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Alan White, Dorothy Morrison & the Edwin Hawkins Singers, Livingston Gym, Denison University (Granville, OH), Altamont Speedway in northern CA between Tracy and Livermore. Well I remember this wild weekend very well. Booker T. and Little Richard (with Janis dancing on stage) were my favorite acts. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. The third act was a Philadelphia band American Dream who had Al Cooper playing with them that day. I wanted to see The Moody Blues scheduled for Sunday night. DJ John Peel. A shout out to the gang who shared those wonderous 3 days with me Squid, Weed, Geez, Cindy, and beautiful Sonny (Sonya). Crosby, Stills & Nash were originally on the lineup but ended up as a no-show, Nash supposedly had polyps on tonsils (but sang at Woodstock two weeks later). Took us there on Sunday. Its been a long time but what I recall was that Joni Mitchell followed Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth and they rocked out. My memories are of great shows by Santanta, CTA, CCR and the Chambers Bros. No- Hendrix was not there. 3 thoughts on "1969 Midwest Rock Festival" Julie says: August 9, 2019 at 8:07 am . As there was no camping allowed, festival attendees arrived and departed each day. [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]. Wheatland Music Festival - September 9-11. He was just hanging out with the crowd. Byron Ga 1970 Atlanta 2nd Pop Festival was the best .. Jimi Hendrix was at peak. It was what made folks want to go to Woodstock for more and was responsible for huge word of mouth PR for Woodstock and, Yes, Lothar and the Hand People and his wonderful Moog Synthesizer was definitely there as an early act. Attended by an estimated 200,000 fans, the festival was the largest pop concert up to that time and is considered the more famous of the two Newport Pop Festivals, possibly because of the appearance of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, who got top billing. Of course it WAS 48 years ago! The Mothers were powerful! Everyone comes together to participate in the multiple fun-filled activities that are hosted within the community. Well not really because it didnt happen. On the third night, Winters played, then Vanilla Fudge played followed by Janis Joplin. He was upset. "40,000 people jammed the banks of Lake Amador to sunbathe, drink wine, smoke marijuana and listen to an all-star roster of musicians at the Gold Rush Rock Music Festival. With a combination of shifting wind and re-thrown canisters, tear gas suddenly swept over the crowd. Cool. I was there for all 3 days. The site of the Goose Lake Festival is now the Greenwood Acres Family Campground.[11]. I know, because I was there. B. I was able to work, catch a bus enjoy some great music and get back to go work. Then people booed. James Head, Both Joe Cocker and Santana (mistakenly introduced as the Santa Ana Blues Band) played AC before their big Woodstock breakthroughs, and other giants of rock who would make it to Woodstock Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band warmed up there first. 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. Some major groups that wanted to perform could not get in to play. Yes.I say little richard closed Sunday night.standing on his piano!!!!! Larry (The Mole) Taylor - bass. It was (paraphrasing) that people were crawling around under the stage and that there were many wires under there. I remember it raining while Janis was performing and she stepped into a puddle and got shocked. 'Enjoying the MeadowGrass Music Festival' Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative. 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. 60,000. 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! To get to Woodstockwe took a bus from NY to Bethel. The Atlantic City Pop Festival isn't as well known as that "other" classic rock event that took place that summer. Got to see most of the acts within a year or so of that summer. Billy Mack & The Juke Joint Johnnies. Atlantic City Pop Festival Aug 1,2,3 1969.m4v. We drove from Texas. I know this cause we did it. Learn how your comment data is processed. However, she still did a slow number, and the crowd got super noisy again, so she walked off for good. 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. . 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. 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. Better lineup than the Lewisville International Pop Festival? 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. Marquette, MI. To be ONE with 70,000 on their feet waving the Peace sign for Janis was unforgettable. Frank Zappa was upset and played a 50 instrumental. I remember the 2:00 a.m. freak express conga line that snake throught to campers outside the gates at night. He left behind a wife, son, daughter in-law and grand-daughter. 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". As billed, the Carlos Santana Blues Band (2 wks later, the short name was carved in stone, & history!) The security guy tried to explain that if they didnt have tickets they couldnt get in and the guy interrupted him to say No, you dont understand, We here he pointed to the many many people who had gathered dont havent any tickets and were coming in or were wrecking your fucking turnstiles. 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