Narodil jsem se 6.12.1969 v Praze a vystudoval gymnzium Ohradn a pot VE, obor Zahranin obchod. B. Some bad voodoo there. Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. One motorcycle cop was ferrying lightly dressed girls around, sometimes three of them embracing him from the back of his Harley, laughing his head off. Cool. 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. And yes, I still have my tickets stubs from Days 2 & 3 a little wrinkled, & Priceless! Dr.John and his entourage taking the stage. [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". 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. Od roku 1983 do revoluce se zajmm o vemon dostupnou alternativn scnu. It is true that it took place on August 15, 16 and 17, 1969, and on August 18, because the music continued until that Monday morning, which actually turned the three-day festival into a four-day festival. Is it a music festival? 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.. [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. Wow, cool. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. My absolute favorite musician at the time was Janis and I snuck round back of the stage when she was waiting to perform. Gave me one of the bags which must have weighed a few pounds. Easy to do with the hindsight of wisdom that comes with age. 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. December 6, 1969: Altamont Free Concert: (at the Altamont Speedway in northern California, between Tracy and Livermore) headlined and organized by The Rolling Stones, it also featured, in order of appearance: Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Jefferson Airplane, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with the Rolling Stones taking the stage as the final act. As it was held at a horse racing track, AC Pop undeniably put out a very different vibe than that of Woodstock. If youre a newBest Classic Bandsreader, wed be grateful if you would Like ourFacebookpage and/or bookmark ourHome page. Im guessing the poster is yours, too, Jeff? I know this cause we did it. The grassy area was called the greens, and as tailored as they were, the ACR people let us camp there two nights in a row, Bless them. (I dont recall seeing him.). What you need to know. Joni didnt feel loved and walked off the stage. Went into town to get more Drambuie where it was forbidden to be on the boardwalk without a shirt and shoes. The seats emptied into the concourses and onto the field. Texas International Pop Festival, 1969, Jeff, in your description, noting no camping took place. At some point l wound up going over one of the chain link fences which I recall being about 8 high and caught my hand on one of the barbs on top. When my boyfriend started talking about doing it all over again and heading to Woodstock, I just flat-out said no way!. Best Classic Bands Editor Jeff Tamarkin has been a prolific music journalist for more than four decades. This event will also include: silent auction, petting zoo, military exibits, 3 local museums will be open. I might be the Penny youre writing about, since I was there at the time with my boyfriend Bruce. Joni was singing using an acoustic guitar. Thanks for such a well written, clear , and coincide piece. 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. Had a great time. He is also the co-author of 'Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.,' with Howard Kaylan. Farm Block - August 5-7. What a fun time that was! He left behind a legion of friends across . My girlfriend Sara & I left when it was announced Johnny Winter a no-show. I was there with a friend! Johnny Winter was present but did not perform as his equipment did not show up in time. We were 15. The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. Priceless! [6], John Laycock of the Windsor Star praised the festival, writing that "The Organization Men of Goose Lake have resurrected the spirit of Woodstock without the discomforts" and that "the giant amphitheatre was superbly equipped." See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Panfish tend to be numerous and stunted but are . The Who, 10 Years After, the Airplane, CCR, Joplin, Sly & Family Stone, Chambers Bros, who got an enormous dance line, 100s of people coursing through the stands. I was never aware of this festival prior to this article. I dropped out of college that year. I was there with my cousin. street vendors and fireworks, live music, artisan booths, food trucks, lake activities, and so much more! Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Find Woodstock Music & Art Festival 1969 stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Standing ovations for all! 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. The first band was still fading out when the other band came on! Funny thing is, the story goes that she was on her way to Woodstock but couldnt get there. All in all, a real orange sunshine event! Stayed 36 hours but ran out of brain cells. 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.. In August 1969, a groundbreaking rock festival took place, one of the best ever, witnessed by many thousands of people and featuring an amazing cast of diverse bands. I 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. On August 15th, I finished training and started a weeks leave. October 11, 1969: Tullivers Brain, Taste, Cubys Blues Band, Keef Hartley Blues Band, Livin Blues, Deep Purple, Amon Duul II, The Nice, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Ekseption, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Xhol Caravan, Hardin & York. But once people heard him they changed their tune very quickly. and finally, the last festival of the 1960s. Acts included Family, David Bowie, Brian Auger Trinity, King Crimson, The Strawbs, and Roy Harper. He was just hanging out with the crowd. And Janis said she would sing to stop the rain, and it did stop. Unfortunately, Iron Butterfly were not the greatest musicians (the only song they could play was Inna-Gada-Da-Vida). Lighthouse doing Eight Miles High. 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. Inviting attendees into an EDM wonderland of neon decor and walkabout . People climbed up the very tall stadium flagpoles and stuck there heads in the very, very large stadium speakers. And Santana and Chicago, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, FZ and the Mothers, Janice..Everyone!!!! We stayed only one night because we were completely unprepared and because of the misery factor of everything being water logged. Although there were a few drug overdoses and problems associated with the intense heat, in general the festival ran very smoothly. Performers: Grateful Dead, Joe South, NRBQ, The Nervous System, Jane and the Electric Jive Wire, Rhinoceros, Muddy Waters, Sun Country, Sweetwater, Johnny Winter, Youngbloods, The Echo, and Aum. 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). The kind Cop obliged! To get to AC we took a subway to the Port Authority Terminal, got a bus to Atlantic City where there were shuttle buses to the track/festival. Yes, I remember Aum being pretty great too. thats because David Crosby left The Byrds 2 years earlier. 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. [2], Before the festival, concerned local officials sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the event, but a judge denied the request. Apparently she was annoyed that she didnt have a captive audience and tested us by singing one verse over again. Lang was . Your email address will not be published. Concert was great. 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. 60,000. 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. Had a ball. In August 1969, a groundbreaking rock festival took place, one of the best ever, witnessed by many thousands of people and featuring an amazing cast of diverse bands.No, I'm not talking about Woodstock, although that one wasn't bad either. 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 . My friends and I all decided to go to Woodstock (where is this Woodstock???) Im Penny, and I was with Bruce back then. The paying ticketholders were in the stands but these new invaders were able to go right up to the stage the party had moved on to the infield and the ticketholders came down to party too. The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in Woodstock, New York. Looking Glass didnt have Brandy until 1972 and were definitely not at Atlantic City. My girlfriend and I were in Atlantic City that weekend, along with another couple, Bruce and Penny. And he knew of no bootlegs, which certainly would have emerged by now. He is still performing today (somewhat mellowed since then) and lives in Austin, TX. Held in Harlem at Mount Morris (now Marcus Garvey) Park, it was a self-consciously urban affair, a concert series rather than a one-off, and already in its third year. Miles definitely did not play Atlantic City. The festival was wildly successful with an estimated audience of 400,000 attending and is since regarded as a key moment in music history . All three bands came out on stage and jammed. ,, 5 of us drove down from Toronto. Remember it all like yesterday! Click here for the 2022 events schedule Click here to be a . 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. Click here for the Car Show Car Show Gallery! Ishmon Bracey, and Wild Child Butler. It was the only time The Doors and Led Zeppelin were on the same bill. 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. But Johnny Winters would have played (AGAIN) that year! [NYT article]. 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.. Cool festival! According to the NYT, on July 6 The Newport Jazz Festival was invadedby several hundred young people who broke down a section of the 10-foot wooden fence surrounding Festival Field and engaged in a rock throwing battle with security guards. NYT Newport Jazz report. Of course, linguistically anyway, Atlantic City does not conjure the same mystical /surreal qualities of Woodstock. I've done a separate blog entries for each one and festival title is a link you can find out more them. It was the embodiment of the free spirit of the 1960s. It was much more sanitary than Woodstock because they had real rest rooms, not port-o-sans! His first book was 'Got a Revolution! The cops and security had a hard time getting to the infield, then he ran around in circles as they chased him, much to the amusement of the crowd. Sponsors About Gallery Car Show Music 5K Vendors Contact . Had no idea what was going on until the back door opened and there stood two NJ State Troopers. It was a great weekend and all of these people whod made all of these friends over the weekend could be heard calling out See you at Woodstock as they parted. By the way, they were quite good. Thanks. : 3 Days of Peace and Music. Then people booed. No, she was mildly booed after leaving the stage. The best song was procul harem doing crucifixion lane and the AUM singer jumped off the stage as their set ended. Marquette, MI. Wed made a hand-painted, very colorful sign that said Atlantic City or Bust and hung it above the truck cab. It really was a matter of her following the wrong act, the crowd wasnt ready to be mellow. Music Highlights from Traffic Jam'In . A tragedy that it wasnt filmed or recorded. 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". I hitchhiked up from the Baltimore area and it must have been on Saturday as I remember Credence performing as well as the Jefferson Airplane sound and light show. But lucky me, I did get to see the other decade defining event. I was just about recovered from the Atlantic City festival the previous weekend, and I said, No thanks man, I just did that thing. Great story, but Richie Havens did not play the AC Pop Festival. Astrologers, painters, artists, craftsmen, and leather workers; sellers of incense, T-shirts, jewelry, and candles; and food vendors all peddled their wares. It was History. Masters of ceremonies were Teegarden & Van Winkle, who also performed. Thats when people started booing. I had an ss396 and we averaged 90 mph the whole way. It was (paraphrasing) that people were crawling around under the stage and that there were many wires under there. I think they should have been on stage closing out the show officially . Price range $. 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. Well not really because it didnt happen. I got so burnt. He was running across the roofs and hoods of the gridlocked cars. Music, amusement, fitness, community involvement, and charity come together to make Traffic Jam'In a unique and memorable event for all who attend. I miss those times, I do. Amazing experience and as someone said already, coming soon after the Moon landing, just seemed like America was best place in the World. 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. Other than that it was a great three days. The participation of the White Panther Party and the affiliated Serve the People (STP) Coalition added some "street credibility" to the event. He was on the left stage where Joplin performed. say that they were scheduled for Friday, but being a huge Steve Cropper fan, I was blown away to see them on the Saturday show. Well not really because it didnt happen. We hitched a ride with a chicken farmer to the race track. 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. That's the way it should be! My memories are of great shows by Santanta, CTA, CCR and the Chambers Bros. No- Hendrix was not there. I do have a t-shirt with the poster on front but its a recent one. We chatted for an hour, what a friendly and knowledgeable guy he was, made my trip. And yes, musically historic! 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. I remember Janet, but I cant remember your name! Great times and some of my friends then went to Woodstock and I wanted to go but that was the weekend I was inducted. 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. I was at the Saturday show-lot of B groupsBB King, Biff Rose, Tim Buckley, Butterfield Blues Band, also, American Dream, Jefferson Airplane. Then came Joni Mitchell (who I wanted to hear) but the crowd was still buzzing and wasnt ready for soft sound. (& Day 2, Aug 2, was my birthday! But everyone was good. Because I wasnt supposed to be there( I was 17 and grounded) I didnt make Woodstock. I was at Atlantic City and saw Janis set. Took us there on Sunday. Its a shame no one talks about this festival. About Grass Lake. Your e-mail address will not be published. We didnt think anyone could top Janis but Little Richard did!! Why cant we play?. If anyone was arrested, it never made the news. 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. A memorable weekend. I was able to work, catch a bus enjoy some great music and get back to go work. AC was the better festival in almost every way, including musically. 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. 200,000. So the story goes. AMAZING. Ive done a separate blog entries for each one and festival title is a link you can find out more them. The primary complaint from local residents was that the festival participants swam naked in Lake Lewisville. In a sense, there was camping, only it was at Wharton Track..adjacent to Lebanon State Forest, just off route 206. Attendance was approximately 300,000. The TSHA makes every effort to conform to the principles of fair use and to comply with copyright law. 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. Jeff has also served on the Nominating Committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and as a consultant to the Grammys. Come visit the village of Grass Lake! ..news from the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. I remember seeing these 5, in this order. Also other data will not be shared with third person. "[8], Despite some problems, "most fans and musicians recall a sunny attitude surrounding the weekend". add topic- . It was a journey packed with memorable experiences. Jefferson Airplane played far into Saturday night and Sunday morning. But it definitely happened. Not only are there no official recordings, there are very few photos! The few of us who did this festival and then did Woodstock had a rude shock coming.we went from the best organized rock festival in the era to one of if not the worst one two weeks later. The Goose Lake International Music Festival was held August 7-9, 1970 at Goose Lake Park, in Leoni, Michigan. 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. Wavy Gravy was there in his WW2 pilot helmet or whatever it was, guiding a car backwards trying to help them and backed them into the pond. It should have worked but it just didnt. He relented and we saw JA in their prime. I was there and I was told about another bigger festival coming up in a few weeks in upper New York state, but I wasnt given a name. A shout out to the gang who shared those wonderous 3 days with me Squid, Weed, Geez, Cindy, and beautiful Sonny (Sonya). Its been frustrating not to find much history written about it. 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. Notable Detroit area bands performing included Bob Seger, the MC5, The Stooges, Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder, Brownsville Station, Savage Grace, Third Power and SRC. It looked groovy. It was the only time The Doors and Led Zeppelin were on the same bill. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-international-pop-festival-1969. 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.
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