10 AM - 3 PM. NJ Transit ran buses from AC to the track and back. Woodstock, the iconic festival that rocked New York, took place the weekend of August 15-18, 1969. I stayed mostly by the stage. Santana Jefferson Airplane Janis Little Richard loved every minute Beg to disagree about one thing we had a contact high all weekend. I remember her saying she had just sang the same verse twice and nobody noticed. Due to the excessive summer heat, water trucks periodically doused those on the ground; the rest of us baked. Funny thing is, the story goes that she was on her way to Woodstock but couldnt get there. BTW, Santana was announced as the Santana Blues Band , not Santa Ana. 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. Procol Harum kind of made up for it. The lead guitarists name is Wayne Ceballos. After The Doors played, Led Zeppelin. Then walked off stage. I have always been able to watch this performance in my head. Atlantic City Pop was more secure, the fences werent temporary, large chain link fences with turnstiles and such. All copyrighted materials included within the Handbook of Texas Online are in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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. What you need to know. Joe Cocker, Mothers, and some others. 1969 Midwest Rock Festival. 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. I still have the scar and fine memories of the music and lightshow from that weekend. As it was held at a horse racing track, AC Pop undeniably put out a very different vibe than that of Woodstock. Thats exactly what happened my husband and I were there too. We didnt think anyone could top Janis but Little Richard did!! Great article, & good to see something on this AMAZING weekend! 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 ? Two weeks later I and some of the same friends went up to Woodstock with even less success. jeden z nejdle fungujcch DJs na R1, modertor hudebnch poad, hudebn redaktor a promotr. She turned and smiled at me as I snapped her photo. Lighthouse playing Chest Fever sent me to the moon. Contact Grass Lake Traffic Jam'In on Messenger. It was the only performance photo I took, unfortunately. Also the clip above is probably the only footage on record for Lighthouse (the band that played for Peace ). Also other data will not be shared with third person. The organizers would not let them play. The Chambers Brothers were a last-minute substitute. Being a little inebriated most of the time, I remember only bits and pieces of it at age 19. I remember when Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were performing the man in the yellow raincost. My girlfriend, Arlene and I went and slept at her Bubbies house in Atlantic City. Great times. I have told many people about AC FESTIVAL not a single person ever heard of it. And a buton. 200,000. 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". Here are the ones Ive found. Please contact the event . I met Todd Rundgren in the crowd ! In May 1969, three months before Woodstock, Gibb and Wright . Is that what they were? In November 69, I got a free trip to Vietnam. I remember seeing these 5, in this order. I had an ss396 and we averaged 90 mph the whole way. It looked groovy. "[8], Despite some problems, "most fans and musicians recall a sunny attitude surrounding the weekend". By the way, they were quite good. 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. Various bootleg albums were released from live recordings of the performances, and decades later, bootlegs surfaced as sale items on the Internet. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News. Jeff has also served on the Nominating Committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and as a consultant to the Grammys. The four of us headed for Woodstock and got as far as the NY Freeway and got stuck in traffic. Yeah but that was some instrumental. Was 21 and there with 4 others. It was an amazing weekend of music. 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. This Michigan Festival will have fine art, fine craft, crafts, film, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. Interesting little window on big history. Ive done a separate blog entries for each one and festival title is a link you can find out more them. We sat in the AC Racetrack stands, and it was pretty orderly. When the festival was first being put together,Led Zeppelin was still gaining momentum. The Alfred Hitchcock movie Marnie had a brief scene with Sean Connery filmed at Atlantic City race track! 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 told my Mum I wanted to go to Woodstock 2 weeks later, and she saidNo more LSD festivals for you!! Did Gram Parsons play at that show, then?? We were 15. Great Society Hot Tuna 1965 Airplane Pre-History Marty Balin, an aspiring folk singer, forms a 'folk-rock' group with his friend Paul Kantner. I remember a lot of woo woo sounds and not what I considered real music at the time. Great times and some of my friends then went to Woodstock and I wanted to go but that was the weekend I was inducted. Remus, MI. the jonie story is true! On the second day the battle between gatecrashers outside the stadium and the police suddenly affected those inside. Allouez, MI. We camped just outside the racetrack gate on the lawn next to the Garden State Parkway. The Texas International Pop Festival was the first major rock festival in Texas. But once people heard him they changed their tune very quickly. The participation of the White Panther Party and the affiliated Serve the People (STP) Coalition added some "street credibility" to the event. Founded by. June 29 August 24, 1969: consisted of six free Sunday afternoon concerts held between June 29 and August 24. . (Photo by Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Images) It was a 3 day event that captured the spirit of the times: Woodstock. I didnt know about a lot of these that summer. [1] There was heavy security at the festival, [2] and the stage the acts performed on was created by Buckminster Fuller. Great memories that summer! 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. It . In front of us was Jeff Buckley! 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. Thanks! But she wasnt being booed, just ignored, so she left the stage in tears after about 3 or 4 songs. 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. Between 1966 and 1975 they had a series of major hits, most notably "Let's Live for Today", "Midnight . My absolute favorite musician at the time was Janis and I snuck round back of the stage when she was waiting to perform. The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. I had never heard of them. Promotional poster for the Goose Lake International Music Festival. I missed AC, got within a few miles of Woodstock. When they broke into Time Has Come Today, I nearly lost mind. 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. Best line up ever. About 15 years ago, through an intermediary I got an email through to Larry Magid, the chief promoter who had gone on to become the king of concert promoters in Philly. Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. 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 was the festival of no sleep," Baton Rouge native Paul Waguespack says. Richard Songer, Russ Gibb, Tom Wright. Your email address will not be published. But nothing was as bad as the foretellers of doom had predicted. [Vancouver Sun], San Jose State University football practice field. The Goose Lake International Music Festival was held August 7-9, 1970 at Goose Lake Park, in Leoni, Michigan. Luckily the old van made it back to toronto. [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. If anyone was arrested, it never made the news. Joni wasnt booed off, but stopped on her own and left the stage. I remember Carlos saying that as well, but I think they were actually billed as the Santa Ana Blues Band! 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. Yes, I remember Aum being pretty great too. After The Doors played, Led Zeppelincame on. At night, many of the performers joined the campers and played without charge. I can still remember her black limo coming down the racetrack to pick her up. You can listen to the old AUM material online. I do love reading the stories about all the fabulous concerts I unfortunately missed! Page transparency See more. 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. I was there, too. Something happened, I dont know what but I remember him getting angry. What was commonly referred to as 'Woodstock' was actually called An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y . I thought it was great. 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. During the Zappa set, he stopped and made an announcement. What a magical weekend that was! 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. 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