grass lake music festival 1969

Frank Zappa was upset and played a 50 instrumental. Great performances and you could wander between the grandstand and the track area in front of the stage to get a closer look every once in a while. The festival lost money, but was generally considered a success by those who attended. Procol Harum kind of made up for it. Lighthouse playing Chest Fever sent me to the moon. [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. December 3, 2022 | 8:00 AM-8:00 PM. 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. Enjoyed your story. Only shaky, amateur-shot 8mm silent-film clips are found on YouTube. Between 1966 and 1975 they had a series of major hits, most notably "Let's Live for Today", "Midnight . The four of us headed for Woodstock and got as far as the NY Freeway and got stuck in traffic. Hey Jeff,I was definitely there and have lots of photos in which I was looking for Iron Butterfly, but could not find. Just the right sized crowd, and needless to say the music was over the top !!!! 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. No that would be illegal! Of course, a cloud of smoke had whooshed out the door when the troopers had opened it. Interesting little window on big history. Have fun! She tried her best rocker but couldnt get the crowd with her so she said I cant do this and walked off. 2015-2021 Copyright Best Classic Bands. I was there as well, probably more great Bands played there in 3 days than any other festival ever. We had tickets, but it was so crowded that we could not get down to the seats where my friends were who had come earlier that day. 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! Tickets for the Shell concerts will be available at time of performance only. That was it other than many hours of amazing classic music. Long live the 60s! 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! Summer of Soul (.Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised): Directed by Questlove. Does anybody remember the fire company arriving one afternoon with tanker trucks that sprayed water in the infield so us hippies could get showers? One of the most iconic events in Colorado Springs during that weekend is the annual MeadowGrass Music Festival. BG 0 Quicksilver Grass Roots Family Tree 1966 Bonnie MacLean Fillmore Poster . Booker T. and Little Richard (with Janis dancing on stage) were my favorite acts. On Saturday afternoon in the blazing heat we stood in line for food and drink. As others have noted, there was camping there and it was a colorful scene. By the way, they were quite good. That caught my attention. In May 1969, three months before Woodstock, Gibb and Wright . [2] The lead promoter was Richard Songer, a wealthy 35-year-old man who had been successful in the construction business. The festival was wildly successful with an estimated audience of 400,000 attending and is since regarded as a key moment in music history . The Atlantic City Pop Festival isn't as well known as that "other" classic rock event that took place that summer. Almost got run over in my sleeping bag when people started driving across the grass to avoid the stalled traffic. 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. 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. Amazingly, they just shook their heads then let us move on. Anyway, the best festival I have ever been to. These posts have been wonderful in restoring context to my memories of that weekend. At least though I had seen a few songs at AC. I thought it was great. Really fantastic. Thanks, Randy Borresen. 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. came on. I remember that, at one point, we were rumbling down the New Jersey Turnpike when suddenly, the truck slowed, pulled to the side of the road and ground to a halt. At any rate it shows what a gentleman he was for humouring me so many years later. I thought it was great, except that we had to wait until after noon for the gates to open for each day. Great times and some of my friends then went to Woodstock and I wanted to go but that was the weekend I was inducted. Amazing experience and as someone said already, coming soon after the Moon landing, just seemed like America was best place in the World. A band from Michigan, Grand Funk Railroad, was allowed to perform only after the members agreed to play free and pay their own expenses. Zappa, Creedence and Buckley did though. 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. Music, amusement, fitness, community involvement, and charity come together to make Traffic Jam'In a unique and memorable event for all who attend. I didnt stay the whole weekend, but it was really amazing. 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. 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? Outside of Michigan maybe no-one has ever heard of Goose Lake, but it was A Big Deal. Nobody said Woodstock. Aug. 9, 2019. I always tell people about this festival because it was so awesome. I have always been able to watch this performance in my head. Crosby was long gone from The Byrds by 1969. All copyrighted materials included within the Handbook of Texas Online are in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Joe Cocker, Mothers, and some others. No wonder I cant remember them. TICKETS . About Janis performance, Rolling Stone in her obit not much more than a year later called it one of her finest performances. No, I wish the poster was mine. I can find very little about the festival other than it did actually happen. I have referred to it often as the precursor to Woodstock. Joni wasnt booed off, but stopped on her own and left the stage. Second was Woodstock,which ended 53 years ago today. Wherever life has taken you remember those days of our youth. Over 20,000 attended. the jonie story is true! The Fourth Annual Memphis Country Blues Festival, Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England. during the concert, I saw a guy walk up to a Cop and ask for a light for his joint. Attendance was approximately 300,000. Yes, thats exactly how I remember her set. I remember when Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were performing the man in the yellow raincost. Zappa earned my kudos as a lead guitarist that day. I camped there as well as hundreds of others. 1969 Midwest Rock Festival. 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 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. 'Enjoying the MeadowGrass Music Festival' Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative. After The Doors played, Led Zeppelin. I did regret not seeing the Who, but since I had seen them live a few times already, I didnt feel completely cheated out of the experience. I often tell people that it was probably better than Woodstock, because many of the same people were there, and the sound system worked, plus I had a seat with some protection form the rain. An unbelievable performance. 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). They were great. Some major groups that wanted to perform could not get in to play. We'll send you a couple of emails per month, filled with fascinating history facts that you can share with your friends. This Michigan Festival will have fine art, fine craft, crafts, film, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. Had no idea what was going on until the back door opened and there stood two NJ State Troopers. Forty nine years eleven months ago I was asked to be Security Chief at Palm Beach Pop Fest. 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. She then announced that no one was listening and left the stage. What was commonly referred to as 'Woodstock' was actually called An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y . But once people heard him they changed their tune very quickly. "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. Procol Harem played Thus Sprach Zarathustra w a live Moog synth unheard of at the time! Events happening in Grass Valley, CA. They even let us tent camp on the track greenspace overnight. On Sunday, after all possible tickets had been sold, the promoter announced from the stage that he was declaring it a free festival. The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. Attendance at the festival remains unknown, but is estimated between 120,000 and 150,000. Tangerine Dream performed at this festival, but is not listed on the poster. A great festival! The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in . 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. The line-up was likely Spirit, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Taj Mahal, interspersed with anti-war speeches. King, and Led Zeppelin. 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. Remember it all like yesterday! He had lived in Woodstock since the 1960s. Also, there actually was an area to camp. 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. Before she left the stage she said, I just sang the same verse twice and no one even noticed.then, she was gone! Sadly, not a single note of the Jersey festival was professionally captured on film or tape, said Larry Magid, the Electric Factory Concerts principal who booked the show. Of course it WAS 48 years ago! 1969 near White Lake a hamlet of Bethel, New York. The Goose Lake International Music Festival held August 7-9, 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. Ticket prices were $6 per day, or $15 for all three days (Fri, Sat, Sun). And were among those who camped outside of the fence. NJ Transit ran buses from AC to the track and back. 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. . The festivals 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. My dad wanted us to leave and drive back to DC. He was running across the roofs and hoods of the gridlocked cars. Thanks. Still have their record, but admittedly they were better live. With a combination of shifting wind and re-thrown canisters, tear gas suddenly swept over the crowd. Not fair putting Joni on after Tracy Nelson blew us away singing Down So Long. Remember Janis, Cocker & Little Richard. Get more details. James Head, 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". The participation of the White Panther Party and the affiliated Serve the People (STP) Coalition added some "street credibility" to the event. Looking Glass didnt have Brandy until 1972 and were definitely not at Atlantic City. 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. 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