I have told many people about AC FESTIVAL not a single person ever heard of it. Crosby, Stills & Nash were booked but canceled, supposedly because Nash had a polyp on his tonsils. Unfortunately, the event does not go as planned and several scheduled acts, including The Byrds and The Youngbloods, do not perform. Maybe at another festival but not that one. They even let us tent camp on the track greenspace overnight. I mistakenly thought since there were video monitors everewhere, that it was being videotaped!(Wrong!) Billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music," the epic event become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Bought some acid from a dude and it hit when creedence walked onto the stage. Robert Wilkins, John Fahey, Southern Fife and Drum Corps, Booker T. and the MGs, Moloch, Casietta George, Sid Selvidge, Soldiers of the Cross, Robert Pete Williams, Rev. As I heard it, we had some 250,000 people at A.C. Racetrack, & the going question by Day 3 was, Are you going to Woodstock? Everyone who did likely brought someone & almost doubled the crowd! Then people booed. 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. This entry belongs to the following Handbook Special Projects: We are a community-supported, non-profit organization and we humbly ask for your support because the careful and accurate recording of our history has never been more important. I mean the Atlantic City Pop Festival. add topic- . 8-12-1994 Crowd at the opening of the concert. I remember that. Saw two people I went to school with . Too many highlights. Please contact the event . A tragedy that it wasnt filmed or recorded. The Atlantic City Pop Festival isn't as well known as that "other" classic rock event that took place that summer. Only shaky, amateur-shot 8mm silent-film clips are found on YouTube. I saw a kids bicycle and Hey I had to do what I had to do. B. Photo from Duane Blalock. Your e-mail address will not be published. My girlfriend/future wife and our best friends went and they told me all about the festival. 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. Dunesville Music Festival - July 22-24. The seats emptied into the concourses and onto the field. He is formerly the editor of Goldmine, CMJ and Relix magazines, has written for dozens of other publications and has authored liner notes for more than 80 CDs. I camped there as well as hundreds of others. Cool festival! 1970. [2], Before the festival, concerned local officials sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the event, but a judge denied the request. Some Virginia musicians I knew played there. That caught my attention. They can throw all the festivals they want now but like the music of the time itself, they will NEVER be able to recreate the ACPF or Woodstock. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-international-pop-festival-1969. Hazel Nerysoo is one of the . At least though I had seen a few songs at AC. The bands were the best.got to meet Paul butterfield,It was close to my home. We were 15. Kev Nichols & Blue Tuesday. Notts County Football Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Okay, so its been 50+years now. [2] Many Canadian rock fans were turned back at border crossings and were unable to attend. Well not really because it didnt happen. Amazing show and weekend! I remember the 2:00 a.m. freak express conga line that snake throught to campers outside the gates at night. We then walked the last 10 or so miles, all of which took about 12 hours. But for years I wondered, where was the music? Was it possible that the promoters had let millions of dollars worth of sound waves just escape? Is it a free family friendly two-day event you will not want to miss? CSN were billed on the marquee, but sadly for all, didnt show. His first book was 'Got a Revolution! Couple rest on the grass at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Bethel, NY, August 15, 1969. Also, I take exception to the authors comment that there was No Camping Allowed. King, and Led Zeppelin. If Joni had been there she would probably have complained about the mud and how late thr festivalt was running at Woodstock. A memorable weekend. When the festival was first being put together,Led Zeppelin was still gaining momentum. I was invited to ride along with some friends who were loading their Chevy station wagon to go up to some other rock concert, some place called Woodstock. 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 also was there for one of the greatest experiences of my life. The music was a cultural explosion. I remember them as being very early in the concert, like Friday afternoon. Thanks! Every penny counts! 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. Attendance at the festival remains unknown, but is estimated between 120,000 and 150,000. The Grass Roots is an American pop and rock band that began as the studio based brainchild of songwriting duo P.F. Still have their record, but admittedly they were better live. The festival . This Michigan Festival will have fine art, fine craft, crafts, film, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. Saturdays schedule mixed jazz acts such as Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck with others including John Mayall and Sly & the Family Stone. I couldnt convince anyone else to go but I really had to do it. Sorry, Cheryl, but Jimi Hendrix wasnt on stage or anywhere near Atlantic City that weekend. The primary complaint from local residents was that the festival participants swam naked in Lake Lewisville. Related: Woodstock performers: Where are they now? The Moody Blues were scheduled but werent there. Is your name Mark? Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. I wanted to see The Moody Blues scheduled for Sunday night. (my hearing is still excellent)Chris Hillman was there with McGuinn 2 original members. Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity. I know, because I was there. In fact, apart from McGuinn I dont know that any of the original members were still in the band at that point. Songer teamed up with experienced Detroit disc jockey and promoter, Russ Gibb,[3] and his associate, Tom Wright, to help plan the festival. The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane.' Remember walking in bare feet over lfields of broken glass and watching Airplane on the b&w video monitors in the racetrack clubhouse. Dallas Morning News, August 7, 29, 30, 31, 1969. Im guessing the poster is yours, too, Jeff? Hurry, Early Registration for the 2023 Annual Meeting in El Paso ends soon. 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 . He is still performing today (somewhat mellowed since then) and lives in Austin, TX. I dropped out of college that year. 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. Includes more tracks from the whole festival, not just the documentary movie. I was one of the fools who climbed the light towers ! A great festival! It looked groovy. Questlove. Also, there actually was an area to camp. hot pink Janis mooned right at me. By the way, they were quite good. .and finally, the last festival of the 1960s. It was History. No regrets, Just memories, fond memories. 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 ? About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Crowds didnt storm the site to make it a free festival. Very impressive lineup and in some ways superior to Woodstock (*I would take Little Richard over Sha-Na-Na or Jeff Buckley over John Sebastian any day)Kind of frustrating to know that all of those artists were in this neck of the woods then but did not get up north to Bethel N.Y. Zappa at Woodstock wouldve change everything, I think. And Santana and Chicago, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, FZ and the Mothers, Janice..Everyone!!!! Its most likely because AC Pop was overshadowed by the events of a couple of weekends later in upstate New York. I went with girlfriend from Cape Cod on a 175 Bridgestone motorcycle and we arrived and camped on the grounds for two nights. Ditto for the Moody Blues. 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) Also, my future wife (who I hadnt met yet) got stuck in the traffic going to Woodstock and turned around and went home. No further rock festivals took place at Goose Lake. Is it a 5K run & 5K walk? There wasnt organized camping but we set up camp along with our car right outside the race track. Was 21 and there with 4 others. I was there. 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). Took us there on Sunday. The New York City Parks Department and Maxwell House co-sponsored the series. www.grasslaketrafficjamin.com. I got so burnt. Highest place ever. B. I was disappointed that she left the stage though. Wherever life has taken you remember those days of our youth. (& Day 2, Aug 2, was my birthday! This event will also include: silent auction, petting zoo, military exibits, 3 local museums will be open. No one died. He came out wearing white and played the Star Spangled Banner. King, Chuck Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mongo Santamaria, and David Ruffin. ,, 5 of us drove down from Toronto. And he knew of no bootlegs, which certainly would have emerged by now. And he promised to dig out fire ant colonies and relocate them at the venue. 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. Great stuff. Not so sure. Record store owner Dave Bernath remembered, "The band would literally hit their last note, say 'thank you' and 'goodbye,' they spun around and the next band started within a minute in seconds! The third act was a Philadelphia band American Dream who had Al Cooper playing with them that day. The appearance of John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band was not publicly known in advance. Its a shame no one talks about this festival. She tried her best rocker but couldnt get the crowd with her so she said I cant do this and walked off. Funny thing is, the story goes that she was on her way to Woodstock but couldnt get there. 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. [8], There were 160 arrests of those leaving after the event, mostly on drug charges. The participation of the White Panther Party and the affiliated Serve the People (STP) Coalition added some "street credibility" to the event. And some of them, boys and girls getting nekkid? The next day they snake danced through the campgrounds calling together people who had no tickets. I remember when Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were performing the man in the yellow raincost. Attended by some 100,000+ people. So, kind of like the Laura Nyro scenario at Monterey, right?? [9] Jackson County sheriff Charles Southworth estimated that "75% of the youths were on drugs"[9], Extensive newspaper coverage concentrated on the open drug sales and use at the festival. I went to Woodstock too no Beatles or Jesus but they were right about the party. [2] The lead promoter was Richard Songer, a wealthy 35-year-old man who had been successful in the construction business. 3 thoughts on "1969 Midwest Rock Festival" Julie says: August 9, 2019 at 8:07 am . On Saturday afternoon in the blazing heat we stood in line for food and drink. My girlfriend Sara & I left when it was announced Johnny Winter a no-show. 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. Leaving after the event does not go as planned and several scheduled acts, including the Byrds and Mothers! 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