Rented a room in AC but never used it. 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. Click here for the Car Show Car Show Gallery! Procol Harum kind of made up for it. Previous Post Beatles Say Legalize Grass Next Post 1969 Seattle Pop Festival. As billed, the Carlos Santana Blues Band (2 wks later, the short name was carved in stone, & history!) The third act was a Philadelphia band American Dream who had Al Cooper playing with them that day. I mistakenly thought since there were video monitors everewhere, that it was being videotaped!(Wrong!) These posts have been wonderful in restoring context to my memories of that weekend. 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. I remember Lothar and the Hand People. Farm Block - August 5-7. October 10, 1969: Amon Duul II, Hardin & York, Keef Hartley Blues Band, Champion Jack Dupree & Shades, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Alexis Korner & New Church, Steamhammer, Muddy Waters, Taste, Shades. It was fabulous music! The sun beat down on the dedicated masses, who remained planted in front of the stage from 11 a.m. on Aug. 30, 1969, until 2 or 3 the morning after. Music, amusement, fitness, community involvement, and charity come together to make Traffic Jam'In a unique and memorable event for all who attend. When the festival was over, we just reversed the process. Photo from Duane Blalock. 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. It was an awesome weekend. Appropriately enough this event was at a stock car track. The Chambers Brothers and Janis Joplin were amazing beyond words. in Grass Lake, MI. Anyone remember that? Billy Mack & The Juke Joint Johnnies. I remember Joni Mitchell walking off the stage. The articles first sentence states that hippies and some of the not-so-hip took to the hills during the Memorial Day weekend to follow the Sunrise to Sunset Rock Festival as it moved from Marysville to this tiny King County community, scene of a piano drop last April. Page transparency See more. I wish now I had gone. I let my part=timers at Wawa go to Woodstock and the tradeoff was my going to AC. LSD festivals! I have some 8mm footage thats not great but Id have to dig it out. The Doors arrived only minutes before taking the stage and played an extended set (70 minutes instead of 45 minutes) to make up for the missing bands. Related: Listings for 100s of upcoming classic rock festivals. The celebration of Gwich'in food, culture and music runs July 29 to Aug. 1 at Midway Lake in the Richardson Mountains about 30 kilometres outside of Fort McPherson. Wed made a hand-painted, very colorful sign that said Atlantic City or Bust and hung it above the truck cab. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) : . It was jammed with people. Announcer Chip Monck should be credited with calming the crowd that day as the tear gas came into the stadium. AC was the better festival in almost every way, including musically. The festival attracted approximately 150,000. You are right! Also, my future wife (who I hadnt met yet) got stuck in the traffic going to Woodstock and turned around and went home. Yeah but that was some instrumental. Panfish tend to be numerous and stunted but are . The Who definitely did not play at Atlantic City. The Woodstock Festival, held in August 1969, was a watershed moment in the 1960s counterculture movement.Expecting 50,000 attendees for a three-day music concert, the event instead drew an . Crosby was a disruptive force in the band . Questlove. In the summer of 1970, the Goose Lake International Music Festival was held in Jackson, Michigan, and attracted over 200,000 fans. Byron Ga 1970 Atlanta 2nd Pop Festival was the best .. Jimi Hendrix was at peak. No one mentioned Miles Davis. Hey Jeff,I was definitely there and have lots of photos in which I was looking for Iron Butterfly, but could not find. 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 wanted to see The Moody Blues scheduled for Sunday night. I was at the Saturday show-lot of B groupsBB King, Biff Rose, Tim Buckley, Butterfield Blues Band, also, American Dream, Jefferson Airplane. 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! I dont remember Winter but Ill take your word for it. 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. An unbelievable performance. Santana was new to me. Held just one month before Woodstock, The Laurel Pop Festival ended in controversy as rain-soaked fans built bonfires with wooden folding chairs and refused to leave as the concert dragged on into the early morning. Took us there on Sunday. Thanks! Watch as Santa arrives at the Depot on a firetruck, enjoy breakfast with Santa, or find him around town for photos! No, I wish the poster was mine. My girlfriend, Arlene and I went and slept at her Bubbies house in Atlantic City. We were stuck in that awful traffic jam on Friday night and never got within ten miles of the concert site before leaving Saturday afternoon. So the story goes. I was there but there but theres so little written and known about this festival I thought maybe I was high and dreamed it LOL. Favorite acts include Janis Joplin, Airplane, CCR, Santana, Joe Cocker and Booker T. & The MGs (who were supposed to be at Woodstock, but drummer Al,Jackson, Jr. refused to get on the helicopter), I also was there and Lother and the Hand People did indeed play, Was there & was excited to See Lothar play,also Aum did a nice set also. I've done a separate blog entries for each one and festival title is a link you can find out more them. The festival will take place March 31-April 2nd, 2023, at Palisades Tahoe. I might be the Penny youre writing about, since I was there at the time with my boyfriend Bruce. On Saturday afternoon in the blazing heat we stood in line for food and drink. 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. Is it a car show? What was commonly referred to as 'Woodstock' was actually called An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y . 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). As others have noted, there was camping there and it was a colorful scene. 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? Anniversary coming up. Yea it was the best no rip off at Woodstock we paid 9 dollars for water.Mud AND SHIT MIX WAS TOUGH. But she wasnt being booed, just ignored, so she left the stage in tears after about 3 or 4 songs. I remember Carlos saying that as well, but I think they were actually billed as the Santa Ana Blues Band! 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. Everyone comes together to participate in the multiple fun-filled activities that are hosted within the community. Absolutely one of the best weekends of my life! TICKETS . Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. At any rate it shows what a gentleman he was for humouring me so many years later. Interest in the Texas International Pop Festival remained years after the event. You missed the Sunrise Sunset Rock Festival 5/31-6/1/1969 originally slated for the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Marysville WA which was moved to the Stanley Carlson farm in Duvall WA. [3] To keep gate crashers out, the site was surrounded by a high chain-link fence topped by barbed wire. That's the way it should be! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2022. People in the messy field at the Woodstock Music Festival, New York, US, August 1969. After asking around and auditioning musicians, Kantner and Balin . Long live the 60s! I was there for the Saturday show. Come visit the village of Grass Lake! Marie Krolikowski. . See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. But everyone was good. me 15 him 16. Every dollar helps. Best account ever of this nearly forgotten music fest. 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? He had lived in Woodstock since the 1960s. No regrets, Just memories, fond memories. 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. I was at Atlantic City and saw Janis set. King, Chuck Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mongo Santamaria, and David Ruffin. . 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 . As there was no camping allowed, festival attendees arrived and departed each day. I was standing about 20 feet from them while Crosby was screaming this is a f-n pop festival! Santana was great even though they opened during the noon day heat! [5], The rotating stage was a success. Capacity. We stayed only one night because we were completely unprepared and because of the misery factor of everything being water logged. Great reading the article & 44 comments above. 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. accessed January 18, 2023, He relented and we saw JA in their prime. Your comments are quite correct, unlike some I have read. DISCLAIMER (Im 75, so my memory could certainly be faulty. She was still pretty unknown and was upset that the audience wasnt really listening to her. It looked groovy. I called my friends to come and get me so I could go too, but they had better sense and kept me from ruining my life and going AWOL. Of course it WAS 48 years ago! Music Highlights from Traffic Jam'In . Well, over the 4th of July weekend, 1969 There was the Newport Jazz Festival. Kept running into people from the neighborhood in Brooklyn. The performers that stand out to me now, after all these years, were Dr. John and the Nite Trippers, Frank Zappa, the Airplane, and Iron Butterfly. Thank you!! Ive done a separate blog entries for each one and festival title is a link you can find out more them. Wheatland Music Festival - September 9-11. Just the right sized crowd, and needless to say the music was over the top !!!! Before I left somebody gave me a pill, said it was synthetic mescaline, the only street pill Ive ever taken. This event will also include: silent auction, petting zoo, military exibits, 3 local museums will be open. 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. Some memories are Procul Harums Salty Dog complimented by the local seagulls was so cool! 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. In the middle of nowhere somewhere around London Ontario, he yelled stop this is where Im going. Great story! 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. lol. www.grasslaketrafficjamin.com. Im Penny, and I was with Bruce back then. Hendrix. 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival poster Philip Rauls 40th anniversary essay. 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. My girlfriend and I were in Atlantic City that weekend, along with another couple, Bruce and Penny. Section 107 related to Copyright and Fair Use for Non-Profit educational institutions, which permits the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to utilize copyrighted materials to further scholarship, education, and inform the public. Sept. 1. Bought some acid from a dude and it hit when creedence walked onto the stage. To see the Airplane and CCR alone made it worthwhile. And he knew of no bootlegs, which certainly would have emerged by now. Anyway, the best festival I have ever been to. And Santana and Chicago, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, FZ and the Mothers, Janice..Everyone!!!! As we pulled back onto the highway, the troopers had their lights still flashing and followed us for a while. ,, 5 of us drove down from Toronto. With a budget of only $120,000, the promoters booked twenty-six of the biggest names in blues, rock-and-roll, and psychedelic rock. King), as well as one legendary founding father of rock n roll (an electrifying Little Richard). I remember all this like it was yeaterday. Unfortunately, Iron Butterfly were not the greatest musicians (the only song they could play was Inna-Gada-Da-Vida). Crowds didnt storm the site to make it a free festival. Frank Zappa was upset and played a 50 instrumental. 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.. (very tall) and also stuck my head in the speakers ! 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 . AMAZING. 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. It was History. 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. 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! About Janis performance, Rolling Stone in her obit not much more than a year later called it one of her finest performances. [5], Those who attended were provided free campsites, free parking and free firewood. Based on your name.T.O. Also other data will not be shared with third person. Bob the bear Hite and Canned Heat always a great band live! I too was at AC Pop and it was a seminal event in my musical history I had seen AUM about 3 months earlier at the original Electric Factory in Philly, opening for Iron Butterfly I believe, so I knew of them and had purchased their Resurrection album. I didnt know about a lot of these that summer. The 2022 Festival of Lights is set for Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. What a fun time that was! Aug. 9, 2019. Saw two people I went to school with . It . Really cool band named AUM stood out as well. I was there with a friend! Joni wasnt booed off, but stopped on her own and left the stage. I was 17, then. People climbed up the very tall stadium flagpoles and stuck there heads in the very, very large stadium speakers. The festival there had wooden fences that didnt hold up well when masses of people pushed their way in. Standing ovations for all! 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. Johnny Winter was advertised to play, but never made it. A band from Michigan, Grand Funk Railroad, was allowed to perform only after the members agreed to play free and pay their own expenses. We need your support because we are a non-profit organization that relies upon contributions from our community in order to record and preserve the history of our state. The next day they snake danced through the campgrounds calling together people who had no tickets. We went by motorcycle but I recall the pileup of cars at AC International in Pomonawe got through it simply because we were on cycles. [1969-07-28 NYT Johnny Winter]. I do love reading the stories about all the fabulous concerts I unfortunately missed! I was still recovering from that experience 2 weeks later when Woodstock went off. But even if Atlantic City didnt gin up the cultural resonance of Woodstock, on a pure musical level it was actually, in some ways, the more diverse festival. Outside of Michigan maybe no-one has ever heard of Goose Lake, but it was A Big Deal. Got to see most of the acts within a year or so of that summer. 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! On Friday night Iron Butterfly encouraged the crowd to bring down the fence which they did. 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. From Wikipedia: Throughout much of the festival, a crowd gathered outside the venue and demonstrated against having to pay to hear the acts. My Aunt and Uncle had a place in Chelsea, so I crashed at their beach house for the weekend, Or should I say, THE Weekend. Attendance. When they led them all to the front entrance the leader, a guy carrying an American flag with a peace flag on the staff below it, stepped up and called to the security people at the front Were coming in!. The audience wasnt ready to settle down when Joni came on, with her quiet music and just her piano. And Janis said she would sing to stop the rain, and it did stop. If you change your mind, you can easily unsubscribe. [2] It was projected that 60,000 fans would attend the first festival. This epic festival is looked on fondly by an entire generation and became a legend of US counter-culture. Also the clip above is probably the only footage on record for Lighthouse (the band that played for Peace ). What a night. 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