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It was Labor Day weekend, 1969, two
weeks after Woodstock,
and thousands of hippies and lovers of peace and
music converged
on the small town of Lewisville, just north of Dallas, at
the
Texas Pop Festival
to
be and to see and to hear the music of
B.B.King,
Canned Heat, Chicago,
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends,
Freddie
King, Grand Funk Railroad, Herbie
Mann,
Incredible String Band, James
Cotton Blues Band, Janis Joplin,
Johnny
Winter, Led Zeppelin, Nazz,
The Quarry, Rotary Connection,
Sam
& Dave, Santana, Shiva's
Headband, Sly
& the Family Stone,
Space Opera, Spirit,
Sweetwater, Ten Years
After and Tony Joe White!
Now,
after all these years, a book is in the making!
Yes, I'm still working on it!
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
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Texas State Historical Marker!
We've applied for and been
awarded a historical
marker to be placed near the site of the festival. The Denton County
Transportation Authority has graciously given permission for the marker to
be located at Hebron Station, the A-train depot now under construction to
the southeast of where the stage was. We also hope to add our own plaque
with a replica of the poster.
There will, of course, be a ceremony for
the unveiling of the marker, and we will undoubtedly provide live music
for the celebration. I hoped that would be on Labor Day weekend of 2010,
but the state discourages setting a date before the marker has been
received. It takes months to get the marker, and you never know how long
it will be. I would like to have a really big music and arts fair for
it, and that takes a lot of time these days (unlike when Angus took a
little over a month to plan the festival).
As sponsor of the marker, I was responsible for the cost of the marker and application fee. They totaled
$1600 ($1500 + $100 app. fee). If we can add our own plaque, that amount will be substantially
more.
Hence, we had a benefit on
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Flying Pig Roadhouse. It featured Johnny Nitzinger, Soul Sacrifice (Santana tribute), Swan Song (Led
Zeppelin tribute and a tribute for Janis by Piece of My Heart. We also had some memorabilia and CDs, mostly autographed as door prizes and
raffle items.
The benefit was a grand success. The
following Tuesday, I received an email from the state with the invoice for
the marker, and I mailed a check that morning. We still have just over
$2000 with which to get a plaque and have a monument made to hold it.
I want to thank Andie Jones and all the
bands who played for us, Bill Winter and the staff at the Flying Pig
Roadhouse, Randy James and KZPS, the Dallas Morning News, the Lewisville
Leader, WFAA Channel 8 News, Alex Del Zoppo and Fred Herrera of Sweetwater,
Leo Lyons of Ten
Years After, Robert
Lamm of Chicago Angus Wynne, Gary Buckner, all the people who
came, those who donated and all of you who gave moral support. WE DID
IT!
Peace,
Richard Hayner
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"The Man" courtesy
of Dennis Harper and the Dallas Notes in memory of Jay
- More cartoons will appear
in our book about the Texas International Pop Festival -
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Note:
Rotary Connection's Sidney Barnes told me a sad story.
He has absolutely no pictures of the band playing on stage- not just at
the Texas Pop Festival, but anywhere!
If anyone out there has any photos of Rotary Connection, please email
me.
Peace, Richard |
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Blow
your mind
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This site is dedicated to
John Allen Shope
who died at the festival of heat stroke
and to an unknown person who was born there. |
Last updated on June 6, 2010.
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