1/6/2024 0 Comments Atlantic city jazz fest 2021That was it… other than many hours of amazing classic music. People came to rock, over 100,000 of them by most estimates. And Joni Mitchell didn’t write a song about it even if she did play at AC Pop (briefly see below), unlike Woodstock. It didn’t close the Interstate due to people trying to get to the fest. No foxy hippie girls got naked and went skinny dipping. Crowds didn’t storm the site to make it a free festival. It’s most likely because AC Pop was overshadowed by the events of a couple of weekends later in upstate New York. For some reason, the three-day Atlantic City, N.J., bash that took place over the first weekend of that August barely registers a blip in most accounts of rock history. Most people haven’t, even the most fanatical baby boomer rock fans. I mean the Atlantic City Pop Festival.ĭon’t worry if you’ve never heard of it. No, I’m not talking about Woodstock, although that one wasn’t bad either. 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. The Atlantic City Pop Festival isn’t as well known as that “other” classic rock event that took place that summer The Animals: A ‘Lost’ Interview with the Five Original Members (The Early Days).Don McLean ‘American Pie’ Documentary, Tour Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Classic. 1979: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums.Bill Graham on the Rock ’n’ Roll Revolution.Moodys’ John Lodge: A Singer in a Rock and Roll Band – 2018 Live Review.New Paul McCartney Book From Photographer Harry Benson.The Classics IV Trio: ‘Spooky,’ ‘Stormy’ & ‘Traces’.Radio Hits July 1973: On the Road to Shambala.11 ‘Weird’ Songs Heard on the Dark Side of the Moon.U2, Gladys Knight to Receive Kennedy Center Honors.Cat Stevens’ ‘Teaser And the Firecat’: A Singer-Songwriter Classic.Gilbert O’Sullivan, ’70s Hitmaker, Sets 2022 Tour, LP.Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings Begin Brief 2022 Reunion Tour.When John Mayall’s ‘Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton’ Broke Down Boundaries.Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ Gets Deluxe Edition: Listen.ZZ Top’s Busy 2022: New ‘Raw’ Album (With Original Lineup) and Tour.Steve Morse Departs Deep Purple Due to Wife’s Health.Radio Hits in July 1966: A ‘Wild’ Survey.Jefferson Airplane/Starship’s Marty Balin on the Heaven That Was ’67.
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