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supraTruth » 22 Aug 2021, 4:29 pm » wrote: ↑

22 Aug 2021, 4:29 pm

I didn't make it to Woodstock, but I did make it to the "8-day" Celebration of Life festival in Louisiana in 1971.  It opened 4 days late, but the parties were big outside waiting. The bands played fom 6-6 at night.  Chuck Berry played the first night from 2-5, & "It's a Beautiful Day" played the last on the morning of July 5th, after the best fireworks show the night before with tightrope walkers & trapeze artists & "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album playing. 

Acts that did perform:
Amboy Dukes, Ballin’ Jack, Chuck Berry, Black Oak Arkansas, Bloodrock, Brownsville Station, Chambers Brothers, Ruth Copeland, Delaney and Bonnie, Glass Harp, It’s a Beautiful Day, Country Joe McDonald, Melanie, Potliquor, Boz Scaggs, John Sebastian, Stoneground, Ike & Tina Turner, WAR and Jimmy Witherspoon with Eric Burdon, The Stephen Stills Band. 

https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/Celebration_Of_Life

I spent most of my days down at the river.
https://youtu.be/BK2pXHAHwdg

@nuckin futz  would have loved it, as did I.