August 30, 1969: The Texas Internatrional Pop Festival opens in Lewisville, Texas…
The Festival began at 4:00 p.m. each day. Who else but MICHIGAN ROCKERS, Grand Funk Railroad, opened all three days and played through the afternoon heat till 4:00 p.m….
BB King, taking a side trip from his Rolling Stones Tour, played all three nights…
Saturday, August 30:
Canned Heat, hot after their Woodstock
appearance
opened the show…
Chicago Transit Authority asked
if these Texans if they knew if it was 25 til
or actually six to four…
James Cotton Blues Band KILLED (of course)...
Janis Joplin showed her Homies what she’d done at Woodstock, too…
Herbie Mann was pushing his single
WATERBED...
Rotary Connection,
Featuring Minnie Ripperton was a treat…
Sam and Dave close the first night of The Texas International Pop Festival…
AND TOMORROW NIGHT,
AUGUST 31st IS GONNA KILL TOO!!!
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono were joined by Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack and Sha Na Na at a fund raising concert for the One To One charity at New York's Madison Square Gardens. Several of the performances were later included on Lennon's, "Live in New York City" album…
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