I attended this incredible concert as a young lad and it changed my life for the better. I still have the original mimeographed line-up sheet. My uncle was the Chief of Police for Galloway Township, the place where the show was held, and I had to hear all kinds of shit about “druggie hippies” and the like. Of course, I never did any of those things…I swear (supreme bullshit) Here’s the super line-up courtesy Wikipedia:
American Dream
Aum
Booker T. & The M.G.s
Tim Buckley
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Byrds
Canned Heat
The Chambers Brothers
Chicago **Chicago Transit Authority
Joe Cocker
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Credence Clearwater Revival
Dr. John
Cass Elliot
Iron Butterfly
Jefferson Airplane
Janis Joplin
Lighthouse
Little Richard
Lothar and the Hand People
Hugh Masekela
Buddy Miles
Joni Mitchell
Mother Earth
Tracy Nelson
Procol Harum
Buddy Rich
Biff Rose
Santana
Sir Douglas Quintet
Three Dog Night
Edgar Winter
Biff Rose
Frank Zappa
Biff Rose was the MC and filled in for Joni Mitchell when she started to cry and ran off stage in the middle of her 3rd song when the crowd was not paying attention to her performance. It seems she was placed in the rotation directly after Mother Earth featuring Tracy Nelson and the crowd wasn’t ready to hear her mild act.
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). The Chambers Brothers were a last-minute substitute.
nick oliva
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August 1, 2009 at 4:45 am
eddie clam
The one thing I remember of that weekend which no one ever mentions is CCR kicking the monitors off the stage and stalking off about half way thru their set because the sound sucked. Joni also complained about the monitors before she melted down.
August 6, 2009 at 3:18 am
Sev
I remember this festival well…. I went AWOL from Ft Dix for the three days and didn’t care because I was getting ready to be shipped to Viet Nam. I arrived while Chicago (Transit Authority) was playing and they were so well that I thought they were playing a record to warm people up but it was them live!! I pitched myself a tent and went wandering around!! during my stay I kept walking backstage with no one stopping me (it was a different world back then) my highlight was meeting Janis, Grace Slick, Tracy Nelson, & Frank Zappa. When I met Janis I handed her a button that said “Kiss me I’m Italian” she said You’re Italian? I Like Italians … her guitarist behind her laughed and said ahhhh you like everybody … she laughed and kissed me on the head, under my eye, on my cheek and near my mouth. it will be something I will never forget as long as I live!! Frank Zappa was so nice, he looked at me and my army haircut and said hey you look like me when I was a kid.
I took so many pictures but unfortunately I took them to Nam with me and the day I got there someone broke into my locker and ripped me off… I swear I am telling the truth… : (
If someone is reading this and has my pictures PLEASE post them I would really like to have them back … They were of Me & Janis, Me & Grace, Me & Frank, & a few of other stars including Grace & Janis together…
Thanx for reading,
Pasquale Severino
Trenton, New jersey