  Jokerman Member Username: Jokerman Post Number: 116 Registered: 07-2005 |
Who went to the Goose Lake Music Festival in 1970? It was Michigan's version of Woodstock. I have slides that prove that I was there because sometimes it's hard to remember what happened in the sixties and early seventies. The following acts were scheduled to appear.Not all showed up. Savoy Brown Jethro Tull Joe Cocker 10 Years After Savage Grace Mountain Chicago RAM Bob Seger John Sebastian Alice Cooper Litter SRC James Gang Stooges John Drake Shakedown Flock 3 Power Wizard Mighty Quick Brownsville Station Flying Burrito Brothers Suite Charity Alice Cooper, Joe Cocker, and Savoy Brown did not perform. MC5 and Rod Stewart were added late. It was wild. Ten Years After were the best! | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 994 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yeah, I was there....hated Mountain, so loud yet so unmusical...overall that fest was a bad scene, I remember many OD's, bad trips, fights. But some of the music was sublime, I really dug the Burrito Bros and Chicago. When we left the festival cops were lined up like sharks culling 'suspicious' vehicles from the pack. Last rock fest I went to. There were many which had great music, great vibes, all positive stuff goin' down, (like the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festivals - Mingus, Miles, Muddy, Ray Charles, wow!, and the Toronto Rock Festival (think was 1969, Alice Cooper among others), but GL wasn't among 'em... | ||
Summertime1 Member Username: Summertime1 Post Number: 22 Registered: 01-2008 |
I was 15 that summer. My neighbor got to go. i was green with envy. I used to go to the Ann Arbor blues and jazz. still have my T shirt from 1973.My friends and I would hitch hike. I would love to see the pics Jokerman.What great years to be young, we were born at the right time. | ||
Summertime1 Member Username: Summertime1 Post Number: 23 Registered: 01-2008 |
Jokerman, I went to the Grande Ballroom 40 year reunion, Canned Heat rock the building, Third Power was there and authur Brown it was at the Royal Oak music theatre. | ||
Whaler Member Username: Whaler Post Number: 31 Registered: 08-2007 |
I was there...Not as good as Miami,Toronto..The sound system was bad..The people were the best part..I remember a guy with a 63 Chevy camped next to us..He opened his trunk ..It was like a drug store everything labeled Blue acid,Brown acid,Mushrooms ,weed,Hash..very weird | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1847 Registered: 07-2004 |
I think it was organized by Russ Gibb of Grande Ballroom and Detroit radio fame. | ||
Carolcb Member Username: Carolcb Post Number: 3705 Registered: 11-2006 |
I still have the handbill. It is framed and hanging in one of our bedrooms. If you want me to scan it and attach it, let me know. | ||
Carptrash Member Username: Carptrash Post Number: 1575 Registered: 10-2003 |
My ex was at GL and had a great time. She had to . . ..... mislead her folks about where she was going and really needed a shower when she came back. But all the fights and bad trips happened to someone else. eeeek | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1849 Registered: 07-2004 |
Apparently, the hippies left so much garbage there that it set back the chances for future similar festivals. Waaaay different from today, with the leave-it-better, take-only-pictures, leave-only-memories crowd of hippies that do stuff like Burning Man. | ||
Jokerman Member Username: Jokerman Post Number: 118 Registered: 07-2005 |
Detroitnerd: That reminded me that my friend Dennis only brought things that he could leave behind; tent, sleeping bag etc. All he left with were the clothes on his back (and probably some herb in his pocket). I remember that as we were leaving they were announcing "Leave all your dope behind because the cops are stopping cars on the way out." They had big barrels at the exits. People were dropping all kinds of illegal stuff in these barrels. I often wondered who profited from all that left behind contraband. During the festival people had drug supermarkets set up: "Spanada with mescaline, Spanada with acid, Boone's Farm with mescaline, Ripple with THC etc." It was laissez-faire capitalism at its best! | ||
Homer Member Username: Homer Post Number: 263 Registered: 08-2004 |
Oh Yes!! I was there and do remember ice cold showers in a large tent,also a wedding held on stage. | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 259 Registered: 11-2006 |
Does anyone know of any recordings made of the event? It seems like every festival back in those days was being recorded for posterity, for better or worse(Woodstock, Monterey, Isle of Wight etc.). I assume the organizers would've wanted to cash in on some of that. Then again, if the sound was as bad as Whaler remembers, maybe it's all for the best. I had a photocopy of the concert flyer at one time but lost it. Was it a Grimshaw? I don't remember it being all that fantastic. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1851 Registered: 07-2004 |
I remember somebody telling me that Joe Cocker was too drunk to make his flight from Miami or something.  | ||
Qdaddy77 Member Username: Qdaddy77 Post Number: 67 Registered: 05-2007 |
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Qdaddy77 Member Username: Qdaddy77 Post Number: 68 Registered: 05-2007 |
tokens to get in huh?  | ||
Qdaddy77 Member Username: Qdaddy77 Post Number: 69 Registered: 05-2007 |
sorry JimG, i know you said they sucked...but its all i could find... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =KszD_MfB798 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFCx3EMPxm4 (Message edited by qdaddy77 on February 07, 2008) | ||
Homer Member Username: Homer Post Number: 264 Registered: 08-2004 |
News clip from WKNR on Gooselake........ http://www.keener13.com/airche x/WKNR-FM%20News%20and%20Mitch %201%20081070.mp3 | ||
Carolcb Member Username: Carolcb Post Number: 3730 Registered: 11-2006 |
Well, I brought my handbill and I can't seem to save it as anything but a PDF file and so....if anyone can tell me how to scan it as a PDF and post it. It looks pretty cool and is different than the one above. |
