tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post4596990669323897201..comments2024-03-25T14:10:52.808-07:00Comments on Rock Prosopography 101: The San Francisco Pop Festival, Searsville Lake, San Mateo County, CA October 5-6, 1968 (rescheduled)Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-5895158172253024172018-12-17T17:42:11.220-08:002018-12-17T17:42:11.220-08:00
What’s really sad is San Francisco’s reputation f...<br />What’s really sad is San Francisco’s reputation for being hip and cool was strictly by accident.Nothing happened here with permission.( I’m talking about the 60’s)Ask for permission and get a big fat NO!Its too bad the straight folks were afraid of having fun or of rock music, dancing and getting high.Bill Graham was arrested for letting people dance and allowing minors in his Fillmore Auditorium.Ironically instead of the “situation” getting better it’s what it is today.I guess the John Lennon line, “ The dream is over, what can I say?” is all too true. I could go on but why bother.....?doug denslowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303000553553961134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-53048757176134209762018-12-17T17:35:36.012-08:002018-12-17T17:35:36.012-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.doug denslowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303000553553961134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-6473274958881238222009-08-04T12:25:48.314-07:002009-08-04T12:25:48.314-07:00An article in the September 28, 1968 Billboard Mag...An article in the September 28, 1968 Billboard Magazine sheds more light on the matter. The promoters were Bill Quarry (of "Teens and Twenties") and Ron Roupe (manager of the Chocolate Watch Band), promoters in the East and South Bay respectively. According to Billboard, they had a signed contract, and agreements for police and fire support, and had already sold 2000 tickets (for $5, big money at the time), when Stanford University unilaterally canceled the show.<br /><br />According to Billboard, permission for the event was withdrawn when, reportedly, University officials objected to getting involved in the type of problems caused by this type of event. The article goes on to explain that the show was rescheduled with different acts for later in October.<br /><br />CorryCorry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.com