glass man
Well-Known Member
40 YEARS AGO I WAS AT THE 2ND ATLANTA POP FESTIVAL...500,000PEOPLE..WOODSTOCK OF THE SOUTH IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED BYRON NOT FAR FROM MACON.ACTS...ALLMAN BROS. STARTED THE MUSIC OFF,JOHNNY WINTER,GRANDFUNK RAILROAD,BB KING,RARE EARTH,JOHN SABASTIAN,POCO,CHAMBERS BROS.,TEN YEARS AFTER,SPIRIT AND TOO MANY MORE TO NAME...BUT THE HIGHLIGHT TO ME WAS...JIMI HENDRIX...ALMOST TWO MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED...THOUGH FLIPPED OUT ON ACID,ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" AND HIM PLAYING IT IS STILL CRYSTAL CLEAR! FIRE WORKS WERE GOING OFF AS HE PLAYED THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" I HAVE BEEN TOLD AS I FLIPPED BACK OUT AFTER "ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER" THERE WERE GUYS THERE JUST BACK FROM NAM...HOW I WISH THEY ALL COULD HAVE BEEN THERE WITH US!! GOD BLESS THE VIETNAM VETS. AND ALL THE VETS...BUT ESPECIALLY MY DAD THAT WAS A SARGENT IN WW2 FROM 1940-45.FOUGHT ALL THE WAY FROM AFRICA TO GERMANY SO 500,000YOUNG PEOPLE COULD HAVE THE WONDERFUL FREEDOM WE DID 40 YEARS AGO!! GOD BLESS ALL! JAMIE