Seattle Pop Festival July 1969
The Seattle Pop Festival’s July 1969 dates was a show to rival Woodstock in some peoples minds, just ask the Guess Who, who was there for this monster of a music festival. It was held in in Woodinville, Washington.
Check out the line up for this one!
Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Chuck Berry, Santana, The Byrds, Ike and Tina Turner, The Guess Who, Chicago, and Bo Diddley, just to name a few. They played in front of an estimated 40,000 to 70,000 people. Now that was a show to be at. Imagine the ticket prices on today’s market for an event such as this one.
Led Zeppelin fanatics, refer to the sound board recordings, from this show, as the Holy Grail of Zeppelin recordings. The Doors didn’t get off so lucky. Jim was out of his mind, screaming and insulting the crowd. Even Zeppelin felt embarrassed for the other band members! This was Zeppelin talking here, remember their legendary tour shananogins?
Keep on Jammin’
August 4th, 2008 at 8:35 am
I’m surprised Jim even showed up. He was notoriously wasted most of the time. Interesting that the venue also had wood in the name. It does seem like a strange lineup, what with Bo Diddley alongside Led Zeppelin.
Kind of like putting the sheep amongst the wolves.
All due respect though, these are some of the names that shaped the music industry.
- Keep rocking
Andrew
August 4th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I thought that other people out there would notice this and I’m right! It would have been a fabulous show to see would be quite the understatement now wouldn’t it Andrew!
Keep on Jammin’