Major Events to Atlanta’s Hippies

 
1969 Atlanta Festival at Atlanta Raceway1969_Atlanta_Pop_festival.html1969_Atlanta_Pop_festival.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0
1970 Atlanta Pop Festival at Byron, Ga.1970_Atlanta_Pop_Festival.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0
Turkey Trip Turkey_trip.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0

Lake Spivey Concert in the pine woods with ZZ Top and The Ike and Tina Review. A party for all.

Here are Carter Tomassi’s photos of the bands.

ZZ Top pre-beard

http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/zzTop.html

Ike & Tina

http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/ike_tina.html

http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/ike_tina4.html

http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/ike_tina2.html

Miami Pop Festival December 19681968_Miami_Pop.html1968_Miami_Pop.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1

That weight

What everyone is always trying to get-

                                 a round tuit.

New band Little Feat in a small club!  2 shows nightly! 3 nights!

A buck a show!!!

2001 was showing next to the IBM Sales office. Scary to elude HAL, come out and see IBM bragging about bringing you the future.

7/7/1969 The Grateful Dead play Piedmont Park for FREE!Hippies_Stories/Entries/2007/5/19_Dead_in_Piedmont_Park.html

1969 Piedmont Police Riot

see and read here.

"Cosmic Ripoff"  June 22, 1970 (scathing review of stadium concert, music industryhttp://bellsouthpwp.net/m/y/mystere2/millerweb/vol3#25cosmiccarnival1.htmhttp://bellsouthpwp.net/m/y/mystere2/millerweb/vol3#25cosmiccarnival1.htmhttp://bellsouthpwp.net/m/y/mystere2/millerweb/VOL3%2325COSMICRIPOFF-FINAL.htmshapeimage_10_link_0shapeimage_10_link_1

STOMP 

STOMP burned-out