Preview of the Texas International Pop festival

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San Antonio Light, 24 August 1969 – Final preparations are underway for the inaugural Texas International Pop Festival, set to take place from 30 August to 1 September 1969 at the Dallas International Motor Speedway, located 12 miles north of Dallas. The festival promises an exciting lineup featuring renowned acts like Canned Heat, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Chicago Transit Authority, and more. Over three days, the festival is expected to draw 45,000 to 50,000 attendees per day.

The event will feature state-of-the-art sound provided by Bill and Terry Hanley, known for their work at the Newport Jazz Festival. Additional attractions include a light show by Electric College of Atlanta. Attendees will have access to ample parking, with space for 40,000 cars. A separate press area with interviews and media amenities is also planned.

Tickets are priced at $6 per day in advance or $18 for all three days, with prices increasing to $7 at the gate. The festival follows the success of the Atlanta International Pop Festival in July, and tickets are still available at select locations in San Antonio.

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Preview of the Texas International Pop festival which will he held starting 30 August 1969
24 August 1969 San Antiono Light

Dallas — Plans for the first annual Texas International Pop Festival here Aug. 30-Sept are now being finalized. The talent lineup includes Canned Heat, Chicago Transit Authority, James Cotton Blues Band, Janis Joplin, B. B. King, Herbie Mann, Rotary Connection, and Sam & Dave, on Aug. 30. Appearing Aug. 31 will be Led Zeppelin, Chicago Transit Authority, James Cotton BluesBand, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Incredible String Band, B. B. King, Herbie Mann, and Sam & Dave. On Sept. 1 Johnny Winter, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, B.B. King, Nazz, Sly & The Family Stone, Spirity, Sweetwater, Ten Years After, Freddie King, and Tony Joe While. (not in particular stage order).

The three-day festival Labor Day Weekend, is expected to attract 45-50,000 people per day. Included will be a light show by Electric College of Atlanta, Ga. The sounds will be done by top acoustical engineers Bill & Terry Hanley. Hanley Sound has done the Newport Jazz Festival sound for the past nine successful years. Construction for the festival is now under way at Festival Field at the Dallas International Mo-tor Speedway, 12 mile north of Dallas on 1-35E. The festival will be using approximately 25 acres of ground for the stage, ground seating, concessions, and back stage area. Parking for 40.000 cars will be provided.

In addition to crowd preparations, elaborate preparations have been planned for the comfort of the attending press and varied media representatives. Tents, water and phones will be provided in a separate area from the public. Trailers will he located within the restricted press area for interviews, e t c. Advance ticket prices are $6. per day, or a booklet price for three days of $18. Ticket prices at the gaze will be $7 per day, State camping facilities are located approximately three miles from Festival Field. All camping will come under the State Public Camping Gudelines, and the sponsors cannot guarantee the amount of availability or provide security.

Camping will be operated separate of the music festival. The Texas International Pop Festival is produced by the same people who produced the highly successful Atlanta International Pap Festival July 4th, and Showco of Dallas.

Tickets are available in San Antonio at Platter Palace in Wonderland Center, JaInt-Effort at 3811 Broadway, Record Rendezvous in McCreless Center, and Sound Town 3223 West Avenue. Tickets will only be available a short time longer, through Aug. 20, after that only at the gate in Dallas. Details are on XTSA Radio in San Antonio

Source: 69-08-24 San Antonio Light

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30 Aug 1969 until Mon 1 Sep 1969 Texas International Pop Festival

Dallas International Motor Speedway, Louisville, TX. Other artists: included Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, James Cotton, Santana , Sam & Dave, Chicago, Led Zeppelin , Sly and the Family Stone and Ten Years After.

Sat 30 Aug 1969: Canned Heat , Chicago Transit Authority , James Cotton Blues Band , Janis Joplin

Sun 31 Aug 1969 Chicago Transit Authority , James Cotton Blues Band , Delaney and Bonnie and Friends , Incredible String Band , B.B. King

Mon 1 Sep 1969 Johnny Winter , Delaney and Bonnie and Friends , B.B. King , Nazz , Sly and the Family Stone

The Texas International Pop concert of Johnny Winter resulted in the unofficial record: "White Lighting" and is also available on video: Got No Shoes Got No Blues - video of the 1969 Texas International Pop Festival

    Setlist of Johnny Winter at the Texas International Pop Festival 1969
  1. Intro
  2. Mean town blues
  3. Black cat bone
  4. Mean mistreater
  5. Talk to your daughter
  6. Leland, Mississipi
  7. I'm not sure (fade out)

A Johnny Winter fan remembers:

I first saw Johnny Winter at the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969, a few weeks after Woodstock. There were close to 300,000 people there.

Johnny was dressed entirely in white and was wearing a white jacket with long fringe. He played at night on the third day and when the spotlights hit him I'm sure he could be seen for miles. I imagine people looking out of their plane windows could have seen him that night. He reflected light so well.

I can't remember if he had a bass player or not. I have always heard that he did some gigs for a while without one. And it was around that same time. Apparently Johnny and Tommy Shannon had some falling out. I saw Tommy Shannon about a year after Stevie Ray had died, when his new band was playing at a club near where I worked. I mentioned his early stuff with Johnny Winter and got a very chilly response. I guess he was still really hurting from Stevies death, and apparently Johnny Winter is still a sore subject with him. But Stevie was the best friend Tommy ever had. They were like brothers. But I digress.

At the time of the Texas International Pop Festival, Leeland Mississippi was pretty much Johnny's theme song. I used to hear it on top 40 radio every now and then. I remember he played it that night. He probably opened with it.

I didn't see him again untill he toured with the band on the "Captured Live" album, with Randy Joe Hobbs and the rest. Except for the festival and maybe one other show, that was probably the show I liked the best.

Not long after Captured Live Johnny returned more to his bluesy roots and stop doing so many of his older rock-n-roll songs. He was as good as ever, but their were a lot of tunes he just didn't play very often anymore, such as Still Alive and Well, and Rock-n-Roll Hootchie Koo, and Leeland Mississippi.

I started seeing him fairly regularly in the late seventies and early eighties. He came around quite a lot. He stuck with the same trio for quite a while. The bass player blew harp on almost every song, it seemed. He had a special harmonica rack that looked like a clear plastic tube. He blew harp while he played bass. That trio was perfect for Johnny. That band accounts for some of the best performances I ever saw Johnny give.

I was still missing some of his old rock songs though. Then one time I saw him in a bar (with the same three-piece band). The band seemed to be in a great mood that night, and it was a good crowd too. There was a built-in table that surrounded the whole stage. That is where I was sitting. People who were sitting there started writing song requests on napkins and passing them up to the bass player to read. After Johnny had done a few requests, I decided this might be my opportunity to hear Leland Mississippi live for the first time in almost ten years. So I handed the request to the bass player, and he whispered in Johnny's ear. Johnny and the bass player went over and talked to the drummer for a while. I don't think they had ever even rehersed that song before as a group, because they talked about it for quite a while. Then Johnny stepped up to the mike and said,"Here's an old one that I haven't played in a long time, called Leland Mississippi."

They played it perfectly, and the crowd went nuts. Johnny's fans are some of the most loyal in the music business. They are mostly old timers who know his music backwards and forwards. I think everyone else was as happy as me to hear that song after such a long time.

Johnny was obviously enjoying himself at this point. I never saw him so happy at a show before or since. At one point someone requested a song, and Johnny and the bass player had another meeting. Then Johnny said into the mike," We've got a song we're gonna do, but I'm going to let my bass player play guitar." Then they switched, and Johnny started playing bass. I believe it was Wipe Out, but they ended up doing three songs that way, if I remember right. They were all laughing and having a blast up there. That was obvious. Anyway, they did do Wipe Out (of all songs for Johnny to play), and they were loving it. The drummer did a solo, and then came out from behind his drumms and started playing his solo on mike stands and anything he could get to. He eventually came to the front of the stage and started drumming on the stage floor and the table that surrounded it. He was right at our place at the table and started playing his solo on our glass ashtray. Butts and ashes were flying everywhere, but that was alright. We didn't care. It was a blast.

It was like they were playing in their own garage. They were really having a ball. Eventually Johnny and the bass player switched back and they went back to playing Johnny's stuff. They played a long time, and did several encores. That crowd just wouldn't let the band get out of there that night. That was one of the best shows I ever saw Johnny put on. He also did "Hustled Down in Texas" off of Second Winter. That is the only time I remember hearing him play that song live. I've never seen Johnny have so much fun as on that night.

saw him a lot of times after that too. I've seen him so many times I really couldn't count them all. Another good show saw I was back in 1985 roughly. That was when he was billed with Edgar's band and The Greg Allman Band. Edgar opened the show, and he was in top form. He almost had a fussion sound mixed in with his past styles. It's obvious that Edgar just keeps studying. Everytime you see him he is better, and introducing new elements into his music.

After Edgar, Greg Allman's band came on. They had Dangerous Dan Toller on lead if I remember right. They had plenty of guitar power to do all of the Allman brothers material. In fact it really sounded more like an Allman Brothers concert. They did Whipping Post, Statesboro Blues, and a lot of other Allman Brothers stuff. Then Johnny came on. He didn't have a bit of trouble topping Edgar and Greg. I really thought there might be a few Greg Allman fans leaving after his show, but that didn't happen. That was one of the best shoes I have ever seen.

I don't know if there are any other Johnny Winter fans out there, (in this newsgroup) but this post is for them.