Comments on: Atlanta Pop Festival — Forty Years Gone, But Not Forgot

By: Big Smooth

Big Smooth — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:10:07 +0000

I hear you, CD. I was there as well with raybo, ritchie and garvis. I guess it was 40 years ago and, as you say, very hot and very low key with the locals. First time I ever heard the ABB and I was hooked. Pulled out Sat before Hendrix and have always regretted it. Going deep in the memory banks.

By: ken

ken — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:54:27 +0000

each and every time I pass through Geirgia onI75 on the way to Florida the signs for Byron which has become a thriving suburb of Macon with excellent R&B on FM radio, I regale my family with tales of once spending a magical weekend with friends camping in the pecan groves of the Mid-South Speedway while Hendrix did his last national anthem on a 4th of July and I witnessed the peaceful coexistence of curious rural Georgians gawking at curious adolescent and young adult Southern visitors who gawked back in a sweltering purple haze . I should close with Bob Hope singing a verse….

By: Merrily

Merrily — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:07:32 +0000

Moody Blues. I distinctly remember the Moody Blues. And a jet airplane buzzing us and we all fell over backwards as it zoomed seemingly feet above our heads with a ferocious deafening mind bending roar. Captain Canada. Now that was a vision to rememeber.