Gulfstream Park - Miami Pop Festival
The Miami Pop Festival was the name of two different music festivals that took place here in 1968.
The first festival took place May 18–19, 1968 and featured Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Chuck Berry, The Blues Image, Pacific Gas and Electric, Three Dog Night, The Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
The second festival was held December 28–30, 1968 and featured Procol Harum, The Turtles, The Grass Roots, Three Dog Night, Jose Feliciano, The Blues Image, The Box Tops, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Hugh Masekela, Pacific Gas and Electric, Fleetwood Mac, Richie Havens, The Sweet Inspirations, Joni Mitchell, Jr. Walker & The Allstars, The McCoys, Sweetwater, The James Cotton Blues Band, Canned Heat, The Charles Lloyd Quartet, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Ian & Sylvia, Country Joe and The Fish, Buffy St. Marie, Steppenwolf, The Amboy Dukes, Iron Butterfly, The Grateful Dead, and Marvin Gaye.
The first festival took place May 18–19, 1968 and featured Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Chuck Berry, The Blues Image, Pacific Gas and Electric, Three Dog Night, The Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
The second festival was held December 28–30, 1968 and featured Procol Harum, The Turtles, The Grass Roots, Three Dog Night, Jose Feliciano, The Blues Image, The Box Tops, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Hugh Masekela, Pacific Gas and Electric, Fleetwood Mac, Richie Havens, The Sweet Inspirations, Joni Mitchell, Jr. Walker & The Allstars, The McCoys, Sweetwater, The James Cotton Blues Band, Canned Heat, The Charles Lloyd Quartet, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Ian & Sylvia, Country Joe and The Fish, Buffy St. Marie, Steppenwolf, The Amboy Dukes, Iron Butterfly, The Grateful Dead, and Marvin Gaye.
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I photographed the 1968 MPF, I'm working with film producer, Jack Connell to produce a documentary about this event. The MPF was Michael Lang's first production, and is where WOODSTOCK was BORN !!!!!!!! you can see my photographs at www.oldrockphoto.com/miamipop.html
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