| Name: | Forrest Haller |
| City/State: | L.A. |
| Date: | Sat Dec 10 2005 |
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Remembers...
I went to both. Lived in Emory. Remember Led Zepplin the best from the first. Went down early to Byron for the 2nd one to beat the traffic. Took three 14 year old neighbor girls with me. We camped in the pecan orchard before anyone arrived, but it filled up quick. I went to a funky fast food place and Terry Reid was behind me waiting to order too and we talked...me and English rock star on a country Georgia 2-lane. A schoolbus with a "family" of Florida hippies set up next to my tent complete with a full sized stove they pulled out and set up outside. I also took an 8mm camera and filmed a reel...before the crowds, in the crowds, naked people, etc. Still have the film. I remember The Chambers Brothers' lead guitarist making wild feedback and laughingly saying, "blame Benjamin Franklin".Interestingly, after the festival was over, the Allman Brothers and Spirit and maybe members of the Dead (?) came back to Piedmont Park late at night ..it was a real nice warm summer night ...set up and jammed wonderfully for hours to a buzzed and happy crowd. Some cops showed up just looking and then later saw some cops taking off their hats and dancing in a long daisy chain of people snaking thru the crowd to the music. The whole thing was great. |
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