Celebration of Life in Louisiana near the town of McCrea,July 1971. I took this video with a Super 8mm film camera. The festival was postponed for three days while the promoters wallowed in legal mire. The hippies amused themselves by making human mud pies. What was to be a week of music turned out to be 4 days.
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November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
dont know, why dont …
dont know, why dont u send a message to the one who posted this!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Yes, Duanne Allman …
Yes, Duanne Allman played, no official video. Bands played for about 3 days, only at night, as it was over 100 degrees during the day, with massive humidity
The band I remember, were: THE ALLMAN BROS BAND, BROWNSVILLE STATION, AMBOY DUKES, JOHN SEBASTION, MELANIE, IKE AND TINA TURNER REVIEW, ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.. maybe a few others, I just don’t remember that far back. It was 38 yeas ago dude!! Oh yeah, there was also a trapeze act!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
what was the name …
what was the name of the movie? who shot it? is there bootleg of it? what bands do you recall? It’s high time everyone kick the greed, take up the drugs sexrocknroll
and release the film and music & act like
humans instead of ATM machines…
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Duane actually …
Duane actually played this? The Associated Press ran a story in their “yearbook” that the thug-lawyers blocked any bands from playing at all—
this then was false? (The film shows so).
Was any of the Allman Bros recorded or filmed? What other bands? This would be one of the last Great Festivals and no-body’s heard of it….
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Just found this …
Just found this site. I was there but forgot the festival name. We came from Port Arthur. I remember the opening act was a Houston acid rock group. Name?????
And didn’t Fever Tree play also??
Thanks, it twas a great festival!!!!!!!!! wish I could remember all of it.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I was there too. We …
I was there too. We came from Monroe just West of you. Any chance of ordering a copy of the music or other pics. I have a few still shots of festival; Hot Air Balloons and Elephant. Thanks
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I hitched to this …
I hitched to this festival from Michigan, my first big adventure after high school graduation. I thought it was in Sedalia Missouri, though. Lots of good times. Too stoned to remember the bands. Met some new friends from Clearwater Florida at the D-Squared Medical Tent, rode back to Florida with them before returning to Michigan. Twice I was on the movie that never got released.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
omg yes it’s a …
omg yes it’s a beautiful day playing as the sun was rising. thanks for the list of performers that jogged a lot. and thanks for the footage.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
i can’t even …
i can’t even remember how i got there or who i was with. but i remember we called it the celebration of strife . i remember there were lots of drugs to be had .good times LOL
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Me and a couple …
Me and a couple buddies left Mobile {U. South Alabama) drinking BoonesFarm. Only rock concert I ever made it to.
Man does this bring back memories.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I was there too. …
I was there too. There was some kind of injunction that postponed the festival for a couple of days. A lot of the acts had to cancel as a result.
My friends and I spent the days of the injunction in Baton Rouge at some hippy public house. We ate crawdads and were amazed that lizards ran around like squirrels.
We were from Wisconsin, so it was cool. When we got to the festival, I was too stoned to remember much at all.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
agree!!!
agree!!!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Joplin actually …
Joplin actually passed away in October of 1970, which was a little over one year from this festival. Hendix died 2 weeks before Joplin and Jim Morrison, died a couple of days after this concert ended, July 3, 1971. This was one of the LAST concerts DWAYNE ALLMAN played in, before his death a couple of months later
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
No problem, rebels …
No problem, rebels or yanks, we are ALL AMERICANS, lets ditch this century old lable
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I’m so glad all you …
I’m so glad all you yanks were there!! love & peace
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I was there too, …
I was there too, from Natchez. We had a tent thank goodness. That dust—it was very dusty I remember, but can’t remember who all performed. It became more about survival, I guess.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Thankfully the guys …
Thankfully the guys I went with were older and thought of loading up their Lincoln with groceries. We were very popular!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I was one of those …
I was one of those chicks! I’ve never been more comfortable naked. Could have been the acid.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
So, you would be …
So, you would be the ultimate authority on what acts actually played. I personally remember Its a Beautiful Day, Ian Anderson playing a solo, and Stephen Stills. My friend remembers a few more.
Joplin and Hendrix definately were not there!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Deltamusic06-30- …
Deltamusic06-30-2004, 12:35 AM
I was there!! My company Jackson Sound Studios recorded it live. I still have all the masters .. What a flashback!!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I have been looking …
I have been looking for info on this for years !!!! Anymore videos and does anyone know what the lineup was ?? HOLY !! I grew up in a town not for from there and I always heard about this now I get to see it . THANK U FOR POSTING THIS !!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Seeing this video …
Seeing this video brings back memories.Two people drowned in the river, the current was strong. Another person died of a drug overdose. I remember all the old rednecks in boats coming by to look at all the naked girls.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I hitch hiked from …
I hitch hiked from Memphis with a friend. I had just turned 17, my parents thought I went to New Orleans to stay with a friend. We did not have tickets to get in. I remember paying some bikers $5 to let us go in. I remember the trapeze act and the fireworks show on acid was unreal. The bathroom facilities were porta-johns. Not near enough of them. I saw a biker pull up and cut in front of people waiting, they turned it over on him when he went in. What a crazy time.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I was there with my …
I was there with my 3 friends.
We caught a bus from Miami to New Orleans.
I remember when we first got there the Louisiana State Police where there at the river with their camera’s asking all the naked woman to pose while they took pictures. The music and the night scene were just incredible. It was a time that I have never forgotten, how could you?
November 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Just wanted to say …
Just wanted to say I was there too!
A couple of years ago I ran into John Sebastian who played there and he too said that was a of a festival!