tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894281490270353606.post1078571996190738651..comments2022-04-04T18:55:31.911+01:00Comments on stranger than known: 1970 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Documentary Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11808826797585124428noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894281490270353606.post-3026882931995696192016-12-23T01:49:14.583+00:002016-12-23T01:49:14.583+00:00Ann Arbor Blues 1970 was up against the Goose Lake...Ann Arbor Blues 1970 was up against the Goose Lake festival in nearby Jackson,<br />Mich. the same weekend. Goose Lake featured Grand Funk, one of the hottest bands of<br />that year. I had heard about Ann Arbor Blues through my subscription to Downbeat<br />Magazine. My friends and I packed a borrowed Ford Econoline van with provisions;<br />the vehicle became our home for the two weeks it took us to attend the Blues festival and continue on to NYC - the first time for all four of us. For four hicks<br />from rural Colorado, we did ok. Breakdowns in Williamsport,Pennsylvania, an<br />exhaust manifold change in the parking lot of Proctor-Gamble in Cincinnati,<br />Ohio. with borrowed tools. All in all it was a good trip. If nothing else, the music at the festival was incredible. And the experience prove the old saying, "Travel is the best education. I will never forget Roosevelt Sykes<br />(RIP) opening the first night..."Ol Big Ben", "Boot That Thing"....Magic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com