Location: Skinner Butte Park Date: Sept. 1969 (Monday) Purpose: For the YMCA and the proposed "Peace Park" Lineup: Searchin' Soul Blues Band and Funky Nirvana Blues band RG Article: Free Rock Concert at Skinner Butte Park … [Read more...]
Rainer Pop Festival (1969)
Location: Date: 1969 Lineup: Three Dog Night and Ike and Tina Turner … [Read more...]
Oregon Blues Festival (1980)
Fifth Annual Oregon Blues Festival Location: EMU at the University of Oregon Date: Oct 3 & 4, 1980 Lineup: Big Walter Horton Floyd Dixon Band Pete Karnes Blooz Band John Nicholas J.C. Burris John Lee Hooker Blind Joe Hill Little Charlie and the Nightcats … [Read more...]
Eugene Blues Festival (1975)
Location: Eugene Hotel, Downtown Eugene Date: 1975 Curtis Salgado started the blues festival in order to meet and play with as many established blues stars as possible. The festival became an annual event, allowing Curtis to back up, befriend and occasionally house legends including Floyd Dixon, Frankie Lee, Luther Tucker, Otis Rush, Clifton Chenier, Sonny Rhodes and Albert … [Read more...]
Willamette Valley Folk Festival
The Willamette Valley Folk Festival ran from 1971 to 2009. In 2010 it was renamed and re-structured to become the Willamette Valley MusicFest (2010-Present). The locations also changed over the years! Indoor and Outdoor stages at UO Campus Locations to the Cuthbert Ampitheatre then back to Indoor and Outdoor stages at various UO Campus Locations. First Annual … [Read more...]
Super Sunblast Summer 73′
Location: Eugene Speedway at w 11th near Beltline in Eugene, Oregon Date: Sept. 1973 Attendance: ~5,000 Line-up: Elvin Bishop Band, Sons of Champlin, Country Joe McDonald & His All-Star Band, Stoneground, and special guest stars. RG article: Motorists advised to avoid traffic jam at rock concert … [Read more...]
The 2nd Decennial Picnic (1982)
Location: Held at the Oregon Country Fair site in Veneta, Oregon Date: Aug. 28, 1982 Line-up: Grateful Dead, The Robert Cray Band, The Flying Karmazov Brothers, and many others Dead Alive and Well - Eugene Register Guard Article … [Read more...]
Field Trip Picnic (1972)
Location: Veneta, Oregon at the The Renaissance Faire site. Date: Aug. 27, 1972 The Renaissance Faire was the original name for Oregon Country Fair. Line-up: Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage One fan notes, “Jack Casady, bassist, Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, was hanging around the stage during the show but did not play”. For more details about the concert; … [Read more...]
Oregon Blues Festival (1981)
Sixth Annual Oregon Blues Festival Location: EMU at the University of Oregon Date: 1981 Lineup: Albert Collins and the Icebreakers The Mighty Flyers with Rod Piazza The Paul DeLay Band Clearence Gatemouth Brown Pee Wee Crayton Little Charlie and the Nightcats … [Read more...]
Eugene Pop Festival (1969)
FAME Expo 69' presents Eugene Pop Festival F.A.M.E. stood for Film, Art, & Music in Eugene. Location: University of Oregon Hayward Field, 1585 East 13th Ave. Date: July 26, 1969 Cost: $5 Attendance: 5,000 Unfortunately, the event does not go as planned and several scheduled acts, including The Byrds and The Youngbloods, do not perform. Bands that did perform: The … [Read more...]