The Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mt. Tamalpais in Mill Valley,
California
June 3 & 4, 1967
As you can see there were 2 stages; a main stage and a smaller
stage. This festival ran for 2 days on a Saturday and Sunday. I don't
remember which bands were on which days. I did go both days. One day
The Sons opened the main stage, the other day was really a surprise :
The Fifth Dimension! They were great by the way. You couldn't drive to
the amphitheater, you had to get a shuttle bus from the Marin Co. Civic
Center. I'd imagine this was The Doors first really big show. They were
amazing. The Seeds had a song in the charts at the time and were good
too. The Byrds brought along Hugh Masekla on trumpet. I seem to
remember he played on a few songs besides just "So You Want To Be A
Rock'N'Roll Star".
Jefferson Airplane at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1966
This was a year before the Monterey Pop Festival with the
Airplane's original line-up.
Sun Ra at College of Marin (CA) 1969
Always one of my favorites, Sun Ra had a great band. There were
maybe more musicians on stage that night than paid members of the
audience but it was still a great show.