POLL -- Pick One Day Only of the 1969 Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
July 7: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk 15
August 1: The Beach Boys, Neil Young 12
July 26: Sly and the Family Stone, Slim Harpo 9
July 21: Led Zeppelin, B. B. King 7
July 23: Joni Mitchell, Tim Hardin 3
June 26: Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton 2
July 25: Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, Ray Barretto, Chucho Avellanet 2
July 12: The Byrds, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker 2
June 28: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Rhinoceros 2
August 23: Sam & Dave, Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles 1
August 9: Herbie Mann, Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock 1
August 2: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Buddy Guy 1
July 5: Hugh Masekela, Willie Bobo 1
July 19: Cannonball Adderley, The Sweet Inspirations 1
August 22: Tim Buckley, Times Square 1
August 15: Al Kooper, James Cotton 0
August 16: Lou Rawls, Carl Holmes & the Commanders, Ruth McFadden 0
August 18: Nina Simone, Montego Joe 0
August 8: Tom Paxton, Gordon Lightfoot 0
August 6: Little Richard, The Checkmates, Ltd. 0
August 4: Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen McRae 0
August 11: Arlo Guthrie, Melanie 0
June 27: Tiny Tim, Sweetwater 0
July 9: Blood, Sweat & Tears, Carolyn Hester 0
July 14: Jeff Beck, Orpheus (band) 0
July 16: Ten Years After, Chicago Transit Authority (Fleetwood Mac was originally scheduled to play on this date.) 0
July 18: Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cashman, Pistilli & West 0
July 2: Jerry Lee Lewis, Pacific Gas & Electric 0
June 30: Flip Wilson, The Modern Jazz Quartet 0
July 27: Carlos Montoya, Paul Winter 0
July 28: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Jethro Tull 0
July 30: Buddy Rich, Procol Harum 0
July 11: Herbie Mann, Eddie Harris 0


something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:59 (twelve years ago)

oops.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/music_fest_zpsc9b01fa7.jpg

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:59 (twelve years ago)

Holy Hell

difficult for me to see beyond Miles in 1969, but there's a shitload here worth thinking about

Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:01 (twelve years ago)

tempted by Sly but gotta go w August 1

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:03 (twelve years ago)

Miles/Monk

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)

The July 12 lineup is pretty tight. And Joni/Tim Hardin.

But yeah, Miles/Monk, yow.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:13 (twelve years ago)

Mann/Ayers/Sharrock looks like a good time too

5 years later Joni wd be a serious contender for me

Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:20 (twelve years ago)

If that was the Sharrock band with Milford Graves, I'd be tempted to vote for that.

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:24 (twelve years ago)

My brain says Miles/Monk, but my gut (and my dancing feet) say Sly/Slim Harpo.

Same old bland-as-sand mood mouthings (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:40 (twelve years ago)

probably one of the last times you could be assured sly would actually show up.

fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:07 (twelve years ago)

If I could have a week's worth

June 28: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Rhinoceros
July 7: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk
July 12: The Byrds, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker
July 21: Led Zeppelin, B. B. King
July 26: Sly and the Family Stone, Slim Harpo
August 1: The Beach Boys, Neil Young
August 6: Little Richard, The Checkmates, Ltd.

But if I have to have one day I'm going with Sly and Slim

da croupier, Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:10 (twelve years ago)

I'm having serious flashbacks to my 6-year-old self right now

Not the music at the festival.

no, "Schaefer is the one beer to have, when you're having more than one"

WTF happened to Schaefer beer? This stuff was more popular than Budweiser once upon a time....

Lee626, Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:49 (twelve years ago)

schaefer stadium, home of the pre-good new england patriots!

fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:52 (twelve years ago)

My first instinct here is July 23: Joni Mitchell/Tim Hardin - but in 1969 Joni hadn't written her best songs yet and Tim's live performances could politely be called erratic. So, either July 21: Led Zeppelin/B. B. King or July 7: Miles Davis/Thelonious Monk (esp. if the former included In A Silent Way material, a few weeks before that album's release)

Lee626, Thursday, 22 August 2013 01:07 (twelve years ago)

too bad Fleetwood Mac couldn't make it - Peter Green-era Mac paired with Chicago Transit Authority would be a contender

Lee626, Thursday, 22 August 2013 01:12 (twelve years ago)

(esp. if the former included In A Silent Way material, a few weeks before that album's release)

Don't think he ever played IASW material live; by the summer of 1969, he was honing the Bitches Brew pieces prior to the recording. This is the same band (and similar setlist) as the one on the recently released Bootleg Series Vol 2, which covers shows just a couple of weeks later.

Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ss, ts); Chick Corea (el-p); Dave Holland (b); Jack De Johnette (d)

1 Directions (incomplete) (J. Zawinul) 0:56
2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (M. Davis) 11:41
3 Masqualero (W. Shorter) 12:26

Splice at 0:31 removes several seconds of talking recorded over music
4 Spanish Key (M. Davis) 11:49
5 Sanctuary (W. Shorter-M. Davis) 3:20
6 The Theme (with applause) (M. Davis)

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 02:53 (twelve years ago)

(from this site)

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 02:53 (twelve years ago)

Voting Miles/Monk, but that Beach Boys/Neil Young seems tempting.

jetfan, Thursday, 22 August 2013 03:33 (twelve years ago)

xp that's a nice setlist too

Lee626, Thursday, 22 August 2013 04:07 (twelve years ago)

July 25: Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, Ray Barretto, Chucho Avellanet

Josefa, Thursday, 22 August 2013 04:15 (twelve years ago)

one more for miles/monk. I think I would have picked it for monk by himself, but what a great tandem.

nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 22 August 2013 11:24 (twelve years ago)

Zep and BB for me.

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 22 August 2013 11:26 (twelve years ago)

OK, huh, In A Silent Way wasn't released until July 30, 1969. So people going to see Miles on July 7 didn't even know he'd gone electric. That must've been amazing to experience without any warning.

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:25 (twelve years ago)

Wait, Filles (1968) had electric piano on it. Still, pretty big leap from that to the Bitches Brew material.

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:31 (twelve years ago)

I saw many of these ppl in their subsequent years. Of the rest, prob Nina Simone or Sly. Byrds tempting too.

I wonder who bantered about the moon landing more, LedZep or BB King?

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:31 (twelve years ago)

Until the mid-1970s, Schaefer Beer was the world's best selling beer before ceding the top spot to Budweiser. The brand was purchased by Stroh Brewery Company in 1981, and since 1999 has been produced by Pabst Brewing Company after Stroh was purchased by Pabst in 1999.

They were also a premier broadcast sponsor of the 1969 Mets.

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:35 (twelve years ago)

Tickets for these shows were all $1 or $1.50, which adjusted for inflation is still just $6-$10.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:40 (twelve years ago)

I knew this eventually became the Dr Pepper Music Festival ('76 acc to Wiki), and then was moved to Pier 84 in 1981, when I started attending.

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:49 (twelve years ago)

Was Mann playing Memphis Underground material? I might actually go with that + Ayers + Sharrock. Early electric Miles + Monk is pretty undeniably strong too though.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:59 (twelve years ago)

Don't think he ever played IASW material live...

Yeah, I would assume this festival was pretty much Bitches Brew, but "It's About That Time" did get played live. This snippet is great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fk7X0vodE4

Same old bland-as-sand mood mouthings (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:30 (twelve years ago)

While I think Zep's records got better later on, I actually prefer their live stuff from this time, esp with Plant's voice in its prime.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:30 (twelve years ago)

the bryds song "gunga din" references the gig with chuck berry

It rained in New York City
Mister Rock 'n' Roll couldn't stay
The crowd was mad and we were had
Chasing the sun back to L.A.

buzza, Friday, 23 August 2013 06:04 (twelve years ago)

Voted for Zep and BB King.

I'd have a great time at that Ten Years After/Chicago Transit Authority show though.

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 23 August 2013 06:16 (twelve years ago)

For Bragging rights, probably the Zep/King one, but I went with Sly anyhow.

Mark G, Friday, 23 August 2013 08:45 (twelve years ago)

Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk or Sly/Slim Harpo is a tough choice, goin with Sly cause he was at his absolute peak then

Beach Boys/Neil Young & Led Zep/BB King are none too shabby and hey The Byrds/Chuck Berry/John Lee Hooker ?!?!

screen scraper (m coleman), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:59 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 26 August 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

pretty sure i already voted Miles/Monk and fair enough but as a side note i think the Lou Rawls gig wd be major fun

the arpeggio as will and idea (Noodle Vague), Monday, 26 August 2013 00:03 (twelve years ago)

Who is Montego Joe? About all I can find about him online is that he played congas on a handful of jazz album tracks, and made a couple of obscure albums in the mid-'60s where he also plays congas. The few youtubes i found of him aren't too shabby.

Lee626, Monday, 26 August 2013 06:38 (twelve years ago)

I drank a 40 of Schaefer 2 nights ago for $2.50. It's my preferred cheap stuff.

This looks like it was a phenomenal series. My boring choices echo what most others have already said.. either Beach Boys & Neil or Miles & Monk.

sup (billstevejim), Monday, 26 August 2013 06:48 (twelve years ago)

Led Zep's set that night included the Woody Woodpecker theme!

Lee626, Monday, 26 August 2013 07:40 (twelve years ago)

According to rym:

Tickets Cost:
► $1.00 in 1967-1968,
► $2.00 in 1969, and
► $2.50 in 1975 ($13 today)

EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 26 August 2013 08:43 (twelve years ago)

Voted for Mann/Ayers/Sharrock on the grounds that McLaughlin was probably not playing with Miles. Goodman/Hampton and Zappa/Guy also tempting.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 26 August 2013 12:27 (twelve years ago)

I think McLaughlin only played live with Miles on one occasion, during Miles' 1970 Cellar Door engagement in DC (on Live-Evil and the Cellar Door box). He was never part of Miles' regular touring units.

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 August 2013 13:34 (twelve years ago)

when I was about six, a few years after this transpired, I loved Flip Wilson and my dad's copy of MJQ's Blues on Bach, so there's actually a period in my life where that would have been my first choice. But Miles/Monk, whew.

johar sebastian bach (bendy), Monday, 26 August 2013 16:46 (twelve years ago)

I went Byrds/Chuck Berry/John Lee Hooker. Which I now realize was a mistake, as the Byrds in 1969 are basically Roger McGuinn and some dudes.

campreverb, Monday, 26 August 2013 16:56 (twelve years ago)

Voted Crazy World of Arthur Brown cos yeah when else are you going to get to see that band? They broke up this same year, and dude apparently lit himself on fire constantly.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 26 August 2013 17:17 (twelve years ago)

the Byrds in 1969 are basically Roger McGuinn and some dudes clarence white, one of the best guitarists of all time

tylerw, Monday, 26 August 2013 17:19 (twelve years ago)

but anyhoo -- pretty amazing series! beach boys + neil young is sort of my gut reaction choice. wonder who neil was playing with at this point? solo? crazy horse? show is not listed on the big gigogrpahy over here: http://www.sugarmtn.org/year.php?year=1969

tylerw, Monday, 26 August 2013 17:20 (twelve years ago)

i was wondering that too - he was on tour with crazy horse earlier in the year, and began a tour with CSN&Y two weeks after this show

beach boys often played Buffalo Springfield's "Rock and Roll Woman" as an encore around this time

the original Byrds were notoriously underwhelming live; the post-Sweetheart lineup, though unauthentic, were much better on stage (with White always a highlight)

Lee626, Monday, 26 August 2013 17:34 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

surprized to see some of these score so many votes on ILM

the arpeggio as will and idea (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 00:56 (twelve years ago)

glad somebody didn't sleep on Cannonball Adderley/Sweet Inspirations

Lee626, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:55 (twelve years ago)

OK, Second pick time: One Of the Zero voted nights!

I pick: Little Richard, The Checkmates, Ltd.

Mark G, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 08:01 (twelve years ago)

Of the zero nights, definitely Nina Simone.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 12:07 (twelve years ago)

already said, of the zeroes, Lou Rawls & company

the arpeggio as will and idea (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 12:40 (twelve years ago)

Just realized Rawls and Al Kooper were up against Woodstock. I bet the attendance was down for those shows.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 12:53 (twelve years ago)

Flip Wilson, The Modern Jazz Quartet

Flip didn't even have a TV show yet.

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 13:52 (twelve years ago)

That list blows my mind. I don't know anything about this event, but if Zeppelin played Central Park today the weight of all the people would make NYC sink several feet.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 13:56 (twelve years ago)

The Zep show is one of the few that I can find a review of: http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/july-21-1969.

Outstanding candidate for superstardom is the group's luminary vocalist, Robert Plant. His soaring, spellbinding voice revealed an extraordinary physical and emotional range as he wove Zeppelin's demanding musical atmosphere with apparent ease, This, combined with his wantonly awesome stage presence, drama of movement, and searing improvisation all testify that Robert Plant may very well be the artist who can embody all nine muses at once.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 14:25 (twelve years ago)

Particularly Astonomy.

Mark G, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 15:20 (twelve years ago)

xp - entire first Zep set is on youtube in various places

Lee626, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 16:22 (twelve years ago)


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