Johnnys Rock Blogs
Canada Jam, Ontario 1978
Canada Jam was held at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, about 100...
Hollywood Music Festival, Staffordshire, 1970
No, not that Hollywood. This is the one in Staffordshire, England which was about as...
The Joy of Compilation Albums
These days, the compilation album put out by a label as a sampler of some...
Ann Arbor Blues Festival, University of Michigan 1969
Though not as widely celebrated as other music festivals of its era, the...
The Big Sur Folk Festival, September 1969
If you’ve ever been to Big Sur, California, it is a very far-out place up...
US Festival San Bernadino, California 1982
In 1982, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hatched an ambitious and very expensive musical plan and...
The Trips Festival And Acid Tests
The Trips Festival happened on January 21-23 1966, a time when LSD...
The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label
The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label was one of the major bootleg operations in...
Detroit Love-In, Belle Island Park 1967
This is significant as a social event, much less so as a musical...
The Return of the Detroit Rock & Roll Revival 1971
As you’ll know if you’ve been reading a lot of my blogs, Detroit and Michigan...
The Great Western Festival, Lincoln 1972
In January 1972, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Underwood, a 33 year old colonel, going on 103,...
Weeley Festival, near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex UK 1971
Weeley Festival - It's 1971, Ted Heath is Prime Minister, Arsenal have done the Double...