Historical Festival Articles
& Videos
Lu Mitchell wrote this song in response to an editorial that ran in The Dallas Morning News about Lewisville.
Texas International Pop Festival - 1969 Nazz, Rotary Connection, James Cotton, Canned Heat, Johny Winters and Janis Joplin in the footage. Hippies |
Famous skinny dipping scene at Lake Lewisville, Wavy Gravy talking to the skinny dippers |
Grand Funk Railroad - Texas International Pop - 8/31/69 Grand Funk Railroad/Audience |
GRAND FUNK - TEXAS POP FESTIVAL 1969-ARE YOU READY Part of video "Got No Shoes, Got No Blues" of the festival. Shows helicopter dropping advertising leaflets down onto the audience. |
Led Zeppelin Live 8/31/1969 Texas International Pop Festival Ridiculously Rare 16mm Colour Footage Led Zeppelin Color Footage |
1969 Texas International Pop Festival - Home Movies (no audio) General Audience/Stage Scene /Night Sparklers |
Texas International Pop Festival
was full of Surprises for artistis, fans, onlookers
By MICHAEL E. YOUNG and ROY APPLETON / The Dallas Morning News
12:31 AM CDT on Sunday, August 30, 2009
Young Rock Enthusiasts Converge on Dallas
Reprinted with permission of Richard Finegan
By Richard Finegan; Photos by Steven Campbell
The Fourth Write - San Antonio College
Published 1969
MEMORIES
OF A ROCK FEST OF OLD: 'LEWD AND LOOSE IN LEWISVILLE'
Reprinted with permission of The Forth Worth Star-Telegram
Date Friday, June 20, 1997
Source STAR-TELEGRAM WRITER
Section STAR TIME
Edition FINAL AM
THE
BEST LITTLE WOODSTOCK IN TEXAS
Love, peace and music came to Lewisville for 3 unlikely days in 1969
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Russell Smith / Pop Music Critic of The Dallas Morning News
Published 08-06-1989
The Texas International Pop Festival in Lewisville offered three days of music and flower power. But 25 years later, it's just a footnote in the summer of love.
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Chris Riemenschneider / Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
Published 08-07-1994
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Alan Peppard
Published 09-06-1999
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Henry Tatum
Published 08-16-1989
The top draw almost dropped a sour note into the plans
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Russell Smith
Published 08-06-1989
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Larry Herold
Published 09-29-1985
Would Lewisville do it again? Its mayor gives a qualified `yes'
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Russell Smith
Published 08-06-1989
Few talents ever outshone Sly, but at 50 he's justa faded memory
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Michael Corcoran / Pop Music Critic of The Dallas Morning News
Published 03-17-1994
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By From Staff and Wire Reports
Published 09-01-1994
100
YEARS WITH THE NEWS 1965 to 1974 (part 9 of 10)
Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
Compiled and written by Carolyn Cerbin from research done by Bonnie Lovell and Judy Sall.
Published 09-29-1985
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