![]() ![]() His memories include, “… people jammed the banks of Lake Amador to sunbathe, drink wine, smoke marijuana and listen to an all-star roster of musicians at the Gold Rush Rock Music Festival. James Hackworth was 22 years old when he and his wife and two kids attended the Gold Rush Festival. Unfortunately, there is no video or recording of the event. It is a wonderful story by someone who humbly tells the story with lots of detail. That video can be found on YouTube in four parts. He recently assisted in a video report of the event. ![]() He describes the event as a perfect combination of location, music, stage, PA, and weather. Strand was the manager of Country Weather, one of the bands that appeared. He and his family were the financial backers. Robert Strand promoted the event and 40,000 people showed up. One must imagine the impact Tina would have had on 400,000 people that day, on the album that she surely would have been on, and the movie she absolutely appeared in. There certainly were black performers and there were bands playing blues and blues/rock, but there was no Taj Mahal. If there is a criticism of Woodstock’s three-day lineup, it is that given the year and perspective, there were no black bands as such. This could be a very nice day in the country. There wasn’t anything like Ike and Tina Turner at Woodstock. You knew about Santana before Woodstock and knew they were pretty good. Not bad at all:ġ969 Gold Rush Festival Day in the Country You hear about a one-day festival coming up in Lake Amador, which is about 50 miles southeast of Sacramento. It’s October 1969 and you’ve heard all about that Woodstock Music and Art Fair back east, but you were on the west coast. 1969 Gold Rush Festival Country Weather – “Over and Over” OctoAmador, CA 1969 festival #44 ![]()
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