re: Grateful Dead

48 years ago today, the new orleans pop festival began at the BR international speedway in prairieville (near the 42/73 intersection). the three day labor day weekend event drew appox 25- 30,000 people each day.



the line-up:

Saturday, August 30, 1969

White Fox
Snow Rabbit
Deacon John and the Electric Soul Train
Whizbang
Axis
Tyrannosaurus Rex
It's a Beautiful Day

Sunday, August 31, 1969

Flower Power
Snow Rabbit
Spiral Starecase
Oliver
Smyth
The Youngbloods
It's a Beautiful Day
Country Joe and the Fish
The Byrds
Canned Heat
Iron Butterfly
Janis Joplin
Santana

Monday, September 1, 1969

Potliquor
Axis
Oliver
Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys
Santana
Chicago (Transit Authority)
It's a Beautiful Day
Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Youngbloods
Lee Michaels
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Dr. John VooDoo Show
Giant Jam Session featuring Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Cat Mother, Santana, Chicago, Beautiful Day
Whizbang

the GD set

Casey Jones
Morning Dew
Mama Tried
High Time
Easy Wind
Dark Star
St. Stephen
The Eleven
Turn On Your Love Light

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A flower drop was supposed to take place during the Potliquor performance, but the plane missed its target and dropped the flowers onto nearby fields instead of on the crowd; additionally, the flowers fell in globs instead of "floating gently down among the flower children.

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