Fact #104372
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Short story:
Ike and Tina Turner, Edgar Winter, Dr. John, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker play at The Bosse Field Freedom Fest, Evansville, Indiana, USA, a one-day event, for an audience estimated at 30,000. The Evansville Courier reports, "Long-haired, bearded boys and girls wearing scanty clothes milled around the area. Some were just sitting on the ground talking; others were dripping wet after taking a swim in the park's small lake ... But the mood was peaceful and the youths were for the most part very quiet."
Full article:
Bob Alexander (promoter) : I made the most money that I'd ever made in my life at that point by doing that event. I don't remember exactly how much we made because it was so long ago, but I remember that I took my whole family down to Montego Bay, Jamaica, after it was over, and I had a real ball.
(Source : interview in The Courier Press, Sept 2, 2012)
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(Source : interview in The Courier Press, Sept 2, 2012)