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Fact #113270

When:

07091968

Short story:

Folk singer-songwriter Mimi Farina marries her second husband, Milan Melvin, on the morning of the opening day of the 1968 Big Sur Folk Festival, at the Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California, USA. Artists performing include Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Stephen Stills, Joan Baez and Mama Cass Elliott.

Full article:

Joellen Lapidus (songwriter, instrument maker) : At the Big Sur Folk Festival of 1968, I sold Joni Mitchell one of three dulcimers I made for her. Joni's appreciation of my work gave me the confidence to take myself seriously as a musician and musical instrument maker.
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