Sky River Rock Festival
sky river rock festival lighter air fair historic rock festival first held raspberry farm skykomish river outside sultan washington rock festival held august september first multiday outdoor hippie rock festival undeveloped site lineup included band grateful dead santana others festival held next year labor day weekend august september tenino washington finally august september washougal washington piano drop april approximately fan attended rock concert farm duvall washington upright piano dropped helicopter performance included country joe fish event inspired sky river rock festival lighter air fair occurred later year first sky river rock festival lighter air fair took place august september town sultan washington visited approximately young people festival though event ticketed many people showed without ticket snuck promoter claimed lost although proceeds donated mexican american federation washington foundation american indian right central area peace improvement cooperative camlin hotel hosted performer festival band musician scheduled lineup santana country joe fish richard pryor dino valente freedom highway blue feedback sandy bull cleanliness godliness skiffle band john fahey byron pope ensemble hp lovecraft pink floyd poster europe time play country weather easy chair floating bridge steppenwolf frumious bandersnatch new lost city rambler beautiful day youngbloods indole ring mother tucker yellow duck billy robert alice stuart thomas josh white san francisco mime troupe ramblin jack elliot juggernaut phoenix son champlin mystic knight sea gale garnetts band gentle reign sans garnett peanut butter conspiracy marble farm allman joy black snake boogie flamin groovies salvation anonymous artist america last day member grateful dead jammed james cotton big mama thornton billy robert festival held labor day weekend august september tenino washington lineup james cotton country joe fish flying burrito brother buddy guy dan hick hot lick dr humbeads new tranquility string band kaleidoscope mississippi fred mcdowell steve miller band new lost city rambler pacific gas electric billy robert son champlin mark spoelstra many others dr humbeads new tranquility string band medicine show consisted sue draheim jim bamford mac benford spire county state washington outlawed rock festival although gov dan evans said “we can’t ban rock concert per se promotor john chambless otherwise taught philosophy university washington first found site near enumclaw offered taken away settling tenino site day woodstock festival began sky river ii festival began noticed woodstock teninoarea resident held public meeting oppose sky river ii billed stop rock festival committee meeting august led leader local john birch society claimed couldnt allow event “glorification communist movement foreign countries” landowner tenino chamber commerce filed suit suit claimed would noise impact cow “…it would cause lose flesh won’t grazing” local court stepped stop festival state supreme court stepped allow day open held rainier hereford ranch mostly dry grassland near tenino south olympia crowd estimated sky river iii held washougal washington one longestduration festival lasting day august september daily attendance excess day band featured event poster nucleus air pirate cartoonist collective met sky river rock festival bay area resident ted richards bobby london met shary flenniken dan oneill medium booth flenniken producing daily sky river newsletter mimeograph machine festival four produced fourpage tabloid comic sky river funny mostly drawn london list historic rock festival list jam band music festival seattle time article festival poster festival historylinkorg