Vintage issue # 41 of Rolling Stone magazine dated September 6, 1969 and featuring a classic cover of Joe Cocker at Atlantic City.
There is coverage of promoter Bill Graham’s expletive filled rant in front of more than 100 music industry types at the Family Dog in San Francisco. Peter Fonda is interviewed about his film Easy Rider. Eve Babitz talks about her cover art for several albums in release. Ralph Gleason weighs in with an essay on rock festivals.
There are also good reads on Blind Faith, the Atlantic City Pop Festival, the inaugural Seattle Pop Festival featuring Tina Turner, the second annual Sky River Rock Festival, and The Wild West Festival in San Francisco. There is an essay entitled The Groupies of ANNA - Anna, Texas, and an article about the Vice Control Division of the Chicago Police Department.
The column Random Notes is a fascinating time capsule which provides a glimpse of the events and perspectives of the time.
There is also a great classic photo of the Hells Angels in front of a bar called Dicks at the Beach.
Album reviews are of the debut of Blind Faith - Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Rick Grech - which was instantly heralded as a superband. There are also reviews of Testifyin’ by Clarence Carter, Fairport Convention by Fairport Convention, The Best of Slim Harpo by Slim Harpo, Bread by Bread, and Streetnoise by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity.
Full page advertisements for the album The Stooges by the Stooges, the album Mobius by Don Dunn and Tony McCashen, the album The Light Side The Dark Side by Dick Gregory
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