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18 August 2011
By m3jimphoto
August 18, 2011

The Dripping Springs Reunion 1972

  • Tex Ritter
  • Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
  • Doug Sahm and Billy Joe Shaver
  • Dripping Springs 1972
  • Hank Snow
  • Dripping Springs 1972
  • Dripping Springs 1972

And now for something completely different … Monterey Pop and Woodstock are tough acts to follow, festival-wise, so we thought we’d change it up a bit and focus over the next few weeks on some early and legendary country, western and bluegrass music gatherings, starting with The Dripping Springs Reunion of 1972.

This seminal country music festival, which Jim’s photos document so wonderfully, happened on a ranch near Dripping Springs in Hays County Texas in March 17-19, 1972 and inspired the (mostly) annual Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic.

11 August 2011
By m3jimphoto
August 11, 2011

Woodstock: Half a Million Strong

  • Carlos Santana
  • Sly and The Family Stone
  • Roger Daltrey
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Woodstock

Today marks the final edition of our Woodstock ’69 coverage and what better way to round things up than with this shot of Jim and yet another gorgeous mystery blonde (noted only as “Sally” on the print which was uncovered and graciously provided to us by Aaron Zych at Morrison Gallery).  This shot was taken by musician and extraordinary music photographer in his own right, Henry Diltz.

4 August 2011
28 July 2011
By m3jimphoto
July 28, 2011

Woodstock 1969: Get Ourselves Back to the Garden

Though Monterey Pop generated my favorite of Jim’s festival documentation, the most over-the-top festival for social impact, size of crowd, quality of vibe and quantity of mud, plus nausea-inducing porta-potties was (conga drumroll please): 1969’s Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Held Aug. 15-18 on 600 or so acres leased from Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near Bethel, NY (which is more than 40 miles southwest of Woodstock, NY.

21 July 2011
By m3jimphoto
July 21, 2011

More Monterey Pop: Shake, Rattle and BURN!!

  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Otis Redding, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967
  • Otis Redding
  • Simon & Garfunkel
  • Michael Bloomfield
  • Jerry Garcia
  • Candace Bergen
  • Ravi Shankar
  • Brian Jones, Nico of Velvet Underground fame, and actor Dennis Hopper and Judy Collins
  • Brian Jones
  • Monterey Pop Festival

OK, you all asked for more, more, more Monterey Pop photos so in this week’s festival fantasia we break out the heavy guns (so to speak), starting off with Jimi offering up his ultimate sacrifice, burning one of his prized Fender Stratocasters at the climax of his incendiary version of “Wild Thing,” changing his career, and quite possibly the world, in one hot, feedback-drenched stroke.