Oral history interview with Richard Hayner, 2003 March 01.

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Hayner, Richard, 1953-. Oral history interview with Richard Hayner, 2003 March 01.

Oral history interview with Richard Hayner, 2003 March 01.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427912631

Interview with Richard Hayner, writer, concerning his recollections about the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969, and the hippie movement in North Texas. His youth as the son of a itinerant Methodist preacher in West Texas; difficulties with his father; his description of the hippie movement; influence of The Beatles; thoughts on the demise of the hippie movement; the role of drugs in the hippie subculture; his description of activities at the Texas International Pop Festival; importance of music to the hippie movement; security at the pop festival; relations between hippies and bikers at the pop festival; activities of "Wavy Gravy" and The Hog Farm at the pop festival; the free stage at the festival; description of various groups and performers at the pop festival; his views of the achievements and influences of the hippie movement.

120 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT