Oral history interview with Craig Kelley, 2004 February 15.

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Oral history interview with Craig Kelley, 2004 February 15.

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Interview with Craig Kelley, locomotive engineer and commodities trader, concerning his experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His upper middle-class upbringing in Lubbock, Texas; his activities as a teenager; clothing fashions of the Sixties; general discussion of the music of the Sixties; comments about the Beatles; his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; skinny-dipping activities in Lake Dallas; activities of the Hog Farm at the festival; "bad trip" tents; comments about the "free stage" at the festival; performance of the Grand Funk Railroad; comments about the performances of Janis Joplin and Sam and Dave; comments about vocalist Minnie Ripperton and the Rotary Connection; lasting effects of the festival on his life.

64 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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