" . . In a development that must have given some a serious case of déjà vu for 1960, overflow crowds caused major disturbances, and Zeppelin’s appearance was nearly canceled. Lesson seemingly learned, an all-jazz weekend was booked for 1970, but when the blues-loving Wein allowed the Allman Brothers Band onto the 1971 bill, gate-crashing rabble-rousers arrived by the thousands and the festival was shut down halfway through. After that debacle, just like a decade earlier, the town gave The Newport Jazz Festival the boot. ."
Boone's Farm Apple killed the Newport venue
6 posted on 08/20/2022 7:21:06 PM PDT by knarf
(I've tried to )