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| From: William Winslow To: info@rockinghamremembered.com Date: May 11, 2006 4:38 PM Subject: peachtree celebration 1972 I was at the Peachtree Celebration in 1972, with tens of thousands of others. I still have my T-shirt "Outside in the Sandhills of North Carolina". I remember but do not have the promotional bumper stickers = "Boogie on Down to Rockingham". Lineup was: (This act was also there - per Bill Presley 091906) - Wishbone Ash Fabulous Rhinestones (with Harvey Brooks' - who played with Dylan, Mike Bloomfield and others on bass) Bertha (all woman hard rock quartet) Fleetwood Mac (with Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch and Christine McVie) Bloodrock (after Grand Funk Railroad, one of the favorite rock bands in NC in those days) Poco (best rock set I ever saw, particularly "Good Feeling to Know")(in the heat they were unable to return for an encore; I recall MC saying "Poco is puking") Black Oak Arkansas (pre-"Jim Dandy to the Rescue"; "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" is the number I remember best) Three Dog Night (they were the headliners, along with Alice) James Gang (with Dominic Troiano, not Joe Walsh) Alice Cooper (fireworks exploded just above heads of the audience) Rory Gallagher (very few were still awake when he played but he was great) There were two stages. First band was on right stage, second on left, etc. I don't recall many logistical glitches. There was front page coverage in The News and Observer the next day. William F. Winslow |
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