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Описание: Super8 Home Movie taken by me at the Isle of Wight 1970.

For the entire month before the festival, wherever I went in Europe, kids were talking about the Isle of Wight festival planned for late August. At the Colosseum, the Forum, the Duomo in Florence, the Leaning Tower, In Switzerland, Germany, Amsterdam etc. the same conversation everywhere. "You going to the Isle of Wight." "Oh yeah, I'm going."
Then after a night ferry from Ostende to Dover, and 1 night in a London B&B, we were on a train headed for Southampton and another ferry ride to Isle of WIght. The closer you got, the average age of fellow travelers decreased and the length of hair increased. On the Isle, it was short ride on the double decker bus to the concert site.
Supplied with only my back pack and a sleeping bag purchased at the flea market in Florence, we arrived. Five nights we camped there. No tent, no other supplies, just me and 600,000 other kids. Amazing.
After the first night, and using signs posted on the message boards just outside the entrance, I was able to meet my old college rom mate, Jim Salvador, who had arrived with other kids from The FSU Florence Italy campus.
Then --- Hendrix, The Doors, The Who, The Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Donovan... Amazing music.
Have to say, Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull was the most impressive for me, from his warm up session on Sunday morning, to his complete set later that day, it was incredible.
Who knew the music would soon be over for Hendrix and Jim Morrison.
Quite an experience for someone wh had just turned 21 and was on his first European trip. Those WERE the days my friend...

Special appearance by the Legend Himself, Jim Salvador and yours truly (with hair.)

Shout out to the pals I met in Amsterdam, including the college girl from UC Davis, whose name I cannot remember.

If you want to read about the Isle of Wight, checkout The Last Great Event, by Ray Foulk. You can buy it on line. Also you there a re DVD's of The Who and The Doors at the same concert.

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