Sweetwater, a rock band that also performed at Woodstock later that summer, takes the stage at the Midwest Rock Festival at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis on July 25, 1969.
Photo Courtesy Dean Chapman
One of the posters promoting the Midwest Rock Festival, held at the State Fair Park Grandstand on July 25-27, 1969.
Courtesy Wisconsin State Fair Archives
This advertisement for tickets for the Midwest Rock Festival appeared in the July 21, 1969, Milwaukee Journal.
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Folk great Buffy Sainte-Marie takes the stage on the first day of the Midwest Rock Festival at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis on July 25, 1969.
Courtesy Of Dean Chapman
Supergroup Blind Faith, with Eric Clapton (right), headlines the second day of the Midwest Rock Festival, July 26, 1969, at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.
Courtesy Of Dean Chapman
Eric Clapton sits for an interview for the Midwest Rock Festival, which took place at Wisconsin State Fair Park July 25-27, 1969. Clapton and his band, Blind Faith, headlined the festival's second night.
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Ginger Baker (left) of Blind Faith talks with interviewer Arthur Rapkin on the track near the stage at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis during the Midwest Rock Festival, held July 25-27, 1969. Blind Faith headlined the rock festival's second night.
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Blind Faith bass player Ric Grech (left) talks with Arthur Rapkin for the Midwest Rock Festival. Blind Faith headlined the second night of the festival, which ran July 25-27, 1969, at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.
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The First Edition with Kenny Rogers (right) performs at the Midwest Rock Festival, held July 25-27, 1969, at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.
Courtesy Of Dean Chapman
SRC performs at the Midwest Rock Festival, a three-day event at Wisconsin State Fair Park July 25-27, 1969.
Photo Courtesy Dean Chapman
The Bob Seger System performs at the Midwest Rock Festival, held at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis July 25-27, 1969.
Courtesy Of Dean Chapman
Taste, the Irish band formed by legendary rocker Rory Gallagher, plays the Midwest Rock Festival, held at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis July 25-27, 1969.
Courtesy Of Dean Chapman
The Irish band Taste, including guitarist Rory Gallagher (at left among the guys on top of the couch), sit for an interview at the Midwest Rock Festival, held at Wisconsin State Fair Park July 25-27, 1969. Taste was on the bill the second night.
Courtesy Of Marc Dulberger
Johnny Winter performs at the Midwest Rock Festival at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis on July 27, 1969.
Courtesy Of Marc Dulberger
Detroit rockers MC5 sit for an interview during a rainstorm at the Midwest Rock Festival at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis. The MC5 were scheduled to play the last two days of the three-day festival, July 25-27, 1969, but their second performance was rained out.
Courtesy Of Marc Dulberger
Blues great John Mayall (right) talks with Arthur Rapkin backstage at the Midwest Rock Festival. The festival was held at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis three weeks before Woodstock, on July 25-27, 1969.
Courtesy Of Marc Dulberger.