Blind Faith performs at the Midwest Rock Festival at State Fair Park in 1969. The group featured Steve Winwood (left), Ginger Baker (at drums) and Eric Clapton (right). Credit: Mark Goff Originally published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Tom Tolan • Featured on...
Originally published on OnMilwaukee.com by Bobby Tanzilo • Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 This morning I spent some time with Bruce Cole, who created and maintains and grows the Jean Cuje Milwaukee Music Collection at Marquette University. Bruce has been in loads of bands...
Originally published in Kaleidoscope, Volume 2, Number 18 (43), 1969 by Dennis Gall • Friday, August 8, 1969 You’ve probably all heard the joke about the Polish version of Paul Revere who rides down Mitchell Street on a garbage truck yelling, “the niggers are coming,”...
Originally published in Kaleidoscope, Volume 2, Number 18 (43), 1969 by John Kois • Friday, August 8, 1969 The major “underground” social event of the season, the Midwest Rock Festival, is now nothing more than a hotly-debated memory. For those who might have missed...
Originally published in The Minneapolis Flag • Wednesday, August 6, 1969 • Featured on LedZeppelin.com. Milwaukee hosted 10,000 heads early Friday, July 25. State Fair Park was the temporary home for the many blues-rock seekers with the whole scene aptly titled The...