| Interviewee | McQUEEN, Sandy (b. 1950) |
| Interview ID # | OH 1521 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969. His introduction to the hippie subculture while in high school; his experiences with racism among white property owners in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas during the 1960s; the influence of the “British Invasion” and the Beatles; his description of hippies in Lee Park in Dallas; protests against the Vietnam War; his being drafted into the Army and opting for service in the National Guard; his account of an anti-war demonstration led by Jane Fonda in Killeen, Texas; his personal views about ethnic and race relations in the military during the 1960s; his comments on Jefferson Airplane, the Mamas and the Papas, and Bob Dylan; reaction to the news of the coming of the Texas International Pop Festival and his decision to attend; attending the festival with his pregnant wife and a friend; drug and alcohol use at the festival; activities of the Hog Farm; wearing attire of those in attendance; nude bathing; comments about “Wavy Gravy,” the leader of the Hog Farm; free love at the festival; comments about the performance of Minnie Riperton and the Rotary Connection, Led Zeppelin, Chicago Transit Authority, and B. B. King at the festival; “bad trip” tents; lasting effects of the festival on his life. |
| Interviewer(s) | Dennis Tittle |
| Physical Description | 94 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
