Mike Pell's Blog – June 2021 Archive (9)

We have come to the End of our Listen to the Monterey Pop Festival At 54.

It was the first huge, outdoor concert with a new, innovative sound system.

Along with Janis Joplin and Otis Redding, the 3rd act that blew an unsuspecting audience away was…

The 54th Anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival was June 16-18th.…

Again, it’s always hard to believe these things, but it’s the 54th Anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival, and regarded as the beginning of the Summer Of Love.

The total attendance for the Festival varies widely, but no more than 100,00 for the whole weekend.

And oh those tickets- from…

I will start off with a few more Real River songs, Rivers that geographically do exist.

Then a couple regarding one of America's most famous Rivers, at least in song, that we have been misspelling for well over a century!

I have a story about…

Continuing on, National Rivers Month is a time to enjoy all of the things that Rivers bring to our communities.

Rivers provide drinking water, recreational opportunities, environmental ecosystems and wildlife habitats.

Rivers have also been used…

Opening up this Chapter on Rivers, I have a Test for you.

Sometimes I like to see just how smart the listeners are, lol!

So you have the length of three songs to figure out the answer, although with my high regard for you, I doubt it will take…

National Rivers Month is celebrated annually during the month of June to promote awareness and preservation of the country's Rivers.

For this event, I have gathered a bunch of some of my favorite River songs.

And as usual, there are far too many…

We have come a long way with Carnivals and Circuses, and who knew they and Rock & Roll were so closely related?

I had been thinking about this Series for years, and it was a lot of fun for me to do.

In this Final Chapter I have a couple of…