Ozark Music Festival's 35th anniversary

Old-school bOING bOING pal Jim Leftwich writes:

I saw that you'd posted links to photos of Woodstock on its 40th anniversary.

Thirty-five years ago today The Ozark Music Festival began in my hometown of Sedalia, Missouri (July 19, 20, 21, 1974). It was sort of the Woodstock of the Midwest:

• A page on the interesting and little-known history of the event.

• A collection of good black and white photos (by David Mann) from the event (a few of them are NSFW).

• My Ozark Music Festival button.

[#1 posted by k1p, July 20, 2009 7:01 AM]

Looking at the pictures I could not help but to notice how most everyone was in good shape. 35 years ago we were not a country of fat asses.

[#2 posted by Anonymous, July 20, 2009 4:49 PM]

People forget that the Ozark Mountain Folkfair took place near Eureka Springs, Ar. a year earlier in May of 1973. It was the first Ozark music festival.
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Earl Scruggs, Mason Proffit, Michael M. Murphy, and many others were among that acts that played.