EAGLES LYNYRD SKYNYRD WALSH NUGENT BTO 1974 Sedalia Ozark Fest Concert Poster

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The Ozark Music Festival featuring the EAGLES, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AMERICA, BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE, JOE WALSH and BARNSTORM, TED NUGENT and the AMBOY DUKES, the MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, R. E. O. SPEEDWAGON, BOB SEGER, LEO KOTTKE, ELVIN BISHOP, ELECTRIC FLAG, CACTUS and many others, in Sedalia MO 1974 Reproduction Poster
This is a high quality litho reproduction of the poster for the Ozark Music Festival held in Sedalia Missouri in 1974. The poster features the EAGLES, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AMERICA, BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE, JOE WALSH and BARNSTORM, TED NUGENT and the AMBOY DUKES, the MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, R. E. O. SPEEDWAGON, BOB SEGER, LEO KOTTKE, ELVIN BISHOP, ELECTRIC FLAG, CACTUS, The EARL SCRUGGS REVUE, JIM STAFFORD and DAVID BROMBERG. Also, other acts booked after the poster was printed included AEROSMITH, JEFFERSON STARSHIP, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, the CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, the OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS and many others. Wow, what a line-up! The Ozark Music Festival was held on the Missouri State Fairgrounds, in July 1974 in Sedalia, Missouri. While the Woodstock Festival from 1969 is the most well-known rock festival, the Ozark Music Festival was one of the largest music festivals ever held, while at the same time, it was also one of the least remembered festivals. "No Hassles Guaranteed" was the motto of the festival.
A company called Musical Productions Inc. (MPI) from Kansas City promoted the festival, and assured officials from the Missouri Department of Agriculture (the State agency which oversaw the State Fair) and the Sedalia Chamber of Commerce that the three-day weekend event would be a blue-grass and "pop rock" festival with no more than 50,000 tickets sold.
What happened that weekend changed many people's perception of rock festivals and changed the quiet little town of Sedalia, Missouri forever.
Even though the Festival was not scheduled to start until Friday, thousands arrived Thursday night and there was already a steady line of cars, trucks, vans and hitchhikers slowly winding towards Sedalia and the fairgrounds. On Friday morning, many Sedalians woke up with sleeping hippies, bikers and groupies sprawled across their lawns, and a long line of bumper-to bumper traffic clogging the roads into town. Some residents were not able to get to work, and for many, their fears of impending chaos at the Fairgrounds were realized in the days to come.
Midnight Special MC, Wolfman Jack hosted the event, and was on stage nightly to introduce the groups and to encourage people to stay cool and "clear the light towers of people before they fall". The stage was a huge double sided affair, with one band performing and a second band ready to go with just the turning on and off of spotlights.
By Saturday morning the Festival was going full force and the town was in gridlock. The festival had grown to around 184,000 attendees, and all of the bands had to be shuttled in and out by helicopter. Some estimates have put the crowd count at 350,000 people which would make this one of the largest music events in history.
This historic festival rivals Woodstock as one of the most amazing gatherings of musical talent of the day. This reproduction poster measures approx. 13 x 19" and is in mint condition. FREE handbills included!
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