The Byrds / Eric Andersen / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Aug 2, 1972
 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Robert Charlebois - (born June 25, 1944) is a Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor. In 1969 Charlebois made his first significant appearance in Canada outside Quebec, at the Toronto Pop Festival (Varsity Stadium) June 22, 1969, and in 1970 he was a member of the Festival Express (with Janis Joplin, Ten Years After, Mountain, The Band, etc.), which travelled across Canada by train for concerts in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary. (In later years he gave occasional concerts elsewhere in Canada including Ontario Place in 1978.

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Saturday June 21, 1969 and Sunday June 22, 1969. Varsity Stadium.

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Day #1 Lineup - Toronto Pop Festival

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Day #2 Lineup - Toronto Pop Festival

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Al Cooper - Professional debut. Kooper's first professional work was as a 14-year-old guitarist in the Royal Teens, best known for their 1958 ABC Records novelty song "Short Shorts". In 1960, he teamed up with songwriters Bob Brass and Irwin Levine to write and record demos for Sea-Lark Music Publishing. The trio's biggest hits were "This Diamond Ring", recorded by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and "I Must Be Seeing Things", recorded by Gene Pitney (both 1965). When he was 21, Kooper moved to Greenwich Village in Manhattan.

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Al Cooper & Bob Dylan - Al Kooper joined the Blues Project as their keyboardist in 1965. He left the band shortly before their gig at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, although he did play a solo set. He formed Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1967, leaving due to creative differences in 1968, after the release of the group's first album, Child Is Father to the Man. He first performed with Bob Dylan playing the Hammond organ riffs on "Like a Rolling Stone". In 1965, Kooper played with Dylan in concert and played Hammond organ with Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival.

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead, Rick Nelson, and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, he was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene. In 1966 he made his Newport Folk Festival debut. The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein was in the process of becoming his manager when he died. Joni Mitchell cites Andersen as the source of her open tunings. Andersen took part in the Festival Express tour across Canada in 1970 with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Delaney Bramlett and others.

Toronto Pop Festival
Jun 21 - 22, 1969
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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