The Daily Swarm

DAY ONE – August 15, 1969

1. Richie Havens

1. High Flyin’ Bird
2. Unknown Song (might be “Minstrel From Gault”)
3. I Can’t Make It Anymore
4. Handsome Johnny
5. With a Little Help from My Friends
6. Strawberry Fields Forever
7. Hey Jude
8. Motherless Child (a.k.a. “Freedom”)

2. Swami Satchidananda 3. Country Joe McDonald

1. I Find Myself Missing You
2. Rockin’ All Around The World
3. Flyin’ High All Over The World
4. Seen A Rocket
5. Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixing-To-Die-Rag

4. John B. Sebastian

1. How Have You Been
2. Rainbows All Over Your Blues
3. I Had A Dream
4. Darlin’ Be Home Soon
5. Younger Generation

5. Sweetwater

1. Motherless Child
2. Look Out (???)
3. For Pete’s Sake
4. Day Song
5. What’s Wrong
6. My Crystal Spider
7. Two Worlds (???)
8. Band Introduction
9. Why Oh Why

6. Incredible String Band

1. Invocation
2. The Letter
3. This Moment
4. When You Find Out Who You Are

7. Bert Sommer

1. Jennifer
2. The Road To Travel
3. I Wondered Where You Be
4. She’s Gone
5. Things Are Going My Way
6. And When It’s Over
7. Jeanette
8. America
9. A Note That Read
10. Smile

8. Tim Hardin

1. Misty Roses
2. If I Were A Carpenter

9. Ravi Shankar

1. Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital
2. Tabla Solo In Jhaptal
3. Raga Manj Kmahaj
4. lap Jor
5. Dhun In Kaharwa Tal

10. Melanie

1. Beautiful People
2. Birthday Of The Sun

11. Arlo Guthrie

1. Coming Into Los Angeles
2. Walking Down The Line
3. Amazing Grace

12. Joan Baez

1. Oh Happy Day
2. The Last Thing On My Mind
3. I Shall Be Released
4. Joe Hill
5. Sweet Sir Galahad
6. Hickory Wind
7. Drug Store Truck Driving Man
8. I Live One Day At A Time
9. Sweet Sunny South
10. Warm and Tender Love
11. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
12. We Shall Overcome

DAY TWO – August 16, 1969

1. Quill

1. Driftin’
2. They Live the Life
3. BBY
4. Waitin’ For You
5. Jam

2. Keef Hartley Band

1. Spanish Fly
2. Believe In You
3. Rock Me Baby
4. Medley: Leavin’ Trunk, Halfbreed, Just To Cry, Sinnin’ For You

3. Santana

1. Waiting
2. You Just Don’t Care
3. Savior
4. Jingo
5. Persuasion
6. Soul Sacrifice
7. Fried Neckbones

4. Canned Heat

1. I’m Her Man
2. Going Up the Country
3. A Change Is Gonna Come
4. Leaving This Town
5. The Bear Talks
6. Let’s Work Together
7. Too Many Drivers at the Wheel
8. I Know My Baby
9. Woodstock Boogie
10. On the Road Again

5. Grateful Dead

1. St. Stephen
2. Mama Tried
3. Dark Star
4. High Time
5. Turn On Your Lovelight

6. Mountain

1. Blood Of The Sun
2. Stormy Monday
3. Long Red
4. Who Am I But You And The Sun
5. Beside The Sea
6. For Yasgur’s Farm (then untitled)
7. You And Me
8. Theme From An Imaginary Western
9. Waiting To Take You Away
10. Dreams Of Milk And Honey
11. Blind Man
12. Blue Suede Shoes
13. Southbound Train

7. Creedence Clearwater Revival

1. Born On The Bayou
2. Green River
3. Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won’t Do)
4. Commotion
5. Bootleg
6. Bad Moon Rising
7. Proud Mary
8. I Put A Spell On You
9. Night Time Is The Right Time
10. Keep On Choogin’
11. Suzy Q

8. Sly & The Family Stone

1. M’Lady
2. Sing A Simple Song
3. You Can Make It If You Try
4. Everyday People
5. Dance To The Music
6. Music Lover
7. I Want To Take You Higher
8. Love City
9. Stand!

9. Janis Joplin

1. Raise Your Hand
2. As Good As You’ve Been To This World
3. To Love Somebody
4. Summertime
5. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
6. Kosmic Blues
7. Can’t Turn You Loose
8. Work Me Lord
9. Piece Of My Heart
10. Ball and Chain

10. The Who

1. Heaven And Hell
2. I Can’t Explain
3. It’s A Boy
4. 1921
5. Amazing Journey
6. Sparks
7. Eyesight To The Blind
8. Christmas
9. Acid Queen
10. Pinball Wizard
11. (Abbie Hoffmann Incident)
12. Do You Think It’s Alright?
13. Fiddle About
14. There’s A Doctor I’ve Found
15. Go To The Mirror Boy
16. Smash The Mirror
17. I’m Free
18. Tommy’s Holiday Camp
19. We’re Not Gonna Take It
20. See Me Feel Me
21. Summertime Blues
22. Shakin’ All Over
23. My Generation
24. Naked Eye

DAY THREE – August 17, 1969

1. Jefferson Airplane

1. The Other Side of This Life
2. Plastic Fantastic Lover
3. Volunteers
4. Won’t You Try / Saturday Afternoon
5. Eskimo Blue Day
6. Uncle Sam’s Blues
7. Somebody To Love
8. White Rabbit
9. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds

2. Joe Cocker

1. Delta Lady
2. Some Things Goin’ On
3. Let’s Go Get Stoned
4. I Shall Be Released
5. With A Little Help From My Friends

3. Country Joe & The Fish

1. Barry’s Caviar Dream
2. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
3. Rock And Soul Music
4. Thing Called Love
5. Love Machine
6. Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixing-To-Die-Rag

4. Ten Years After

1. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
2. I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes
3. I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always
4. Hear Me Calling
5. I’m Going Home

5. The Band

1. Chest Fever
2. Baby Don’t Do It
3. Tears Of Rage
4. We Can Talk
5. Long Black Veil
6. Don’t You Tell Henry
7. Ain’t No More Cane
8. Wheels On Fire
9. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
10. The Weight

(After midnight – Monday Morning) – August 18, 1969

6. Blood Sweat And Tears

1. More And More
2. I Love You Baby More Than You Ever Know
3. Spinning Wheel
4. I Stand Accused
5. Something Coming On

7. Johnny Winter

1. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
2. To Tell The Truth
3. Johnny B Goode
4. Six Feet In The Ground
5. Leland Mississippi Blues/Rock Me Baby
6. Mean Mistreater
7. I Can’t Stand It (With Edgar Winter)
8. Tobacco Road (With Edgar Winter)
9. Mean Town Blues

8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

(Set One – Acoustic)
1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
2. Blackbird
3. Helplessly Hoping
4. Guinnevere
5. Marrakesh Express
6. 4 + 20
7. Mr Soul
8. Wonderin’
9. You Don’t Have To Cry

(Set Two – Electric)
10. Pre-road Downs
11. Long Time Gone
12. Bluebird
13. Sea Of Madness
14. Wooden Ships (Encore – Acoustic)
15. Find The Cost Of Freedom
16. 49 bye-byes

9. Paul Butterfield Blues Band

1. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
2. Driftin’
3. Born Under A Bad Sign
4. All My Love Comin’ Through To You
5. Love March

10. Sha-Na-Na

1. Na Na Theme
2. Jakety Jak
3. Teen Angel
4. Jailhouse Rock
5. Wipe Out
6. Who Wrote The Book Of Love
7. Duke Of Earl
8. At The Hop
9. Na Na Theme

11. Jimi Hendrix (The Gypsy Sun & Rainbows Band)

1. Message To Love
2. Hear My Train A Comin’
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Red House
5. Master Mind
6. Here Comes Your Lover Man
7. Foxy Lady
8. Beginning
9. Izabella
10. Gypsy Woman
11. Fire
12. Voodoo Child (slight return)/Stepping Stone
13. Star Spangled Banner
14. Purple Haze
15. Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction
16. Hey Joe

Hendrix insisted on being the final performer and was scheduled to
perform Sunday at midnight. He didn’t take the stage until 9 A.M. on
Monday morning and played for 2 hours to a dwindling audience.

CANCELLED ACTS

1. Jeff Beck Group (The band broke up in July, forcing cancellation)
2. Iron Butterfly (Stuck at the airport, their manager demanded
helicopters and special arrangements just for them. Were wired back and
told, as impolitely as Western Union would allow, “to get lost”, but in
other ‘words’.)
3. Joni Mitchell (Joni’s agent put her on “The Dick Cavett Show”
instead)
4. Lighthouse (Feared that it would be a “bad scene”.)
5. Ethan Brown (Arrested for LSD three days before the event.)

DECLINED INVITATIONS

1. The Beatles (John Lennon said he couldn’t get them together)
2. Led Zeppelin (Got a higher paying gig elsewhere)
3. Bob Dylan (Turned it down because of his disgust of the hippies
hanging around his house)
4. The Byrds (Turned it down because of a melee during their
performance at the first Atlanta International Pop Festival, held at
the Atlanta International Raceway on July 4 and July 5, 1969)
5. Tommy James & the Shondells (Turned it down because of being
misinformed about the size and scope of the event)
6. Jethro Tull (Turned it down because they thought it wouldn’t be a
big deal.)
7. The Moody Blues (Unknown reasons)
8. Mind Garage (Declined because they thought it wouldn’t be a big deal
and had a higher paying gig elsewhere)