September 02, 1970 (vol. 81, iss. 1) • Page Image 6
…'s - the greatest thing in the world," organizer Ken Whipple says of the Ann Arbor Blues Festival. He tells of last year's three days of blues and how B. B. King came off stage after playing a set. Ken asked…
…*1 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 2, 1970 - - I ... .. Folk groups invade 'U' By LESLIE WAYNE - Ann Arbor has always been a real home for folk anusic, and last year the long…
… Jenny Haley, Michael Cooney, Larry Hanks-on and on the list goes, from the familiar names to the very new. Ann Arbor seems to be one of those places where ever present grievances and sorrows pro- vide the…
… polish to their voice, a walk to either the Ark or Canterbury House any week- end should satisfy their desires. Folk music in Ann Arbor can be roughly divided into two classes-traditional and commercial…
… than earning commercial success. Ann Arbor is also one of the stopping places for such name folk performers as Len Chandler, Spider John Koerner or Tom Rush. These singers usually stop for a three night…
…'s in South Quad- often sponsor local talent. Rock By ERIKA HOFF Although the Ann Arbor com- munity can often hear local rock groups such as the MC5, the Bob Seeger System, SRC, and the Amboy Dukes, it…
… doesn't have the same access to non- local rock groups. Ann Arbor has no ballroom that can hire a band and net enough from ticket sales to be self-sustaining, and free con- cert programs come under fire…
… from Ann Arbor residents and the city administration. But right now things are gen- erally good for hearing rock bands. The Big Steel ballroom has free or very inexpensive concerts, and there are regular…
… concerts vibrate city operates as a place for free or nearly free concerts - which eliminates- the possibility of hir- ing a band from outside of Ann Arbor. The free Sunday rock concerts first started…
… by John Sinclair-who is more widely known through his affiliation with the White Pan- ther Party-rock became firmly entrenched in Detroit by the middle sixties. Rock in Ann Arbor then con- sisted…

















































