Let me just say this. I am recalling these events 31 years after the fact. Some of the storys I have told and retold to friends and I'm sure, like most storys, they have 'grown' a little. The way I write now is certainly not the way I spoke at nineteen, not that that makes a difference but translating an era is almost as tricky as translating a language . . . something gets lost, added or misinterpreted and that is unintentional. The story is pieced together in chapters chronicling my most vivid memories of that week. After 31 years names are a blur except for my friends that also worked the festival."Honcho" is a conglomeration of people, the name represents the guys that were in charge of the Festival, from Angus Wynne III all the way down to the guy that assign my first job. The personal friends mentioned are scattered around Texas, I see Jay Wooldridge on occasion, he teaches Computer graphics at Richland College here in Dallas. I have not seen Randy(Bear)Minter or Bob Maret for many years. Last I heard Bob was still playing guitar nights and being a surveyor days. Randy stayed in the music business a few years after the festival but then moved on and has done a lot of jobs as I understand it but I'm sure he has done them all with the same "take charge" attitude. I recently talked to Angus Wynne III, whom I considered the Head Honcho, and I feel he will be contributing thoughts, memories and pictures in the coming months. I know for a fact that Angus has a different perspective the goings on and perhaps in the near future we can set up a Q & A area. If you worked the festival you may have different recollections or you may be able to shed some light on events that I have mentioned but may have a different spin on . . . please contribute and I'll add, delete or modify anything that you can help me more clearly recall. This site literally was born from a request by Paul Johnston to write down my recollections of the Texas International Pop Festival. Since I am in the internet business now I took advantage of my position to create this platform to present my recollections. The interesting part is that since this is the first time I have ever written these memories down it does 'take me back'. I can see faces and smell incense, I can remember the heat of the day and the campfire gatherings at night. We slept on the ground and dined under the sun and stars for that brief period of our lives and it was an unbelievable experience. It literally changed my life. I stumbled into the Texas Pop Festival at nineteen and did not leave the music business until I was 36. I was fortunate enough to be in the right spot at the right time. Jump First