Though BobвЂ™s veered away from that some, OlвЂ™ Blue Eyes still looms large. The original idea was that these would all be covers of songs Frank Sinatra once sang. After all the drugs and shit, man, I donвЂ™t even remember playing.With the release of his mammoth Triplicate album last week, Bob Dylan upped the number of Great American Songbook standards heвЂ™s covered to 52: 10 on 2015вЂ™s Shadows in the Night, 12 on last yearвЂ™s Fallen Angels, 30 (30!) on Triplicate. вЂњIt was San Francisco in the Summer of Love, for ChristвЂ™s sake. вЂњEverybody was doing acid, if nothing else,вЂќ admitted Art Resnick of the band Salvation. вЂњHe was looking down at this girl and her face turned into a fish and bubbles came out of her mouth.вЂќ Captain Beefheart wasnвЂ™t the only one seeing things at the Fantasy Fair. вЂњI see Don turn around, panicked, and walk off the back of the stage like there was no drop and fall off.вЂќ According to French, Van Vliet suffered an intense acid flashback. вЂњDon completely froze,вЂќ drummer John French said. During his Magic BandвЂ™s second song, something came over namesake frontman Don Van Vliet. Still, the trippiest performance of the fest belonged to Captain Beefheart. And no one was upset with what he sounded like.вЂќ

He just listened to the music and played. Unable to find a spare set of drumsticks, the stagehand played using the broken-off legs of a coffee table. вЂњHe had no idea who we were he just recognized that we were four guys on stage with guitars and a bass but no drummer,вЂќ York recalled.

The Byrds delivered their set with a stagehand as their drummer. The Doors' performance was just one of the weekend's memorable moments. See Footage of the Doors at Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival He fell off the stage about 15 feet, but came back and finished the song like nothing happened.вЂќ One minute he was there, the other, he wasnвЂ™t. вЂњMorrison was shit-faced drunk and there were these two poles on the corner of the stage that held lighting,вЂќ long-time San Francisco music critic Joel Selvin later recalled. Unfortunately, the Doors singer wasn't exactly on his game. вЂњ Jim was like Hamlet or Macbeth heвЂ™s created some kind of a character that generates this energy where people want to see what happens next.вЂќ вЂњI remember seeing the Doors and thinking it was more theater than music,вЂќ John York, who was playing with the Byrds at the time, later recalled. Organizers delivered an eclectic lineup, including Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, Dionne Warwick, the Byrds, Steve Miller Blues Band and вЂ“ in one of their biggest gigs outside of L.A. Watch Fan-Shot Footage FromВ Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music FestivalДespite all the accoutrement, the Fantasy Fair was still a music festival. вЂњThere were cops everywhere, and nobody paid any attention. вЂњThere were kids sliding down the hill on cardboard, people selling trinkets and incense, painting faces, all kinds of people in the woods smoking pot - that was the most amazing thing,вЂќ photographer Elaine Mayes told Marin Magazine. вЂњIt was part of the whole attraction of the festival вЂ“ of having various talented people in their community able to express their talent in so many different ways.вЂќ вЂњThe fair part was based on the Renaissance Fairs where people dressed up in costumes for period pieces and they had jugglers, acrobats and people reciting old poetry,вЂќ noted Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady. Booths and tents housed a wide array of local merchants selling food, jewelry, handmade candles, clothing, bongs and almost any other trinket you could dream up. The Fantasy Fair also played up its theme, with decorations including a giant inflatable Buddha balloon and banners displaying each astrological sign. It was totally nonconfrontational, just them being there said, вЂOK, thereвЂ™s law and order.вЂ™вЂќ I donвЂ™t think it was our intention to use them as security it was just our intention to have them present to be fearsome. вЂњIt was their turf and we needed their support. вЂњThey were not hired,вЂќ festival co-producer Tom Rounds later clarified. Meanwhile, the local Hells Angels motorcycle gang was enlisted to keep the peace. Attendees had to park in nearby Marin and take rented school buses to the event, dubbed the вЂњTrans-LoveвЂќ bus line. There were still vestiges of the '50s.вЂќДЄs AmericaвЂ™s first rock fest, the Fantasy Fair would dramatically change the festival blueprint.ДЇor starters, road access to the picturesque festival site was limited. The вЂalternative lifestyleвЂ™ вЂ“ the hipsters, the jazz aficionados вЂ“ were already drawn to Newport, but things were a little more buttoned-down and straight. Maria Muldaur, who performed at the Fantasy Fair with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, told Rolling Stone that вЂњthe portent of things turning into rock festivals was when Dylan first played electric at Newport.

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