As the rock, jazz and pop festival business picked up dramatically in the late 1960s, Europe took notice. America's counterculture flocked to large, free outdoor events and even George Wein got into the rock concert business in 1969. Abroad, the Montreux Jazz Festival started in 1967, followed by the Isle of Wight in '68 and dozens of others emerged thr…
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