Song of the day for July 19, 2024
Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd is today’s featured song.
On this day in 1974, the three-day Ozark Music Festival kicked off at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. While only 50,000 tickets were supposed to be sold, an estimated 350,000 concert-goers attended the event, which featured performances by Aerosmith, the Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Seger, and Jeff Beck, among many others. One of the largest music festivals ever held, the event resulted in a reported $100,000 worth of damages and more than 1,000 drug overdoses, leading city council members to ban future rock concerts in the area.
