Littlefield, Texas - were Waylon Jennings was born and raised

Bohnham, Texas - birthplace and resting place of quitar legend Charlie Christian

Vernon, Texas - Where Jack Teagarden and Roy Orbison were born

Texas International Pop Festival, 1969

Location: Lewisville, Texas

TEXAS INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL, 1969. The Texas International Pop Festival was the first major rock festival in Texas. Held August 30 through September 1, 1969, at the Dallas International Speedway in Lewisville, the event was produced in part by Angus Wynne III of Wynne Entertainment. The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in Woodstock, New York...

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