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Poster: Vintage Authentic Willie Nelson's 1975 4th of July Picnic - Jim Franklin Poster
12 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015
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Iconic Armadillo World Headquarters artist Jim Franklin's Picnic Basket on an Armadillo design on Original Official Poster for Willie Nelson's 3rd Annual 4th of July at Liberty Hill, Texas with The Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels Band, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Doug Sahm Quartet, Delbert McClinton, Billy Swan, Johnny Bush, and others.
The Real Thing from Associate Promoter's Private Collection Original 17 1/4" X 7 3/4" Authentic Vintage Poster from the 1st and only offset-print run at Express Press in Austin in May of 1975. 4 Color Ink on White Medium-Heavy poster paper-Hermetically archived for 40 years. Excellent Condition. (Tiny bend on upper and lower right corners, Normal off-set printing flaws: barely-visible ink mars on lower left and lower right borders. small ink smudge lower right edge.)
Accompanying Certificate of Authenticity from Promoter/Seller.
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(Articles & Press Kit Photos are posted for Provenance and Authenticity purposes-Not for Sale)
Austin American Statesman July 5, 1975: "Willie's Third Charms 70,000"
Austin 360: The (almost) Definitive Chronology of Willie's 4th of July Picnics
"The small town in Williamson County was not prepared for a wave of more than 70,000 picnic fans, and neither were the promoters...Traffic jams and an inability to quickly clean up the trash afterward created even more tension. Though some residents spoke positively of the Picnic, others complained of "moral pollution." Willie, for his trouble, was charged with violating the Texas Mass Gatherings Act and later fined $1,000."
Larry L. King's (Best Little Whore House in Texas) experience at the Liberty Hill Picnic was published in November 1976 issue of Playboy Magazine article, the title of which sys it all;
The Great Willie Nelson Commando Hoo-Ha and Texas Brain Fry
"Grim-jawed agents of Texas law enforcement units, reportedly half bonkers at the prospect of...Independence Day outlaws invading Liberty Hill...for 24 hours of assorted outrages against the bucolic calm...town trashing Wild Ones, all the hairy freaks and bare-asses and general chaos...Willie Nelson's outdoor brain fry would simply flout the law more than the law could allow...Liberty Hill's county commissioner threatened a halting injunction...farmers and ranchers near the concert site were reported to be erecting barricades they would re-inforce with shotguns."