A look into the 1960s

Interviewing folks involved in the 1970 Eatonville Rock Festival (Buffalo Party Convention and Pig Roast) is turning out to be an adventure in time travel. People walk you through a world without computers, where hiking to an event was safe (and legal) and psychedelic drugs are the thing. The Pierce County Superior Court issued an…

Interview with Rick Course

Just finished interviewing Rick Course, who still has that wonderful hippy spirit. He grew up in Washington and was a big fan of rock festivals. He and about 25 friends drove to the Buffalo Party Convention and were told by police (who were backed up by townspeople) that the festival was not going to happen.…

Interview with Kristine Johnson

I interviewed Kristine Johnson for the Buffalo Rock documentary yesterday. Kristine came out to the Buffalo Party Convention with a high school girlfriend in 1970, and for all intents and purposes stayed. She worked at Emerald Downs for a couple years, saving money to buy land out in Eatonville, and ended up buying five acres…