Out of all the acts performing full sets at the first, this easily has to be the least expected. Walker, who died in 2020, was a talented songwriter, best known for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles." But he wasn't very well known as a country performer. Furthermore, there were no other country acts in the festival, so he really was the odd duck.
It turns out that 100 percent of the reason Walker played the festival was because of the festival's funder Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was a big fan, and insisted that Walker be included. Since Wozniak was writing all the checks, nobody said no. And if you watch "US Generation," a documentary about the festival, you can clearly see Wozniak smiling from ear to ear and dancing at the side of the stage during Walker's performance.
Anyway, it seems like Walker did a good job, and went over okay with the crowd, which no doubt had to have been the biggest crowd he ever played for. (Despite the fact the crowd was a lot smaller than it had been the day before, probably 100,00 compared to 200,000.)
As with most sets from this festival, all I could find as a source was an audience bootleg. This one is pretty rough compared to some of the others. But at least it's something. I looked around, and this seems to be the only Jerry Jeff Walker concert bootleg out there. However, he did release three official live albums.
By the way, after Walker finished, he was followed by a much, much less known act, called "Tommy and Brian." They're so obscure that I couldn't find any information about them at all. I also couldn't find any recording of their performance. I'm guessing that was another mysterious Wozniak pick.
This album is 51 minutes long.
019 Gettin' By (Jerry Jeff Walker)
020 Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother (Jerry Jeff Walker)
021 talk (Jerry Jeff Walker)
022 L.A. Freeway (Jerry Jeff Walker)
023 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker)
024 Pick Up the Tempo (Jerry Jeff Walker)
025 Rodeo Cowboy (Jerry Jeff Walker)
026 London Homesick Blues (Jerry Jeff Walker)
027 Dealing with the Devil (Jerry Jeff Walker)
028 talk (Jerry Jeff Walker)
029 She Knows Her Daddy Sings (Jerry Jeff Walker)
030 talk (Jerry Jeff Walker)
031 Pissin' in the Wind (Jerry Jeff Walker)
032 Takin' It as It Comes (Jerry Jeff Walker)
033 Sea Cruise - Peggy Sue - Takin' It as It Comes (Jerry Jeff Walker)
034 Public Domain (Jerry Jeff Walker)
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The cover photo comes from this exact concert.
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