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POWER TO THE PEACEFUL

Written by Mark Miller    E-mail
String Cheese Incident, Dennis Kucinich, and Amy Goodman joined Michael Franti of Spearhead on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks to celebrate the power of peace.

A gorgeous Saturday afternoon in San Francisco’s urban oasis of Golden Gate Park featured all the typical trappings of a outdoor jamband festival; tens of thousands of colorful, music-loving and liberal-leaning fans, plenty of pot and patchouli floating in the air, and vendors both official and unofficial hawking anything one could slap a price tag on.

Yet the 6th annual “Power To The Peaceful” (PTTP) event, presented by Spearhead singer/lyricist Michael Franti (in conjunction with Guerilla Management) was more than a typical concert, with considerably more political activism on display, as well as sporting an ethnic diversity one would be hard pressed to find at a typical jamband festie.

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Source: High Times

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