Oregon Experience: Vortex I

Resources

Books

Matt Love, The Far Out Story of Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life

Nestucca Spit Press, 2004

Web sites

Vortex author and historian Matt Love still collects Vortex stories and invites contacts from people who were there.

http://www.nestuccaspitpress.com

Matt Love's online slideshow of Vortex 1 photos

http://nestuccaspitpress.com/vortex1-slideshow.html

Valerie Brown has written a piece for the Oregon Historical Society Quarterly about the local rock bands of that era.

http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/108.2/brown.html

Another history of local bands

http://www.pnwbands.com/nwtributes.html

An interesting site about the band Notary Sojac, one of the best bands of that time. The band tried but failed to play at Vortex, and our program “Vortex I,” features several of their tunes.

http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/n_sojac/

The Portland Zoo Electric Band performed at Vortex, and their music also appears in our program

http://www.pzeb.com/