By Hector Saldana – ExpressNews.com – Photo: Josie Norris /Staff photographer.
Photo: The poster for the 1977 “Chicano Woodstock” concert held in San Antonio and organized by filmmaker Efrain Gutierrez.
It was the Revolucion Chicana, billed as the Chicano Woodstock, and it was all promises, promises, promises. Seventy bands polkaing and rocking out for four days to a crowd of just 100, despite being promoted in Chicano communities throughout the U.S. Organizer Efrain Gutierrez said he lost more than $30,000. The bands expected a chingón crowd, and there was nothing,” he said with a shrug.
