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The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was held for three days on Bull Island near Griffin, Indiana. Organizers expected more than 50,000 fans, but more than 200,000 arrived. Many bands cancelled their performances as the festival gradually descended into chaos. Performers included Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, Black Oak Arkansas, Cheech and Chong, Foghat, Albert King, Brownsville Station, Canned Heat, Flash, Ravi Shankar, Rory Gallagher, Lee Michaels and Frosty, The Eagles, The Amboy Dukes and Gentle Giant. Three attendees drowned in the Wabash River, and at the end of the festival the crowd set fire to the remains of the stage.