Title: Sweetwaters
Description: Sweetwaters, the iconic festival that brought so many people together during the heyday of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, took a very public and controversial turn for the worse in 1999. Sweetwaters, the book, as told by festival organiser Daniel Keighley, sets the record straight. This fascinating autobiography details Keighley's involvement in and passion for connecting music and people, and is a blow-by-blow, 'behind the scenes' account of the now notorious 1999 festival. Keighley has a story to tell. His side of the story. Having recounted the heady highs of previous Sweetwaters events, he then leads you through the extreme lows that followed the demise of the 1999 event: gang violence, public slander, bankruptcy and imprisonment.
Subjects: Music festivals, History, Sweetwaters Festival
Places: New Zealand
People: Daniel George Keighley (1953-)