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• Woodstock was assembled through the joint work of Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld.
• Woodstock was a profit-making venture, aptly titled "Woodstock Ventures".
Beginnings..
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• Around 186,000 tickets were sold beforehand and organizers anticipated approximately 200,000 festival-goers would turn up.
Selling Tickets
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• The fence was purposely cut in order to create a totally FREE EVENT, prompting many more to show up. Est. 500,000
Forget the Tickets!
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• The four founders behind Woodstock Ventures made Warner Brothers an offer to make a movie about Woodstock.
• It received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, as well as a nomination for Best Sound.
Woodstock the Movie
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• Live album of the festival was released in 1970.
• Set of 3 LPs was highly successful and popular.
Woodstock the Album
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• The date was set for August 15-18, 1969.
• It was supposed to be held in Woodstock, New York.
• Local opposition forced it to be moved.
Location Problem?
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• Owner of the farm where the festival took place.
• 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York.
• His son convinced him to allow the concert to take place on his farm.
Max Yasgur
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Max had a Dairy Farm
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• Many of the biggest artists of the 60s were at the Festival.
• Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend.
• Lets meet some…
The Performers
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• Baez was 6 months pregnant at the time.
• Appearance at the music festival in upstate New York afforded her an international musical and political podium, particularly upon the successful release of the like-titled documentary film.
Joan Baez
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• By most accounts, Woodstock was not a happy affair for Joplin.
• Had to wait 10 hours after arriving at the festival.
• However, did sing 10 songs including a memorable performance of “Piece of My Heart”
Janis Joplin
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• Performance was plagued by technical problems, including a faulty electrical ground and members Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir reported getting shocked every time they touched their guitars.
• Played 4 songs
The Grateful Dead
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• The Who performed much of Tommy at Woodstock.
• That performance, and the ensuing film, catapulted The Who to superstar status in the USA.
• Played 25 songs and started at 4 am Sunday morning.
The Who
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• They performed in what Grace Slick called an early "morning maniac music" slot at the Woodstock festival.
• Played 8 songs starting at 6 am.
– Memorable performance of “White Rabbit”.
Jefferson Airplane
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• First act on the last officially booked day (Sunday); he opened up the day's events at 2 PM.
• After Joe Cocker's set, a storm disrupted the events for several hours.
• Memorable rendition of “With a Little Help from my Friends”.
Joe Cocker
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• Influential folk rock group.
• CSNY's recording of the Joni Mitchell song memorializing Woodstock would later become a hit and the recording most associated with the festival.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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Jimi Hendrix
• Hendrix's popularity eventually saw him headline the Woodstock music festival.
• Delivered a historic performance, which featured his highly-regarded rendition of the The Star-Spangled Banner, a solo improvisation which stands as a special symbol of the 1960's era.
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• The following slides present a variety of images from Woodstock…
Pictures from Woodstock
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• It was the biggest bash for the counterculture and is a reminder of the youthful hedonism and excess of the 60s.
• It was a culmination of what the counterculture meant - the bands appealed to the generation that was questioning the direction of American society.
• At the time, it held the record for the largest music audience in the world.
Significance of Woodstock
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Counterculture
To many, the festival exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era."
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Rolling Stone Magazine
• Woodstock is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in popular music history.
• It was listed on Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
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• Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, there were two recorded fatalities: – one from what was believed
to be a heroin overdose– another caused by an
occupied sleeping bag accidentally being run over by a tractor in a nearby hayfield.
Any Problems?
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• In tune with the idealistic hopes of the 1960s, Woodstock satisfied most attendees.
• Especially memorable were the sense of social harmony, the quality of music, and the overwhelming mass of people, many sporting bohemian dress, behavior, and attitudes.
Woodstock a Success
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