WoodstockKristin Boyd5 th Period

WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT WOODSTOCK?

-Woodstock was the pop culture music event of the decade and arguably to this day the single most profound event in the history of music.-This was a celebration of music and peace that met at Max Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, NY on August 15-18, 1969.-A whole generation was defined by Woodstock 1969, and it’s effects can still be felt today on the American culture.

CURRENT EVENTS IN THE LATE 1960s EARLY 1970s

• This decade can also be summed up with a few well chosen phrases which epitomize the decade " The Space Race ", " Cuban Missile Crisis" , " Continuing Cold War", "Kennedy Assassination", " Martin Luther King", "Vietnam", "Civil Rights and Riots", "Hippies and Flower Power" , "The Beatles and Rock and Roll“.

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I DREAM OF JEANNIE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS OF THIS TIME.

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THE ROLLING STONES

“Following on from the 50's rock and roll with Bill Hayley and Elvis Presley new groups appear in the 60's who are considered as an alternative music culture but become so popular that they quickly become mainstream, two of the dominant forces being THE BEATLES and THE ROLLING STONES who gain world wide notoriety and popularity.”

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PEOPLE INVOLVED

Cancelled Acts • Jeff Beck Group (The band broke up in July, forcing cancellation) • Iron Butterfly (Stuck at the airport, their manager demanded helicopters

and special arrangements just for them. Were wired back and told, as impolitely as Western Union would allow, "to get lost", but in other 'words'.)

• Joni Mitchell (Joni's agent put her on "The Dick Cavett Show" instead) • Lighthouse (Feared that it would be a "bad scene".) • Ethan Brown (Arrested for LSD three days before the event.)

Declined Invitations • The Beatles (John Lennon said he couldn't get them together) • Led Zeppelin (Got a higher paying gig at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in

New Jersey that weekend) • Bob Dylan (Turned it down because of his disgust of the hippies hanging

around his house) • The Byrds (Turned it down because of a melee during their performance at

the first Atlanta International Pop Festival, held at the Atlanta International Raceway on July 4 and July 5, 1969)

• Tommy James & the Shondells (Turned it down because of being misinformed about the size and scope of the event)

• Jethro Tull (Turned it down because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal.) • The Moody Blues were included in the original posters as performers, but

backed out after taking a gig in Paris on the same weekend. • Spirit (they had other shows planned and did not want to back out of their

commitments; not knowing how big that Woodstock would ultimately become)

• Mind Garage (Declined because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal and had a higher paying gig elsewhere)

Organizers:“Roberts, in addition to being a commissioned Army officer was heir to a multi-million dollar trust fund. Rosenman, the musician, had a law degree but no specific plans for how to spend the rest of his life. Kornfeld was a successful songwriter and record producer.

Lang and Kornfeld became pals at their first meeting, in which Lang was looking for a record deal for a band he managed. The two began brainstorming plans for a recording studio in the pastoral setting of upstate New York in a little town called Woodstock. To introduce it, they envisioned a small festival that would include a rock concert and an art fair.”

PERFORMERS:

Day 3: Sunday, August 17 1969Joe Cocker Country Joe & The Fish Ten Years After Johnny Winter Blood Sweat And Tears Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Day 4: Monday, August 18 1969Paul Butterfield Blues Band Sha Na Na Jimi Hendrix

Day 1: Friday, August 15 1969

Richie Havens Sweetwater Bert Sommer Tim Hardin Ravi shankar Melanie Arlo Guthrie Joan Baez

Day 2: Saturday, August 16 1969Quill Country Joe McDonald John B. Sebastian Keef Hartley Band Santana Incredible String Band Canned Heat Grateful Dead Leslie West & Mountain Creedence Clearwater Revival Janis Joplin Sly & The Family Stone The Who Jefferson Airplane

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• This event was one of the most profound musical events in history.

• A celebration of music and peace.

Liberals were free thinkers. They opened their minds to new ideas. At this time in history it was frowned upon because people second guessed the government

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QUESTIONS-Did you learn more about Woodstock than you previously knew?-What importance do you feel Woodstock has on American history?-Do you think this was a positive part of our history?

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THAT WAS PLAYED AT THE CONCERT

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