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The documentary film Woodstock, directed by Michael Wadleigh and edited by a crew headed by Thelma Schoonmaker, was released in March 1970. Artie Kornfeld (one of the promoters of the festival) went to Fred Weintraub, an executive at Warner Bros., and asked for money to film the festival.
Mar 9, 2018 · The Woodstock Music Festival began on August 15, 1969 in Bethel, New York. Billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music,” the epic event become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969. It was organized by four inexperienced promoters who nevertheless signed iconic acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, and Janis Joplin.
Sep 16, 2020 · Famous Musicians. Folk Musicians. The Artists Who Performed at the First Woodstock Music Festival. With iconic sets from Santana, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and more, the 1969 festival changed...
Aug 15, 2019 · 1960s. 5 Reasons Why Woodstock ’69 Became Legendary. The Woodstock music festival may not have been a smoothly run event, but it featured electric moments—musical and otherwise—that made it...
Aug 16, 2019 · Explore. Stories. Remembering Woodstock. By John Troutman August 16, 2019. The weekend of August 15 through 18, 1969, approximately 400,000 revelers traveled from near and far to inhabit the rolling fields of Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near Bethel, New York.
The set list was wisely chosen and featured their greatest hits: “Going Up the Country” and “On the Road Again”, the last one as the encore. The song “Woodstock Boogie” is basically an almost 30 minute jam, also including a drum solo. On their album Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) the song is called “Fried Hockey Boogie”.
