Richie Havens (RIP) - Freedom ( Woodstock 1969)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock

 

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Jeffrey Shurtleff & Joan Baez

 

 

 

 

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RIP

 

 

 

 

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Max Yasgur being the owner of the land where they were having the festival in Aug 1969...He gets named in the Joni Mitchell song "Woodstock" ( made famous by CSNY)... Ref to "Yasgur's farm"

 

 

Speech excerpt:...."Have three days of fun and music and have NOTHING BUT fun and music".........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dance to the music / Music lover / I want to take you higher

 

 

 

 

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Moving

 

She's got a beautiful voice......And song message is so extremely important ( and still relevant to this day).....

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill

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One of the 3 non US bands (if I remember correctly) at the festival   along with Joe Cocker ( whose band was half or entirely American ) and Ten Years After

 

All musicians awesome....Roger Daltrey - great vocalist....Peter Townshend - great guitarist, composer of a few masterpieces

 

RIP Keith Moon ( drums) & John Entwistle (bass)

 

 

 

 

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It was group's only 2nd live performance since they had gotten together....I'm not totally sure Young was already part of the band by then

 

 

 

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Carlos had completely tripped out while playing as Jerry Garcia ( Grateful Dead) had given him some LSD right before going on stage.....Carlos told this himself years later in an interview......

 

Drummer Michael Shrieve was only 20 at the time.....

 

Carlos Santana was 22

 

One of the best performances at the festival

 

 

 

 

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RIP Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals

 

 

 

 

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Marty Balin-RIP - lead vocals

 

Paul Kantner-RIP - guitar

 

Grace Slick - co-vocals

 

Awesome song with stunning lyrics...I just love it....