umbertino Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Almost 55 years have gone by already........ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 Jeffrey Shurtleff & Joan Baez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 RIP Historical performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 RIP the four members of Canned Heat Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970), aged 27 Bob “The Bear” Hite (February 26, 1943 – April 5, 1981), aged 38 Henry “The Sunflower” Vestine (December 25, 1944 – October 20, 1997), aged 52 Larry “The Mole” Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019), aged 77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 Much moving to me 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 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) Beautiful song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 It was apparently group's only 2nd live performance since the 4 of them (including Young, last one to join in) had gotten together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 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..... Great Gregg Rolie - Keyboardist & vocalist Carlos Santana was 22 One of the best acts at the festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 RIP Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 Marty Balin-RIP - lead vocals Paul Kantner-RIP - guitar Grace Slick - co-vocals Awesome song with stunning lyrics...I just love it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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