Life - Woodstock at 50 - 2019

IT WAS 2:30 A.M. WHEN THE incomparable Janis Joplin hit the stage, later than she had expected to sing. Fueled by her beloved So ...

about it: In the middle of a dairy farm- er’s field at four in the morning, this pioneering, multiracial, funk-soul- rock-psyche ...

now 76; a documentary on his turbu- lent life and career is due out this year. The Who 5:30–6:35 AM Though the British rockers p ...

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FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, the set by the Who (left to right, John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend) was the m ...

performed at Woodstock, including “It’s a Boy,” “1921,” “Amazing Journey,” “Sparks,” “Eyesight to the Blind,” “Acid Queen,” and ...

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sanguine. “It made our career,” he said of the festival. “We were a huge cult band, but Woodstock cemented us to the historical ...

been more awake, but part of the charm of rock ’n’ roll is that sometimes you’re ragged.” As Lang remembered, “They were exhaust ...

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A SURPRISING NUMBER OF tykes and toddlers were scattered throughout the festival. This happy little one would now be in her earl ...

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A HUGE ELEMENT IN THE story of Woodstock—one that cannot be glossed over and that still occupies a big space in the memories of ...

Sunday to Monday, August 17–18 Joe Cocker 2–3:30 PM If a single number can be said to crys- tallize the Woodstock experience, a ...

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ANOTHER DRENCHING rainstorm sent the muddied masses into the streams and ponds on the property, where, with clothes or without, ...

or a hippie. So it was very refreshing to be in a totally free environment where you weren’t going to be trashed... It became ve ...

main songwriter), Levon Helm (drums, vocals), Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), organist Garth Hudson, and keyboard- ist and voc ...

BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF The Band lived in nearby West Saugerties, their trip to Woodstock was little more than a Sunday drive. Ro ...

an unofficial day four) with his band— including brother Edgar, Tommy Shannon, and “Uncle” John Turner. Texan Winter made his fi ...