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Back to the Garden
Woodstock bloomed during a summer of distress
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Down to Yasgur’s Farm
The festival was a triumph of sheer perseverance
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A Song and a Celebration
Day One
It was chaos, then Richie Havens began to play
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A CONVERSATION WITH WAVY GRAVY
Nobody had more fun than the counterculture clown
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A CONVERSATION WITH MELANIE
She was an unknown, and she was terrified46
D ay Two
A lineup of legends, and crazy musical surprises
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A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL SHRIEVE
Santana’s drummer had a day to remember
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Day Three
Joe Cocker got it going, Jimi Hendrix finished it off
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BY THE TIME WE GOT TO WOODSTOCK
Joni Mitchell, among others, didn’t make it
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We Are Stardust...
Fifty years later, Woodstock’s legacy is everywhere
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WE ARE GOLDEN
With love from Janis JoplinBY THE TIME JIMI HENDRIX
closed out the festival on
Monday morning with his
rendition of “The Star-Spangled
Banner,” he was, in fact,
playing an anthem for a whole
new culture: They would call it
Woodstock Nation.