Woo… “The monitors kept breaking. ⏱ Quiz Timer. “They moved the crowd like nothing I’ve ever seen.”. Townshend capped off the performance by bashing his guitar on the stage and then tossing it into the crowd. Here are the biggest musical moments from the festival billed as "Three Days of Peace and Music.". “I was wearing a tie-dyed shirt, and when I took it off after, the colors had stained my chest in the exact same pattern.”, Blood, Sweat & Tears performing in New York City, circa 1970, Photo: Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, The R&B group Blood, Sweat & Tears didn’t get onstage until 1:30 am on Monday morning, and they played 10 songs total. We were a new band. Porter, who was about to ship out to the front lines, didn’t appreciate the sentiment, but McDonald goaded the crowd to sing along and ended up with hundreds of thousands on their feet and clapping along by the end. Don't ask me I don't give a damn. After wishing everyone a good morning, she played through light rain. Arguably the most iconic moment of the entire Woodstock festival was when psychedelic guitar rocker Jimi Hendrix’s played his legendary rendition of the United States National Anthem. They played their famous rock opera album Tommy, and by the time they got to the album’s finale, the sun was rising. I thought it was beautiful. I’m American so I play it. Rumor has it that Carlos, thinking he had hours before their set, had taken a dose of mescaline, a highly hallucinogenic drug, right before stepping on stage. Tweet. Wrong! Initially I played the bass parts on my 6-string guitar but eventually bought a bass guitar. At Woodstock, the film evidence implies Arlo mainly played the Candelas 12. On the contrary, Woodstock was nothing like this idealized version that we have seen onscreen. 1 year ago. We’re getting a bit old now… It’s a song called ‘My Generation.’”. They played 13 songs, including “Somebody To Love,” “White Rabbit” and “The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil. The event began with a single folk guitarist, Rich Pell, who came to the site. This quiz will be about the festival and its performers. Although their set was on the shorter side (they were delayed because of the Grateful Dead), they managed to squeeze in 11 songs including “Born On The Bayou,” “Proud Mary" and “Suzy Q.”, “I come running out, and I look down there, and I see a bunch of people that look a lot like me except they’re naked. So, we were all scared. Thanks so much :) Joan Baez singing and playing the guitar at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, New York on August 16, 1969. "Strawberry Fields Forever", performed on stage by Richie on the Festival it's here. By August 15, 1969, hundreds of thousands of people had flocked to upstate New York to attend Woodstock, the epic 3-day music festival that was said to be the capstone of a cultural movement. On Friday evening, August 15, Richie Havens took the stage and officially opened the proceedings. Stephen,” “Mama Tried,” “Dark Star,” “High Time” and “Turn On Your Lovelight.”, "Well, we played such a bad set at Woodstock," Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia said in 1971. 00:00 Correct! ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ by Joe Cocker, ‘I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag’ by Country Joe and the Fish, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ by Jimi Hendrix. And how did Green Day and Nine Inch Nails end up becoming the muddy heroes of the festival? From already-established musicians to burgeoning acts, there was no shortage of talent even if there was an overflowing amount of drugs and alcohol at the event. While we remember the anti-war chants, the hippie fashion, the mud and the nudity, music was Woodstock's core. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Woodstock. ", Friday: Country Joe McDonald, John Sebastian, Swami Satchadinanda - Invocation, The Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Sweetwater, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar and Melanie, Saturday: Quill, Keef Hartly, Mountain, Canned Heat and Sly and the Family Stone, Sunday: Max Yasgur, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Sha-Na-Na. 1969 Woodstock Woodstock Festival Woodstock Music Woodstock Photos Neil Young Music Is Life My Music 1969 Music Music Concerts. Jesus was the first hippie that I know. Hendrix did not perform for half a million people. The festival exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s – early 1970s and the "hippie era". The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was organized by four inexperienced promoters who nonetheless signed a who’s who of current rock acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, the Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, and Country Joe and the Fish. Here’s a look back at some of the concert’s top acts: Richie Havens opening the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, New York on August 15, 1969. They were all kind of piled together. Jason Laure/Woodfin Camp/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images/Getty Images. “I remember sitting on a hill and listening to The Band,” says Goldman. Although The Who was scheduled for Saturday, they didn’t end up taking the stage until Sunday at 5 am. Woodstock was only their fourth gig [1] but they played in front of 500,000 people. "The weekend was great, but our set was terrible. To drive the anti-war message home, Hendrix even inserted a bar from “Taps,” the military funeral hymn. The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a rock music festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²) dairy farm in the town of Bethel, New York from 15–18 August 1969. Richie Havens opened the Woodstock festival on Friday, August 15, 1969, taking the stage for a whole two hours from 5:07 pm until 7:00 pm. Just a month earlier, The Who released Tommy, an ambitious, double album-length rock opera. Supposedly on drugs during his rainy performance, Guthrie played seven songs in total. The real hippies, not the ones with the fake mustaches and fake hair and fake flowers, had ideals and principles about sharing. “I was a longtime time fan of Jefferson Airplane,” says Porter. Music and peace.”. The high-energy, fully improvised song known as “Freedom / Motherless Child” energized the antsy crowd and set the tone for the rest of the festival. A group she really didn’t want to miss, though, was The Band, which had started out as a rockabilly group in Canada. On top of that, it was raining or wet, so that every time we touched our guitars, we'd get these electrical shocks. Woodstock '89 or "The Forgotten Woodstock" was a rock concert that took place in August 1989 on the site of the original Woodstock concert of 1969 as a spontaneous celebration of the event's 20th anniversary.. Bill Eppridge/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. Next stop is Viet Nam. Recently I listened to the woodstock records. That came out to 11 songs total, including “From The Prison,” “With A Little Help From My Friends” and “High Flying Bird.". Since then, he hasn't stopped working, releasing 23 albums, most recently Nobody Left To Crown in 2008. It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Flattered me, in a way — you saw all the big bands and their equipment, and yet they still let the little pregnant virgin walk out there with her guitar and do her thing," Baez told Rolling Stone in 1983. Other songs on their set list included “Waiting,” “You Just Don’t Care,” “Evil Ways,” and “Persuasion.". During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed outdoors in front of 500,000 concert-goers…. After multiple encores, a sweat-soaked Havens came out to play one more song without any idea what it was going to be. "When you're on stage in front of six hundred and fifty thousand people you just know that this is a momentous event and probably will never happen again, and it never did," singer David Clayton-Thomas said. They played from 10:30 pm to midnight on the second day, but their entire performance was filled with technical difficulties. Sommer’s performance of “Jennifer” at the festival is included in D.A. Some of the reviews here are giving this set a five star rating for excellent sound quality and that isn't the truth at all. “This is kind of our hymn,” said a young Pete Townshend, as the band prepared for its final number. By 1969, Hendrix was a major star who had earned the traditional headliner’s position: playing last. His main guitars at the time were a Martin D-18 and a couple of Candelas flattops made by the Delgado family in Los Angeles, a six-string and a 12-string. She played at Woodstock early Sunday morning, and her set list included “Raise Your Hand,” “Kozmic Blues" and “Piece Of My Heart.”, "I think she found it incredibly interesting and fun," Joplin's brother, Michael, said of the weekend. I dunno. They Played on the Main Stage at Woodstock 50 Years Ago—No, Really The estimated 450,000 fans who attended the 1969 music festival got to see Janis, Jimi and…Ira The 1969 Woodstock music festival. Woodstock 1969 was plagued by stormy weather and technical problems, but it produced a string of musical performances that resonate a half-century later. The sound was shit. Not everybody at Woodstock came for the music. Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers. After running through a rousing rendition of their best-known hit, the band transitioned into an extended improvisation called “Naked Eye,” featuring long guitar solos from Townshend backed by Keith Moon’s frenetic drumming. This quiz will be about the festival and its performers. The idea behind the first Woodstock musical festival — which was conceived by John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang — was simply to raise enough money to build a recording studio in Woodstock, New York. "Her quote was that it was wild. Music Lists. 1 year ago. I mean, it wasn’t any f*****g revolution; it was a three-day period during which people were decent to one another because they realized that if they weren’t, they’d all get hungry.". It might be the most famous rock concert and festival ever held. Jefferson Airplane, a popular San Francisco act fronted by the inimitable Grace Slick, was next to take the stage around 8 a.m. on Sunday. Slick led the band through a raw and rocking 100-minute set that included their hits “Somebody to Love” and the Alice in Wonderland-inspired ode to experimentation, “White Rabbit.” Unlike other bands who got sloppy when playing live, Jefferson Airplane’s live rendition of “White Rabbit” was taut and terrific. It was a period of time in which everyone was happy and love went all around. These recognizable names were part of the largest seaborne invasion in history on June 6, 1944. ... We're really here and they can't hide us anymore," Havens told CNN.com. Like we knew there were a half million people out there, but we couldn't see one of them. © 2021 A&E Television Networks, LLC. His last work then, Electric Ladyland, lent to his performance at the Woodstock Festival "Vooddo Child (Slight Return)". It was a period of time in which everyone was happy and love went all around. When you realize that most historic events are written in hindsight – you don't realize you're in a historic event at the time – so it was special to be in a historic event and know that it was just that. Paul McCartney remembers hearing it for the first time at a Saville Row studio in London. With iconic sets from Santana, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and more, the 1969 festival changed music history. He was also an avid reader of botany and ecology. And we knew that it was historic in proportion. Bob “The Bear” Hite (February 26, 1943-April 5, 1981) Canned Heat. Back in the Sixties, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and The Who played to … "It was wonderful. For me the 1969 Woodstock Festival was the single greatest musical event in the history of man. One of the reasons why the Woodstock Festival in 1969 became historical is because of the stellar lineup. Photo: STILLS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. It was our time to prove ourselves. Songs like 'All You Need Is Love,' 'Imagine' or “'One Love,' those are hippie songs, because they believe in unity and harmony for the whole planet. The soulful British rocker Joe Cocker released his debut album, named for his cover of the famous Beatles song, just four months before Woodstock. It looked like one of those pictures of the souls coming up out of hell, like Dante’s Inferno," CCR's John Fogerty wrote in his memoir, Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music. It might be the most famous rock concert and festival ever held. "One of my strongest memories of that day is flying in the helicopter over that vast, spectacular crowd that had already stretched back over the hills and well out of view of the stage. The singer was also paid a pretty penny making a total of six thousand dollars for his one performance. For many, it showed the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era". The Woodstock festival of 1969 hosted iconic performers like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and The Who for more than 400,000 people in Bethel, New York. Porter was standing just 30 feet from the stage when Hendrix made his musical statement fueled by American pride and protest. The singer was also paid a pretty penny making a total of six thousand dollars for his one performance. The song was released in 1970, and The Who played at Woodstock the year before. The museum focuses on preserving and interpreting the legacy of the ’60s and the spirit of the festival. We don't know how magical it was - although it looks pretty cool - but we think it's a safe bet the song was inspired by the festival. Blue sparks were flying out of our guitars.". In light of this 50 th anniversary, … “I don’t know, man. All I do is play it. Grateful Dead may have been one of the more famous performers at Woodstock, but their set didn’t exactly knock it out of the park. In 1969, 400,000 people descended on Bethel, New York, headed to a dairy farm owned by Max and Miriam Yasgur, where the Woodstock festival was being held. The stage was dark, then we heard ‘See me. Guitar genius Carlos Santana and his band were another group of newcomers who had recently recorded their first album before taking the Woodstock stage on Saturday afternoon. Pell was given permission to organize the show by Charles and June Gelish, who owned the property. The Women of Woodstock. Mountain played heavy Blues Rock, mainly influenced by the well-known band Cream. © 2021 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. Wilson was an outdoor enthusiast and often slept there to be closer to nature. The documentary film Woodstock, directed by Michael Wadleigh and edited by Thelma Schoonmaker and Martin Scorsese, was released in March 1970. For me the 1969 Woodstock Festival was the single greatest musical event in the history of man. A rchaeology—surprisingly, to some—has played a small but vital role in these efforts. “I don’t remember if I had heard of Santana before Woodstock, but I thought they were tremendous,” says Carl Porter, who attended Woodstock not far from his home in Sullivan County, New York. Photo: Tucker Ranson/Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Woodstock performance began at 12:30 am on Sunday the 17th, and the band played for about 50 minutes. ... playing Woodstock in 1969 was a great experience and had a massive impact on Ten Years After. Bassist David Brown (left) performs with the other members of Santana, including bandleader Carlos Santana (with guitar… Whether they be sculptors, painters, photographers, directors, or illustrators, African American visual artists have made a name for themselves throughout history. Folk singer Joan Baez, who was pregnant, was the last artist to perform on the first day, taking the stage around 1 am. It was 50 years ago on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Photo: Daniel Wolf/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Their electric, Latin-infused Woodstock performance, driven by 20-year-old drummer Michael Shrieve, put them on the rock n’ roll map. On the contrary, Woodstock was nothing like this idealized version that we have seen onscreen. Jan 30, 2020 - Explore R. Scott Ebert's board "Woodstock concert" on Pinterest. Four organizers in their twenties sought out to put on a festival for 50 000 people. On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash, a tragedy that has been remembered as “The Day the Music Died.”. Canned Heat hit the height of their career in the late 1960’s when they played the Monterey Pop Festival as well as Woodstock 1969. “What a great way to wake up, to Grace Slick saying ‘Good morning, Woodstock!’”. Our team was there at the request of the Museum at Bethel Woods, which was established in 2008 as custodian of the 1969 Woodstock festival site. FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Despite all the troubles, the Woodstock Festival got started nearly on time. Over the weekend beginning on August 15, 1969, approximately 400,000 people, mostly hippies, young people, and members of the progressive "counterculture" youth movement, descended upon Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel, New York, to witness the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, billed as "an aquarian exposition" and "three days of peace and music." As you can see, there was a bus there. Photo: Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, When Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed at Woodstock, it was only their second gig together. Wrong! We were all battling the elements and ourselves. Played 8 times. Richie Havens opened Woodstock at 5:07 p.m. on Friday evening, and because many of the other musicians were stuck in traffic, he was on stage for a while and claimed he’d played every song he knew. We’re with ya!’ So, in front of a half a million people for the rest of my big Woodstock concert, I played for… that guy.”, Woodstock was one of Janis Joplin’s early performances after breaking free of her band, Big Brother & The Holding Company. For folks who hadn’t heard Tommy yet, the musical highlight probably came during The Who’s encore set. "It was a muddy mess at times. It’s fitting that after Cocker finished his set, the skies over Bethel, New York erupted in an apocalyptic summer thunderstorm that drenched the crowd and delayed the music for nearly an hour. Back in the Sixties, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and The Who played to … Nothing like this had ever happened before, planned or by surprise. Joe Cocker went on stage at 2 pm on Sunday, and Woodstock was a pivotal moment in his career. Another rare acoustic seen at the festival was played by Arlo Guthrie. They included “Coming Into Los Angeles,” “Wheel Of Fortune,” “Every Hand In The Land” and “Amazing Grace.”. Who played Woodstock 94? “When you see me in [the Woodstock movie] tuning my guitar and strumming, I was actually trying to figure out what else I could possibly play!” wrote Havens in 2009. Where: Bethel, New York (Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm) Who: Thirty-two Rock, Folk, Blues Artists. Home. Arlo Guthrie, son of musician Woody Guthrie, started his set at 11:55 p.m. on Friday night. August 15, 1969, marked the beginning of what would become a 4-day musical festival. A rchaeology—surprisingly, to some—has played a small but vital role in these efforts. Woodstock 1969. Happy Day,” “I Shall Be Released,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” and “We Shall Overcome.”, "Oh, I had a lovely time at Woodstock. He also performed in New York's Central Park to an audience of 20,000 people. And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates. Jefferson Airplane at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York on August 17, 1969. 00:00 Correct! He was passing around gluten-free bread and mercury-free fish," Carlos Santana told Billboard about his favorite memory from the festival. Carlos Santana (right) and bassist David Brown performing at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York on August 16, 1969. As you can see, there was a bus there. ", "Woodstock was a lot of fun," singer Marty Balin recalled. We were all pretty smashed, and it was at night. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in popular music history and was listed on Rolling Stone's "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll". Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Hollywood took some liberties while bringing the story of this musical Austrian family to the big screen. The organizers had given Hendrix the opportunity to go on at midnight, but he opted to be the closer. Woodstock has since become known as the festival of peace, love, and rock n' roll. Days before he was to head overseas into “a very uncertain future,” Porter believed Hendrix was playing the National Anthem just for him. The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a rock music festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²) dairy farm in the town of Bethel, New York from 15–18 August 1969. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performing in California in September 1969. “It was just mind-blowing,” said McCartney. Hendrix and his band played on Monday morning at 9 am, and the setlist included “Purple Haze," “Woodstock Improvisation” and a controversial version of “The Star-Spangled Banner," where he distorted the traditional sound of the anthem. (Getty)A hippie couple pose together arm in arm with others around them, during the Woodstock music festival in 1969. The songs included “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” “Marrakesh Express” and “4+20,”, "We were all nervous," drummer Dallas Taylor admits. Joe Cocker > Playlist Country Joe & The Fish > Set List Ten Years After > Set List Johnny Winter > Playlist Blood Sweat And Tears > Set List Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young > Playlist. Jimi Hendrix and his band, at that time called Gypsy Sun & Rainbows  —and later Band of Gypsys — was scheduled as the last performance of the festival. The three-day event was set to take place in Watkins Glen, New York on Aug. 16–18 to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the original Woodstock festival in 1969. See more ideas about woodstock, woodstock 1969, woodstock festival. Singer Grace Slick performs with Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! His cover of “With A Little Help From My Friends” was a crowd-pleaser in particular, and shortly after he finished performing, the festival was hit with a thunderstorm that led to a two-hour delay. Also if you know any other musicians who wanted peace such as John Lennon, could you tell me? Folksinger Country Joe McDonald playing guitar while performing at Woodstock. Pennebaker’s documentary “Woodstock Diary 1969: Friday Saturday Sunday,” available as an import. The exhausted Monday-morning crowd had dwindled to 30,000 when Hendrix and his backing band took the stage to play through hits like “Foxy Lady” and “Purple Haze.”, But for anyone who witnessed it—or has even watched the clip on YouTube—there’s no forgetting Hendrix’s haunting interpretation of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Its melody is drenched in feedback and bombarded by whammy-bar sirens, wails, machine gun fire and auditory “bombs bursting in air.”. An Aquarian Exposition: Three Days of Peace and Music, was a three-day concert (which managed to roll into a fourth day) that took place on August 15 through 18, 1969, at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in the town of Bethel just outside White Lake, New York. We were not well rehearsed.". “One of my all-time favorite songs is ‘The Weight.’ When I heard them do that, I was on cloud nine.”. However, after the townspeople of Walkill objected, the concert site was moved to the farm of Max B. Yasgur (Max Yeah-zgrrr). After several venue changes, Woodstock Music and Art Fair officially opened its doors on August 15, 1969. Hailing from San Francisco, the psychedelic/bluesy group Jefferson Airplane was scheduled for Saturday but didn’t perform until Sunday at 8 am. Richie Havens performing onstage at the Woodstock, August 15, 1969. The rabble-rousing Berkeley musician Country Joe McDonald brought the crowd back to life after the soaking with a rousing cheer known as the “Fish” cheer, but featuring another four-letter word. For three straight days in August 1969, more than 400,000 members of America's counter-culture generation braved rain and food shortages to … Artie had been turned down everywhere else, but against the express wishes of other Warner Bros. executives, Weintraub put his job on the line and gave Kornfeld $100,000 (equivalent to $700,000 today) to make the film. "One of the things that was interesting to me was that everybody at the time knew that we were in a history-making mode," Guthrie told Smithsonian.com. Woodstock transformed Havens from a Greenwich Village favorite to an international star. He then kicked into his anti-war folk anthem with its famous chorus: “And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for? All Rights Reserved. He says, ‘Don’t worry about it, John! Member Stephen Stills admitted to being “scared s******s.” The group played an acoustic set, an electric set and acoustic encores. We don't know how magical it was - although it looks pretty cool - but we think it's a safe bet the song was inspired by the festival. The poster used to promote the first concert was revised to feature two birds perched on the neck of an electric guitar, instead of the original acoustic one. The song was released in 1970, and The Who played at Woodstock the year before. Ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die!”. Play! 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. He found fame and fortune after a show stopping performance at the legendary Woodstock Festival in 1969. Jimi Hendrix performing at Woodstock on August 18, 1969. The museum focuses on preserving and interpreting the legacy of the ’60s and the spirit of the festival. I mean, it was terrible by the time we went on. Albums by the artists that played at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 released at the same year of the Festival -In the order of the Event appearance. When they actually started playing it was already Sunday morning around 5:00. Whether it was the brain-altering chemicals or the natural intoxication of playing live in front of hundreds of thousands of people, Santana showed off the guitar solo skills that would earn him a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Leigh Weingus is a New York-based freelance writer and editor, focusing on topics like health and wellness, entertainment, personal finance, and more. Played 8 times. Woodstock Music Festival 1969. Joe Cocker at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York on August 17, 1969. There were about a hundred people on stage with us, and everyone was scared that it was gonna collapse. “Looking out unto the predawn gloom of Woodstock, making out the vague shape of half a million mud-caked people as the lights swept over them, I felt in my sleep-deprived, hallucinating state that this was my nightmare come true,” singer Roger Daltrey wrote in his memoir, Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite. As the first Black woman to headline the 2018 music festival, the Grammy winner combined African American history and her iconic music catalog for a two-hour show that changed pop culture. Relatively unknown folk rocker Richie Havens wasn’t supposed to be the first act to play Woodstock, but when four other groups became snarled in the festival’s legendary traffic, the festival promoters convinced Havens and his band to take the stage hours after the concert was scheduled to begin on Friday afternoon. 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