The Woodstock Festival
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The Woodstock Festival
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The Woodstock Festival. When & Where Did it Take Place?. The festival became known as Three Days of Peace & Music. It took place August 15-18, 1969. Took place near Bethel in upstate New York on fields owned by a farmer named Max Yasgur. Who Went?. 27 bands performed - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Woodstock Festival
When & Where Did it Take Place?
• The festival became known as Three Days of Peace & Music.
• It took place August 15-18, 1969.
• Took place near Bethel in upstate New York on fields owned by a farmer named Max Yasgur.
Who Went?
• 27 bands performed• Most performers were blues
musicians or deeply rooted in the blues.
• Some musical highlights were: Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Santana, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
• Over 400,000 fans gathered including students, hippies, and opponents of the Vietnam War.
Day One
• Richie Havens- 9 songs• Grateful Dead- 4 songs• Santana- 4 songs• Jimi Hendrix- 16 songs• Ravi Shanker- 3 songs• Tim Hardin- 2 songs• Bert Sommer- 2 songs• Sweetwater- 8 songs
Carlos Santana
Day One Continued…
• Melanie- 2 songs
• Arlo Gunthrie- 3 songs
• Joan Baez- 5 songs
That was the end of day one, but many bands remained to play!
Arlo Gunthrie
Day Two• Keef Hartley Band- 7 songs• John B. Sebastian- 5 songs• Country Joe McDonald- 5 songs• Quill- 1 song• Canned Heat- 5 songs• Creedence Clearwater- 11 songs• Janis Joplin- 8 songs• Incredible String Band- 3 songs
Day two was over and one last day remained!
Janis Joplin at Woodstock
Day Three
• Joe Cocker- 5 songs• Country Joe & the Fish- 6 songs• Leslie West/Mountain- 11 songs• Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young- 16 songs• Johnny Winter- 1 song• The Band- 10 songs• Blood, Sweat & Tears- 5 songs• Jimi Hendrix closed the festival with an electric
guitar rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner”.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Influences
• Woodstock was a symbol of 1960s American counterculture.
• It was a big introduction to rock music.
• It influenced drugs, alcohol, and a lot of rock music.
After Woodstock
• Some performers from Woodstock are still performing and playing music today.
• 8 out of the 27 groups have had a group member die.
• Most of which died of a drug overdose.
• Those groups that have had a member die have either gotten a replacement or broken up.
• After Woodstock hippies grew into a powerful force in the U.S. anti-war movement.
A Woodstock Festival
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