The Woodstock Music Festival began on August 15, 1969 in Bethel, New York. Billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music,” the epic event become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Like a few other artists of the Woodstock Festival Country Joe & The Fish have also appeared on the other major U.S. music festival of that time: The Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967. Since then they have released their most important albums, reformed their line-up and become sev...
TheWoodstock lineupis one of the most legendary in history. The hottest and most diverse collection ofbandsof1969gathered here and created aplaylistthat would forever shape music to come. The American music scene of the era was defined by this music festival, and what is now known as world ...
Theeventsthat led up to the legendaryWoodstock 1969festivalwere destined to happen. The organization overcame many barriers and many fateful occurrences lined up its fruition. Here is a brief overview of the legendaryWoodstock 1969festival and the impact it had on music, American culture, and the ...
Dead and Company, John Fogerty, Santana, John Sebastian, Country Joe Mcdonald, Canned Heat and Hot Tuna – all acts that took part in the 1969 festival – are all on the lineup for the festival, which takes place August 16th through 18th, the 50th anniversary of the orig...
According toWoodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation, the 1969 Woodstock festival seemed fated to fail. But a rare convergence of good luck, good intentions, and good vibes somehow snapped into place and crystallized over a few days in August the aspirations of a countercu...
“The venue for the festival changed not once, not twice, but four times.”– Mike Evans, co-editor of WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT ROCKED THE WORLD Woodstock ’69 took some time to find its permanent home in Bethel, New York. After the third location rejected the festival in July, just...
Woodstock 1969 featured astunning lineup of iconic acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell was also on the lineup for Sunday, August 17, 1969. However, she watched her op...
Ercoline, who appeared in one of the most famous photos from the 1969 music festival, died on Saturday Obituary By Charisma Madarang Bold as Ink: Montblanc Launches Limited-Edition Jimi Hendrix-Inspired Pen Collection FromElectric Ladylandto Woodstock, the new line celebrates the biggest moments in...
pointing out how Woodstock ’99 was, essentially, a festival without a cause. In old MTV footage, Sheryl Crow, who more recently called the festival her “single worst gig,” sums up the crowd’s moral emptiness thusly: “I’ve been given everything and still I’m mad but I’m not ...