Woodstock History What is Woodstock? It is one of the most famous festivals in history due to the four young men John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artic Kohn, and Mike Lang. It was three days of peace and music. It took lots of planning most things didn’t even go right, for instance the location. They had planed to hold the event in Wallkill, New York but the town did not want to hold the festival there because all the violence due to Vietnam weeks before. They all freaked out trying to hurry and find a new location. Lucky a man by the name of Max Yasgur told the men that they could use his six hundred acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York. (McLeese) Friday August 15, 1969. The first day of the festival, it was a little crazy the roads where jammed. People were leaving there cars to run to the festival which caused a huge problem. Only a few of the musicians made it before the traffic jam others had to be brought in by helicopter. Who were some of these people you may ask. Well we have Richie Haven, Ravi Shankar, Tim Hardin, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Melanie Safka, Arlo Guthrie, and Joan Baez. (“Woodstock”) The first person to play was supposed to be Sweetwater but they were stuck in traffic so Richie Havens had to open up the festival. Richie did not want to open the show and kept making up excuses but Michael Lang was not giving up he knew he could do it. At 5:07 pm he sucked it up and went out there and sang his spiritual heartwarming music. He was only suppose to do forty five minutes worth of songs but the crowd wanted more so he went back on stage and sang every song he knew. His last song was called “Freedom” everybody loved it so much that other bands had to do fantastic to compare. (Hilstrom) The first day was rough but good.... ... middle of paper ... ...e’re with you.” After John is Janis Joplin’s turn everybody had awoken by then and most people were disappointed in her performance because she was too drunk to perform. A year later she died because of drug and alcohol abuse. The mood changed completely when Sly and the Family Stone got on stage most say his music made people start partying again. Next was The Who which had a great impact on the festival when the guitarist smashed his guitar into the back of Hoftman’s head. Works Cited Gerdes, Louise. Woodstock. Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2003 Hilstrom, Kevin. Defining Moments of Woodstock. Detroit: Omigraphic, 2013 Kallen, Stuart. The History of Rock and Roll. Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2012 McLeese, Don. “Woodstock Festival.” World Book Advanced. World book, 2013 “Woodstock.” Woodstock. 2012, November 7, 2013
His future looked promising. In 1960, Carlos' family moved to San Francisco while Carlos stayed in Tijuana for another year to make extra money until his family was settled. However, he soon found himself amid the multicultural atmosphere of San Francisco, with all of its diverse musical styles. It was here that Carlos would find what he had been searching for, as if destiny had brought him to the right place at the right time. For the next five years, Carlos continued to evolve his own unique style of music that would later identify him as one of the most distinctive, innovative musicians of our time. In 1966, the music of Carlos Santana exploded on the streets of San Francisco with the debut performance of the Santana Blues Band. For the next two years, the Santana Blues Band was overwelmed by a wave of popularity that would take them from San Francisco's Fillmore West, to that historical performance in 1969 before 500,000 at the Woodstock Festival in New York.
The Woodstock Music & Art Festival took place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 15th, 16th, and 17th, 1969. As you can imagine, a concert like Woodstock would have had to be planned very carefully. It didn’t just happen.
Jimi Hendrix and Ritchie Valens were both in the early 1940’s only a year apart from one another. Ritchie Valens was born on May 13, 1941 in Pacoima, California, the son of Joseph Valenzuela and Concepcion Valenzuela. His parents split up when he was only
...g force. One thing that I am certain of is that Woodstock, like any icon, should have never been duplicated. They attempted this in 1994 and again in 1999. Sequels never measure up to the original. People even try to imitate icons with no success. Madonna and Anna Nicole Smith both tried to be Marilyn Monroe, but there is only one Marilyn. To be able to recreate Woodstock, you would also have to be able to recreate Vietnam, The Civil Rights Movement, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. The fact that Woodstock can’t be copied is what makes it an Icon. I only wish that I could have been there.
Woodstock was the hair brained idea of four men that met each other completely at random. It was the counterculture's biggest bash, which ultimately cost over $2.4 million, and was sponsored by John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld, and Michael Lang (Young 18). John Roberts was an heir to a drugstore and toothpaste manufacturing fortune. He supplied the money, for he had a multi-million dollar trust fund, a University of Pennsylvania degree, and a Lieutenant's commission in the Army (Tiber 1). Joel Rosenman, the son of a prominent Long Island orthodontist, had just graduated from Yale Law School (Makower 28). In 1967, he was playing guitar for a lounge band in motels from Long Island to Law Vegas. He and Roberts met on a golf course in the fall of 1966 (Tiber 1). By the next winter, Roberts and Rosenman shared an apartment and were trying to figure out what to do with their lives. One idea was to create a screw ball situation comedy for television (Landy, Spirit 62). "It was an office comedy about two pals with more money than brains and a thirst for adventure," Rosenman said. To get plot ideas for their sitcom, Roberts and Rosenman put a classified as in the Wall Street Journal and
Woodstock gathered an unexpectedly large attendance. Only 50,000 to 100,000 people were expected to arrive at the site. These numbers seemed small compared to the 400,000 to 500,000 people who converged on the area on August 15, 16, and 17 of 1969. (Webster’s) Many expected singers and bands could not arrive due to traffic backed up for miles along all the roads leading to the area. It was said that nearly one million people could have attended the concert if it had lasted longer. (Visi.com) Many recognized musicians preformed at the concert such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, and many others. (Home.columbus.rr.com) Truly by the first day, as the musicians looked out upon the vast crowd, they must have known that Woodstock was not going to be just another concert that would be forgotten.
Kiyah Sewell Mr. Downey English 11CP 22 May 2014 HIR Paper 400,000 people, 32 bands, and 3 days of Peace, love and Rock and Roll (Gerdes, Louise). Woodstock was a free 3 day concert held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York (Statement on the Historical and Cultural Significance of the 1969 Woodstock Festival Site). What was first made to be a recording studio for the community of Woodstock became an iconic American image (Gerdes, Louise 16). Woodstock was a defining moment in American history because it influenced counter culture and changed the lives of the younger generation that we see today.
For my second concert report I thought that I would write about my only experience hearing songs of the Beatles live. The Rib America Festival was hosted by The Beatles Live Repertoire. The group dressed exactly like the Beatles, even had the same names, John, Paul, George, and Ringo. I had never heard any Beatles songs live before, so that was enough to get me off my butt. Not to mention, it was free entertainment, not a bad time at all.
In 1969 one of the biggest concerts ever was held in a field on a farm in Bethel, New York. The concert was three days long starting on a Friday August 15th around 5pm. Many well known artist performed on the stage that was almost not even built in time. Hundred thousands of people showed up, around 50,000 people were there days before the three day concert was supposed to start.
Woodstock is known worldwide for being one of the most important events in music history. Like moths to a flame, a unique assortment of people from all over the world traveled to the United States, New York City, in August of 1969 to hear their favorite artists perform for 3 days. Incredible performers such as Jimi Hendrix and Blood, Sweat and Tears captivated their audience which have now since only become classic moments in their careers, but have also become representative snapshot of american culture at the time. Woodstock was the outcome of of a partnership between John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang. Their overall goal was to make enough money to to build a recording studio in Woodstock which at the time was a
...peace. They knew about art and nature. They lived for a weekend in the still eye of the hurricane" (Woodstock).
Woodstock was a music festival held in New York, from August 15th through the 18th. The event had a huge impact socially. The festival not only brought over 400,000 people together to listen to a few bands, but brought people together culturally and symbolically. It was one of the biggest concerts of that timeframe, in which many had the same ideologies, for example, opposition of the Vietnam
John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield, and Michael Lang held the rock ‘n’ roll festival to raise money to start the construction of a recording studio near Woodstock, New York. Roberts and Rosenman financed the festival, while Land promoted the concert. Land had organized a smaller festival, Miami Pop, the year before, so he was well qualified. Roberts and Rosenman were entrepreneurs. Before Woodstock they were in the process of building a larger recording studio in Manhattan. Land and Kornfeld were also involved with the recording studio, but were advised by their lawyer to recommend constructing a smaller studio in Woodstock, New York. Roberts and Rosenman were excited about the “Studio-in-the-Woods” proposal and decided to organize a concert featuring the kind of artists that would be recognized in the Woodstock area for the studio’s funding. So, the idea for Woodstock was created in January of
Imagine that you are at a concert, it’s all well and good. At least the music’s nice. Now imagine that you are in a much bigger concert, one with half a million people in it. Welcome to the Woodstock Concert: 3 days of peace and music. Woodstock was a concert in the sixties that brought so many people they couldn’t keep track of all of them. This and many more points is what makes Woodstock a special point in history. Points like how everyone wanted to go, how it shows a slice of life in the sixties, and how it remembered in history.
When the final song was over and Jars of Clay was off the stage, the lights abruptly came on. Everyone started to leave the theatre. I still wanted to hear more of their music, but just as they had come out they then left in the same way. My adrenaline was still on a high point even as we got to our vehicles.