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Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life is a memoir describing the origins of the 1969 Woodstock Festival by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte. It was published in 2007 by Square One Publishers, Inc., and was adapted into a film of the same name by James Schamus, Ang Lee's long time writing/producing partner. It was released in ...
Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American historical musical comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by James Schamus is based on the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte.
Samuel Stephen Yasgur (January 9, 1942 – June 23, 2016 [1]) was an American attorney and Sullivan County, New York official. He was the son of Max Yasgur , who leased land on his 600 acres (2.4 km 2 ) dairy farm in Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in August 1969.
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From Aug. 15-18, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held in Bethel, New York, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm. The music festival drew more than 460,000 attendees and is regarded as a pivotal ...
By MORGAN GIORDANO It has been 45 years since festival-goers began to populate the tiny town of Bethel, N.Y., but the legacy of Woodstock lives on. The officially billed 'Woodstock Music and Art ...
All the artists who performed at Woodstock are featured on the album, except for Ten Years After, The Band, and the Keef Hartley Band. After reviewing all the multi-track tapes from Woodstock, co-producer Andy Zax selected the best songs from each of the performances, plus stage announcements, set banter, the sounds of rain, and Max Yasgur 's ...
Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent.