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The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4-km 2) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers.
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, [6] [7] 40 miles (65 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock.
Michael Lang was featured in many scenes of the documentary film Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (1970). Lang also produced Woodstock '94 with partners Roberts, Rosenman, and co-producer John Scher, and Woodstock '99 with John Scher and Ossie Kilkenny. In contrast to the previous Woodstock festivals Lang organized, Woodstock '99 proved to be ...
From the 1970s through the 90s, rock music’s A-listers flocked to the tiny Woodstock hamlet of Bearsville to record some of the era’s most iconic albums. The Band, Ringo Starr, Patti Smith ...
At age 20, Shrieve was the second youngest musician to perform at Woodstock. [citation needed] His drum solo during "Soul Sacrifice" in the Woodstock film has been described as "electrifying", [2] although he considers his solo during the same piece in 1970 at Tanglewood the superior performance. [3]
Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld (born 1942) is an American musician, record producer, and music executive. [1] He is best known as the music promoter for the Woodstock Festival held in 1969. [2] [3] Kornfeld is also known for his collaborations with Artie Kaplan. [4]
William Cox (born October 18, 1941 [1]) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix.Cox is the only surviving musician to have regularly played with Hendrix: first when both were in the Army, then in 1969 with the experimental group that backed Hendrix at Woodstock (informally referred to as "Gypsy Sun and Rainbows"), followed by the trio with drummer Buddy Miles that ...
Havens, playing at Woodstock Music Festival 1969. Havens's live performances earned widespread notice. His opening 1969 appearance at Woodstock in a trio with Paul "Deano" Williams on guitar and singing backing vocals and Daniel Ben Zebulon on percussion catapulted him into stardom and was a major turning point in his career. [1]