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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.
John P. Roberts (December 11, 1945 – October 27, 2001) was an American businessman who bankrolled the Woodstock Festival. He was the heir to the Polident/Poli-Grip denture adhesive fortune. Biography
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.
Yasgur's farm at 27 Yasgur Rd in Cochecton, New York, in 1999. Max Bernard Yasgur (December 15, 1919 – February 9, 1973) was an American farmer. He was the owner of the 600-acre (240 ha) dairy farm in Bethel, New York, where the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held on August 15–18, 1969.
Two young music fans hitch a lift home from Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, August 1969 (Getty) In 1969, with flowers in their hair, the children of Woodstock made love, danced naked and braved the ...
Daevid Allen – Australian singer and guitarist of Soft Machine and Gong; John Ashton – English-born producer and guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs; The Band members: Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson – the five shared a house together, where they recorded The Basement Tapes (with Bob Dylan) and wrote several songs for Music from Big Pink.
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The Nobel Foundation declined to comment on the rumors other than saying, "Any rumor that a person has not been given a Nobel Prize because he has made known his intention to refuse the reward is ridiculous", further stating a recipient could only decline a Nobel Prize after he is announced a winner. [297]