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17-83349. Wikimedia Commons. Woodstock, Illinois. Website. www.woodstockil.gov. Woodstock is a city in (and the county seat of) McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is located 51 miles northwest of Chicago, making it one of the city's outer-most suburbs. [2] Per the 2020 census, the population was 25,630. [3]
November 12, 1982. The Woodstock Square Historic District is located in the county seat of McHenry County, Illinois, which is Woodstock. The district is located in downtown Woodstock and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. [2] Within the district two of Woodstock's other Registered Places can be found ...
Jan Hooks. Janet Vivian Hooks[1][2] (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991. After leaving SNL, she continued to make cameo appearances until 1994.
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.
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, [ 1 ] as well as her "electric" stage presence. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at the ...
Hendrix's paternal grandparents, Ross and Nora Hendrix, pre-1912. Hendrix was of African American and alleged Cherokee descent. [nb 1] His paternal grandfather, Bertran Philander Ross Hendrix, was born in 1866 from an extramarital affair between a woman named Fanny and a grain merchant from either Urbana, Ohio or Illinois, one of the wealthiest men in the area at that time.
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter.Most of Cash's music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career.
Woodstock was conceived as a profit-making venture. It became a "free concert" when circumstances prevented the organizers from installing fences and ticket booths before opening day. [18] [page needed] Tickets for the three-day event cost US$18 in advance and $24 at the gate (equivalent to about $150 and $200 today [23]).