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The Woodstock Festival. When & Where Did it Take Place?. The festival became known as Three Days of Peace & Music. It took place August 15-18, 1969. Took place near Bethel in upstate New York on fields owned by a farmer named Max Yasgur. Who Went?. 27 bands performed
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When & Where Did it Take Place? • The festival became known as Three Days of Peace & Music. • It took place August 15-18, 1969. • Took place near Bethel in upstate New York on fields owned by a farmer named Max Yasgur.
Who Went? • 27 bands performed • Most performers were blues musicians or deeply rooted in the blues. • Some musical highlights were: Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Santana, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. • Over 400,000 fans gathered including students, hippies, and opponents of the Vietnam War.
Day One • Richie Havens- 9 songs • Grateful Dead- 4 songs • Santana- 4 songs • Jimi Hendrix- 16 songs • Ravi Shanker- 3 songs • Tim Hardin- 2 songs • Bert Sommer- 2 songs • Sweetwater- 8 songs Carlos Santana
Day One Continued… • Melanie- 2 songs • Arlo Gunthrie- 3 songs • Joan Baez- 5 songs That was the end of day one, but many bands remained to play! Arlo Gunthrie
Day Two • Keef Hartley Band- 7 songs • John B. Sebastian- 5 songs • Country Joe McDonald- 5 songs • Quill- 1 song • Canned Heat- 5 songs • Creedence Clearwater- 11 songs • Janis Joplin- 8 songs • Incredible String Band- 3 songs Day two was over and one last day remained! Janis Joplin at Woodstock
Day Three • Joe Cocker- 5 songs • Country Joe & the Fish- 6 songs • Leslie West/Mountain- 11 songs • Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young- 16 songs • Johnny Winter- 1 song • The Band- 10 songs • Blood, Sweat & Tears- 5 songs • Jimi Hendrix closed the festival with an electric guitar rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner”. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Influences • Woodstock was a symbol of 1960s American counterculture. • It was a big introduction to rock music. • It influenced drugs, alcohol, and a lot of rock music.
Some performers from Woodstock are still performing and playing music today. 8 out of the 27 groups have had a group member die. Most of which died of a drug overdose. Those groups that have had a member die have either gotten a replacement or broken up. After Woodstock hippies grew into a powerful force in the U.S. anti-war movement. After Woodstock
A Woodstock Festival Collage!
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