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Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. Caroline Kenny. “Something was tapped, a nerve, in this country, and everybody just came.” –Arnold Skolnick 3-day music festival held in Bethel, New York August 15-18, 1969 32 acts total
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Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Caroline Kenny
“Something was tapped, a nerve, in this country, and everybody just came.” –Arnold Skolnick • 3-day music festival held in Bethel, New York • August 15-18, 1969 • 32 acts total • Rolling Stone listed it as one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll. Background Info
Antiwar movement • Evolution of rock music • Growth of the youth culture • “That half a million-strong audience created something-they created a legend.” –Rosenman Purpose
“Jimi Hendrix was a showman as well as a great guitarist, and it literally blew your mind-seeing it, hearing it, and feeling it.” –Tommy Hayes Jimi Hendrix
Incorporates many genres of music • Mimics sounds possibly heard during the Vietnam War • Very controversial Star Spangled Banner