The Woodstock Concert 1969

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By scotty smith

Woodstock Concert 1969..Some Facts

Woodstock was a music concert that is regarded as one of the biggest events in music history. The woodstock concert was held on a 600 acre farm in the town of Bethel in New York. Bethel is 43 miles south-west of the town of Woodstock....so i still don't know why they called it Woodstock!!

The woodstock concert was held between the 15th and 18th of August 1969. The Woodstock Festival was put together by four business partners, who were: Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld.

These four guys got together and each put their own views forward as to what their individual sights of Woodstock would be. As the groups views started to differ, Roberts (who was one of the biggest financiers of the event) was undecided in whether or not to keep pumping the money in, or to completely pull out of the whole project. Luckily he decided to push forward with the project and they went on to create one of the biggest events in the history of rock music!

Prior to the concert, sales had amounted to approximately 186,000 tickets at a cost of around $20 per ticket (converts to approx $70 each today) but on the first day of the concert a radical group, called the UAWMF (up against the wall mother*******) cut the fences and allowed everyone in to the concert for free. Word about this spread like wildfire and people started turning up to the concert in the thousands, this caused traffic jams that were 20 miles long!

Over the 4 days of the Woodstock concert, some of the biggest names in music at the time performed and approximately half a million people attended. This amount of people caused lots of dramas, as the concert was only intended to house around 200,000 people, and things like food shortages, limited sanitation facilities, lack of places to sleep and camp, combined with lots of rain and mud, made the weekend very testing for some! but all in all, from all reports, most people had the music weekend of their lives.

SOME OF THE BIG GUNS WHO ROCKED WOODSTOCK...

  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Crosby Stills Nash & Young
  • Joe Cocker
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Grateful Dead
  • Santana
  • Canned Heat
  • The Who

Written By Scotty Smith

Music Connoisseur ©2008

 

Joe Cocker Live At Woodstock

Woodstock from Above

Who do you consider was the best band at Woodstock?

  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Joe Cocker
  • Janis Joplin
  • Santana
See results without voting

Comments

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tonymac04 3 years ago

One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I couldn't be there! You see, I'm still at heart a "flower child"

Thanks for the great Hub.

Love and peace

Tony

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scotty smith Hub Author 3 years ago

Hi Tony, thanks a lot for your comments mate, i also wish i had of been there mate, however i would have been a little young at the time, but from what i have learned, it was one of the best concerts ever,

Scotty

matt 2 years ago

ya if i was alive back then i def would have gone. it just seems unreal that 450,000 ppl were there and it must have been a heck of a experience

tyler 2 years ago

im still very young, but if i had the chance i would have gone

cam 2 years ago

its called woodstock because it had been the original place michael lang had envisioned to create a recording studio for artist to come and enjoy the peaceful environment away from the city.

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Jim Strutzin 2 years ago

Cam is correct. Good hub, too bad the 40th anniversary didn't pan out. Would have caught that

Mugsy Laroy 2 years ago

yo man i was a hip guy back then i was about 15 years of age when woodstock came through town and i went first time i ever smoked pot or drank i also dropped a few hits of acid and ate a few caps of shrooms it was a blast!!!!!

hank 2 years ago

so did everyone there

Debra 19 months ago

I live in NY and just visited the town of woodstock. Speaking to a few locals, I learned the reason why it was called woodstock festival even though it was held in Bethel. The founders/organizers were from woodstock, the original plan was to have it there in a field where they held many outdoor concerts. But, they couldn't get permits for some reason. They tried in a nearby town, but to no avail. a few weeks before the concert, a farmer in bethel offered his land. they accepted. but, kept the name "woodstock festival" because that's where it originated. and a few of the musicians were regular recording artists in woodstock before the festival.

This information was given to me by women who worked (possibly owned) a store called woodstock blues in the town of woodstock.

hope this info helps.

Izzy_lil 18 months ago

Wow, nice video! I wasn't yet born back then, but I would have LOVED to be there and to be part of that event! I love the music from those times. I have a flower heart, mhh maybe I was there in my previous life or something! ;)

Anyway, nice video and cool pic!

iljeg2112 16 months ago

I am doing a research paper on woodstock this was really helpfull thankyou!

dave 15 months ago

Hippies ruined everything

SheRose1 15 months ago

this 80's child was definately there in my previous life, had to be, its in my core :)

Jessie Underbug 13 months ago

ya i am learning bout this in college!! haha

Changyee candulungsonhooyalu 13 months ago

hi i am Changyee:) I went to that concert but it was very boring!! haha jk bout all of that hehehehehehehe

yacob eber 13 months ago

PRETTY DARN AWSOME. Nuff said...

baldy18 9 months ago

this performance by Joe Cocker is not from Woodstock 1969.

arlinda hughes 7 months ago

if any one out there attended woodstock i would like to phone interview them for a school project. i want this to be totally informal and i want your total feelings about the sights smells and over all experences! look me up on facebook PLEASE!!

Destiny Todd 3 months ago

I am extremely interested in talking to someone who attended Woodstock for a research paper for school. If anyone did or knows someone please look me up on facebook Destiny Todd Richland Ms OR send me an email at destinytodd@rocketmail.com Thank you so much!!

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Kosmo Level 6 Commenter 2 months ago

This is a very short hub for such a huge event. Couldn't you have given us a little more?!... As for your poll, Janis Joplin was terrible at Woodstock and Hendrix wasn't at his best either. Later!

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