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I wasn’t old enough to attend Woodstock, nor did I really know what went on until I went to see the documentary film the following year. Once I saw it, I embraced everything about Woodstock and it was mine.
After a brutal decade, filled with tragedy, young Americans were hungry for a better way - a peaceful way - of living. Woodstock provided the impetus and we were empowered.
This book is a look at the behind-the-scenes preparation and execution of this musical phenomenon. Included here are accounts from the Grateful Dead; Crosby, Stills, and Nash; The Who; The Band and many others.
Michael Lang reflects on that Monday, August 18, 1969 after hearing Jimi Hendrix play his brilliant version of “The Star Spangled Banner”:
“For me, Woodstock was a test of whether people of our generation really believed in one another and the world we were struggling to create. How would we do, when we were in charge?”
The Road to Woodstock brings back bittersweet memories of the feeling that the new generation was taking such noble steps forward with demonstrations and marches. And yet, less than a year after the concert, student protests on May 4, 1970 left four dead on the Kent State campus in O-hi-o. Woodstock veteran, Neil Young, comments on his famous “Ohio” recording: "It's still hard to believe I had to write this song. It's ironic that I capitalized on the death of these American students. Probably the most important lesson ever learned at an American place of learning. David Crosby cried after this take." |
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