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Four Men Long Island
879 wordsTrue believers still call Woodstock the capstone of an era devoted to human advancement, said Cynics. Then there are those who said it was a hell of a party. The Woodstock music and art festival of 1969 drew more than 450, 000 people to a field out in Sullivan County for four days (tiber). This field became the site of a counter cultural mini-nation where minds were open, drugs were everything but legal and love was free. The music started late Friday afternoon at about 5: 07 p. m. August 15 and...
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Men And Women Make A Difference
1,241 wordsMany large concerts occurred throughout America in the summer of 1969, but none were as well known and symbolic as Woodstock. Its impact on Americas culture and society as well as its youth will not be forgotten for many years to come. Four men named Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosen man originally established Woodstock. The mens initial idea for the festival was to promote the idea of a new recording studio in Bethel, New York, which is where the event actually took pl...
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Star Spangled Banner Purple Haze
1,002 wordsIn the following journal entries Johnny Allen Hendrix; two years later name officially changed to Jimi Hendrix describes his life from August 4, 1969 to August 18, 1969 and his encounters till the end of his Woodstock premier. August 4, 1969 At ten p. m. in our studio the band and I just got word from our record company about the live concert performance to take place in Woodstock, New York. We are a little scared, as a puppy would feel the first time away from its mother, yet pumped for the con...
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Mind Boggling Divorce Rate
1,742 wordsIn 1969 the first Woodstock took place. Those were the good old days when the music festival was full of good music, love, and sharing. Wake up call... In 1999 another Woodstock was held; this time it was not full of love and sharing at all. All it has been shown to be is a party full of rape, drugs, and a bad recreation of a good thing. Looking at the numerous differences there are very few similarities one being the name of the event. Through this small happening in our history, Woodstock show...
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Number One Hit Rock And Roll
1,275 wordsThe beginning of Rock and roll started with The Twist. by Chubby Checker This song changed our dancing moves. Other dance songs that helped this period of rock and roll along include: The Mash Potato, The Monster Mash, the Pony, The Swim, The Jerk, The Monkey, and The Hill Gully. The first New York white rock star was Dion. He was the lead singer of the band the Belmont's. He was one of the the few rockers in his generation to evidence serious artistic growth (Unterberger). He moved into Country...
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Rock And Roll Helter Skelter
3,302 wordsAllegory of American Pie by Don McLean A Piece of the Pie Ask anyone what was the defining moment in the rock history of the 1960 s was and all you will get is a one word answer: Woodstock. The three day rock festival that defined an era was only one of many music festivals of the 60 s. But Woodstock has come to symbolize, an era of peaceful, free- loving, drug- taking hippie youth, carefree before harsher realities hit (Layman 40). The Woodstock festival ended a century filled with many metamor...
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Grateful Dead Recording Studio
3,413 wordsThe Making Woodstock Joel Rosenman woke up on Friday, August 15, 1969, at 6: 00 A. M. This was the first day of what is now known as the most famous rock festival in history, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Joel, along with John Roberts, Artie Kornfeld, and Michael Lang, created Woodstock. Joel woke to one of the biggest traffic jams in history located outside The Pines, the hotel where Woodstock s staff was staying. Route 17 B lead right to the site of the festival, Max Yasgur s Farm. It took...
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Threedays Not Hours Threedays Not Hours Of Music Woodstock
431 wordsThe largest rock concert ever was coming to town. Threedays not hours of music. Threedays not hours of music. Camping out under the stas. This was going to be a serious party. Woodstock was the greatest rock concert ever to take place in the United States. Four very different very young people sponsored Woodstock. The youngest was only twenty-six. Micheal Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Roman. The original idea was to promote a recording studio. To promote the idea they would have ...
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