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Authentic 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Festival 3 Day Ticket

Authentic 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Festival 3 Day Ticket

Authentic 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Festival 3 Day Ticket   Authentic 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Festival 3 Day Ticket

AUTHENTIC 1969 WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL 3 DAY TICKET. 1969 WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL 3-DAY TICKET. Encased in a protective sleeve. Authentic, original 3-day ticket, (August 15-17th) with stub.

Encased in a protective plastic sleeve. JOAN BAEZ THE BAND BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG JOE COCKER CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL CANNED HEAT COUNTRY JOE MCDONALS COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH ARLO GUTHRIE GRATEFUL DEAD KEEF HARTLEY BAND RICHIE HAVENS TIM HARDIN JIMI HENDRIX THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND JEFFERSON AIRPLANE JANIS JOPLIN WITH THE KOZMIC BLUES BAND MOUNTAIN QUILL JOHN SEBASTIAN SANTANA SWEETWATER RAVI SHANKAR BERT SOMMER MELANIE SAFKA SLY & THE FAMILY STONE SHA-NA-NA TEN YEARS AFTER THE WHO JOHNNY WINTER. THE WOODSTOCK MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL WAS A ROCK FESTIVAL HELD AT MAX YASGUR'S 600 ACRE DAIRY FARM IN BETHEL, NEW YORK FROM AUGUST 15TH THRU THE 17TH, IN 1969. THE FESTIVAL BEARS THE NAME "WOODSTOCK, " BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE TOWN OF WOODSTOCK, IN ULSTER COUNTY, YET THE TOWN LACKED AN APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR SUCH A LARGE EVENT. A SITE WAS FOUND IN THE TOWN OF WALLKILL.

WHEN LOCAL OPPOSITION AROSE, THE EVENT WAS ALMOST CANCELED, BUT SAM YASGUR PERSUADED HIS FATHER MAX TO ALLOW THE CONCERT TO BE HELD ON THE FAMILY'S ALFALFA FIELD, LOCATED IN BETHAL, NEW YORK (WITH A NORMAL POPULATION OF 5000), ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK WOULD BECOME THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE. ALTHOUGH THE EVENT HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 200,000 ATTENDEES, OVER 500,000 EVENTUALLY ATTENDED. THE HIGHWAYS LEADING TO THE CONCERT WERE JAMMED WITH TRAFFIC. PEOPLE ABANDONED THEIR CARS AND WALKED UP TO 10 MILES TO THE CONCERT AREA.

THE WEEKEND WAS RAINY, FACILITIES WERE OVERCROWDED, AND ATTENDEES SHARED FOOD, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND DRUGS. LOCAL RESIDENTS OF THIS MODEST TOURIST-ORIENTED AREA GAVE BLANKETS AND FOOD TO SOME CONCERTGOERS.

OVERALL, ATTENDEES WERE REMARKABLY WELL-BEHAVED. SOME WERE CALLED FLOWER CHILDREN, HIPPIES, OR YIPPIES... SOME JUST WANTED TO PARTY (BEFORE BEING CALLED TO WAR)... BUT THEY WOULD SHOW THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, CREEDS, RELIGIONS AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS COULD CO-EXIST WITHOUT VIOLENCE. AS THE HORDES BEGAN CROSSING THE SECURITY FENCES, IT BECAME A FREE CONCERT FEATURING 31 OF THE BIGGEST BANDS AND PERFORMERS OF THE TIME.

MANY OF THE BEST-KNOWN MUSICIANS OF THE TIME APPEARED DURING THE RAINY WEEKEND, CAPTURED IN A SUCCESSFUL 1970 MOVIE, "WOODSTOCK". JONI MITCHELL'S SONG "WOODSTOCK, " WHICH MEMORIALIZED THE EVENT, BECAME A MAJOR HIT. AMONG THE STARS OF THE EVENT WERE THE WHO AND JIMI HENDRIX.

DUE TO ARGUMENTS WITH THE PROMOTERS ABOUT THEIR PAY, THE WHO DIDN'T TAKE THE STAGE UNTIL ABOUT 4AM. ONE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WHO'S PERFORMANCE WAS "SEE ME, FEEL ME, " WHEN THE SUN ROSE JUST AS LEAD SINGER, ROGER DALTRY BEGAN TO SING THE CHORUS. AT ONE POINT DURING THE WHO'S SET, POLITICAL ACTIVIST ABBIE HOFFMAN INTERRUPTED THE SHOW AND ATTEMPTED TO RALLY THE CROWD WITH YIPPIE SLOGANS, BUT WAS KNOCKED TO THE STAGE BY THE SWINGING GUITAR OF THE BAND'S LEADER, PETER TOWNSEND, TO THE DELIGHT OF THE AUDIENCE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHO'S SET, TOWNSEND SMASHED HIS GUITAR AND THREW IT INTO THE CROWD.

THIS MOMENT HELPED ESTABLISH THE WHO AS SUPERSTARS AND BOOSTED THEIR ALBUM TOMMY TO SELL MULTI-PLATINUM. JIMI HENDRIX ALSO HAD A BIG IMPACT WITH HIS PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING A DISTORTED VERSION OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. THE SONG WAS SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL, AS THE VIETNAM WAR WAS UNDERWAY AND THE SOUND EFFECTS THAT HENDRIX GENERATED WITH HIS GUITAR PARALLELED THE SOUNDS OF THE VIOLENCE OF THE CONFLICT.

THESE TWO PERFORMANCES ARE HELD BY FANS AS SOME OF THE GREATEST IN ROCK HISTORY. THROUGH POURING RAIN, WITH INADEQUATE FOOD OR WATER, MEDICAL OR SANITATION FACILITIES, ALL WOULD HELP THEIR FELLOW MAN. IT WOULD CREATE A MOMENT THAT WOULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES AS WELL AS THOSE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. ALL WOULD BE TOUCHED BY THE...

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  • Venue State/Province: NY
  • Venue City: Bethel
  • Venue Name: WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL
  • Artist: MULTIPLE
  • Event Day: 15, 16, 17
  • Event Month: August
  • Event Time: 10:00 AM
  • Event Year: 1969
  • Type: Rock, Pop & Hip Hop

Authentic 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Festival 3 Day Ticket   Authentic 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Festival 3 Day Ticket