Woodstock (1970)

[Velvett Fogg]

Woodstock (1970)

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Information from IMDb

Directed by Michael Wadleigh

Plot

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969,

from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage,
and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown,
from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud,
from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival
of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000

Cast

Richie Havens ... Himself
Joan Baez ... Herself
Roger Daltrey ... Himself (as The Who)
John Entwistle ... Himself (as The Who)
Keith Moon ... Himself (as The Who)
Pete Townshend ... Himself (as The Who)
Lennie Baker ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
Johnny Contardo ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
Frederick 'Dennis' Greene ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
Jocko Marcellino ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
'Screamin' Scott' Simon ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
Donald 'Donny' York ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
Joe Cocker ... Himself
Bruce Barthol ... Himself (as Country Joe and the Fish)
Country Joe McDonald ... Himself (as Country Joe and the Fish)
Barry Melton ... Himself (as Country Joe and the Fish)
Arlo Guthrie ... Himself
David Crosby ... Himself (as Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Graham Nash ... Himself (as Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Stephen Stills ... Himself (as Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Chick Churchill ... Himself - organist (as Ten Years After)
Alvin Lee ... Himself (as Ten Years After)
Ric Lee ... Himself - drummer (as Ten Years After)
Leo Lyons ... Himself - bassist (as Ten Years After)
John Sebastian ... Himself
Jose Chepito Areas ... Himself (as Santana)
David Brown ... Himself (as Santana)
Mike Carabello ... Himself (as Santana)
Gregg Rollie ... Himself (as Santana)
Carlos Santana ... Himself (as Santana)
Michael Shrieve ... Himself (as Santana)
Sly Stone ... Himself (as Sly & the Family Stone)
Jimi Hendrix ... Himself
Alan Cooper ... Himself - Sha Na Na
Rob Leonard ... Himself (as Sha-Na-Na)
Scott Powell ... ShaNaNa
Ten Years After ... Themselves
Richard Alvarez ... Cinematographer (uncredited)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti ... Himself (uncredited)
Jerry Garcia ... Himself (uncredited)
Bill Graham ... Promoter (uncredited)

[Stereo Junkie]

Woodstock is just the best music film ever.. surely.

Just the sheer mass of people, the timing, the musicians that played, just an awesome event and an epic film.

[Stereo Junkie]

One of the great highlights that stand out for me of this video..

Richie Havens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0sBEbqU5M

[Stereo Junkie]

Oh well, the Beatles missed out but Richie does a beautiful version of 'Strawberry Fields'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQG-xM62tQg

[Stereo Junkie]

Jefferson Airplane, these songs were two years old by the time they performed em here but considering this was a rather special occassion with a once in a life time audience (as they must have known at the time) the songs are well performed if somewhat a little nervously. Somebody to love/White Rabbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXKEMnDnQ4c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xhYk9PEmXA

[Stereo Junkie]

Grace Slick (woman above) reminds me of an ex girlfriend...

as quoted from wikipedia.

"Slick maintained a friendship with Janis Joplin that began early in her music career and lasted until Joplin's death by drug overdose on October 4, 1970. She also had a friendship, as well as a sexual relationship, with Jim Morrison. According to her biography, there was no real romance involved. However, Jeff Tamarkin's Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane makes no mention of any relationship between Slick and Morrison."

[Velvett Fogg]

Everyone's dream of a girlfriend, at that time, was Grace.
Seriously great clips, from a one off life's experience.

[Stereo Junkie]

I can see why, great voice too.

[Stereo Junkie]

Some famous names that didn't play Woodstock.

Those that declined:

The Beatles (John Lennon said he couldn't get them together)
Led Zeppelin (their manager Peter Grant said no because "at Woodstock we'd have just been another band on the bill.")
The Doors (Jim Morrison hated large outdoor venues)
Bob Dylan (possibly turned it down because of his disgust of the hippies hanging around his house or because his son was taken ill?)
The Byrds (Turned it down because of a melee during their performance at the first Atlanta International Pop Festival, held at the Atlanta International Raceway on July 4 and July 5, 1969)
Tommy James & the Shondells (Turned it down because of being misinformed about the size and scope of the event)
Jethro Tull (Turned it down because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal.)
The Moody Blues (Unknown reasons)
Mind Garage (Declined because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal and had a higher paying gig elsewhere)

Those that canceled:

Jeff Beck Group (The band broke up in July, forcing cancellation)
Iron Butterfly (Stuck at the airport, their manager demanded helicopters and special arrangements just for them. Were wired back and told, as impolitely as Western Union would allow, "to get lost", but in other 'words'.)
Joni Mitchell (Joni's agent put her on "The Dick Cavett Show" instead)
Lighthouse (Feared that it would be a "bad scene".)
Ethan Brown (Arrested for LSD three days before the event.)

Other prominent names that didn't play:

The Rolling Stones
The Dirty Mac
Donovan
Pink Floyd
Procol Harum
The Yardbirds
MC5
Traffic
Spirit
Steppenwolf
Simon & Garfunkel

[Velvett Fogg]

Great one SJ!!
In the case of The Beatles and Zep,
I would think they were not too bothered.
However in the case of all the others,
it was probably to be, the worst decision in their lives!!

[Stereo Junkie]

haha... totally, then again... maybe it was perfect the way it was.. not too manic, just consistently brilliant all way through, dread to think of sanitation at that gig, and to think we moan about Glastonbury etc