Woodstock 50 years ago...

[Tony T]

…tomorrow.
WXPN Philadelphia will be playing "Woodstock — As It Happened — 50 Years On, a radio exclusive that includes all of the festival’s archived audio, from the music to the stage announcements to the rain delays." https://thekey.xpn.org/2019/08/08/xp...nts-woodstock/

Point your Internet Radio to: https://wxpnhi.xpn.org/xpnhi

Schedule

Thursday, August 15
5:07 p.m. — Richie Havens
7:10 p.m. — Swami Satchidanadna
7:30 p.m. — Sweetwater
8:30 p.m. — Bert Sommer
9:20 p.m. — Tim Hardin
10:20 p.m. — Ravi Shankar
11:20 p.m. — Melanie
11:55 p.m. — Arlo Guthrie

Friday, August 16
12:55 a.m. — Joan Baez
12:30 p.m. — Quill
1:20 p.m. — Country Joe McDonald
2 p.m. — Santana
3:30 p.m. — John B. Sebastian
4:45 p.m. — The Keef Hartley Band
6 p.m. — The Incredible String Band
7:30 p.m. — Canned Heat
9 p.m. — Mountain
10:30 p.m. — Grateful Dead

Saturday, August 17
12:30 a.m. — Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 a.m. — Janis Joplin
3:30 a.m. — Sly & The Family Stone
5 a.m. — The Who
8 a.m. — Jefferson Airplane
2 p.m. — Joe Cocker
6:30 p.m. — Country Joe & The Fish
8:15 p.m. — Ten Years After
10 p.m. — The Band

Sunday, August 18
12 a.m. — Johnny Winter
1:30 a.m. — Blood, Sweat & Tears
3 a.m. — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6 a.m. — The Butterfield Blues Band
7:30 a.m. — Sha Na Na
9 a.m. — Jimi Hendrix

[seanile]

this is great, i will definitely be listening to this, thank you!

[Tony T]

Since some of the acts I want to hear are playing well past my bedtime, I will be using VLC to record when I can't listen "live"

[YesNdeed]

I watched this the other night, fantastic film about Woodstock.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...lms/woodstock/

[MattTuck]

That must have been quite the summer. Landing on the moon and then woodstock... sending the 60's out with a bang!

Did all those acts really play through the night? That seems crazy.

[azrider]

In high school my go to question for all new teachers (usually first day of class came with “ask me anything” monologue) and I always asked

“Did you go to Woodstock?”

My uncle told story of hitchhiking their with a buddy and $10 in his pocket

[fiamme red]

That poster shows Woodstock taking place in Wallkill, but it actually took place in Bethel, quite a distance away. I've ridden past the Woodstock site at Max Yasgur's farm many times.

[rst72]

Ten Years After - I'm Going Home
Canned Heat - Woodstock Boogie

I go back and watch those performances every once in a while...so much awesome.

[YesNdeed]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

That poster shows Woodstock taking place in Wallkill, but it actually took place in Bethel, quite a distance away. I've ridden past the Woodstock site at Max Yasgur's farm many times.

That poster promotes the original venue. They had to scramble to find a new one, settling on Bethel.

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

That poster shows Woodstock taking place in Wallkill, but it actually took place in Bethel, quite a distance away. I've ridden past the Woodstock site at Max Yasgur's farm many times.

Yes, that's a poster I have that was printed before the move to Bethel.

[Tony T]

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[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

That poster shows Woodstock taking place in Wallkill, but it actually took place in Bethel, quite a distance away. I've ridden past the Woodstock site at Max Yasgur's farm many times.

The organizers of "Woodstock" first approached the Town of Woodstock (whence the festival got its name) and then the village of Saugerties, but neither would approve it. So they then approached the town of Wallkill, and were able to secure a deal to lease a property there. Thus, the posters were printed giving the location as Wallkill. But just 3 weeks before the festival was to start, the Wallkill Zoning Board banned the concert (based on the planned portable toilets not meeing town code), and the organizers had to quickly find another location. Fortunately, they found Max Yasgur, who was receptive to renting out his farm in Bethel for the festival. The organizers then had to move the entire event in just a few weeks.

[gasman]

Originally Posted by YesNdeed

I watched this the other night, fantastic film about Woodstock.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...lms/woodstock/

I watched an hour or so of that the other night. Excellent documentary made it clear that the promoters lost a lot of money.

I had a girlfriend in college who lived in Liberty , NY and she went to Woodstock with her aunt. She said it was a pretty crazy time for a 15 year old girl with a 20 year old aunt.

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

The organizers of "Woodstock" first approached the Town of Woodstock (whence the festival got its name) and then the village of Saugerties, but neither would approve it. So they then approached the town of Wallkill, and were able to secure a deal to lease a property there. Thus, the posters were printed giving the location as Wallkill. But just 3 weeks before the festival was to start, the Wallkill Zoning Board banned the concert (based on the planned portable toilets not meeing town code), and the organizers had to quickly find another location. Fortunately, they found Max Yasgur, who was receptive to renting out his farm in Bethel for the festival. The organizers then had to move the entire event in just a few weeks.

In 1967 or so, they formed Woodstock Ventures with the plan on building a recording studio in Woodstock NY. Back then, a lot of artists were there (Dylan had a home there). When they decided to do the Festival, they used the name of their organization, "Woodstock... Presents...", but I don't believe they ever approached the town of Woodstock for the location of the Festival.

[Drmojo]

Originally Posted by YesNdeed

I watched this the other night, fantastic film about Woodstock.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...lms/woodstock/

yes great show