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Hi, I’m Rebecca Britton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be learning more about the three days of music in peace that with Woodstock. There are many events emblematic of hippest and the country culture of the 1960’s. One of the most important and well-known was the Woodstock music and arts there. At the time of the event the United States was stick in racial discord and military conflict overseas. Woodstock was not simply a music and arts festival it's more of into a country culture micro cause on. At the old set, heavy rock promoters Michael Lang and Artie Kornfield Vision was for an isolated recording studio planted in the middle of the forest. John Roberts and Joel Rosenman were instrumental in the evolution of the idea from studio to outdoor concert but were also the money man behind the event.
Since Woodstock cost well over 2 million dollars to put on, these venture capitalists were important. The event was held on a 600 acre dairy farm owned by Max Yasgurs in Bethel New York from August 15th to the 18th 1969. The land was a perfect natural venue. The stage was set at the bottom of the hill allowing viewer sitting far way to at least catch a glimpse of the performers. At the bottom of the slope was a pond which became a popular place for skinny dipping. While the event was opposed by local town’s people from the get go eventually legal problems were solved and planning went ahead. Engineering of sound system for the event was another huge hurdle. Finally, a solution was set in place for potential crowd of 150 to 200,000. Little that the organizers know actual attendance numbers would more than double their estimates.
Massive crowd descended on road of New York the day of the festival causing huge traffic jams. Even some of the act schedule to play the festival were cut up in the traffic and ended up being unable to play. Originally Woodstock was not meant to be a free event, 186,000 tickets were sold before hand and organizers only anticipated about 200,000 people would show up in total. When it became a parent that they were way off in their estimations the fence surrounding the event was ceremonially cut down. The step helps solidify the events by a peace love and inclusiveness and also cause a lot more concert goers to show up. In total about half a million people were in attendance at Woodstock.
Meanwhile, mainstream media wanted to report the worst about the festival. The event took place on an extremely hot weekend, torrential rain transformed the event site into a giant mud puddle, drug use was rampant and the presence of unsanitary conditions and food shortages were all angles they wanted to play up. Ironically many sources today is like the amount of drugs consume at the event as the reason for a lack of violence and considering the massive amount of people in attendance of the three day event there were remarkably few serious problems. No violent crime was reported, a few deaths took place all of which were accidental. However, on a happier note, Woodstock is also said to be deciding for two burst and then there was the music.
Despite the four promoters relative in experience they were able to book some of the most important acts of the day. 32 musicians and groups played at the event including legendary performances by the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix to name only a few.
This toke a great amount of money and the promoters were virtually bankrupted by the event. However they retain the movie rights and the 1970 documentary Woodstock more than made their money back. The Woodstock music and arts fair is considered by many as symbol of the age of innocence. When young citizens from all walks of life and varying political associations got together and simply enjoyed music. It is gone down in the annals of rock and is RUB a turning point in the 20th Century. There is some debate as who its place in history books but some will simply remember it as the party of a lifetime.
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