Someone's "home movie" shot at Woodstock with no sound, just crowd shots.
I'll wrap up this weekend celebration with
Grace Slick gives the crowd a morning wake-up call.
Max Yasgur on his farm in 1970. Thanks Max!
Peace!
Peace!
Encore!
Showing posts with label Woodstock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodstock. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Woodstock 40th - Part 3
Someone's "home movie" shot at Woodstock with no sound, just crowd shots.
I'll wrap up this weekend celebration with
Grace Slick gives the crowd a morning wake-up call.
Encore!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Woodstock 40th - Part 2
Yesterday I popped in at Overstock to look for something and I had to laugh at their Woodstock commemorative logo. Cool!
Although I was 9 years old while Woodstock was taking place, I have absolutely no recollection of hearing anything about it until a couple of years later when my musical tastes started to swing from the Partridge Family to the likes of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. I certainly don't recall my parents making any kind of commentary about it although I'm sure they had to have noticed reports on the news.
Maybe it just wasn't big news down in Arkansas. But I did know what hippies were when I was nine. I just had no idea I would become one later in life despite the fact that I could spell the word psychedelic when I was eight.
Thankfully, we have hundreds of thousands of people who lived through it to share their stories, as well as those who documented it through audio and video. And I think I would have had a blast there, even as a nine-year-old kid, because I loved music and I was already on the cusp of discovering blues-influenced music. I am sure I would have had more fun than Gail Collins -- she apparently missed all the music!
Having been born in the Delta, just a few short miles across the Mississippi River from Clarksdale, I think blues music was in my blood. Son House was born two miles from Clarksdale. Alan Wilson, leader and singer in Canned Heat, was a huge fan of Son House, and for good reason.
Although I was 9 years old while Woodstock was taking place, I have absolutely no recollection of hearing anything about it until a couple of years later when my musical tastes started to swing from the Partridge Family to the likes of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. I certainly don't recall my parents making any kind of commentary about it although I'm sure they had to have noticed reports on the news.
Maybe it just wasn't big news down in Arkansas. But I did know what hippies were when I was nine. I just had no idea I would become one later in life despite the fact that I could spell the word psychedelic when I was eight.
Thankfully, we have hundreds of thousands of people who lived through it to share their stories, as well as those who documented it through audio and video. And I think I would have had a blast there, even as a nine-year-old kid, because I loved music and I was already on the cusp of discovering blues-influenced music. I am sure I would have had more fun than Gail Collins -- she apparently missed all the music!
Having been born in the Delta, just a few short miles across the Mississippi River from Clarksdale, I think blues music was in my blood. Son House was born two miles from Clarksdale. Alan Wilson, leader and singer in Canned Heat, was a huge fan of Son House, and for good reason.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Woodstock 40th
This has special meaning for me, even though I was only 9 when it happened. But this weekend is going to be dedicated to the best of Woodstock. If you have suggestions, leave them in comments. But let's get started:
Let's move on.org to Richie Havens...
Let's move on.org to Richie Havens...
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