Woodstock Festival 1969 An Aquarian Exposition Woodstock 1969

Woodstock Festival 1969 (An Aquarian Exposition)

Woodstock 1969 � 3 days of peace and Music � 15 th-17 th August �New York, USA at Max Yasgur’s diary farm �During 1960’s : USA support South Vietnam in Vietnam War

Founder �Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld �Aim : recording a studio Michael Lang John Roberts Joel Rosenman Artie Kornfeld

How many people were there? �Expected : 50, 000 people �Resulted: 500, 000 people (most are Hippies)

Ticket Price �Pre-order : 18 dollars �At the gate : 24 dollars �Overcrowded : free concerts

How much did Woodstock cost? Spent �Organizers : 500, 000 dollars � 2. 6 million : extrafood, helicopter rentals and medical supplies Profit 1. 3 million : tickets sales 50 million : movies and record sales

Things provided in Woodstock �Water : 38000 liters �Bread : 30000 loaves �Marshmallow : 10000 bags �Ice : 204, 000 kilograms �Milk : 760000 liters

List of 32 bands � � � � Richie Havens Swami Satchidananda Sweetwater Bert Sommer Tim Hardin Ravi Shankar Melanie Arlo Guthrie Joan Baez Quill Country Joe Mc. Donald Santana John Sebastian Keef Hartley Band The Incredible String Band Canned Heat Mountain • • • • Grateful Dead Creedence Clearwater Revival Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band Sly & the Family Stone The Who Joe Cocker and The Grease Band Country Joe and the Fish Ten Years After The Band Johnny Winter Blood Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young Paul Butterfield , Blues Band Sha Na Na Jimi Hendrix / Gypsy Sun &Rainbows.

The way it was supposed to be. . �Supposed to held in Wallkill, New York �Citizens in Wallkill : don’t want drugs and hippies in their town �Expected : 50, 000 but really show up 500, 000 � 32 bands : Iron butterfly Stuck in the airport

Problems during concerts �Overcrowded : climbing fence and walk without pay �Food and medical supplies ran out �Rain : mud, delaying performances �Drug overdose � 2 babies were born, 3 death �Sound system �Traffic jam

Delaying Performances �Sweetwater : first band to open Woodstock �Supposed to started at 3. 00 am �Delayed : stuck in traffic jam �Tom Law (farmer) : let’s people do yoga exercise

What causes 3 death ? �Heroin overdoes �Ruptured appendix �Ran over by a tractor

Problems solved �Jewish Community : make a sandwiches �Some attendees : bring pot to cook and share food �Cut down the trees for making fire �Made a custom microphone : 12, 000 watt amplifier �Speaker towers : 23 m high

Jimi Hendrix �Guitar String broke while playing the song “Red house” �Perform only 5 strings �Highest paid performer : $32, 000

Lower Paid Perfomer � Santana: $1500 �Quill : $375 �Sha na na : $350 , (movie right $1)

Anti-war songs � "I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag“ by Country Joe Macdonald

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