Woodstock Music Festival

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Festival was held on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.

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Thanks for sharing the article. Some really great music. What a time to be alive! :+1:

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We had a thread about the festival with many original songs recorded there at this event.

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Nice. Thanks for sharing

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That definitely would have been one festival to be at. I always remember my Mum & Dad talking about how they wished they had been there!