Woodstock 40th Anniversary

[MonumentBeach]

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is planning an anniversary concert with Levon Helm headlining. There are a bunch of other acts as well.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/the ... 9126.story

Bethel Woods is a really neat place if anybody is looking for a fun road trip. The Woodstock museum is excellent as well. We went last year for the Allman Brothers show, checked out the museum, and camped nearby for a couple days.

I have also heard rumors that Michael Lang is trying to plan a free concert in NYC to commemorate the 40th anniversary, however, I haven't heard much on that lately.

[surfpirate]

"The warning I received you can take it with how many ever grains of salt if you wish but the brown acid that is circulating around us is not specifically too good, it is suggested that you do stay away from it , but it is your own trip."
-Chip Monck (Woodstock 1969)

[surfpirate]

"The warning I received you can take it with how many ever grains of salt if you wish but the brown acid that is circulating around us is not specifically too good, it is suggested that you do stay away from it , but it is your own trip."
-Chip Monck (Woodstock 1969)

I thought about making a "Chip Monck" character in BN Critters once and putting in a brown acid reference .... but then changed my mind.

[TropicalTroubador]

There will also be a 40th anniversary concert in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I have the info in my email at home somewhere.

One thing they're trying to do is set a world's record for number of guitars playing, I think, "Purple Haze" simultaneously.

I'll repost what I have when I'm at home & remember.

[FunkHouse9]

Wow! That lineup is a who's who of who cares!

[pair8head]

Wow! That lineup is a who's who of who cares!

Gotta disagree with ya there 9. That is a great line up if you happen to remember anything from those days. (And yes I know the line if you remember the 60's you weren't there, WRONG)

[FunkHouse9]

Wow! That lineup is a who's who of who cares!

Gotta disagree with ya there 9. That is a great line up if you happen to remember anything from those days. (And yes I know the line if you remember the 60's you weren't there, WRONG)

Well, my parents hadn't even met when Woodstock happened, so needless to say I wasn't around for it. I don't know anything about any of those bands. I've think I may have heard of Canned Heat and I once saw Jefferson Starship play maybe one song at a free concert I was at before I had to leave. Couldn't tell you anything they've done off the top of my head.

[Hockey Mon]

Wow! That lineup is a who's who of who cares!

Gotta disagree with ya there 9. That is a great line up if you happen to remember anything from those days. (And yes I know the line if you remember the 60's you weren't there, WRONG)

Well, my parents hadn't even met when Woodstock happened, so needless to say I wasn't around for it. I don't know anything about any of those bands. I've think I may have heard of Canned Heat and I once saw Jefferson Starship play maybe one song at a free concert I was at before I had to leave. Couldn't tell you anything they've done off the top of my head.

Damn youngens.
Jefferson Starship - aka Jefferson Airplane. Grace Slick. White Rabbit. Somebody to Love. Jane. At the end, dropped the Jefferson part and became Starship and put out the abomination of a song "We built this city". I want to throw up every time I hear that song.
Mountain - Mississippi Queen - It's in Guitar Hero 3.
Country Joe McDonald - formerly Country Joe and the Fish - 1, 2, 3 what are we fightin' for. A true anti-war anthem.
Canned Heat - On the road again - no, not Willie Nelson version.
I can't tell you about Big Brother and the Holding Co./Ten Years After off the top of my head.

[pleiades03]

Oh, my. I suddenly feel very, very old.....

[LIPH]

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee, great guitarist. I'd Love To Change The World is the song that comes to mind.

Wasn't Big Brother & The Holding Company Janis Joplin's band?

[Lightning Bolt]

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee, great guitarist. I'd Love To Change The World is the song that comes to mind.

Wasn't Big Brother & The Holding Company Janis Joplin's band?

yep,

and I can hear the announcer... "Ten Years After!...."

Country Joe McDonald & The Fish: "well; it's one, two, three, ..what are we fighting for?..."

The Who
Jimi Hendrix

Woodstock was a benchmark of what festivals would be... good and bad

[LIPH]

I'd Love To Change The World -

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

[MonumentBeach]

Today's generation might not recognize many of those names immediately. Heck, if I wasn't such a music fan, I wouldn't either. But what has been said earlier is true...these are some of the legends of the original Woodstock. I'm a big Levon Helm/Band fan so I'm really looking forward to that. Canned Heat is also well known for the song "Going Up the Country."

I was born 10 years after Woodstock but I really appreciate the significance of it. I spend a day or two talking about it in my U.S. History class for my 11th graders. This year we watched pieces of the documentary and we had our own Woodstock in the classroom where students brought pieces of 60s music and artwork and dressed in 60s clothing. Well, I should say we recreated it in a way where I wouldn't lose my job. (minus the drugs and sex)

[Tiki Torches]

I don't know anything about any of those bands.

That pretty much says it all right there. Why bother to comment if you freely admit you don't even know anything about the artists playing?

[FunkHouse9]

I don't know anything about any of those bands.

That pretty much says it all right there. Why bother to comment if you freely admit you don't even know anything about the artists playing?

Because I was trying to be funny. Is that okay with you?

[pair8head]

Funny how you all are remembering the anti war song "Fish Cheer" and nobody is mentioning how it starts...



Gimmy an F

[Hockey Mon]

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee, great guitarist. I'd Love To Change The World is the song that comes to mind.

Wasn't Big Brother & The Holding Company Janis Joplin's band?

Yeah, it was (I had to google it). They sang the song "Down on Me"; I always that that was a Joplin song (shows you how much I know). I'd probably recognize some more songs by Big Brother and Ten Years After if I heard them. I had a pretty heavy dose of "classic rock" (60s/70s) during my teenage years. It was right after my early 80's rap period and slightly before the heavy metal influence.

[ph4ever]

"The warning I received you can take it with how many ever grains of salt if you wish but the brown acid that is circulating around us is not specifically too good, it is suggested that you do stay away from it , but it is your own trip."
-Chip Monck (Woodstock 1969)

I thought about making a "Chip Monck" character in BN Critters once and putting in a brown acid reference .... but then changed my mind.

I've heard the dot, pane and haze were awesome!!

I was only 12 and BEGGED my parents to let me go but they just couldn't see their little girl going with a bunch of older kids driving all the way from Paris, Texas there.

[ph4ever]

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee, great guitarist. I'd Love To Change The World is the song that comes to mind.

Wasn't Big Brother & The Holding Company Janis Joplin's band?

Yeah, it was (I had to google it). They sang the song "Down on Me"; I always that that was a Joplin song (shows you how much I know). I'd probably recognize some more songs by Big Brother and Ten Years After if I heard them. I had a pretty heavy dose of "classic rock" (60s/70s) during my teenage years. It was right after my early 80's rap period and slightly before the heavy metal influence.

Janis fronted for Big Big Brother as singer from 66-68 and then broke off and got her own band geared more towards blues. She was with Big Brother during the infamous Monterey Pop Festival with Ball and Chain which basically threw her into the limelight.

[Tiki Torches]

Ever wondered what Joe Cocker was really singing at Woodstock? Now the secret is out:

http://www.elwp.com/Joe%20Cocker.html