Woodstock : an encyclopedia of the music and art fair / James Perone.

Author/creator Perone, James E.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, [2005]
Descriptionxiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Music festivals--New York (State). --Bethel.

Contents Popular music festivals of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Monterey international pop music festival ; The Beatles' rooftop "concert" ; The Newport Jazz Festival (1969) ; The Newport Folk Festival (1969) ; The Atlantic City pop music festival ; Altamont ; The Isle of Wight Festival (1970) ; The concert for Bangla Desh -- The Woodstock music and art fair -- Woodstock '94: the twenty-fifth anniversary festival and a day in the garden -- Woodstock 1999 and a day in the garden -- An A-to-Z of the Woodstock music and art fair -- Appendix I. Woodstock set lists -- Appendix II. Recordings and films.
Subject Presents information about the Woodstock festival, a three-day music and art celebration held in New York in 1969, looking at similar concerts held before and after Woodstock, and featuring alphabetically arranged entries on performers, organizers, and decision-makers behind the event. Includes discussion of the 1994 and 1999 anniversary concerts.
Abstract Held over three days in August 1969, the Woodstock festival was, for many, the culmination of the counterculture movement. More than 35 years later, the word Woodstock conjures notions of Edenic peace and love, a landmark moment from the Sixties that is both unforgettable and inimitable. In this authoritative reference guide?the first of its kind?historian James Perone presents encyclopedic entries on all the performers who played Woodstock, including Joan Baez, Country Joe and the Fish, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Ten Years After, The Who?even Sha Na Na?as well as the organizers and decision makers behind the event, from Michael Langer, governor Nelson Rockefeller, documentary film director Michael Wadleigh, and even the Concerned Citizens Committee who prevented Woodstock Ventures from holding the fair at the original site in Walkill, New York. Historical chapters trace the history of the festival from its inception and planning to its aftermath?including the infamous Altamont concert in December 1969 and the ill-fated 30th anniversary concert held in Rome, New York, in 1999. A wealth of historic photos plus an appendix of recordings and a subject index round out this wonderful reference for any scholar of 20th-century American music, history, and culture.
General noteIncludes set lists for the musicians appearing at the Festival.
Bibliography noteIncludes discography and filmography (pages 181-187), bibliographical references (pages 189-219), and index.
LCCN 2004018006
ISBN0313330573 (alk. paper)

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