Woodstock 50

[domino-710]

It has been 50 years since Woodstock.

And as they say ' if you remember the 60's - you weren't there '.

How many have gone - how many still here.

Given - the current ' lineup ' for August - I'm totally not sure it will come close to the ' Original '.

Well - except for Santana - Plant - Fogerty - and sadly very few others.

Over 3 days :

Woodstock 50 Lineup

The Killers
Miley Cyrus
Santana
The Lumineers
The Raconteurs
Robert Plant
John Fogerty
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Run the Jewels
The Head and the Heart
Maggie Rogers
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Anderson East, Princess Nokia
John Sebastian
Dead and Company
Chance the Rapper
Black Keys
Sturgill Simpson
Greta Van Fleet
Portugal. The Man
Leon Bridges
Gary Clark Jr.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
Dawes, Margo Price
Country Joe and the Fish, Rival Sons
Emily King
Soccer Mommy
Taylor Bennett
Jay-Z
Imagine Dragons
Halsey
Cage The Elephant
Brandi Carlile
Janelle Monae
Young The Giant
Courtney Barnett
Common
Vince Staples
Judah and the Lion
Earl Sweatshirt
Boygenius
the Zombies
Canned Heat
Hot Tuna
**bleep** Riot
Cherry Glazerr

[the4masters2013]

Still some of the best music around!

[domino-710]

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@the4masters2013 wrote:
Still some of the best music around!

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I must admit - I know very few of the 50's lineup.

Have some homework to do. 

[kopenhagen5]

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@the4masters2013 wrote:
Still some of the best music around!

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Hear hear.

Even though it's before my time, I managed to catch up on some of the music through older friends.

One of my faves - 

[domino-710]

Just an aside :

I did a search on those original at Woodstock - who had since passed.

Difficult - other than the obvious - Joplin - Hendrix etc.

Did find :

Sri Swami Satchidananda opened the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel,
New York on August 15,1969 addressing a crowd of approximately 500,000.

1914 - 2002.

[domino-710]

Too good :

[kopenhagen5]

What about Melanie ?

Apparently she was the one that started the trend of getting everyone to hold up their lighters and wave them about.

And it was raining, hence she wrote 'candles in the rain'.

Edit - Re your Bobby mcGee clip - When men were truly cool and gentle.

[domino-710]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

What about Melanie ?

Apparently she was the one that started the trend of getting everyone to hold up their lighters and wave them about.

And it was raining, hence she wrote 'candles in the rain'.

Edit - Re your Bobby mcGee clip - When men were truly cool and gentle.

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Kopes - some men are truly gentle.

Please more on Melanie.............................

[myoclon1cjerk]

Guitarist Alvin Lee who played in '69 passed away as did Richie Havens. I had the pleasure of seeing Richie play at Womadelaide about 10 years ago. Most of the artists who perform there do a signing for about 20 minutes. Richie sat there for a good 90 minutes signing,chatting and having pictures taken with his fans. What a gentleman.

[domino-710]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

Edit - Re your Bobby mcGee clip - When men were truly cool and gentle.

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I used to get literally hammered - for even putting Kristofferson - on the turntable.

He wrote it :