Woodstock quedó en la mente de la gente, y aunque a
miles de kilómetros de distancia, y sin conocer demasiado, parece “el” evento
de la música popular, el rock, los hippies, y la libertad. Woodstock tuvo lugar en 1969 y asistieron 400.000 personas. Entre otros
artistas estuvieron Joan Baez, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix. Para saber: un
poco sobre Bethel, New York, donde tuvo lugar Woodstock. El video de Jimi Hendrix tocando el himno
Woodstock was a music festival held on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains, northwest of New York City, between August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an
audience of more than 400,000. It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, New
York, 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Woodstock.
Over the sometimes rainy
weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment
in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger
counterculture generation.
Woodstock was initiated through the efforts of Michael Lang, Artie Kornfeld, Joel Rosenman, and John P. Roberts.
Roberts and Rosenman financed the
project. Lang had some experience as
a promoter.
