The legendary, three-day Woodstock Festival is one of those musical events which can never be forgotten and will always be referred to as the pivotal festival that simply made history. Everyone has heard of it and so many of our parents were even there to attend it! Unfortunately, my generation will never have the chance to witness such magic. I mean, legends such as Grateful Dead, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and many more together on one stage, performing in front of over 400,000 people…imagine the scale of such event!
Woodstock festival, billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” was scheduled from August 15 to 17, 1969, but it continued till the 18th on a dairy farm in New York state. The event gathered together hippies, flower children, rockers, rock legends and every other person who wanted to be part of history. It was declared as a free concert, as the fences were torn down and the huge flows of people were just simply crushing everything on their way. Babies were born, two people actually died, 33 people were arrested, tons of food was eaten, and tons of marijuana was smoked. This anti-war festival successfully managed to provide the idealistic harmony and quality of music the audience was hoping for. Definitely the biggest event in music!
Since we celebrated the 47th anniversary of Woodstock ’69 quite recently, I decided to gather up some live performances and remind my readers of the scale and brilliancy of the event. I hope you guys will enjoy the music and be able to feel the magic of Woodstock!
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Santana – Soul Sacrifice
The Who – My Generation
Joe Cocker – Let’s Go Get Stoned
Jimi Jendrix – National Anthem U.S.A
Janis Joplin’s Woodstock Performance
Grateful Dead’s Woodstock Performance
Richie Havens – Freedom
Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s Woodstock Performance
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young‘s Woodstock Performance
Ten Years After – I’m Going Home
…and many many more….
MY ROCK MIXTAPES 