Anyway, it was very detailed and brought back a lot of memories of the people and events of that time period. ,"This is the largest group of people ever assembled in one place, but I think you people have proven something to the world: that a half a million kids can get together and have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music!" remastered on vinyl! I found it thoroughly well written, vastly entertaining and entirely engaging. Along with partner Artie Kornfeld, Lang approached venture capitalists Joel Rosenman and John Roberts to help plan and fund the iconic concert weekend. The first half of the book was really slow, with a huge cast of characters that it was tough to keep track of until I started seeing them in action, but the second half was much quicker and more engaging. It defined a generation, exemplified an era: Woodstock was unlike anything that has ever happened before or since--and August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of this seminal event. While millions starved in seething ghettos in faraway lands, rich sophisticated Americans walked on the Moon. over the summer he went to camp in the Catskills mountains which lead him to creating the concert of Woodstock. In 1968, after promoting a series of concert events in the Miami area, Lang (with Marshall Brevetz) produced the 1968 Miami Pop Festival. I was fairly immersed that Time in being a young husband and father. Throughout the 3 days and beyond, other issues arose that were dealt with on the fly and the results turned out to be a rare event of music and peace that has never been duplicated.As the title suggests, this book is largely about the events and dealings which led up to the iconic music festival held in upstate New York in 1969. Any help is welcome,Chef David Chang’s Newest Project? !This book was so interesting how Woodstock became of the festival in 69 . I've read numerous Woodstock books that chronicle the event through the eyes of those who attended the event. Local readers will have more options to choose from thanks to a donation from a Woodstock couple to the Woodstock Public Library. The writing was really uneven, though. over the summer he went to camp in the Catskills mountains which lead him to creating the concert of Woodstock. It was such a cultural phenomenon and such a huge representation of counterculture and change in the US in the 60s!
I found it thoroughly well written, vastly entertaining and entirely engaging.I have always been kind of fascinated with the Woodstock Festival - I even did a project on it in the 6th grade. "If you remember the Sixties, you weren't there." If only he could see the wonderful center that is now on his land.This book provides a magnificent insight into how Woodstock 1969 came about. This book about the festival crossed my path at the library recently, and I was intrigued again. It is festival promoter Michael Lang's memoir of the event, so it clearly comes from a particular point of view, but it does contain the recollections of dozens of participants: organizers, builders, musicians, festival-goers. What they did not discuss was the months of planning, setbacks, hard work and love that went into the planning and execution of this festival and how obstacles were overcome while being planned and as it was happening.Well written first hand view of the Woodstock Festival written by the man whose idea came to fruition.before I reads this book, I knew absolutely nothing about the first ever Woodstock concert (other than the fact that it was muddy as hell). He vividly explains the behind the scenes events and the hectic historic three days from.Michael Lang’s book is an excellent and definitive account of Woodstock. The summer of 1969 was, after all, the culmination of something great, something both wondrous and ominous, which had been brewing and stewing for decades - a kind of heady mixture of ingredients like art, culture, communication and technology which made that.As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, you might think that by now every moment of the summer of ‘69, the days leading up to the fabled weekend, and those following it would be chronicled in the greatest of details. The weekend was meant to only cater to approximately 200,000 concert goers, but more than 1/2 million people attended. Er nutze dafür ausschließlich analoge Aufnahmetechnik. Collected . Is it possible to jump from Overlook to the Devil's Pass into the State of Massachusetts and back again? I was fairly immersed that Time in being a young husband and father. Woodstock: The 1969 Rock and Roll Revolution by Ernesto Assante| Nov 6, 2018 4.9 out of 5 stars13 (Holdstock/Hedger) Teacher's Book,Footprints On The Moon (Holdstock) Teacher's Book,Christmas Welcome, A (Holdstock) Pupil's Book.Informationen zur Lieferbarkeit bzw. Want to explore the relationship between the Maverick Festivals, the Soundouts, and the 1969 Festival? If your a 60’s child & love anything about Woodstock must read .