Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music
- ISBN-10
- 1909526622
- ISBN-13
- 9781909526624
- Series
- Woodstock
- Category
- Counterculture
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-06-25
- Publisher
- Reel Art Press
- Author
- michael Lang
Description
The official 50th-anniversary book on the festival that epitomizes the '60s This is the official 50th-anniversary celebration of Woodstock, by the festival's creator and founder, Michael Lang. A large illustrated edition, it includes hundreds of photographs and documents accompanied by Lang's fascinating memories and insights into the most famous and influential festival of all time, with images of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, Richie Havens, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald and the Grateful Dead. The ephemera from Lang's largely unseen archive include the original designs and plans for the event, correspondence, set-lists, information on artists' fees and much more. This wealth of information is accompanied by the best photographs of the event by famous and unknown photographers such as Ralph Ackerman, John Dominis, Bill Eppridge, Dan Garson, Barry Z. Levine, Elliott Landy, Lee Marshall and Baron Wolman, and notably featuring the archive of Henry Diltz. Diltz was the only official photographer at Woodstock and was there for two weeks, from an empty field of cows to first construction, crowds arriving and the aftermath. He also captured onstage performances and behind-the-scenes moments with the many artists involved. Woodstock is an exuberant volume that conveys the vision, hard work and elusive magic that made up "three days of peace and music."
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World
By Mike Evans, Paul Kingsbury, Museum at Bethel WoodsProvides a day-by-day, act-by-act account of the landmark music festival, with details on the pre-festival organization and preparation, interviews and quotes from participants, and discussion of media coverage and the festival's legacy.
-
What Was Woodstock?
By Joan Holub, Who HQOn August 15, 1969, a music festival called "Woodstock" transformed one small dairy farm in upstate New York into a gathering place for over 400,000 young music fans.
-
Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life
By Elliot TiberNow the town was going to be resuscitated by the biggest party in the world. But I was also vaguely aware that ... People who did big things—Mark Rothko, Tennessee Williams, and Truman Capote, for example—were in another universe.
-
Remembering Woodstock
By Andy BennettIt is striking how little attention is given to Woodstock in the political history of the time, at least in those ... Woodstock, Live Aid and the performance of politics Joan Baez was not the only person to link Woodstock to Live Aid; ...
-
50 Years: The Story of Woodstock Live: Relive the Magic, Artist by Artist
By Julien BitounForeword by Woodstock co-founder, Michael Lang. 3 days. 33 concerts. 2 deaths. 2 births. 500,000 people. And another 250,000 stuck in traffic trying to get in. Woodstock was a festival...
-
Woodstock Revisited: 50 Far Out, Groovy, Peace-Loving, Flashback-Inducing Stories From Those Who Were There
By Susan ReynoldsMy friend Roy had left early to pick up his girlfriend and said he'd join us later. Little did we know just how improbable meetings would become as we became part of the joyous ribbon of humanity that wound its way to the Woodstock ...
-
Woodstock 1969: The Lasting Impact of the Counterculture
In this book, he and coauthor Ettagale Blauer trace the historic events that preceded the concert and then envelop the reader with photographs of the headliner rock stars that performed during the landmark three-day gathering, among them ...
-
Woodstock: The 1969 Rock and Roll Revolution
By Ernesto AssanteWoodstock: The 1969 Rock and Roll Revolution celebrates the fascinating story of how the music event came to be and the people that made it part of history.
-
Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock
By Pete FornatalePete Townshend's memories of the festival have changed over the years. Several years ago, he said: Pete Townshend: Woodstock was horrible. Woodstock was only horrible because it went so wrong. It could have been extraordinary.
-
Woodstock - Peace, Music & Memories
By Brad Littleproud, Joanne HagueBrad Littleproud, Joanne Hague. Shoulder to shoulder waiting for the music. Trudy Morgal and friend Rick Peters on top of Light.