Back to the Garden The Story of Woodstock and How It Changed a Generation

by Fornatale, Pete

• ISBN13: 9781416591207
• ISBN10: 1416591206
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-11
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

THE BIGGEST EVENT IN ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY IS BROUGHT VIVIDLY TO LIFE THROUGH ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS WITH ROGER DALTREY, JOAN BAEZ, DAVID CROSBY, RICHIE HAVENS, JOE COCKER, AND DOZENS OF HEADLINERS, ORGANIZERS, AND FANS. For America's counterculture youth in 1969, Woodstock became a symbol of more than just sex, drugs, and rock 'n' rollit was about peace, love, and a new way of living. It was a seminal event that epitomized the ways that the culture, the country, and the core values of an entire generation were shifting. On one glorious weekend, this generation found its voice through music.Back to the Gardencelebrates the spirit of Woodstock in the words of some of the era's biggest musical stars, as well as those who participated in the festival. From Richie Havens's legendary opening act to the Who's violent performance, from the Grateful Dead's jam to Jefferson Airplane's wake-up call, culminating in Jimi Hendrix's career-defining moment, renowned disc jockey Pete Fornatale brings new stories to light and sets the record straight on some common misperceptions. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs,Back to the Gardenis the authoritative and highly entertaining history of three days of peace and music

Author Biography

Pete Fornatale is an award-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on the New York City radio scene for the past forty years. The author of Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends, he can currently be heard in the New York area on WFUV radio's Mixed Bag.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Bring Back the Sixties, Man	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Players	p. xxv
Friday
Richie Havens	p. 3
The Swami	p. 18
Free Concert	p. 23
Country Joe McDonald	p. 32
John Sebastian	p. 46
Sweetwater	p. 54
Bert Sommer	p. 59
Tim Hardin	p. 62
Ravi Shankar	p. 69
Melanie	p. 77
Arlo Guthrie	p. 82
Joan Baez	p. 90
Saturday
Founders, Quill, the Keef Hartley Band, the Incredible String Band	p. 101
Santana	p. 113
Canned Heat	p. 127
Mountain	p. 133
Janis Joplin	p. 138
Grateful Dead	p. 150
Creedence Clearwater Revival	p. 158
Sly Stone	p. 164
The Who	p. 175
Jefferson Airplane	p. 191
Sunday
Joe Cocker	p. 211
Max Yasgur	p. 217
Country Joe and the Fish	p. 225
Ten Years After	p. 230
The Band	p. 234
Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)	p. 239
Blood, Sweat and Tears	p. 247
Johnny Winter	p. 252
Paul Butterfield and Sha Na Na	p. 256
Jimi Hendrix	p. 262
Epilogue: The Whole World Goes to Woodstock	p. 275
Acknowledgments	p. 289
Notes	p. 291
Index	p. 297
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