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Woodstock Day Two

Started by Michael Murphy Aug 24, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like

Updated my Woodstock blog about day two of Woodstock. http://blog.mjmurphy.com. Day one focused on folk singers like Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez. Day two was reserved for mostly psychedelic bands. Music began…Continue

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Comment by Michael Murphy on September 25, 2012 at 6:42am: Canned Heat's song Up The Country became the unofficial anthem of the festival after the release of the 1970 documentary Woodstock. You can read about them on my blog http://blog.mjmurphy.com

Comment by Robin on August 22, 2012 at 4:19pm: I'm fascinated by Woodstock. Unfortunately, I wasn't old enough to attend (I was only 9 years old) but I went to the site for the first time last summer and felt a kindred spirit. And this past summer I went there again to see Ringo Starr in concert. I'm a hippie at heart!

Comment by Michael Murphy on August 8, 2012 at 9:05am: One week until the 43rd anniversary of Woodstock. If you haven't read how Richie Havens came to write his signature Woodstock song, Freedom, check out my blog, http://blog.mjmurphy.com where I also posted some new Woodstock trivia questions.

Comment by Michael Murphy on July 28, 2012 at 7:43pm: So much went wrong in the beginning but it created memorable moments. The roads were clogged so organizers talked Richie Havens into going first. He played for two and a half hours. The next act was supposted to be Sweetwater, but they couldn't get through, so they talked Country Joe McDonald, who wasn't supposed to perform until Sunday as a group with Country Joe and the Fish into going on stage. They found a guitar, tied a rope around it (check out the pics). He came out and sang nine songs. The most memorable was the Fish Cheer which preceded the Feel-like-I'm-Fixing-to-Die-Rag, better known as Next Stop Vietnam. "Give me an F...."